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Idols |
Contact Music reports: Former RONETTES singer
RONNIE SPECTOR has slammed the current generation of popstars as simply
manufactured acts with no real talent or originality. The BE MY BABY star
mourns the lack of individuality contemporary bands display, arguing The
Ronettes focused on music over choreography and glitz in their 1960s heyday.
Spector fumes, "I look around me and I don't see any rock 'n' roll at the
moment. Instead it's all choreography and stylists and wigs and stuff.
It's like they're afraid to let the music breathe.[Amen! see full story
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| Elvis
Landmark |
AP reports: The home of the King of Rock 'n'
Roll joined the homes of presidents past and present in becoming a National
Historic Landmark Monday.[No 'throne' exhibit jokes out of respect to the
king. see full story for more]- Click
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| Gorillaz
TV |
Gigwise reports: The Gorillaz are reportedly
planning to star in their own TV cartoon series.
Damon Albarn and his other monkey friends
are hoping that the show will be an alternative animated series for the
more discerning cartoon enthusiast.[see full story for more]-
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| Chili
Sparks |
Noble PR reports: The incomparable Sparks
will headline the main "Open Air Stage" on Saturday August 5th at the Big
Chill Festival. So Big Chillers can look forward to an unrivalled performance
from the Californian brothers. Incredibly this will be Sparks' first outdoor
festival - "Playing a festival will be a new experience for us but it is
one we are looking forward to. It will be great to put on our show in this
outdoor location and for an audience who may not have seen us play before."
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| Def
Journey |
ABC PR reports: Def Leppard and Journey--along
with VH1 Classic and Live Nation--are pairing up for one of the most rockin'
tours to hit the U.S. this summer with both bands heading out together
starting June 23 in Camden, NJ and concluding August 31 in Seattle, WA.
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| Get
Down Again with KC & the Sunshine Band |
conqueroo reports: KC & the Sunshine Band,
who exploded from the Miami R&B scene into international disco and
pop stardom with a string of chart-top hits like "Get Down Tonight" and
"That's The Way (I Like It)," will find a new CD home for their first four
albums at Collectors Choice Music.
On April 25, Collectors Choice will release
the albums KC & the Sunshine Band, Sounds of Sunshine, Part 3 and Who
Do Ya Love. The fully annotated volumes contain quotes from Harry Wayne
"KC" Casey.[see full story for more]- Click
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| Vandals
to Rock Afghanistan |
Fanscape reports: Orange County punk rock
legends the Vandals will once again take their act to the theater of war
next month as they head to Southern Asia to play for the armed forces troops
deployed in Afghanistan as part of Operation Enduring Freedom.
The Vandals, who first made the trek to
the region Christmas 2004/2005 playing for troops in forward operating
bases in Iraq and Kuwait, will play 4 to 6 shows in the Afghan region during
their 10 day trip beginning April 5, 2006 on a tour arranged by military
entertainment contractors AKA Productions.
Singer Dave Quackenbush said, "The most
frequently asked question we get when we tell people we are going to Iraq
or Afghanistan is, 'are you going to play for the troops?' The insurgents
aren't really interested in us, truthfully. And the only musical activity
permitted by the Taliban is the singing of certain types of religious songs,
and Taliban chants. [see full story for more]- Click
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| Junkie
Xl |
Cornerstone reports: Junkie Xl a dance music
artist known around the world with deep rock roots ? This might seem to
be a slightly unbelievable, but upon closer look its easy to see. Junkie
Xl began his career by releasing two Lp's on the 'Play it Again Sam ' label
(Front 242). Around this time Junkie Xl took on remix projects with metal
giants like Sepultura, Soulfly and Fear Factory. Xl continued his rock
dance ways with releases like 1997's 'Saturday night Teenage Kicks' which
featured hits such as "Billy Club." Today is set to drop April 18 and fans
of Xl previous album and remix work or those new to Xl will really be pleasesed
with this latest offering .[see full story for a preview]-
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| Amp'd
Fall Out |
Fanscape reports: Amp'd Mobile, the first
mobile entertainment company created to bring next-gen broadband wireless
services to youth, is the official sponsor of the Black Clouds and Underdogs
Tour featuring Fall Out Boy, The All-American Rejects, Hawthorne Heights,
From First To Last, The Hush Sound and October Fall. The tour kicked off
March 17 in Boston and finishes up May 15 in Fall Out Boy's hometown of
Chicago, IL. As part of the sponsorship, Amp'd will supply exclusive content
from the tour including three live MobileCasts to Amp'd handsets, featuring
the full concert performance free of charge to Amp'd Mobile customers.
(The first MobileCast aired on March 19 from Tweeter at the Waterfront
in Camden, NJ).
To promote the tour, Amp'd Mobile is giving
away the ultimate rock star prize pack which includes a Fall Out Boy signed
guitar and drumhead, an Amp'd Mobile phone with service & accessories
and CDs from the artists on the tour! Runners-up will receive a Fall Out
Boy prize pack including CDs, T-shirts, drum sticks and signed merchandise.
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| Dankomania |
Razor & Tie reports: Mark your calendars
because this Sunday Danko Jones "Baby Hates Me" will be featured on WWE's
Wrestlemania 22! Tune in Sunday, April 2nd at 7 pm EST / 4 pm PT (available
on Pay Per View) to catch "Baby Hates Me" during the opening credits of
one of WWE's biggest events on the year.
Keep an eye out for Danko Jones to be featured
on www.WWE.com. And check out their Myspace page at www.myspace.com/dankojones
to hear streams of "Baby Hates Me" and "First Date." -
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| Taste
the Vines |
Day in Rock reports: Vines fans that want
a taste of the new album "Vision Valley" are in luck, they band just launched
a new online sampler that contains some streams from the new CD as well
as the band's previous two albums. Vision Valley hits stores on April 4th
but go get your taste of the new Vines at the full story link. -
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| Adrian
Belew's Side Three |
Sanctuary reports: Sanctuary Records has announced
an April 18th release date for Side Three, the much-anticipated conclusion
to Adrian Belew's trilogy of concept albums. Written, performed and produced
by Belew, the album features 12 new songs including such stand-out tracks
as "Troubles," "Beat Box Car" and "Truth Is".
Belew released Side One, a power- trio
driven album featuring Primus' Les Claypool and Danny Carey, in January
of 2005. After receiving a Grammy® Nomination for the single "Beat
Box Guitar," Belew followed the release up later that same year with Side
Two, a more electronica-inspired album that took many of his fans and critics
by surprise. [see full story for more]- Click
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| Failed
Lynch Mob Reunion |
Sleaze Roxx reports: In an exclusive interview
with Sleaze Roxx, Lynch Mob vocalist Oni Logan explains why George Lynch
turned down a recent offer to reunite the band.
Oni says, "...You see here in Europe I
was surprised to see how many people dug the Lynch Mob, and I'm not excluding
the States cause I know you're out there, but I think the promoters especially
here in Europe genuinely still believe in Rock 'n' Roll. That's why these
festivals have such a great turn out. I've been to a few and there were
always people I ran into with one question. Why don't you get the Lynch
Mob over here for some dates? So I thought why not bring up the idea. So
Anthony had the task of putting it out there, but the reply that we got
from George's camp was that he was putting together some super-group and
that he was not interested. End of story."
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| Stone
Sour Diversify Even More |
Day in Rock reports: In his latest MorleyView,
Morley caught up with Stone Sour's Josh Rand while the band is in the studio
recording their new album. Josh tells Morley a bit about the new CD and
the direction it is taking in the following excerpt.
antiMUSIC: So bring us up to date on how
the record is going.
Josh Rand: Right now we're in Los Angeles
doing the follow-up, obviously. We've brought in Nick Raskulinecz to help
produce this and help steer the ship. We've wrapped up drums and are working
on guitar now. We're going to track 18 songs. Probably only 12-13 will
be on the record. That's yet to be decided. They're very diverse. If you
like the first record, and certainly mainly people comment on the diversity
of that one�.this one will be far and beyond that one. There's some really
heavy stuff. There's some really melodic stuff and a new direction we've
yet to go until now. It's going to be cool. I'm really excited about it.
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| Mailbag:
Claymates Vs Ozzfest & DiR |
Day in Rock reports: Say what you may about
Clay Aiken fans but they are passionate about their favorite karaoke contest
runner-up. Fans that got the Ozzfest joke are a bit upset with us for posting
a clarification for those clueless ones that thought it was legit and yes
some did (a dozen or so emailed us to find out where we heard this and
one of the zillion Clay fan boards had a serious discussion on why this
made sense because Clay is trying to do new things). But in respect to
those Claymates with a sense of humor, yes we do realize that only a few
thought that posting was serious but it was funny enough for us to post
about and clarify for the clueless ones. In that same spirit, here are
portions of some of the many hatemail responses we received from Claymates:
"Of course this joke of yours was reported on Aiken's message boards, just
like any article that mentiones him would be. And if you actually read
what was said there, instead of relying on third-hand reports, you would
see that no one took it seriously. Even though Ozzfest could use a performer
who sings in tune instead of screaming or mumbling the songs like most
of their acts do. And it would have sold a lot more tickets, too." Another
Claymate wrote "those dirtbags only wish they could have a real star at
ozzFest." Our favorite was this ironic hatemail "those metal fags would
be lucky to have Clay play there stupid concert". Now who wouldn't buy
a ticket to see the crowd reaction to a Clay Aiken set at Ozzfest! Hell
that would be Pay-Per-View material. Sharon don't disappoint us, set it
up! Of course, this would only work at the first show. As for the Claymates,
keep the hate coming! We're having a blast.- Click
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