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Tenacious Denial
blabbermouth.net reports: Cindy Pearlman of the Chicago Sun-Times reports that comedian Jack Black tried to use LED ZEPPELIN's most famous song title, "Stairway to Heaven", in his new movie "Tenacious D in the Pick of Destiny". Permission was granted by the band � but after the scene was filmed, the ZEPPELIN members demanded to pull their song title from the gag.

The scene is in a mock Rock and Roll Hall of Fame set in California. The deal was: All rock groups depicted in this faked museum had to give permission to use their name, likeness, music and/or song titles. Black and his "D" partner Kyle Gass have a moment when they climb a huge staircase with a flashing neon sign "Stairway to Heaven."[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Def Def Leppard Covers
blabbermouth.net reports: Tribute Sounds has just released "Hip-Hop Tribute To Def Leppard", a collection of hip-hop covers of some of DEF LEPPARD's biggest hits. The complete track listing is as follows:

01. Rock of Ages
02. Pour Some Sugar on Me
03. Mysteria
04. Armageddon It
05. Rocket
06. Photograph
07. Animal
08. Bringin' on the Heartbreak
09. Let's Get Rocked
10. Women
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GNR Cancel Date
blabbermouth.net reports: GUNS N' ROSES cancelled its scheduled performance Monday, November 6 at the Cumber County Civic Center in Portland, Maine. According to a spokesperson for the venue, the concert was called off by the artist and not by the promoter. More information is expected soon.

GUNS N' ROSES confirmed last week that drummer Frank Ferrer will be behind the kit for the group's entire North American tour, according to Launch Radio Networks.[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Sound of the Underground 07
TuneLab reports: Plans for the 2007 Sound of the Underground tour are being made. 36 Crazyfists is expected to take part with the complete line-up and dates to be announced shortly.[see full story for more music news]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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WiFi Defense
music.tinfoil reports: At Broadband Reports, Karl picks up on an OUT-LAW.COM report noting that Tammie Marson of Palm Desert, California responded to a file-sharing lawsuit from the RIAA by stating that her wireless network was not secure, and that therefore the file sharing seen on her network could have been from any passerby.

"The defense worked, and the RIAA dropped the case," Karl writes.

As an El Reg article points out, "If this becomes a popular defense, it could seriously hamper a huge number of file-sharing lawsuits taken in the US against individuals. It also looks to be a trend in defense against movie file-sharing lawsuits." [see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Cave In on Hold
punkbands reports: Cave In's inactivity doesn't look to be clearing up anytime soon. Adam writes: ...Cave In's members are all presently living in different places and focused on different things. When your together for over ten years you tend to want to stretch with out each other. We are still brothers and continue to support eachother in all our musical endeavors. I dont know when or how but we WILL cross paths again. THANK YOU ALL for your undying suppport and interest.- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Band Kills Bambi
punkbands reports: So Set Your Goals were on tour with Terror and headed for a show in Nebraska, when a deer decided to bolt in front of the band's van and BAM! They hit the poor bastard, killing it. No word on whether or not they ate venison for dinner that night, but the accident completely f**ked their van, forcing them to cancel a show in Pennsylvania the next night.[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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The Black President
punkbands reports: Bad Religion guitarist Greg Hetson is in a new band called the Black President. Check out their Myspace page for more information and a song. The band consist of this line-up: Greg Hetson (Bad Religion), Jason Christopher, Wade Youman (Unwritten Law), Christian Black (Chelsea Smiles), Charlie Paulson (Goldfinger). - Click Here for the Full Story 

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Burn in Silence Illness
SMN reports: BURN IN SILENCE have posted the following update: "Mike was rushed to the Emergency Room late last night, early this morning, and the doctors told us that he has Walking Pnemonia as well as Strep Throat. He's been given medication and we have sinced dropped him off at his house!!! Unfortunatley Mike will not be able to finish the MISERY INDEX tour. [see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Favourite Sons Nix Tour
thetripwire reports: NYC-based VICE darlings Favourite Sons have cancelled the remaining dates of their North American tour. Here are the affected dates:

11.06.06 - Chicago, IL (Empty Bottle)
11.07.06 - Minneapolis, MN (7th Street Entry)
11.10.06 - Vancouver, BC (Media Club)[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Static TV
PR reports: "Hang' Em High" has officially been added to video rotations for MTV2 and Fuse! A Static Lullaby's video for "Hang' Em High will debut on Fuse's "Steven's Untitled Rock Show" on Monday 11/06 at 7pm EST. The video will also start to air on MTV2's Headbanger's Ball in November. As the videos gets air play, the band continues to tour with the following dates below in support of their brand new self-titled album.[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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you've been reading my blog
PR reports: A recently widely-circulated surreal video clip from the daytime TV show "All My Children" curiously name-drops Ipecac Records founder and Fantomas/Peeping Tom vocalist extraordinaire Mike Patton -- but neglects to mention Otto Von Schirach! Patton hand-picked and sequenced his own mix for the Miami based IDM composer, Von Schirach, resulting in the critically-revered album Maxipad Detention released this September on Ipecac. The video clip that caught fire on YouTube in September -- circulating faster than you can say "fat kid with a light-saber" -- was culled from a bizarre scene on "All My Children" in which a pair of marketing executives attempt to connect with an unimpressed and abrasive alternative artist by mentioning Mike Patton and his bands Faith No More and Tomahawk. The artist perks up at the mention of the singer's name, absurdly sneering, "you've been reading my blog!"[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Slip the Booth
Filter reports: Jim James from My Morning Jacket is a big fan of The SLIP, so it's no surprise this avant-rock trio from Boston (via Montreal) will be opening for MMJ on upcoming tourdates, as well as setting off on their own national tour with The Lovely Feathers. Their new album, EISENHOWER, is being released this week on Bar/None Records and you can hear the album in its entirety this week in The Booth [see full story link] 

The album was co-produced by Matthew Ellard (Elliott Smith, Billy Bragg & Wilco), with engineering by Drew Malamud (Stars, Metric, The Dears.) To coincide with the release, the band will be touring all over North America with My Morning Jacket, The Lovely Feathers, Bon Savants, Land of Talk and Kill The Lights. [see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Dionysus Fairytales And Reality
Kayos reports: Spain's Locomotive Music releases Dionysus' Fairytales And Reality today. Taking their name from the Greek God of Wine, Dionysus embraces the wine, women, and song lifestyle and expresses it using the vehicle of Melodic Progressive Metal. In 1999, a true meeting of the metal minds took place to form Dionysus, with the collaboration of singer Olaf Hayer (vocalist of Luca Turilli's solo albums), former Sinergy drummer Ronny Milianowicz, keyboard player Kaspar Dahlqvist (Yngwie), and Nation guitarist and bassist Johnny Öhlin and Nobby Noberg. Having two previous studio releases under its belt, Dioynsus is ready to make quite an impression with their most mature effort to date.- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Drake Bell's Time
PR reports: Universal Motown Records will release Drake Bell's highly-anticipated record, It's Only Time, on December 5th. For a 20-year-old, Drake Bell is an old soul when it comes to the music he listens to and plays on his Universal Motown Records debut It's Only Time. Songs like the first single, "I Know," which sounds like it could have come off Rubber Soul, and the empowering, Elton John-like rocker "Do What You Want" boasts a bittersweet pop sound, with catchy harmonies and plenty of exuberant vocal hooks, which is no wonder considering the Newport Beach, CA, native, whose mother is two-time world champion pool player Robin Dodson, was raised on the classic rock of the '60s. Learning how to play guitar from The Who's Roger Daltrey, with whom he worked in the 1998 movie Changing Destiny, Drake proved a natural student. [see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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A Plug for Plug
PR reports: PLUG Brooklyn is confirmed for Friday, November 17, 2006 at The Syrup Room in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Featuring some of the best of the borough's unsigned bands, this is the Brooklyn installment of the PLUG City Highlights Tour whose goal is to highlight the uniqueness of the local music scenes in cities across North America and to recognize those who support their communities and make them shine. PLUG BROOKLYN FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 2006 THE SYRUP ROOM @ 100 Ingraham (Morgan stop off the L in Brooklyn, NY) Doors 8pm, $5 cover

FEATURING: Illinois 9:15 pm (http://illinois.ascap-doesnt-want-labels-to-promote-their-artists-go-with-bmi-next-time.com/) Dragons of Zynth 10:00 pm (http://zynthstar.ascap-doesnt-want-labels-to-promote-their-artists-go-with-bmi-next-time.com/) Takka Takka 10:45 pm (http://takkatakka.ascap-doesnt-want-labels-to-promote-their-artists-go-with-bmi-next-time.com/) The Harlem Shakes 11:30 pm (http://harlemshakes.ascap-doesnt-want-labels-to-promote-their-artists-go-with-bmi-next-time.com) + ascap-doesnt-want-labels-to-promote-their-artists-go-with-bmi-next-time.com contest winner 8:30 pm + DJs, Finger on the Pulse, will spin in between sets- Click Here for the Full Story 

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