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Collective Soul Week: Georgia Girl

antiMusic reports: This week we have a real treat for you. One of the best songwriting bands of this generation, Collective Soul, is releasing their new album 'Afterwords' this week and we asked lead guitarist Joel Kosche to select his five favorite tracks from the CD and tell us a little bit about each one. (Ed checks in on a few tracks too!). Today Joel and Ed tell us a little about the song "Georgia Girl": He says of the track, "Another song that sort of transformed in the studio. I had a hard time coming up with a guitar solo for that song. I guess I was over thinking it or something because nothing was really working. It's strange, sometimes the hardest part is finding that perfect first note to play. Ed gave me the first three and from there it turned into one of my favorite solos yet." 

And here is Ed's take on the song: " "I just sat down one day and wrote it. It's basically a true story about a wonderful girl who helped me through a hard time. That may be the hardest kind of song for me to write - a story that people can follow. That's the greatness of someone like Springsteen. He can write you a story. I really wanted to challenge myself to do something like that."

You can pick up 'Afterwords' at Target stores and iTunes now, plus see them on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno on Friday (August 31). You can preview the entire CD- right here!

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CBGB Founder Hilly Kristal Dies

antiMusic reports: The world has lost another music icon. Hilly Kristal the founder of CBGB has passed. Here is the official press statement that was sent out. It is with deep sadness and regret that we inform you of the death of Hilly Kristal, who died on Tuesday, August 28, 2007 from complications from Lung Cancer. 

Kristal, 75, founded the legendary rock club CBGB and ran the club for 33 years. A singer and songwriter himself, Kristal opened the club to showcase "Country Bluegrass and Blues"; instead the club became a breeding ground for Punk
rock. Among the many acts that called CBGB home were Blondie, the Talking Heads, Television, Living Color, Patti Smith and the Ramones. The club closed in October 2006, but CBGB continues, with a retail store in New York City and worldwide merchandise sales; in addition, there currently are plans to open new CBGB clubs in several locations.- more on this story

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Metal Heads Vs Emo Crybabies

antiMusic reports: There is a river of mascara stained tears in the UK this week as emo fans have their panties in a wad over a metal band's win at a awards ceremony for a teen music magazine. The emo girls are upset too. Metal band Machine Head pulled out a win for Best Album as last Thursday's Kerrang! Awards and emo fans are throwing a tizzy fit that they beat out their pin-up boy favorites. Machine Head's camp issued this statement on their website about the controversy: Machine Head's 'Best Album' win at last Thursday's Kerrang! Awards over pop-rock powerhouses My Chemical Romance and Fall Out Boy has apparently cut deep with fans of both bands, prompting a flood of angry whining and sad-faced emoticons on the Kerrang! message boards. 

Machine Head's upset victory over the multi-platinum softcore acts sent their inherently sensitive fans into an emotional frenzy, building into a tizzy of unparalleled proportions. Wrought with dismay, polished fingernails the world over lashed out at the band and metal as a whole with diatribes the likes of "MCR really should have won!!! I'm mad now!!!!," "what a load of sh*t, who the f*ck listens to them?" and "Stupid Machine Head!!," at times stooping so low as to say the competition was fixed, and often gravely endangering the integrity of their carefully sideswept hair with posts like "I H8 METAL, I H8 METAL, I H8 METAL, I H8 METAL, I H8 METAL, I H8 METAL, I H8 METAL.- more on this story

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Nikki Sixx Still has 11,000 Fans

antiMusic reports: It looks like Nikki Sixx's idea of promoting his new project by focusing only on the corporate and tabloid media instead of where a few fans might still remain didn't work out like he and his handlers had planned as the Motley Thru bassplayer's new solo effort Sixx:A.M.'s 'The Heroin Diaries Soundtrack' had dismal first week sales of just 11,000 copies according to TuneLab.

Adema's attempt at a comeback hit a brick wall as well when their new effort "Kill the Headlights" only managed to attract 2,000 fans. The one good news for rock this week is that As I Lay Dying made a record debut on the charts with sales of almost 40,000 copies of their new effort "An Ocean Between Us" landing them at No 8 on the Billboard 200 (more on that later in today's report). 

Unlike Adema and Nikki Sixx, Nickelback, Linkin Park, Maroon 5 and Korn still have a healthy fanbase out there purchasing their albums well after their release.- more on this story

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DMX Mystery Substance Not Drugs

AP reports: Investigators said a chunky textured substance seized from the bedroom of rapper DMX was not an illegal drug. 

"We're still looking at what type of powder that is," Sheriff Joe Arpaio said Tuesday. "But we did seize a useable quantity of marijuana. He does have a drug situation there."

Sheriff's deputies found three dead dogs, guns, ammunition and drug paraphernalia at his Cave Creek residence Friday.
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Sevendust Look Back

antiMusic reports: Sevendust are looking back once again this December when they release a brand new CD/DVD compilation package that will also include new music and rarities. Of course, a tour will follow as well.

Here is what the band had to say on their website: Retrospective 2 will be in stores on 12/11/07. It's a DVD and CD package that includes (3) brand new audio tracks, live concert video never seen before, the new video for the song Beg To Differ, Videos for Ugly, Pieces, and Driven, outtakes from a day in the life of Sevendust spanning the last four years, plus much more.- more on this story

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Rolling Stones Vs Critic

Gigwise reports: Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards has demanded that a Swedish newspaper apologise for a recent review of one of their gigs. A journalist for the Aftonbladet newspaper gave the band's show in Gothenburg on August 3rd two out of five stars, saying that Richards was "superdrunk" and "a bit confused" onstage during the performance. 

After being shown translated versions of the review, Richard's has hit back angrily in a letter to the newspaper. He said: "This is a first! Never before have I risen to the bait of a bad review. But this time...I have to stand up...for our fans all over Sweden ... to say that you owe them, and us, an apology."

Despite Richards' demand for an apology, Markus Larsson, the journalist who wrote the review, has stood by his comments, reports yahoomusic. "I am not going to apologize for my subjective opinion," explained Larsson. "It is Keith who should apologize. After all it costs around 1,000 kronor (US$145) to see a rock star who can hardly handle the (guitar) riff to 'Brown Sugar' any more."- more on this story

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Experience Hendrix Tour

PR reports: A special five city tour, featuring some of the best known and most respected figures in rock and blues has been set to celebrate the legacy and music of Jimi Hendrix next month. The tour launches October 16 at Washington's Constitution Hall. Experience Hendrix, LLC, the Hendrix family-owned company charged entrusted with preserving and protecting the legacy of Jimi Hendrix is the presenter of the tour and lends its name to the endeavor which runs through October 20th. Other tour stops include New York, Hampton Beach, NH, Atlantic City and Waterbury, CT.

Featuring artists who will be performing music written by and associated with Jimi Hendrix include blues giant Buddy Guy, pedal steel innovator Robert Randolph, contemporary guitar greats Jonny Lang and Kenny Wayne Shepherd. Special guests include Robbie Krieger, guitarist of the Doors, Rolling Stones veteran guitarist Mick Taylor and Hubert Sumlin, the Mississippi-born guitarist who worked with both Howlin' Wolf and Muddy Waters. Most remarkably, Mitch Mitchell (drums) and Billy Cox (bass), the same Jimi Hendrix Experience rhythm section that played behind Hendrix at Woodstock is the will be on hand for the Experience Hendrix tour dates as will Chris Layton and Tommy Shannon, a/k/a Double Trouble, the late Stevie Ray Vaughan's highly regarded rhythm section. - more on this story

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Korn Announced Full Bitch We Have A Problem Tour Dates

PR reports: The full itinerary for Korn's "BI#%H! WE HAVE A PROBLEM" Tour is now released. The tour features Korn, Hellyeah, Five Finger Death Punch, and Droid. 

The tour will kick off Sept. 22nd in Reno, giving Korn a short break after Family Values Tour 2007 comes to a close this weekend in Irvine, CA. 

The tour will wrap up just before Halloween in Portland, Or. Tickets for all shows are on sale now unless otherwise noted. 

Sep-22 Reno, NV - Lawlor Events Center
Sep-23 Bend, OR - Les Schwab Amphitheater
Sep-25 Vancouver, BC - Pacific Amphitheater- more dates

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John Mellencamp Tour

PR reports: John Mellencamp will embark on a fall tour, bringing his songs, music and voice to arenas, across 10 states in America's heartland. The tour kicks off October 26th continuing to mid-November for a total of 14 concert dates on its first leg. 

Mellencamp and his touring band -- the same group of musicians who record with him � will appear before audiences in Illinois, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, Nebraska, Missouri and his native Indiana. A broad spectrum of Mellencamp's repertoire, reflecting four decades of recording and performing, will be represented.

Mellencamp commented, "We're looking forward to playing these dates. The band is sounding great and our intention is to give audiences a fantastic show." Mellencamp and the band have been in Mellencamp's Belmont Mall studio, near Bloomington, IN, working on a new album project, as yet untitled, that is being produced by T Bone Burnett. It is expected that some of the unreleased songs from those sessions will be performed during the course of the upcoming tour dates.- more on this story

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Eagles CD Info

PR reports: Long Road Out of Eden, the Eagles' first album of new material in more than 28 years, is scheduled for an October 30th release and will include 20 songs in a specially priced double album. Eagles will be performing six nights in October with the Dixie Chicks as a Grand Opening celebration for the new NOKIA Theatre L.A. LIVE in downtown Los Angeles.

Long Road Out of Eden is available now for pre-order, including a free download of the band's recently released single "How Long," through Walmart.com, Samclub.com and eaglesband.com. On October 30th the album will be available exclusively at Wal-Mart and Sam's Club in the U.S. and Canada, through Walmart.com and Samsclub.com, and via the band's Web site http://eaglesband.com.- tracklisting

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Dropkick Murphys Get Mean on the Road

PR reports: Dropkick Murphys are set to release their sixth studio album THE MEANEST OF TIMES--a collection of spirited, cathartic and heartfelt anthems--September 18 on their own Born & Bred Records in association with Warner Music Group's Independent Label Group. The Boston band will also hit the road September 12 for an East Coast headlining trek in support of THE MEANEST OF TIMES with The Horrorpops and Everybody Out.

From their early beginnings playing all-ages matinees at now-defunct Boston clubs to the prominent placement of their song "I'm Shipping Up To Boston" in Martin Scorsese's Academy Award-winning film The Departed, the DROPKICK MURPHYS--KEN CASEY (vocals, bass guitar), AL BARR (vocals), MATT KELLY (drums, backing vocals), JAMES LYNCH (guitar, backing vocals), TIM BRENNAN (mandolin, accordion, banjo, bouzouki, tin whistle, and acoustic guitar), MARC ORRELL (guitar, accordion, piano, backing vocals) and SCRUFFY WALLACE (bagpipes)--have evolved over the past decade into one of the most beloved punk-inspired bands in the world. - more including tour dates

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John Fogerty Revival

PR reports: John Fogerty reclaims his rightful place among America's most iconic and revered artists with the forthcoming Revival, due October 2nd. Fogerty's contribution to popular culture cannot be overstated; his songs have become part of rock's DNA, the very building blocks upon which much of American rock and roll has been built. As the album title tantalizingly suggests, Revival represents a renewed musical spirit and heart from Fogerty that incorporates all the best elements of a career that has resonated deeply with generations of music fans and the thousands of artists that he has influenced.

"It just seemed like all the records I have made since Creedence Clearwater Revival have all been sort of pushed off center," he says. "I felt like I was dancing around the outskirts of what is my true center. With this album, I really wanted to stay on the mark, right in the middle, right where rock 'n' roll is. I wanted this one to be easier, a lot more fun than some of the past records have been."- more including tour dates

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