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News for Blink-182 Fans |
Rockdirt reports: +44 singer Mark Hoppus posted
the following message on his myspace page on Wednesday (May 16): "For the
past year and a half we have been saying how +44 will never play blink-182
songs. In interviews, when people ask about it, we say it won't happen,
we think it's lame, etc. Last week we changed our minds. And tonight during
our set we played 'What's My Age Again'. You see, Travis and I LOVE our
history with blink-182, and it seems a shame to let those songs sit dormant
forever because of what happened two years ago. [see full story for more]-
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| Ozzy
Keeps Talking |
PR reports: In the latest episode of "Talking
Metal," their coverage of the 2007 edition of VH1's Rock Honors continues
with interviews hosts Mark Strigl and John Ostronomy conducted with Zakk
Wylde of Black Label Society and Ozzy Osbourne and Blasko of Ozzy Osbourne.
Topics include Ozzy, Randy Rhoads, Jake E. Lee, Dimebag Darrell, Mercenary
Management, In This Moment, and Ozzfest. Additional podcast topics include
Casey Chaos, Josh Homme, Alice In Chains, KISSology, ZZ Top, and the Circus
bar in New York City. The 60-minute podcast can be downloaded at the full
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| Village
Voice's Trademarked, Copy Written, Corporate Music Festival Line-Up |
PR reports: The Village Voice is excited to
announce the initial line-up for the 7th Annual SIRENMUSIC FESTIVAL� taking
place Saturday, July 21, 12-9pm, at Coney Island:
The Village Voice Siren Festival� is a
free all-day music event open to all ages, featuring live international,national
and local bands, as well as DJs performing on two outdoor stages at historic
Coney Island. Now in its seventh year, the Village Voice SIREN MUSICFESTIVAL�
has solidified its status as one of the top leading outdoor music festival
by drawing over 100,000 music fans in each of its last four years.
Scheduled performers include NEW YORK DOLLS;
WE ARE SCIENTISTS; MATT AND KIM; THE BLACK LIPS; DR. DOG; NOISETTES; LAVENDER
DIAMOND; THE DETROIT COBRAS; ELVIS PERKINS; THE TWILIGHT SAD and many others
still to be announced! [ok sorry about the headline but the TM's in the
press release went a little overboard. See the full story for more about
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| Dengue
Fever Eye Oct Release |
PR reports: Dengue Fever is currently in the
studio and will be releasing their third full-length album October 9, 2007
on M80 Music. While a West Coast and Southwest tour is currently being
routed, the band will be playing 3 high profile public events in Detroit
(Detroit Festival of the Arts), Los Angeles (Grand Performances) and New
York (Pool Parties) this summer.
Dengue Fever live dates:
6/08/07 @ Wayne State/WDET Stage, Detroit,
MI
(Detroit Festival of the Arts)
6/10/07 @ Grand Performances, Los Angeles,
CA
(free, daytime event in downtown LA w/
Ozomatli)
7/01/07 @ McCarren Park Pool, Brooklyn,
NY
(2pm free event w/ Man Man)-
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| Bif
Naked Engaged |
PR reports: Bodog Music recording artist,
Bif Naked, is thrilled to announce her engagement to Vancouver Sun sports
scribe, Ian Walker. The proposal took place during an intimate dinner where,
surrounded by close friends and family, Bif Naked received the best dessert
ever: It came in the form of a blue box on a silver platter. With tears
of joy, the Vancouver-based singer accepted Walker's proposal. The couple's
exclusive nuptials will take place later this fall in an undisclosed location
in their hometown of Vancouver. [see full story for more]-
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| Flawed
Solo Debut set for Volz |
PR reports: Chris Volz, formerly of FLAW and
the recently-disbanded Five.Bolt.Main, has just set a release date for
his forthcoming debut solo album. The album, tentatively titled "Redemption,"
will be hitting stores on September 11th on Rock Ridge Music.
"The lyrics on this record are very personal,"
says Volz. "I don't sing about anything I haven't felt or don't mean. Personally,
this record was my turn to grab the reins. This album is, with no offense
meant to any of my former bandmates, the chance to do everything I've always
wanted to do." The recording process took two weeks, the fastest recording
experience of Volz's career. "I have never recorded that expediently. The
musicians we worked with were extremely professional and productive. It
all flowed very well and everything fell right into place."[see full story
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| Drowning
Pool Tour |
PR reports: Drowning Pool is hitting the road
to promote their new album Full Circle, set to hit on July 24. The band
will be donating $1 from all of the tickets sold to their upcoming U.S.
tour to the USO to further show their support for our troops overseas and
at home. The band will be on the road in the US till June 9th and then
head to Europe for most of the rest of the month.
Catch Drowning Pool on their North American
tour:
May 18th Boise, ID The Big Easy Concert
Hall
May 19th Coeur D'Alene, ID The Grail Event
Center
May 20th Calgary, AB The Back Alley
May 22nd Edmonton, AB Jet Nightclub
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| Macy
Gray's U.S. One Off Set |
PR reports: On Thursday, May 24th, the Key
Club will welcome singer-songwriter and stylistic vanguard, Macy Gray,
to the stage. Appearing at the Key Club for her only U.S. date to kick
off her month-long European tour, Macy's wild exuberance is sure not to
disappoint. Doors will open at 7:00 PM and tickets are available through
the Key Club box office and www.ticketmaster.com for $25.00.[see full story
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| Vh1
To Air Monterey International Pop Fest Doc |
PR reports: In celebration of the Monterey
International Pop Festival's 40th anniversary, VH1 Rock Docs will premiere
an original documentary, "Monterey 40" on Saturday, June 16 at 9 PM ET/PT
on VH1 Classic and VH1. "Monterey 40" will tell the story of this historic
event from conception to event to aftermath to lasting impact from the
perspective of musicians, organizers, audience members and visual documentarians.
The film will include new interviews with Paul McCartney, David Crosby,
Michelle Phillips, Pete Townshend, Grace Slick, Bob Weir, Micky Dolenz,
Ravi Shankar, [worthless corporate fools that have ruined rock have been
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| Hare
Krishna Punks |
PR reports: If you look up the number 108
on Wikipedia, you'll learn the following: One hundred [and] eight is an
abundant number and a semiperfect number. It is a tetranacci number. It
is the hyperfactorial of 3 since it is of the form . 108 is a number that
is divisible by the value of its ? function, which is 36. 108 is also divisible
by the total number of its divisors (12), hence it is a refactorable number.
In normal space, the interior angles of an equilateral pentagon measure
108 degrees each. In Dharmic traditions Hindu deities have 108 names. Recital
of these names, often accompanied by counting of 108-beaded Mala, is considered
sacred and often done during religious ceremonies. The recital is called
namajapa. Siva Nataraja dances his cosmic dance in 108 poses. The number
of sins in Tibetan Buddhism is 108. Chinese astrology and Tao philosophy
holds that there are 108 sacred stars. However, if reading carefully, one
would notice that 108 is also a California based Hare Krishna, hardcore
punk band.
After a not so brief hiatus (1996 � 2005),
the band is back with their first studio album in over a decade (Equal
Vision Records recently issued a 37 song discography of the band's history
to this point), and it sounds like they haven't missed a beat. "A New Beat
From A Dead Heart" (out June 26th on Deathwish) was recorded and engineered
by Kurt Ballou (Converge) at Godcity Studios. 108 will be performing in
a city near you as they prepare for a full tour of the United States, but
not before they destroy our lucky friends in Europe first. Grab a listen
at the full story link before you go off and shave your head and give up
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| Placebo
Fan Made Video Posted |
PR reports: Myspace premiered the video for
Placebo's "Running Up That Hill" yesterday. The video was all footage submitted
by fans. Check it out at the full story link.
"Placebo is a unique artist, requiring
an online partner with a unique approach to the social networking video
space. Motionbox was a great choice given their compelling implementation
and ease-of-use, and the results were excellent" said Syd Schwartz, SVP
of Digital Strategy at Capitol Music Group
"The response we got from Placebo's fans
was awesome," said Chris O'Brien, CEO of Motionbox. It's been a remarkable
experience working with Capitol Music Group to create video music groups
for their fans."
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| Biffy
Clyro Get Roadrunnered |
PR reports: Roadrunner Records announces the
U.S. acquisition of Glasgow's latest rock sensation Biffy Clyro, a trio
being heralded in some UK circles as "the new Nirvana." Puzzle is the band's
breakthrough new album, and is garnering massive attention in Britain.
It was produced by GGGarth (Rage Against the Machine, Mudvayne, Chevelle,
Red Hot Chili Peppers), who brought the band to his Vancouver home to track.
Puzzle was engineered by Mike Fraser (AC/DC, Slipknot, Rush, Motley Crue,
Jimmy Page) and mixed in New York by Andy Wallace (Nirvana, Slayer, Jeff
Buckley). It will be released in the U.S early fall.[see full story for
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| Is
Dee as Twisted as Star Wars? |
PR reports: In honor of the 30th anniversary
of the Star Wars saga, Twisted Sister vocalist Dee Snider has been interviewed
by the mysterious Maul Stanley (a parody hybrid of Star Wars character
Darth Maul and Kiss guitarist Paul Stanley). As part of this special week-long
event, Maul Stanley has also interviewed members of Poison, Cinderella
and Quiet Riot regarding their own unique Star Wars experiences. Maul Stanley:
Do you see any similarities between what you do with Twisted Sister and
what George Lucas did with Star Wars?
Dee Snider: Well, I can very much appreciate
the challenge of living up to your own history because I've experienced
that in the music industry. It's difficult not to second-guess yourself
when you're trying to recreate the formula for what gave you success in
the first place, especially when there really was no formula! In the case
of Star Wars, George Lucas was just going with his gut. People kept saying,
"Are you insane? A space movie? No one's watching those anymore!" But Lucas
stuck to his guns and it paid off for him big time. However, when you go
back and revisit something as successful as that, that's when you begin
to doubt yourself. I'm sure George reads what the fans are saying on the
bulletin boards and in the chat rooms, hoping to interpret what they want.
But the minute you start doing that, it's the kiss of death! It's always
difficult to follow in your own footsteps.[see full story for more]-
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