April 
In Brief. The month started out with REM announcing their first North American tour in four years (story) � It leaked out that American Idol contestant Corey Clark was facing charges for assaulting his little sister and resisting arrest.  (story) � Avril covered the Dylan classic �Knockin� On Heaven�s Door� for the �War Child: Hope Album� benefit album. (story) � Radiohead songs leaked out onto the web (story) � The Misfits announced the Misfits Fiend Fest that also featured The Damned, DI, The Dickies, Agnostic Front and Balzac (story) � MTV announced an icon special for Metallica that would feature performances from Korn, Limp Bizkit, Sum 41 and Avril Lavigne. (story) � Linkin Park�s sophomore album �Meteora� was released and topped the charts (story) � Limp Bizkit finally announced who their new guitarist was.. Mike Smith of Snot (story) �The RIAA launched their first volley of lawsuits against individual file traders. The first target.. students (story) � Radio giant Clear Channel announced they were dropping indie radio promoters (story) � Some early Black Sabbath recordings were found. (story) � Biohazard went after System of a Down, Audioslave, Ozzfest and Limp Bizkit (story) - Sony settled the lawsuit with Incubus (story) - Someone tried to bust a cap in Snoop�s ass (story) - Gene Simmons tired up some controversy when he spoke out against anti-war protesters (story) - Sharon Osbourne got into a fight with a Hollywood talent agent at a L.A. restaurant (story) - Godsmack smacked Linkin Park from the top of the charts (story) - antiMUSIC got stuck in the middle of a Kelly Osbourne Vs. MTV controversy when press outlets across the world report Kelly band mouthed MTV to us. Didn�t happen, we just reported what she told Detroit News.. Kelly then denied her statements and kissed MTV�s ass -(story) Iron Maiden, Dio and Motorhead announced their summer tour together (story) - Tommy Lee was cleared of charges linked to a child�s death in his home(story)- Limp Bizkit announced that their new CD was so bad they were starting all over (story) - Great White members made their first public appearance after the fire at a benefit show co-sponsored by antiMUSIC and Happenin Harry(story) - Hackers hacked Madonna over MP3 flap (story) - Jason Newsted missed his first show in 17 years due to food poisoning (story) � Scott Wieland joined ex Guns N� Rose�rs (story) - Creed was sued by their fans (story).

May 

In Brief: Apple computer turned the music industry on it�s ear and showed that mp3�s could be successful (story) -Great White asked fans to help pay for their legal defense(story) -Pete Townshend was cleared of Kiddie Porn charges (story) - Bob Dole went after the Osbournes (story) -Speaking of the Osbournes, Epic records dropped Kelly after her album tanked (story) -Ted Nugent spoke out on accusations of racism (story) - The final line up of Lollapalooza was announced (story)- Phil quit Pantera (story) -Rock music proved more popular than ever (story) -Sharon Osbourne attempted to resurrect her daughter�s hopeless career by trying to sell Ozzy and Kelly as a package to a new label (story)- Iron Maiden and Staind both viewed strong opinions about Limp Bizkit (story) - Senator Joseph Biden snuck a rider onto the Amber Alert bill that threatens live music shows (story)- The Rollings Band announced a benefit show for the West Memphis Three (story) - Marilyn Manson topped the charts with his new CD(story) - McCartney finally was back in the U.S.S.R.(story) -  �Jackass� star Steve-O was arrest in Sweden after he made a joke about smuggling drugs into the country (story)- Led Zeppelin�s new live album and DVD shipped multi-platinum (story) - Metallica released the single and video for �St Anger�(story) - Staind returned to the top of the charts (story)- It was learned that Avril�s Sk8er Boi would be turned into a feature length film. (story)
 

June

In Brief: Metallica started out June by moving the release of �St Anger� up a week.  (story)- Linkin Park�s Chester Bennington was hospitalized (story) � On the 9th we learned that Sylvester Stallone was attempting to bring the story of the investigations of the murders of Tupac Shakur and Biggie Smalls to the big screen (story) � Former GNR members confirmed Scott Weiland as their singer and announced the group would be called Velvet Revolver (story) � Metallica topped the charts with the release of �St. Anger� (story) �Radiohead announced their No. American tour (story) � Axl Rose crashed the antiMUSIC Led Zeppelin release party and told us that he is co-producing �Chinese Democracy� and said it was delayed because he wanted to make it as perfect as possible before he releases it. (story) � Iron Maiden announced that a new studio album was coming later in the year (story) �A Senator suggested using computer virus to battle illegal mp3 trading (story) � The final Joe Strummer album was announced (story) �Velvet Revolver made their live debut (story) �A roadie sued Blink-182 over an album title (story) �RIAA announced they would sue individual file traders (story) �Former Backstreet Boy Nick Carter hired Tommy Lee to produce tracks for his sophomore solo album (story) -U2�s Bono was the target of death threats (story).