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Jack White in Bar Brawl
Rockdirt reports: White Stripes frontman Jack White may face assault charges in connection with a fracas Saturday night at a Detroit nightclub. According to the below Detroit Police Department report, White got into a beef with Jason Stollsteimer, a singer/guitarist with The Von Bondies, a Motor City band. Stollsteimer, 25, told cops that after he declined to speak with White, the rock star "became enraged" and without warning pulled him to the ground and punched him "on right eye approx. 7 times.". Click Here for the Full Story -- Police report 

Maybe Stollsteimer joked about Jack making the top 20 in Rolling Stone’s Top 100 guitarist of all time? Either that or he said something about Meg’s…

8 Words Ban: #$@%... 
AP reports: A California lawmaker, upset that rock star Bono used vulgarity on live TV and regulators have done nothing about it, wants to ban certain swear words from the airwaves. 

Republican Rep. Doug Ose said he was amazed when the Federal Communications Commission refused to take action against television stations that showed the U2 frontman using an expletive at the Golden Globe Awards (news - web sites) last January. 

The FCC 's enforcement bureau said in October that Bono's comment was an adjective or expletive that did not meet its definition of indecency or obscenity because it did not describe a sexual function. 

"C'mon, give me a break," said Ose. "I don't think there's a parent in the country who wants to hear this stuff come out of their TV." 

He introduced a bill last week that would punish television and radio broadcasters if they aired any of eight specific words and phrases. The language of the bill, the Clean Airwaves Act, is far saltier than Bono's comment. ..Click Here for the Full Story

C’mon, give me a break. You mean this bozo is wasting time on this redundant issue when there are real problems to solve in Washington? I guess it makes sense since the opposite or pro is con so therefore the opposite of progress must be congress. F#&%!

Manson Ok With Swiss 
Digital Noise reports: Swiss authorities have decided not to press criminal charges against shock-rocker Marilyn Manson following complaints that were made by a religious group about Manson's stage act.

The Zurich district prosecutor's office said that it had found no evidence to back the allegations made by Switzerland-based Christians For Truth. The group claimed that Manson had incited violence and breached the Swiss law protecting religion during a concert in February 2001.

Manson, who played another sell-out concert in Zurich on November 30th, was questioned by prosecutors in the Swiss city about the complaint. 

Manson rejected the accusations, and the prosecutor's office said it was persuaded by Manson's argument that his act is meant to provoke a debate about violence and religion. 

Christian groups and lawmakers in Zurich had tried unsuccessfully to have the latest concert banned on grounds that Manson's views were offensive to a majority of the population. -Click Here for the Full Story

Ozzy Breaths
Musician Ozzy Osbourne is making good progress after his quad bike accident and is now able to breathe on his own, hospital officials said Monday. 

The former Black Sabbath frontman was able to talk to his wife Sharon at Wexham Park Hospital in Slough, west of London, where he was taken after the accident last Monday, the hospital said in a statement. 

Osbourne, 55, has been in intensive care since the accident at his estate in Buckinghamshire, southern England. He fractured his left collarbone, eight ribs and a neck vertebra and had emergency surgery shortly after admission to restore the flow to a damaged blood vessel.  .-Click Here for the Full Story

Offspring: We’re Not Old
From an Aversion.com interview: Don’t suggest that the return to punk roots has anything to do with a midlife crisis, however. The band overlooks its recent indiscretions with the ease of combing hair over a bald spot. In fact, even though the act’s been rocking its Orange County home for nearly 20 years now, it’s still not ready to see itself as one of punk’s elder statesmen.

“It is weird. I still think of the bands playing today, even the newer bands, as being our contemporaries,” Noodles says. “I don’t think of us as being any older than them. I guess the scene that we were a part of was Rancid, NOFX and Pennywise. We went out and toured with those guys back in the day, before anyone knew who any of us were. We definitely have a kinship with those types of bands in particular, specifically, but other bands as well.”

… You remember The Offspring’s glory days, whether you scratched your head in wonder that a punk band could get on the radio, or exalted in the rush that hearing punk rock for the first time – even if it was through the unlikely mouth of MTV. So does the band, and Splinter is its attempt to dislodge the crippity-crappity albums that have plagued it since cutting its ties with Epitaph. While it’s not a total success, it’s still a bit of redemption for the punk outfit.
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I see dumb people. 

GNR Punks
Aversion reports: If Axl isn't going to get his act together to release a new record, the punk community will do it for him: Law of Intertia Records will release a tribute album to Guns'n'Roses next year. 

The compilation features 14 versions of GNR cuts by today's punk acts. The most notable contributions include Vaux's "14 Years," Death By Stereo's "Anything Goes" and Dillinger Escape Plan's "My Michelle." The album, Bring You To Your Knees: A Tribute To Guns N Roses, will hit stores March 9.

01. MOST PRECIOUS BLOOD - "Sweet Child O' Mine"
02. DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN - "My Michelle"
03. TIME IN MALTA - "November Rain"
04. HASTE - "You're Crazy"
05. GOD FORBID - "Out Ta Get Me"
06. VAUX - "14 Years"
07. EVERY TIME I DIE - "Used To Love Her"
08. UNEARTH - "It's So Easy"
09. DEATH BY STEREO - "Anything Goes"
10. THE BEAUTIFUL MISTAKE - "Estranged"
11. BREAK THE SILENCE - "Night Train"
12. ZOMBIE APOCALYPSE - "Welcome To the Jungle"
13. EIGHTEEN VISIONS - "Paradise City"
14. BLEEDING THROUGH - "Rocket Queen"
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Allman Skynyrd Brothers Tour
BW&BW reports: As their 2003 schedule comes to an end, LYNYRD SKYNYRD already has their eyes on 2004. There will be a pair of all-star tribute albums to celebrate the 30th anniversary of Skynyrd's first release, as well as more touring - which might include a first-ever package with the ALLMAN BROTHERS BAND if everything works out.

Lead singer Johnny Van Zandt recently told ClassicRockRevisited.com that he thinks it would be a great combination: "It's still in the early, early stages. You know, hey - I would love to do that. I think that would be a great combination. It would be kind of a cool thing for us to do that. When you think of Southern rock, you think of the Allman Brothers (and) Lynyrd Skynyrd, you know?"

The Skynyrd tribute albums will feature the band's songs done by METALLICA, SHERYL CROW, 3 DOORS DOWN, CREED, GOV’T MULE and others. It will also include the Skynyrd/KID ROCK version of ‘Gimme Back My Bullets’ which appears as a bonus track on Skynyrd's latest album, Vicious Cycle. No release date has been set.. Click Here for the Full Story 

MULLETS! 

In Stores
RIFTrock reports: The following new releases will hit stores on Tuesday, December 16th, 2003: 
Ever We Fall - Endura ep
Black Cross - Roll Up Your Sleeves 7''
eE - Ramadan
Chris Murray - The 4 Track Adventures of Venice Shoreline Chris
Some Girls - All My Friends Are Going Death
Modern Life Is War - My Life. My Way
Breather Resist - The Second Half 7''
Grateful Dead - Closing of Winterland: December 31 1978
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Great to see RIFTrock back online and with a new design. 

Strapping Young Hit
Here's from the official Century Media site, Centurymedia.com:

"Century Media has enjoyed a string of success this year at college radio. Every month we had records contending for a top 5 positions. To cap off the year properly, STRAPPING YOUNG LAD was the #1 CMJ (College Music Journal) Loud Rock record of the year! That means that STRAPPING YOUNG LAD was played more than any other artist on metal radio programs across North America. ARCH ENEMY also scored a big hit and became the longest running band on the charts this year! Anthems Of Rebellion outlasted its competiton by a long shot by lasting 16 weeks (and still going) on the CMJ and FMQB (Friday Morning Quarterback) charts. The second longest running band at those respective trade charts was CHILDREN OF BODOM. We can't wait to see what 2004 holds in store with new releases from GOD FORBID, SENTENCED and CRYPTOPSY due out."- Click Here for the full story

New Ministry
Digital Noise reports: Ministry have set "Houses of the Molé" as the title for their upcoming album, which the band expects to release in the spring of 2004.

The follow-up to "Animositisomina", which was released earlier this year, promises to expand on the "wall of sound" that Ministry fans have come to expect.

"'Houses of the Molé' will be all Ministry, all the time, with a dash of sinister Southwest flavor and half the carbs," says Ministry frontman Al Jourgensen.

"Houses of the Molé" is slated for release on Sanctuary Records in the Spring of 2004. -Click Here for the Full Story 

iTunes: 25 Million Served 
Reuters reports: Apple Computer Inc. said on Monday that consumers had bought and downloaded more than 25 million songs from the iconic computer maker's iTunes online music store.   

Apple, based in Cupertino, California, also said that more than $1 million worth of iTunes online gift certificates -- sold in denominations of $20 to $200 -- and allowances have been bought since those features were added in October. 

"The fact that we've done over $1 million in allowances and gift certificates shows a lot of interest on both Mac and Windows," said Chris Bell, director of iTunes product marketing, in a telephone interview. 

iTunes customers buy songs at 99 cents each and then can download them to Windows computers, Mac computers or to Apple's popular iPod digital music players. Apple's music store does not work with other digital music players. -Click Here for the Full Story 

You ever notice that all the prices end in nine? Damn, that's eerie.

Chimaira DVD
siN’s metal news reports: Rob from CHIMAIRA was interviewed tonight by our great friend Brian on SMNnews sponsored Maniac's Rock Asylum on WCRX and revealed some interesting tidbits of information!

- SLAYER have personally invited CHIMAIRA to be on their next tour, where and whenever that might be
- CHIMAIRA are set to release a DVD in Summer or Fall of 2004
- DVD will feature footage spanning their entire career
- DVD will feature all their videos
- DVD will also run like a 'movie' 
- DVD will feature their originial 'EP' as well
- The band will be back on the road in March/April
- They will write/record new material after the summer
- Rob mentioned 'Summer festivals' - unclear on what this means

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Kelly Feels Used
Ratethemusic.com reports Kelly Osbourne remains convinced The Used frontman Bert McCracken dated her because he was only interested in generating publicity for his band. "I have such a black heart because of him. I truly hate him for leaving me like that and it's so sad to hate," Kelly admitted. "I'm torn between two feelings with him, whether he genuinely liked me for me but just couldn't handle it or he dated me because he wanted to become more famous. Sadly, the signs are more pointing towards the fame side. I think if I was to come face-to-face with him now I wouldn't know whether to cry, hug him or punch his lights out - he just really fu**ed me up." -Click Here for the Full Story

"I'm offering you my body, and you're offering me semantics." --  Moooo

Rock On TV
Rock acts on television this week include Puddle of Mudd, who perform on Jimmy Kimmel Live on Monday; Barenaked Ladies, who perform on The View on Monday; Staind, who perform on the Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn on Thursday; and the Rapture, who perform on Last Call with Carson Daly on Thursday.
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Wellwater Letterman
(press release) Matt Cameron (Pearl Jam/Soundgarden/Wellwater Conspiracy) will be in NYC on Dec. 17 performing with his band, Wellwater Conspiracy, on the David
Letterman show. 

On September 9, 2003, Wellwater Conspiracy released its self-titled album of blistering music to great acclaim. Critics from all walks of life are enamored with the band with Guitar Player Magazine calling it "one of the finest CD's this year." David Fricke from Rolling Stone says, "Pearl Jam drummer Matt Cameron's band gets immediate 'cool' points."

Wellwater Conspiracy Reviews:

"4 out of 5 stars." -- rolling stone, october 2003
"4 out of 5 stars." -- alternative press, october 2003
"5 out of 5 stars." -- guitar one, october 2003
"4 out of 5 stars." -- all music guide
"4 out of 5 stars." -- arizone replublic
"5 out of 5 stars." -- antimusic

Wellwater Conspiracy is fronted by Matt Cameron (Pearl Jam/Soundgarden) & John Mcbain (Monster Magnet).

Snoop Dogg says of the CD “It’s off the shizzle, that sound’s got my nizzle all in the bizzle with the chronic shizzle! Check it, my brizzle”   

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