Day In Rock 10/13: Johnny Rotten Vs. Avril II- Jack Black As Ozzy- Deftones Preview- Greenday Scam Part III- RIAA Boycott- Flaw- Minor Threat- Cops Cited In Guns N' Roses Riot- Opeth- BRMC Beat The Strokes- more by Keavin Wiggins
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Johnny Rotten Vs. Avril II
Rockdirt reports: Matt Sebastian of the Daily Camera caught up with Sex Pistols frontman Johnny Rotten, who was again fuming over Avril Lavigne, especially her comments proclaiming herself "punk," going so far as to tell Seventeen magazine that "I'm like a Sid Vicious for a new generation." Rotten said of the Canadian pop-punk act: "I don't give a damn. I wish she was (Vicious). Then she'd be dead, and that's putting it mildly ... What do people think heroin is? A joyous romp in the park? It's self destruction, and I'm sorry, but no self-respecting punk would be out to destroy himself. 'Oh, he's the dead one, you know.' What a bizarre attitude that it's the dead one who's the good one. Look, these self-professed punks are fake. She's about as much punk as Kelly Osbourne."-- Click Here for the Full Story

Jack Black As Ozzy
Blabbermouth reports: Michael Starr of the New York Post reports that Jack Black is angling to star in the big-screen Ozzy Osbourne biopic � and he's not shy about wanting the job. "He's been a huge influence on me," Black tells Ozzy's wife, Sharon, on today's "Sharon Osbourne Show".

"[Ozzy] was a hero of mine as a kid and I have to say, I've been tracking the Ozzy film. . . ." Black then tells Sharon that it would be a "bad call" to cast Colin Farrell in the role. "If anyone's Ozzy, I'm Ozzy," he says..- Click Here for the Full Story

In other Osbournes news Jack and MTV's Ian Robinson are in talks to star in a remake of "Revenge of the Nerds" but this will be called "Metal Dorks". 

Deftones Preview
The PRP reports: The Deftones will be exclusively posting the never before seen video for their track "Bloody Cape" online for 24 hours only on Tuesday, October 14th. The clip will be made available on www.deftones.com- Click Here for the Full Story

Discover why the Hobo loves this band so much. (sarcasm off) 

Greenday Scam Part III
Undercover did a bit of detective work and discovered that The Network is most likely Green Day. Here is an excerpt report: 

Let's do the 'Paul is Dead' test and see if there are any hints they have to give by looking at the individual band members. We only know their nicknames. We don't know their faces because they have never been seen unmasked. So �

Fink � He is the leader of the band. He finances the group and he is an Aquarius. Coincidentally, Billie Joe Armstrong is an Aquarius, we know Billie Joe funded the group because he owns the label and the sound bite at the Adeline website sounds a lot like Billie Joe (and we mean a REAL lot). And look at his name � Fink. Didn't Green Day once record a song called 'The Ballad of Wilhelm Fink'?

But wait, there's more. Canadian music writer Andrew Epstein has discovered for the online mag Chart Attack that Tre Cool once went by the name Captain Underpants when he was in a band called The Lookouts. Captain Underpants is also in The Network. 

Andrew also unveiled that The Network's Van Gough is a vegan. So is Green Day's Mike Dirnt.

Greenday.net weblord Brian Gray has published a photograph of The Network at their press conference earlier this week. Alas, the members were masked. Will these masked musicians ever reveal their true identities? How the hell should I know" asks Brian at greenday.net

The mystery remains..- Click Here for the Full Story

Fans / Sites Call for RIAA Boycott
A group of websites have gathered together to call for a boycott of the RIAA in protest to the trade group suing file sharers. Here is an excerpt from their website describing their plans:  A coalition of websites is coming together to create www.stopRIAAlawsuits.com, which will call for a one week boycott of RIAA music coinciding with the next round of lawsuits against music fans. We would like to invite your site to join the coalition. When the RIAA files its next round of suits, we will launch the website which will include a link to every endorsing site-- the more we have on board, the stronger a statement we can send. The record industry trying to use these suits to scare people into buying their products. To end the lawsuits, we need to show them that lawsuits will hurt their bottom line. To endorse, send an email from your domain to [email protected]. 
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It's doubtful is a one week boycott will do much good, why not call for a boycott until they stop filing the lawsuits? 

New Flaw CD In The Works
Metal-Underground reports: FLAW are currently in New York working on their new album with producer David Bottrill (Tool, Mudvayne) and are expecting to wrap up the record on December 23rd. The first single from the release will likely hit radio in February, with the album landing in stores soon after.- Click Here for the Full Story 

Minor Threat DVD
Aversion reports: The legendary hardcore act Minor Threat will come into the digital era Nov. 10, as Live DVD will hit stores. 

The DVD, released by Minor Threat's front man Ian MacKaye's Dischord imprint, captures a 40-minute performance at Washington D.C.'s 9:30 Club, a 35-minute set in Camden, N.J., and a few minutes of footage from the band's second show at D.C. Space in 1980. .- Click Here for the Full Story

Cops Cited In Guns N' Roses Riot 
Blabbermouth reports: Amy O'Brian of the Vancouver Sun reports that at least two Vancouver Police officers appeared to use "unnecessary and excessive" force during the GUNS N' ROSES riot last fall, the police complaint commissioner said Friday (October 10). 

Commissioner Dirk Ryneveld made the statement in a written notice for a public hearing that will examine the events of last Nov. 7, when fans of the legendary 1980s rock band erupted in anger when lead singer Axl Rose unexpectedly cancelled the show at GM Place. 

Police moved in to disperse the rioting crowd and allegedly injured at least two men in the process. 

Robert Parent and Detlef Schroeder lodged complaints under the B.C. Police Act that they were injured when officers used unnecessary and excessive force. Video footage of that night shows Schroeder being beaten by police armed with batons as he was leaving the stadium with his daughter. Further footage shows an officer using his baton to knock out two of Parent's teeth. "In my view, the video footage clearly depicts at least two separate incidents in which two officers appear to be using unnecessary and excessive force against Messrs..- Click Here for the Full Story . 

Twenty-eight days... six hours... forty-two minutes... twelve seconds. That... is when the world... will end.

Opeth the DVD
Blabbermouth reports: OPETH have spent the weekend supervising the pre-mix of the live tracks recorded on September 25 in London. "Deliverance" mixer and co-producer Andy Sneap will take care of the final mix. The as-yet-untitled DVD will contain both the mellow and heavy set with a running time of approximately an hour each, as well as a unique 65-minute documentary about the band with in-depth focus on the recording of "Deliverance" and "Damnation". It will also include excusive interviews with the band and producer. A two-CD live album will also be issued in the coming months.

The band are currently in between tours and are concentrating on the DVD as well as rehearsals for the upcoming Scandinavian tour starting on October 15 in Helsinki, Finland. The set list will consist of songs from OPETH's entire career. 

South American dates have been confirmed for mid-November. The Australian tour will start in Adelaide on December 9 of December and will finish with three nights (December 13-15) at the Hi-Fi in Melbourne.
.-Click Here for the Full Story 

BRMC Beat The Strokes
NME reports: After a fortnight in pole position, THE STROKES have been ousted by BLACK REBEL MOTORCYCLE CLUB at the top of the NME CHART. 

But with new videos from The White Stripes, Cooper Temple Clause and Hundred Reasons about to 'drop', how long can the boys in black hold on to the top slot? 

This week's NME Chart is:

1. Black Rebel Motorcycle Club � �We're All In Love' 
2. The Strokes � �12:51' 
3. Jane's Addiction � �True Nature' 
4. The Distillers � �Drain The Blood' 
5. Kings Of Leon � �Wasted Time' 
6. OutKast � �Hay Ya' 
7. Razorlight � �Rip It Up' 
8. The Darkness � �I Believe In A Thing Called Love' 
9. Funeral For A Friend � �She Drove Me To Daytime TV' 
10. British Sea Power - �Remember Me'

As ever, the NME Chart has been voted for by you. The rundown is hosted by Zane Lowe and broadcast every day on MTV2 at 7pm. To control next week's countdown, log on to nmechart.com..- Click Here for the Full Story

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