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Rock 4/01: GNR Leak- Parents Vs MTV- Linkin Solo- Whitney Rahab Order-
Derrick Plourde RIP- Strokes- Green Day- Avril- Stones Tour?- Ted Wins-
Sharon's Driver Sued- No Anthrax For Megadeth- Kittie Flee- Audioslave
Beat Green Day- Corgan Solo- dredge- Eagles of Death Metal Lineup- Blood
Brothers- Kelly Ozzfest?- Take Action Tour Record Year!- Legacy- Marillion
DVD- Scary Dates- more
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 GNR
Leak |
Day in Rock reports: The first single from
the long awaited Guns N' Roses album "Chinese Democracy" has made it online,
click the full story link to hear it now!- Click
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| Parents
Vs MTV |
FMQB reports: The Parents Television Council
(PTC) has once again aimed its sights on MTV, calling out its top advertisers
in a report entitled "Top Ten Sponsors Of MTV Sleaze." The PTC is asking
the companies to defend their reasons for advertising on the hugely popular
cable network. "These companies are directly responsible for the raunchy
programming poisoning the minds of impressionable children. We are calling
on these sponsors to explain why they choose to support a network that
contains substantially more sex, foul language and violence than any broadcast
television program aimed at adults. These companies must be held accountable
for underwriting this material," said PTC President L. Brent Bozell.[see
full story for more]- Click
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| Linkin
Solo |
MTV reports: Linkin Park's Chester Bennington
is going solo � at least for one show. On May 21 he'll headline the 10-year-anniversary
celebration of Tempe, Arizona's Club Tattoo, a venue founded by his former
Grey Daze bandmate Sean Dowdell.[see full story for more]-
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| Whitney
Rahab Order |
Contact Music reports: WHITNEY HOUSTON has
little choice about her latest trip to a rehabilitation clinic - she was
taken there on a court order.
The troubled singer, married to BOBBY BROWN,
had showed signs of finally overcoming her drug battles in recent months,
so fans were shocked when they learned the star had been checked into a
rehab centre on 23 March (05).
But a spokesperson for Georgia's Fulton
County Sheriff's Office says Houston was whisked off to a clinic because
they received an order from the county probate court to apprehend the star.
[see full story for more]- Click
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| Derrick
Plourde RIP |
antiMusic reports: Derrick Plourde, one of
the most respected musicians in the modern punk scene committed suicide
on Wednesday (March 30).
Over the past decade and half Plourde amassed
an impressive resume. He first caught the attention of the pop-punk underground
in the Goleta/ Santa Barbara scene in the early 90s in the band Lagwagon.
That recognition expanded outside of the Southern California scene in 1992
with the release of Lagwagon's debut "Duh" (the first release from Fat
Wreck Chords) and the two follow-up albums "Trashed" and Hoss. Although
he left Lagwagon after the release of "Hoss" Plourde later teamed up with
guitarist/vocalist Joey Cape in Bad Astronauts. [see full story for more]-
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| Strokes
Almost Done |
FMQB reports: The Strokes have definitely
been flying under the radar while working on their next effort, but the
band decided to throw fans a small bone by writing, "The Strokes have an
announcement to make: They are almost done recording their third album,"
on their official Web site. The latest fan club newsletter does have slightly
more news about the record, as singer Julian Casablancas said, "It will
be better than the last one. We'd like for it to sound a little more professional
but still sound like us." [see full story for more]- Click
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| Avril
To Hit The Road |
liveDaily reports: Canadian pop-rocker Avril
Lavigne will take advantage of the warm summer months by touring her presumably
thawed-out homeland.
Lavigne is due to launch the run in mid-July,
and dates so far stretch into early September. The itinerary focuses on
Canadian venues, but a few U.S. stops are also planned. [see full story
for more including dates]- Click
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| Stones
Tour? |
liveDaily reports: There's finally some evidence
that a long-rumored summer tour by The Rolling Stones is getting off the
ground.
The Boston Herald reports that Boston Red
Sox officials have asked city lawmakers to approve Aug. 21 and 23 concerts
at Fenway Park.[see full story for more]- Click
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| Ted
Wins |
Blabbermouth reports: The Associated Press
is reporting that a Muskegon County jury ruled Thursday (March 31) that
a music festival must pay $100,000 in damages to rock star Ted Nugent.
The guitarist-singer, perhaps best known
for his 1977 hit "Cat Scratch Fever", had sued Muskegon Summer Celebration
over the cancellation of his June 2003 show.
Nugent said a festival news release at
the time of the cancellation wrongly accused him of making racist remarks.
[see full story for more]- Click
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| Sharon's
Driver Sued |
Blabbermouth reports: Reuters is reporting
that a woman named Sharon Oren, who claims to be Sharon Osbourne's limousine
driver, is among the more than 50 people who are being sued by Oscar organizers
for allegedly reselling tickets for Hollywood's biggest award show, raking
in up to $30,000 a pair from fans longing to rub elbows with Leonardo DiCaprio
or Hilary Swank. [see full story for more]- Click
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| No
Anthrax For Megadeth |
Blabbermouth reports: MEGADETH mainman Dave
Mustaine has shot down rumors that the classic pre-1993 lineup of ANTHRAX
is one of the bands confirmed to appear on the MEGADETH-headlined summer
U.S. tour. An official press statement announcing the other groups and
dates for MEGADETH's trek is expected to be made available in the next
day or two. [see full story for rumored bands]- Click
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| Kittie
Flee |
Blabbermouth reports: Canadian metal band
KITTIE have posted the following message on their official web site:
We are pleased to announce that Artemis
Records has released us from our recording contract. We have amicably parted
ways due to a proposed amendment to the recording budget for the pending
fourth KITTIE album. [see full story for more]- Click
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| Audioslave
Beat Green Day |
Audioagression reports: Billboard.com is reporting
that "Be Yourself," the new single from Audioslave has ended a 13 week
run for Green Day's "Boulevard of Broken Dreams" as number one on Billboard's
Mainstream Rock Tracks. [see full story for more]- Click
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| Corgan
Solo |
IAYM reports: Billy Corgan of Smashing Pumpkins/Zwan
fame is planning to release a new solo outing through Warner Bros. on June
21st entitled "TheFutureEmbrace". [see full story for more including tracks]-
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| Pet
Shop Boys Picks |
NME reports: PET SHOP BOYS are to release
their own 'BACK TO MINE' compilation on April 25.
The release also marks the first double
CD edition of the series, which has seen past compilers such as, Underworld,
Death In Vegas and Tricky. [see full story for more]-
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| dredge
Dates |
The PRP reports: dredg have lined up some
new dates with Circa Survive and another as-yet unannounced act in tow,
here's the schedule:
May 06th Minneapolis, MN - Quest Club
May 08th Detroit, MI - Magic Stick
May 10th Milwaukee, WI - Eagles Club/The
Rave/Eagles Ballroom
[see full story for more]-
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| Eagles
of Death Metal Lineup |
The PRP reports: The Eagles Of Death Metal
have officially confirmed their touring line-up for their previously announced
April dates, in addition to band frontman/guitarist Jesse "The Devil" Hughes,
guitarist Dave Catching and bassist Brian O'Connor, the band will once
again feature Samantha Maloney of Hole fame on drums. -
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| Blood
Brothers Dates |
The PRP reports: Additional dates have been
announced for The Blood Brothers' tour with The Plot To Blow Up The Eiffel
Tower and Big Business, here are the latest:
May 03rd San Diego, CA - Epicentre
May 04th Phoenix, AZ - The Clubhouse
May 09th St. Louis, MO - Mississippi Nights
[see full story for more]-
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| KISS
Burger |
April Broma Special report: Gene Simmons has
revealed his latest money making venture, KISS Burger. The grease painted
KISSer announced the formation of the new fast-food chain which will sport
a KISS theme with employees donning the family makeup and outfits of the
group. During a press conference on Friday, Simmons said of the new venture,
"We've sold KISS caskets, condoms, tampons and oh yeah millions of records,
so this was the next natural step for KISS. KISS burgers, KISS shakes,
KISS fries! All KISS with my tongue on every wrapper! At our grand opening
I will wrestle Ronald McDonald and show everyone who's the real God of
Burgers!" [see full story for more ]- Click
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| Ambassador
Love? |
April Broma Special report: Another rumor
out of the leaking White House today is that the administration has an
ace up their sleeve if the Senate blocks the nomination of John Bolton
as ambassador to the United Nations. A source close to the administration
has told antiMusic that Bush may "have the last laugh and really show the
U.N. what we think of them when we nominate Courtney Love to the post".
[see full story for more]- Click
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| Kelly
Ozzfest? |
siN's metal news reports: SMNnews.com can
exclusively reveal that Kelly Osbourne has landed the coveted 'mystery'
band slot on this years OZZFEST 2005, putting to rest rumors that an 'Among
the Living' era ANTHRAX will be taking to the main stage. [see full story
for the real story =)]- Click
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| Bizkit
Wedding? |
April Broma Special report: Limp Bizkit frontman
Fred Durst may have a new significant other. In a protest against Massachusetts
Gov. Romney and Attorney General Tom Reilly's recent ban on out-of-state
gay couples traveling to Massachusetts to marry, Durst reportedly married
Limp Bizkit guitarist Wes Borland in a private ceremony in Worcester. An
unreliable witness to the ceremony said that Durst explained the marriage
as having two purposes; to protest the governor's move against gay marriage
which was legalized by a recent Supreme Judicial Court decision and also
because now that he has Borland back in his life he does not want to chance
losing him again. [see full story for more]- Click
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| Head
Fed |
Dolly Doppelganger Special report: The Anti
Terrorist division of the FBI announced a new head for 2005! In a bold
move sure to help this country stay free of the forces of evil, the FBI
informed a packed crowd that former Korn Guitarist Brian "Head" Welch has
been appointed to this important position, citing his psychic skills.
"We feel Mr. Welch will become the most
valuable asset we have. He is presently taking FBI sponsored classes on
'keeping his mouth shut' & 'not issuing press releases on ridiculous
subjects'. We anticipate this training could take some time. Once he's
completed that round, he'll have to take an additional course load of classes,
on logical thinking. [see full story for more]- Click
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| 50
Cent Enters Politics |
Alyson Chain Special reports: In a move some
say is calculated to get his name into the news with no reference to former
members of bands who became Christian, rapper 50 Cent declared his intention
to run for office this fall.
When asked what state he was planning to
run in, he told a packed audience of hanger ons, well wishers and press
that he was going to run under the authority of the United Nations Party,
in the state of Global Villa and to celebrate he was going to slay 666
reindeer in a midnight barbecue for his fans & supporters.
As for his platform, 50 pledged to make
illegal what is legal, and legalize what is illegal. [see full story for
more]- Click
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| MC
Hater Release |
antiMusic Special report: Deaf Mutha Records
is pleased to announce the release of the latest musical masterpiece from
MC Hater. The resident king of Sh*t-Hop will drop his rockin' new soundz
on April 31, 2005.
The album was originally scheduled for
release on April 1st but production was halted last week when Hater decided
he had to include a rap about Big Macs on the album. He explained the delay,
"I gotta get paid bitch. If those suckers gonna pay my ass for pimpin'
their crap macs, Hater gonna get his". [see full story for more]-
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| Stern/Sharpton
FCC |
April Broma Special report: In a bold reach
across the political isle, the Bush administration is reportedly considering
naming radio shock jock Howard Stern and political activist/former Democratic
presidential candidate Rev. Al Sharpton as co-chairmen of the Federal Communication
Committee. A high ranking administration official told the Beltway Insider
Hotline that Bush was considering the move as a way to quiet criticism
that the FCC under his watch has been too vigilant in policing the airwaves.
The idea of offering a co-chairmanship to Stern and Howard was conceived
as a checks and balances move. [see full story for more]-
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| Ray
Stalker |
Alyson Chain Special reports: Police were
summoned to the estate of deceased musical icon Ray Charles after his terrified
widow called 911, complaining that a stalker suddenly showed up at her
gate claiming he was her reincarnated husband.
After a few minutes of her replying, "no
you're not." to his, "yes I ams" he abruptly stabbed out his eyes with
a golf tee he found as a hinge in the gate, prompting her to flee &
call police.
The unidentified man was arrested without
further incident. [see full story for more]- Click
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| ELP
DVD |
Noble PR reports: Between 1970 and 1978, Emerson
Lake and Palmer were one of the most exciting rock bands on the planet.
From their stunning start at the Isle of Wight Festival, they were never
afraid to tear up the rule book and take risks, both on stage and on record.
On 13th June 2005, Sanctuary Visual Entertainment will release "Beyond
The Beginning" � ELP's definitive 2-disc DVD collection of legendary performances,
rare and previously unreleased material.
A year in the making, this stunning 2-disc
set pulls together the great moments from one of the 70's most successful
and exciting bands. For most of this decade, this dynamic trio pushed back
the boundaries of what was possible in rock. Ambitious musical projects,
massive, over the top stage shows and an insatiable desire to try bigger
and better things meant that it could not last, but for several years,
this was 70's rock at its very best.[see full story for more]-
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| NFG
Peta iPod |
PETA reports: South Florida-based punk band
New Found Glory has teamed up with peta2.com�PETA's youth-focused Web site�to
give away an iPod uploaded with three songs from the band's latest release
Catalyst and 12 of their favorite songs by other artists, including some
surprises like "Faithfully" by Journey, "Money Changes Everything" by Cyndi
Lauper, and Phil Collins' "Can't Stop Loving You."
The Grand Prize winner will also receive
an autographed Catalyst CD, autographed T-shirts, and a DVD of Troma's
Tales From the Crapper, featuring New Found Glory. Four first-prize winners
and four second-prize winners will also receive merchandise. The contest
runs until April 28, and due to the explicitness of the Troma DVD, the
contest is limited to people 18 and older. [see full story for more]-
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| Take
Action Tour Record Year! |
Hopeless Records reports: 2005 marked the
most successful year ever for the TAKE ACTION TOUR Presented by Hurley
International, with over 35,000 tickets sold. The nationwide fifth annual
tour--featuring headlining act SUGARCULT with HAWTHORNE HEIGHTS, THE EARLY
NOVEMBER, ANBERLIN, HOPESFALL, MAXEEN, PLAIN WHITE T's and MÊLÉE--and
its TAKE ACTION VOL. 4 two-disc compilation CD received strong critical
acclaim. Next year's tour and compilation installment are tentatively set
for Winter 2006.
Overall, the 2005 tour raised over $65,000
in donations for the National Hopeline Network (1-800-SUICIDE), a suicide
prevention and crisis hotline and the Youth America Hotline! 1-877-YOUTHLINE
(1-877-968-8454), a peer-to-peer line pairing youth callers with youth
crisis workers in their area. Over half of the nationwide trek sold out,
including shows at the Los Angeles and Anaheim House Of Blues, New York's
Irving Plaza and San Francisco's The Fillmore, to name a few.[see full
story for more]- Click
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| Legacy
Sign with Valhalla Records |
Snake City News reports: The Los Angeles based
hardrock group Legacy founded by bass ace Marten Andersson (LIZZY BORDEN/GEORGE
LYNCH) has inked a deal with UK's Valhalla Records. The label will re-master
and release Legacy's debut CD with new art work, bonus tracks as well as
future releases through this agreement. Marten Andersson will be starting
to work on new material for a follow up CD, slated for a 2006 release.[see
full story for more]- Click
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| Marillion
DVD |
MVD reports: Music Video Distributors and
Racket Records are pleased to announce the home viewing release of Marillion
� Marbles on the Road for US and Canadian distribution on DVD.
Filmed at the Astoria in London on July
10th and 11th, 2004 over a sell-out weekend, this concert DVD documents
Marillion's live presentation of the critically-acclaimed album "Marbles".
Using 15 different cameras, and presented in both stereo and 5.1 surround
sound, this film gets closer to the Marillion live experience than any
previous video recordings.[see full story for more]- Click
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| Scary
Dates |
Earshot reports: Hailing from the deserts
of suburban Phoenix, Scary Kids Scaring Kids have established themselves
as a force to be reckoned with within the Arizona music scene.
Inspired by a diverse range of acts such
as Beloved, Reggie and the Full Effect and Radiohead, Scary Kids Scaring
Kids have fused the sounds of many genres to create a truly distinctive
sound, earning them respect and admiration from their peers and fans alike.
SKSK Tour Dates:
April 5th Yuma, AZ @ Vibes
April 6th San Diego, CA @ The Epicentre
April 7th Anaheim, CA @ The Chain Reaction
[see full story for more]-
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Song Leak," "Bizkit Wedding?," "Head Recruited by Feds", "50 Cent Enters
Politics," "MC Hater Announces Wholly Crap CD," "KISS
Burger," "Ambassador Love?," "Stern/Sharpton To Head FCC", "Ray Stalker"
and maybe some other things printed on this special day were figments on
the authors imaginations. In other words, they were complete and
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