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Rock 2/14: Rappers Vs LAPD- Grammys Love Ray- Ozzy Musical- Green Day Censored-
Nirvana Documentary- Alice Cooper/Cheap Trick Tour- Candiria- Janis Reality
TV?- Ramones Musical- Queen- Don't Blame Manson- Cheech & Chong Return-
Tommy Lee- Motorhead & Velvet Revolver Win- Priest Support?- Converge-
NIN Tracks/Teaser- Mudvayne- Sabbath Touring- more
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 Rappers
Vs LAPD |
Sohh.com reports: Last Sunday, in South Los
Angeles, the LAPD shot and killed a 13-year old car thief who led them
on a 3 ½ mile chase and allegedly backed his car towards an officer.
The Hip-Hop community, including The Game, Snoop Dogg and Bushwick Bill,
are coming out in support of the murdered child's family. Police say that
13-year-old Devin Brown stole a vehicle and engaged in a car chase throughout
the streets of Los Angeles. The police shot and killed the youth when they
said he attempted to back up the car and run over an officer. [see full
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| Grammys
Love Ray Snub Kanye |
Reuters reports: The Grammys got soul on Sunday,
honoring Ray Charles' posthumous duets recording with eight awards, including
the coveted album and record of the year prizes.
While the album had been a heavy and sentimental
favorite, the show also delivered some of the biggest shocks in its stormy
47-year-history, snubbing leading nominee Kanye West in most categories,
including best new artist.
That prize went to clean-cut pop band Maroon5,
whose members were stunned when their names were announced. [see full story
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| Green
Day Censored |
AP reports: In true punk rock fashion, Green
Day tested the censors at the Grammy Awards on Sunday � and the censors
were ready. The Bay Area rockers, on a career high with their "American
Idiot" album, added a shot of rock 'n' roll adrenaline by performing the
title cut. The disc won the Grammy for best rock album.
The song includes a prominent obscenity
in one of the lyrics, but the censors were plainly prepared and neatly
excised the word. They couldn't delete, however, singer Billie Joe Armstrong's
pointed political reference to not wanting to be part of a redneck agenda.
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Would a "true punk" band appear at the Grammys?
| Ozzy
Musical |
Metal-Rules reports: OZZY OSBOURNE, speaking
to Kerrang! Magazine at the launch party for Download 2005, which will
take place at Donington Park this year from June 10th through the 12th,
alluded fans to a number of things in a video interview. These mentioned
items included talk of a new solo album, a broadway musical about Rasputin,
as well as, from the mouth of the frontman himself, "and there's possibly,
I'm not going to promise, possibly another [BLACK] SABBATH album".-
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| Nirvana
Documentary |
MTV reports: "Nirvana - Nevermind: Classic
Album," a DVD documenting the making of Nirvana's breakthrough release,
is due March 22. [see full story for more]- Click
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| Rod,
Loretta, Britney Win 1st Grammys |
Day in Rock reports: Rod Stewart finally has
a Grammy. The scratchy voiced veteran had been passed over 13 times for
a Grammy over the years. Stewart was awarded the traditional pop vocal
album Grammy for his "Stardust ... The Great American Songbook: Volume
III," an album of pop standards.
Country singer Loretta Lynn won her first
Grammy in 33 years. The 69 year-old singer won a Grammy this year for a
collaboration with Jack White of the White Stripes. Their song "Portland
Oregon" came away with the country collaboration with vocals Grammy.
Britney Spears finally has a Grammy Award
to put on her shelf. She won the Grammy for Best Dance Recording.
| Alice
Cooper/Cheap Trick Tour |
Totalrock reports: According to blabbermouth.net,
Alice Cooper and Cheap Trick are to tour the US together from late August.
Apparently, both acts will do a full performance, and there will also be
a brief set featuring Alice backed by the Trick. - Click
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| Candiria
Sign With Earache |
Totalrock reports: US metalheads Candiria
have signed a deal with Earache. Their new album, 'What Doesn't Kill You...',
is released in May. - Click
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| Janis
Reality TV? |
Totalrock reports: The hunt is on to find
the new Janis Joplin. A TV production company in America is to hold the
contest under the banner of 'The Search For The Pearl'. The winner will
be sent on a world tour, appearing with Joplin's backing bands Big Brother
& The Holding Company, the Kozmic Blues Band and Full Tilt Boogie Band.
- Click
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| Ramones
Musical |
Totalrock reports: 'Gabba Gabba Hey', the
musical featuring 18 songs by legendary punks The Ramones, is to be staged
at the Edinburgh Festival this Summer. - Click
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Source: Totalrock
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| Queen
Players |
ArrowFM reports: Here are the details for
Queen and Paul Rodgers back-up band: Queen Guitarist Brian May and drummer
Roger Taylor will be joined by former Blue Oyster Cult bassist Danny Miranda,
keyboardist Spike Edney and second guitar player Jaime Moses. [see full
story for more]- Click
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| Green
Day for T |
Ananova reports: Green Day and The Foo Fighters
have confirmed that they will headline this year's T In The Park festival.
The festival takes place over the weekend
of July 9-10 at Balado, Scotland reports NME.com.
The Killers, Ian Brown, Kasabian, Prodigy,
Audioslave, Embrace, Keane, Razorlight, Biffy Clyro, The Streets, Beautiful
South and The Coral have already been confirmed. [see full story for more]-
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| Don't
Blame Manson |
BBC reports: Goth rock star Marilyn Manson
has dismissed a judge's suggestion that his work influenced the killer
of 14-year-old schoolgirl Jodi Jones. Luke Mitchell was sentenced on Friday
to a minimum of 20 years in prison for the murder of his girlfriend Jodi
in June 2003 at Dalkeith, Midlothian. Judge Lord Nimmo Smith said his Manson
fascination could have been a factor.
Manson told the Sunday Mail newspaper he
had heard of the Jodi case but did not want to "give it too much publicity".
"What I do know is that it is all about the education that parents give
their children and the influences they receive, not putting the blame elsewhere,"
he said. [see full story for more]- Click
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| I
Dream of Paris |
MTV reports: Paris Hilton will fill out Barbara
Eden's harem pants when she guests on "American Dreams" as the "I Dream
of Jeannie" star. [see full story for more]- Click
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Maybe she can make herself disappear?
| Cheech
& Chong Return |
Reuters reports: [Cheech and Chong rock, so
we are including this story]Cheech and Chong, the seminal stoner comedy
duo of the 1970s, might return to movie theaters soon.
Speaking to reporters at the U.S. Comedy
Arts Festival on Thursday night after their first stage reunion in 25 years,
the duo said they are in the final stages of writing a script and hope
to start production sooner rather than later.
"We are working on a new movie now," Cheech
Marin said. "We are nearly done with the script." Both comedians said they
would like to see the film out this year, maybe even during the summer
if work progresses fast. [see full story for more]- Click
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| Tommy
Lee Frat Boy |
Launch reports: Tommy Lee a frat boy? That's
just one of the things the Motley Crue drummer got into when he attended
the University Of Lincoln-Nebraska last year for his upcoming NBC reality
show, Tommy Lee Goes To College. At NBC's request, Lee has to keep quiet
about the details of his brief college career, but he told LAUNCH that
he did take part in the fraternity experience. [see full story for more]-
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| Motorhead
& Velvet Revolver Win |
Blabbermouth reports: VELVET REVOLVER and
MOTÖRHEAD won prizes in early ceremonies at the 47th annual Grammy
Awards on Sunday (Feb. 13).
VELVET REVOLVER were honored with a Grammy
in the Best Hard Rock Performance category (for "Slither")
MOTÖRHEAD picked up a Grammy in the
Best Metal Performance category for their cover of METALLICA's "Whiplash".
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| Priest
Support? |
Blabbermouth reports: According to www.metalsetlists.com,
it was announced immediately prior to QUEENSR�CHE taking the stage at The
Warfield in San Francisco Thursday night (Feb. 10) that they will in fact
be opening for JUDAS PRIEST on their upcoming U.S. tour. PRIEST have yet
to announce their U.S. tour plans but it is expected that they will be
scheduling a headlining run in the summer. Other rumored support acts for
the trek are DIO and BLACK LABEL SOCIETY.[see full story for more]-
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| Ozzy
Box Changes |
Blabbermouth reports: According to Black-Sabbath.com,
several changes have been made to the track listing for OZZY OSBOURNE's
forthcoming "Prince of Darkness" four-CD box set, due on March 22. Here's
a summary of the changes:
* Originally, Disc 1 was to include the
Randy Rhoads instrumental, but it was deleted.
* Originally, Disc 3 was to include "Led
Clones" (Ozzy with Gary Moore), but it was replaced by BLACK SABBATH's
"Psycho Man".
* Originally, Disc 3 was to include "Stayin'
Alive" (Ozzy with Dweezil Zappa), but it was replaced by the "Dog" series
theme song.
* Originally, Disc 4 was to include "Hi
Ho Silver Lining" (JEFF BECK GROUP), but was replaced by "Working Class
Hero" (JOHN LENNON). [see full story for full tracklisting]-
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Source: Blabbermouth
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| Converge
Reissues |
Punkbands reports: The long awaited reissues
from Converge have finally been scheduled for release on March 22nd. The
releases will be remixed, remastered and repackaged with new artwork from
vocalist Jacob Bannon. [see full story for more]- Click
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| Rubin
Now A Brother? |
The PRP reports: Rick Rubin's American Recordings
imprint label (Slayer, System Of A Down, etc.) has reportedly now landed
a new home at Warner Bros. Records. Slayer's forthcoming new album will
likely see a release later this year as a part of the new partnership [more]-
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| NIN
Tracks/Teaser |
Day in Rock reports: Nine Inch Nails' new
CD "With Teeth" will hit stores on May 3rd
Over the weekend, the band posted the tracklising
on their official site
Tracks: All The Love In The World - You
Know What You Are? - The Collector - The Hand That Feeds - Love Is Not
Enough - Every Day Is Exactly The Same - With Teeth - Only - Getting Smaller
- Sunspots - The Line Begins To Blur - Beside You In Time - Right Where
It Belongs
[see full story for a teaser for the new
CD]- Click
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| Mudvayne
Tracks |
Day in Rock reports: Mudvayne's new CD "Lost
And Found" with hit stores April 12th through Epic Records. And will include
the following tracks: Determined - Pushing Through - Happy? - IMN - Fall
Into Sleep - Rain. Sun. Gone. - Choices - Forget To Remember - TV Radio
- Just - All That You Are - Pulling The String - Click
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| Sabbath
Touring Sabbath |
Day in Rock reports: Black Sabbath are hitting
the road this summer in Europe for a string of festival dates. Below are
the dates posted at Black-Sabbath.com
June 11th - Derbyshire, UK @ Donnington
Park (Download Festival)
June 18th - Nijmegen, NET @ Fields of
Rock Festival
June 20th - Vienna, AUT @ Wiener Stadthalle
July 1st - Roskilde, DEN @ Roskilde Festival
July 3rd - Stockholm, SWE @ Globen
July 7th - Oslo, NOR @ Oslo Spektrum-
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| Raven's
Heart Auction |
Day in Rock reports: Items keep going on the
block in the Raven's Heart Foundation online auction. This past week a
signed copy of the Billy Sheehan's new CD (the first disc out of the box)
went up for auction. An autographed Alvarez Acoustic Guitar which was signed
by all of the artists that attended the benefit concert last month also
went up for auction. Signatures include Vinnie Paul, Nicko McBrain (Iron
Maiden), Dizzy Reed (Guns n' Roses), Chris Slade (AC/DC, Firm), Charlie
Benante (Anthrax & S.O.D), David Draiman, Mike Wengren,& John Moyer
(Disturbed),Johnny Kelly (Type O Negative & Danzig), C.C. DeVille (Poison),
Billy Sheehan, Eric Griffin & Ben Graves (Murderdolls), Leif Garrett
and more. See the full story for full descriptions on all items and place
your bid. - Click
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| Susie
Suh in NYC |
press release reports: With a successful west
coast solo acoustic tour nearly complete, sultry singer-songwriter Susie
Suh will head east for a four-week residency tour. Starting at the Knitting
Factory in New York City on March 8, Suh will also play Boston and Philadelphia
in anticipation of her self-titled debut due out March 29 on Epic Records.
Produced by Grammy-award winner Glen Ballard (Alanis Morissette, Michael
Jackson), SUSIE SUH tracks Suh's battles with her parent's cultural values,
with love, with conflict of the heart and with her earliest dreams of being
a musician. [see full story for more]- Click
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| Razorlight
Cover Cure |
Day in Rock reports: Razorlight did a version
of "Boys Don't Cry" to honor the Cure for MTV2's UK ICON. Airs: February
19th on MTV2.
Not familiar with Razorlight? Check
out today's Discover and Download at MTV2.com (see full story) -
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| Pepper
Tour |
Day in Rock reports: Watch for Pepper on tour
all Spring:
Mon 02/14/05 Tallahassee, FL Beta Bar
Tue 02/15/05 Gainesville, FL Common Grounds
Wed 02/16/05 Saint Petersburg, FL State
Theatre
Thu 02/17/05 Lake Buena Vista, FL House
Of Blues
Fri 02/18/05 Fort Lauderdale, FL Culture
Room
[see full story for more dates]-
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| Angie
Aparo Dates |
Day in Rock reports: Angie Aparo is on the
road. Here are the first few dates of the tour, see the full story for
more and to hear some new music.
Fri Feb 18 - York, SC - Sylvia Theater
Sat Feb 19 - Columbia, SC - New Brookland
Tavern
Wed Mar 02 - Athens, GA - UGA
Thu Mar 03 - Charleston, SC - Cumberland's
Fri Mar 04 - Statesboro, GA - Baja Burrito
Wed Mar 09 - Oconee, GA - Zac's Place
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| Slapp
of the Day: The Shammys |
[The following is an opinion column. If you
only came here for news or are easily offended by other people's opinions,
then you can skip this] At this time last week (2:16 PM Sunday), I was
gearing up to watch the Super Bore. Even if I don't like the teams, I've
always known I could enjoy the commercials (one of the rare times that
happens). But something happened this year, someone castrated the ad people
and the commercials sucked worse than Lindsay Lohan's attempt at signing.
This week another big TV event is about
to take place, the Shammys! Better known as The Grammy Awards or their
unofficial title, "let's get together and slap ourselves on the back and
celebrate the worst crap we foisted on the unsuspecting public this past
year". Yeah, those awards.
I think I am the only person I know that
actually watches the Grammys. Everyone else has better things to do like
laundry. But I've always had a morbid curiosity of just how stupid they
could be since the first broadcast I watched as a child and saw the death
metal rockers Jethro Tull win the best metal Grammy. (Ok, that's a lie,
I was too young to remember that or even understand at the time just how
boneheaded that was. But at least Motley Crue didn't win.) The only thing
funnier than that is the fact that Fred Durst was actually up for a Grammy
in 2000 only to get beat out by Metallica's "Whiskey In The Jar". The Shammys
later put up separate Metal and Hard Rock categories. (I'm hoping Motorhead
wins the metal award this year, I can't wait to see Lemmy give a middle
finger in his acceptance speech!). [Scott isn't done slapping yet, click
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