When Avril Attacks
NMC reports: [A bit o' silly news to start this Thursday] In Blender magazine's September issue, Avril Lavigne describes a bad experience she once had in a record store. 

The "Don't Tell Me" singer says that people are usually nice to her when she meets them on the street. But Lavigne recalls one time when a guy was talking trash about her in a record store. The 19-year-old ignored him and sensibly left the store. But, says Lavigne, "He came outside and started again, so I grabbed him and was like, 'What'd ya say?' Then he mouthed off at me again, so I kneed him really hard in the b---s. Then I threw him -- he went flying. His little punk girlfriend comes up, like, 'What...are you doing?' I'm like, 'What...are you doing?' They both ran off." - Click Here for the Full Story 

That's so punk rawk!

Blink-182 Can Read
NMC reports: [Too much to pass up. Two silly news stories for one day] Tom Delonge has a confession to make. The Blink-182 guitarist recently admitted to MTV that he has a thing for bookstores. 

Says Delonge, "What I like more than anything is, uh... going to bookstores and reading books about politics." He jokes, "It's a weird thing I'm into. I like to learn. Is that weird? I'm in a rock band."- Click Here for the Full Story 

Source: NMC also has news on Guitar Auction For Hurricane Victims, Franz Ferdinand on Shortlist Long List, Kanye West Up for MOBOs, Ryan Key's First Big Paycheck, Nelly To Release Two Albums and more click here to check it out

Tommy Lee Reality TV
Variety reports: Rocker Tommy Lee has signed up for Reality TV 101. 

NBC has pacted with the former Motley Crue drummer for an untitled half-hour unscripted comedy in which Lee will enroll in college -- and allow cameras to follow his every move. Skein will capture Lee's complete university experience, from taking tests to those potential frathouse keggers. [see full story for more] - Click Here for the Full Story 

Axl Demo CD Coming
Blabbermouth reports: More information has surfaced regarding the early Axl Rose recordings made while he was a member of the band RAPIDFIRE. The tapes, which were purportedly recorded in May 1983, have been in storage in the original eight-track format for the past 20 years, and are currently being mixed for a late 2004 release. [see full story for more details]- Click Here for the Full Story 

Page Rules Out Zep Reunion 
Blabbermouth reports: Former LED ZEPPELIN guitarist Jimmy Page has ruled out the possibility of a ZEPPELIN reunion in the future. 

Speaking to the Associated Press, Page said that if something was going to happen, it would have happened after the band's "Led Zeppelin" live DVD was released last year. "It is far too nebulas a situation" he said. "It is far too cloudy. When I worked on the DVD I really thought if there was going to be any overtures made by the band it may well been after that point after we visited the first nights of the premieres but there wasn't anything forthcoming". [more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

Gene 'Queer' Simmons
Blabbermouth reports: KISS bassist/vocalist Gene Simmons has posted the following message on his official web site: 

"Talked today about a possible (..gulp) 'Queer Eye For The Straight Guy' appearance. They called and asked me if I would do it. I'm a fan of the show. We may shoot on the 28th of Sept. And, while the PR people at most places prefer not to 'leak' any info until they're ready, I don't play like that. As soon as I make up my mind about something, I will let you all know. [see full story for Gene's latest litany of project leaks... funny how most of them�] - Click Here for the Full Story 

Early Maiden DVD
Blabbermouth reports: IRON MAIDEN fan site MaidenFans.com is reporting that MAIDEN Fan Club manager Laz Novak has confirmed plans for the release of a much-talked about DVD about MAIDEN's early years, although according to him, it won't include any Donnington 1988 footage as rumors indicated. A lot of information about the upcoming MAIDEN releases will be in the Fan Club Magazine #71, which has already gone to print. MAIDEN Fan Club subscription can be made at the MAIDEN official store [more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

Source: Blabbermouth also has news on DISTANT THUNDER: New Live Photos Posted Online, SUPERJOINT RITUAL's PHILIP ANSELMO: 'It's Time To Rise', Photographer ROSS HALFIN Reveals Why His Photos Aren't Included In METALLICA Book, GODSMACK, AEROSMITH, SHADOWS FALL Among Nominees At BOSTON MUSIC AWARDS, QUEENSRŸCHE To Perform At Seattle Festival/Political Fundraiser and more click here to check it out

MTV Bans Beenie Man
Mercury News reports: Dancehall star Beenie Man, who has recorded anti-gay songs in the past, was yanked from a concert associated with the MTV Video Music Awards this weekend after gay groups planned a protest, the network said Wednesday. 

MTV pulled the Jamaican singer from the roster Tuesday after South Florida gay activists announced plans to protest Saturday's concert in Miami over some of his past lyrics, including "I'm dreaming of a new Jamaica, come to execute all the gays" and "Queers must be killed." 

"We don't want anything to overshadow what will be a great weekend of music events for South Floridians," MTV spokeswoman Marnie Black said Wednesday. She declined further comment. [see full story for more] - Click Here for the Full Story 

RIAA Sues 744 More
Reuters reports: The trade group representing the U.S. music industry has filed a new round of lawsuits against 744 people it alleges used online file-sharing networks to illegally trade in copyrighted songs, it said on Wednesday. [see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

A Perfect Title: APC Release Date, Title and Preview
IAYM reports: A Perfect Circle have set "eMOTIVe" as the title to their new album, which will consist of "a collection of songs about WAR, PEACE, LOVE and GREED". The effort will include some new and remixed material as well as an array of cover songs, which include John Lennon's 'Imagine', Marvin Gaye's 'What's Goin' On', and FEAR's 'Let's Have A War'. "eMOTIVe" will arrive in stores through Virgin on November 02nd. [see full story for a link to a preview animated video] - Click Here for the Full Story 

Strata Drops Tour
IATM reports: As a result of vocal strains sustained by Strata frontman Eric Victorino, the band have been forced to drop off their ongoing trek with Nonpoint and Skindred. [see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

Source: IAYM also has news on Suicide Note Cancel Tour, Breather Resist/Lickgoldensky/Coliseum Tour, Slipknot 'Vermilion' Single Update , Bleeding Through/Walls Of Jericho/Martyr A.D./It Dies Today Tour, Brazil/Emery/From First To Last Tour and more click here to check it out

Slipknot Lead Kerrang Awards
Ananova reports: Slipknot are up for four Kerrang! Awards at this year's ceremony. 

Close behind with three chances each are The Darkness - the only band to win two awards last year - plus Muse, Blink 182, Lostprophets and HIM. 

Nominees will fight it out for titles including best single, best album, best newcomer and a new icon award for artists felt to have legendary status. 

Ex-Stereophonics drummer Stuart Cable will present the awards on Thursday. 

Seven of this year's awards have been voted for by the public, with the remainder judged by the Kerrang! team. [see full story for all the details] - Click Here for the Full Story 

Source: Ananova also has news on Is Keisha getting hitched?, Britney shoots video in haunted house, Brits in the running for US award, Bon Jovi to release boxed set, Kings of Leon new album and more click here to check it out

Shortlist 
Xfm reports: Franz Ferdinand, Belle & Sebastian, Keane and Muse are amongst the artists nominated for the 2004 Shortlist Music Prize. 

The Shortlist is often compared to a stateside version of the Mercury Music Prize, aiming to champion more adventurous and alternative music than is usual at US music awards, by only honouring albums that have sold fewer than 500,000 copies (gold). 

Massive Attack's 3D, Josh Homme from Queens Of The Stone Age, Norah Jones, Perry Farrell, Robert Smith and director Jim Jarmusch are amongst the panel of 20 �Listmakers' who have been assembled to choose a 'Long List' of 73 nominations which will be whittled down to a 'Shortlist' of ten finalists to be announced in mid-September [see the full story for the "long list" of artists up for the shortlist prize] - Click Here for the Full Story 

Kings of Leon New Cd
Xfm reports: Kings Of Leon have revealed details of their upcoming new album �A-Ha Shake Heartbreak' and their new single, the charmingly titled �The Bucket' and Xfm has all the release info right here. 

The follow up to the band's critically acclaimed debut �Youth And Young Manhood', �A-Ha Shake Heartbreak' will be released on November 1. The first single to be taken from it will be �The Bucket' which hits shops on October 25. [see full story for much more including tracklisting, info on an XFM X-clusive preview and more] - Click Here for the Full Story 

Source: Xfm also has news on Reading Feztival Party Line Up Announced, The Darkness Live Dates Announced, Wet Wet Wet For Reading, British Sea Power Head To Xfm For TDK, The Zutons To Win The Mercury?, and more click here to check it out

King's X Live CD
siN's metal news reports: KING'S X's live album "Live All Over The Place" has officially been turned in. The album contains two discs, over two hours of music with a short acoustic set included. [no word on a release date]- Click Here for the Full Story 

Beyond The Embrace Recovering
siN's metal news reports: BEYOND THE EMBRACE, who were sidelined by member injuries, have checked in with this minor update: "Jeff is on the quick road to recovery after (on top of breaking his leg) being hospitalized for 2 weeks due to a blood clot and a bad case of pneumonia. He is home now and doing well. There are BEYOND THE EMBRACE touring plans in the works for the end of September, so check our website soon for tour dates once they're confirmed." - Click Here for the Full Story 

Source: siN's metal news also has news on 2004 Furnace Fest DVD info. , Symphony In Peril- Name new album., Metallica - Debut Some Kind of Monster live; play Trapped Under Ice for fourth time ever, Diecast - North American date for new album set; comments from the band, Lamb of God - Online pre-sale ticket system for upcoming tour and more click here to check it out

Mute Anthology
Pitchfork reports: Mute Records may have the thinnest indie pop roster this side of Merzbow's personal record collection, which means that whatever you say about their upcoming two-disc history class, Indiepop 1, due October 4th, you can't call it incestuous. Mute carved out a niche for themselves in the 80s on the grown-up side of industrial music, playing host to Fad Gadget, Cabaret Voltaire and the reunited Wire. Though they've since branched out further, twee they ain't. The compilation is a joint release with Rough Trade Shops (which is not the same thing as Rough Trade Records)-- in fact, the compilation conspicuously skips as many seminal Rough Trade artists as it includes. (Among the missing: The Go-Betweens, Young Marble Giants, and, if they count, The Smiths.) [see full story for much more, including tracklisting]- Click Here for the Full Story 

Trail of Dead Bumped by U2, Eminem
Pitchfork reports: There are benefits to being on a major label like Interscope-- big recording budget, nice tour buses, money to buy food, plenty o' chicks (or dudes, if that's your thing)... but there's also a downside. Say you (and by you, we mean ...And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead) have completely finished your long-awaited and much-anticipated fourth album. Now let's say that said album was scheduled to be released at roughly the same time as albums by U2, No Doubt and Eminem. You might argue (and rightly so) that people who are planning on buying those albums aren't necessarily the same people who might be in the market for a Trail of Dead record. But here's the thing: Interscope appears to be goddamn hoping they will be. And so it is that Trail of Dead's new album, according to a post by co-frontman Jason Reece on highly trustable fansite Trailofdead.org, will be pushed back to January to accommodate the fans of egomaniacal hip-hop stars and over-the-hill arena rock bands. 

The record, entitled Worlds Apart, has been finished since July, and was originally scheduled to be released October 5th, but no firm date is now planned. [see full story for lots more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

Source: Pitchfork also has news on Wilco expand U.S. fall tour to 27 dates, Jean Grae to release new LP next month, Beastie Boys expand North American tour, Indie rock Shortlist Prize reveals nominees, Bloomingtonfest kicks off this weekend and lots more click here to check it out

Glenn Hughes DVD
reports: Former DEEP PURPLE singer/bassist Glenn Hughes will release his first ever DVD, entitled "Soulfully Live In The City Of Angels", on September 20 through Frontiers Records in Europe, Marquee/Avalon in Japan, Hellion Records in Brazil and Cleopatra records in North America later in the fall. Also included in the package will be a double live audio CD. "Soulfully Live In The City Of Angels" was filmed live on January 11, 2004 before an audience of friends and selected regulars from www.glennhughes.com. 

Those lucky enough to have attended the intimate setting at Sound Image studios in North Hollywood, California witnessed the bassist/vocalist's current band of longtime guitarist JJ Marsh, second guitarist George Nastos, keyboardist Ed Roth and none other than RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS drummer Chad Smith. Helping out on backing vocals were former QUIET RIOT singer Kevin DuBrow and ex-SANTANA man Alex Ligertwood. - Click Here for the Full Story 

Tony Joe White's Heroines
Gigante Media reports: Tony Joe White, best known for his swamp pop smash hit 'Polk Salad Annie,' is putting the finishing touches on his first new recording in six years. The album, titled The Heroines, features several of White's favorite female artists who are the heroines to which the title refers -- Lucinda Williams, Shelby Lynne, Emmylou Harris, Jessi Colter and Tony Joe¹s daughter Michelle White. 

The Heroines (86366) is White's first new U.S. recording in six years and is his first for Sanctuary Records. Street date is September 28, 2004 - Click Here for the Full Story 

Deconstruct Land Nickelback Gig, Plan Live DVD
press release reports: Sacramento's DECONSTRUCT has landed the opening slot on the Nickelback / Puddle of Mudd concert at the Sleep Train Amphitheater in Marysville, CA this Friday August 27. 

DECONSTRUCT is also slated to release a live DVD, which was produced and directed by Mike Sloat (Machine Head - Imperium) in September. [see full story to learn more about the band]- Click Here for the Full Story 

Papa Roach Getting Away With...
iFilm reports: No-Cal quartet [Papa Roach] turns the trading pit into a mosh pit, and before you know it--sexual mayhem ensues, including the ever popular girl-on-girl action. This hard-rockin', hooky cut takes it from a whisper to a scream and brings it to a satifying, deafening climax. [click the full story to see the video]- Click Here for the Full Story 

Slayer Reigning DVD & Fall Tour
Slayer isn't letting up after blowing away audiences at this summer's Ozzfest. What follows is some highlights from press release issued Wednesday. 

SLAYER is putting the finishing touches on "Still Reigning," the band's brand new DVD set for release in late October (American Recordings/UME). 

The DVD will open with the band's 1986, 28-minute benchmark album "Reign In Blood" performed live in its entirety by Slayer's original line-up - Tom Araya (vocals, bass), guitarists Kerry King and Jeff Hanneman, and drummer Dave Lombardo, who permanently rejoined the band in 2003. During the last 45-seconds of the album's final song "Raining Blood," blood fell from the "heavens," completely drenching the band, their instruments, and the stage. Hanneman unintentionally avoided the bloodbath as he stepped offstage for just a moment to handle a problem with his guitar, and missed the cue. 

"Still Reigning" will also offer bonus material including live performances of Slayer classics such as "War Ensemble," "Hallowed Point," "Necrophobic," "Mandatory Suicide," "Spill The Blood," "Hell Awaits," and "South of Heaven," as well as exclusive interviews and backstage footage. 

The DVD, which runs approximately 70-minutes and will retail for $14.98, was directed by Dean Karr (Iron Maiden, Marilyn Manson) and shot this past July at the Civic Center in Augusta, ME. 

Slayer will then headline this Fall's Jagermeister Music Tour kicking off October 29 in Springfield, MO. Killswitch Engage and Mastodon will anchor the bill. Confirmed dates, cities and venues will be announced after Labor Day. 

[Click the full story link to check out DeadSun's brand new "Favorites" review of "Reign In Blood" to see how this landmark album became an instant classic. Scott & aG check in with a couple of favorites of their own from Pearl Jam and Ike Reilly.] - Click Here for the Full Story