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Ugly Kid DMC
MTV reports: As if his latest collaborator
weren't enough of a shocker, Darryl "DMC" McDaniels is taking her down
a surprising path paved by none other than Ugly Kid Joe.
"Me and Sarah McLachlan did a remake of 'Cat's in the Cradle' by Harry Chapin," the Run-DMC rapper said recently of the track famously covered in 1992 by rockers Ugly Kid Joe. "It's awesome."
DMC wrote new verses for his version, the first single from his upcoming solo album, but he's keeping the details on the down low.
"It's very personal," he said. "It has to do with stuff I'm going through in my life, stuff I found out about. You gotta hear the record."
The veteran rapper also worked with the late Jam Master Jay, Kid Rock DJ Lethal and Napoleon from the Outlawz on the album titled Checks, Thugs, and Rock 'n' Roll. But he considers McLachlan the ultimate get.
"She's like my favorite artist of all time," he said. "Her music changes people. I called her up and she said yeah. A lot of people in the business be frontin'; they don't call you back. She called me back and we made the record. She's real." - Click Here for the Full Story
Rewrote verses for Cats in the Cradle? Nothing is sacred in hip-hop.
Staind Nickelback
Chart Attack reports: As Nickelback embark
on a massive Canadian tour to promote their blockbuster 2003 album, The
Long Road, fellow rockers Staind will be along to add their sound to the
show.
"We played a couple of shows recently in California and Washington, but we haven't really done anything to get ready for the upcoming tour," says Staind drummer Jon Wysocki.
Although Staind may have not done much by way of preparation for the biggest Canadian tour of the winter, Wysocki reports that the group is confident that the tour � and his band's performances � will be great. Besides Staind, Nickelback will also be accompanied by opening groups like Trapt, Thornley and The Trews at different legs of the tour. Wysocki is especially excited to play with Nickelback and another band he really digs, Three Days Grace. - Click Here for the Full Story
This is how you remind me of... everything I can't remember.
Amy Lee's Cold Apology
Blabbermouth reports: EVANESCENCE singer
Amy Lee has apologized online for disparaging remarks she made about COLD
last week, when she revealed that COLD's former guitarist Terry Balsamo
had permanently joined her band. Writing to COLD's official message board,
Lee said, "Dear COLD fans, I'm sure the last thing you want to hear right
now is more of me running my mouth, so I'm going to make this short and
simple. It was not my place to make any statements about the status of
COLD � COLD is not my band. I apologize. I've never claimed to be perfect
and I'm not too proud to admit when I'm wrong. To the band: Sorry guys,
I didn't mean to hurt anything for you. I'm new at this and I still sometimes
forget that the world is listening." In a separate posting to the EVANESCENCE
forum EvBoard.com, Lee wrote, "In an interview recently I spoke out of
turn about the status of COLD. I just wanted to say that really sucked
of me. I didn't realize that COLD hadn't made any statements about the
future of their band and we don't really know anyway. COLD's fans hate
me now. My bad. If you're a COLD fan, I left an official apology at the
COLD website. Sometimes you forget you have a microphone in your hand."
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For those who wondered what Cold was talking about in yesterday's report.
Metallica Sundance
siN's metal news reports: METALLICA will
appear live via satellite at a press conference held on Thursday at the
Sundance Film Festival to promote their film documentary made about them
called 'Some Kind of Monster'. As previously reported, the film will also
open in selected theaters around the U.S. in March.- Click
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Mellowdrones On
The PRP reports: As a result of the relative
dead in the water status of their former label ARTISTdirect, Mellowdrone
will now be issuing their first full-length outing through Radar Records
later this year. The band will be entering the studio this week to begin
work on a number of new songs for the aforementioned effort. -
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RHCP-UK
NME reports: RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS have
confirmed three massive UK summer shows.
The band , who have already confirmed a show at Dublin Phoenix Park (June 12) will play gigs in Manchester, London and Edinburgh following their Irish date.
Edinburgh Murrayfield Stadium (June 13)
City of Manchester Stadium (18)
London Hyde Park (19)
Tickets go on sdale at 9am on Saturday (January 24). - Click Here for the Full Story
Kittie Litter
Metal Underground reports: Canadian metal
band KITTIE have decided to release two brand new song clips from their
latest demo to give everyone a chance to sample some of their new material
before it is recorded and released.
KITTIE are currently writing and rehearsing material for their next CD. The band plan to have their follow-up to 2001's "Oracle" released by the summer. - Click Here for the Full Story
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Iced History
Blabbermouth reports: Christina Kauffman
of York Sunday News reports that for those who like to serve their Civil
War history with a dose of heavy metal music, Indiana-based ICED EARTH
has released "The Glorious Burden", a 12-track compact disc that highlights
historic moments using an electric guitar.
A self-proclaimed history buff from an early age, ICED EARTH mainman Jon Schaffer said that he expects people to criticize the album's unconventional nature, "but I think people who are intellectually honest will look at it and think it's OK because the goal is to get people interested in history."
"I'm always looking for music that's relevant to (students)," said Marta Robertson, a musicologist and associate professor of music at Gettysburg College. "You definitely do think of the more military type of marching music (in relation to Gettysburg.) I guess it shows the universality of the story, that people can set it to all different kinds of music. The event inspired a lot of music across time."- Click Here for the Full Story
Not to burst Jon's bubble but Iron Maiden have covered history and and literature in their songs for years.
TSOL Tour
RIFTrock reports: Fri 01/30/04 San Diego,
CA The Casbah
Sat 01/31/04 South Gate, CA Allen Theatre
Sun 02/01/04 San Luis Obispo, CA SLO Brewing
Company
Tue 02/03/04 San Jose, CA Blank Club
Wed 02/04/04 Santa Cruz, CA Veterans Hall
Thu 02/05/04 San Francisco, CA The Pound
SF
Fri 02/06/04 Sacramento, CA Blue Lamp
Sat 02/07/04 Portland, OR Ash Street Saloon
Mon 02/09/04 Seattle, WA Chop Suey
Tue 02/10/04 Eugene, OR W.O.W. Hall
Wed 02/11/04 Ashland, OR The Q
Thu 02/12/04 Sparks, NV New Oasis
Fri 02/13/04 Fresno, CA Big Game Studios
Sat 02/14/04 Mammoth Lakes, CA Mammoth
Mountain Ski Resort
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Arch Zyklon
(press release) reports: Candlelight Records
confirms Zyklon as support for Arch Enemy on their upcoming European tour.
The dates, scheduled to begin February 17 in Cologne, Germany marks the
band's first European tour in support of their current album, Aeon, and
will follow their first trip to Japan as headliners for the nineth Extreme
the Dojo festival.
Zyklon guitarist Samoth says, "Needless to say we are very excited about Japan. We never even got to go there with Emperor so this is definitely a big highlight for us. And after several attempts we have finally finally confirmed a full European tour, and it's a good one too. Stampin' Ground will also be on the bill with us and Arch Enemy, so it should make a strong package, covering several aspects of metal.
Zyklon's Aeon and World ov Worms are available in stores from Candlelight Records worldwide.- Click Here for the Full Story
Nine Inch Tour Rumor
siN's metal news reports: NINE INCH NAILS
have been rumored to be a doing a number of shows across the United States
in the coming months. Two locations so far mentioned are The Agora in Cleveland,
Ohio, and also at the Coachella Music Festival in May (1st-2nd) in Indio,
CA. - Click
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Velvet Revolver CD &
Tour
siN's metal news reports: VELVET REVOLVER
have set the track "Slither" as their first single off their debut album
"Contrabond". In the meantime the band has lined up a club tour. -
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Click the full story link for the tenative dates
Fistful of Pro-Pain
siN's metal news reports: PRO-PAIN will
be releasing a new album, entitled Fistful of Hate through Candlelight
Records on April 6. A US tour with follow in early Summer. Their European
tour and US tour will be the first with new drummer JC Dwyer (PAINGOD).-
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Motown 45th
Launch reports: Justin Timberlake and
Lionel Richie will host an ABC-TV special celebrating the hit singles of
the legendary record label Motown this May. The working title of the special
is Motown 45, and it will feature two hours of non-stop performances. The
special will be taped at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles on April
4. - Click
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Primus Extended
Billboard reports: Reunited rock trio
Primus has extended its touring plans with a new slate of U.S. dates.
Shows get underway Feb. 24 in Kansas City, Mo., and run through March 13 in Washington, D.C. As with shows on the band's fall trek, fans can purchase authorized soundboard recordings of each upcoming gig via PrimusLive.com (http://www.primuslive.com). - Click Here for the Full Story
Coachella Cure
Billboard reports: Cure will headline
the second night of the Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival on May
2 at the Empire Polo Field in Indio, Calif., according to a post on the
group's official Web site (http://www.thecure.com).
Event organizers confirmed the report to Billboard.com.
The site also reports the addition of the Flaming Lips to the event lineup, which will also feature Radiohead, Kraftwerk and the reunion of the Pixies, as well as Air, Prefuse 73, the Thrills, Electric Six and LCD Soundsystem, among many others yet to be confirmed. - Click Here for the Full Story
More details by clicking on the full story link
Thursday Free
I Ate Your Microphone reports: People
who pick up the latest issue of "Revolver" magazine (the March edition)
will notice a free Thursday CD attached, containing five live cuts from
their Oct-19-2003 show in Detroit at the State Theater. The songs featured
on the disc (entitled "Live In Detroit", if you couldn't guess) are: 'For
The Workforce, Drowning', 'Division St.', 'Steps Ascending', 'Signals Over
The Air', and 'War All The Time'.- Click
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Further Seems Voiceless
I Ate Your Microphone reports: Further
Seems Forever have parted ways with their singer Jason Gleason. An official
statement on the departure from the band and label is expected to emerge
in the next couple of days. It is unknown at this point whether they will
continue.- Click
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Lou Reed An Outkast
Net Music Countdown reports: Lou "Animal"
Reed recently revealed that the OutKast smash, "Hey Ya!", was his favorite
song of 2003. On his official web site, Reed said "The reason I love rnr
- Hey Ya! by Outkast".
Lou Reed, who had a fan club headed by a young Penn Jillette many years ago, will be releasing a double CD from his most recent world tour. - Click Here for the Full Story
Dark British Invasion
New York Daily News reports: The singer
struts around the stage in a body-binding cat suit that would make even
the front man from Quiet Riot blush, and squeals in an operatic falsetto
that sounds like Geddy Lee being attacked by rabid gerbils.
Can this be the new face � and voice � of rock 'n' roll?
It is in Britain, where Justin Hawkins fronts a band, the Darkness, whose retro-corny antics helped shoot its debut CD, "Permission to Land," to No. 1 last summer.
For a while, it looked like the attempt by the Darkness to revive the mousse-metal of '80s bands like Winger and White Lion would threaten only Europe. But now the scourge is spreading stateside � and fast.
While the Darkness' debut came out here in September � to a dim reception � a sudden rush of radio play in the last four weeks has helped it bolt a jaw-dropping 159 places on Billboard's Top 200 Album list. Last week, when overall sales plummeted 30%, the Darkness' figures went up 30%, flinging the CD to No. 39 with a bullet.
As a result, the group is the first major breakout act of 2004. - Click Here for the Full Story
Let the campiness begin!
The Who's Tough Goings
Ananova reports: Roger Daltrey has spoken
of the "pain" he experienced when The Who bandmate Pete Townshend was cautioned
over child porn.
Last year was "horrible" because of the death of the band's bassist John Entwistle and the controversy surrounding Townshend, the singer said.
But the 59-year-old believes that guitarist Townshend's "very stupid mistake" had made both band members rethink life.
Daltrey told London's Evening Standard newspaper: "It was very painful. We both re-evaluated our life completely after that.
"With Pete, I have watched a friend being brutalised for making what I think was a very stupid mistake - and I think there was nothing more to what he did than that. That was all very painful."
He said bass player Entwistle's death in June 2002, following a cocaine-triggered heart attack, was a "huge loss".
But he said: "It's kind of rekindled my
belief that music transcends life. When we play live, John is alive in
the music - the same way Keith (Moon) is. We can still feel the both of
them there when we play." - Click
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