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 Bizkit
Sued For Fan Death |
George Michalik, 55, of Dee Why, says his life stopped when his only child Jessica, 16, died after being trampled in the moshpit at the Australia Day gig in Sydney in 2001.
He and his estranged wife Barbara began initial proceedings against the festival promoter and the band in the Supreme Court yesterday.
Mr Michalik is suing BDO promoter Creative Entertainment Australia, stage and barrier constructors Australasian Event Services and security company Australian Event Protection for nervous shock and loss of income.
Jessica's mother is taking action against
band members and their California-based company Limp Bizness as part of
the same action to establish liability. [see full story for more]-
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| Arvil
Engaged? |
When MTV asked about her relationship,
Lavigne replied, "I don't talk about my personal life." The "My Happy Ending"
singer said that she prefers that people talk about her music �- not her
relationships. [see full story for more]- Click
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| Linkin
Park/Jay-Z Leak |
| Metallica
Film Stars |
"METALLICA in a movie? Well, according to James before starting 'Sad But True' here at the E Center in Salt Lake City, he told everyone in the crowd to smile, as they might have a small part in an upcoming movie, that they were shooting at the show. Please note that this is not a METALLICA movie (they already have 'Some Kind of Monster'), but they might make a quick cameo in some movie. James mentioned that the movie is called 'The Darwin Awards' (working title only!). When we get more info, you will get more info, for now, this is what James told us....
"The film, starring David Arquette, Joseph
Fiennes and Winona Ryder is a comedy about a forensic detective (Fiennes)
and an insurance claims investigator (Ryder) trek to investigate a potential
Darwin Award winner (an Internet honor given to people who die or maim
themselves in ridiculous ways)." [more]- Click
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| Six
Feet Under Set March Release |
Source: Blabbermouth
also has news on AEROSMITH Frontman Drops In For Thanksgiving Dinner, ATOMIZER's
HEALEY Co-Writes Song With PUNGENT STENCH , BLUE OYSTER CULT-Inspired Cookbook
Out Now , THE WILDHEARTS Scrap Live DVD, CRADLE OF FILTH Schedule Vancouver
In-Store and more click here to check it out
| Michaels
Stalker Hunt |
A female intruder was found in his Hampstead house on 4 November but had gone by the time officers arrived, the Metropolitan Police said.
The break-in came eight days after a woman was cautioned for harassing the singer after being found in the house.
Michael recently revealed a female fan
hid under his floorboards for four days last year. [see full story for
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| Megaman
Murder Arrest |
The rapper, whose real name is Dwayne Vincent, is due before magistrates in Camberwell on Friday accused of the murder of Colin Scarlett.
Mr Scarlett died shortly after being shot on Maskell Road, Tooting, on 6 November.
Mr Vincent, 24, is also charged with possession
of a firearm with intent to commit an offence. [see full story for more]-
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| Ozzy
To Rock Royals |
| Priest
UK |
| The
Wildhearts Ditch DVD |
| Lee
Enlists Navarro |
Is Tommy trying to forget his 2 albums for MCA? What qualifies this as his debut solo album? But the real question is will he go Emo on it.
Source: Total
Rock also has news on Magnum In London, Blue Oyster Cookbook, Norther's
EP 'Solution', Dwarves Do Short Tour Presidents Add Second London Date
and more click here to check it out
| Sevendust
Expand Tour |
The latest leg kicks off December 1st at
The NorVa in Norfolk, Va., and dates are so far inked in through December
19th at the newly-opened House of Blues in Cleveland, Ohio.[see full story
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| The
Wait for Waits is Over |
| Jacko
Wants Accusers Heads Examined |
In court documents released Wednesday,
defense attorneys for the singer also argued that details of the alleged
abuse contained in the complaint filed by prosecutors significantly differ
from those contained in the grand jury indictment. [see full story for
more]- Click
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| Circle
II Circle Complete CD |
Source: Metal
Rules also has news on EXODUS' GARY HOLT Checks In From The Road, CRADLE
OF FILTH Confirm Vancouver Meet & Greet, New USURPER MP3 "Reptilian"
and New News Update, Bassist Denis Cossette leaves HANKER, JAG PANZER'S
MARK BRIODY Endorsed By Dean Guitars and more click here to check it out
| Dylan
60 Minutes |
The 63-year-old folk rock star's interview will air on CBS in the US on December 5, reports the New York Post.
Dylan talked to correspondent Ed Bradley
for 90 minutes about his career, fame, his difficult relationship with
the press and his relationship with his father. [see full story for more]-
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| REM
Expanded |
Each album, from 1988's Green to the recently-released
Around The Sun, will be reissued on February 14 as a two-disc set including
the original album and a bonus DVD featuring the record remixed in 5.1
surround sound, as well as unreleased documentary and video footage. [see
full story for more]- Click
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| Morrissey
to Retire? |
His first album in four years, You Are The Quarry, has proved a hit with fans and critics alike, but he is not happy in the business reports IOL.com.
A source said: "Morrissey has been making
hints during his shows, telling fans that this could be his last tour.
The word is, he'll release his final single early next year. [see full
story for more]- Click
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Source: Ananova
also has news on Alicia: Usher has a crush on me, Kylie wants to get engaged,
X Factor reject 'threatens tour boycott', Blue add extra dates, Ms Dynamite
questioned by police and more click here to check it out
| New
Record for Prince |
| Em
Still No 1 |
Source: liveDaily
also has news on Elton John packs for a busy touring year in 2005, Alter
Bridge's tour connects old year to New Year, liveDaily Interview: Steve
Jocz of Sum 41, Briefly: Kelly Clarkson, Tim McGraw, Neal Schon, Julie
Roberts, After extended hiatus, Was (Not Was) is again and more click here
to check it out
| Darkness
Preview New Songs Live |
The gig was billed as a low-key warm up
show for the band's 14-date winter arena tour, which kicks off tonight
in Nottingham but proved to be anything but. In front of a sold out crowd
who had managed to get tickets in the minutes before the show sold out,
frontman Justin Hawkins led the band through an amazingly received hour
and a half set. [see full story for more]- Click
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| Franz
Go Back To School |
After twelve hours of frantic texting and over 30,000 votes on Tuesday (November 23) over 200 Rock School entries were whittled down to five finalists who will be batting it out on Friday (November 26) for a coveted place on the bill at The Xfm Winter Wonderland gig.
Now Xfm can reveal that the music world's finest bands have been checking out the competition entries, including Franz Ferdinand's Alex Kapranos. Kapranos has been listening to the Rock School demos online here and has passed on the following comment,
"Could you pass on to whoever it is organising things there that I thoroughly enjoyed listening to The Infected's version of �Take Me Out' and The Raid's cover of �Michael'.
"Both don't sound a million miles away
from our original demos. Actually, they're both better than our original
demos." [see full story for more]- Click
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| A
Christmas to Cure Cancer |
Former high school bandmates Cody Romshak, Lorne VanFossen, Mark Puskarich, Dave Clo, along with Lorne's wife Corrina talked of making a Christmas album together back in 1998, but when VanFossen was diagnosed with Hodgkin's Lymphoma in early 2000, A Christmas to Cure Cancer was the offshoot of their experience.
Four years later VanFossen is in remission and the band is releasing its second album, "A Christmas to Cure Cancer 2," which is filled with Christmas classics and original compositions.
"A Christmas To Cure Cancer 2" features
a variety of musical styles ranging from jazz to blues to country and rock.
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| Slapped:
The C is Silent |
Before I get slapp happy, I wanted to give everyone an update on baby Raven, who I wrote about in my last column. Raven underwent emergency surgery and according to her mother, is doing well. "After remaining on life support for a few days she showed us all how strong she is and demanded to breathe on her own!," her mother, Misse, wrote on her blog on the 18th.
Misse posted another update this week and reports that Raven's "weight has reached 9 lbs. 5oz.! She is slowly and steadily catching up!!"
The benefit concert date has been set for Thursday, Jan 20th at the Hard Rock Cafe at the Beverly Center, in Beverly Hills. Misse reports that "auction items are starting to come in from some really great bands, as well as entertainment bookings for the benefit in January."
I want to personally thank all of those that donated to the Raven's Heart Foundation. Those that have not can still do so at Ravensheart.org. A couple bucks from a few thousand people will make the difference!
Now on to this week's slapp!
Commercial rappers need to be slapped, and then slapped again! I say commercial rappers because our hardcore rap friends will quickly point out that there is a difference between underground (real) and commercial rappers. To be perfectly honest, I can not vouch for that fact, but since I know in metal that there is a difference between Motorhead and say Limp Bizkit, I have to take the word of these hardcore rap fans at face value.
Why should commercial rappers be slapped? Let me slapp the ways!
The Lame Name Game.
If we were to compile a Top 100 list of the stupidest stage names in music, I would predict that two thirds of that list would include rappers. How can we take these people seriously when they have names like p.diddy, 50 cent, Young Buck, Chingy, Snoop Dogg, Eminem, Nelly, Ja Rule, Trick Daddy, Ice Cube, Ice-T, Vanilla Ice, Juicy J, Lil Boosie, LL Cool J, T-Bo. I could go on for days listing stupid rapper names. It sounds like half of them went to a preschool and asked the kids to devise their stage names. How else do you explain a grown man going around calling himself p.diddy? With a straight face nonetheless! I thought these guys were supposed to be tough, but there is nothing tough about a guy named Nelly. It's an OG Thang.
The stupid names are one thing but it seems these rappers also have a tendency to do stupid things. A week doesn't seem to go by without us hearing about a rapper pulling something stupid. A big for example is Young Buck. What kind of a genius pulls a knife in a crowded room with TV cameras rolling? It doesn't take a rocket scientist to know that your actions are going to be witnessed, let along captured on tape! For this brilliant move, Young Buck needs to change his name to Dumb Phuck!
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