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Rock 2/4: Motley Feud- Illegal T-Shirt- Music Welfare- 12 Years For Tray
Deee- Napster Vs iPod- Artemis Loses Head- Eagles Box- Turtles DUI- Spector
Sued- Burton Bell EP- Terror- McCartney Denied- U2- Beck- Love To Sell
Kurt's Estate?- Nightwish- Spineshank Mystery Singer- DevilDriver- Rufus
UK- Sevendust with Mayo- QOTSA- Meshuggah- VOAG- Against All Authority
/ Common Rider- more
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 Motley
Feud |
Blabbermouth reports: ContactMusic.com is
reporting that MÖTLEY CRÜE frontman Vince Neil and drummer Tommy
Lee will head off on the group's reunion tour as enemies later this month
� because neither one wants to forgive and forget.
The rock act split largely because of the
feuds between Lee and Neil, and the singer admits their relationship is
still hindered by the very negative feelings they have about each other.
He tells men's magazine Blender, "I don't
like Tommy and Tommy doesn't like me. Tommy doesn't care to resolve things.
I don't care. I have no feelings about it either way.
"You go to work and there's a guy in the
office you don't like. You still do your job, huh? [see full story for
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| Illegal
T-Shirt |
Blabbermouth reports: Norfolk Eastern Daily
Press is reporting that a British man who wore a heavy metal band T-shirt
bearing an insulting picture and slogan pleaded guilty Monday (Jan. 31)
to religiously aggravated offensive conduct.
Dale Wilson, 35, of Northfields, Norwich,
was arrested by two police officers in The Avenues as he walked to a local
newsagent to buy some tobacco on Halloween wearing a T-shirt promoting
Ipswich band CRADLE OF FILTH.
The front of the T-shirt showed a sexual
image of a nun while the back carried an extremely offensive reference
to Jesus ("Jesus Is A C**t").[see full story for more]-
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Guess CoF won't be playing at the Forum.
Source: Blabbermouth
also has news on MURDERDOLLS Singer Completes 'I Walked With A Zombie'
Video Shoot, SKINDRED Schedule 'Rockline' Appearance, Former VIXEN Guitarist
Resurfaces In DRAWING DOWN THE MOON , SLIPKNOT: New Single 'Before I Forget'
To Go For Radio Adds Next Month, TESLA Promising Fan Interaction For Acoustic
Tour, VEHEMENCE Announce New Singer and more click here to check it out
| Music
Welfare |
BBC reports: Franz Ferdinand frontman Alex
Kapranos has called for more government help for musicians, while taking
part in an Edinburgh Lectures discussion.
"There are elements of our musical output
which require sustenance because they aren't self-sufficient," he said.
"But so-called commercial music would benefit
from investment as well." [see full story for more]- Click
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| 12
Years For Tray Deee |
MTV reports: Tray Deee of Tha Eastsidaz was
sentenced to 12 years in a California state prison on Wednesday for his
role in a 2003 shooting.
Appearing in Long Beach Superior Court,
the rapper, born Tracy Lamar Davis, pleaded no contest to shooting at an
occupied vehicle and remains in county jail awaiting transfer to an as-yet-undetermined
prison, according to prosecutor Cynthia Barnes.[see full story for more]-
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| Napster
Vs iPod |
Reuters reports: Napster Inc. on Wednesday
unveiled a portable version of its music subscription service, backed by
a $30 million ad campaign that takes aim at rival Apple Computer Inc.'s
popular iPod player.
Napster's promotion includes a Super Bowl
television spot urging fans to compare the costs of spending $10,000 to
buy and transfer 10,000 songs from Apple's iTunes store to an iPod, with
the $15-per-month fee to carry songs from a catalog of over a million tracks
on Napster-compatible players. [see full story for more]-
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| Artemis
Loses Head |
Reuters reports: Artemis Records chairman/CEO
Danny Goldberg is leaving the independent label he founded in 1999 due
to what sources said Wednesday were "philosophical differences" with its
owners.
Artemis president Daniel Glass has been
elevated to president/CEO of the label.[see full story for more]-
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| Eagles
Box |
Billboard reports: The Eagles will release
a nine-disc boxed set, including their seven studio albums and one live
work, on March 15, Billboard.com has learned. [see full story for more]-
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| Turtles
DUI |
AP reports: Al Nichol, former lead guitarist
for The Turtles, has been sentenced to six months in jail for drunken driving
while on probation for a previous DUI conviction.
Nichol's blood-alcohol level was 0.311
at the time of his May 2004 arrest, well above Nevada's legal limit of
0.08, according to court documents.
Nichol, 58, also showed up drunk for a
Jan. 12 court hearing. Tests showed he had a 0.19 blood-alcohol level.
[see full story for more]- Click
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Think he will sing 'Happy Together' to his cellmate?
| Spector
Sued |
AP reports: Famed rock 'n' roll producer Phil
Spector has been named in a wrongful-death lawsuit filed by the mother
of a B-movie actress whom Spector is accused of killing in his home.
The shooting took place after Spector "grabbed,
hit, fought with ... and injured" Lana Clarkson, and after he tried to
prevent her from leaving his home, the lawsuit says. [see full story for
more]- Click
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| Burton
Bell EP |
Totalrock reports: Fear Factory frontman Burton
C. Bell is finally to release an EP called 'Iconoclast' from his side project
Ascension Of The Watchers. Initially, this will only be available on vinyl
through the band's official website.[see full story for more]-
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| Terror
Nix Tour |
Totalrock reports: Terror have cancelled their
plans to support Agnostic Front on the latter's UK tour. This is due to
American commitments.- Click
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Source: Totalrock
also has news on More Bands For Sweden Rock, Christ In Ireland, Spineshank
Find New Singer, Botch DVD, Lamb Of God Banned, Camp Freddy In The Studio
and more click here to check it out
| It
Was 36 Years Ago Today |
ArrowFM reports: Paul McCartney hires the
law firm of Eastman & Eastman, Linda Eastman's father's law firm, as
general legal counsel for Apple. This was Paul's response to the hiring
of Allen Klein the day before and the beginning of the end for the Fab
Four. (1969) [see full story to see what else happened on this day in rock
history]- Click
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| McCartney
Denied |
ArrowFM reports: Since 1991 there have been
rumors of a Paul McCartney "Love Songs" album - but now that project has
been cancelled. It was actually due out this month but Sir Paul reportedly
couldn't get clearance to use about a half-a-dozen Beatle songs. Since
the Beatles songs like "Michelle", "Yesterday" and "Here, There are Everywhere"
are credited to the Beatles (and not just Lennon-McCartney) the group's
company, which is owned by McCartney, Ringo Starr and the Estates of John
Lennon and George Harrison, would have to unanimously agree on it's addition
on any Beatles or non-Beatles release. [see full story for more]-
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| U2
is Sorry |
liveDaily reports: U2 drummer Larry Mullen
has written an open letter to fans in which he addresses the problems that
many encountered during last week's presale of tickets to the group's upcoming
world tour.
Last week, U2.com held a ticket presale
that was open to all paid subscribers of the group's fan club, regardless
of their length of membership. Thus, a number of apparent scalpers--whom
the band is now pursuing in an effort to reclaim the tickets-- recently
joined the club for the sole purpose of participating in the presale, and
were able to trump some longtime fans. The fallout from the presale led
the group to offer fans who were denied tickets a refund of their $40 fan-club
subscription (details of which are now posted at the band's site). Meanwhile,
in his letter to fans, Mullen explained that he personally is devising
a plan to avoid a similar scenario during future presales. [see full story
for a lot more details]- Click
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| Beck
Release Date |
liveDaily reports: A March 29 release date
is set for "Guero," Beck's first new album since 2002's "Sea Change." The
collection will be issued in three formats: a standard CD, a two-disc package
containing two music videos and a 5.1 audio mix, and a third edition containing
four remixes by Royksopp.[see full story for more]- Click
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Source: liveDaily
also has news on LeAnn Rimes follows album release with live shows, John
Prine readies new album, sets U.S. tour, Keith Urban, Montgomery Gentry,
others to appear at CMA Festival, liveDaily Interview: Roger Taylor of
Duran Duran and more click here to check it out
| Love
To Sell Kurt's Estate? |
Xfm reports: Courtney Love may be forced to
sell the family estate of her late husband and Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain
as the costs of her multiple and ongoing legal battles mount up.
It is reported that former Hole frontwoman
Courtney Love may have to sell a Cobain family estate to pay off her mounting
legal bills. Love is allegedly just days from a deadline to resolve non-payment
of legal fees in one civil case, while another company is also claiming
non-payment according to a complaint filed recently in Olympia, Washington.
[see full story for more]- Click
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| Alice
in Damageplan |
antiMusic reports: Alice in Chains will be
reuniting for a Tsunami benefit sponsored by Seattle radio station KRQI-96.5
K-Rock. K-rock has informed antiMusic that Alice in Chains alumni Jerry
Cantrell, Sean Kinney and Mike Inez will be joined on stage by Damageplan
frontman Pat Lachman.
Lachman is 100% confirmed, but we have
been told that other singers may also join the band on stage for this benefit
concert.
The K-Rock Tsunami Continued Care Relief
Concert will take place on Friday, February 18th at the Premiere Club in
Seattle. Aside from Alice in Chains, Ann Wilson of Heart, Sir Mix A Lot,
Chris Degarmo of Queensryche and Krist Noveselic of Nirvana are also scheduled
to appear. [see full story for more]- Click
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| Libertine
Arrest |
antiMusic reports: Former Libertines frontman
Pete Doherty has reportedly been arrested on assault charges in London.
Doherty allegedly assaulted a 30-year-old documentary filmmaker at the
Rookery Hotel, according to a British newspaper.
The Guardian reports that a Scotland Yard
spokesperson confirmed that police were called to the hotel Wednesday evening
to investigate a reported assault. The police made an arrest for assault
and suspicion of theft, but they have not released the identity of the
accused, believed to be Doherty.
The filmmaker, Max Carlish, told the Daily
Mirror that he and Doherty were in the Rookery Hotel, and that "everything
was going fine until he started demanding loads of cash. He wanted thousands,
and I knew he was going to go out and spend it on heroin. He was desperate
for a fix. I said 'No,' and he went berserk, punching me." [see full story
for more]- Click
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| Lindsay
Lohan Sued |
antiMusic reports: Actress turned pop singer,
Lindsay Lohan, has another hit under her belt, but this one involves motor
vehicles. Two Los Angeles residents filed suit against Lohan on Wednesday
claiming they were injured when Lohan rear-ended them on Laurel Canyon
Boulevard last August.
The plaintiffs, Eddie Pamilton and Ilex
Harris, allege in their suit that Lohan "negligently owned, controlled,
repaired, entrusted, maintained and operated an automobile as to cause
it to, and it did, become involved in an accident or collision, injuring
and damaging plaintiffs." [see full story for more]- Click
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I like totally paused
| Guttermouth
Rocky Tour |
antiMusic reports: Guttermouth are getting
ready to get rocky mountain high this month with their annual trek through
the Western U.S. mountain range. The tour is set to kick off on the 8th
in Salt Lake City, from there the band heads to Wyoming for a couple a
shows before hitting Colorado for a string of seven dates which concludes
on the 19th in Grand Junction.
Guttermouth won't be rocking the Rockies
alone, they are taking along F-Loader and Another Damn Disappointment as
support. [see full story for dates]- Click
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| Kills
Tour |
antiMusic reports: The Kills have lined up
a North American tour in support of their forthcoming album "Now Wow" which
hits stores on March 8th. The band is looking to create a buzz this go
around so they appropriately enough plan to kick things off with an appearance
at the SxSW music festival in Austin before heading to various dates across
North America for the next month.
The Kills will conclude the junt with an
appearance at this year's Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in Indio,
California on April 30th. [see full story for dates]-
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| Nightwish
DVD-Audio |
Abrasive Rock reports: NIGHTWISH will release
a DVD-Audio version of their latest album "Once" on February 21. The complete
track listing for the disc reads as follows: 'Dark Chest Of Wonders' 'Wish
I Had An Angel' 'Nemo' 'Planet Hell' 'Ceek Mary`s Blood' 'The Siren' 'Dead
Gardens' 'Romanticide' 'Ghost Love Score' 'Kuolema Tekee Taiteilijan' 'Higher
Than Hope' 'White Night Fantasy' [see full story for more details]-
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| Spineshank
Mystery Singer |
Digital Noise reports: Spineshank drummer
Tommy Decker has announced that the band has found a new singer.
"In the past year we've written a lot of
songs and tried out tons of singers, some that you all have heard of and
some unknowns. A lot of these guys could've easily done the job of continuing
Spineshank where we left off, but we want more than that. So we held off
until we found someone that we really clicked with.
"We've been working with someone for a
while now and it's going really good (no names yet because of the legal
bulls***). It has all the elements that Spineshank has always had, but
it doesn't sound like Spineshank. We've never liked to repeat ourselves
and have always expanded our sound after every record and this time is
no different. [see full story for a lot more]- Click
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| DevilDriver
Finish CD |
Digital Noise reports: DevilDriver frontman
Dez Fafara has announced that the band has completed recording their sophomore
album "The Fury of Our Maker's Hand".
In a posting on the band's official website,
www.devildriver.com, he wrote: "This past Sunday (Jan. 30), tracking on
the upcoming DevilDriver CD, 'The Fury of Our Maker's Hand', officially
concluded. In fact, the last track to have vocals laid down was the title
track itself. Fourteen songs in all were recorded... Mixing of 'The Fury
of Our Maker's Hand' will begin later this month. [see full story for a
lot more from Dez]- Click
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Source: Digital
Noise also has news on A Static Lullaby Post New Track Online, Mudvayne's
New Single "Happy?" Posted Online, Ascension Of The Watchers to Perform
at CBGB's on February 6th, Static-X Announce Live Shows, Head Automatica
Drop Off of Take Action Tour and more click here to check it out
| Rufus
UK |
NME reports: RUFUS WAINWRIGHT has confirmed
details of a UK tour in support of his new album 'WANT TWO'.
As previously reported, Wainwright and
his band will play a pre-album release show on March 1 at the Carling Islington
Academy in London. The gig will be the UK's first chance to hear material
from forthcoming LP �Want Two', which is released on March 7. The March
show will be followed by a full UK tour in April, [see full story for all
of the dates]- Click
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| Sevendust
with Mayo |
The PRP reports: Sevendust look to have chosen
Sonny Mayo of Snot/Amen fame as their new guitarist.[see full story for
more]- Click
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| QOTSA
Bonus |
The PRP reports: Tentative details have been
revealed for the upcoming deluxe edition of Queens Of The Stone Age's new
album "Lullabies To Paralyze". The deluxe edition is said to feature the
CD version of the album along with a bonus DVD, which will reportedly contain
an interview with Josh Homme and Sarah Silverman, various in-studio footage
and videos for the tracks "Everybody Knows That You're Insane" and "Someone's
In The Wolf". [see full story for more bonus info.. yes there is more]-
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| Meshuggah
Delay |
The PRP reports: Meshuggah's forthcoming new
album "Catch 33" will now see a May 31st North American release date through
Nuclear Blast.[see full story for more]- Click
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| VOAG
Goes Silent |
Punkbands.com reports: Sad but true - VOAG
steps off the punkrock highway for good. This is what the band had to say:
Attention, punkrockers! As many of you've already heard, we can now confirm
that we indeed have decided to quit Voice Of A Generation, following Kim
Belly's departure in December ´04. We wanna take this opportunity
to thank every single one of all you fans out there. [see full story for
more]- Click
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| Against
All Authority / Common Rider Split |
Punkbands reports: The two seminal punk bands,
Against All Authority and Common Rider have teamed up to release a split
via Hopeless Records. The eight-track CD will feature never-heard before
music from both artists and will be released to the masses on April 12,
2005. The four tracks on this split are the last ever recordings from the
legendary Jesse Michaels who is currently on an indefinite hiatus from
music.[see full story for more, including tracks and preorder info]-
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That sound you hear is Greenmuse jumping up and down.
| New
Voice of Vehemence |
Metal Blade Newsletter reports: Vehemence
would like to thank all the people that have submitted vocal try-outs and
it is greatly appreciated! At this time we would like to announce that
our new vocalist is Sean Vandegrift, former vocalist for From A Second
Story Window (Blackmarket Activities/Metal Bade). We are excited as to
what he will bring to Vehemence, and what the future holds in store. Catch
Sean's debut with Vehemence on tour with Crematorium, The Red Death, and
Losa starting this April. [see full story for more]- Click
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| Matt
Leaves Winter Solstice |
Metal Blade Newsletter reports: We would like
to announce the departure of vocalist Matt Tarpey from Winter Solstice.
We are also very happy to announce the addition of our new vocalist, Peter
Walters. Peter brings so much to the table on the stage and off with a
powerful presence and a dominant voice. His commitment level is unparalleled
and we are so excited to have him.[see full story for more]-
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| Cattle
Decapitation Autograph Session |
Metal Blade Newsletter reports: Cattle Decapitation
will be signing autographs on Friday February 18th at The Palladium in
Worcester, MA. After the Cattle Decapitation set head over to the FYE table
to meet the band and get an autograph.[see full story for more]-
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| Ben
Falgoust at DIY Convention |
Metal Blade Newsletter reports: GOATWHORE
& Soilent Green's frontman Ben Falgoust will be participating in the
"You Can't Get There From Here" panel at this year's DIY Convention in
Hollywood. "You Can't Get There From Here" will feature recording artist
like Ben, laying down the rules of the road in DIY touring from 5 � 6pm
Friday Feb. 11th. The event will be held Feb. 7-12, 2005 at the Roosevelt
Hotel in Hollywood and will feature five nights of independent music acts,
two nights of film festival screenings, plus panels, workshops and mentoring
sessions from top independent film, music and book professionals. [see
full story for more]- Click
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| Bayside
Plot New CD |
press release reports: Bayside have announced
plans to record their second album for Victory Records. The self-titled
project will be produced by Shep and Kenny at their studios in Manhattan
from March through mid-April, and will include "Existing In A Crisis (Evelyn)",
available for download at purevolume.com/bayside.com. Other songs will
include "Devotion and Desire" and "Meet Me In Montauk". The band are hard
at work refining the songs in a rehearsal studio that has definitely been
a good luck charm for numerous other Long Island bands � Brand New, Taking
Back Sunday and The Movielife also wrote and rehearsed albums there. "Bayside"
will be in stores in July; fans can expect some very special guests to
contribute to the album.
Bayside have booked select shows
on the East coast and will also play the Victory showcase at SXSW. [see
full story for more]- Click
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|
Slapp of the Day: King of Slapps |
[This is an opinion article. If you don't
care to read it, skip it] I was surfing around the web today doing research
about the latest lame band 'buzz' for my day gig and I came upon some rather
interesting sites while using the new MSN Search (I was looking for info
on Jonathan Davis). Did you know that Hitler was a lesbian? I sure didn't.
But it says it on a blog site. Know what is scarier? Did you ever notice
that Barbara Bush looks like Winston Churchill with a wig on? That's neither
here nor there, but the Hitler thing reminded me of it. I know you are
saying right now, "Thats nice Scott, now get to the Slapping!" You got
it!
To wrap of my first (and maybe last) week
of Daily Slapps, and in honor of the 300 + people that sent in hate mail
complaining about them, this slapp's for you! I proudly slapp myself. And
I do commend some of you for originality! The ol' college intern line never
gets tired. That and the frustrated middle age guy works great too! (27
is old but not middle aged) Although I do agree with the worst opinion
writer in history bit. If you want a dissertation in a couple paragraphs,
you're in the wrong place! Go read the real columns on this site for substance.
[Since he is talking about his favorite
subject (himself), Scott ran over again. To read the rest of his worthless
column, click the full story link. Be sure to voice your opinion in the
Fan Speak if we should give Scott another week or not.] -
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