Gigwise reports: The recently shot head of
Death Row Records, Suge Knight has announced that he wants to talk with
Eminem about THAT racist mix tape of his.
The forgotten mix tape which was uncovered
by the �Source' magazine has been the cause of a lot of grief for Eminem,
on it he calls black women �bitches' and �Gold diggers', comments that
have obviously got Suge's goat.
Knight wants to have it out with the white
rapper and is giving him the chance to attend a meeting with him.[see full
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AP reports: Rapper Beanie Sigel was acquitted
Monday on charges he shot and nearly killed a man two years ago on a crowded
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Blabbermouth reports: Launch Radio Networks
reports: Is an all-new KISS on the horizon, one that doesn't have any original
members? It's possible, according to the band's manager. According to the
New York Times, KISS manager Doc McGhee "has been toying with the idea
of recruiting an entire band to...don the band's famous makeup." McGhee
said, "KISS is more like Doritos or Pepsi, as far as a brand name is concerned.
They're more characters than the individual person. I think (new members)
have a legitimate chance to carry the franchise." [see full story for more]-
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Gigwise reports: Franz Ferdinand are set to
release a double disc DVD on November 14 featuring live performances and
loads of extras.
The DVDs will include the bands complete
sets from London and San Francisco as well as snippets from their performances
at last year's T in the Park, Glasgow Barrowlands, The Avalon in Los Angeles
and parts of their Australia/New Zealand tour.[see full story for tracks]-
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Aversion reports: Bob Marley fans are in for
a treat this winter, as a previously unknown Marley song is making it onto
a compilation.
Marley's son, Ziggy Marley, unearthed an
acoustic demo of "Slogans" on an overlooked cassette tape. The song is
beleived to have been recorded by the reggae legend in 1979.[see full story
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Punk Music reports: Planes Mistaken For Stars
officially signed to Abacus Recordings. The band plans to release the follow
up to 2004's No Idea release "Up In Them Guts" June 6th, 2006. [see full
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Blabbermouth reports: South African hard rockers
SEETHER reportedly performed a cover of PANTERA's "Walk" during their concert
at San Francisco's Civic Auditorium Sunday night (Sept. 25) as a tribute
to fallen PANTERA/DAMAGEPLAN guitarist "Dimebag" Darrell Abbott. The San
Francisco show was the second night of SEETHER's North American tour as
the support act for AUDIOSLAVE. It is not presently clear if SEETHER's
cover of "Walk" will be performed at every stop on SEETHER's current tour.[see
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Blabbermouth reports: [more on that show that
was posted about last week] Attention, old-school punk rock fans: SUICIDAL
TENDENCIES, THE GERMS, THE DEAD KENNEDYS, MARKY RAMONE and FLIPPER will
join forces at the legendary Grand Olympic Auditorium as the "Waking the
Dead" show on Saturday, October 29. Doors are at 5:30 p.m. The co-headlining
act, THE GERMS, broke up 25 years ago after the death of its singer, Darby
Crash. GERMS guitar player Pat Smear is also known for playing with NIRVANA
for their "unplugged" work, and later with the FOO FIGHTERS. Actor Shane
West ("E.R."), who is playing Darby Crash in the upcoming feature film
about THE GERMS, will sing with the original GERMS that night. West will
be living a dream come true. He has previously played in several punk rock
bands, and will now actually front the band he's idolized.[see full story
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BW&BK reports: have announced that singer
and frontman Torben Askholm is ill, with serious throat problems, and that
he isn't allowed to sing for an uncertain amount of time. Bassist and harmony
singer Henrik Fevre will take over all the vocals, still handling the bass,
at the forthcoming gig at ProgPower and for the band's gig at Aalborg Metal
Festival on Saturday, November 5th.[see full story for more]-
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BW&BK reports: QUIET RIOT guitarist Alex
Grossi's official website has been updated with the following:
Alex has recently been cast in a New FOX
TV Show....shooting begins next week! In other news, Alex will enter the
studio this fall to cut tracks for IGNITE on their debut for Century Media
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The Gauntlet reports: INSIDIOUS DISEASE is
the death metal band featuring guitarists Silenoz (DIMMU BORGIR) and Jardar
(name: Jon Øyvind Andersen; OLD MAN'S CHILD), along with drummer
Tony Laureano (DIMMU BORGIR, NILE, ANGELCORPSE), have announced the addition
of bassist Shane Embury (NAPALM DEATH) to the band's line up.
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The PRP reports: In addition to the upcoming
standard and edited versions of Limp Bizkit's "Greatest Hitz" release,
a DVD version, which is expected to consist of the bands performance videos,
is also being prepared for a November 08th release date. The tentative
track listing is as follows:
01 - "Counterfeit"
02 - "Faith" (George Michael Cover)
03 - "Nookie"
04 - "Break Stuff"
05 - "Re-Arranged"
06 - "N 2 Gether Now"
07 - "My Generation"
08 - "Rollin'"
09 - "My Way"
10 - "Boiler"
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Reuters reports: Vocalist D'Angelo (real name:
Michael Archer) is in a Richmond, Va., hospital being treated for serious
injuries suffered during a September 19 car accident.
According to a statement from the Virginia
State Police, the SUV in which D'Angelo was traveling swerved off a road
and into fence before flipping over.[see full story for more]-
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The PRP reports: Numerous openers have been
tapped for the upcoming "Jagermeister Music Tour", which this time will
see Disturbed out on the road with Corrosion Of Conformity". Bands set
to open on select dates include Dog Fashion Disco, SOiL, Dope, Opiate For
The Masses, Dry Kill Logic and more[see full story for more]-
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The PRP reports: In addition to featuring
a soundtrack that will include music from Slipknot, Chimaira, Ill Nino,
Fear Factory, and Trivium, the upcoming new Sony PSP video game "Infected",
will also see members of Slipknot appearing in animated form in the game.
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Punkbands reports: In more news regarding
Tom DeLonge's new band, Guitarist Ryan Sinn, formerly of The Distillers
has joined Angels and Airwaves. The band also includes Atom Willard of
Rocket From the Crypt and The Offspring and David Kennedy of Boxcar Racer
and Hazen Street.[see full story for more]- Click
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siN's metal news reports: Glenn Danzig announces
that Joe Fraulob, guitarist for the Sacramento-based band DECONSTRUCT,
has joined the DANZIG lineup for the ³Blackest of the Black tour that
kicks off in San Diego on September 30 and wraps in Los Angeles on October
29.[see full story for more]- Click
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Racist
Eminem?