Blabbermouth reports: Is Ted Nugent planning
to hang up his guitar and get into politics? It looks like that's a good
possibility, according to the New York Times. Nugent told the paper that
he was "99 percent ready" to run for governor of his home state of Michigan
next year, but he's decided to hold off until the 2010 election. [see full
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Gigwise reports: Not one to keep his thoughts
to himself, Noel Gallagher has attacked modern hip-hop stars saying they
are "idiots."
Noel says that although he grew up on hip-hop
because it once "stood for something", current rappers stars mistreat women,
they're two�faced, they're selfish and they promote violence.
As breaking news reports, Noel said: "What's
masquerading itself as hip-hop-slash-R&B is f***ing horrible� These
guys will go on the telly going, 'Hey kids, stay in school, don't do drugs,'
and then they'll be shooting each other down at the shopping mall.[ He
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liveDaily reports: Jerome Dillon, drummer
for industrial rockers Nine Inch Nails, was hospitalized following the
band's Wednesday (9/28) show, marking his second trip to the hospital during
the band's current tour, and causing the group to postpone its next show.[see
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Blabbermouth reports: In response to the announcement
of the finalists for this year's Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductions,
fans of rock group KISS have issued a warning to the Hall: "We're sending
in our forces."
According to rally co-chair Joe Apple,
KISS fans from all around the world are already making plans to converge
on the Hall of Fame Museum in Cleveland on August 4, 2006 to tell the Hall
and the world that KISS deserves a place of honor among the legends of
rock & roll.[see full story for more]- Click
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Blabbermouth reports: MTV.com is reporting
that former STATIC-X and DOPE guitarist Tripp Eisen was released from a
California state prison last week, a little more than six months after
his arrest on a single crimes-against-children count.
Eisen's freedom could end up being short-lived,
depending on what next week brings. He's due to stand before a judge in
New Jersey on October 7 for arraignment on charges of sexual assault, criminal
sexual contact, luring and endangering the welfare of a child.[see full
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Audio Aggression reports: Shinedown will be
appearing on the Jimmy Kimmel Live show on Thursday October 13th. Tickets
are available now at [see full story link]. The band will also premiere
'Us and Them' on Rockline Radio October 3rd.[see full story for more including
tracklisting for the new CD]- Click
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Audio Aggression reports: Saliva have announced
a headlining tour with Theory of a Deadman opening on select dates. Current
dates are:
October 1st in Corpus Christi, TX @ Bayfest
October 8th in Boerne, TX @ Javeline Harley
Davidson
October 9th in Mobile, AL @ Bayfest[see
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DiS reports: Got a Sony Ericsson phone? Like
Queen? So it seems... The mobile manfacturer surveyed some 700,000 people
across a whopping 66 countries to find 'the world's favourite song' (according
to Sony customers, we assume). The top ten is, well, odd, and looks like
this:
1. Queen - 'We Are The Champions'
2. Britney Spears - 'Toxic'
3. Michael Jackson - 'Billie Jean'
4. The Eagles - 'Hotel California'
5. Shakira - 'La Tortura'
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rest of the Top 10 and some DiS banter about the list. Come on, click it
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DiS reports: Ananova has reported that Bob
Dylan is in talks to produce a sequel to the Martin Scorsese-helmed documentary
No Direction Home.
The executive producer of the two-part
film, Susan Lacy, said that preliminary discussions were already happening.[see
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DiS reports: Just how much California lovin'
does one get when they're buried in the ground? Tupac Shakur's mother has
purchased the rights to make a film of the rapper's life from the Insomnia
company.
The film, Live 2 Tell, will focus on a
young black man who deals in drugs before deciding to turn his back on
crime. ...The film was actually written by Tupac in 1995[see full story
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Nine Inch Nails reports: [the following is
Trent's blog entry from Thurs] I really should know better by now, but
I have read some BBs and feel the need to explain a few things. Jerome
Dillon does not have a drinking or drug problem. His illness is not the
result of abuse, nor are there any purposefully vague statements about
what's really going on with him. I am sure he is as frustrated and upset
with the situation as everybody else. This is not his fault. Next, I don't
spend that much backstage and offstage time with the band, because their
agenda is different from my own. They occasionally drink and party - I
don't. When I was leaving the venue last night and found out the news about
Jerome after everyone else - I was in a separate dressing room down the
hall. Make sense? Jerome is a great drummer and a great guy. We all wish
him the best and hope to see him behind the drums again soon. At the present
time, his performing live with us places him in a potentially very harmful
situation. [see full story to see Trents further comments about a recent
Sacramento show]- Click
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tinfoil reports: Today's message is that "young
Canadians aged 12 to 24 who illegally download music are more likely to
also pirate software, cheat on exams or shoplift". Gee, I wish I had cheated
on my exams, maybe then I wouldn't have bombed Calculus. The CRIA forgets
that 12-24 year old Canucks also buy more music than other age groups.[see
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E! reports: The trouble-prone hip-hopster,
whose real name is Earl Simmons, missed a hearing in the Bronx Wednesday
stemming from his April arrest for allegedly driving with a suspended license.
Judge George Villegas gave the 35-year-old
rap star until Monday to show up. If DMX still doesn't show, the judge
said he will follow the prosecutors' request to issue a warrant for the
rapper's arrest. [see full story for more]- Click
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Gigwise reports: Bon Jovi are set to be the
first act to play the newly built Wembley Stadium next year.
The eighties throwbacks are scheduled to
play the stadium on June 11 2006 as part of their world tour.
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The Gauntlet reports: The release date for
Shadows Fall's upcoming DVD effort has a date for November 15 for "The
Art of Touring" DVD through Century Media, this DVD being the group's first
DVD release.
"The Art of Touring" features over two
hours of on-the-road antics and live performances filmed from 2002 through
2004 on "The Art of Balance" from shows in the U.S., Europe and Japan.[see
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The PRP reports: With their drummer Ryan Green
currently doing some jail time, Manic have recruited Corenilus Jones (aka
JR) as their fill-in drummer for the interim and will be playing some shows
in the near future. The group recently completed recording their new album
for Geffen[see full story for more]- Click
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The PRP reports: Members of Filter and Stone
Temple Pilots fame have joined forces in a band dubbed Army Of Anyone and
will be releasing their debut album through Columbia next year. [see full
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The PRP reports: As a result of "some inner
problems", A Perfect Murder will not be doing their previously announced
September 30th - October 16th Canadian tour with their current vocalist,
Kevin Randel. Instead, the group look to have recruited Karl Buechner of
Earth Crisis[see full story for more]- Click
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siN's metal news reports: MACHINE HEAD: "We're
also now officially in "writing mode" for the next album! We've been at
it for a few weeks now, and just last practice I had "that" feeling again
about some of the stuff we're working on! Writing new stuff is weird, you
go through days that are just kinda 'blah', and then there are days where
some things just come together and you really start to see where they are
going. We were playing this one part the other day and Robb started singing
(growling!) over it and holy s***, I can tell you already that it is gonna
be SICK! [see full story for more]- Click
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