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Report for 04/12/06

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D12 Murder

Gigwise reports: US rapper Proof, a member of Eminem's D-12 crew, has been shot and killed at a bar in Detroit.

According to reports Proof, real name Deshaun Holton, was one of two men shot at an after hours club on the cities Eight Mile Road in the early hours of the this morning.

The second man shot, currently unnamed by the Police, is critically ill in hsopital.[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Idol Fraud

Contact Music reports: TV talent show AMERICAN IDOL has been caught up in yet another scandal after it has been revealed finalist BUCKY COVINGTON duped police to spare his twin brother a possible prison stint. Producers of the show have learned that Covington, one of the last eight Idol finalists, deceived a North Carolina state trooper in 1998 and was arrested on charges of resisting a public officer, giving fictitious information, driving with a suspended license and leaving the scene of an accident.[Bucky? see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Who Loves Kok?

antiMusic reports: If you ever hear some dude proclaim, "I love Kok" it does not mean that he just joined the Clay Aiken fan club, it means he's heard or saw LA rockers Bangkok Five. But if you hear a certain Hollywood starlet issue that proclamation, she might have the more obvious in mind and apparently she found it on Craigslist, this according to a song on the band's major label debut Who's Gonna Take Us Alive. 

During the live intro to the track "Tiara," frontman Frost explains that the song was inspired by an actress friend that "actually found a guy on Craigslist to have sex with so that her boyfriend would stay with her." Frost doesn't identify the actress by name ("Because [he] has that much class") but a quick read of the liner notes may or may not solve the mystery of which Hollywood bad girl Frost & Co are singing about. [see the full story for our review of the band's kick ass new cd]
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RIAA Vs Education

MTV reports: Like many of the thousands of other people who've been sued by the Recording Industry Association of America for allegedly downloading music illegally, 20-year-old Cassi Hunt is in no position to pay off thousands of dollars in fines.

But the advice a RIAA representative gave the sophomore physics major at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology didn't really sound reasonable: Drop out and get a job or switch to a cheaper community college.[you really need to click over for the full story on this one. ]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Extreme Reunion

Blabbermouth reports: Boston radio station WAAF has announced that original EXTREME members Gary Cherone (vocals, ex-VAN HALEN), Nuno Bettencourt (guitar), Paul Geary (drums), and Pat Badger (bass) will be reuniting for a show at the Bank of America Pavilion (formerly Fleet Pavilion) in Boston on Friday, June 30.[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Dark New Crue

Blabbermouth reports: DARK NEW DAY drummer Will Hunt (ex-SKRAPE) has been tapped by MÖTLEY CRÜE to fill in for injured drummer Tommy Lee on the last few dates of their North American tour. [see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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New New York Dolls

Blabbermouth reports: On July 25, 2006, the seminal NEW YORK DOLLS, a band that has been accused of inspiring everything from punk rock to hair metal, will release their eagerly anticipated album, "One Day It Will Please Us To Remember Even This".[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Rockline Rebel

Blabbermouth reports: Former PANTERA/DAMAGEPLAN drummer Vinnie Paul will be the featured guest on the nationally syndicated radio show "Rockline" airing Monday, April 24. The live show begins at 8:30 p.m. PT / 11:30 p.m. ET[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Jizzy Rear Ended

Metal Sludge reports: [Hookers N' Blow usually fronted by Dizzy Reed of Guns N' Roses were involved in a car accident. What follows is from Jizzy Pearl as posted on Sludge] Hey. Still alive and well. Sunday night Alex [Grossi], Scott Griffin and I were hit from the rear by a drunk driver going appromixately 70MPH. We crashed into a guardrail and went airborne for what seemed to be about 5 seconds, then spun upside down and skidded for 40 or 50 feet. A 'rollover' in cop lingo. 

I was front passenger, Scott driving, Alex in back with the gear. We were returning to our hotel after eating at the club when all of a sudden Scott yells 'F**K!' and what feels like a baseball bat slams into my back. The guy had hit us on the right rear and we went crashing into the guardrail bending it into a large U-shape.[see full story for more details]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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More Strhess

The PRP reports: Shadows Fall, Poison The Well, It Dies Today and Still Remains have been locked in for this years third annual edition of the "Strhess Tour". Darkest Hour, Bury Your Dead, Himsa, Throwdown and Suffocation will also be joining the bill on select dates[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Dio Mindcrime

antiMusic reports: This week Morley spoke with Queensryche frontman Geoff Tate about the sequel to their landmark Operation Mindcrime. Below are a couple excerpts from the new MorleyView. 

antiMUSIC: How did you go about assembling the story? Did you have it laid out in your mind pretty much when doing the first record?

Geoff Tate: No. No. Not at all. I started a file on my laptop years later. Actually called Nikki, and go there and do character sketches and that kind of thing over the years and it really was just a lot of random thoughts and passages, and chapters. Things like that. It wasn't until a couple of years ago that I kind of fine-tuned it and opened it up one day and realized there was a story there. A worthy story to conclude the big story.

antiMUSIC: How did the inclusion of the duet with Ronnie James Dio come about?

Geoff Tate: Simply a brainstorm. We wrote the song. And of course when you write a song like that with two voices, you have to find that other voice, so Doctor X needed a voice at that point. And Ronnie just came to mind and he'd always been one of my vocal idols, you know, and I've worked with him several times over the years in different areas, touring mostly, and he's just an incredible person, the kind of person that you want around when you're doing a project because he brings a lot of positive energy to it. So I'm glad he said yes. He was very interested in and came up to San Francisco where we recorded him and we just had a wonderful day with the studio work. He's a legend. Just an absolutely phenomenal singer. [see the full story for the full MorleyView with Geoff] - Click Here for the Full Story 

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Todd and Toad

MTV reports: Toad the Wet Sprocket will play their first shows together in several years this summer, including some dates with Big Head Todd & the Monsters billed as Todd and Toad. Toad singer Glen Phillips will play a solo set at all the shows and will also play several dates without his band[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Blueberry (Capitol) Hill

AP reports: A high school band plays Beethoven. President Calvin Coolidge delivers his inaugural address. Fats Domino turns "Blueberry Hill," a hit for big-band leader Glenn Miller, into a rock 'n' roll classic. They're among the 50 records that the Library of Congress has deemed worthy of preservation this year.

Other rock classics being inducted include Jerry Lee Lewis' "Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On" and Buddy Holly's "That'll Be the Day," both from 1957; the Jimi Hendrix Experience's "Are You Experienced?" from 1967; and Sonic Youth's landmark noise-rock album "Daydream Nation," from 1988.[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Digital Beatles

Contact Music reports: THE BEATLES' entire back catalogue will soon be available for download - but only when each track has been digitally remastered to perfection. The Fab Four are one of the few acts to have resisted making their work available on Apple Computer's iTunes Music Store up to now.[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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A Wilhelm Bass

punkbands reports: A Wilhelm Scream have officially welcomed bassist Brian Robinson from The Fullblast to replace Curits Lopez who departed the band a few months ago.[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Hatebreed Skip Canada

punkbands reports: Hatebreed's upcoming Canadian tour has been cancelled. The trek was to take place in May and also feature The Warriors, Scars Of Tomorrow, and Despised Icon. The cancellation is apparently due to a "radius clause" in the contract for Hatebreed's late-summer tour with System Of A Down.[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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