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Report for 01/27/06

Metallica Drop Rock?

Melodic Rock reports: Has Bob Rock worn out his welcome with Metallica? Rumor has it that renowned producer Rick Rubin will helm the San Francisco metallers next studio album, due to commence recording soon.[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Kanye Angers Dad

Contact Music reports: Rapper KANYE WEST's sociology professor father is urging his son to stop degrading African-Americans in his songs.

RAY WEST, a former Black Panther activist, smarts every time his son uses the word 'n**ger' in his hits and wishes the JESUS WALKS star would refrain from using the term.[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Bobo Vs Aids

hecklerspray reports: Bono is such an easy target for mockery - a tiny, middle-aged Irish man dressed as a teenager with ridiculous sunglasses trying to save the world by going "doo doo doo" on iPod adverts.

So it sort of annoys us when Bono does something smart and kind and decent, like roping in a number of huge brands to create Red, a superbrand which will dedicate a portion of revenue to help fight AIDS in Africa. It annoys us, because we can't really take the piss too much.

What's that? You'll be able to buy special Bono-style Red sunglasses so you can fight AIDS while looking like Bono? That's ridiculous. Oh thank God.[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Sharonfest Rumors

Lambgoat reports: The Dillinger Escape Plan, Terror, and Himsa will reportedly be playing Ozzfest this year[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Bon Jovi Gaff

Contact Music reports: BON JOVI have been forced to apologise to fans, after adding an extra early date to their UK tour devastated fans who believed they had bought tickets to the first concert at London's revamped Wembley Stadium. The New Jersey rockers' 11 June (06) gig was originally billed as the first music concert played in Britain's most prestigious venue since it's closure in 2000, but high demand prompted organisers to schedule another performance for 10 June, upsetting thousands who had already purchased 11 June tickets.[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Motown Parking

Contact Music reports: The old Motown Records building in Detroit, Michigan has been demolished to pave the way for a American football stadium car park.

Crowds of people watched documents fly around as the 10-storey building, which contained offices at the height of the company's success in the 1960s, crumbled to the ground.[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Strummer Movie

FMQB reports: Music documentary specialist Julien Temple (The Filth And The Fury, Glastonbury) tells MTV that his next film will focus on the late, great Joe Strummer of The Clash. Temple said he planned to make a movie "about his life...[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Sly Tribute

FMQB reports: A number of artists will perform a tribute to Sly & The Family Stone at the 48th annual Grammy awards on February 8. Maroon 5, Will.I.Am, John Legend, Joss Stone, Steven Tyler and Joe Perry, Robert Randolph and singer Devin Lima all will come together for the tribute. [see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Charly Manson Punkers

Press Release reports: Wellspring proudly announces the DVD release of LIVE FREAKY! DIE FREAKY!, the outrageous stop-motion animation musical-comedy retelling of the Manson family crimes directed by John Roecker and voiced by a legion of alternative rock icons, including Billie Joe Armstrong of Green Day (the band that recently swept the MTV Video Music Awards) and Rancid/Operation Ivy's Tim Armstrong. The film is the first from Tim Armstrong's production company Hellcat Pictures. "Live Freaky! Die Freaky!" will be release on January 31, 2006 On DVD (With Bonus Complete soundtrack)

LIVE FREAKY! DIE FREAKY! gleefully pushes the boundaries of good taste as it tells the story of a young man who discovers a copy of Helter Skelter (the definitive book on the Manson killings) in the year 3069 and decides to interpret it as a biblical tome, with Charles Manson as the Messiah. The film flashes back to 1969 and presents a hilariously debauched portrayal of Manson and his followers though the trials and tribulations of teaching the world better living through "music, murder, and mayhem." It is safe to say that never before has so much sex, violence, and ribald tongue-in-cheek humor appeared in a stop-motion animated production. Paper Magazine recently called it "the most deliciously tasteless piece of filmmaking since John Waters' PINK FLAMINGOS." 

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Hail! Hail! DVD

Hollywood Reporter reports: Image Entertainment has secured DVD rights to "Hail! Hail! Rock 'n' Roll," the seminal Chuck Berry movie masterminded by Keith Richards. 

The firm will release two-disc and four-disc editions with never-before-seen footage, documentaries, interviews and other bonus materials on June 27[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Jesus Buzzcock

CMJ reports: The BBC has announced that they are filming a musical "contemporary retelling" of the last hours of Jesus Christ set in Manchester and featuring songs by that city's most beloved musicians. According to London's Guardian newspaper, the show, entitled Manchester Passion, includes songs by the Smiths, New Order and the Buzzcocks, as well as appearances by some famous locals like Bez, the Happy Mondays dancer who will be playing a disciple. The program, which will air on Good Friday in the UK on BBC3, features an hour-long, live procession through the streets of Madchester (whose gay/red light district will serve as Jerusalem).[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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The Zutons Soph

Mammoth Press reports: The Zutons have announced details about their second record: Tired of Hangin' Around, produced by Stephen Street will hit stores April 17. [see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Doherty Arrested Twice Thurs

Mammoth Press reports: According to the New Music Express, Pete Doherty (of Babyshambles) was arrested not once but TWICE today in London. The first incident was at 5:40a.m. and the second incident came about 10 hours later, earlier this afternoon. Both charges were for possession of a "Class A" drug.[Pete must hold the record for the most headlines for any singer without a current album release. see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Baby Judas Sabbath Band

BW&BK reports: LUNARMILE is a new act featuring singer Toni-Marie Iommi, daughter of BLACK SABBATH's Tony Iommi, bassist Alex Hill, son of JUDAS PRIEST's Ian Hill, drummer Rob Stimpson and guitarist Tom Williams. The band have just finished a new track called 'I Know' which they've put it up on the website[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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A-Hole Secrets

tinfoil reports: If the controversial Analog Hole bill makes it into law, US technologists will have to obey a law whose most important details are a trade-secret. 

The entertainment industry, always a bastion of media savvy, has proposed its "A-Hole" bill as a legal means of limiting the conversion of analog music and video to digital files. Under the bill, every maker of a device that can convert analog signals to digital ones (like iPods, camcorders, and PCs) would be required by law to be built with a detector for a proprietary watermarking technology called VEIL (the use of free/open source in these technologies would be outlawed to prevent the removal of VEIL detectors).[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Farmyard Futureheads

CMJ reports: The Futureheads have finished their sophomore album after spending five weeks recording on a farm in the bayside town of Scarborough, North Yorkshire. Like the farm's resident chickens, they've laid 14 tracks for the forthcoming LP and are now in the scrambling�er�mixing stage. With their guitars set up in the greenhouse and drums in the barn, they truly played until the cows came home.[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Yellowcard Virgins

punkbands reports: Yellowcard will be headlining the 2006 Virgin Mega College Tour this Spring with Mae as main support. Below are the first handful of dates, expect more bands and dates to be announced very soon. 

Fri 04/07/06 Pomona, NJ The Sports Complex 
Sat 04/08/06 Williamsport, PA Lycoming College 
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