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Project Animosity |
SMN reports: Evan Brewer of REFLUX and ANIMOSITY
fame and Barry Donegan of LOOK WHAT I DID have begun working on a studio
project to be released sometime in mid 2007. This genre bending project
will have different surprise collaborators on different parts of the record.
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| Sum
41 Go Punk? |
punkbands reports: In a series of Q&A`s
posted on the Sum 41 website the band have revealed some details about
the upcoming album + taking in a new guitarist after Dave Brownsound's
departure.
The new album is in pre-production and
will be finished and released next year. According to Deryck the record
is going to have more of a punk rock sound�.[see full story for more]-
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| Greatest
Metal Bands |
antiMusic reports: When you think metal, you
think MTV. What you don't? Looking for Sabbath love on TRL only to find
emo bands and Avenged Sevenfold? Fear not, hot on the heals of a similar
list from their sister network, MTV has put together their list of the
Top 10 Greatest Metal Bands of All Time. You can watch part of the debate
that went into compiling the list in a new episode of "Overdrive" (video
at the full story link) and read their reasons for the picks below at the
full story link with a full explanation of how the list came about. Here
is the final list:
1. Black Sabbath * 2. Judas Priest * 3.
Metallica * 4. Iron Maiden * 5. Pantera * 6. Slayer * 7. AC/DC * 8. Motorhead
* 9. Kiss * 10. Motley Crue- Click
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| Rock
into the Gap |
MTV reports: Gap will host free, all-ages
concerts at select stores on the next three Thursdays. The Chicago flagship
(located at 555 North Michigan Avenue) will host Love Arcade (July 20),
Living Things (July 27) and Plain White T's (August 3). A Los Angeles store
(Grove at Farmer's Market) will feature Graham Colton Band with Joe Purdy
(July 20), Waking Ashland (July 27) and the Hush Sound (August 3)� [see
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| Legal
Lyrics |
FMQB reports: While many Web sites print song
lyrics without legal authorization, digital entertainment company Gracenote
announced that it has obtained the rights to the lyrics of more than 1
million songs from the North American catalogs of Bertelsmann AG's BMG
Music Publishing, Vivendi's Universal Music Publishing Group, Sony/ATV
Music Publishing, peermusic and other publishers. Gracenote is now talking
with its partners, including Yahoo! and iTunes, about launching a service
to offer legal and accurate song lyrics for all digital media.[see full
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| Franz
Oxjam |
Contact Music reports: FRANZ FERDINAND, KAISER
CHIEFS and GOLDFRAPP have announced they will be joining in at the UK's
biggest-ever live music charity event - Oxjam. The charity extravaganza
will last for a month with more than 2,500 live events planned across the
country. Kaiser Chief frontman RICKY WILSON is urging music fans to support
the event, which is being organised by British charity Oxfam in aid of
the Make Poverty History campaign.[see full story for more]-
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| Bill's
Treasures |
Contact Music reports: The world's largest
independent archive of rock and pop memorabilia, including rare footage
of JIMI HENDRIX and MADONNA, is to be opened up for the first time. Legendary
US concert promoter BILL GRAHAM started his collection in 1966 and stashed
it in an underground basement� BILL SAGAN, the current owner, is in negotiation
with artists' lawyers to secure permission to publish the material.[see
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| Rock
The Tox |
PR reports: Australian-based rock group OutKry
have launched potentially the nation's biggest protest concert 'Rock The
Tox!' - against the planned Toxic Waste dump in the environmentally sensitive
Mallee district. The boys will headline the Melbourne concert on 27 July
with other celebrity acts to be announced shortly. The aim of the concert
is renew public interest in metropolitan Melbourne on an issue that seems
to have limited awareness in the city that is the source of most of the
waste.
The basic facts are: The Victorian State
Government has decided to site a toxic waste dump at Hattah Nowingi in
the far north west of the state. * 96% of the toxic waste comes from Melbourne
(almost 500km away) * The original site @ Ouyen involved resuming private
land and was overturned by public protests. * The new site is public land
that should have been a reserve and in fact is next to the National Park.-
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| D.I.
Return! |
punkbands reports: D.I. will return to the
studio to begin recording their follow-up to 1994's "State of Shock". If
you don't know D.I. is, they are the brainchild of vocalist/guitarist Casey
Royer, who played in the early incarnation of Social Distortion and Adolescents.-
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| Aiken's
Mystery Man |
DiR reports: It's been a few days without
a Clay Aiken rumor. Ok, we're a bit bored with this one too but for those
with an interest we'll run with it� Here is a story courtesy of Faded Youth
the much hated blog by Claybots: At the two public appearances [Clay Aiken]
has made recently (Edmonton Oilers v Carolina Hurricanes: Game 5 and the
recent Kelly Clarkson concert in Raleigh, NC) eagle eyed fans noticed a
new mysterious guy accompanying the singer.
While staring at his KD Lang hairdo, Kelly
Clarkson concert-goers particularly noted the apparent closeness between
the two and the amount of whispering going on between them. Some fans believe
that this guy is security for Clay, but other fans have noted this guy
is nowhere near the physical presence of Aiken's traditional security guy,
Jerome (who is a massively imposing black man). Ironically many have noted
the strong physical resemblance to Aiken's alleged former tryst, John Paulus.
Lastly, rumours abound that this guy has now moved into Aiken's Raleigh
home. [See the full story for more including photos.. read into it what
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| James
Hunter reDebuts |
PR reports: The 1996 debut album by James
Hunter, whose current album People Gonna Talk has taught 21st century audiences
the joys of early American soul music and rhythm & blues, will receive
a U.S. release date August 29 on Hep Cat Records (through Hep Cat Distribution)
� only 10 years late. The album was originally released on Ace Records
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| Thrash
Hockey |
PR reports: When the NHL's Carolina Hurricanes
skated their way to this year's Stanley Cup victory they did it to the
tune of Toronto's instrumental thrash band Mastery. The Hurricanes had
been using choice cuts from Mastery's recently released "Lethal Legacy"
album throughout the season and playoffs to get the players and fans pumped
up.
Mastery's new album "Lethal Legacy" is
in stores now on Spinerazor/Corporate Punishment Records. The album has
been receiving major buzz within the metal community with praise from Brave
Words and Metal Maniacs who said, "While �Lethal Legacy' pays homage to
the classic thrash of the late �80s/early �90s with nods to Testament,
Forbidden, Vio-lence and Metallica, it doesn't sound as if the band are
pining for the glory days." Decibel Magazine has also been singing the
praises of Mastery brand of "instrumental", as they gave the band a whopping
9/10 and called them, "Mastery of Puppets". The band posted tracks from
their recently debut album at the full story link- Click
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| Timberlake's
Bomb Debut |
TMZ reports: Justin Timberlake's feature film
debut has sadly become his straight-to-video debut.
Despite co-starring with Oscar winners
Kevin Spacey and Morgan Freeman, it looks like Justin's crime drama "Edison
Force" isn't up to par. It's being released to video stores on Tuesday,
July 18.
The movie, filmed in 2004, hit the film
festival circuit last year, but early reviews were not kind. Variety said
"The movie is a parade of cliches," and the Hollywood Reporter called it
"a star-studded dud of a B-picture."- Click
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| Zakk
Wylde Shot To Hell |
PR reports: Legendary Grammy winning guitarist
Zakk Wylde and his band Black Label Society (BLS) are preparing to release
their new studio album Shot To Hell on September 12th. Produced by Zakk
and executive produced by Michael Beinhorn (Soundgarden, Red Hot Chili
Peppers) this latest offering is his 8th album since becoming Ozzy Osbourne's
lead guitarist and co-songwriter 20 years ago. Shot to Hell is the first
BLS release for Roadrunner Records and follows the band's success of selling
nearly 2 million albums in the U.S. to date. Currently headlining the second
stage at Ozzfest, BLS will announce a US headlining tour shortly.-
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| Tentative
Thumbscrew |
PR reports: Austin TX's chaos-machines, THUMBSCREW,
have just announced a tentative schedule for their second batch of US tour-dates
w/ Gaza (Black Market Activities), in support of their new CD "Within Hearts
of Redemption" recently released on Imagine It Records!
Tentative Thumbscrew dates w/ Gaza &
Michigan
Aug 30: TBA @ Denver/ Boulder, CO
Aug 31: TBA @ Colorado Springs, CO
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| Motley
Scream |
PR reports: Versailles Records, in conjunction
with Rocketman Management, is excited to announce plans to release the
first-evern live album by THE SCREAM, featuring John Corabi on lead vocals
prior to joining Motley Crue, and former Racer X-guitarist Bruce Boulet
on lead guitar, this seven-song show was recorded for KNAC in 1992, and
marks one of Corabi's last gigs with the show before leaving to join the
Crue. Newly entitled: 'The Scream Live- The Official Bootleg', the track
listing includes 1) Outlaw, 2) Give It Up, 3) I Believe In Me, 4) Father,
Mother, Son, 5) Man In The Moon, 6) Catch Me If You Can, and 7) Lick And
A Promise. Finally, in addition to the Scream material, the album will
include four-five bonus tracks by John Corabi marking various points in
his career, from Angora up through the present day. Look for a mid-spring,
2007 release-date.- Click
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| Indie
iTunes |
PR reports: The 1-2-3 Music Store from easybe.com
empowers independent labels and musicians to sell their music from their
own website, direct to the fans. To date the first of its kind, it opens
up the internet as a sales channel.
It provides a real chance for smaller labels
and unsigned artists to get a fair share of the multi-million dollar internet
music market, estimated to exceed a value of $2bn by 2007. (Source: Forrester,
August 13, 2002) The store is designed to integrate into any existing website.
It is easy to install, easy to customize and above all, easy to use. 100%
web-based, the 1-2-3 Music Store provides all the tools necessary to sell
songs and albums as music downloads, plus additional features for managing
the communication with fans, customers and the press. [see full story for
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