antiMUSIC's Day In Rock 7/20: Child Rapist Singer- School Bans Beatle - Boy Scouts Vs Pirates- Label Fall Out- God Forbid- Tom Petty

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Report for 07/20/06

Picks of the Day

Before we get to today's news here are our picks of the day featuring our latest reviews and the song of the day to listen to while reading today's report!

Song: Death Cab for Cutie - "I Will Follow You Into The Dark" Video

Reviews: Alien Ant Farm | Pithy Reviews | Delta Nove | March into the Sea

Child Rapist Singer

BW&BK reports: Swedish label I Hate Records (www.ihate.se) has issued the following message: "As a consequence of Steve McMillan's criminal acts, that he has confessed, we have decided to delete the THEE PLAGUE OF GENTLEMEN - Primula Pestis album. Thus the album will no longer be available through I Hate. We feel truly sorry for the other members of TPOG that has to suffer for Steve's deeds but we must do what we feel is right."

Regarding the arrest and imprisonment of Steve McMillan, the label states:

"We are shocked, disturbed and saddened to learn about the accusations of multiple child rape (and due arrest and imprisonment) directed at Thee Plague Of Gentlemen frontman Steve McMillan (real name: Steven Wackenier)�.[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story

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School Bans Beatle

BBC reports: A church school in Devon has withdrawn John Lennon's Imagine from an end-of-term show after teachers ruled that its lyrics were anti-religious.

Pupils at St Leonards Primary in Exeter, Devon, had spent weeks rehearsing the song. But it was taken out of the running order after the head teacher and governors decided it was anti-Christian and unsuitable for the school. [see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story

Boy Scouts Vs Pirates

tinfoil.music reports: Movie and song copiers beware: use an Internet discussion site in Hong Kong to violate copyrights and you may be turned in to law enforcement authorities by an 11-year-old Boy Scout.

Starting this summer the Hong Kong government plans to have 200,000 youths search Internet discussion sites for illegal copies of copyrighted songs and movies, and report them to the authorities.[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story

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Label Fall Out

Day in Rock/MTV reports: MTV spoke with Fall Out Boy Bassist Pete Wentz about their forthcoming album and the reasons for the delay. Here is an excerpt from that article: �As it turns out, it had nothing to do with the band and everything to do with shakeups at its label,.

"We've been ready to record for about the last three weeks, but there's been, um, if I go into specifics, I'll get into trouble," he said. "There have been some changes at our label [Island/Def Jam], a little bit of strangeness there. Half the phone numbers I have for people at the label don't have people on the other end of them anymore. It slowed us slightly, but we're getting back up to speed."[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story

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God Forbid East

KNAC reports: God Forbid have announced some U.S. warm up dates with various acts, including The Dillinger Escape Plan throughout the east coast, which will lead them into their Hell On Earth European tour this fall.

God Forbid w/Special guests:
Aug 02 - New York, NY @ Bowery Ballroom w/ Dillinger Escape Plan (Benefit for Juvenile Diabetes)
Aug 11 - Levittown, NY @ Club Ritual w/ VOD and Agents of Man
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Petty Updates

PR reports: Tom Petty and his band the Heartbreakers will perform "Saving Grace" on "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" Thursday Night, JULY 20.

"In The Studio" hosted by Redbeard, will run a 15-year look back at "Into the Great Wide Open" this weekend (July 22/23). "In the Studio" runs on 60+ classic rock stations, including WCSX-FM/Detroit, KZPS-FM/Dallas, KLBJ-FM/Austin, KSLX-FM/Phoenix, WEGR-FM/Memphis, WKLS-FM/Atlanta, and KRXO-FM/Oklahoma City.

The entire "Highway Companion" album is currently being streamed in Rhapsody at the full story link. Anyone with a Mac, PC, or linux can play the album.- Click Here for the Full Story

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Floyd Hit

PR reports: Pink Floyd's PULSE -- a landmark DVD collection documenting the 1994 Division Bell tour including the band's first-ever filmed performance of "The Dark Side of the Moon" -- is the #1 music DVD on both sides of the Atlantic topping the charts in Austria, Belgium, Holland, Ireland, Italy, Norway, the UK and the United States, where it's just debuted with first week's sales of 92,815 according to SoundScan.

PULSE has one of the Top 3 best first week's sales in the United States of any music DVD in history.

See the full story link for all of the details on this hit DVD from a preview report!- Click Here for the Full Story

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Quickies: Peeping Tom- Dark New Day- Droid- Thom Yorke

Day in Rock reports: Peeping Tom's self-titled debut will see a vinyl release on August 29th through Anticon according to The PRP. * TuneLab reports: Dark New Day will release their new acoustic EP, 'Black Porch', digitally on September 5th. * Droid has been added to the Family Values Tour * Village People cop Victor Willis pleaded no contest to drug charges on Wednesday. * Thom Yorke 's solo CD (The Eraser) debuted at the No. 2 spot on charts this week, right behind "That's What I Call Sh*t 22".. oops Music. You can check out Thom's performance of "Cymbal Rush" with Johnny Greenwood and Nigel Godrich from The Henry Rollins Show at the full story link! - Click Here for the Full Story

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MTV Killed the Video Star

tinfoil.music reports: VH1 Classic To Air MTV's First 24 Hours of Programming on Aug. 1. Music lovers may remember the first video ever to be played on the first music television network, MTV, but do they remember the video that followed? VH1 Classic is giving viewers a second chance to relive the first moments that music videos came alive on TV by traveling back in time for a 24-hour event that showcases the first videos ever to be played on MTV.[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story

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Pardon The Delay

AP reports: Who knew that Keith Richards was a reckless driver? (Not much a tree climber either.) Keef was busted for reckless driving on July 5, 1975 in the state of Arkansas. Now AP reports that "The state Parole Board on July 3 approved an application for clemency submitted on behalf of Richards, the 62-year-old guitarist for the Rolling Stones, by Gov. Mike Huckabee."

Keef plead guilty to the reckless driving charge 31 years ago and paid a fine but according to AP, "The governor said he got the idea for a pardon when he realized that Richards' impression of Arkansas 'was marred by a misdemeanor traffic stop.'"

Read the full AP report at the full story link. - Click Here for the Full Story

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Canada Rejected

MTV reports: The All-American Rejects announced Tuesday that they are canceling the remainder of their Canadian tour - which included shows in Winnipeg, Calgary, Edmonton and Vancouver - after doctors ordered frontman Tyson Ritter to rest his voice.[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story

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Radionhead OK Computer DVD

PR reports: MVD and Sexy Intellectual are pleased to announce the home viewing release of Radiohead: OK Computer - A Classic Album Under Review for U.S. distribution on DVD September 19, 2006.

This 53-minute documentary reviews the most influential album of one of rock music's true giants. It includes never before available on DVD, and rare musical performances such as live and studio versions of each song on OK Computer, and "Creep" from Pablo Honey. It's packed with obscure footage of comments, criticisms and insights on every track from the album by; writer, journalist, and author of Radiohead: A Guide To Their Music, Mark Paytress; respected rock authority and ex-Mojo editor, Barney Hoskyns; Radiohead biographer Alex Ogg, and more.[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story

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McCready Not Guilty

E! reports: Mindy McCready won't be staying the night in jail--and she's got some new song fodder to boot.

The oft-troubled country singer was found not guilty Wednesday of a DUI charge stemming from a May 2005 arrest, although a Nashville jury did convict her of driving with a suspended license.[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story

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Return of the Roach

PR reports: The wait is over! Papa Roach's 4th new album titled The Paramour Sessions is ready for a September 12th release through Geffen. The album was recorded at the historic Paramour Studios in Los Angeles, CA with Producer Howard Benson (My Chemical Romance, Hoobastank, P.O.D.) and mixed by Chris Lorde Alge (Green Day, Switchfoot). 'To Be Loved' will be the first single and is expected to impact radio this month.

Papa Roach has brought fans 8 consecutive hits on the rock charts including "Last Resort", "Broken Home," "She Loves Me Not" and "Scars." The band will tour this fall in support of the new release.- Click Here for the Full Story

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New Found Glory in Sept

PR reports: The upcoming album from New Found Glory is entitled Coming Home. The band worked with legendary producer and record exec Thom Panunzio (Ozzy Osbourne, Tom Petty, Bruce Springsteen, Joan Jett, U2 and Bob Dylan to name a few). The 13 track CD features the band's new single, "It's Not Your Fault", and hits stores Sept 19th. This is the band's 5th studio album, the last three of which all went Gold. [see the full story link to listen to the single]
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25 Years of MSG

Blabbermouth reports: Locomotive Records has set an August 1 North American release for "Tales of Rock 'n' Roll" by MICHAEL SCHENKER GROUP (MSG), a special CD to celebrate the band's 25-year anniversary. The CD contains Michael Schenker's signature riffage on new cuts featuring an all-star assembly of singers who have recorded with Schenker over the past quarter-century: Graham Bonnet, Gary Barden, Robin McAuley, Kelly Keeling, Leif Sundin, Chris Logan and Michael's current vocalist, Jari Tiura.[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story

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