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| Nickelback
DUI |
MTV reports: Nickelback singer Chad Kroeger
was arrested for drunk driving last week, Canada's national wire service,
Canadian Press, confirms. The rocker was pulled over in British Columbia
after police officers became suspicious of his driving.[see full story
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| Motley
Fight |
Day in Rock reports: Tommy Lee reportedly
had a run-in with "Las Vegas" actor Josh Duhamel at Bella nightclub in
Los Angeles Tuesday night (June 27). A witness told the New York Post that
while "Duhamel pounded on the men's room door and yelled 'Hurry up!', a
friend told him, 'Stop, Tommy's in there', but 'Josh replied, 'Tommy who?
Tommy Lee, who cares?' Tommy heard that and came out of the bathroom. Words
were exchanged and Josh ended up on the floor - I don't know if he was
pushed or punched. Josh bolted outside and called for Tommy to meet him
and 'fight like a man.' Tommy was restrained and sent out the back door
by security. Josh never did get to use the bathroom." [see the full story
for another account of the incident and the official denial] -
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| Kill
Emo Bands |
Gigwise reports: The Killers' Brandon Flowers
has launched yet another scathing attack on emo bands like Fallout Boy.
He ranted to the NME: "Culturally, if it
gets as big as it is in America, it could change an entire generation of
people growing up here. Emo, pop-punk, whatever you want to call it, is
dangerous.
"We don't wanna dislike anyone, and we've
still never met Fall Out Boy, but there's a creature inside me that wants
to beat all those bands to death. [see full story for more]-
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| DMX
Jailed |
E! reports: The DMX man finally cometh to
court on Thursday--and was quickly senteth to jail.
A city court judge in White Plains, New
York, ordered the Ruff Ryder back behind bars a day after he failed to
show up for a hearing stemming from his arrest earlier this month for a
slew of traffic violations. [see full story for more]-
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| Band
Vs CBS Rockstar |
Day in Rock reports: Orange County punk band
Supernova is reportedly taking legal action against CBS over the second
season of Rock Star which debuts on the network next Wednesday (July 5th).
The show features Motley Crue drummer Tommy Lee, ex-Guns N' Roses guitarist
Gilby Clarke, and former Metallica bassist Jason Newsted searching for
a singer for a group that they have named Supernova.
The OC band, who's song "Chewbacca" was
featured in the film "Clerks," claims they own the rights to the name they
have used for 20 years. "You can't just waltz up and use our name," Supernova
drummer Dave Collins told MTV. "We're willing to fight for our name, our
band. We have trademark rights to the name and we can prove those rights."
The band has reportedly sent CBS a cease-and-desist
letter as they don't want their name associated with a bunch of "washed-up
metalheads", but their attorney says that the disput haven't gotten that
serious yet. [see the full story link for MTV's full article about this
legal dustup.] - Click
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| Lil
Kim Parole |
MTV reports: The rapper, who has been serving
a 366-day prison sentence for federal perjury, will be released nearly
three months early on Monday due to good behavior. She will remain under
house arrest for 30 days and be on probation for three years.
[see full story for more]-
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| Quickies:
Porcupine Tree- RX Bandits- He Is Legend |
Day in Rock reports: It looks like Porcupine
Tree will kick off their North American tour with Projeckt Six on October
6th at NYC's Nokia Theatre. * RX Bandits announced today via a Myspace
blog post that saxophone player Steve Borth has left the band * He Is Legend's
new album "Suck Out The Poison" will be released on October 3 by Solid
State Records. - Click
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| Johnny
Jenkins RIP |
AP reports: Johnny Jenkins, a guitarist who
worked with Otis Redding in the early 1960s and influenced Jimi Hendrix
through his acrobatic playing style, has died. He was 67.[see full story
for more]- Click
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| Goldfrapp
007 Rumor a Load of Goldcrapp |
Gigwise reports: Rumours suggesting that Goldfrapp
were in talks to produce the soundtrack for the next James Bond movie have
been rubbished by the films music director.
The Daily Mirror reported yesterday that
the electro-pop duo were about to come on board for Casino Royale but David
Arnold has revealed the story as a hoax.[see full story for more]-
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| Petty
Not Red Hot over Song Theft |
antiMusic reports: Tom Petty was expected
to sue to the Red Hot Chili Peppers over the striking similarities between
their new song "Dani California" and his hit "Mary Jane's Last Dance".
However, Tom isn't going to be petty over the alleged theft. According
to Contact Music Petty told PageSix, "I seriously doubt that there is any
negative intent there. And a lot of rock 'n' roll songs sound alike. Ask
Chuck Berry. The Strokes took American Girl, and I saw an interview with
them where they actually admitted it. That made me laugh out loud. I was
like, 'OK, good for you'. "If someone took my song note for note and stole
it maliciously, then maybe (I'd sue). But I don't believe in lawsuits much.
I think there are enough frivolous law suits in this country without people
fighting over pop songs."- Click
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| Xtina
Fan Bilk |
TMZ reports: As Christina Aguilera returns
to the music scene and tops the charts with her new single "Ain't No Other
Man," fans are wondering when they'll get their money back for tickets
they bought for her concerts in 2003 and 2004 that she canceled, blaming
strained vocal chords.
FansRule, the company the pop diva hired
to run her website and fan club, is said to be responsible for the lack
of refund situation. FansRule is currently being run by a bankruptcy court
since filing for Chapter 11 in November of 2003, and still owes fans refunds
for the canceled shows.[see full story for more]- Click
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| Vinnie
Paul's Next Move |
Blabbermouth reports: Justin Press of the
Fort Worth Weekly is reporting that former PANTERA/DAMAGEPLAN drummer Vinnie
Paul Abbott will be on hand at The Soundstage in Fort Worth, Texas on Tuesday,
July 4 for the unveiling of "Dimebag's Raging Heart", a painting by Southlake
artist Lamberto Alvarez.... Some full-time possibilities are on the table,
but Vinnie is ethically proscribed from talking about them. "I have been
working with different people, and I really can't tell you who they are
right because we're in the middle of everything."[see full story for more
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| Meeks
Solo |
Blabbermouth reports: DAYS OF THE NEW frontman
Travis Meeks has lined up the following solo tour dates:
Jun. 29 - Mokena, IL @ Pearl Room
Jul. 02 - El Paso, TX @ KLAQ Radio Show
Jul. 14 - Flint, MI @ The Machine Shop
Jul. 15 - Grand Rapids, MI @ The Rocker[see
full story for more]- Click
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| Axl
on Arrest |
Blabbermouth reports: At GUNS N' ROSES' gig
in Oslo Wednesday night (June 28), frontman Axl Rose addressed the the
hotel brawl that landed him in a Swedish jail earlier in the week.
"They loved me so much they wanted me to
stay," he said from the stage, according to the Norwegian newspaper VG.
The song "Patience" was introduced with
Rose saying, "And now something you need when rent-a-cops go bad."[see
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| Bangkok
Five's Summer Asskicking |
PR reports: Fresh off a Canadian tour with
the Cult, The Bangkok Five will deliver high energy, down and dirty, yet
radio friendly, rock on FOUR dates of the Warped Tour on the West Coast
before heading out with Buckcherry. The band will start up with the Warped
Tour in Phoeniz, AZ on July 5, 2006 and return to their home state for
shows in San Diego (July 6), San Francisco (July 8), and Ventura (July
11). After catching their breath in Hollywood for a few days, they will
join Buckcherry for a month and a half run, starting off in Peoria, IL.
The Cult's Ian Astbury sang The Bangkok
Five's praises in stadiums every night of their tour together and he is
not the only one declaring their stature in the modern rock arena -- Sex
Pistol's guitarist Steve Jones is a huge fan and hosted them on his midday
radio show on Indie 103.1 FM! [see the full story for dates and to check
out their kick ass new video (song of the day earlier this week). Watching
Buckcherry get their asses handed to them by their openers should be a
lot of fun! Yes, Bangkok Five kick that much ass.] - Click
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| Instrumental
Gilbert |
Blabbermouth reports: Guitar shredder Paul
Gilbert (RACER X, ex-MR.BIG) will release his new all-guitar instrumental
CD, "Get Out Of My Yard" in Japan on July 26 via WHD Entertainment. The
album will be released in America on August 29, while the European release
is slated for September 14.
Commented Gilbert: "There is more concentrated
guitar power on this CD than any I have done. More screaming solos, more
thunderous riffs, more wall-shaking chords, more imagination, more passion,
more, more, more! [see full story for more]- Click
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| Kook-182 |
antiMusic reports: Here is something to ponder
over the 4th of July weekend. We rarely run political articles because
like America our writers are all over the map politically but this story
was just too entertaining to pass up and demonstrates how far out some
people can go in their political thoughts and partisanship. And to be fair,
there are plenty of kooks on the left and the right with far flung conspiracy
theories aimed at their political opponents; it must be easier for both
sides than actually debating real issues. Either that or they forgot to
take their Prozac. In the 90s we had right wing kooks convinced Bill Clinton
ran drugs out of Arkansas air fields while he was governor of that state.
Now we have leftwing kooks convinced Bush and Cheney never make a move
without considering how it will profit Halliburton or their oil buddies.
The latest to join the far-left conspiracy theory kook brigade is pop-punkster
Tom DeLonge.
Perhaps Tom had taken some of the Clinton
imported drugs before hitting the airwaves as guest host on San Diego's
91X (Mexican owned to further our conspiracy theory. Did you know Halliburton
secretly owns Mexico and ran the drug cartels for Clinton? Don't believe
us? We have proof! Vicente Fox is really Dick Cheney in disguise. Our theory
is just as valid as any other. ) Anyway, the Angels and Airwaves frontman
was on that radio station as part of their Operation KAVA and proclaimed
that it was really the Bush administration behind 9/11 not bin Laden. [see
full story for more]- Click
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