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| Axl:
GNR CD This Fall |
antiMusic reports: Axl Rose made a surprise
appearance on Eddie Trunk's radio show Friday night. What was supposed
to be an interview with Sebastian Bach and Scott Ian about their upcoming
reality show "Super Group" for Vh1 quickly turned to Axl when Bach got
a text message from Rose and called him up to join the show. After a brief
phone discussion they convinced Axl to join them in the studio. What followed
was a lighthearted in studio interview with mostly Axl and Bach sharing
fun stories of the past but Axl also discussed the plans for GNR as they
play a string of sold out shows in NYC next week and then head over to
Europe for some big shows. Axl did briefly discuss the forthcoming Chinese
Democracy and he alluded to an autumn release and a US tour this fall
as well. He also said that they have 2 and half albums worth a material
almost completed and it sounds like there are definite plans for a full
follow up album to Chinese Democracy that fans will not have wait
ten years for. Who's in the band? Axl said that it's basically the same
lineup that toured a couple years ago with a new guitarist whom he wouldn't
name but he did say it WASN'T someone from the past. You can check out
Blabbermouth for additional info on this interview and links to mp3s of
it. Also stay tuned to the Day in Rock later this week for a very special
announcement about coverage from the first NYC show on Friday. -
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| Singer
Electrocuted |
The Gauntlet reports: The Gauntlet has just
received first hand accounts from an eyewitness in the frontrow at last
nights Fear factory show in Luxembourg.
"well they started with 540.000 degress,
then the mic shut off, at the end when they playes archetype Burton was
sweating and somehow, he got an electric shock through the mic and he fell
down, he layed there almost 1 minute and then the others took him backstage,
the show was over, nobody told us what happened, cause the mic was danegrous
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| Brokeback
Dylan |
Ananova reports: Colin Farrell has reportedly
been dropped from the lead role in a movie about Bob Dylan.
The 29-year-old Irishman has been replaced
by Brokeback Mountain star Heath Ledger, says the Mirror.[see full story
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| Floyd
Set Record |
Contact Music reports: PINK FLOYD's landmark
DARK SIDE OF THE MOON album scored another major record in America last
week (ends05MAY06) by becoming the first recording to spend 1,500 weeks
on the Billboard charts. [see full story for more]- Click
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| Madison
Square Billy |
Reuters reports: Although details are still
coming together, Bill[y] Joel is eyeing a June 13 release for "12 Gardens
Live," a double-disc souvenir of his record-breaking 12-night sell-out
run at New York's Madison Square Garden.[see full story for more]-
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| Verdict
Chaka |
AP reports: Chaka Khan's son was acquitted
of murder Friday in the shooting death of a teenager during a party at
her home two years ago.[see full story for more]- Click
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| Fats
Free Fest |
Gigwise reports: Fats Domino pulled out of
the New Orleans Jazz Fest hours before his planned headline performance
tonight.
The 78-year-old's appearance had been set
up as the emotional climax of the city's first festival since Hurricane
Katrina decimated much of New Orleans nine months ago.[see full story for
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| Bad
Lit |
Aversion reports: Bad Religion front man Greg
Graffin now has a new place to show off his pentasyllabic vocabulary: in
a book.
Graffin joins forces with Preston Jones,
historian with a specialty in religion, in Is Belief in God Good, Bad or
Irrelevant?. The tome is set for release July 30 from InterVarsity Press,
and explores the role of religion in shaping society and public policy.[see
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| Greatest
Metal Songs of All Time Day V |
antiMusic reports: Last week Vh1 aired their
'40 Greatest Metal Songs of All Time' to kick off their Metal Month special,
so we decided to host our own special at our sister site Thrashpit.com.
We've been bringing you lists of the top 3 metal songs of all time according
to our crew- with their full top 12 (or more) lists posting over at Thrashpit
with their explanations. Today we have lists from Mike Rapin and Jofo.
Check back tomorrow for the final new lists from the crew and one guest
list!
Mike Rapin
1. Mastodon - "Mother Puncher"
2. Slayer - "Raining Blood"
3. The Black Dahlia Murder - "Flies"
Jofo
1. AC/DC - "Hells Bells"
2. Anthrax - "Gung-Ho"
3. Black Sabbath - "Iron Man"
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| Disrespect
Dimebag? |
Blabbermouth reports: ANTHRAX guitarist Scott
Ian has commented on the "controversy" surrounding a recently published
Internet interview with ANTHRAX guitarist Dan Spitz in which Spitz appeared
to insinuate that late PANTERA/DAMAGEPLAN guitarist "Dimebag" Darrell Abbott
"copied" his leads for ANTHRAX's "Stomp 442" record... In a posting on
ANTHRAX's official forum (where he posts under the name "Black Thirteen"),
Ian stated about the interview (which was published on the Metal-Rules.com
web site), "He [Dan Spitz] claims it's bulls***. I hope it is. We are in
the process of getting the tapes. Innocent until proven guilty. Truth will
prevail. It has to because these statements are inexcusable. If he said
it, or if this writer did just make it up, out of all of it; saying that
Darrell copied the leads, taking credit away from what was unique to Darrell,
that is beyond low. Disrespect Darrell's legacy? No, not on my watch."[see
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| Who
Zeppelin Benefit |
Blabbermouth reports: London SE1 is reporting
that former LED ZEPPELIN frontman Robert Plant will perform at a special
concert at Old Billingsgate Fish Market in London, England on May 9 in
aid of The Evelina Children's Hospital Appeal and Camp Simcha. Also scheduled
to perform are THE RD CRUSADERS, brought together by Express and OK! proprietor
Richard Desmond, who plays drums, and Roger Daltrey of THE WHO as lead
vocalist, among others. [see full story for more]- Click
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| Rock
Star 2 in July |
Blabbermouth reports: CBS announced Friday
(May 5) that "Rock Star: Supernova", this summer's new edition of the Mark
Burnett-created "Rock Star: INXS" reality talent competition that the network
aired last summer, will premiere on Wednesday, July 5 at 8PM ET/PT. A special
Thursday broadcast of "Rock Star: Supernova"'s second episode will follow
the next day's premiere of "Big Brother 7: All-Stars"[see full story for
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| Candlebox
Plan CD |
TuneLab reports: In addition to re-uniting
for a summer tour, Candlebox will also record a new album with a spring
2007 release date planned. [see full story for more]-
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| Metal
Nation Divided |
KNAC reports: "The One Nation Undivided" U.S.
tour kicks off May 10th featuring God Forbid and Eyes Of Fire. Additional
support will be provided by Ill Nino, Silent Civilian and Bleed The Sky.
God Forbid and Eyes Of Fire will rotate
from night to night on the top slot on the bill.[see full story for more]-
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| Young
Bastards |
The PRP reports: From Autumn To Ashes, Thursday,
Underoath, Paulson and more are among those featured in an upcoming DVD
documentary on the underground underage music scene entitled "Bastards
Of Young". The outing will see a June 06th release date [see full story
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| Giga
Enemy |
SMN reports: ARCH ENEMY guitarist Michael
Amott has revealed to MTV.com that the band will be on Gigantour 2: "We
know we're on ... the main stage, and I know it runs from late August to
October," he said, adding that the only other band he knows will be on
the bill is MEGADETH � sort of a given, since Dave Mustaine organizes the
festival.[see full story for more]- Click
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| Soilwork
Tour |
SMN reports: More dates have been released
for SOILWORK's headlining tour featuring DARKEST HOUR, MNEMIC, and THREAT
SIGNAL:
October 5 - Springfield, VA @ Jaxx (no
Darkest Hour)
October 6 - Poughkeepsie, NY @ The Chance
October 7 - Hartford, CT @ Webster Theatre
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| Tween
Decapitation |
Metal Blade reports: CATTLE DECAPITATION seen
in malls across America! Okay well not in the sense that the band is playing
in malls across America but a girls accessory store by the name of Icing
(owned by Claire's) has recently put up easels in front of store's across
the US featuring a somewhat "punk rock" looking girl sporting a Cattle
Decapitation shirt. What is even more intriguing then a girl's accessory
store supporting a grind band in their store displays is the fact that
particular t-shirt could only be bought off the band while on tour. So
apparently Cattle Decapitation has quite the following of girls in their
tweens. Who would have thunk it?!?! [see full story for more]-
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