antiMUSIC's Day In Rock 08/06: Taking Back Sunday Injury- Country Zeppelin- No Ozzfest for Kids- Korn- Stevie Wonder- more

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Full Report for 08/06/06

antiMusic reports: Drowning Pool's new CD 'Full Circle' hits stores this week and to celebrate we have asked frontman Ryan McCombs to tell us a little bit about his favorite five songs from the CD. Here is Ryan with his take on the track "Shame".

Shame was written fairly early compared to other songs on the record. The song continued to develop and grow as we played it live and in the rehearsal spot. For me this song is one of the most personal on the CD. I wrote the lyrics during one of those nights where I was drowning myself in booze and the head-grown pity spawned from being away from home and away from my family. My greatest fear, that someday my kids will resent me for being gone so much, inspired this song. For me "Shame" is an apology to everyone in my life that I have neglected in the pursuit of this music-starved-disease. Even though it's very personal I think that the core of the song expresses an emotion fundamental enough for listeners to relate it to their own relationships. The song also appeals to me musically because the guys captured every mood in this track.- Learn more about this new release, as well as their worthy USO efforts for wounded troops, grab tour dates and more here

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Taking Back Sunday Injury

antiMusic reports: Taking Back Sunday drummer Mark O'Connell will be sitting out the remainder of the Projeckt Revolution tour due to a herniated disc. Aaron Stern of Matchbook Romance / God or Julie has been called in to fill in for the ailing drummer.

The band made the announcement via their official site last week. Here is what they had to say: We are sorry to say that Mark has had to temporarily leave the Projekt Revolution tour. He threw his back out in Phoenix and went for an MRI. The doctor informed him that he has a herniated disc. We know he is in a lot of pain and would not go home if it was his choice. This injury can lead to permanent back pain if not treated so he is going home for further treatment and rest. We know he is going to return as soon as he is able to.- more on this story

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Country Zeppelin

antiMusic reports: She's more than a little bit country and he's definitely a little bit rock n' roll. We're talking about multi Grammy award winning bluegrass goddess Alison Krauss and Led Zeppelin legend Robert Plant who announced late last week that they have collaborated on a new album called "Raising Sand".

The new album is set to hit stores on October 23rd via Rounder Records and is produced by another music legend, T Bone Burnett. Almost as impressive is the roster of songwriters on the disc which includes Tom Waits, Townes Van Zandt, Gene Clark, Doc Watson, Little Milton Campbell, Phil and Don Everly and Mel Tillis. - more on this story

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No Ozzfest for Kids

antiMusic reports: This is a bit of a follow up to a story later in today's report. Turns out that Black Tide won't be replacing Circus Diablo on Ozzfest after all. Why? Because they are not old enough to legally drink that magic elixir known as Jagermeister. Here is what the band had to say on their Myspace page:

"A few days ago we got the news that Ozzfest would like for us to join the rest of the tour, playing on the second stage. The bags were packed, the RV was ready to go, and we had just 8 hours before we were leaving for the tour.

"Then, Jagermeister decided that since we were underage, they couldn't allow us to play on their stage.- more on this story

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Korn Offended By Bozzio

Gigwise reports: Korn guitarist James Shaffer has revealed the band's temporary drummer quit after making "offensive" demands of the band.

Shaffer says the band had planned to play with Terry Bozzio for at least one album and tour, but the sticksman made his position untenable after getting a little ahead of himself.

He explains, "There were certain demands that he made. We weren't ready to meet those demands. He was a great guy and a phenomenal drummer but the demands that he made were offensive. - Did he ask them to dress up in little bunny suits and declare their love while singing Missing Persons songs? No, he wanted a big pay day, read the details here.

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Stevie Wonder Announces Tour

AP reports: Stevie Wonder will go on his first U.S. tour in more than a decade, starting next month in San Diego.

The 57-year-old singer made the announcement at an outdoor performance in Los Angeles on Thursday.

"A Wonder Summer's Night" will feature 13 concerts from Aug. 23 to Sept. 20- more on this story

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Dillinger Injury Plan

Metal Underground reports: The Dillinger Escape Plan guitarist Brian Benoit has posted a lengthy statement on the band's MySpace page explaining the circumstances that have forced him to take a leave of absence from the group. An excerpt from his statement follows:

"April 28, 2005� Memphis, Tennessee... the Hi Tone. This is the show that will go down in infamy as far as my future with the band, my ability as a guitarist, and the use of my left hand in day-to-day life for years to come...maybe forever. Everything was a-okay through the halfway point of the set...full throttle, balls to the wall, all systems go. A song or two later however, my neck was giving me a sensation like no other I had ever experienced with all the sore neck issues that come with the trade. I didn't find out until we came home a couple of weeks later (missing all but two of the the shows on the rest of the tour) that I had ruptured a disc in my lower neck, and this was only the tip of the iceberg.

"We were only about a week into the U.S. tour that included the show above, and as always a good number of the band/crew were sick with the typical 'colds' from traveling to different climates and working on little rest. Like clockwork, my cold progressed to bronchitis, which eventually led to pneumonia, and again I didn't realize the severity until we finally came home from the tour.
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Weezer The Memoir

punkbands reports: According to Gawker, Weezer frontman Rivers Cuomo is apparently pitching his memoirs via a literary agent. The Harvard grad formed Weezer in 1992 and sold quite a few records.

The folks at Gawker weren't particularly kind to the songwriter noting: if they're anything like the rest of his creative output, [they'll have] started out world-changingly awesome and then became so lame they make Pete Wentz seem profound- punknews.org

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Anthrax Not Going Mallcore

Metal Underground reports: Anthrax has abandoned plans to utilize the services of Slipknot/Stone Sour frontman Corey Taylor on its next album due to scheduling conflicts with Taylor's other projects. Anthrax is said to be currently looking for a new singer to join the fold, although this has not yet been officially confirmed by the band or its management.

ANTHRAX split with singer Joey Belladonna in January, less than two years after reuniting with him and other members of the band's "classic" lineup of the '80s and early '90s. Vocalist John Bush had been a member of the band before that, from 1992 to 2005.

Taylor confirmed that he was working with ANTHRAX on material for their next studio album in a June 2007 interview with Germany's Rock Hard magazine. Asked if he would become the group's vocalist, Taylor said, "It's been bandied about. I'm not saying anything right now because all it's been is just talked about...It kind of started as a joke.- more on this story

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Iran Bust Rockers

iol.ca.za reports: Iran has arrested more than 200 western music fans attending a rock concert on grounds they were breaking the country's strict Islamic sharia law, local media and witnesses said on Sunday.

A witness said police raided the concert as it was going to end late on Wednesday night near the town of Karaj, about 50km west of the capital. "Police detained the young people who had gathered to enjoy music in a private orchard," said the witness, who requested anonymity for fear of government retaliation.

Calls to authorities were not immediately returned on Sunday, but the public prosecutor in Karaj, Ali Farhadi, said Saturday that about 230 people were arrested during the underground concert, which he described as "satanic". "Most of them were wealthy young people who were not aware of the satanic nature of the concert," Farhadi told state television.- more on this story

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Art Davis RIP

BBC reports: Renowned double bassist Art Davis, who played with John Coltrane and other jazz greats, has died aged 73.

The musician died at home last week after a heart attack, his son Kimaili Davis told the Los Angeles Times.

As well as playing for Thelonious Monk, Bob Dylan and Louis Armstrong, Davis was a psychologist and balanced gigs with appointments to see patients. - more about this legend

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More James Brown Children Discovered

antiMusic reports: He was known as the Godfather of Soul but it turns out that James Brown was also the father of a whole lotta kids. BBC issued a report that new offspring of the late soul legend have been discovered through DNS testing and it will make the contesting of Brown's will that much more interesting now.

Here is part of what the BBC had to report: DNA testing on about a dozen people who claimed late soul star James Brown was their father has revealed that at least two of them were telling the truth.

A former adviser for the Sex Machine singer, Buddy Dallas, said he could not confirm exact figures as further test results were forthcoming. Brown died on Christmas Day last year, aged 73, after being admitted to hospital with severe pneumonia.- read the BBCs detailed report here

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Ozzfest Loses Another Band

antiMusic reports: Bands are dropping off the free Ozzfest faster than sales decline of Ozzy's new CD. The latest band to leave the tour is Circus Diablo, the supergroup featuring members of The Cult, Fuel and The Almighty. Interscope baby band Black Tide quickly filled the second stage slot making their Ozzfest debut on Saturday.

Circus Diablo explained their departure as having to do with imminent stork visits for Ricky Warwick and Brett Scallions. Of course, they probably knew the due dates for their new offspring before the tour got underway but it's as good as an excuse as any.

A few weeks back Mondo Generator dropped off the tour with very little explanation. They were replaced by a Roadrunner band that we won't name since the last time we posted news about them instead of getting a thanks for coverage we received a rather nasty email from a junior PR jaggoff at the label because we didn't include a link to their website.- more on this story

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100 Demons Loses A Demon

PR reports: 100 Demons have reportedly lost their head demon. Lambgoat reports that the frontman Bruce LePage has decided to leave the band over personal issues with his fellow band members.

Of course, LePage has left the group one time before so who knows if this parting will be permanent. We were unable to find an official statement about LePage's exit but Lambgoat did post a quote from him that you can read- here.

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