Day In Rock 08/20:Uncle Kracker Sex Crime- Ozzfest Deaths- Van Halen Angers Fans With Anthony Snubs- Godsmack Ditch Boxset- Type O Negative Halloween Tour-

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antiMusic reports: Atreyu's new CD 'Lead Sails And A Paper Anchor' hits stores next Tuesday and to celebrate we asked Brandon to pick his top five favorite tracks from the CD and tell us a little about each one. Today he tells us about "Becoming the Bull". Here's Brandon:

This song, to me at least, was special because it was the first song that we did in preproduction. I just remember being so psyched on the fact that this song was the first of many to come.

We were all so excited on how things where turning out. We were also really psyched on how well we were meshing.
- Check out the video for the song here

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Uncle Kracker Sex Crime

antiMusic reports: Uncle Kracker was arrested early Friday morning in Raleigh, North Carolina for sexually forcing himself on a woman in a night club. The former Kid Rock deejay was released on $75,000 bond Friday afternoon.

The alleged victim, a 26-year-old woman approached an off-duty police officer at the Ess Lounge nightclub (where Kracker had performed Thursday night), and told the officer that Kracker, real name Matthew Shafer, had forced himself on her sexually.

Police found Kracker at a nearby Embassy Suites Hotel and arrested him at around 4:45 a.m. Friday. He was booked on a charge of second-degree forcible sexual offense at the Wake County Jail.- more on this story

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Ozzfest Deaths

antiMusic reports: The New Jersey stop last Thursday on the Ozzfest turned deadly with two fans reportedly suffering alcohol and drug related deaths.

One man, Raymound Guarino died at Bayshore Hospital after he was resuscitated in the car park of the PNC Bank Arts Center on Thursday afternoon, according to Sleazeroxx.com. Guarino had reportedly taken a lethal amount of cocaine, marijuana and alcohol.

Authorities said that cocaine, marijuana and alcohol were part of the second death of the evening. Patrick Norris died of cardiac arrest at an area hospital where he was taken after passing out at the concert.-

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Van Halen Angers Fans With Anthony Snubs

antiMusic reports: Van Halen fans were ecstatic when the band announced that they will be returning to the stage this fall with their original frontman David Lee Roth. Some fans were disappointed that original bassist Michael Anthony will not be a part of the reunion with Eddie Van Halen's son Wolfgang taking his place. That disappointment turned into anger when Anthony's image was replaced with Wolfgang on album artwork posted on the band's website. Although, the original images were quickly reinstated, now fans are angry that Anthony is being written out of the band's songwriting history.

A fan wrote us on Saturday with the following: On every single Van Halen song (with exception to the three new songs on the Best of Both Worlds compilation, ) credits have always gone to Eddie Van Halen, Alex Van Halen, Michael Anthony, and the lead singer who is featured on the song (Roth/Hagar/Cherone). However, during the credits of the film "Superbad", which features the song "Panama", the song is only credited to the two Van Halens and Roth! Anthony continues to get snubbed by his former band as they attempt to erase him from the history of the band.

We looked a little further into this and discovered that Anthony has been removed from the credits for all of the songs from the band's Diamond Award winning album 1984 in the ASCAP database.- more on this story

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Method Man Sentenced to High School For Drug Bust.

antiMusic reports: Method Man has agreed to go back to high school as part of a plea agreement for his drug bust last May. He pleaded down two charges and as a result will give anti-drug talks to students.

The Wu-Tang Clan member, real name is Clifford Smith, has agreed to lecture students at New York City high schools about the evils of drug use. He pleaded down charges of criminal possession of marijuana and operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of drugs to a charge of disorderly conduct as part of the agreement.

Smith's attorney told reports on Friday that his client is "thrilled" to talk with students and added that "He's never been in trouble before. He's not a stereotypical rapper."- more on this story

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Lily Allen Postpones US Tour

PR reports: U.K. artist Lily Allen is regrettably postponing her upcoming series of West Coast dates. U.S. authorities revoked her work visa earlier this month when she was entering the country. The reinstatement process has proven lengthier than anticipated, thus preventing her tour from launching on September 6th in San Diego, CA.

She has also been forced to pull out of an appearance at the MTV Video Music Awards.

"I am so disappointed that I won't be able to come to the States at this time," says Lily. "I was really looking forward to playing these shows and being part of the Video Music Awards. I want my fans to know that I'll be back as soon as I possibly can!"
- more on this story

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Godsmack Ditch Boxset

antiMusic reports: Godsmack have dropped plans for a boxset to commemorate the group's 10th anniversary. They will release a less ambitious "best of" album instead which will reportedly include at least one new track and an unplugged DVD.

Drummer Shannon Larkin broke the news to the Winnipeg Sun. "We're scrapping the box set idea in favor of a best-of (album)," he said. "We realized that at this point, a box set would almost be a vanity thing... it wouldn't really benefit our fans at all. So instead we're going to do a best-of, add a new song or two, but definitely include a DVD of our acoustic show in Las Vegas."- more on this story

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Type O Negative Halloween Tour

antiMusic reports: Type O Negative have announce their fall tour plans with the 2007 Halloween Tour in support of their latest offering "Dead Again". The band is set to hit the road beginning on October 12th in New Haven, CT.

At press time it looks like the tour will stick to the eastern half of the US and conclude with a Halloween show in Sayreville, NJ at the Starland Ballroom. No word yet on who will be joining them on the tour. - more including the dates

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Warped Goes Old School

PR reports: As a special end to a very successful "Lucky 13" Vans Warped Tour, producer and founder Kevin Lyman has added an extra stage to this summer's final show on August 25 a the Home Depot Center in Los Angeles.

As a tribute to the roots of the tour and to the bands, those who attend the final WARPED show will have the privilege of rocking out to classic punk rock bands at "The Old School Stage."

This stage will feature performances from The Dickies, Circle Jerks, Manic Hispanic, Fear, The Adolescents, Agent Orange, Duane Peters Gunfight and a special rendition of Punk Rock Karaoke featuring various 2007 VANS WARPED TOUR bands.- more

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Bob Dylan Retrospect Tracks

PR reports: A career-spanning, three-CD retrospective of Bob Dylan's music � DYLAN - will be released worldwide on 1st October 2007 by Columbia Records. This definitive Bob Dylan collection chronicles the artist's four decades of groundbreaking studio recordings, as well as his unparalleled influence on popular music and culture.

'Dylan' - Album Artwork The song selection for this comprehensive collection was determined, and greatly influenced by impassioned fan input on the website, dylan07.com.

The 18 track DYLAN "Best Of" single CD will also come with a special bonus disc featuring the Mark Ronson remix of 'Most Likely You Go Your Way (And I'll Go Mine)' and Dylan's original version.- more on this story

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Piebald Break Up

antiMusic reports: Piebald have been relatively quiet for some time while fans awaited news from the group. But the news that fans finally received from the band was probably the last thing they wanted to hear- that the band had decided to break up.

The band is in the middle of a tour with The Format, Steel Train, Limbeck, Reubens Accomplice which concludes on September 7th in Colorado and it appears that this outing will be the band's swansong. Travis posted the following message on the band's website Sunday: Friends, friends, friends�we have not posted anything anywhere in quite some time and our word on the street is that this is our last tour. All the preceding words are true and we have decided to put Piebald to rest.

The past fifteen years or so have been nothing short of extremely incredible. We have met lots of people, been to lots of places and experienced a whole lot of life.- more on this story

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New Music From Garth

antiMusic reports: Garth Brooks returns from retirement. The pop-country mega-seller announced during a press conference on Saturday that he will release four new songs as part of a new compilation package called "The Ultimate Hits," that is set to hit stores on November 6th.

Don't expect to see Garth in an arena near you as he will maintain the touring aspect of his retirement so you'll have to settle for the promotional events surrounding the new release and the videos on the DVD which are part of the new hits package.

Garth retired in 2001 and says that he plans to return home after he is finished promoting the new release.- more on this story

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Beastie Boys Add Dates

Filter reports: Beastie Boys efforts to make the world a greener and better place have been extended for a couple more dates. The Beasties have announced the addition of a handful of September dates to their current North American trek.

Supporting their latest instrumental album, The Mix-Up, which was released earlier this year, the additional shows will continue to be a green effort between the Boys and A.R.I.A, a non profit organization working towards environmental sustainability.- dates

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Angel Down on Skid Row For Former Frontman as Bach Sets Release

PR reports: Certainly one of the most electrifying performers of any decade, Sebastian Bach is set to release "Angel Down" on November 20, his first solo album in eight years. The 14-song "Angel Down" was produced by Roy Z (Bruce Dickinson, Rob Halford, Judas Priest), and recorded in July and August at Sound City Studios in Hollywood, CA. The CD will be released via a joint-venture between Merovingian Music, Ltd. (MRV) and Bach's Get Off My Bach Productions, and distributed worldwide through Caroline/EMI Music Group.

Joining Bach in the studio for "Angel Down" were guitarists "Metal" Mike Chlasciak and Johnny Chromatic, and Bobby Jarzombek on drums, all long-time members of Bach's touring band, as well as Rob DeLuca on bass, who will join Bach and company on the road next summer.

Nine of the 14 songs on "Angel Down" were written or co-written by Bach including the first radio track, "(Love Is) A Bitchslap" (co-written with Roy Z).- more on this story

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