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Report for 01/26/06

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Ask Saliva

antiMusic reports: It's ReaderView time again! That's right the interview series where YOU get to ask the questions. For this go around Saliva have agreed to answer any burning questions you may have. We'll pick the best questions and submit them to the band to answer. You can click the full story link to submit your questions and also find a link to pick up their brand new CD "Blood Stained Love Story" which hit stores this week! - Click Here for the Full Story 

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Rocker or Bank Robber?

Blabbermouth reports: Floridian death metal stalwarts DEICIDE were detained today in Innsbruck, Austria for.... bank robbery.

DEICIDE drummer Steve Asheim got up early this morning to make a trip to the bank to deposit some money from merch sales when the bank staff became suspicious of his appearance and the fact that much of the money was marked with red dye. Staff immediately called the police, who swiftly arrived and took the DEICIDE drummer down to the station, suspecting that he had been involved in a recent bank robbery in the area and that he was handling stolen banknotes.

Questioned for a number of hours, Steve explained the banknotes were legitimate proceeds from touring, and that he had a leaky pen in his pocket which was responsible for the money's discoloration.[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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80s Singer Vs Plastic Surgeon

Launch reports: Pete Burns, the flamboyant lead singer '80s band Dead Or Alive, has filed a lawsuit against a London plastic surgeon for allegedly making him look "physically repulsive." 

The androgynous frontman, most famous for the hit "You Spin Me Round (Like A Record)," claims Dr. Maurizio Viel performed a terrible job on his lip augmentation procedure at the London Center For Aesthetic Surgery. Burns's suit complains of swelling, blistering, discharge, and impaired ability to eat, drink, or talk. He claims the damage was so extreme that at one point it looked like his lips would actually need to be surgically removed. [see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Eddie on Van Halen Reunion

sleazeroxx.com reports: The reunion that Van Halen fans have been awaiting for twenty-two years began in December, when David Lee Roth walked into Eddie Van Halen's Hollywood home studio. There he rejoined the band for a rehearsal, singing fourteen Van Halen classics. "They totally got along on a personal level," a source close to the reunion says. "And it sounded great." At press time, Roth and the band were negotiating a deal for a major summer tour, which would be Van Halen's first Roth-fronted tour since 1984. Along with a possible Police reunion, it would likely be among the year's biggest box-office draws. 

"Everything is up in the air," Eddie Van Halen tells Rolling Stone. "We don't want to say anything prematurely." He suggested that the band is waiting on Roth: "People know where we are and that we're making music. Whoever wants to come up can join us -- they're welcome." But the famously contentious group may already be having communication problems. The source replies, "Dave is ready. He's been ready."[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Waits Settles With GM

E! reports: Tom Waits has settled a lawsuit filed against the German division of General Motors and its ad agency, which he accused of hijacking his trademark sound for a series of overseas car commercials.

The suit, filed in September 2005 in Frankfurt, named the auto manufacturer's Opel unit and the McCann Erickson agency for using what he deemed a "perfect impersonation" of his distinctive growl in a series of ads earlier that year. [see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Testament Return

PR reports: With A Career Spanning Two Decades, Pioneers Of Thrash Metal, The Original Line-up; TESTAMENT Is Back!! Originally conceived from the Bay Area in 1983; known for bringing metal to a whole new level of class by combining melodies, roars and growls with untouchable guitar riffs and brutality, the most respected thrash metallers around - TESTAMENT returns and proves how they simply influenced the generation of today's metal and hardcore. 

With the return of guitar legend, Alex Skolnick, Greg Christian (bass), metals most significant rhythm guitarist Eric Peterson, enlisted pummeling drummer Nick Barker (Dimmu Borgir, Cradle of Filth), and finally Heavy Metal's #1 and most respected vocalist Chuck Billy, who's distinct vocals can be recognized across the metal world today and for decades to come; will all be working out some new TESTAMENT songs. Riff master Eric Peterson along with Britain's cyclone-pounder Nick Barker are currently in Northern California locked down in the studio beginning to lay the foundation for whats to come.[see full story for more including some upcoming dates]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Capitol Virgin

FMQB reports: As part of EMI Group's massive restructuring plan, Capitol Records and Virgin Records will merge in the U.S. The labels will now be known as The Capitol Music Group, and Virgin Records chief Jason Flom has been promoted to head the new endeavor as Chairman and CEO. Flom will report directly to EMI Group CEO Eric Nicoli. Andy Slater, who had been chief executive of Capitol Records, has stepped down.[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Tool Consider Live Releases

Blabbermouth reports: TOOL intends to record some dates on its next North American tour for a live CD and DVD, according to Harddrive Radio. The initial dates for the outing have been announced, with the first confirmed show on March 15th in Las Vegas. Although TOOL tapes all its live shows, drummer Danny Carey told Launch that the band doesn't want to release each one as groups like PEARL JAM have done. "I doubt if we'll go that far with it, but we'll definitely be releasing some live DVDs and specific concerts that we feel strongly about," he said. "I think that's just a cooler way to do it. Pick the best stuff instead of just flood the market with a bunch of mediocre crap (laughs).[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Days of a New Reunion

Blabbermouth reports: According to MTV.com, DAYS OF THE NEW are returning to the stage as a trio on Saturday (January 27), performing at the Gasparilla Pirate Fest in Tampa Bay, Florida. A representative for the band said that frontman Travis Meeks, who chronicled his journey to rehab for drug addiction in an episode of the A&E series "Intervention", has been clean for a year and half and is rehearsing with bandmates Ray Rizzo and Malcolm Gold in New York.[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Sparta Canada

TuneLab reports: Sparta will tour Canada in March with Moneen and Attack in Black. Dates are as follows:

March 24th in Winnipeg, MB @ West End Cultural Centre
March 25th in Saskatoon, SK @ Louis Pub
March 26th in Edmonton, AB @ Starlite Room
March 27th in Calgary, AB @ Warehouse
[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Fall Out from Leak

TuneLab reports: Due to Fall Out Boy's new album 'Infinity on High' being leaked, Island Record will offer a downloadable live EP to those who purchase the album when it hits stores on February 6th.

The EP will carry the title 'Leaked in London' and will be recorded Monday at the bands sold-out show in London.[see full story for more breaking rock news]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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The 1st Satellite Party for Free

PR reports: Aspen Skiing Company and ESPN X Games presents headlining act Satellite Party to kick off day one of Après X, the official Winter X Games concert series event. As part of the festivities surrounding Winter X Games 11, the free-to-the-public concert series will be held on Friday, Jan. 26 beginning at 10:30 p.m. at Wagner Park in the heart of downtown Aspen, between Monarch Street and Durant Street.

Making their world-debut performance appearance at Après X, Satellite Party features one of music's most influential figures and alternative rock originator, Perry Farrell. Blending sounds as varied as rock, electro, urban beats and symphony, Farrell's new group is a bold and ambitious project in his first post-Jane's Addiction recording effort that marks a new chapter in his recording career. A debut album three years in the making, "Ultra Payloaded Satellite Party" further cements Farrell's status as one of world's true artistic visionaries as it continues to marry his love for music and drive to inspire change. "Ultra Payloaded Satellite Party" will hit the stores in May 2007.[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Rolling Stone As Shallow As their Cover Stars?

idolator.com reports: Ben Fong-Torres, the former Rolling Stone editor who was enshrined in Almost Famous, weighs in on the I'm From Rolling Stone intern pool and their journalism-light backgrounds: These are the best and brightest out of 2,000 applicants? Of course not. I learned, from an insider on the show, that writing samples and photos weren't all that were required from applicants. They were asked such questions as: "What was the last thing that made you cry?"

Sound like "The Bachelorette"? You're catching on.

The insider, who spoke off the record, told me that MTV cast the show, as many reality shows do, "looking for interesting-looking, interesting-behaving young people�." See full story for more, check out their article about a contestant's blogpost about all the jealous haters! It's a classic. - Click Here for the Full Story 

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Nekromantix Set Release / Tour

punkbands reports: Nekromantix will return with their third Hellcat disc, Life Is a Grave & I Dig it! on April 10, 2007. The Denmark-bred group will hit the road with their take on psychobilly and punkabilly as headliners on the 2007 North American Hellcat Tour. Before that commitment gets underway in mid-April, Nekromantix will bring its fun, creepy rock & roll show on a run of non-Hellcat dates in Southern California between April 12 and April 15. 
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Against Fake Gamblers Tour

punkbands reports: Against Me! have announced more dates on their headlining tour with Fake Problems and the Riverboat Gamblers. Confirmed dates are as follows:

February 20, 2007 St. Augustine, FL Cafe Eleven 
February 21, 2007 St. Petersburg, FL State Theatre 
February 22, 2007 Athens, GA 40 Watt Club 
February 23, 2007 Asheville, NC Orange Peel 
February 24, 2007 Columbia, SC Headliners 
[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Ozzy Euro Tour

sleazeroxx.com reports: Ozzy Osbourne is to play his sole UK date at Wembley Arena on June 19 as part of his European tour. The former Black Sabbath leader is currently putting the finishing touched to his new album. The follow up to 2005's 'Under Cover' will be released in May. 

His European tour will call at: 
Moscow Olympissky Stadium (May 27)
St Petersburg New Arena (29)
Riga Arena Riga (31)
Lithuania Siemens Arena (June 2)
Estonia Saku Arena (4)
Helsinki Hartwell Arena (6)
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