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Bobaflex Week: Satisfied and Paranoid

antiMusic reports: Bobaflex's new album 'Tales From Dirt Town' hits stores the day before Halloween but this week we'll get you primed for it as we asked Marty McCoy to pick his favorite tracks from the CD and tell us a bit about each one. Here is Marty with today's songs "Satisfied" and "Paranoid": 

Satisfied: "Wrote this song with Tony Battaglia (Shinedown) who happens to be an amazing songwriter. He opened a door on the way we wrote songs and thought about writing songs. The song is about never feeling like you can do enough for anyone"

Paranoid: "Another song co-written w/ Tony Battaglia. About everyone out to get you. Seems like in this industry everyone wants a piece of something, especially if they feel like something big is gonna happen." 

Wanna hear? The band are previewing one song a day on their Myspace page. Check that out- right here

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Zeppelin Plan New Songs

antiMusic reports: While it isn't a certain announcement, Jimmy Page has given Led Zeppelin fans the news they have been hoping to hear; that Led Zeppelin may record new music. The guitarist is petty sure that the band will get the "led out" in the studio following their reunion concert at London's 02 Arena next month and John Paul Jones hasn't ruled out further plans for the band either. 

All eyes on are currently on the November 26th tribute concert for late Atlantic Records boss Ahmet Ertegun where Page, Jones and Robert Plant will reunite on stage for the first time in two decades with Jason Bonham taking the place of his late father John. And while Page wouldn't directly commit to the four musicians playing additional shows, when he was asked by The Winnipeg Sun about the possibility of them recording new material he had this to say, "Look, I'd be really surprised if there wasn't -- you know, I mean I just know the way we are. We're musicians ... as we're playing we'll probably be coming up with all manner of things. And that will be fun. I mean, that's what it's all about.

"Let's do the 02 show, shall we? And then we'll speak to you afterward," he added. Bassist John Paul Jones sang a similar tune when he hinted that there may be a future for a reformed Led Zeppelin but right now they remain focused on the 02 show. "Basically, we are concentrating on this show," Jones told the paper. "That's where all the energy is going. I mean, who knows, but one step at a time."

They had quite a bit more to say, read the Winnipeg Sun article- here

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Yellowcard Lose Member

antiMusic reports: Yellowcard Bassist Pete Mosley has given the band a pinkslip (again). The band made the announcement Wednesday on their official site and there is no word yet on who will replace Pete in the group, that is unless he changes his mind again and rejoins them. Here is what they had to say: 

"Hello everyone, We wanted to let you know that I have chosen to leave Yellowcard and pursue other endeavors. It has been an honor creating music together and I want to wish them the very best in everything they put their hands to. its been a blessing to have been able to travel the world and perform music. I would like to thank everyone who has supported us through all these years and will continue to support yellowcard. Thanks, Peter"

According to Wikipedia this isn't the first time that Pete has decided to pursue other endeavors.- more on this story

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Bon Jovi Give Fan Clubs a Bad Name?

antiMusic reports: Bon Jovi proclaimed with the title of their boxset that their fans can't be wrong but it turns out that in the eyes of the power that be in the Bon Jovi camp that their most loyal fans are often wrong. At least when it comes to critiquing the services they receive after paying $50 to become a member of the band's fan club. Some fans have had enough and started an online petition addressed to Jon Bon Jovi. But you won't hear about it on the message boards within the fan club because those are heavily censored. 

The petition reads in part: "We, the disappointed members of Backstage with Jon Bon Jovi, sign this petition after much patience with and tolerance of the new fan club. We believe that the new fan club is not acting in the best interests of its members, in particular: 1. Promises made in exchange for the annual 06-07 membership fee, such as contests and online chats with you, have not been delivered 2. The fees charged for tickets, ticket packages and fan club events are heavily inflated 3. The online ticketing system is unreliable, taking an average time of 2-3 hours to purchase a ticket (comparable to 5 minutes for some other artists) with many issues and grief to fans 4. Local fan club members are unable to get tickets to local shows." 

Many fans are apparently afraid to speakout against the problems with the club over a fear of being bannished. We did manage to speak with one member who spoke with us on the condition of anonymity and this member laid out some of the major issues that spawned this online protest against the Bon Jovi fan club which says, "we seek an ethical and modern fan club that offers value for money that can be enjoyed by global fans from all demographics."

Despite the heavy censorship on fan club message board where we are told it is difficult for fans to find out what is really going on because "the admins of the board keep deleting the fan complaints," the biggest complaint that fans have against the club is the fan club tour packages and their inflated prices, thus taxing fan loyalty.- more on this story

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Feds Seize Death Cab Solo CD

antiMusic reports: Death Cab for Cutie's Chris Walla hit a bit of a snag while recording his new solo album 'field manual'. It appears that while the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement department is completely inept at keeping millions of people from entering the country illegally, they have no problem keeping the biggest threat to national security from coming in... music!

Walla's new album is due out January 29, 2008 but according to his label, the Feds have done their part to keep that happening. Barsuk Records reports that "the project hit an unexpected snag when a data hard drive containing critical album files was confiscated by U.S. Customs. The drive was held 'to be analyzed' for several weeks on its way back into the U.S. prior to final mixing of the album. Interestingly, a strong political thread runs through the record's lyrics; Walla takes more than a few shots at US policy, both at home and abroad, and challenges at least one senator to find the exit door.... For whatever reason, the drive has still not been returned." 

But Walla won't let a little thing like the U.S. government keep him getting his album done. Barsuk Records says that " Despite delays in meeting his production schedule, Walla has finally begun putting the finishing touches on the album during breaks between his other commitments (using a back-up hard drive that was successfully shipped into the US following the seizure of the first drive.)" Walla should have just told them that he was bringing in toxic toys from China and he wouldn't have had these problems. - more on this story

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Jesus More Popular Than Springsteen

antiMusic reports: Looks like Tommy "T-Bonehead" Lee was wrong when he said of Kid Rock: "This is what people do when they have sh*tty albums and their careers are going down the drain." Looks like he is doing the opposite as Kid Rock's new album, Rock N Roll Jesus, debuts at No. 1 on the Billboard 200/SoundScan album chart and according to his label, "this marks the first time the American Baddass has landed at #1, having previously reached #2 with his collection The History of Rock. " Maybe Tommy was projecting his own career onto Kid Rock? 

With all that said and the strange rip in the space/time continuum where we side with Kid Rock, who incidentally knocked Bruce Springsteen from the top of the charts, here are some highlights from the Atlantic Records press release: Says Kid Rock of the achievement, "I want to thank Punch Andrews for his guidance, friendship, and hard work throughout my career. This couldn't have happened without him. And to my fans, for once again giving me a great excuse to throw a big party. I look forward to celebrating with them soon. And to everyone else, welcome to Haterville, population YOU." - more on this story

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C-Murder Murder Retrial Set

antiMusic reports: Rapper C-Murder will once again see the inside of a court room where he faces a murder wrap. C-Murder, real name Corey Miller, had his murder conviction thrown out but prosecutors want another crack at him so a new trial date has been set where he will face a second-degree murder charge. 

Jam! has the story: A Feb. 11 trial date for Corey Miller was set during a telephone conference with prosecutors and defense attorneys, Judge Martha Sassone said in court Tuesday. 

Miller, 36, is accused in the shooting death of Steve Thomas, 16, at a Harvey nightclub on Jan. 12, 2002. The rapper's 2003 conviction was tossed after Sassone found that prosecutors withheld criminal background information on witnesses from his attorney.- more on this story

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Liked it the first time? You'll love it when you buy it again as Paul McCartney jumps on the Deluxe Edition bandwagon!

antiMusic reports: A soft chuckle here as we recall something we said in a report yesterday about labels trying to get fans to buy the same CD all over again by re-releasing it as some sort of special editions shortly after the original version came out. We received an announcement today that Hear Music plans to do this with Paul McCartney's new album "Memory Almost Full" (which came out in June). Of course, it's a "CD/DVD Deluxe Edition". But maybe fans should nickname it "Wallet Almost Empty". 

Here is the announcement: Hear Music announced today that it will release a CD/DVD Deluxe Edition of Paul McCartney's "Memory Almost Full" at traditional music retail outlets on November 6, 2007 and at Starbucks Company-operated locations in the U.S. and Canada on November 8, 2007. Just in time for the holidays, the CD/DVD Deluxe Edition features three bonus tracks, exclusive live performance footage, and music videos for "Ever Present Past" and "Dance Tonight." In addition, CD/DVD Deluxe Editions of "Memory Almost Full" sold at Starbucks locations will feature a pre-loaded $5 limited edition Paul McCartney Starbucks card as part of a gift set.

The CD/DVD Deluxe Edition features three bonus audio tracks on the CD- oh and ahh over the extras here

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Exodus Nix Mexican Dates

antiMusic reports: It appears that a shady promoter was behind Exodus' planned stops in Mexico so the band have pulled the plug on those dates. Here is the announcement: Exodus will not perform the announced Mexico shows on October 25th - 27th on their upcoming South American tour. The band was booked under false pretense by a promoter who failed to fulfill even basic requirements, logistically and financially.

It later surfaced that promoter in question was involved in other show related controversies earlier this year when a world-known trash metal band from Europe had to cancel a planned Mexico appearance last minute and advance tickets sold in Mexico were not refunded to the fans. 

Exodus is sorry to let down their Mexican fans but after failing to meet several deadlines for deposits, airfares and supplying production information, the promoter made it impossible to realize those shows. As of today, six days to originally planned departure from the US, the band did not receive any information regarding equipment, lodging and internal transport; neither airfares nor guarantees were paid- Myspace page

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U2 Aim for the Sky

antiMusic reports: A lot of rock stars have vanity projects attached to their names that have little to do with music but U2 are aiming for the sky with their latest one. That's right, Ireland will (not so)soon be home to a skyscraper carrying the band's name. 

Gigwise have the report: U2 are to put their name to the first ever skyscraper to be built in Ireland. The €200 million, 'U2 Tower,' will be built in the Docklands region of Dublin and will stand at 120m tall. 

According to PA, the band will move their recording studio to the summit of the tower when it is opened in 2011. 
- more on this story and no Tower of Bono jokes allowed

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Teresa Brewer RIP

AP reports: Singer Teresa Brewer, who topped the charts in the 1950s with such hits as "Till I Waltz Again with You" and performed with jazz legends Count Basie and Duke Ellington, died Wednesday. She was 76.

Brewer died at her home in New Rochelle of a neuromuscular disease, family spokesman Bill Munroe said. Her four daughters were at her bedside.- more on this story

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Joey Belladonna Extends Tour Plans

Metal Underground reports: Former ANTHRAX singer Joey Belladonna has confirmed more solo dates for his upcoming European run. His schedule is now shaping up as follows:

Oct. 30 - The Crazy Donkey - Farmingdale, NY (w/ LIZZY BORDEN)
Dec. 01 - Atarfe Vega Rock Festival 2007 - Granada, Spain
Dec. 03 - CC Club - London, England w/ ADLER'S APPETITE)
Dec. 04 - Yardbirds Rock Club - Grimsby, UK
Dec. 05 � JB's - Dudley West Midlands, UK
Dec. 07 - Rio's - Leeds, UK
Dec. 21 - The Filmore @ Irving Plaza - New York City, NY (w/ TWISTED SISTER)
- more on this story

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Dylan A Beacon for Allstars

Filter reports: The Bob Dylan biopic I'm Not There has a star studded cast of actors, the soundtrack to the movie - featuring artists covering Dylan songs - has a star studded cast of musicians, and now as a third piece to the puzzle, New York's Beacon Theater will be holding I'm Not There: In Concert on November 7th.

The prestigious group of performers include Cat Power, Calexico, My Morning Jacket, the Roots, J Mascis, Lee Ranaldo & the Million Dollar Bashers, Mark Lanegan, Yo La Tengo with Buckwheat Zydeco , Al Kooper (organ player on Dylan's "Like a Rolling Stone"), John Doe, and Gomez's Ian Ball and Olly Peacock. A gaggle of guest stars are also expected to appear.

The I'm Not There soundtrack comes out October 30th while the movie hits US theaters November 21st. Dylan is currently on tour with fellow legend Elvis Costello.- dates

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Paulus Denies Aiken Recant, His Full Statement

antiMusic reports: Last weekend in the introduction to a top story from the previous week about Clay Aiken, we asked his fans to send us a legitimate source for a recant by John Paulus, the Green Beret that said he had a sexual encounter with the pop singer. We tried to find a reliable source and could not after we had been flooded with emails that simply cited fan blogs as a source for the recant as well as some rather wild conspiracy theories. A few fans earnestly tried to supply us with legitimate sources and we thank them. Unfortunately, one turned out to be a reality show news site that simply cited fan blogs and the legitimate source actually debunked the recant claims. On Saturday, we heard from the ultimate authority on whether Aiken's accuser recanted or not when John Paulus gave us his side of the story. We ran part of it on Monday when we debunked a tabloid story about a church canceling an Aiken concert and promised we would run Paulus' full statement to us. Here it is: 

I'm the "Green Beret" who outed Clay Aiken. I have little doubt that the Claymates are inundating you with "proof" that I've recanted. It's unfortunate that in their desperation, Clay Aiken fans would take a sarcastic retort that I made in response to their ludicrous assertion and construe it as a statement of fact. Again, there was never a legitimate recant made by me nor will there be. I stand by the story as reported by the National Enquirer and as told by me on the Howard Stern Show back in February 2006. 

Clay Aiken had an opportunity to address the claims I made back in January 2006, but declined. Instead his management and publicist refused comment when asked by several media outlets if the allegations were true. 

In interviews back in September 2006 with Diane Sawyer, and Larry King, when questioned whether or not he was gay, Clay Aiken declined an opportunity to provide a direct yes or no answer. In an interview given to 'People Magazine' in the Fall of 2006 he was once again asked the question and again he chose to equivocate and not give a definitive yes or no reply. 

His current refusal and equivocation to the question provide credibility to my assertions. Those using a sarcastic retort I made as evidence of recant do so out of sheer desperation.

While I was wrong for outing Clay Aiken and do regret doing it, I have not and will not recant the factual statements I have made regarding our encounter. - more on this story

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