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Today's report is a little shorter than normal because of April
Fools. We didn't want to post too many bogus stories for ya, being
a day late and all. (although we did include a couple of good ones).
 Static-X
Week: Win a autographed ESP LTD EX-50 Metallic Silver Guitar |
PR reports: Static-X is breaking out of Hell’s
sub-basement to release their fifth studio album, Cannibal, tomorrow (April
3rd). Comprising 12 of the harshest, most stripped-down tracks Static-X
have ever recorded, Cannibal also finds frontman Wayne Static & Co.
sounding leaner and meaner than they have in years—a change the vertical-haired
guitarist, vocalist and chief songwriter attributes to the back-to-basics
approach they took to recording the album. “I think it’s the most metal
record we’ve ever made, and it’s arguably the heaviest record we’ve ever
made,” Static explains.
To celebrate the release of Cannibal, the
band is giving you the chance to win an ESP LTD EX-50 Metallic Silver Guitar
autographed by the band. So don’t miss out on your chance to get your own
Static-X ESP guitar. Enter now at the full story link and be sure to pick
up Cannibal tomorrow. - Click
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| Beatles
iTunes? |
USA Today reports: Apple and music label EMI
plan to announce "an exciting new digital offering," EMI said Sunday, renewing
speculation of a deal to put the Beatles music catalog online. However,
a source familiar with the situation said a Beatles deal would not be featured
at the event Monday.
"There is no Beatles' announcement," the
source said.
EMI said that it plans to hold a news conference
Monday at its London headquarters, where EMI Chief Executive Eric Nicoli
will be joined by Apple Chief Executive and co-founder Steve Jobs [here
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| Maroon
5 Go Rap |
PR reports: In a project already being hailed
as the most anticipated rock-rap collaboration since Jay Z teamed up with
Linkin Park, Grammy Award winning group Maroon 5 has entered the studio
with Oakland emcee Casual to record an album to be released early this
summer.
The seed for this most unlikely of collaborations
came about last summer when Casual and the members of Maroon 5 met while
playing at the Bonnaroo Festival. "We hit it off right away, and the next
day, on a lark, I sat in with them during their sound check. I knew all
of their hits because I had been listening to them on my tour bus, so I
freestyled over a few of their tracks and it sounded amazing," explains
Casual. After the initial jam session, they kept in touch and started sending
tracks back and forth to each other via email. Both parties were extremely
happy with the songs that came out of these exchanges, and agreed that
they should put out a "summertime party album," according to Casual. [have
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| Nine
Inch Burnt Bizkit |
PR reports: Fans of multi-platinum bands Limp
Bizkit and Nine Inch Nails will soon have something new to look forward
to. Former lead guitarist for Limp Bizkit, Wes Borland has now returned
to front BLACK LIGHT BURNS with Nine Inch Nails/A Perfect Circle drummer
Josh Freese, Telefon Tel Aviv sound designer Josh Eustis and Nine Inch
Nails guitarist Danny Lohner. Danny Lohner also produced the band’s debut
album CRUEL MELODY which will be in-stores on June 5, on famed record producer
Ross Robinson’s brand new upstart label I AM: WOLFPACK.[see full story
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| Another
GNR Leak |
Blabbermouth reports: On Thursday, March 29
at approximately 7:00 p.m. EST, a full-length, studio-quality version of
the GUNS N' ROSES song "Madagascar" was leaked onto the Internet.
The track, clocking in at 5:41, was released
as the result of some "cunning" work by a well-known forum member.
Many fans initially speculated that the
track was a fake. However this theory was dispelled by GN'R guitarist Ron
"Bumblefoot" Thal who revealed that the recording was "not an album cut,
but an old demo."[see full story for more]- Click
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| Dave
Matthews Band Summer Tour |
PR reports: Dates have been unleashed for
the Dave Matthews Band Summer Tour. Support will come from various bands
along the way including: Roots, Guster, Stephen Marley, Xavier Rudd, Toots
& the Maytals, Umphrey's McGee, Robert Randolph & the Family Band,
the Wailers, Robert Earl Keen Jr. and Pete Yorn.
Sun 07/08/07 Bridgeview, IL Toyota Park
Wed 08/01/07 Mansfield, MA Tweeter Center
Thu 08/02/07 Mansfield, MA Tweeter Center
Sat 08/04/07 Hartford, CT New England
Dodge Music Center
Sun 08/05/07 Hartford, CT New England
Dodge Music Center
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| The
Warrant Game |
MTV reports: An arrest warrant has been issued
for rapper the Game, who missed a scheduled court date in New York on Thursday
related to charges of impersonating a police officer — but the warrant
will not be activated unless the Game misses his next court date, scheduled
for June 13[see full story for more]- Click
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| Junkie
Doll |
Gigwise reports: The makers of a new Pete
Doherty doll have been criticised for glorifying the singer’s drug use.
Cult British toy company Fishy Toyz are
launching the new doll through internet retailers today, and the mini-model
of the Babyshambles singer comes complete with a miniature guitar, cigarettes,
syringe and crack-pipe.
The crack-pipe lights up when placed against
the doll’s lips, whilst the eyeball features a hole in which to place the
syringe. [see full story for more - keep in mind this was posted on April
1st]- Click
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| Spidy
Songs |
CMJ reports: If your spider senses have been
tingling double time this week, then you must have been anticipating the
release of the tracklist for the upcoming soundtrack to Spider-Man 3. On
May 1, Record Collection (home to John Frusciante, Murs, Walkmen) will
release a collection of a who's who in todays top alt-rock acts. Snow Patrol,
the Killers, Wolfmother, and Yeah Yeah Yeah's all contribute new material
to the album which was produced by D Sardy, known for his work with Cold
War Kids and Oasis.[see full story for tracklisting]-
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| Motley
Crue Europe |
Blabbermouth reports: MÖTLEY CRÜE
has announced the following European tour dates:
June 01 - Wintherthur, Switzerland - Eishalle
Spirit Of Rock Festival
June 02 - Milan, Italy - Gods of Metal
June 05 - Stockholm, Sweden - Globen
June 06 - Oslo, Norway - Spektrum
June 08 - Brussels, Belgium - AB
[see full story for more]-
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| Dimmu
Borgir Ban |
Blabbermouth reports: Artwork for Norwegian
melodic black metallers DIMMU BORGIR's upcoming album, "In Sorte Diaboli"
— which is scheduled for an April 24 release in North America — has been
banned by retailers.
The North American version of the "The
Serpentine Offering" single will be available for digital download at iTunes.com
beginning April 3 (not March 30 as previously stated) and will include
three songs[see full story for a link to the banned artwork and more info
on the single, cd etc]- Click
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| Warped
Engaged |
Warped reports: The Warped Tour pre-sale has
begun and some more band updates have been announced with Killswitch Engage
and Chiodos playing the entire tour, Sum 41 playing 8/14-15 and 8/23-25
and Desperation Squad playing the Pomona Show.[see full story for the presale
thingy bopper]- Click
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| RIAA
"Idiots" Nailed NIN Promotion |
Idolator.com reports: Not to toot our own
horns, but today we got a nice little bit of confirmation that those Nine
Inch Nails leaks from a month or so ago were actually the work of Trent
Reznor, and that the RIAA acted a bit too hastily in calling in their lawyers.
From Billboard: According to one post, a male fan, allegedly by happenstance,
found a USB drive in a bathroom stall during a NIN concert at the Coliseum
in Lisbon, Portugal. This flash drive (yes, Reznor's idea) contained an
MP3 of album track "My Violent Heart." Additional USB drives were purportedly
found in Barcelona and Manchester, England; they included MP3s of album
tracks "Me, I'm Not" and "In This Twilight," respectively.
Excited fans then began swapping and sharing
these music files online. Another Web posting alleged that all this activity
resulted in entertainment blog Idolator and other sites receiving e-mail
from the Recording Industry Association of America, demanding that they
remove the MP3s from their sites. An RIAA representative confirms this,
a move that boggles the minds of many. "These f*cking idiots are going
after a campaign that the label signed off on," the [label] source says.[see
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| Luck
of the Irish for R.E.M. Fans |
Jam! reports: R.E.M. plan to give fans a taste
of tracks from their upcoming album during a series of gigs in Dublin this
summer.
In a statement posted Friday on the R.E.M
. website, the band said it would hold a five-night "working rehearsal"
for the album at Dublin's Olympia Theatre June 30, July 1 and July 3-5.
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| Fall
Out Screech |
punkbands reports: If been taken to court
by 2 bands already (Give Up The Ghost/Knives Out), wasn't enough, Fall
Out Boy, and in particular master 'lyricist' Pete Wentz are in trouble
again. This time a former writer on the hit U.S show Saved By The Bell
has accused the pop goons of at least 28 counts of plagarism, stating that
" hearing the bands songs is like going over old scripts". He then when
on to say "this is ridiculous". [ok, this was posted April first but was
funny enough to reprint]- Click
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| Disfear
Make CD Plans |
SMN reports: Sweden’s DISFEAR will enter the
studio this summer to record their follow-up to 2003’s Misanthropic Generation.
This still-untitled full-length effort
will be recorded in August with CONVERGE guitarist Kurt Ballou at his God
City studio in Salem, MA. Working song titles include: “Deadweight,” “In
Exodus,” “Failure,” “The Cage,” and “Testament.” [see full story for more]-
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