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antiMusic reports: Rejoice Tonic fans! You
Wanted More and former Tonic frontman Emerson Hart is here to give it to
you. We're celebrating the release of Emerson's new solo CD, 'Cigarettes
and Gasoline,' this week and have asked him to pick his favorite five songs
from the CD and tell us a little bit about each one. We continue today
with Flyin'. Here is Emerson:
I love this song because it is open to
many lyrical interpretations. It has specific meaning to me, but people's
response on what it means to them has been very diverse. I love when a
song can appeal to people for different reasons and on many levels.
Learn more about the new album with this
cool online video with interviews, performances etc. and pick up the CD
in stores now!
- Learn
more about the new album with this cool online video with interviews, performances
etc. and pick up the CD in stores now!
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antiMusic reports: Enuff Z'nuff frontman Donnie
Vie recently testified at a preliminary hearing against his landlord who
is accused of murdering his girlfriend. Vie said that on the day of the
murder that the accused had waved a loaded gun at him and victim and that
he saw her body after the murder.
David Mahler, 43, is accused of murdering
Kirstin "Chrissie" Franya Baldwin, 38, and dumping her body in a ditch
near Barstow where it was found 20 days later. He is also charged with
assault with a deadly weapon for allegedly threatening Vie, real name Donald
Van Develde.
Vie testified that he was at his landlords
apartment before the murder when an angry Mahler pulled out a gun. "He
was pointing it around, clicking it everywhere," Vie said. "He clicked
it at me, he clicked it at her." Los Angeles NBC station reports that "
As he was leaving, [Vie] shut the bedroom door and heard what he thought
was the sound of a gun shot."- more
on this story
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antiMusic reports: A Ted Nugent fan was beaten
during the gonzo rocker's performance Friday night at the Chicago Ridge's
Ridgefest. Jim Volpe was taking photos and video with his camcorder when
another man challenged him about the taping. It quickly devolved into assault
when Volpe refused to turn over his camera.
"This guy, out of nowhere, just walked
up and said, 'Give me the camera,' " Volpe told Chicago Daily Southtown.
Volpe told the man that he would give him the tape but not his $600 camera
and the man responded, "It's too late for that now" and put Volpe in a
headlock while Volpe's girlfriend grabbed the camcorder. She ran away when
the man dropped Volpe and looked at her.
Volpe spent five hours in the emergency
room of Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn for treatment of neck and back
injuries.- more
on this story
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Blabbermouth reports: A MyFOXColorado blogger
who goes by the name "Scribe2" has issued the following report: The Ozzfest
at Coors Amphitheatre [in Denver, Colorado] on July 28 erupted into an
absolutely ridiculous and shameful war of thrown items between the lawn-seat
visitors and the reserved-seat visitors during the STATIC-X set.
Plastic bottles, plastic cups, plastic
"yard" glasses and chunks of turf were hurled from primarily mid-lawn as
far as a third of the width of the second orchestra section. A few shoes
and other items were also observed in flight. The fracas took on an especially
sinister note when half-full bottles and empty bottles and cups were jammed
full with sod, creating dangerous missiles.
It started with a few bottles and cups
being tossed into the seats from the lawn. They were mostly ignored or
met by glares. However, crowd-think set in and the casual provocations
became a hail of detritus from above. The people in the seats responded
as comes naturally: in kind. So began an unstated war of the classes. [didn't
Sharon start the whole "let's throw stuff" thing at Ozzfest a few years
back?] - Read
more and check out a video of the "war" here
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antiMusic reports: He was booted off American
Idol, claimed to have a steamy affair with Paula "Me Too" Abdul and now
Corey Clark can add a drug bust to his resume. The fallen idol was arrested
early Tuesday morning in North Little Rock, Ark., on drug charges and a
warrant from Arizona.
Pulaski County Sheriff's spokesman John
Rehrauer told Billboard that Clark was arrested for possession of a controlled
substance and possession of drug paraphernalia at about 2:30 a.m. The Warrant
was for a failure to appear in a Arizona court for a violation of a court
order and trespassing. - more
on this story
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antiMusic reports: The former manager of Great
White, who lit the pyrotechnics that sparked the club fire which took 100
lives in 2003, is eligible for parole in September. If approved he will
be able to leave prison after serving only one third of his sentence. A
hearing with the parole board is scheduled for September 19th.
Daniel Biechele, the former manager of
Great White was sentenced to four years in prison after pleading guilty
to 100 counts of involuntary manslaughter. Biechele was the manager of
the band at the time and lit the pyrotechnics during Great White's performance
at The Station nightclub in West Warwick on February 20th, 2003. The soundproofing
foam at the club ignited and spread quickly through the club. 100 people
died in the fire including Great White guitarist Ty Longley.-
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AP reports: The publisher of rapper Eminem's
music has filed a federal lawsuit against computer giant Apple Inc. for
selling downloads of his songs without permission.
Apple has an agreement with Universal Music
Group, the record company that owns the recordings, but doesn't deal directly
with publishers, who own the rights to scores and lyrics.
In the suit filed Monday in U.S. District
Court in Detroit, Eminem's music publisher Eight Mile Style and copyright
manager Martin Affiliated seek more than $75,000 for copyright infringement,
unfair competition and a violation of the Michigan consumer protection
act. [find out their RIAA move with how much they are asking for each download!
- read
the rest here]
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E! reports: Gwen Stefani apparently isn't
everyone's favorite girl in Malaysia. A Muslim students group that objects
to the pop star's sexy style and come-hither lyrics is pushing to have
Stefani's first-ever concert in Kuala Lumpur scrapped before the spotlights
have a chance to shine.
"Her video clips promoting the event are
too obscene," Mohamad Hilmi Ramli, president of the National Union of Malaysian
Muslim Students, told Reuters. "We want the organizers to cancel the concert,
failing which we will ask the authorities to intervene."
Just over half of Malaysia's 26 million-strong
population considers itself Muslim, with Buddhists, Christians and Hindus
composing sizeable minorities.- more
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PR reports: Korn announced today that they
will be joining the effort to tour green by fueling all their vehicles
with bio-diesel. This effort will lessen their environmental impact on
this year's Family Values Tour by using domestically produced bio-fuels
in all 16 of their touring vehicles. The band is working with Music Matters'
SMART (Sustainable Minded Artists Recording Touring) program and Conserv
Fuel to fuel their vehicles with domestically produced bio-fuel which can
be derived from a variety of plant based matter including; soy, corn, and
various other vegetable and animal oils. Korn is using bio-diesel for their
biofuel needs which will reduce the CO2 emissions that tour produces by
almost 50 tons. "We can't save the planet overnight but this is our way
of saying everyone has to start somewhere. As a touring band it's our responsibility
to start making a difference. We encourage all other bands touring this
summer to do the same", said Jonathan Davis.
In another Korn first, [troops] on leave
will be invited as Korn's guests to the Family Values Tour all over the
country. In a partnership with the USO World Headquarters, tickets will
be given free of charge to [troops] on leave in each local stop of this
year's Family Values Tour. Distribution will be handled by the USO World
Headquarters in conjunction with local bases.
- a
little more about a special Korn fuel
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PR reports: Having sold virtually every ticket
for their recently announced tour dates in support of the all-new all-instrumental
The Mix-Up, Beastie Boys have announced additional full-scale shows and
Gala Event Exclusive Instrumental Shows in a number of cities.
In other news, in an effort to lessen the
tour's impact on the environment, Beastie Boys will make a $1.00 charitable
donation from every ticket to an EcoFund through the non-profit organization
ARIA (Artists Resources in Action) which supports Reverb, the outreach
program to educate and engage musicians and their fans to promote environmental
sustainability and fund local nonprofit organizations in the cities the
tour visits. - more
eco stuff and tour dates are here
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PR reports: Acclaimed metallic rock act ATREYU
have announced plans for a headlining tour in support of their upcoming
Hollywood Records debut, Lead Sails Paper Anchor. The much-buzzed-about
album arrives in stores on August 28th and the tour begins September 9th
at the Big Easy in Boise, ID, with openers Haste The Day, It Dies Today
plus a special guest to be announced.
Sept. 9 Boise, ID Big Easy Concert House
Sept. 10 Spokane, WA Big Easy Concert
Hall
Sept. 12 Fargo, ND The Venue @ Playmakers
Sept. 14 Milwaukee, WI The Eagles Club
Sept. 16 Cleveland, OH House of Blues
Sept. 18 Cincinnati, OH Bogart's-
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Metal Underground reports: According to the
official THE DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN MySpace page, the band has added former
HEADS WILL ROLL guitarist Jeff Tuttle to its lineup.
THE DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN recently entered
the studio with producer Steve Evetts (SAVES THE DAY, EARTH CRISIS, SEPULTURA)
to begin recording its new album, "Ire Works", for a late 2007 release
via Relapse.
The upcoming CD will feature the drumming
of STOLEN BABIES' Gil Sharone following the departure of Chris Pennie (he
now plays drums with COHEED AND CAMBRIA). - more
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Filter reports: MC Ninja and the rest of the
good-time gang that comprise The Go! Team will kick off an American tour
in mid-October. Their newest album, Proof of Youth, will be released here
in the States via Sub Pop on September 11th. They will be hitting a few
more festivals on the tail end of their jaunt around Europe, so if you
happen to be on the old continent, by all means, pay homage to the band's
exclamatory name and go!
The Go! Team Tour Dates:
October
13 Chicago, IL - Double Door
15 Seattle, WA - Neumos
17 Portland, OR - Doug Fir
19 San Francisco, CA - Mezzanine
20 Pomona, CA - Glass House
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antiMusic reports: KISS' Paul Stanley has
issued a statement to reassure fans that he is fine after having heart
issues last week which prompted him to pull out of a concert appearance.
The masked rocker suffered what is known as tachycardia where the heart
beats at an unusually high rate. In Stanley's case it was beating twice
as fast as normal.
The incident was triggered by a preexisting
condition Stanley has had most of his life. Stanley said, "Like many, I
have had a rapid heart beat condition most of my life and I never have
had any type of restrictions. When I've had an episode, although momentarily
disrupting and taxing, it has no residual effect. This is nothing new and
my doctors have known about it."
He also wanted to reassure fans, "I wanted
to let all of you know that I AM ABSOLUTELY FINE! I'm going to the gym
as usual, painting as usual and will be going into the recording studio
this week." - more
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antiMusic reports: This past weekend we published
an editorial by Tony Kuzminski dealing with the outrageous ticket prices
Bon Jovi is charging for a ten-night stand at a new arena in Newark, NJ.
Tony, a huge fan of that band, was a bit outraged when he discovered that
tickets were going for between $67 and $337 each before Ticketmaster added
on their pounds of flesh for giving you the convenience of being ripped
off by their monopoly. Tony wanted to share his honest frustration over
Bon Jovi going Streisand. (e.g. bilking fans with high ticket prices.)
And the truth of Tony's frustration was validated with the response to
his article.
Within a day of publishing, thousands of
Bon Jovi fans had clicked over to read it and while we eliminated commenting
on most of our articles a while ago, we were able to read comments on a
few Bon Jovi message boards that linked the article and discovered that
the fans were overwhelmingly in agreement with Tony. Bon Jovi had went
too far with this ticket pricing scheme. Reportedly, a lot of fans on the
Bon Jovi's official fanclub board even agreed and Tony's article sparked
a healthy debate there. Unfortunately, we have to take a few fans word
for that since we couldn't read the boards. (Yup, Bon Jovi wants you to
pay for that too. Ok, that a bit snide. Sorry)
Nevertheless, from what we've seen and
with the exception of the few expected apologist that came up with arguments
like the prices are so high because it's a new venue etc, most fans feel
a little betrayed by the high ticket prices. This just illustrates a growing
frustration in the music business with rising ticket prices all around.
Tony even wrote an editorial about that recently as well. At a time when
music sales are down, not because of illegal downloading as the industry
would like us to believe, but because fans don't feel they are getting
their money's worth with most recent sub par releases, and concert attendance
is down, wouldn't it be a better idea for bands to lower their tickets
prices to attract fans back to their shows? Or is this a case of the Streisand
syndrome, rip off your fans for as much as you can get because there are
enough out there willing to pay the high price? Then again, can the thousands
of Bon Jovi fans that read Tony's editorial and agreed with him be wrong?
We'll have to wait and see but for now if you are one of the few that didn't
read Tony's controversial editorial- you
can read that right here.
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