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antiMusic reports: Atlanta noise rockers Deerhunter
became the hunted Friday night at their homecoming gig. The band had just
concluded a performance at Lenny's in Atlanta when lead singer Bradford
Cox and guitarist Lockett Pundt were robbed at gunpoint.
Cox described what happened on his blog:
We got a friendly homecoming surprise last night in Atlanta when Lockett
and I got robbed at gunpoint after our show at Lenny's last night. We literally
had just walked off the stage and I was pretty wasted. Lockett was trying
to take care of me and get me home. He grabbed my guitar and my stuff and
we walked to his car which was parked about a block away from Lenny's because
it was so crowded. I heard a commotion behind us but like I said I was
pretty out of it. I just opened the door to the car and collapsed in the
passenger seat. Then I heard all this yelling and I hear this loud metallic
banging on the window and look up and there is a gun in my face and a guy
yelling "get the f*ck out the car man"
I stumbled out and see the other guy has
Lockett with his arms spread on the roof of his car and is patting him
down. Lockett was begging them to leave me alone. The guy put his gun up
to my temple and said "give me EVERYTHING motherf**ker I aint f**king with
you" - more
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antiMusic reports: Axl wasn't on hand but
the other members of the classic Guns N' Roses lineup did attend the 20th
anniversary party for their landmark debut "Appetite for Destruction,"
which took place at the Key Club in Hollywood on Saturday night.
Izzy Stradlin and Duff McKagan joined Steven
Adler's band (Adler's Appetite) during their set to perform "Mr. Brownstone"
and "Paradise City". There are some reports that Slash attended the event
but did not join the band on stage. We were supposed to attend the event
but due to unforeseen circumstance we were unable to so we can not give
you a first hand report of the reunion.- more
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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
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| Monday |
antiMusic reports: The man that shot Kinks
frontman Ray Davies is off the hook after the singer failed to show up
for a court date. A second time Davies has failed to appear according to
the BBC. So instead of singing "you really got me" to authorities, Jerome
Barra is now a free man.
Barra was charged with armed robbery and
aggravated battery after shooting Davies in the leg in 2004. According
to reports, Davies was in New Orleans on vacation when two men snatched
his girlfriend's purse and the singer gave chase before Barra shot him
in the leg.
Davies told New Orleans' Times-Picayune
that he was unable to attend court because he was not given enough notice
by prosecutors.- more
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antiMusic reports: KISS had to play as a trio
last week after Paul Stanley had heart trouble. 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.
"My heart spontaneously jumped to 190 plus
beats per minute, where it stayed for over an hour necessitating paramedics
to start an IV and give me a shot to momentarily stop my heart and get
it into a normal pattern," Stanley wrote on his site. The American Heart
Assoc lists a normal "at rest" heart beat as between 60 and 80 beats per
minute.- more
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antiMusic reports: Ozzy Osbourne underwent
unexpected surgery for a blood clot on Saturday as the Ozzfest rolled through
Denver. Osbourne went under the knife at the Rose Medical Center according
to Denver's 9NEWS.
Ozzy had experience leg pain all day leading
up to his headline performance during "FreeFest," and following the show
was taken to the local hospital where a blood clot was discovered in his
leg.- more
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antiMusic reports: The Offspring have officially
parted ways with drummer Atom Willard. The veteran OC punks have recruited
former Alkaline Trio, Face To Face, Saves the Day member Pete Parada to
take his place, according to a post on their official website.
Pete Parada will make his debut with the
band when they hit Japan for the Summer Sonic festival on August 11, 12
and 14th. The news of the lineup change comes after a false start earlier
this year when it was widely reported that Atom had left the group, only
to be contradicted with reports that he was still very much a part the
Offspring. There will be life after the Offspring for Atom as he'll reportedly
focus all of his energy on his other band, Angels and Airwaves. But remains
a friend of the band, according to their website.
Neither Parada or Willard will appear on
the forthcoming Offspring album. According to their website Josh Freese
(NIN, Vandals, Devo) has recorded all the drum tracks-
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| Tuesday |
antiMusic reports: The battle for New Order
is underway as the former bass player has threatened to sue his ex-bandmates
if they carry on with the band. Peter Hook fired the first shot in the
battle when he announced that the band had broken up. Not so, said singer
Bernard Sumner and drummer Stephen Morris earlier this month in a statement.
And Hook has responded with a threat of legal action.
Hook took to his Myspace blog on Friday
to respond to Sumner and Morris statement that the band was still very
much together. Under the heading of "Disappointment!" Hook wrote, "Well
im here at last with my statement! im travellin round america at the moment
so its difficult for me to reply properly> Ive decided to tell the whole
story? so itll be an amusing? insight into how groups work...-
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antiMusic reports: Tragedy struck Brooklyn
cult rockers The Bottom of the Hudson Sunday night as they headed home
after concluding an east coast tour. Bassist Trevor Butler was killed after
the tire blew out in the van the band was traveling in and drummer Greg
Lytle is currently in the ICU at a North Carolina hospital.
The band's label, Absolutely Kosher Records,
issued the following statement: Philadelphia/Brooklyn band Bottom of the
Hudson suffered a serious van wreck on Sunday, July 29th, while returning
home after the final date of a short East Coast tour to promote their new
album, Fantastic Hawk, released just two weeks ago on July 17. While on
I-40 near Clinton, NC, a tire blew out sending the van out of control and
flipping it multiple times. Bassist Trevor Butler was killed in the accident
and drummer Greg Lytle is currently in ICU in Chapel Hill, NC. The other
members of the band, Eli Simon, Michael Prince and William Chesterton Chambers,
suffered minor injuries and were released from the hospital.-
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antiMusic reports: Former Adler's Appetite
vocalist Sheldon Tarsha made some pretty outrageous claims about former
Guns N' Roses drummer Steven Adler during an interview on The Classic Metal
Show last Saturday. Among the claims is that Adler's "wanna be gangster"
bodyguards hold the drummer hostage.
"(Steven's) brother and his new 'manager'
hired these thug gangster guys that are cholo-like wannabe gangster dudes
to watch over Steven," Tarsha said in the interview according to BW&BK.
"They are telling me stories about how they've got him handcuffed to the
wall and to the furniture in his own house. They won't even uncuff him
to go to the bathroom, so you've got Steven Adler sh*tting and pissing
his own pants. They're abusing the guy. They're abusing him, dudes. I don't
support what they're doing, and I told them that.
"The way I found that out was this guy
(the new 'manager') called me up, and he's telling me, 'Yeah, I had to
keep Steven in line. I had to handcuff him until he sh*t his own pants'.
I'm like, 'are you kidding me, dude?' I'm like, 'That's not cool'. Steven
lost control of his life a long time ago, and he's lost even more control
of it now. The problem is that he can't control himself, so he looks to
the people around him to tell him what to do, to tell him how to think,
to tell him what he should do. That's the problem right now. He screws
people over based on the information he's getting from the people that
are supporting him... or not supporting him. He's like a puppet. He has
the name. He has the fame. He has the money, and he's easily influenced
by whoever is closest to him. That's really what I think is going on right
now. "
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| Wednesday |
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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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
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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.-
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Yeah Yeahs- HIM- Ministry- Scorpions- Lou Reed- Army of Me- Still Bad To
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| Thursday |
antiMusic reports: Up until now if you wanted
to download "Highway to Hell" or "Let Me Put My Love Into You," you've
been forced to do it illegally. That is no longer the case as AC/DC has
inked an exclusive deal with Verizon Wireless to sell their catalog online.
There are a couple of catches. First you
will only find digital AC/DC through Verizon VCast Music service for PCs.
And you can't pick and choose which songs you want, you have to buy the
full albums at about $12 each according to Billboard. The one exception
being "You Shook Me All Night Long" which you can download to your cell
phone.- more
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antiMusic reports: The race is on! Who will
release their long overdue album first? The Eagles or Guns N' Roses? According
to Billboard it looks like The Eagles may beat Axl and company to the punch
as they are wrapping up work on their first studio album since "The Long
Run" which hit in 1979.
Joe Walsh told Billboard that fans should
expect something different from the new album with writing input from each
member. The line up these days include Walsh, Glenn Frey, Don Henley and
Timothy B Schmit. Notice a name that is curiously absent? -
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Hecklerspray reports: When you're famous,
people think that they own you - or, more specifically, they think they
own your husband's balls, as Faith Hill realised this weekend when a female
concert-goer got all grabby on her husband Tim McGraw's nicknacks.
When a ballsy female concertgoer reached
out and grabbed Tim McGraw's nether regions Saturday at the Cajundome in
Lafayette, Louisiana, his missus [Faith Hill] told the errant fan in no
uncertain terms that that sort of behavior is frowned upon in them there
parts
"Somebody needs to teach you some class,
my friend," a finger-wagging Hill told the woman. "You don't go grabbin'
somebody else's, somebody's husband's balls, you understand me? That's
very disrespectful!"
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antiMusic reports: The Dave Matthews Band,
John Mayer, Phil Vassar and Nas have signed on to perform a special concert
for Virginia Tech to help the university carry on after a massacre at the
school last April where a gunman killed 32 people.
The concert was organized to help the student
body and faculty start the school year on a positive note according to
an AP report. The artists have volunteered their time for the event which
will take place at the school's Lane Stadium on September 6th and will
be funded by corporate sponsorships and sales of concert merchandise.
The general public at this point has not
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antiMusic reports: Punkbands says there was
a drug bust for the New Found Glory crew while they are on the Warped Tour.
Must not have been a major bust as the band's label issued a statement
saying that the crew member was only charged with a misdemeanor. No one
in the band was arrested.
Drive-Thru Records statement: While in
the Indianapolis area, the tour bus New Found Glory was traveling on was
stopped by police for having high beams engaged while driving. The police
searched the bus and one of the crewmembers was detained and charged with
a misdemeanor. - more
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| Friday |
antiMusic reports: Linkin Park announced last
week that they will be making official bootlegs available for sale at their
shows. The catch is that only 1000 fans will be able to buy them. The band
announced the move on their website. Here is what they had to say: "No
more listening to distorted, bootleg copies of LP concerts
get a clear,
mixed copy of your Linkin Park show at the merchandise booth!
"Visit the merchandise booth at any Linkin
Park tour date (starting with Projekt Revolution 2007) to purchase a limited-edition
recording of the entire LIVE Linkin Park performance from that night. Only
1000 copies will be sold for each show date, so be sure to get yours before
they're gone."- more
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antiMusic reports: Kevin Lyman have published
an open letter to Sharon Osbourne following their recent conversation about
Ozzfest, according to Punkbands. Lyman made headlines last week when he
was quoted in newspaper article slamming Ozzfest. Here is the text of the
open letter: Dear Sharon, Good speaking with you just now. Per our discussion,
I wanted to apologize if any of my comments quoted in the Kansas Star News
were taken out of context or based on misinformation I was given. It was
not my intent to discredit Ozzy or your family in any way.
If Ozzy is in fact working for expenses
only, then I was wrong in saying he was out for one more paycheck. I'll
be the first to say I should not bother myself with other tours and keep
my nose in my own projects as they have been keeping me busy enough as
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BBC reports: The folk musician and singer
Tommy Makem has died at his home in New Hampshire in the United States.
He was 74 and had been suffering from lung
cancer.
Tommy Makem was best known for songs such
as The Green Fields of France, Gentle Annie and Red is the Rose. -
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antiMusic reports: It looks like that after
five years R.Kelly will finally stand trial on child pornography charges.
Chicago Judge Vincent Gaughan has set a September 17th date for the trial
to start, with jury selection beginning on that day.
Kelly stands accused of recording sexual
acts with an underage girl. Prosecutors issued a 14 count child pornography
indictment against the R&B singer, according to the BBC. If convicted
he could spend 15 years in prison. Kelly pleaded not guilty to all charges.-
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