Drowning Pool Week: Reason I'm Alive

Definitely the highlight of making this record. The band and I had some time between submitting the album-tracks and the mixer becoming available. When the opportunity arose to head out to L.A. and collaborate with Nikki Sixx and DJ Ashba at Funny Farm Studios we knew this was a no-brainer if there ever has been one. We ended up recording this track and a second one that Gunner Sixx appeared on but "Reason I'm Alive" was the only one that made the record. To be honest the 2nd track was also one of my favorites but I just blew on the vocals. I'm looking forward to re-do the vocals for the next album. It was awesome sitting with Nikki and DJ working out the different parts of the tracks. It felt so effortless that I sometimes lost track of who I was working with. Then all of a sudden I'd realize that we're tossing ideas around with Nikki friggen Sixx and think " I hope someone has a camera on them!". 

These two tracks also exemplify the talent and dedication of DP band members. They jump on a plain to work with guys they have never worked with before having only three days to knock their parts out of the park, and they do. This was yet another moment since joining DP that I realized there is no room for anything but my A-Game with these boys.- Learn more about this new release, as well as their worthy USO efforts for wounded troops, grab tour dates and more here

Pearl Jam Vs AT&T

AT&T claim it was a mistake, CMJ contacted them for comment and were told that a webcast editor mistakenly took the portions out due to their policy of censoring excessive language due to their all-ages audience. 

"This, of course, troubles us as artists but also as citizens concerned with the issue of censorship and the increasingly consolidated control of the media," Pearl Jam wrote in a statement on their website. Then again they shouldn't be surprised by the corporate action since they were performing at a festival that has become more and more corporate as the years go by.- Read more about the band's anger and AT&Ts response at CMJ

MP3 Virus

The cleverly named virus W32. Deletemusic lives up to it's name by devouring any MP3s it finds on an infected computer. Files on your harddrive are not the only ones at risk as this virus will also destroy MP3s on attached devices as well. In fact, Info World reports that flashdrives are the primary medium used to spread the virus. Mac and Linux users need not be alarmed as this virus targets the virus friendly Windows varients (which some call a virus as well). 

The source of the virus is not known but it was discovered on July 30th. Info World reports that the likely suspect for the source is not the RIAA but a teenager.- more on this story

Chris Cornell Imposters

Cornell took to his Myspace page on Monday to inform fans that they were not talking to him. He writes: "Hello this is Chris Cornell. Over the past several months, several incidents have taken place where others felt the need to engage in activities pretending to be me. I have been wanting to make a clear statement to fans, friends and anyone this may concern; under no circumstances, under any name or address do I or have I ever communicated or corresponded with anyone online or otherwise."- more on this story

Amy Winehouse Hospitalized

Winehouse was admitted to University College London Hospital Wednesday morning and released a few hours later. According to the BBC, a label spokesperson said "Amy was discharged from the hospital this afternoon and has been advised to take complete rest. Scheduled performances in Norway and Denmark this week have been cancelled."

The singer also missed a festival appearance on July 4th at Liverpool Summer Pops. Gigwise reported at the time that she missed the gig because she was believed to be hospitalized for an unknown reason.- drinking will do that to you. more on that here

Van Halen Reunion Press Event

A press event will take place on Monday at the Four Seasons Hotel in Los Angeles, according to Billboard and the band is expected to announce a reunion tour that will kick off a 50 date North American arena run in October.

Alex and Eddie Van Halen will be joined by original vocalist David Lee Roth and Eddie's son Wolfgang for the tour. Also in October former Van Halen members Sammy Hagar and Michael Anthony will also be hitting the road together.- more on this story

Kids Back on Ozzfest

TuneLab is reporting that Black Tide has indeed joined Ozzfest after they announced last week that they had the opportunity taken away from them by the liquor giant Jagermeister because they were not old enough to drink. Sharon and co seemed to have gotten around this by bumping the band up to a coveted "main stage" slot. Not bad for a band who hasn't even released their debut album. 
- more on this story

Woodstock For Sale

Roy Howard, the owner of the farm that hosted the famed Woodstock festival in 1969 has put the property up for sale. Hippy heaven can be yours for the low asking price of $8 million. Seems Howard's dreams of hosting another Woodstock have been crushed by "the man" who have denied him permits for music festivals on the land. 

According to AP, "Up for sale is the 186-square-metre house that belonged to dairy farmer Max Yasgur, along with a larger farmhouse, a barn and 42 bucolic hectares about 130 kilometres north of New York City" and other goodies but there is a HUGE catch. - more on this story

Common Rapper Beats Korn

Common enjoyed his first chart topping debut when his new album Finding Forever moved 155,000 copies last week. Korn's untitled album proved that there is still a healthy nu-metal audience in the U.S. with sales of 123,000 according to reported Nielsen SoundScan numbers. - more on this story

Joy Division Reissued

The re-issues – which hit the shops on September 10th- will include all three of Joy Division's albums, 'Unknown Pleasures,' 'Closer' and 'Still.' 

As well as the bands albums, live recordings from shows in High Wycombe, West Hampstead, Manchester and London, will also be released to show different stages of the bands career. [hum isn't a movie coming out too? Great time to do reissues.]- more on this story

Frank Zappa Day Declared

Far from a "tribute band," Zappa Plays Zappa underscores the compositional genius of Frank Zappa much as a symphony orchestra would perform pieces by a master composer. 

The Mayor's proclamation, to be presented at the concert reads, in part, "The City of Baltimore is proud of its rich musical heritage, and is honored to claim the prolific composer, musician, author, and film director Frank Zappa as a native of our fair city- read the rest of the proclamation here

Maiden South America?

MaidenFans report: The promoters Evenpro has sent a press release to Iron Maiden Colombia.com regarding an as of yet officially unconfirmed Iron Maiden tour in Latin America in February 2008, which would allegedly include concerts in Argentina, Brazil, Chile and Colombia. 

The promoters have confirmed a show at the Parque Simon Bolivar in Bogota, Colombia, with rumours about concerts at the Maracana Stadium in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and the River Plate Stadium in Buenos Aires, Argentina- Get all your Maiden needs and more here. Up The Irons and let's hope for a US tour!

TRUSTcompany Reunite

The band has begun writing for a new album which will possibly be released next year.
- more breaking rock news from TuneLab

Aerosmith Can't Sell Out After Selling Out

He heard what this person said but he had a deer in headlight look on his face; he didn't get it. Tyler asked what this person meant by their comment and they went on the explain that top tickets for the show cost upwards of $160, it was a Tuesday night, two-weeks before Christmas and that the band had been in Milwaukee or near it on the touring circuit eight of the last nine years. One thing I would have added was the fact that Aerosmith, on this portion of their never ending tour, were performing a measly 95-minute set. 

I remember people telling me the $160 was worth it because the set was nothing but songs from their golden era in the 1970's (approximately $10 a song). In response I said "Well, if you cut thirty-five minutes from your show it's very easy to narrow your set down to one decade". As some of you read this you must immediately be thinking how I am making this up, but I am not because someone I trust implicitly saw it go down first hand.
- more on this story

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