Drowning Pool Week: Soldiers

This track was our response to what we saw and experienced on our first trip to the gulf in 2005. We had the honor of visiting and playing for US troops fighting in Iraq at the time. We were extremely moved by the stories that we heard that the song just came poring out at the next rehearsal. We instantly felt part of such a great family that we had to give something back, a "thank you" if you will. A tip of the hat. The song, though originally only intended to be given away as a free download to our troops through the USO Myspace page, has opened doors to new opportunities for us to help. We teamed up with the IAVA (Iraq, Afghanistan Veterans Of America) in the "This Is For The Soldiers" campaign. The campaign's to raise awareness to some of the wrongs being done by the U.S. government to our returning troops. 

WWW.THISISFORTHESOLDIERS.ORG is a website where anyone can learn about what they can do to let our troops out there know we care and we haven't forgotten them. I'm thankful that we did the song and the fact that Mikes upbeat pattern on the song slays is icing.. - visit thisisforthesoldiers.org

Vagina Tool for Halloween as Puscifer Set Release Date

Keenan has been working on the project for a number of years and according to Keenan's MySpace page, the band members include "Maynard James Keenan and a revolving door of talented people. The current list of guest musicians... Renholdër (Danny Lohner), Milla Jovovich, Lisa Germano, Josh Eustis, Satan, and more...". Keenan has worked on Puscifer material most recently with Lustmord, Jonny Polonski, Tim Alexander, Tim Commerford, Brad Wilk among others according to Wikipedia and Billboard lists Alan Moulder as producer/mixer.- more on this story

MTV Is Watching You!

The cultural icon and reality show incubator will begin monitoring its audience's observational habits with the implementation of second-by-second viewership analysis courtesy of TNS Media Research, intended by the network's corporate parent company Viacom to help the conglomerate more effectively schedule advertising breaks aimed at youth markets. 

TNS, which obtains its data from monitoring the behavior of approximately 300,000 digital cable subscribers in the L.A. area, pitches its technology as both a more accurate reflector of channel-surfing habits than the minute-by-minute analysis already conducted by Nielsen- more on this story

Classical Radiohead Coming To U.S.

Radiohead guitarist Jonny Greenwood plans a U.S. performance early next year but it's not a alt rock n roll extravaganza that fans will be paying to see. Instead they will be treated to Greenwood's classical music piece "Popcorn Superhet Receiver" which he wrote for the BBC in 2005.

Greenwood premiered the compisition in November of last year in London and it will make it's U.S. debut in January of next year at New York City's St. Paul The Apostle church during the The Wordless Music Series.- a small bit more

KFed To Battle Britney Over Kids

Kevin Federline's attorney Mark Vincent Kaplan filed documents at Los Angeles Superior Court on Wednesday seeking primary custody of his children, Sean Preston and Jayden James, according to People.com. This goes against the agreed upon joint custody that Federline and Spears reportedly agreed to in their divorce which became official two weeks ago. - more on this story

Get Down Again Next Month

Philip Anselmo (Pantera, Superjoint Ritual), Pepper Keenan (Corrosion of Conformity), Rex Brown (Pantera), Kirk Windstein (Crowbar) and Jimmy Bower (Eyehategod, Superjoint Ritual) recently completed work on the album and a September 25th release date has been set. The band's last effort "Down II" was released in 2002. 

The band is currently on tour Down Under with Heaven and Hell.- dates be here

Unplugged Reissued and Extended

Columbia/Legacy will release the albums/dvd on September 18th. According to Billboard the releases will be loaded with extras. The Alice in Chains Unplugged will come with three songs that didn't make the broadcast. Those tracks are "Frogs," "Angry Chair" and "The Killer Is Me."

Dylan's CD will include "Dignity" and the DVD will feature "Tombstone Blues," "John Brown" and "Desolation Row". Carey's release doesn't include any new unplugged performances but will include three music videos, behind the scene clips, home movies and an interview. 

Last but not least, the Tony Bennett CD release will include two additional tracks, "(Just a) Little Street Where Old Friends Meet" and "When Do the Bells Ring for Me." The DVD will include interviews with the crooner and Elvis Costello as well as a video for "Steppin' Out With My Baby".
- more on this story

Delayed Cure

So race is on. Will the new Cure album hit stores before Guns N' Roses 'Chinese Democracy'? Most likely, but fans expecting the album this year are to be disappointed as a Geffen Records spokesperson told Reuters Thursday that the album probably won't hit stores until April or May of next year.- more on this story

Axl Almost Broke Up Velvet Revolver?

Slash left Axl and Guns N' Roses over a decade ago and a few years back he formed Velvet Revolver along with other former GNR members Duff McKagan and Matt Sorum. Sleazeroxx is reporting that a press release made Slash's bandmates fear for their future as a band. 

"I was sitting at home writing songs when I heard Axl had put out a press release saying in so many words that I was going back,' Slash said according to Sleazeroxx. "There had been a lot of s%&t going around, stories about me and Axl, but what made this so bad was that it seemed so factual. The guys were worried, angry even. 
- more on this story

B.I.G. Opportunity for Unknowns

Fox Searchlight Pictures has been working on the bio pic, entitled "Notorious," for years and have yet to find the perfect actor to play the famed rapper. So they decided that an open casting call was in order. While the official announcement won't be made until Friday, they tipped off the Associated Press about it a day early. So get your video auditions in order because submissions begin this Sunday at 3 a.m. at http://www.biggiecasting.com.- more on this story

+44 Cancel Europe

"So we're going into the studio instead of playing these few dates. "We hope our fans will forgive us for the cancellation; in the end, this will make for an even better live show when we come back."- more on this story

Megadeth Boxset

Warchest's October 2nd release caps Mustaine and Capitol/EMI's in-depth Megadeth catalog remastering and restoration campaign, which has encompassed the band's Capitol studio albums, while also adding new audio and video collections to the band's arsenal. 

Armed with digitally remastered career-defining album cuts, soundtrack and compilation sides, unreleased live and studio performances and interview clips spanning more than 20 years, Warchest is the ultimate Megadeth compendium. Included in the trove are a full 75-minute live set from a night on the 1990 Clash Of The Titans tour and a DVD of highlights from a 1992 stop supporting Countdown - two historical shows, both making their release debuts on Warchest. - more on this story

More Rock For Kids

The tracks by Moby, Of Montreal, Hem, Rogue Wave and Great Lake Swimmers were recorded specifically for the album. While the remainder of the disc is comprised of previously released gems.
- tracklisting

Heaven And Hell UK

Dubbing the group Heaven And Hell after one of its signature hits, the band launched a much-anticipated world tour in North America earlier this year. The group celebrated its first U.S. concert in 15 years with a sold-out performance at Radio City Music Hall on 30th March. Recorded and filmed in its entirety for DVD/CD release, the concert, entitled Heaven And Hell Live From Radio City Music Hall, will be released by SPV on 27th August.
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