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2&2: Slayer

antiMusic: Tell me about your thoughts on the first ever Grammy Slayer won [earlier this month]. ** Kerry King: I thought it was cool for my dad because yah know he's proud, but for me the f**king Grammy's I think the vote process it's not tainted but it's not correct because it's not by somebody by somebody who knows about every kind of music they're voting for. I think there is probably 25, 40% of people who actually have an idea of what metal is and I think they're 60, 75 percent of people who pass the category and say, "Metal, Slayer, heard of them, cool." I'm glad they did it, yah know hey, it gives me something cool to say "Yeah I won one of those." Not a lot of people in the world can say that, from that aspect it's cool, but I'd rather have awards that educated metal fans voted for.

antiMusic: Do you guys ever feel pressured to change your sound to fit in with modern music? ** Kerry King: Not at all [laughs] I just won a Grammy I don't got to do sh*t [laughs]. This is what we like to do. We were very fortunate when we decided what we were going to do 20 some years ago, we found something we dug and we didn't have to change what we do to be popular. [see full story for the rest of part 1 of this exclusive interview and check back next week for part II] - Click Here for the Full Story 

Blunt Hit & Run

According to several witnesses, James drove their black SUV over the leg of an autograph seeker as the couple slowly pulled away from a Hollywood party Friday night.

A rep for Blunt tells TMZ that, despite reports to the contrary, the person run over "wasn't a fan" and says, "It was a ton of paparazzi that were all swarming [James'] car as he was driving two MPH trying to navigate his way through them... They were invading his space. He was just trying to quietly leave the party." She adds that James is "looking into the matter and will cooperate." [see the full story for more including a photo of the victim who does appear to have a camera around his neck] - Click Here for the Full Story 

Foxy Brown Vs Cops

She held a press conference at a Baptist church in Brooklyn to deny police claims that she spat on the store owner and resisted an officer. 

She claimed she was dragged half-naked out of the store's bathroom and picked on by police because she was black[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

Departed Stones Movie

Scorsese, 64, who on Sunday won the best director Oscar for "The Departed," will direct "The Long Play" and work with Jagger and the British rocker's business partner Victoria Pearman to produce the film, Paramount Pictures said on Tuesday.[ see full story for more - so much for the Departed Too, then again who would star in that?]- Click Here for the Full Story 

Deep Purple CD Deep Sixed

Sony BMG said it was recalling the album and would investigate why Gillan was not told about its plans. [see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

Temple Of Brutality Temp

In addition to David Ellefson, TEMPLE OF BRUTALITY features ex-W.A.S.P. drummer Stet Howland, guitarist Peter Scheithauer (BELLADONNA, KILLING MACHINE) and vocalist Todd Barnes (13-A). [see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

Digital Metallica

"On Tuesday, February 27th all of the promotional videos will be available on the iTunes Music Store including the 'extras' that were on the DVD. That makes 21 videos in all (every one we have ever made — for better or worse!) as well as the 1989 release '2 of One' (previously only available on VHS), 'The Unforgiven' theatrical version, and the 'Some Kind Of Monster' film trailer. You can download the whole package or pick and choose your tracks . . . your call. [see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

Download Firming Up

BRING ME THE HORIZION
DEVILDRIVER
DIMMU BORGIR
DRAGONFORCE
IRON MAIDEN (June 10 headliner)
KILLSWITCH ENGAGE
KORN
LAMB OF GOD
LINKIN PARK (June 9 headliner)
MARILYN MANSON
MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE (June 8 headliner)
SLAYER
VELVET REVOLVER
WOLFMOTHER
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MP3 Player Suit

The suit, which came to light over the weekend, was filed on 16 February in Marshall, Texas. The eastern Texas city is fast becoming one of the leading locations of patent infringement lawsuits in the US thanks to speedy trials and juries that more often than not find in favour of the plaintiff. 

In the complaint Texas MP3 Technologies alleges infringement on US patent 7,065,417, which was awarded in June 2006 to multimedia chip-maker SigmaTel and covers "an MPEG portable sound-reproducing system and a method for reproducing sound data compressed using the MPEG method."
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Velvet Revolver Finish Recording

"Hey everyone, well.... Its finally here. The last day in the studio was yesterday ....sniff.... sniff.... and now all that's left to do is finish mixing. I can't even express to u people how f%@$n awesome it sounds!!!!! All the tracking is done. Just some last minute vox and finish mixing. Its gonna be a good one!"[see full story for some info on some possible cover tunes for the CD]- Click Here for the Full Story 

Warped Backlash?

It has been a very interesting Vans Warped tour to book over 4000 submissions, in booking the tour this year I felt that a diverse line-up was in order. The tour has always been a place to explore and discover new music. This years line-up has old school, emo, punk, screamo, hip-hop, more ska than you have seen in a long time and everything in between. If open minded this will be a great show, if you're not this might be the year to stay home and go do something constructive with your lives instead of complaining about the line-up on the message boards. - Click Here for the Full Story 

Karnivool WAMis

“After being nominated for six WAMi Awards, KARNIVOOL took home a massive five awards. With more cake than they can chew, the Vool scored the WAMi Awards for Most Popular Act, Most Popular Live Act, Best Hard Rock Act, Best Guitarist (Drew Goddard) and Best Male Vocalist (Ian Kenny).[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

Ian Wallace RIP

Wallace died last Thursday at UCLA Medical Center of complications from esophageal cancer, his wife Marjorie Pomeroy said Monday. [see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

YouInSeries New Lineup

"The lineup is finally complete. We would like to welcome Kevin and Daniel to the group. Kevin plays guitar and comes from the band Versus The Mirror (former labelmates) and Daniel plays drums, is a hometown homie and has played in a few local bands and recently toured with Jani Lane.[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

Let's Go Sailing With Elvis

Let's Go Sailing has already gotten love from tastemaker radio stations KCRW, Indie 103.1, KROQ as well as MTV's "Real World," and is now ready to take the show on the road. This Spring will see Shana and crew head out with much-buzzed about folk-rocker and collaborator Elvis Perkins. [see full story for dates]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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