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 Van
Halen Replaced |
Blabbermouth reports: VELVET REVOLVER has
been tapped for VAN HALEN's induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
The band will perform in VAN HALEN's place, and singer Scott Weiland and
guitarist Slash will speak on VAN HALEN's behalf. For now, it doesn't look
like David Lee Roth and Sammy Hagar will join VELVET REVOLVER onstage,
and Michael Anthony hasn't commented yet. It's still unknown whether Eddie
and Alex Van Halen will attend the ceremony.
Hagar had originally told Launch that he
thought the job of inducting VAN HALEN into the Rock Hall would go to his
friend and sometime drummer Chad Smith's group. "I was told that they were
gonna get the CHILI PEPP — trying to get the (RED HOT) CHILI PEPPERS to
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| Pearl
Jam Palooza |
Chicago Sun-Times reports: The major headliner
for year three of the retooled Lollapalooza concert will be none other
than the band that became the breakout superstar of the old Lollapalooza
back in 1992: Seattle's godfathers of grunge, Pearl Jam.
The three-day concert will take place in
Grant Park from Aug. 3-5, and Lollapalooza promoters don't plan on announcing
the 130-band lineup or putting tickets on sale for several weeks[see full
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| O'Jay
Vs O'Jays |
AP reports: A longtime member of the O'Jays
has sued his former partners and record label over royalties.
Sammy Strain charges in his $15 million
civil lawsuit that he never received any royalties from his 16 years with
the group, when the O'Jays recorded hits such as "Used to Be My Girl" and
"Forever Mine."
"My client has been stabbed in the back
for the love of money," said lawyer Charles A. Whittier, invoking the title
of another O'Jays hit "The Love of Money."[see full story for more]-
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| NME
Monkeys |
Reuters reports: British bands swept the NME
music awards on Thursday, with last year's champions the Arctic Monkeys
doing it again in 2007 with two more prizes.
But the United States were also honoured,
with My Chemical Romance taking the Best International Band category and
The Killers winning Best Video for "Bones."
The Arctic Monkeys, who took three NME
awards in 2006 following the sensational success of their debut album,
were the only multiple winners of 2007, picking up prizes for Best Album
for "Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not" and Best Music DVD
for "Scummy Man."[see full story for more]- Click
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| Ryan
Adams in June |
Gigwise reports: Ryan Adams has sorted through
the 3492 songs on his website and come up with a shortlist of thirteen
for his new album.
Said album will be called ‘Easy Tiger’
and is set to land on June 4 via Lost Highway, hopefully it won’t contain
any rapping. [see full story for tracklist]- Click
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| Foxy
Brown Escapes Jail |
TMZ reports: A Manhattan judge just spared
Foxy Brown from a year in jail for violating her probation by traveling
out of New York without permission.
The volatile rapper pleaded guilty on Thursday
morning to violating the probation that stemmed from a fight at a New York
nail salon in 2004. Brown had traveled to Florida last month -- and was
arrested February 15 in yet another dust-up at a beauty supply store. She
was charged in Florida with resisting an officer and simple battery.
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| White
Stripes Icky Clues |
CMJ reports: Now sitting cozy at their new
home at Warner Brothers, the White Stripes have made their first official
announcement regarding their new album, Icky Thump. While no word on where
that title came from, Jack and Meg did include on a message via their website
that "some residents of northern England might almost recognize the title,
the Stripes stress they are spelling it wrong intentionally just for 'kicks'
and 'metaphors,' and to avoid a possible lawsuit from the estate of Billy
Eckstine."[see full story for more]- Click
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| Digital
Misfits |
Blabbermouth reports: Former MISFITS frontman
Michale Graves has just released "Demos and Live Cuts Vol. 1", an Internet-exclusive
collection of "demos, pre-production drafts and live outtakes from CBGB
in New York City."
Commented Graves: "I have always found
it intriguing when artists release demos. To me, it seems to pull away
some of the polish and give the listener the opportunity to hear the songs
in a more infantile form. As a musician and an artist it is especially
cool to hear the demos and preproduction drafts of artists I admire because
it pulls the curtain back and showcases the song and the musician on a
level I can relate to. I do a lot of creating and recording right here
in my office/studio/closet. I know a lot of my fans do to. I hope too that
some of my young fans will be inspired when they hear these tracks to keep
working at their own dreams as I work at mine tirelessly."[see full story
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| Metal
Mania Stripped Show |
Blabbermouth reports: Full Metal Jackie, the
host of Indie 103.1's specialty metal show "Chaos", has announced that
the upcoming acoustic show featuring QUEENSRŸCHE, TESLA, GREAT WHITE, DOKKEN
and original WARRANT lead singer Jani Lane to promote the forthcoming "VH1
Metal Mania Stripped Volume 3" CD will take place at the Key Club in Los
Angeles on March 7. According to Jackie, who will be hosting the event,
"each of the five artists will be performing a selection of their greatest
hits acoustically in celebration" of the new Sidewinder Music release,
which will hit stores on Tuesday, March 6.[see full story for more]-
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| Live
Dates |
TuneLab reports: Live have announced several
tour dates, they include:
March 23rd in Mt. Pleasant, MI @ Soaring
Eagle Resort
March 24th in Chicago, IL @ Riviera Theatre
March 29th in St. Petersburg, FL @ Jannus
Landing
March 31st in Atlanta, GA @ Centennial
Olympic Park
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| Hinder
Roach Dorm Tour |
TuneLab reports: Hinder will be joined by
Papa Roach on their "Dorm to Dorm Music Tour" which will begin in April.
The tour is expected to hit thirty cities with the following dates confirmed
so far:
April 13th in Johnstown, PA @ University
of Pittsburgh - Johnstown
April 14th in Cullowhee, NC @ Western
Carolina University
April 16th in Dahlonega, GA @ North Georgia
College Student Center
April 17th in Chattanooga, TN @ Memorial
Auditorium
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| Congress
To Ban DRM? |
tinfoil.music reports: Reps. Rich Boucher
(D-Va.) and John Dolittle (R-Calif.) introduced their "Freedom and Innovation
Revitalizing U.S. Entrepreneurship" (or FAIR USE) Act today, one that aims
to make crippled DRM illegal. Check it:
"The Digital Millennium Copyright Act dramatically
tilted the copyright balance toward complete copyright protection at the
expense of the public's right to fair use. Without a change in the law,
individuals will be less willing to purchase digital media if their use
of the media within the home is severely circumscribed and the manufacturers
of equipment and software that enables circumvention for legitimate purposes
will be reluctant to introduce the products into the market." [see full
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| Otep
Dropped? |
SMN reports: Following the recent merger between
Capitol Music Group and Virgin Records, it appears as though there will
be some fallout, with OTEP one of the rumored bands to get the axe. Preparing
to release their next effort “The_Ascension” on March 20th through Capitol/EMI,
all plans surrounding this move have been indefinitely put on hold. [see
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| Gorgasm
Lose Member |
SMN reports: Chicago based brutal death metallers
GORGASM have posted the following update: “Longtime bassist/vocalist Paul
Garcia has left GORGASM due to personal reasons. No more will be said about
that matter, so please don’t waste your time asking us about it. We wish
Paul success with his band NECROPSY and in everything else that he gets
involved in musically. [see full story for more]- Click
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| Stavesacre
Call it a Day |
Lambgoat reports: After roughly twelve years
together, California rock band Stavesacre (Abacus Recordings) has announced
that they're breaking up. The group has issued the following statement:
"I'm sure you've all been wondering what
is going on at the Stavesacre Foundation as of late. The fact of the matter
is, Stavesacre as we know it, is done. There is no tragic 'Behind the Music'
story. We all love each other, and you, as much as we ever have. We just
feel that after an incredible 11 year run, it is time to close this particular
chapter in our rock and roll journey. [see full story for details on how
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| Susperia
Set Date |
PR reports: Norwegian melodic thrashers SUSPERIA
release their new studio album ‘Cut From Stone’ on 2nd April in Norway
and 9th April in the rest of Europe via the TABU label (a Division of TUBA
Records, Norway). Release details for the USA are expected to be confirmed
soon.
The Oslo based five piece - vocalist Athera,
bass guitarist Memnock, drummer Tjodalv, guitarists Elvorn and Cyrus -
have assembled a collection of aggressive hard hitting metal songs with
a melodic edge. A maelstrom of vicious riffs and melody lies at the heart
of the bands powerhouse performance on the eleven new songs that make up
‘Cut From Stone’. The full track listing is ’More‘, ’Lackluster Day’, ‘The
Clone’, ‘Distant Memory’ ‘Release’, ‘Life Deprived’, ‘Between The Lines’,
‘Bound To Come’, ‘Under’, ‘Brother’, ‘Cut From Stone’.-
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| Merle
Haggard, Willie Nelson and Ray Price Team Up |
PR reports: They just don’t make ‘em like
they used to. That is, until now. Country Music Hall of Famers Merle Haggard,
Willie Nelson and Ray Price have joined together to record the appropriately
titled Last Of The Breed. The trio’s first album together will be released
by Lost Highway on March 20.
Last Of The Breed is a two-disc, 22-song
collection of newly recorded versions of country classics by three of the
genres most important and influential artists....In March, Merle, Ray and
Willie will head out on a tour in support of Last Of The Breed, with the
acclaimed Asleep At The Wheel as their backing band. The tour will include
stops in New York, Nashville, Las Vegas, Detroit and Colorado Springs.
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