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 NIN
Vs Label For Ripping Off Fans, Announces Remix Collection |
PR reports: Nine Inch Nails mastermind Trent
Reznor is a bit miffed at his record company. He posted the following blog
this weekend. Posted on [05_13_2007] As the climate grows more and more
desperate for record labels, their answer to their mostly self-inflicted
wounds seems to be to screw the consumer over even more. A couple of examples
that quickly come to mind: * The ABSURD retail pricing of Year Zero in
Australia. Shame on you, UMG. Year Zero is selling for $34.99 Australian
dollars ($29.10 US). No wonder people steal music. Avril Lavigne's record
in the same store was $21.99 ($18.21 US). By the way, when I asked a label
rep about this his response was: "It's because we know you have a real
core audience that will pay whatever it costs when you put something out
- you know, true fans. It's the pop stuff we have to discount to get people
to buy." So... I guess as a reward for being a "true fan" you get ripped
off.
* The dreaded EURO Maxi-single. Nothing
but a consumer rip-off that I've been talked into my whole career. No more.
The point is, I am trying my best to make
sure the music and items NIN puts in the marketplace have value, substance
and are worth you considering purchasing. I am not allowing Capital G to
be repackaged into several configurations that result in you getting ripped
off. We are planning a full-length remix collection of substance that will
be announced soon.- Click
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| Geldof
Slams Live Earth |
AP reports: Bob Geldof, who organized the
Live Aid and Live 8 benefit concerts, criticized the Live Earth music events
Al Gore is putting together this summer, saying they lack a specific goal,
according to a Dutch newspaper report Saturday.
"I hope they're a success," De Volkskrant
newspaper quoted Geldof as saying in an interview.
"But why is (Gore) actually organizing
them? To make us aware of the greenhouse effect? Everybody's known about
that problem for years. We are all (expletive) conscious of global warming,"
he said. [see full story for more. He makes a pretty good point but what
did Live 8 really do to help poor countries? Did MTV donate the revenue
from all of their commercials? You remember the ads that were far more
important than airing a Pink Floyd reunion. "Awareness" concerts are really
pointless all together unless the goal is make people aware that Bob and
Al are still alive. ]- Click
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| Britney
Recording A Vapid Pop CD |
Gigwise reports: Britney Spears new album
will shy away from her personal problems and will instead be about “feeling
good”.
Producer Nate "Danja" Hills, who worked
with Britney on her new material says the singer was extremely motivated
in the studio and wanted to forget about the personal problems which have
plauged her recently.
He tells MTV, “There was no, 'I need to
let it all out'. She said she deals with that in another way. She didn't
let none of her personal life into what she was doing. She wanted to stay
away from being personal. [see full story for more]- Click
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| Paul
Says Digital Beatles Almost Here |
Gigwise reports: Sir Paul McCartney has revealed
the deal to make the Beatles back-catalogue available on-line is “virtually
settled”.
The Fab Four’s music has never been available
to download, but, according to McCartney, the much-mooted new deal between
Apple Corp, iTunes and EMI is almost ready to get The Beatles online. [see
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| Unearth
Lose Member |
Lambgoat reports: Unearth has officially parted
ways with drummer Mike Justian. The group has issued the following statement:
"Last night marked the end of the line
for Mike Justian with Unearth. There are many reasons why we decided it
was time to move on without him, but we are not in the business of airing
dirty laundry. We will say that we grew apart as individuals and as musicians
and the split will be best for both the band and Mike.
In true Unearth fashion, we will continue
on without skipping a beat. We are pleased and honored to say that Gene
Hoglan of Strapping Young Lad is filling in for the rest of our tour with
Dimmu Borgir, Devil Driver and Kataklysm.[see full story for more]-
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| Nelly
and Timbaland To Form Rock Band? |
FMQB reports: After the large-scale success
of Nelly Furtado’s third album Loose, the singer wants to switch things
up and try another musical style: Rock. Furtado, who latest album was noted
for its Hip-Hop/Pop/Dance fusion, has been discussing the creation of a
rock band with Hip Hop mogul Timbaland. She told Billboard that the duo
would create music that would be “[their] version of alternative…it wouldn't
necessarily be like heavy and guitar-driven. It would be left field, and
not necessarily Pop."[see full story for more]- Click
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| Metallica
Murder Charges Dropped |
Blabbermouth reports: Canadian Press reports
that all charges have been dismissed against four teenagers in the death
of a man on an Edmonton, Alberta, Canada transit bus after a fight over
the heavy metal band METALLICA.
The four were charged with manslaughter
in the March 2006 death of Stefan Conley, 35, originally from Cookshire,
Que.
...Defence lawyer Peter Royal said Conley
initiated the confrontation by grabbing one of the youths, whose three
friends came to his aid.[see full story for more]- Click
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| New
Killers CD A Long Way Off |
Launch reports: The Killers have told fans
that they will have to wait patiently for their third album.
In an interview with Billboard, guitarist
Dave Keuning said that recording won't even take place until mid-2008,
although he confirmed that they have already started rehearsing for new
ideas for the record.
Speaking of the band's plans, Keuning said
that they have been "jamming here and there in soundcheck" but that "the
recording, it's at least a year off, so it's hard to say what will be kept."[see
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| Panic
Channel Carry On After Leaving Capitol |
Blabbermouth reports: THE PANIC CHANNEL/ex-JANE'S
ADDICTION guitarist Dave Navarro has issued the following update: "Siggy
[Sjursen, bass], Perk [Stephen Perkins, drums] and I have decided to get
together in a couple of weeks and start writing some musical ideas together
while Steve [Isaacs; THE PANIC CHANNEL frontman] is in New York City. At
a later date, Steve is going to come out here for an extended leave from
the East with his ideas and contribute to what we have done, with the sole
purpose of cranking out another PANIC CHANNEL record. We couldn't be more
excited about this because we are now out of Capitol and don't foresee
any potential hold ups from the corporate world. Our plan is to write,
record, mix and make the music available online. Total DIY style.
"We have been complaining about the current
state of the record business for so long and now we have an opportunity
to do what we always wanted... End our personal slavery to a failing corporate
industry that is on its last legs and gasping for air. It's not only Capitol...
It's all of them. They all play follow the leader but they look to each
other to lead. You can easily see how that would be a confusing game to
play. [see full story for more]- Click
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| Hammerfall
Announce Best Of Comp |
Blabbermouth reports: Swedish melodic metallers
HAMMERFALL have set "Steel Meets Steel - Ten Years of Glory" as the title
of their upcoming "best-of" collection, due on October 12 via Nuclear Blast
Records. The CD will include around 25 classic HAMMERFALL tracks along
with three new songs which are currently being recorded at Mi Sueno studios
in Tenerife, Spain: "Last Man Standing", "Restless Soul" and "HammerFall
v1.07".[see full story for more]- Click
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| Prince
Sells Out |
Contact Music reports: Veteran musician PRINCE
sold out 140,000 tickets for seven London gigs in just 20 minutes today
(11May07) - crashing an online booking website in the process. The Purple
Rain star earlier this week (begs07May07) announced he will perform 21
concerts in the British capital later this year (07). The sold out gigs
will all take place at the O2 Arena, formerly the Millennium Dome, in August
and September. [see full story for more]- Click
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| Global
Lollapalooza Plans |
Contact Music reports: Rocker PERRY FARRELL
is planning to take his US festival Lollapalooza around the world. The
former Jane's Addiction frontman launched Lollapalooza as a travelling
festival in 1991 - it ran until 1997 and was then revived by Farrell in
2003, before becoming a one location event in 2005. And now Farrell wants
to bring Lollapalooza to the world. He tells MTV News, "I'm going to look
to take it global. I want to put together an event around the world in
the next 10 years that will refashion, redress and transform.[see full
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| Exies
Vs Paris (To Hype New CD?) |
PR reports: With a little help from their
fanbase, one rock band is fighting the good fight: to keep DUI driving
disaster Paris Hilton behind bars. Frontman Scott Stevens of The Exies
is fired up about Paris' plea for leniency on her 45-day jail sentence
and demands real justice be handed down. Says Stevens: "She [Paris] did
something anyone would be punished for. She's no different than anyone
else, and she needs a reality check and needs to take the hit like everybody
else would."
So, to keep the heiress behind bars, Stevens'
band is starting a petition on their MySpace page encouraging the masses
to sign to help keep Paris in jail. Stevens hopes the petition works but
says he has a plan in the event that Paris doesn't end up serving her jail
time. He says, "We have a show in mid-June at the Roxy in Los Angeles.
Maybe she'll come to that and I can have a word or two with her."
And after getting through to Paris, Steven
plans to zone in on her Simple Life co-star, the stick-thin Nicole Richie,
and confront her about her weight. The Exies' new album, A Modern Way Of
Living With The Truth, hits shelves May 15, and to sign the petition visit
the full story link.- Click
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| Talking
Black Rain with Ozzy |
PR reports: The latest episode of “Talking
Metal” features an interview hosts Mark Strigl and John Ostronomy conducted
with legendary vocalist Ozzy Osbourne. Topics include VH1 Rock Honors,
Ozzy’s new album “Black Rain,” Zakk Wylde, Brad Gillis, Randy Castillo,
Jack Osbourne, the Moscow Music Peace Festival, and Black Sabbath. The
25-minute podcast can be downloaded at the full story link. -
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| Suicidal
Tour Plans |
KNAC reports: California-based thrash/punk
act Suicidal Tendencies have updated their upcoming tour schedule as follows:
5/25 - Thessaloniki, Greece - Idrogios
Club
5/26 - Athens, Greece - Gagarin 205
5/28 - Sofia, Bulgaria - Hristo Botev
5/29 - Istanbul, Turkey - Balans Music
Hall
5/30 - Prague, Czech Rep. - Retro Club
6/1 - Bilbao, Spain - Santana 27
6/2 - Lorca, Spain - Lorca Rock Festival
6/3 - Barcelona, Spain - Razzmatazz
6/5 - Treviso, Italy - Zion Club[see full
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