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antiMusic reports: Contrary to what the light
on their feet bozos at a certain AOHell related tabloid site think, fans
are very much still interested in Axl Rose and Guns N' Roses. If the sold
out concerts last year didn't prove it, the fact that this story about
a release date emerging for the long awaited Chinese Democracy should,
as it not only was the most read story this week but it beat out the 2nd
most read story 3-1, which is quite an accomplishment considering that
story was about a Britney Spears sex tape! Here is the report.
Could it be? After many false starts and
rumored release dates it does look like it is finally going to happen.
That's right the new Guns N' Roses album "Chinese Democracy" has a release
date. At least in the UK which usually sees releases the day before the
US does. If your valentine is a GNR fan then you'll have the perfect gift
next year. So you gotta have just a little more patience.
An astute reader informed us today that
Amazon's UK store is now listing the release date for Chinese Democracy
as Tuesday February 12, 2008. (which we confirmed) UK releases usually
come out on Monday so this may be an exception or a typo but two other
leading UK retailers list a February 11th release date. At press time the
US Amazon site does not list the album. The UK site lists Geffen/Universal
as the label. So news of Axl's split with the label might not be entirely
true but obviously the label would like to recoup the millions they have
sunk into the effort. Early mixes of few tracks leaked last year and were
meet with rave reviews by the true believers and many expected an imminent
release of the album when Axl announced a world tour late last year where
he previewed some tracks from the CD. Then a management shuffle came and
Axl issued a statement saying the release was coming soon.
Now that you are jumping up and down in
celebration we have to tell that this isn't the first time a UK based retailer
has published a release date for "Chinese Democracy". In February, HMV's
website excited GNR fans when they listed a September 2007 release date.
Which will all know did not come to pass. A check of their site today shows
a release date of February 11, 2008 which falls in line with the Monday
release for UK releases. However, to add more fuel to the fire that this
is legit, Virgin Megastore's UK site also lists a 2/11/08 release date.
So with three leading retailers listing a release that week we may finally,
at last see "Chinese Democracy" come to pass in February.
- What
to expect? Here is our review of the leaked tracks
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antiMusic reports: A Britney sex tape? As
you can guess, this one easily became the 2nd biggest story this week.
Here is the Gigwise story: Things have just gone from bad to worse for
Britney Spears with new reports emerging that the pop-tart has been caught
up in yet another sex tape scandal.
Just one day after losing primary physical
custody of her two children to ex-husband Kevin Federline, an unnamed 28-year-old
man has confessed his sex tales with the 25-year-old to a U.S. tabloid
magazine.
The mystery man - who bedded Spears while
she was vacationing on Hawaii in June 2007 claims to have caught their
sweltering one night affair on tape. However her one-night-stand man claims
that he has refrained from releasing the tape because of his slapdash performance.-
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antiMusic reports: This week's third most
read story was the sad news that legendary metal DJ Tawn Mastrey pasted
away on Tuesday. It really hit home here at the Day in Rock because I practically
grew up, as did most southern California rockers, listening to Tawn on
first KNAC and then Pirate Radio. She will be greatly missed. Here is the
story from KNAC.com:
Legendary rock dj and original member of
the KNAC family, Tawn Mastrey died at 10:35pm (Central) on Tuesday, October
2 in Minneapolis at the age of 53. She had been suffering from the effects
of Hepatitis C which she contracted as a child.
Funeral arrangements are pending and will
be announced soon. All of us here at KNAC.COM send our heartfelt sympathy
to her family.- read
a tribute that KNAC posted
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| Monday |
Contact Music reports: DAVID GILMOUR has no
plans to regroup with his PINK FLOYD bandmates again, despite getting fans'
hopes up when the legendary rockers reunited for a one-off Live 8 performance
in 2005.
The guitarist's infamous rift with bandmate
Roger Waters caused the rockers to split in the 1980s, but Gilmour has
dismissed speculation of a Pink Floyd reunion because he's more interested
in his solo work.
He says, "What I've been doing for the
last couple of years - what I was in the middle of when Live 8 came along
- was my album, and that's what I'm thinking about. "I can't see why I
would want to be going back to that old thing. It's very retrogressive.-
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Blabbermouth reports: RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE
guitarist Tom Morello's alter ego THE NIGHTWATCHMAN will support SYSTEM
OF A DOWN singer Serj Tankian on several dates in October.
THE NIGHTWATCHMAN's schedule is shaping
up as follows - with Serj Tankian:
Oct. 12 - Chicago, IL - Vic Theater
Oct. 14 - Toronto, ONT - Guvernment
Oct. 15 - Boston, MA - Paradise
Oct. 17 - New York, NY - Irving Plaza
Oct. 18 - Philadelphia, PA - TLA
Oct. 20 - Atlanta, GA - The Roxy
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antiMusic reports: Bad news Zeppelin fans.
It looks like one show is all we will get. Gigwise has the report: Led
Zeppelin frontman Robert Plant has ruled out hopes of a full Led Zeppelin
reunion tour.
It had been hoped that the band would extended
their one-off show at London's O2 Arena on November 26th to allow more
people to see the veteran rockers make their comeback.
Plant has now definitely ruled out the
prospect of more dates, however, saying: "We need to do one last great
show, because we've done some shows and they've been crap."-
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antiMusic reports: For those wondering what
Dave and the VHs are playing on the reunion tour, Sleazeroxx has hooked
a set list from their kickoff show. Here is their story: Van Halen is officially
on the road for the first time in 22 years with original singer David Lee
Roth. The tour kicked off in Charlotte, North Carolina last Thursday night.
The setlist, as expected, was all sourced
from the Roth era albums from the self-titled debut in 1978 through to
his final album with the band, 1984's '1984'. Putting the albums back to
back, the band performed: Van Halen (1978) 8 tracks - Van Halen II (1979)
3 tracks - Women and Children First (1980) 3 tracks - Fair Warning (1981)
3 tracks - Diver Down (1982) 2 tracks - 1984 (1984) 5 tracks
01. You Really Got Me (from Van Halen,
1978)
02. I'm the One (from Van Halen, 1978)
03. Runnin' With the Devil (from Van Halen,
1978)
04. Romeo Delight (from Women and Children
First, 1980)
05. Somebody Get Me a Doctor (from Van
Halen II, 1979)
06. Beautiful Girls (from Van Halen II,
1979)
07. Dance the Night Away (from Van Halen
II, 1979)
08. Atomic Punk (from Van Halen, 1978)
09. Everybody Wants Some (from Women and
Children First, 1980)
10. So This Is Love? (from Fair Warning,
1981)-
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Metal Underground reports: Courtney Love settled
a lawsuit brought against her by the attorneys who represented her in her
own legal battle with the surviving members of NIRVANA, according to Seattle
Weekly. Katherine Hendricks and O. Yale Lewis claimed that Love owed them
more than $340,000, plus interest, for their work on a 2002 suit that Love
filed against NIRVANA bassist Krist Novoselic and drummer Dave Grohl. Love,
who controlled the share of NIRVANA's business that had belonged to her
late husband, NIRVANA frontman Kurt Cobain, allegedly did not fully pay
her lawyers even though she eventually earned at least $9 million as a
result of that suit.
Love settled with Hendricks and Lewis for
an undisclosed sum. The settlement was effective as of Monday, September
17. The case was scheduled to go to trial on Wednesday, September 19.
According to court records, Love had paid
the Seattle-based attorneys more than one million dollars in the NIRVANA
suit, but still owed them $341,000 plus as much as $200,000 in interest.-
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Filter reports: Radiohead have finally stopped
the cryptic messages and have released a slew of details pertaining to
the release of their seventh LP, In Rainbows. The album will be available
in three, count them three different ways.
The madness will first begin on October
10, when the Nigel Godrich produced disc will be available as a DRM-free
MP3 download. For this, you can pay whatever you want for it. Yes, you
did read that correctly. Seen as more of a donation, its a guarantee no
Radiohead fan will go without that day.
The second option sees In Rainbows being
sold as part of a deluxe discbox. To ship in Decmeber, the discbox will
include a hardcopy of the LP, an enhanced bonus CD with an additional 8
tracks, various photos/artwork and lyric booklets all wrapped in a beautiful
package. And since you saved money by probably paying close to nothing
for the digital download, the entire package comes in at a nifty, $81.00.-
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Gigwise reports: U2 frontman Bono has reportedly
written a song for the Spice Girls to coincide with their reunion. The
song is expected to feature on the group's forthcoming greatest hits album
which is pencilled in for release on November 5th.
According to the Mirror, the U2 singer
has been brought in by the group's record label to ensure that the album
sells as many copies as possible.
A 'source' told the paper: "There's been
a bit of unease as to how the album will perform and if there's still a
solid Spice Girls' fan base out there.-
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a Spice Girl- Photog Cause Urban Crash?- Radiohead Offer CD Free- Elton
Child Porn Show Nixed-Love Settles Nirvana Suit- Underoath Illness- Otep-
Wishbone Ash- Saw IV- Flyleaf- Chambers Brothers- Langerado Fest- Seether-
Trey Day- Scrap Metal- Led Zeppelin- Violent Force- Atrocity Reissue- more
| Wednesday |
PR reports: The critically lauded Arrested
Development is set to release Since The Last Time (Vagabond Records &
Tapes) in North America, the band's first album of new material in over
12 years. The CD will finally get a US release on October 30th.
One of the most influential bands of the
positive hip hop movement and known for their political and socially conscious
lyrics, Arrested Development exploded onto the scene in 1992 with the Grammy-winning
album 3 Years, 5 Months and 2 Days in the Life Of
Now with the October
30 release of Since The Last Time, Arrested Development is poised to re-join
the ranks of the consummate bands and musicians they helped inspire, such
as the Black Eyed Peas, who Arrested Development recently played an unprecedented
gig with in Jerusalem, as well as The Roots and Common. Even brand new
acts like Gym Class Heroes have cited the band's influence. Group frontman
Speech collaborated on "Biter's Block" off that band's highly successful
new album.
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Gigwise reports: Placebo drummer Steve Hewitt
has quit the band after over a decade with the group. The decision is understood
to be an 'amicable' one between all the members of the band.
Announcing Hewitt's departure on the band's
website, Placebo frontman Brian Moloko explained: "Being in a band is very
much like being in a marriage and in couples - in this case a triple. People
can grow apart over the years."
He added: "To say you don't love your partner
anymore is inaccurate considering all that you've been through and achieved
together. There simply comes a point when you realise that you want different
things from your relationship and that you can no longer live under the
same roof, so to speak."
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antiMusic reports: Brad, the Seattle group
that features Pearl Jam guitarist Stone Gossard have announced three reunion
shows as well as plans for a new album. The main gig will be a charity
event to raise funds for the Huntington's Disease Society of America. They
have also booked a warm up show in New York as well as a home town show.
The band made the announcement on their
official site: "BRAD is to reunite for the first time since 2005 to play
some live shows ahead of the release of their new album. The band travel
to New York for a special benefit event hosted by Tim Robbins. The evening
will be a celebration of Woody and Marjorie Guthrie to benefit Huntington's
Disease Society of America (HDSA) and will also feature Billy Bragg and
some very special guests. 17th October 2007 - Webster Hall, NEW YORK at
7pm"
Today they announced additional shows:
"As a 'warm-up' to the HDSA benefit show on the 17th October Brad will
be playing on the 16th October at the Highline Ballroom in New York. Brad
then head back to Seattle and play Neumos on the 19th October."
- that's
not the only reunion Stone is looking at
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Ban- Morrissey- Tawn Mastrey- Neko Case- Megadeth- Phil Ramone Tells His
Story- Limbonic Art Return- Coheed & Cambria- Sister Hazel- Juliette
Licks the Road- Sevendust- Spin Punk- Song of America- The Pendletons-
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| Thursday |
MSO reports: As Underoath cross the U.S. on
their headlining fall tour with Every Time I Die, Poison The Well and Maylene
& the Sons of Disaster, they encountered an unexpected challenge at
Sunday night's show in Las Vegas. While in Las Vegas, Underoath drummer/vocalist
Aaron Gillespie had to undergo emergency surgery to treat an infection
in his hand.
In order to avoid canceling a slew of tour
dates (including some high-profile shows), the band enlisted the help of
drummer Kenny Bozich--a long-time fan of Underoath who was recruited by
Gillespie to join his solo project The Almost. Luck was on Underoath's
side, as they had to track down Bozich while he was hiking in the mountains
of Utah.
Bozich left the mountains with just enough
time catch a flight to Las Vegas that landed 25-minutes before Underoath
would take the stage Sunday night at the House of Blues. The band texted
Bozich a set list and he listened to the songs nonstop on the flight. The
group and Bozich had less than 5-minutes to talk before they took the stage,
the band and Bozich managed to still play a strong 40-minute set.-
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but there is more to this story that has something to do with a DVD
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Punknews.org reports: The final tracklisting
has been announced for Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock, the second sequel
in the wildly successful Guitar Hero series. The game is due out before
March 2008 and is set to include artists like Dead Kennedys, Bloc Party,
Matchbook Romance,Social Distortion, AFI, Weezer, Beastie Boys, Slayer,
Queens Of The Stone Age, Dragonforce, The Strokes, Muse, Tenancious D,
Smashing Pumpkins and Iron Maiden.
AFI - "Miss Murder"
Aerosmith - "Same Old Song and Dance"
Alice Cooper - "School's Out"
Backyard Babies - "Minus Celsius"
Beastie Boys - "Sabotage"
Black Sabbath - "Paranoid"
Bloc Party - "Helicopter"
Blue Oyster Cult - "Cities on Flame with
Rock and Roll"
Bret Michaels Band - "Go That Far"
Charlie Daniels Band - "Devil Went Down
to Georgia"
Cream - "Sunshine of Your Love"
Dead Kennedys - "Holiday in Cambodia"
Die Toten Hosen - "Hier Kommt Alex"
Disturbed - "Stricken"
DragonForce - "Through the Fire and Flames"
Eric Johnson - "Cliffs of Dover"
Foghat - "Slow Ride"
Gallows - "In the Belly of a Shark"
Guns N' Roses - "Welcome to the Jungle"
Heart - "Barracuda"
Heroes Del Silencio - "Avalancha"
In Flames - "Take This Life"
Iron Maiden - "The Number of the Beast"
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Gigwise reports: Gigwise has been inundated
with messages from Led Zeppelin fans who are angry with Harvey Goldsmith's
announcement that no-one will be able to attend the o2 Arena without positive
ID matching their sign-up name.
The promoter seemed un-phased by news that
unique ticket codes given to successful ballot entrants were being sold
for over the odds prices, claiming anyone who buys one won't be able to
attend.
However, Led Zeppelin fans have now turned
on him claiming that it's the fans who are the victims here and not the
touts organisers are apparently trying to clamp down on. In a direct letter
to Gigwise, Led Zep fan Felix Carassco who has bought a ticket code, said:
"I find it a disgrace that Harvey Goldsmith is going after the real fans
after he is only selling 10,000 tickets for a 20,000 seater arena. I am
sure that the other half will be going to his company and friends and a
good few thousand 'guests'!- more
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| Friday |
antiMusic reports: Van Halen sent over an
update. Most of it is recapping reviews so we'll skip most of that but
of interest is that two new dates have been added in Vegas. With a blazing
and defiant guitar run, rock legends VAN HALEN lit the torch on the opening
night of one of the most highly anticipated tours in rock history.
More than 18,000 fans, including those
lining the rafters, stood on their feet at the Charlotte Bobcats Arena,
as original lead vocalist David Lee Roth took the stage with the band.
It was a celebration of more than 22 years in the making.
And the capacity crowd in Charlotte answered
the age old question. Yes, everybody wants some. Shows in other cities
including LA and New York sold out in minutes. Two brand new dates have
also been added to the tour.
MGM Grand Arena, Las Vegas, NV - Dec. 28,
2007 - Tickets on sale Saturday 10/06 @ 10:00 AM
MGM Grand Arena, Las Vegas, NV - Dec. 30,
2007 - Tickets on sale Saturday 10/06 @ 10:00 AM
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antiMusic reports: Some pretty major news
came over from the Hanson camp late last night. Here is the statement:
"Guitarist Isaac Hanson of the rock group Hanson has been hospitalized
at Baylor University Hospital in Dallas, TX. After last nights performance
in Dallas, Isaac was complaining of severe pain in his shoulders and chest.
He underwent several tests throughout the night and has been diagnosed
with pulmonary embolism.
"Hanson's show tonight at Cains Ballroom
in Tulsa, OK has been cancelled. Isaac is currently undergoing treatment
and will be re-evaluated shortly by doctors. Further information about
the tour will be made available at that time."- more
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PR reports: Taking Back Sunday would like
to announce that vocalist-guitarist Fred Mascherino has decided to leave
the band to pursue a solo career. Mascherino joined Taking Back Sunday
in 2003 and appeared on the band's gold-certified albums Louder Now and
Where You Want To Be.
"We are sad to see Fred go," says vocalist
Adam Lazzara, "and we wish him well with his new project. As for Taking
Back Sunday, we're alive and well. We've started working on the new album
and it feels really good."
"There's a creative spark that comes in
this part of the process and for a band there's nothing better than when
you hit it and start having two hour conversations about music," adds bassist,
Matt Rubano. "That's where we are and we're excited to challenge ourselves
and see what the future holds."- more
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antiMusic reports: Recording Industry vs The
People delivers some pretty big news "The first-ever jury trial for the
RIAA, in Vrigin v. Thomas (renamed Capitol v. Thomas after Virgin Records
withdrew from case), has resulted in a verdict against the defendant, Jammie
Thomas, in the amount of $220,000." The fine was for 24 songs the RIAA
claimed the defendant illegally made available online.
Recording Industry vs The People's editor
added this opinion: I'm sorry to hear that Ms. Thomas lost, but I don't
think the case is over by a long shot; the verdict -- based as it upon
an entirely erroneous jury instruction going to the very heart of the case
-- will almost definitely be set aside on appeal.
The heart of that claim comes from this
report by the site: It appears that the RIAA lawyers forgot to notify Judge
Karas, the presiding judge in , that a decision they'd sent him in August
was vacated a week ago. Read more about both cases - here
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Reviews |
In a genre that is saturated
with subpar metalcore, wanna-be poser bands and generally garbage-filled
tripe, As I Lay Dying unleashes easily the strongest album of their career,
and in the process, lay waste to 90% of the metal scene.
(5 stars)
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the full As I Lay Dying - An Ocean Between Us review
You don't have to have a calculator
to list off the number of bands that started off in the '60s and are still
relevant and creative today. One that automatically comes to mind is Jethro
Tull. Morley had the pleasure to speak to mastermind Ian Anderson.-
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Metal Blade Records assembled
a diverse, and powerful tour package in honor of its milestone 25th anniversary
featuring Black Dahlia Murder, Cannibal Corpse, Goatwhore, the Absence
and the Red Chord.- Read
the full Metal Blade 25th Anniversary Tour review
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