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Metal Underground reports: A former rock star
convicted of trying to rape a teenage boy in his Northamptonshire cottage
is to write an expose of his life story when he is freed from prison. Dave
Holland, the ex-drummer of heavy metal band JUDAS PRIEST, always denied
any involvement in the attempted rape of the special needs student but
was convicted of the crime at Northampton Crown Court in January 2004 and
sentenced to eight years in jail.
Author Neil Daniels, who has now written
and published The Story of Judas Priest: Defenders Of The Faith, claims
Holland wrote to him from his prison cell and is planning to write a tell-all
biography of his life and career, as well as appeal against the court's
decision.
The letter, dated November 2006 and published
in full in Mr Daniels' book, said: "I was convicted of a crime that I didn't
commit and like so many others in similar situations to the one in which
I find myself, an offence that never even existed in the first place
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antiMusic reports: Before we get to the reposting
for this story a not so quick note. Anytime we run ANYTHING on Clay the
nuts come out of the woodwork with propaganda and conspiracy theories either
for or against him. Both ask us to print such stories and we reject almost
all due to the questionable sources. One fan emailed us about the Green
Beret who made the gay accusations later recanting and saying he was paid
to make the accusations by some people that have nothing better to do with
their lives than hate and spread lies about Clay Aiken. Mixed in with that
conspiracy theory with all the related links etc we searched trying to
find the real source, is that someone was pretending to be Clay online
at gay websites and tricked the accuser (who claimed to have had an actual
sexual encounter with Aiken). The fan who emailed us offered up a link
to 3rd or 4th generation reposting of what are reported to be screen captures
of an online chat where the accuser recanted. This Aiken fan/blogger stated
that "screen captures don't lie". However, anyone with minimal photoshop
skills can create what was presented and since a source of these captures
was not really provided (eg where the chat took place etc etc - may have
been on the 1st generation posting but not on the ones provided) and the
fact that even if they were actual screen captures anyone can pretend to
be anyone online so they do not offer proof. They very well may be legitimate
but there is no way to validate them. So digging a little further and trying
to find a non-Aiken fan page or blog where this recanting was reported
and we could not. A LexisNexis search returned nothing. A google web and
news search only returned Aiken fansite and blog reports. That being said
if any Aiken fans have a legitimate source for a recanting by the accuser
eg a real statement etc., we would be more than happy to report it but
what has been sent to us can't be verified for accuracy. And yes, as a
few have emailed us, Tabloids are notoriously inaccurate and bias stories
for sensational reasons that's why if we do use a tabloid source for a
story it is ALWAYS sourced so people know to take the story with not only
a gain of salt but a pound. People will believe whatever they want to at
the end of the day. On the other hand a tabloid that knowingly prints a
false story is open to litigation. If a story seems legitimate and newsworthy
we will report it. We have reported on some but by no means all of the
gay accusations against Aiken. However we personally could care less if
a pop star is gay or not and are not out to get anyone let alone a runner
up on a TV show. We are not jealous Jr. High school girls but report on
stories in the music world like the following story about a church where
some members reportedly had some problems with the gay RUMORS before they
would allow Aiken to perform. So you can send us hate mail about the stories
but the only good it really does is provide us with entertainment with
how hysterical some are. And by all means if you have a positive newsworthy
story send it in we will be happy to report on it. (a story about an idiot
that has nothing better to do but hate Aiken and his turning up at a concert
and Clay ignoring him doesn't really qualify). And for those that emailed
us asking what difference would it make to Christians if Clay is gay or
not, why are you asking us? Take a few minutes and go talk to a local pastor
or priest and ask them why most Christians frown upon homosexuality. That's
not for us to answer. Now on with the silly Clay story from this past week:
If he's gay he can't play. That's what
some members of a Kansas church have to say about a booking of the American
Idol runner-up Clay Aiken. Contact Music has the report (so don't send
us hate mail): Aiken is caught up in another gay controversy after parishioners
at a church where he is set to perform a Christmas (07) concert demanded
assurances the singer isn't a homosexual.
Aiken's sexuality hit the headlines last
year (06) when a former Green Beret soldier revealed he had spent a night
of passion with the crooner, but Aiken refused to discuss the issue when
it came up in interviews. Then, fans threatened to file a class action
suit against the singer if it was proven he was gay.
And now, elders at a Wichita, Kansas church
want to make sure the singer is heterosexual before green-lighting plans
for him to perform for their congregation on 26 November (07). -
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Wenn reports: Good Charlotte Bassist Paul
Thomas played on through the pain after tumbling from the stage at a performance
in Australia on Tuesday (09Oct07).
The group were only two songs into the
concert in Brisbane when Thomas fell, spraining an ankle. He then picked
himself up, climbed back on stage and carried on playing.
After the concert, Thomas was taken to
hospital and X-rayed, but was found not to have broken any bones.-
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| Monday |
Contact Music reports: Hip-hop star Lil Wayne
has been arrested in Idaho on a felony fugitive charge - after being accused
of possessing drugs in the state of Georgia.
The rapper, real name Dwayne Michael Carter
Jr, was apprehended by authorities on Friday night (05Oct07) following
a gig in Boise, and was booked into Ada County jail. Carter was picked
up on a felony warrant out of Fulton County, Georgia, for a felony possession
of drugs charge.
Authorities from Georgia contacted Idaho
police and gave them the heads up about the warrant. The 25-year-old was
not eligible for bond due to the nature of the charge-
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antiMusic reports: Tony Danza is not the boss
in record stores, that title this week belongs to Bruce Springsteen. But
while he is enjoying international success on the charts for his "blue
collar rock" some long time fans are wondering if it's time to fire the
Boss over issues with his current tour. Did we mention he's been sued over
a 850,000 dollar horse for his teenage daughter?
Bruce Springsteen has topped the UK charts
for the seventh time in his career with his latest album, Magic, reports
the BBC. And Billboard reported on Sunday that the Boss is expected to
top the US charts as well, having sold 165,000 copies of the album as of
Friday.
While Bruce is enjoying chart success,
the "blue collar hero" has been sued for backing out of a $850,000 deal
to purchase a horse for their teenage daughter. At least now we know why
ticket prices for "the man of the people" are offered at Yuppie prices,
and speaking of which his tour is off to a rocky start with many longtime
fans angered by the general admission policy on the outing which kicked
off last week. You can read Tony Kuzminski special report right
- here
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antiMusic reports: Playing in a rock band
can be hazardous to your health. Bad food, bad groupies, bad drugs can
all lead to major health problems but it's the strings on your instrument
you really have to look out for. Just ask The Cribs' bassist Gary Jarman.
Contact music has the report:
British rocker Gary Jarman has been admitted
to hospital after suffering from suspected blood poisoning. The Cribs'
bassist is thought to have contracted the condition after accidentally
cutting himself with the strings of his bass guitar during a recent gig.
He had complained of pains in his arms
on Saturday (06Oct07), but managed to play a scheduled gig in Sheffield,
England. Jarman was taken to a local hospital in the early hours of Sunday
morning (07Oct07) where it was confirmed he was suffering from blood poisoning.-
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more stories including: Rocker
Poisoned- New Gay Aiken Controversy- Lil Wayne Arrest- B.I.G. Lawsuit for
Diddy- Sigur Ros- Monster In The Machine- Britney Blackout- Deftones- Fair
to Midland- Portugal. The Man- Dirty Vegas Solo- After Forever- Suicidal
Waste Tour- Overkill- KISS - Bloc Party- Staple Singers Hanoi Rocks- more
| Tuesday |
Gigwise reports: The Police's guitarist Andy
Summers has hinted that the band might consider recording a new album after
their reunion world tour finishes.
Originally there had been no plans for
the band to record new material, however, Summers has said that he would
now consider it a "challenge."
"It's sort of like living with the elephant
in the room," Summers told AP. "I would see it as a challenge, to make
an absolutely brilliant pop album at this stage of our career, and that
would be something quite remarkable"
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antiMusic reports: In bitter turn of irony
Green Day's Billy Joe Armstrong finds the current scene stagnant making
the recording of their new album difficult. The irony comes from the fact
that most "emo" groups are built around imitations of Armstrong's nasal
vocal style. Gigwise has the report:
Green Day have a huge 45 songs primed and
ready to record for their new album but say they're finding it hard to
draw inspiration from the current 'stagnant' music scene.
Peter Pan-esque frontman Billie Joe Armstrong
explains that the band are in the midst of a chaotic writing process in
studios in Oakland and California, and that they hope to whittle down the
songs soon.
"We've been doing this for 20 years now.
You want to make sure you're being honest with yourself. I also have to
ask myself 'what's real out there?' Right now, it seems stagnant."-
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antiMusic reports: Nine Inch Nails mastermind
Trent Reznor has been very public about his dissatisfaction with some label
policies including what he saw as overpricing of the band's latest CD in
Australia to which he was told that the label charged that much because
the fans would pay it. That didn't sit well with Trent and during a recent
concert Down Under he encouraged his fans to steal his music instead of
paying inflated prices. Now Reznor won't have to worry about such things
as he announced on Monday that Nine Inch Nails are officially free agents
having left their record company behind. Here is his message:
Hello everyone. I've waited a LONG time
to be able to make the following announcement: as of right now Nine Inch
Nails is a totally free agent, free of any recording contract with any
label.
I have been under recording contracts for
18 years and have watched the business radically mutate from one thing
to something inherently very different and it gives me great pleasure to
be able to finally have a direct relationship with the audience as I see
fit and appropriate.
Look for some announcements in the near
future regarding 2008. Exciting times, indeed
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more stories including: Police
Eye New CD?- NIN Drop Record Co- Green Day Not Impressed with Scene They
Inspired- Paul Bostaph Testament- Triumph Reunion?- What To Watch- The
Acacia Strain- Portugal. The Man- Darfur Charity Album- Soilent Green-
Amon Amarth- Hurricane Chris- She Wants More Revenge- Lonestar- more
| Wednesday |
antiMusic reports: George Harrison's solo
catalog joined his former Beatles bandmates on iTunes on Tuesday. iTunes
publicist informs us that apart from Harrison's entire post Beatles catalog
they are also offering some exclusives as well.
With the release Tuesday that means that
iTunes now carries all four Beatles members solo efforts and now all that
is left is for iTunes to snatch up rights to sell the Beatles songs digitally
which so far has eluded everyone that has tried to get the rights. But
all signs point to iTunes snagging the deal and being able to offer fans
at last legal downloads of the most popular group in rock history. Kind
of fitting since it has long been rumored that Steve Jobs took the name
Apple from the Beatles famed record and everything else company.
On the other hand there is a long history
of litigation over the name Apple between the Jobs lead company and the
Beatles empire, some of the legal issues revolved around Apple getting
into the music business but hopefully both sides can "let it be" and move
forward and give fans the Beatles iTunes they crave.-
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out the George Harrison catalog at iTunes here
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PR reports: It has been 20 years since N.W.A
rocketed Straight Outta Compton to double platinum success and worldwide
acclaim and notoriety as rap music's most powerful force, redefining forever
the trajectory of popular music. On December 4, Capitol/Priority will release
an expanded 20th Anniversary Edition of the landmark album in CD, vinyl
and digital formats.
The commemorative release adds five bonus
tracks, including a live version of "Compton's N The House," covers of
Straight Outta Compton tracks by Snoop Dogg and C-Murder, Bone Thugs-N-Harmony,
Mack 10, and WC, and a new package essay by music writer and author Soren
Baker.
[also on tap for release] Twelve years
after his death at the age of 31, the music world continues to celebrate
N.W.A's hardcore rap pioneer Eazy-E. On December 4, Capitol/Priority will
release Featuring ... Eazy-E, a new 16-track collection of his best collaborations
and rare solo recordings. The compilation includes four previously out
of print tracks, which are exclusively available on this release, and collaborations
with his N.W.A co-conspirators Ice Cube, MC Ren and Dr. Dre, as well as
with Mack 10, Ice-T, Bone Thugs-N-Harmony and others.-
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antiMusic reports: Radiohead made history
Wednesday when they allowed fans to buy a digital copy of their new album
"In Rainbows" at whatever price they choose. However, some fans are angry
now that details about the actual files have been released and are complaining
on Radiohead message boards.
Radiohead will be offering the MP3 files
at 160 kbps bitrate, which is higher than the standard iTunes bitrate of
128 kbps and some fans are upset that the files are not being offered at
a much higher rate complaining that the sound quality won't be good enough.
MP3 files are typically compressed to make
them smaller and during compression some of the sound quality is lost.
The bitrate is an indication of the amount of compression, thus a 160 kbps
will sound better than a 128 kbps file. A "lossless" MP3 file at double
the bitrate of the ones Radiohead is offering fans is not compressed or
have very little compression. Some fans are angry that they are not getting
the "lossless" files and say that the 160 kbps files are not worth downloading.
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some of the whining from creeps here
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more stories including: Radiohead
Anger Fans- Fans Vs Scalpers- Police Tour Stung By Illness- Thrice- Hellyeah-
Music Industry Reaches Idiotic New Low- Fergie Be Illin- Life of Agony-
AMA Nominees- Sister Hazel- Garth Brooks- Dethklok Make Metal History-
Diddy Sued over Attack Dawgs- Poison- Senses Fail- Lillian Axe- more
| Thursday |
Gigwise reports: A couple of weeks back we
unveiled our favourite album covers. This time, we're unearthing all the
nasties from down the years to bring you the 50 worst album covers of all
time.
The quite delightful pieces of artwork
featured on the list include cross dressing, garish costumes, Eighties
disasters, Beastiality, David Bowie parodies, boring bastards, horny grannies
and prophetic terrorist acts. The lot.
Not just limited to bands from over the
decades, more recent culprits include Razorlight, Hard-Fi and the return
of the might MC Hammer.- 50,
35 and 19 are a riot! No. 4 should have been No 1. Truely warped. See the
list but be warned do not view on a full stomach
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PR reports: Columbia Records will release
Plug Me In -- the ultimate career-spanning DVD box set of live performances,
interviews and more from AC/DC, the world's most electrifying rock &
roll band -- on Tuesday, October 16.
The first AC/DC release since the band
came to Columbia Records earlier this year, the AC/DC Plug Me In DVD collection
brings together for the very first time an astonishing five hours of definitive
live concert and television performances -- many of them previously unavailable
-- chronicling the on-going career (now in its fourth decade!) of a groundbreaking
rock & roll powerhouse whose music transcends the test of time.
- all
the details, tracklistings and preorder deal link
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Contact Music reports: MOBB DEEP rapper PRODIGY
has been sentenced to three-and-a-half years behind bars after pleading
guilty to a weapons charge dating back to 2006.
The G-Unit star - real name Albert Johnson
- was indicted on one charge of gun possession at Manhattan Supreme Court
in New York on Tuesday (09Oct07).
The charge relates to Johnson's arrest
last October (06), when New York cops pulled over his Chevy Suburban Sports
Utility Vehicle (SUV) for making an illegal u-turn
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Charlotte Injury- Prodigy Jail- MC Hammer RIP? Not Quite- Chart Boss- Britney
For Halloween- Cat Power- Nine Inch Nails- Flaming Lips- Bono Not a Spice
Girl- Tori Chat- Van Hunt- Lily Allan- Matchbox Twenty- Atomic Brother-
Fozzy- Loreena McKennitt- Finger Eleven- more
| Friday |
PR reports: Dan Finnerty, the actor/comedian
who founded and fronts The Dan Band, made his name performing the anthemic
songs from the female point of view will be releasing Ho, an album of original
Christmas songs this holiday season.
The Dan Band's live repertoire includes
a catalog of songs, heretofore, associated with women from Erykah Badu
to Christina Aguilera The idea that was devised by Finnerty in 1999, initially
as a karaoke performance, rose to national prominence with their infamous
profanity-laced version of Bonnie Tyler's 1983 "Total Eclipse of The Heart"
performed in the movie Old School, starring Will Ferrell. The Village Voice
has said "Finnerty's performance borders on the genius."
This holiday season, for the first time,
The Dan Band presents a collection of original material with the release
of Ho on Reincarnate Records, through Dave Matthew's ATO Records label.
The album includes the very sentimental track "I Wanna Rock U Hard This
Christmas" as well as "Get Drunk and Make Out This Christmas" the ecumenical
"Chrismakwanzakah" and Dan's heartfelt plea for peace "Please Don't Bomb
Nobody This Holiday" and seven other songs that are destined to become
seasonal standards in the tradition of "Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer,"
"Silver Bells" and "Santa Claus Is Coming To Town." A video for "I Wanna
Rock U Hard This Christmas" features Florence Henderson of Brady Bunch
fame in the role of Dan's drunken, randy grandmother, whose relationship
with Santa Claus appears fueled by Viagra-infused mistletoe-
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PR reports: The DVD release of The Beatles'
second feature film 'Help!' has been rescheduled to November 6, 2007, which
will be marketed and distributed by EMI Music.
Directed by Richard Lester, who also directed
the band's debut feature film 'A Hard Days Night', 'Help!' made its theatrical
debut in 1965. The story follows The Beatles as they become passive recipients
of an outside plot that revolves around Ringo's possession of a sacrificial
ring, which he cannot remove from his finger. As a result, he and his bandmates
John, Paul and George are chased from London to the Austrian Alps and the
Bahamas by religious cult members, a mad scientist and the London police.
In addition to starring the Beatles, 'Help!'
has a witty script, a great cast of British character actors and features
7 classic Beatles tracks, including: 'Help!'
'You're Going To Lose That Girl' 'You've
Got To Hide Your Love Away' 'Ticket To Ride' 'I Need You' 'The Night Before'
'Another Girl'
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antiMusic reports: Seems gossip site PerezHilton.com
is in a bit of hot water for leaking Britney Spears songs as her label
filed a lawsuit against the site and it's operator on Thursday. This news
comes a day after the label pushed up the release of Britney's "comeback"
album due to leaks. Here if the press release from the label:
Attorneys for Zomba Recording LLC, which
owns the copyrights to Britney Spears' recordings, filed suit in federal
court in Los Angeles today charging the online gossip website PerezHilton.com
and its proprietor Mario Lavandeira with illegally obtaining and posting
recordings by Spears.
The suit accuses Lavandeira of infringing
Zomba's copyrights by posting at least 10 completed tracks and unfinished
demos from Ms. Spears' upcoming album, "Blackout," over the past three
months. "Blackout" was originally scheduled to be released on Nov. 13 but
because of internet leaks, Ms. Spears' label Jive Records announced yesterday
it was moving up the release date to Oct. 30.- more
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Doors Down- Is Lars a Silly Bitch? Ask Dave Mustaine- What's He Building
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This is easily one of my favorite
albums of the year, and it has every possibility of being one of my favorites
of the last 10 years. Amazingly written, incredibly musical, and evidently
passionate, this is an album not to be missed. (5
stars)
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the full As Cities Burn - Come Now Sleep review
Electric Warrior and The Slider
are the most enduring albums of the T. Rex catalog. They are also responsible
for inspiring artists as divergent as David Bowie, Def Leppard and any
other band that relied on greasy riffs and cheap lipstick.
- Read the
full Landmark Albums: T. Rex - Electric Warrior and The Slider review
When Cartoon Network's Adult
Swim dropped Dethklok: the Metapocalypse a little over two years ago, I
had no idea that one of death metal's most interesting bands would emerge
from its weekly 15-minute clips. - Read
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