Opiate For the Masses Week: Day 5 "Burn You Down"

Burn You Down- This song is the first single from "Manifesto" and despite its odd production, it was the obvious choice. I had the music worked out entirely on an acoustic guitar before anybody else had heard it and it just stuck with me. It didn't matter what lyrics I chose for the chorus; the melody sold it for me. I couldn't get it out of my head, so the rest was just details. A lot of the impact of the verse can be owed to Prodigy's "Spitfire" where the first downbeat just tears your face off, and then there's a lot of space. I wanted to take that idea turn it upside-down. - more of this story

Cops Lied About Saving David Lee Roth's Life?

antiMusic reports: You would think a story coming from cops would be legit, but it turns out the cops that claimed to have saved David Lee Roth's life may have made up the nutty story. TMZ has this: David Lee Roth wants you to know he can eat as many nuts as he wants!

Diamond Dave tells TMZ "I was in Canada only from July first through the fourth for a performance at the Quebec City Summer Festival. I had no encounters or incidents with the police. The only thing I'm allergic to is criticism. -- Love, Dave"

A story that circulated earlier this week -- fueled by actual interviews with two Canadian police officers -- claimed cops had to save Dave's life after he went into anaphylactic shock from eating nuts. - more on this story

Grammy Winners Make Bad Neighbors

Jam! reports: Amy Winehouse's neighbours have launched a campaign to have her removed from her London home after a series of late-night parties and fights.

The troubled star could be ejected from her $140,000 rented flat after a string of complaints from disgruntled neighbours in Camden, north London.

One neighbour tells British newspaper The Mirror, "This place used to be a nice quiet area until Amy moved in. - more on this story

Fall Out Amish Boys

antiMusic reports: Fall Out Boy will make a special appearance in the new film Sex Drive, which hits theaters October 10th. In the movie they reportedly perform for a bunch of drunk Amish kids and some Amish boobs are supposedly involved as well. Don't ask, that's just what we were told.

Here is synopsis of the flick: "Loveable underdog IAN (Josh Zuckerman) is the last American virgin. At least that's how it feels to him now that he's 18, about to go to college, and losing girls to his 14-year-old brother. Ian's always been the nice guy, the best friend... never the boyfriend.

But his luck finally seems to be changing when he meets DANIELLE. She's everything he's ever wanted in a girlfriend — fun, sexy, and she really likes him. There's just one problem. She lives in Knoxville. And he lives in Chicago. And she thinks he's the Brad Pitt lookalike he's pretending to be on Facebook. At the urging of his best friend, LANCE (Clark Duke), Ian decides to confront his fear of rejection when Danielle makes him the offer of a lifetime: "If you drive all the way for me, I'll go all the way for you." - more on this story

Red Hot Logo Worth 11 Million Bucks?

antiMusic reports: Do you think that the use of a band logo on one jacket is worth $11 million bucks? Forget tort reform, outlaw lawyers. What follows is another outrageous example of the abuse of the legal system.

NME has the story: A Florida clothing company that affixed the Red Hot Chili Peppers logo to a jacket has been sued by the merchandising company that owns the rights to the logo, as well as logos of Guns N Roses, Led Zeppelin and more.

Bravada International is suing Back-Lite for $11 million dollars after the company used the logo on a single jacket, at the request of an individual customer. - more on this story

Avril Duds For Posers

idolator reports: Avril Lavigne's clothing line for the discount chain Kohl's, Abbey Jane, has made its way to outlets of the department store, and while I guess it's nice that not all the clothing lines for juniors these days are automatically going the spendaholic-bimbette-in-training route, the clothes look a bit, well, uninspired.

Sure, they're not exactly designer duds—prices range from $24 for t-shirts to $40 for hoodies—but wouldn't it have been nice to see some sort of creativity from Lavigne beyond reappropriation of The Best Damn Thing's imagery?

It's almost as if she was cheating off Pete Wentz on an essay test, but being careful to change just enough details so that she could feel OK about passing off the work as her own. A few sample pieces after the jump. - See the "duds" here

Alicia Keys 007

E! reports: Alicia Keys as a Bond Girl? Not exactly. But [E!'s Marc Malkin] just got word that the songbird is the top contender to sing the title song for the next James Bond flick, Quantum of Solace.

No official announcement has been made, but a source tells Malkin, "I believe Alicia is the winner."

Amy Winehouse was the first singer linked to the movie, but she apparently never finished recording her song with über-producer Mark Ronson. - more on this story

Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young Deja CD

PR reports: CSNY: Déjà Vu LIVE is a sixteen track audio companion to CSNY: Déjà Vu, the new documentary film directed by Neil Young that opens in theaters at the end of this month. The album will be released by Reprise Records on July 22nd and serves as the film's de facto soundtrack.

The film chronicles Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young's 2006 North American Tour. While the documentary deals with the interaction between the band, audience, media and general population, the album includes full-length versions of songs that are heard as excerpts in the film. In some ways, the album serves as a kind of live greatest hits collection augmented by key songs from Young's earlier, controversial Living With War album. It offers the listener an opportunity to experience the legendary group's repertoire through the prism of contemporary conflict. In the film, songs from the tour are woven together with archival material, news footage, and audience reaction and observations, as issues surrounding the integration of politics and art are examined and observed. - more on this story

Beatles Lyrics Fetch 800 Grand

Jam! reports: Lyrics to "Give Peace a Chance," handwritten in black marker by John Lennon, have fetched over $800,000 at auction for a Montreal-raised TV writer.

Christie's said Gail Renard sold the item Thursday at its rock and pop memorabilia sale for 421,250 pounds - about C$841,000.

Christie's also sold a hand-painted drum skin that appeared on the cover of The Beatles Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band album for 541,250 pounds (almost $1.1 million) at Thursday's auction. - more on this story

Johnny Cash Remixed

PR reports: Compadre Records/Music World Music has announced the release of Johnny Cash Remixed, featuring bold new interpretations of Johnny Cash classics from top music remixers and producers who were recruited to take the original master recordings and infuse them with the sounds and technology of modern music styles such as hip hop and dance music. The album, which includes a performance from Snoop Dogg, will be available in stores and online on October 14. A vinyl deluxe-edition will be available on September 23 in select independent record stores.

Johnny Cash Remixed is a tribute to the legacy of an American music icon whose work has touched every contemporary genre, and has the blessing and support of the custodians of Johnny Cash's legacy.

"My father made his stead by defying the expected and accepted way of things" says John Carter Cash son of Johnny Cash and June Carter Cash and Executive Producer of the Academy Award ©-winning film Walk the Line. "He set the standard at the same time. He would have loved this remix record. While it stays true to the original recordings, this CD touches on undiscovered ground. This is what my father was about: staying true to tradition while creating groundbreaking new music." - more on this story

UB40 Touring With Guest Vocals by Maxi Priest

PR reports: UB40 will embark on a full-scale North American tour in August performing at some of the most distinguished venues nationwide. UB40 is set to perform for the first time at Los Angeles' legendary Hollywood Bowl as part of KCRW's "World Festival" night on Aug. 3.

The group will then head north to San Francisco where they'll perform at the historic Fillmore on Aug. 5 as well as The Ravinia Pavilion in Chicago on August 20 to name a few. UB40 will also introduce Duncan Campbell, brother of Robin and Ali Campbell, as the new lead singer for the group and will be joined by reggae stalwart Maxi Priest on select dates (*).

Maxi Priest remarked that, "I am thrilled to be working with UB40 who I have always held in high regard as my brothers in reggae music. UB40 are one of the greatest bands in the world, to have lasted three decades is an amazing testament to their success." - more on this story

Shwayze for Alcoholics, New Flaming Lips: John Lennon Meets Miles Davis, Rev TV Theory, What Nas Has In Store, Lamb of God, Gramm of Jesus and more

antiMusic reports: Today's Running Out of Patience Meter® reading: it has been 5,344 days since the last new Guns N' Roses album was released. Now here are today's quicks: There's no timetable for its release just yet, but the Flaming Lips are at work on new music that sounds "something like if John Lennon got together with Miles Davis and they discovered computers," according to frontman Wayne Coyne. more

Shwayze will be releasing their new "Corona and Lime" single exclusively on Rhapsody and Verizon on July 15th and all digital retail outlets on July 22nd. As the next song to be released from the upcoming debut album, "Corona and Lime" is tribute to lazy days and summertime soirees.

Rev Theory have just announced they will be making their national TV debut next month when they rock Jimmy Kimmel Live! The band will perform their single "Hell Yeah" in front of the live studio audience with the show airing that evening, August 6th at 12:05 a.m./11:05 p.m. central.

The first 500 customers to buy Nas' CD beginning July 15 at 9:00AM at the Union Square location only will get a wristband to attend this event. Time and space are limited so please arrive early. Instore: Tuesday, July 15th at 5PM @ Virgin Megastore Union Square (NYC)

Mower have been added to the July 16th San Diego, CA date of the Mayhem Festival featuring Slipknot and Disturbed. The band will be performing alongside metal heavyweights like Machine Head, 36 Crazyfists and Five Finger Death Punch in the group's hometown.

Lamb Of God's new double disc DVD, 'Walk With Me In Hell,' debuted #2 on Billboard's Video Music Chart selling over 13,000 units. The DVD shipped gold in its first week and the heavy metal icons were a close second to pop mainstay John Mayer.

Israel has a new summer festival. Organizers have booked Joe Cocker to headline the inaugural Gilboa Co-existence Festival, which begins Aug. 26 at the 6,000-capacity Charod Springs Amphitheatre in the Gilboa municipality of northern Israel. more

Former Foreigner frontman Lou Gramm has finished recording his first Christian rock album, which he hopes to release this fall. more

This Saturday, acts including Pearl Jam, Incubus and The Flaming Lips will honor rock legends The Who at the VH1 Rock Honors, where the legends themselves will take the stage for a 40-minute set. However, plans for The Who after their Rock Honors performance are not definite and no one seems to know what could be next for the band. - more

Bros Over Hoes Tour

PR reports: Montreal based Hardcore/Metal outfit Deadwalk have announced the dates for their upcoming "Bros Over Hoes" Tour featuring Since The Flood and Unite & Conquer.

Deadwalk recently signed with Year of the Sun Records for the release of their upcoming debut album later in 2008. The band has been creating a name for themselves as one of Canada's premier metal/hardcore acts for the past two years with the group's independently released EP "Powerhouse".

Their energetic live show and cement heavy breakdowns have landed them opportunities to play with everyone from hardcore warriors Emmure, Bring Me The Horizon and Elysia, to some of metal's fastest rising acts including Ion Dissonnance and Bury Your Dead. - more on this story

Old 97's Murry Solo

conqueroo reports: On August 18, 2008, Old 97's bass player and cofrontman Murry Hammond will celebrate the national release of his first full-length album outside of the Old 97's.

For two months prior to this street date, the album – I Don't Know Where I'm Going But I'm On My Way – was made available exclusively at Old 97's shows and through special mail-order. Hammond wished to capitalize on fan anticipation of the album's release in order to raise funds for the non-profit organization Project Mercy.

Project Mercy builds basic housing in the poorest sections around Tijuana, Mexico (similar in mission to Habitat for Humanity) using volunteer labor provided by area churches. A group of men and women from Hammond's home church in Burbank, Calif. - more on this story

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