Ace Embarrassed By KISS

Star Tribune: How do you feel about [KISS] touring with [former roadie] Tommy Thayer in your place, with the same makeup? Ace: I really don't think about it [laughs], or I'd rather not think about it. I have no control over that. The fans don't seem too happy, though. What KISS is doing right now reminds me of like what some great fighters have done in the past when they come out of retirement, when they should have just rolled up the towel. That's the way it seems to me now. It's getting embarrassing. - Read the full interview here

Who's Your Daddy? James Brown Is

antiMusic reports: The James Brown battle plot thickens. Jam! has the story: An attorney says a DNA test confirms James Brown fathered the son of a woman who claimed to be the singer's wife when he died.

Peter Shahid, an attorney for James Brown II, said Friday that the boy was tested in April before a South Carolina judge ordered a paternity test. The results of the court-ordered test have not been released.

The boy is the six-year-old son of Tomi Rae Hynie, a former backup singer for the "Godfather of Soul." - more on this story

From 007 To 00Nothing for Winehouse

antiMusic reports: Bad news for Winehouse fans, seems that the offer for her to record the theme to the next Bond film has been revoked. NME has the story: Amy Winehouse's Bond theme has been pulled by producer Mark Ronson due to her erratic behaviour.

The two fell out during the recording of the theme song to 'Quantum Of Solace' reports The Sun.

Ronson said : "We did work on it but we never finished it. I don't think it will happen unless by some miracle it gets recorded and someone sings on it. I'm not sure Amy is ready to work on music yet." - What did the Winehouse mouthpiece say about this?

Duran Duran and Mark Ronson Team Up for a Vodka Night

PR reports: Hot on the heels of his impressive list of Grammy, Brit, and NME Award wins, artist and producer of the moment Mark Ronson is set to collaborate with legendary musical innovators Duran Duran. This exciting partnership will form the centerpiece of Smirnoff Experience Paris, set to take place on Wednesday, July 2nd at La Cigale, Paris.

Duran Duran will perform a unique live set with Ronson for this exclusive, invite-only performance. Together, they will showcase specially re-worked versions of some of the band's classic hits that will be created by Ronson, along with tracks from their critically-acclaimed new album, Red Carpet Massacre. Ronson & the Version Players will also be bringing Mark's acclaimed live show to the event, performing songs from his hit album, Version. Simon LeBon will bring his vocal magic to Mark's music as one of his featured guest vocalists.

In preparation for this once-in-a-lifetime show, Mark Ronson and the four original members of Duran Duran: Simon LeBon, Nick Rhodes, John Taylor and Roger Taylor, have already started planning this collaboration with regular conversations from the road that Mark is now following up on with time spent in the studio creating the never-before heard or played interpretations. - more on this story

The Black Keys Doing Secret Show

PR reports: Critically acclaimed band The Black Keys will perform a special intimate MySpace Secret Show, Wednesday, May 7 at the tiny, 170 person capacity Beachland Tavern in Cleveland Ohio.

The band, who hails from Akron, Ohio -- a mere thirty miles from Cleveland - recently released its fifth full-length LP Attack & Release on Nonesuch Records. The album debuted on the Billboard album chart at #14 marking the band's highest position to date. Produced by Danger Mouse (Gnarls Barkley, Gorillaz, The Grey Album), Attack & Release was recorded at engineer Paul Hamann's Suma Studio outside Cleveland, Ohio. Initial collaboration began when Danger Mouse (a.k.a. Brian Burton) approached the band to write songs for an album he was developing with the late R&B legend Ike Turner. As the band began composing tracks for Turner early last year , they quickly realized they were actually laying the groundwork for a new album of their own.

MySpace Music has organized more than 100 Secret Shows since the franchise launched in February 2006 with artists like Rilo Kiley, Fran Ferdinand, the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, and Ray LaMontagne performing in cities around the world. For more information about the artists and upcoming schedule, visit the official MySpace Secret Shows - profile

Kory Clarke in Trouble

Metal Underground reports: Chicago doomsters TROUBLE have issued the following: "Amidst many rumors it has been announced earlier today that Kory Clarke of WARRIOR SOUL will be the new frontman, effective immediately.

The news comes as the band returns to their Chicago homes following a successful European Tour. Trouble founder/guitarist Rick Wartell explains: "It was a mutual agreement, you need to follow your heart in this business and if you are not into it 100% then it is time to move on.

"We all felt it was the best thing for all parties involved. There are no hard feelings. I'm sure Eric (Wagner) will continue making music and we wish him the best." - more on this story

Bloc Party's US Mini Tour

Filter reports: It's been awhile since we've heard from the London lads of Bloc Party. Alas, the wait is over!

The boys have announced a short jaunt at a few major U.S. markets along with a few festival appearances before heading back to Europe.

Electro-rockers Does It Offend You, Yeah? tag along for a few selected dates. - dates are here

Weiland Defends Axl

antiMusic reports: Evan Serpick from Rolling Stone sat down with Stone Temple Pilot's frontman Scott Weiland for an in-depth interview. They of course discussed the STP reunion and the bad ending to Weiland's run in Velvet Revolver, but Scott also stuck up for Axl Rose, saying he might be getting more of the blame than he deserves.

Here is what he had to say: I was in a band where at the end, it was pretty much three against one. And so I'm pretty sure that it felt that way to Axl as well. I have to say this, and I'm not just saying this now because of my situation I went through, but I heard a lot of great Guns N' Roses stories you guys in the press will never hear. Everyone has made Axl out to be this horrendously crazy person, this bad guy, and I don't know him very well at all. He and I for whatever reason got almost tricked into this little media spat for a moment because one of our band members happened to run into him and said that he said something.

So, my point being that having been in a band with Velvet Revolver now for five and a half years, I'm not quite so sure that it was all Axl's fault. It's like, why does it always have to be the lead singer. Matt Sorum in front of my face, he was the sweetest guy in the world. But there were some times, out of the blue, the guy just randomly hated me. We all carried our own baggage in that band. In a sense, that's why people were intrigued, you know, especially for the first couple of years. Because they were kind of waiting on the trainwreck to happen. They just thought it would happen a lot sooner. - Read the interview at Rolling Stone

Yahoo Names Best and Worst Hair Bands

antiMusic reports: Yahoo's Top List blogger Rob O'Connor took on "hair metal" this week, though his use the term is pretty loose. In two separate lists, he gave us his picks for the top 25 best and the 25 worst. Somehow My Chemical Romance didn't make either list. Here are the no. 1 picks from both lists:

Best: Guns n' Roses - Appetite For Destruction ensured this volatile bunch of ne'er-do-wells their place in hair-metal history. (And Axl was pretty quick to tone down the aqua-net.) Combining punk, metal and pop in one slamming freight train, Guns n' Roses in one brief flicker of tension jumped to the head of the class and apparently will spend the rest of their days doing other things. Even if Chinese Democracy ever does surface, who will really think of it as the work of Guns n' Roses? Without Slash? Without Izzy? Without Duff? It's like getting a peanut-butter cup with no chocolate, no peanut butter and only an oily rapper.

Worst: Poison - Why? Do you have to ask? For "Unskinny Bop." For "Every Rose Has Its Thorn." For "Nothin' But a Good Time." For a cover of "Your Mama Don't Dance," already one of the worst songs of all time, even before Poison touched it. Have you ever heard Rikki Rockett or C.C. DeVille speak? Have you listened to these albums? They've sold over 25 million albums? And Bret Michaels still needs to do a reality TV show? Great, he's no longer the singer of a band but an understudy for Flavor Flav.

Don't get mad at us, the lists were made by - this guy.. so go read the full lists here.

Disney Puts Miley On Ice

TMZ reports: Strange things are happening in the Magic Kingdom. Disney's squeaky clean tween idol Miley Cyrus launched a tidal wave of controversy this week with some topless (but you couldn't see anything) photos in Vanity Fair and now the mouse execs have put Miley on a time out. Bad Miley!

TMZ reported late yesterday: Disney has confirmed that Miley Cyrus has been pulled from her first scheduled public appearance since the whole Vanity Fair fiasco.

Miley was set to walk the red carpet for the "Disney Channel Games" this coming Friday, but instead she'll be sitting in a castle tower, brushing her hair and complaining to her mirror about what a horrible step-mom Disney is. - more Miley

. Louis XIV - Slick Dogs and Ponies

Fans of true rock and roll, like the Rolling Stones, Kinks, and T-Rex, will no doubt enjoy this CD, despite its faults. Louis XIV have a way of deconstructing rock, distilling it down to its true ingredients, its raw power - and then building it back up and unleashing it (2.5 stars) - Read the full Louis XIV - Slick Dogs and Ponies review

. White Light Riot - Atomism

The listener doesn't want to sing along because he/she has no idea what Schwandt's going on about. Morris Day once memorably told Prince in Purple Rain, "Nobody understands your music but you." And the same can be said of White Light Riot, sadly. (2 stars) - Read the full White Light Riot - Atomism review

. Futant Oblivion - This Chosen Madness

When viewing this release from a beginning perspective, it might be easy to be lost in the crazy instrumentation, yet that's exactly the point- once you look beyond the chaos and discover the inner beauty it emits, you'll love every bombastic anthem it radiates. - Read the full Futant Oblivion - This Chosen Madness review

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