Brian Head Welch (ex-Korn) Week: Day 2

We know you are anxious to hear what Head's new music sounds like, so you can grab previews from "Save Me From Myself," learn more about the album and Head's new autobiography and more right
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Rocker Arrested For Assaulting Cops With Donuts

punknews.org reports: Scott Sturgeon, also known as Stza of the Star F**king Hipsters, Leftover Crack and Choking Victim, was arrested this past Saturday in Tompkins Square Park in New York City.

Stza was performing at a protest concert in the area, which is also home to the NYPD's 9th Precinct, and proceeded to throw donuts at officers while performing.

After the set Stza was arrested, and as an update posted by the band on September 6th was awaiting a hearing and arraignment. - Grab a bear claw and watch the videos

Akon Denies Female Fan Tossing

antiMusic reports: A PR firm sent us a statement from Hits & Jams Entertainment, the promoters of the August 30, 2008 concert featuring Akon where the rap star reportedly "tossed" two female fans during the show. They claim those reports are false.

Ace Show Biz reports that Akon "was videotaped, in between performances on the show, trying to 'crowdsurf to a camera stand about 100 yards off stage' and when he got there he grabbed one of the female fans and pushed her into the crowd as she tried to hold his hand. He then grabbed the other lady who tried to embrace him from behind and tossed her into the crowd." The promoters put out an "unedited" clip of the incident to show the "full story".

Here is the statement we received: "We are shocked to hear that there is a video clip circulating that suggests Akon treated a fan badly during his August 30th performance in Guyana. There were no incident reports stemming from the event. Despite a late start, the concert was a tremendous success and we hope that Akon will come back soon."

Ace Show Biz has more on the incident and denial as well as the video. - Check it out here

Color Me Badd Star Busted for Domestic Abuse

TMZ reports: Bryan Abrams, one of the singers in the [pop] band Color Me Badd, was arrested in Oklahoma Cuity [sic]last Friday on charges of domestic abuse and assualt [sic]and battery after allegedly threatening to kill his girlfriend.

According to NewOK.com, Abrams allegedly punched the woman in her nose and verbally threatened her by saying, "I'm a kill you! You and me! You and me!"

Abrams is said to have had slurred speech and talked in "random sentence fragments." Abrams is still behind bars, being held on a $4,000 bond. - Mug shot here

Phish Reunite, Oasis Assaulter Arrested, Magazine Reunion, Chris Dudek (Sodom) RIP, All Shall Perish in Siberia, MxPx Goes 80s and more

antiMusic reports: Phish's four members reunited on stage for the first time in more than four years Saturday night (Sept. 6) at the New York wedding of former road manager Brad Sands. According to reports, Trey Anastasio, Mike Gordon, Jon Fishman and Page McConnell performed "Suzy Greenberg," "Julius" and "Waste" for the presumably stunned wedding guests. But they weren't the only stars to rock the wedding, Billboard will fill you in here.

A Pickering, Ont., man has been charged after Oasis rocker Noel Gallagher was attacked at the Virgin festival on Sunday. Daniel Sullivan, 47, faces one count of assault and has been released from custody on a promise to appear in court more

Magazine, the Manchester post-punk band who originally split in 1981, are set to reform for two live shows in February next year.more

Sodom has announced that their original drummer Chris Dudek (a.k.a. Witchhunter) passed away yesterday. No further details are available at this time. more

Shot entirely on a cell phone camera, Wallpaper are back with their newest up-close-and-personal video. "Txt Me Yr Love" chronicles a typical day in the life of playboy Ricky Reed. Watch him as he strolls the mall, keeps his hygiene on point and gets harassed by a familiar-faced cop. See what kind of DIY hilarity unfolds here. (note to AssCAP: the video is nowhere on our server, go extort money somewhere else while you screw your artists out of free promotion. Hope they think the cents they get from this asinine policy is worth the dollars they lose because of you!)

Sorry we couldn't bring ourselves to post the full PR on this one. Here is the most basic info: "New Kids on the Block: A Behind The Music Special Event" will premiere on September 28 at 8PM. A once great series resurrected for this? If this year's VMAs didn't prove it, this should hammer it home that Viacom has totally lost what little cred they had left.

Upcoming concerts by Death Cab For Cutie, O.A.R. and Melissa Etheridge at the approximately 2,3000-capacity House of Blues in Atlantic City, N.J., will be the first of many to be featured on high-definition cable network HDNET through 2009. more

The final defendants to settle lawsuits over the 2003 Great White nightclub fire that killed 100 people have agreed to pay survivors and victims' relatives more than $250,000, according to court papers filed Monday. Seven insurance companies and the former owner of The Station nightclub in West Warwick reached the settlement. more

All Shall Perish recently embarked on an unprecedented 10 day tour of the greater Russia area which included four shows in Siberia. The band made history by becoming the very first North American metal band to ever play shows in Siberia which included Irkutsch, Novosibirsk, Tomsk, and Omsk. more

Anthrax bassist Frank Bello's Fender bass has been stolen. A statement on the theft can be read here

Deep Purple broke the record for international artists playing in Israel. Their original September 2008 show sold out so quickly a second was added. Then the third, and now it's four. more. Maybe the puppet show helped?

After The Burial tells Lambgoat, "Due to unfortunate circumstances we've parted ways with Grant Luoma. We're happy to say we've found a replacement vocalist." more

California hardcore band Internal Affairs has announced their break-up. The group has cancelled their previously announced European tour but will likely announce a final show shortly. more

Singer/actor Val Emmich has forgone the typical "let's do a video" route and has instead decided to give fans a video series where he gives more insight into the actual songs. Check those out here

MxPx are jumping on the covers album bandwagon. The band is working on an 80s themed album. "Its not necessarily chart topers from the 80's; well some of them are but not all of them. Should be fun," said drummer Yuri Ruley. more

Vivid Girls Nikki Jayne and Hanna Hilton will host and be among the judges at the Vivid Bad Ass Air Guitar Championship that will rock The Meadowlands on Saturday night, September 13 at 7pm during EXXXOTICA New York, a three day erotic expo (www.exxxoticany.com).

On September 20, the BBC2 in the UK will be running The Carmine Appice Story between 7 and 8 PM UK time (2 east coast/5 west coast). - more on this story

Misfits Pull Out of Motorhead Tour

antiMusic reports: We're waiting for word back from The Misfits publicist to see if we can get to the real reason behind the following news, but for now we can tell you that the current incarnation of the Misfits have pulled out of the upcoming tour with metal legends Motorhead.

Misfits frontman Jerry Only posted the following update on the band's website: "For the sake of our loyalty and dedication to all our fiends, the Misfits have chosen to withdraw from the lineup of Volcom's 2008 tour.

"The Misfits have always held an incredibly high standard of performance and quality in everything we do. Our fans expect this and deserve it. I will not compromise their expectations for any amount of money, prestige or fame."

We sure hope he wasn't saying that playing with Lemmy and co was beneath them. Perhaps Motorhead can call in Danzig to take the slot. In other news, Motorhead will be participating in three in store signings for their new album Motorizer. - details

Science Faxtion Feat Bootsy Collins, Buckethead, Brain and Greg Hampton Set Debut

PR reports: Like the bastard child of Primus and Parliament-Funkadelic (with Guns N' Roses claiming to be the father), Science Faxtion will have its outrageous Living On Another Frequency debut released by Mascot Records on October 28.

This dream-team of a band combines the legendary bassist Bootsy Collins—who, with James Brown in the 1960s and Parliament-Funkadelic in the 1970s, set the course of modern funk—with none other than Guitarist Extraordinaire Buckethead (Guns N' Roses, Iggy Pop, Mike Patton, Les Claypool, Bernie Worrell, Serj Tankian, Tony Williams and Bill Laswell), drummer Brain (Primus, Tom Waits, Godflesh), and producer/singer/songwriter/guitarist Greg Hampton (Alice Cooper/Ron Wood, Rick Derringer, The Tubes, Jack Casady featuring Ivan Neville & Gov't Mule, Jorma Kaukenon, Little Feat). The resulting cross-pollination of genres implicit in such a musical meeting-of-the-minds means there's no telling what direction Science Faxtion may traverse!

The CD features an allstar cast, including contributions from rapper Chuck D of Public Enemy, Bernie Worrell and others. Although Hampton produced, sang lead, composed and played guitar on Living On Another Frequency, he also plays bass, drums, keyboards and percussion, and has performed every genre of music in his wide-ranging career from funk, hard rock, metal and pop to country. - more on this story

SmashMouth Star Releases Solo Debut

PR reports: Greg Camp, guitarist and Grammy nominated songwriter has stepped out of the SmashMouth fold after 10 years. Having penned most of the pop outfit's multiplatinum hits, Camp has decided to take this step in an effort to further explore the hidden corners of his overactive pop muse.

The result to date is Defektor, a silky, 14-song masterpiece, and Camp's first full length solo effort. The album will be released on September 9th on Bar/None, the undeniable outpost of embraceable and offbeat sonic confections.

Defektor boasts songs about sticky-fingered hotel maids, unpredictable ex-lovers, the end of the world and strung-out super models and plays like a guided tour through Camp's diverse musical imagination. The album was written, recorded and mixed in Camp's new recording studio Seavolt Sound, where left to his own devices, he ditched all ballast and chased countless ideas down rabbit holes. He emerged from the studio with a healthy handful of shiny new songs, spanning influences from 60's pop, surf, garage, spaghetti western soundtracks, rock 'n roll, new wave, and funk. - more on this story

Dylan Dreaming of Amazon

PR reports: Amazon.com Inc. today announced the exclusive premiere of the new, previously unreleased Bob Dylan song and music video "Dreamin' of You" on www.amazon.com/music. In celebration of the Amazon.com Music Store's 10th anniversary, fans around the world will get an exclusive first look at Dylan's new music video only on Amazon.com.

"Dreamin'of You" stars prolific character actor Harry Dean Stanton, and provides fans with a preview of Dylan's new album, "Tell Tale Signs: The Bootleg Series Vol. 8," set for release on Oct. 7. In addition to the music video debut, fans can check out the Amazon Bob Dylan artist page, which includes a customer forum for discussions, samples of Dylan's songs and a complete list of all of his albums, which have had an unparalleled effect on the music industry.

"The impact of Bob Dylan on popular music and American culture over the past half-century is incalculable. His talent for both singing and songwriting has inspired fans and fellow musicians alike," said Peter Faricy, vice president of music and movies at Amazon.com. "We are proud to provide our customers with this unique experience as part of our celebration of the Amazon Music Store's 10th anniversary, and thrilled that our customers and Dylan fans have this extraordinary opportunity to get a first look at one of his newest songs." - more on this story

Pitchshifter Reissue

MMP reports: Metal Mind Productions presents the rerelease of the fifth studio album from Pitchshifter the British metal/industrial metal band.

"Deviant" may be considered their softest album, with some very radio-friendly content. "Microwaved", "Genius" and "Disposable" include some of the noisy sound parts common in the band's previous songs, but the "Deviant" sound is completely stripped of the old noises. The album is enhanced with animated video made for the track "Hidden Agenda" and screen saver. The LP comes with 30 pre-moistened samples in ready-to-loop WAV format, and also with a mini Rat Bastard comic - a subversive, futuristic graphic novel about a half rat/half human private eye.

"Deviant" will be available on 29th September 2008 in Europe and 28th October 2008 in USA (via MVD). The new digipak edition is limited to 2000 copies. Digitally remastered using 24-Bit process on a golden disc. - more on this story

Watch Lamb of God Record Their New CD

PR reports: Alright you Lamb Of God voyeurs, here's your chance to watch history in the making. Drummer Chris Adler will be heading into a NYC studio today to begin recording for the band's upcoming album, slated for a February 2009 release on Epic Records.

There will be 2 live streaming web cams in the studio documenting every moment of the process on Lamb of God's Kyte channel at www.lamb-of-god.com. One camera will be in the live room, filming everything drums, and the other camera will be in the mix room, where producer Josh Wilbur will be dialing in the signature, brutal Lamb Of God sound! "I'm showing up to kick ass and chew bubblegum, and I'm all out of bubblegum," said Adler.

The as-yet-untitled album will see a February 2009 North American release on Epic Records. Following production, Lamb Of God will head out on an extensive world tour commencing with their support slot in December with Metallica. - more on this story

Misheard Lyrics of the Day: Little Red Corvette

antiMusic reports: Who hasn't misheard a song lyrics. We thought it might be fun to feature some favorites here for you to enjoy. For the rest of this week we will be looking at the misheard lyrics of the Purple One®.

Today's misheard lyric is to Prince's "Little Red Corvette" and the line "Guess I must be dumb / You had a pocket full of horses." That lyric has been misheard as "Guess I must be dumb / As a bucket full of horse sh*t."

If you have a misheard lyric we'd love to hear from you. See the contact link at the bottom of the page for how to get a hold of us to tell us about your favorites. If you want to check out more misheard Prince song lyrics like this one check out
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