Tuesday

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

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
- Am I Right.com!

All That Remains Preview New Track

Prosthetic Records reports: All That Remains have posted another song, "Two Weeks," from the band's forthcoming album, 'Overcome,' on the band's MySpace page.

"This is the first time I've done a song that has singing from beginning to end," frontman Phil Labonte says. "It was something I had wanted to do for some time but ATR isn't gonna put out something half-assed and most of you guys know I'm always growing as a vocalist and we're always growing and changing as a metal band. This feels right and it's not the same 'here's our all singing ballad' kind of thing; it's still metal as hell!"

'Overcome' hits stores Sept. 16 through Prosthetic Records, and "Two Weeks" is scheduled to receive the video treatment shortly. In the meantime, the band's current video for "Chiron," another track off 'Overcome,' will debut on MTV2's Headbangers Ball Sept. 20, with the clip – as well as behind the scenes footage are up on their - Myspace page along with the new song.

Free Raveonettes EP

PR reports: Following the success of this year's critically adored album Lust Lust Lust, Danish noir-rock duo The Raveonettes today announce plans to release a series of digital only EPs. Following today's remix EP will be Sometimes They Drop By on September 23. Two more EPs will follow on October 21 and November 25.

Today's free Remixed EP centers around three standout tracks from Lust Lust Lust, presented in radically different new versions. Hypnotic Japanese electro producer 80KIDZ, Alec Empire-conspirator Nic Endo, and Danish DJ superstar Trentemøller reconstruct these now familiar songs into new shapes.

Tracklisting for today's three song free remix EP: 1. Dead Sound (80KIDZ remix) 2. Aly, Walk With Me (Nic Endo remix) 3. Lust (Trentemøller Remix) - Download here - the link was valid at press time. Sorry they didn't give us any advance notice either.

Vader Address Band Changes and Future Plans

antiMusic reports: Vader have given their fans a lengthy update on recent happenings and where the band is going in the future following a recent line-up change. Short answer is they are moving full speed ahead, the long answer comes direct from the band:

"We would like to thank to all the participants of our anniversary gig: bands, fans and staff. Thanx to you all we were able to celebrate the 25 anniversary of Vader in so special way. Big thanx to fans for such a numerous presence, bands for fantastic shows they all played in Warsaw, guests for their appearance on this show and our crew for nearly 24 hours of hard work! It was a very important show for us, the more so because it took place in such a difficult circumstances. We were forced to give up an idea of recording DVD due to some technical issues. For technical reasons we were also unable to build a special stage scenery prepared exclusively for this show. Sorry for very long queues for food and drink and the high price of our energy drink - these things were beyond our control. The show ended up turning out well and despite these shortcomings we believe it was a success. Once again- thank you all! All the blood, sweat and tears poured into Vader have been worth it!

"At this point we would like to refer to the changes that have occurred in Vader. As you all probably already know, Mauser and Daray are no longer in the band and this anniversary gig was their last show with Vader. We would say that mentally, they both were out of the band from a long time. They played with us more like a session guys, without any real commitment and dedication. We were thinking about making some changes since a year or something, now we are glad to have this opportunity to build a new band. At the moment we are looking for some new musicians. Probably next week we are going to present you our new lineup. - more on this story

Sword Geek Talk

PR reports: The latest episode of "Talking Metal" features an interview hosts Mark Strigl and John Ostronomy conducted with guitarist J. Kyle Shutt of The Sword.

Topics include Kirk Hammett, Lars Ulrich, the Dimebag tribute at Ozzfest 2008, Bonnaroo, and Bruce Dickinson. The episode also features an interview Mark Strigl conducted "Rock and Roll Geek Show" host and former Exodus bassist, Michael Butler.

Topics in this interview include "The Rock and Roll Geek Show," podcasting, Rocklahoma, Angel, Starz, AC/DC, Jetboy and Exodus. The 55-minute podcast can be downloaded at this - location

Pony Tail Beer Guzzling Tour

PR reports: We give the PR points for creative writing for this one. Here you go, enjoy!:

Currently scaring the crap out of delighted, beer-guzzling locals on their European tour, Baltimore quadrosphere Ponytail will soon return to their mother country to team up with Brooklyn lo-fi psych-duo High Places for a US/Canada tour in support of new album, Ice Cream Spiritual (We Are Free).

There hasn't been this explosive a pairing since Hydrogen and Hindenberg.

Ponytail - Tour Tour Tour!
Thursday September 25 2008 @ Grinnell College in Grinnell IA*
Friday September 26 2008 @ The Mill in Iowa City IA*

- more dates

Nine Days SOS for Wantagh New York

PR reports: What started as an informal living room gathering of a few parents one evening launched as a full fledged 501(c)(3) charitable corporation, named Wantagh SOS (Save Our Students), just days later. Wantagh SOS's challenging goal is to raise enough funds to reinstate all student activities at all levels that resulted in cuts to student programs due to the contingency school budget.

Wantagh SOS is very much an 'all hands on deck' grass roots organization that has already garnered significant support from local politicians and businesses, several leading community organizations, parents and students alike.

Now, after raising over $530,697 - as of August 24th - they are producing a concert with a little help from their friends John Hampson (of Nine Days, hit song "Absolutely(Story of a Girl") - who is actually a Wantagh High School Teacher, and Paging Grace, one of the "best bands on Long Island" as voted for in the Long Island Press, who come from Farmingdale High School and dealt with austerity as students there several years back as well. - here are the details

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

antiMusic reports: Brian Head Welch shocked the rock world when he suddenly quit Korn following a religious awakening. While his new found faith is now the driving force in his life, Head's passion for music lives on with his solo debut "Save Me From Myself." To celebrate the release of this album we asked Head to pick some of his favorite tracks and tell us about them. Here he is with today's song:

"Loyalty": I wrote "Loyalty" right after I left Korn. I was thinking about my life and how I started to sell out to things that weren't me. For instance, the last couple of years I was in Korn, I felt like I was writing songs to please the industry rather than myself. The second verse is about abortion because I was thinking back to the time I tried to have my ex-wife get an abortion when she was nineteen. Somehow, the two subjects blended well together and it worked out killer.

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
- here!

 
 

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. Metallica - Death Magnetic: Tag Team Review Pt II

The icy isolation of St. Anger is long gone, replaced with superbly unsubtle and sprawling compositions paired with raucous and ripping guitar riffs. Death Magnetic is the sonic triumph, prosaic and inspired revival we have been waiting for. (4.5 stars) - Read the full Metallica - Death Magnetic: Tag Team Review Pt II review

. Metallica - Death Magnetic: Tag Team Review Pt I

If And Justice for All is your cup of PBR, prepare to drink up on Death Magnetic. It's one riff piled haphazardly atop another -- the guys spent a whole year whittling down their tapes of guitar ideas, and still didn't get it right -- but boy, are those riffs something. - Read the full Metallica - Death Magnetic: Tag Team Review Pt I review

. Marc Broussard Keeps Fans Coming Back

For the listener, Keep Coming Back has body & substance. It has taken the party vibe of Broussard's shows and translated them in a way to not only be a great listen, but also to set the standard for other artists to get back to the roots of recording. (5 stars) - Read the full Marc Broussard Keeps Fans Coming Back review

. The Ting Tings - We Started Nothing

Few recordings sound as good at the skating rink as they do at a house party, but We Started Nothing is one of those few. Fun should not be limited to pre-teens at Jonas Brothers concerts, you know. (4 stars) - Read the full The Ting Tings - We Started Nothing review

. Ufomammut - Idolum

All-in-all, Idolum seemingly possesses universal appeal. music fans should simply appreciate Ufomammut's surprising catchiness and wicked originality. Idolum shines like a star in the evening sky and it should: this is one heavenly experience. Get this now. - Read the full Ufomammut - Idolum review

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