Stooges Founder Dies

Police sergeant Brad Hill said there were no signs of foul play, and the musician's death appeared to be from natural causes. - more on this story

Ozzy Nuts Wanted

PR reports: Ozzy Osbourne, his wife Sharon and their children Jack and Kelly are starring in a new Fox variety show, "Osbournes: Reloaded", which taped its first episode on December 7.

The show's producers are now looking for "the biggest, baddest Ozzy Osbourne superfans who are willing to do anything (and we mean ANYTHING!) to meet him," according to the casting call sheet.

"Obviously, this is network television so nothing too 0bscene can be done but we'll definitely push the boundaries. Think eating bugs, licking belly buttons, getting pierced, shaving your head, getting tattoed, etc. —we're looking for Ozzy's HUGEST FANS that will happily do any of this stuff to meet him. Please tell us why you'd be perfect for this and we'll fill you in on all the details of the show!" - What no bird beheadings?

AC/DC More Fan Friendly Than Bon Jovi, Zeppelin and Eagles

MusicRadar reports: For those about to collect autographs, AC/DC salute you. Especially in Canada, where the band have topped the list of rockers always happy to sign for fans.

According to a new poll conducted by HoundsTV.com, based on how rock stars respond to their fans, AC/DC came out ahead of Coldplay and The Guess Who when it comes to pulling out their pens and Sharpies.

Says HoundsTV.com of AC/DC, "From the time they checked into their downtown Toronto hotel (for a concert late in '08) until boarding the bus to play the sold-out stadium gig, to after lunch on Bloor St. the next day, Angus Young, Malcolm Young, Cliff Williams and Brian Johnson...were signing champs and all-round great guys, greeting fans and collectors at every turn." - Bon Jovi, Eagles, Led Zeppelin: Don't bother us

Metallica Purple Hopes Shot Down

Blabbermouth reports: Former Deep Purple keyboardist Jon Lord has commented on rumors of a possible reunion of the Deep Purple Mk III lineup featuring a special guest appearance by Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich.

Writing on his official web site, JonLord.org, Jon Lord commented on the report by saying, "It all seems like a lot of hot air and wild speculation to me.

"I like Lars and what he has achieved with Metallica. He's obviously always been very complimentary in his comments about Deep Purple, and I love the story of his famous nine-years-old 'baptism of fire' at our '73 concert in The KB Halle in Copenhagen, but if I was asked to be involved in a 'Mark III' reunion — (which, by the way, I haven't. All I ever said was that the idea had a few good points and a few not-so-good points.) — and I indeed considered that offer, I would not be able to even imagine it without the presence of Ian Paice."
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Eminem Fiddy Leaks- Winehouse Has No Appeal- Aerosmith Begin New CD- Fall Out Boy Theater- Super Bore- iTunes Go DRM Free- Drummer Hit By Car and more

antiMusic reports: There's still no solidified release dates for upcoming Interscope albums from Eminem and 50 Cent, but new music from both acts has emerged in the past 24 hours. Eminem's "Crack a Bottle," which features 50 as well as Dr. Dre, leaked online today (Jan. 6) more

Amy Winehouse has dropped her appeal against a fine for possession of cannabis in Norway. The singer and her husband, Blake Fielder-Civil, were arrested in Bergen in October 2007 on charges of possessing seven grams of cannabis. more

Aerosmith is ready to return to work on its next studio album, according to a Web post yesterday (Jan. 5) from drummer Joey Kramer. "Today is the first day [bassist] Tom [Hamilton] and I are getting back together," he wrote. "We just rehearsed for two hours and it feels so good! We can't wait to get back into the studio and get back out on the road to do what we do best." more

A live Fall Out Boy concert film will screen at movie theaters across the country on Sunday, January 18. Fall Out Boy LIVE - Folie a Deux NYC To LA will be shown in approximately 80 theaters. more

At the MacWorld conference today (Jan. 6) in San Francisco, Apple Inc. confirmed reports that all four majors were now onboard to deliver DRM-free music through the iTunes Music Store. The company will also embrace a variable pricing model starting in April; the price points are listed as 69 cents, 99 cents and $1.29. more

Over hyped music acts have begun lining up performances in conjunction with Super Bowl XLIII, to be held Feb. 1 in Tampa, Fla. Leading the bill are Rihanna, Fall Out Boy and Lifehouse for the Pepsi Smash Super Bowl Bash, to be held Jan. 29 at Tampa's Ford Amphitheatre and broadcast live on VH1. more

On Wednesday, December 31, Vladislav Sokolov, drummer of Moscow, Russia-based "Slavic pagan metal" band Arkona, was hit by a car. Despite the high speed of the vehicle and the power of the impact, the musician escaped virtually unharmed and has already returned home from the hospital. more

Usually pop stars wait until they are middle aged or at least their fifteen minutes of fame are over before penning their memoirs. But in today's made for TV pop business why wait? BBC reports: Pop singer Leona Lewis has signed a book deal to tell the story of her journey from pizza waitress to X Factor winner and international star. Lewis, 23, said the two years since winning the TV talent show had been "an unbelievable experience". more

Morrissey has announced three New York City shows in support of his new album 'Years of Refusal', scheduled to be released next month. The first of the three gigs will take place at the intimate Bowery Ballroom on March 21, with shows following at Webster Hall and Carnegie Hall. more

Slayer guitarist Kerry King will be take part in a special fan meet-and-greet at the Jägermeister Pit Area at Supercross at Angel Stadium in Anaheim, California on Saturday, January 17 at 4:00 p.m. more

Antony and the Johnsons will be offering an instant digital download of their forthcoming album "The Crying Light" and a bonus track, "My Lord, My Love", for fans who pre-order the album from the band's website starting today. This gives fans a chance to hear the album before the release date as they will be able to download it and the bonus track as soon as they pre-order. [We would provide a link but their PR co is using lame newsletter software with encrypted links.]

No Rush! According to an industry source, the release of RUSH's Retrospective 3 greatest hits package has been delayed once again. Last we heard the official release date was given as February 24th but now it looks like that has been pushed back one week to March 3rd.more

Acclaimed for his work with Porcupine Tree, Opeth and Anja Garbarek amongst others, Steven Wilson's debut album Insurgentes will be released on Kscope on March 9th.more

Voivod are currently finishing up work on a new studio album which contains the last guitar tracks recorded by late guitarist Denis "Piggy" D'Armour. more

Glenn Hughes is doing a special acoustic Swedish show in March, his first gig there for over two years, with Anders Olinder on keyboards. more

Despised Icon has apparently found a replacement for departed guitar player Al Glassman, who recently joined Job For A Cowboy. Taking Glassman's place is guitarist Benoit Landreville, who in turn has amicably parted ways with The Plasmarifle. more metal news

Low Vs Diamond, have teamed up for a co-headlining tour with Nickel Eye kicking off January 18th dates

Rob Zombie's upcoming sequel to his 2007 horror hit "Halloween", tentatively titled "H2", will arrive on August 28, 2009, according to ComingSoon.net. more

20 Buck Spin will release the new Kylesa LP, titled Static Tensions, in March. The regular version will be a single LP with an 8-page LP size booklet. A "deluxe" version will also be made, limited to 500 copies. That version will be a gatefold 2 x LP mastered at 45 RPM housed in a full color foil stamped slip case and more

Demon Hunter will be releasing a new live album called "Live In Nashville." featuring 14 live songs from their "Storm The Gates Of Hell" tour stop in Nashville, Tennessee. The album will be available in stores and online January 27thmore

The previously announced North American tour dates for Down, Evil Army and Weedeater — which were originally posted on Evil Army's MySpace page — have now been removed from the site. According to Evil Army, "The tour dates have changed so we won't be hittin the road until mid-March."more

Oceano has parted ways with guitar player and original member, Jeremy. Frontman Adam has released the following statement: "Within our past few tours tension had seemingly grew above that of a typical level for a band touring the country cramped in a van. Over the past months certain members of the band we're beginning to really 'butt heads' and clash with Jeremy on a personality level, to a point where tour was almost becoming more of a burden to deal with the stress levels and having to diffuse each others frustrations from this."more

Queensryche has announced an extensive North American tour in support of their forthcoming new studio album, "American Soldier."more

Coldplay, Radiohead and Gnarls Barkley are among the artists featured on a forthcoming Grammy CD, which includes several musicians nominated for 2009 Grammy Awards [the lowest rated telecast in history?]. The '2009 Grammy Nominees CD' is due out in the US on January 27. more

Hatred are the first of two lucky bands chosen from the United We Rock Band Contest currently running across the globe, to open the 6th edition of the Desert Rock Festival set to be held at Dubai Festival City on Friday, March 6th. - more on this story

Weiland STP Shy On Solo Tour

Blabbermouth reports: Los Angeles-based producer/engineer/guitarist Doug Grean, who is a guitarist, keyboardist and musical director for Stone Temple Pilots/ex-Velvet Revolver singer Scott Weiland's live solo band, has issued an update, part of that is below :

"People having been yelling for us to play STP songs at every show and this is understandable. But you guys have to understand a few things. To begin with, there is a another band called STP that is actually out there touring and if you want to hear a whole set of STP tunes, you can pretty easily go see them; they were just on tour for five months and they are doing a few shows next week. So it's not like they are broken up and you can't ever see them anymore. That's not the case. So that's one reason not to sit there screaming STP at a Scott solo show.

"Also, Scott WANTS to play his solo stuff, that's what this 'solo' touring stuff is all about. He wants to establish an identity for himself that separate from STP and VR. So if you buy a ticket to a Scott Weiland solo tour concert, you should be prepared to hear mostly Scott Weiland solo songs."
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Michael Jackson to Give McCartney Beatles Songs Back

MusicRadar reports: Although he would rather have them much sooner, as in now, one day Paul McCartney will regain the rights to The Beatles' back catalog of songs. Michael Jackson is said to be giving them back to the former Beatle in his will.

Once friends and collaborators, the two had a bitter falling out in 1985 when Jackson, then flush with Thriller cash, beat out Sir Paul (and Yoko One, John Lennon's widow) in a bid to snatch up the rights to 200 of the Fab Four's iconic hits.

McCartney, 66, and Jackson, 50, have barely spoken since that time, and Macca has made no secret of his annoyance. In a 2006 interview he said, "You know what doesn't feel very good, is going on tour and paying to sing all my songs. Every time I sing Hey Jude, I've got to pay someone."
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Radiohead and Jay-Z Get Mashed

MusicRadar reports: If mash-ups are the sincerest form of flattery, then Jay-Z must feel tickled pink at the newest audio collage in his honor. This one is called Jaydiohead, and it pairs him with those cerebral rockers from Oxfordshire.

Jaydiohead is the brainchild of a New York City DJ who calls himself Minty Fresh, and it matches songs from Jay-Z's Black Album and American Gangster with numbers from Radiohead classics such as OK Computer, Kid A and In Rainbows.

The resulting tracks have titles like 99 Anthems, No Karma, Dirt Off Your Android and Lucifer's Jigsaw. They're astounding and hilarious
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Coheed and Tim Burton

Metal Underground reports: Coheed and Cambria has just announced that the song "Welcome Home," from their 2005 release "Good Apollo I'm Burning Star IV, Vol. 1," has been featured in the trailer for the forthcoming Tim Burton-produced / Shane Acker directed animated film "9."

"We are really pleased about this, as we aren't just a part of something we don't believe in for the sake of a bigger audience," said a press release from the band this morning.

"We are psyched about this movie! We are all fans of Tim Burton, and Shane Acker's original short entitled "9", was brilliant, and even Timur Bekmambetov of "Wanted" is a producer on this movie. So obviously we are really proud to be on the trailer."
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New Found CD Details

punknews.org reports: New Found Glory have revealed more details about their forthcoming debut for Epitaph Records.

The record is titled Not Without a Fight and is due out March 10, 2009. The album will be released on vinyl the same day via Bridge 9 as a gatefold LP.

The band has also launched a stream of their new single, "Listen to Your Friends," on their myspace page. - tracklisting

Top 10 List of Misspelled Albums of All Time

Nobel reports: The Zombies' 1968 classic album 'Odessey and Oracle' has come in third position in a recent list of the Top Ten misspelled album of all time. The list is published four months before the band reunite to perform the album in its entirety for the very last time in the UK this April (see tour dates below).

Entitled "10 Horribly Misspelled Album Titles (and why we like 'em!)", the list, written by Adam K. Raymond on the blog 'Mental Floss' caught the eye of Prefix magazine's Tony Sclafani who commented, "People have been keeping lists of their favourite misspelled band names since the day the Beatles decided to substitute an "a" for an "e" in their moniker."

"The famously misspelled title of the classic Zombies album is the least intentional on the list," commented Mental Floss (the magazine's slogan is "Where Knowledge Junkies Get Their Fix"). - see who else made the list

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