Kills Frontwoman Denies Jack White Fist Fight

"I don't usually bother responding to ridiculous fabricated tabloid rumours, but this one is particularly grotesque," she said. - more on this story

Jane's Addiction Been Caught Reading Teleprompters

MusicRadar reports: In our weird and wacky Photo Of The Day, we give you Jane's Addiction, currently on tour with Nine Inch Nails and keeping it real in their own unique way - by using teleprompters on stage.

Now, hey, if Bruce Springsteen wants to occasionally refer to the scrolling word, we can give The Boss a pass. After all, the man has something like 200 songs rehearsed for his current tour and plays shows that average three hours. Dem's a lotta lyrics to remember.

But Jane's Addiction? In their brief career, they recorded four full albums (Jane's Addiction, Nothing's Shocking, Ritual de lo Habitual and Strays). - more including the photo in question. (and yes, it was a slow news day.)

Korn, Slipknot, Sevendust Members Record Benefit Song For Deftones Bassist

Blabbermouth reports: Korn bassist Reginald "Fieldy" Arvizu has joined forces with Korn drummer Ray Luzier, Slipknot guitarist Jim Root, former Korn axeman Brian "Head" Welch and Sevendust's Clint Lowery to record an instrumental song to benefit Deftones bassist Chi Cheng.

Chi Cheng is said to be "in semi-conscious state" following a November car accident. He was gravely injured in a November 3 car crash in northern California and has "started tracking with eyes and saying words" but he is not yet fully awake.

Cheng's brother recently wrote in an online post that Chi's insurance company had stopped paying for his treatment in mid-January. His mother posted that Cheng's house was returned to the bank and his dog was given away.

Video footage of Arvizu talking about thsi one-time collaboration can be viewed - here

The Bloodiest Music Video Ever

PR reports: In order to continue on their path of carnage, North Carolina's Wretched came to the conclusion that they needed something visually striking to hit the pulse of the metal community. They came up with a video concept that would be so heinous, gory and unsettling that it would make Lucio Fulci and Eli Roth cry themselves to sleep.

With Director Scott Hansen at the helm, Wretched's "A Preservation of Immorality" outdid any preconceived notions and has proudly claimed the title of "The Bloodiest Music Video Ever." However, making the gruesome marriage of a horror film and music video come to fruition was not an easy task.

The cast and crew were up for 30 hours straight, drenched the entire time and ruining a brand new bass guitar after being completely soaked in blood. After 72 hours of clean-up and days locked inside an editing room, WRETCHED is proud to unleash this horrific accomplishment at last. This video is not for the weak-stomached or the faint of heart, but, if you are up to the challenge, it can now be viewed at - BloodiestMusicVideoEver.com.

Satriani vs Coldplay: YouTube Comments Could Be Used in Court

MusicRadar reports: In the April 2009 issue of Entertainment Law & Finance, three partners in the Intellectual Property Group at Kilpatrick Stockton LLP have been musing over the Joe Satriani vs Coldplay copyright case. The US guitarist is suing Coldplay for infringing copyright, alleging the UK band's hit song Viva La Vida uses "substantial portions" of his own song If I Could Fly.

While the legal debate is somewhat dry, the article in EL&F is interesting stuff. The lawyers at Kilpatrick Stockton LLP says that: "Within days of the suit's initiation, YouTube was inundated with postings in which fans freely offered their opinions concerning the merits of Satriani's claims (or absence there-of). Some of these submissions were supported by surprisingly detailed analyses of the works."

While Satriani vs Coldplay may not go to trial for a variety of reasons, lawyers at Kilpatrick Stockton LLP think that YouTube analysis by fans and music teachers could well be used as evidence by either side in the case. - more on this story

Akon Protege Murdered- Aerosmith Walmart?- Pearl Jamming New Songs for Conan- Judas Priest Live CD- Early Hagar Albums Reissued- Kanye Pleads- and more

antiMusic reports: Dolla, a rapping protege of hip-hop artist Akon, was fatally shot in the head Monday near a valet stand outside the Beverly Center, publicist Sue Vannasing told the Los Angeles Times.more. A murder in the case has been made, watch a video news report here

Aerosmith guitarist Joe Perry may have let is slip that the band's next album will be released exclusively at Walmart, a la AC/DC's Black Ice.more

Pearl Jam will be part of Conan O'Brien's first "Tonight Show" when he takes over on June 1st. According to Billboard, the band plans to play songs from their forthcoming album. more

Judas Priest will be releasing a live album in July entitled, "A Touch Of Evil- Live." The record will consist of songs recorded on their tours from 2005 to 2008 and will feature eleven songs.

Counting Crows have been forced to postpone Monday night's (May 18) gig at Bournemouth International Centre due to illnessmore

Early Sammy Hagar Reissues: Rock Candy Records releases four limited and special collector's editions reissues on May 18th: three titles from cult late seventies/early eighties Anglo-American AOR band The Babys, and 'Street Machine' from highly respected US rocker Sammy Hagar. more

David Byrne is happy to be "the guinea pig" at this year's Bonnaroo Music and Art Festival. Byrne is helming the first artist-curated stage in Bonnaroo's eight-year history, presenting a Friday night (June 12) lineup that will include his own "Songs of David Byrne and Brian Eno" show along with Santigold, the Dirty Projectors, Ani DiFranco, St. Vincent and the all-female Norwegian alt-folk band Katzenjammer.more

After voicing concern that fans attending Disturbed's Music As A Weapon tour on May 17 at Green Bay, Wisconsin's Resch Center might show disrespect at the nearby the Brown County Veterans Memorial, veterans Sunday said they're pleased — events were not taking place too near the memorial, and concert-goers showed their appreciation to vets who were there.more

The Tracii Guns version of L.A. Guns will be hitting the road this summer. more

Living Sacrifice is currently in the studio recording their first album since 2002's "Conceived In Fire." Tracking is taking place with producer Jeremiah Scott (The Showdown)more

Coheed And Cambria has been confirmed for this year's Wacken Open Air festival, set to take place July 30 - August 1, 2009 in Wacken, Germany.more

Reactivated New Jersey thrashers Whiplash have set up a show in New Jersey on June 20th at Dingbatz, marking their first hometown show in ten years.more

The Napster subscription service introduced a new pricing tier that allows users to stream an unlimited number of songs and download five DRM-free tracks a month for $5.more

Reel Big Fish, The English Beat and Supervillains will be touring together this summer.more

New York metal/death metal band She Is A Liar has broken up with the members moving on to pursue other projects.more

Set Your Goals, Four Year Strong, Fireworks, The Swellers, and Grave Maker will be on the road together this summer.dates

Jim Jones has pleaded not guilty to assaulting a 17-year-old boy during a concert in Panama City, FL in Marchmore

Swallow The Sun have announced that Kai Hahto (Wintersun, ex-Rotten Sound) will be playing drums on their forthcoming album and live shows next summer. more

Monster Magnet has announced its first tour of Australia in over 10 years.dates

Some happenings from outside the world of rock

Kanye West has pleaded not guilty to misdemeanor charges stemming from a scuffle with a paparazzo last year.more

Eminem will celebrate the release of "Relapse," his first new studio album in five years, with a performance at the Sound Board theater in Detroit's Motor City Casino. more. In other Eminem news, MTV asks if Slim Shady is teaming with 50 Cent for a summer tour here

Barbara Mandrell, Roy Clark and Charlie McCoy were inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame on Sunday in an at times emotional ceremony that saluted them for their music as well as their contributions to bringing the genre to a mass audience through television.more

Hecklerspray ask an obvious question about American Idol finalist Adam Lambert. They ponder if he is gay. Not that it really matters, but if you are really curious and can't draw your own conclusions from 10 seconds of exposure to him on the tele and aren't in self denial about the whole thing like the fanatics of a former Idol contestant, Hecklerspray suggest: "Why Don't We Ask His 'Boyfriend'" Read all about it here

Trivia Question of the day: Which 60s music icon was a guest singer on the Alice Cooper classic "Billion Dollar Babies?" A) Paul McCartney B) Cat Stevens C) Donovan D) David Crosby. The answer tomorrow!

- more News Quicks

Tantric Announce New Album Release

ABC reports: Tantric will be releasing their fourth album, Mind Control, July 21 on the Silent Majority Group label (through Warner Music Group's Independent Label Group).

It was produced by Brett Hestla (Creed, Framing Hanley, Dark New Day) and is the follow-up to 2008's The End Begins, which produced the Top Five Rock hit, "Down and Out."

Tantric was formed from the ashes of Platinum acoustic rock band Days of the New. After scores of U.S. tours, multiple Rock hits including "Breakdown," "Mourning," "Astounded," "Hey Now," and "Down and Out," TANTRIC has grown into a mainstay at the Rock radio formats. While the band's recurrent tracks continue to enjoy plenty of radio play, their fourth album, MIND CONTROL, is being greeted by early listeners as their "heaviest and hookiest" work to date. The title track—the album's first single--will surely become, yet again, another rock radio staple. A video will hit the TV and Internet airwaves in the next few weeks.

In touring news, look for the band to launch a full-scale summer tour in July. Details are forthcoming. - Myspace link

Creedence Covers the Classics

conqueroo reports: Fantasy Records continues its massive Creedence Clearwater Revival reissue program with the May 26, 2009 release of Creedence Covers the Classics, a compilation of the band's best cover tracks, plus a fully remastered version of The Concert, the band's 1970 live album. Last year, marking Creedence's 40th anniversary, Fantasy re-released the Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame-inducted band's first six studio albums including rare never-before-released bonus tracks.

Creedence Clearwater Revival had developed a vast arsenal of covers during a lengthy apprenticeship in the local Bay Area music scene (as Tommy Fogerty & the Blue Velvets and later as the Golliwogs) by the time they emerged on the national stage in 1968. As fans of the 1950s "Golden Age of Rock 'n' Roll," CCR hardly missed an opportunity to salute their musical heroes while making the songs their own. The Creedence Covers the Classics collection brings together for the first time these classic cover recordings.

Included are renditions of Dale Hawkins' "Susie Q" (CCR's very first hit single), Little Richard's "Good Golly Miss Molly," Marvin Gaye's "I Heard It Through the Grapevine," Ricky Nelson's "Hello Mary Lou," Leadbelly's "The Midnight Special" and "Cotton Fields," Roy Orbison's "Ooby Dooby," Ray Charles' "The Night Time Is the Right Time," Wilson Pickett's "Ninety-Nine and a Half," Bo Diddley's "Before You Accuse Me," Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup's "My Baby Left Me" (made a hit by Elvis Presley) and Screamin' Jay Hawkins' "I Put a Spell On You." - more on this story

Primal Fear Set US Release of 16.6

PR reports: Frontiers Records proudly announces the release of Primal Fear's new studio album "16.6 (Before the Devil Knows You're Dead)" on May 22 in Europe and June 9 in the USA.

Anticipated by a successful listening session held in Cologne, Germany, attended by the cream of the European Metal press, the new album is about to bring back Primal Fear to the throne of Heavy Metal.

"16.6" is easily the most powerful, ambitious and interesting album in the band's history. The vibe of songs like the opening track "Riding The Eagle," "Killbound," or "Under The Radar" are reminiscent of the "Nuclear Fire" album but the whole album features all the trademarks of the Primal Fear sound - a the total dedication to pure metal. There is also a new approach mixed with the trademark PF riffs in tracks like "Six Times Dead (16.6)," "Soar," and "Smith & Wesson," as well as the epic stories, consummate musicianship, and fantastic melodies in songs like "Black Rain," "No Smoke Without Fire," "Torn," and the stylistically new ballad "Hands Of Time," with four band members all sharing the lead vocals. - more on this story

Singled Out: Andy Shauf

antiMusic reports: Welcome to Singled Out! where we ask artists to tell us the inside story of their latest single. Today Andy Shauf tells us about "Crushes" from his brand new album "Darker Days" which hit stores yesterday. We now turn it over to Andy for the story:

I wrote 'Crushes' in the fall of 2006. It's a pretty simple song about a girl that I had a crush on in high school. We would talk and I would turn red and she'd wonder what was wrong with me. She used to write me notes and that was pretty nice. I remember always thinking that she had feelings for me even though she never really gave any signs of it.

When I write a song, I usually make a demo of it right away to get an idea of what I want the whole song to sound like. When I originally demo-ed this one, I put a harmony in that stayed with the lead vocal for the whole song. It was sort of high for me so when I went to the studio to record Darker Days I asked my friend Deb Hansen if she would like to sing on it, and she said yes! (which was nice of her, she has a very nice voice.) We recorded my main vocal and guitar at the same time (which is possibly why we never fixed the weird thing that happens between 'keep' and 'in' in the third verse). Then we put some hand claps, shakers, and tambourines in to give it rhythm and some oooo's and bah's to make it cheery.

I played 'Crushes' at a show once and said that everyone should do the 'bah'-ing part and then some people started bah-ing like sheep...which was interesting.

Hearing is believing. Now that you know the story behind the song, listen for yourself and learn more about the album - right here!

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