Metallica launches live download site
NEW YORK (Metallica Fans Website) - Metallica have announced that they are to make audio recordings of their concerts available to buy over the Internet through their new site LiveMetallica.com. They begin the North American leg of their 'Madly in Anger With the World' tour in Arizona tonight. Fans ...
| Morello vs. Taco Bell
NEW YORK (Audioslave Fans Website) - Audioslave guitarist Tom Morello is planning a musical protest at the headquarters of Taco Bell in Irvine, California this Thursday. Morello has enlisted some radical friends from the music world to take part in the protest against alleged exploitation of farm workers ...
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Creed no more?
NEW YORK (Wind-Up Records announcement) - According to Wind-Up Records, Creed's Scott Stapp and Mark Tremonti are both working on solo projects. According to the rumour mill, the band has broken up. Tremonti is said to have inked his solo deal soon after the now infamous Chicago concert where Stapp ...
| Sum 41 sued for the 'hotdog' DVD video clip
NEW YORK (Sum41 Fans Website) - Sum 41's juvenile antics are finally catching up to them. The band is being sued for throwing a hotdog at a man at a baseball game and video taping it. Michael Sudore claims they taped the incident without his permission, and included it on 2002's "Cross the T's and Gouge ...
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Jeff Ament climbs Kilimanjaro!
NEW YORK (Save The Children Website) - Pearl Jam's bassist Jeff Ament is doing something for the kids. He has signed on to climb Mount Kilimanjaro starting this Sunday in order to raise money for the charity Save The Children. To track the bassist's progress, check out savethechildren.org and while ...
| Darkness singer receives death threats Feb 25 2004
LONDON, UK (The Sun) - Is this another 'marketing' promotion tool which uses the UK music industry? According to The Sun, Justin Hawkins said that he got the first letter after picking up three Brit awards last week. The Darkness front man (Justin Hawkins) has brought in police after receiving death ...
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Puddle of Mudd frontman Wes Scantlin charged
NEW YORK (POD Fans Website) - Puddle of Mudd frontman Wes Scantlin has been charged with disorderly conduct and criminal mischief after a Toledo, Ohio show reportedly degenerated into a drunken mess. Scantlin's band-mates abandoned him onstage after four poorly performed songs, during which the singer ...
| The Darkness have slammed Radiohead!
LONDON, UK (Darkness Fans Website) - The Darkness have decided to follow the now popular trend of slamming established rock band Radiohead, following their huge success at the Britt Awards. The Darkness's guitarist, Dan Hawkins, was quick to criticise the Oxford band's approach: "Most of these modern ...
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Former QOTSA bassist speaks out
NEW YORK (Mondo Genarator Official Website) - Former Queens of The Stone Age bassist Nick Oliveri has spoken out for the first time since guitarist Josh Homme announced that he was out of the band last week. In a posting on the website for Oliveri's solo project, Mondo Generator, the bassist wrote, ...
| Marilyn Manson lawsuit settled
NEW YORK (Marilyn Manson Fans Website) - Marilyn Manson has reached a settlement with a security guard who filed a civil lawsuit accusing the rocker of sexual assault. The case stemmed from a July 2001 incident at a concert in Detroit when Manson allegedly wrapped his legs around the guard's neck and ...
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Dave Grohl drums up support for Garbage
NEW YORK (Foo Fighters Fans Website) - Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl has been in the studio with Garbage as they record their new album. It's a reunion of sorts for Grohl and Garbage drummer Butch Vig, who produced Nirvana's 1991 album "Nevermind." Foo Foghters Fans Website reports that in a posting ...
| QOTSA down to one
NEW YORK (QOTSA Official Website) - Josh Homme and Nick Oliveri, the core of Queens Of The Stone Age, have parted ways. Nick either left the band or was thrown out, depending who you believe. Either way, Queen's management has confirmed the departure, saying: "A number of incidents occurring over the ...
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Linkin Park sidelined
NEW YORK (Linkin Park Fans Website) - Linkin Park's smash hit North American tour with P.O.D., Hoobastank, and Story Of The Year ground to a halt after singer Chester Bennington was diagnosed with bronchitis and acute laryngitis on Friday, forcing the cancellation of last week's scheduled show in Inglewood, ...
| Billy Corgan begins his solo album
NEW YORK (Billy Corgan Official Website) - Former Zwan and Smashing Pumpkins frontman Billy Corgan has begun work on his solo album, according to postings by the singer on his official website. Billboard quotes Corgan as writing, "I am excited to work on this music, because for the first time in my ...
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New singer for Drowning Pool
NEW YORK (Drowning Pool Official Website) - Nu-metal band Drowning Pool may finally be rebounding from the tragic death of vocalist Dave Williams in 2002. The band have just announced that Jason "Gong" Jones will replace Williams as the band's frontman. The new line-up are currently in the studio working ...
| Scott Weiland back to rehab again
NEW YORK (STP Fans Website) - Say it ain't so. Scott Weiland, has once again been ordered back to rehab. Actually, he never was supposed to have left. The Stone Temple Pilots singer was sentenced to a live-in drug detoxification center last October when he pleaded no contest to heroin possession. Recently, ...
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Evanescence replaces Moody?
NEW YORK (Evenescence Fan Website) - A week after Evanescence singer Amy Lee indicated the band was hoping to enlist ex Limp Bizkit guitarist Wes Borland as a replacement for Ben Moody, she has now said that Cold's Terry Balsamo has joined the fold. Balsamo will replace Moody who left Evanescence unexpectedly ...
| The Darkness breaks US market!
NEW YORK (Atlantic announcement) - Atlantic recording group The Darkness has set their first full-blown cross-country U.S. tour, a headlining itinerary slated to begin on March 24th and run through April 20th [tour dates to follow]. The eagerly awaited tour announcement comes as the band is being heralded ...
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Pixies to reunite for US festival
LOS ANGELES (Coachella Valley Festival Website) - The Pixies are to reunite for the Coachella festival in the US where they will top the bill with Radiohead and Kraftwerk. It's the first confirmation of the much anticipated Pixies reunion and - unless they play anywhere else first - will be their first ...
| Evanescence wants collaboration with Limp Bizkit?
NEW YORK (Limp Bizkit Fan Website) - Evanescence singer Amy Lee has confirmed that her band is hoping to work with former Limp Bizkit guitarist Wes Borland on the follow-up to their hugely successful debut, "Fallen." 2003 ended with founding member and Lee's co-writer Ben Moody ditching Evanescence ...
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