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 9
Years of antiMusic: 2 Cents on the Eighties |
Day in Rock reports: It was nine years ago
this month that our sister site Rocknworld.com was launched. So to celebrate
9 years of antiMusic we'll be looking back at some of our most popular
articles since the beginning. Today we look back at the most popular 2
Cents article. Here is a bit of Chuck's thoughts on the 80s:
You know, the eighties are more popular
now than they were in the eighties. How the hell did that happen? Here’s
a newsflash for you kids; they weren’t all that great. I know because I
was there. But there were a few high points mixed in amongst all the lows.
First the lows: Let’s start with popular
culture during the eighties. Well, actually there really wasn’t much culture,
per se. Let’s see if this sums it up for you: If you thought the seventies
were a cultural abyss, the eighties were enough to make you want to claw
out your own eyes with a garden weasel.
Then there was the hair. And I’m talking
big hair on the chicks, not just on the hair-band boys. I saw women with
their hair jacked all the way up to the baby Jesus and I’m still emotionally
traumatized by the experience. It was scary – Freddy Krueger scary. [read
all of Chuck's thoughts at the full story link. ]- Click
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| Dirty
Avril Scam |
Idolator.com reports: Avril Lavigne's The
Best Damn Thing may be the No. 1 record in the country this week, but were
her sales numbers inflated by listeners' desire to hear Avril sing that
she's not just "the mother... princess," but "the motherf***ing princess"?
A MySpace blog post about one Avril fan's attempts to buy the explicit
version of Thing is making us wonder, since it was through that post--and
nowhere else--that we found out Lavigne's label, SonyBMG, is only making
the uncensored version of the album available to those who pony up for
the pricier CD/DVD edition:
Yesterday I went to buy Avril Lavigne's
new record "The Best Damn Thing" (shut up) for $9.99. They also had a "deluxe
limited edition" that featured a bonus DVD for $16.99. I have no interest
in paying extra for a DVD I will never watch so I passed, opting to buy
the single disc edition instead. When I popped the record into my CD player
I was surprised to hear that I purchased the edited version, the record
wasn't labeled as edited so I thought it was just a mistake…. [see full
story for more]
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| Suge
Vs K-Fed |
TMZ reports: Suge Knight has Britney's back
... and Kevin Federline best watch his!
TMZ spotted the rapresario chewing out
a K-Fed lookalike outside of club Area last night, mistaking him for the
real thing while screaming, "He's a bitch!" and "Britney's my homegirl!"
at the unlucky doppleganger.
As he pulled out of the driveway he told
our cameras, "That fool want to act f**ked up with Britney, act weird about
her kids, we'll chase his ass up out this city!" -- Be warned K-Fed, or
end up the next Vanilla Ice! [check out the video at the full story link]-
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| Sanjaya's
Pot Dealing Mom? |
TMZ reports: Maybe that's why Sanjaya's always
got that goofy grin on his face! Turns out that Sanjy's mom, Jillian Blith,
used to be a pot-growing potentate -- and that his sister Shyamali was
no stranger to the art of toking herself.
The Momjaya was pinched by the Pierce County
Sheriff's Department in February 2005 in Pierce County, Wash. after they
found 310 marijuana plants -- and the Sis-jaya keeping watch with a bag
of weed and "smoking devices" -- in the Malakar family garage, as the National
Enquirer first smoked out today.
But -- buzzkill -- Shyamali, who was arrested
for possession, directed the cops to another green-growing facility nearby,
where they arrested Blith and her husband, Charles Quist (Sanjaya's stepdad).
Quist's mugshot, obtained by TMZ, bears a striking resemblance to Gary
Sinise, a very blitzed Gary Sinise. (We're told there's a mugshot of Shyamali,
but it can't be made public because she was only 17 at the time of the
bust.) [this explains so much, but the story doesn't end here, see the
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| The
Tap is Back! Spinal Tap Reunite |
FMQB reports: While reuniting bands such as
Smashing Pumpkins, The Police and Genesis are all on tap for the global
Live Earth concerts on July 7, the biggest reunion of them all has been
added to the bill. Spinal Tap will play the Wembley Stadium Live Earth
concert in London. The mockumentary pioneers will also be releasing a new
single, "Warmer Than Hell." [see full story for more]-
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| Sum
41 Vs Dubya |
punkbands reports: There's a song on the new
[Canadian pop band] Sum 41 record in which Deryck Whibley, the johnson
to Avril Lavigne's punanny, says the "And now the president's dead/ Because
they blew off his head/ No more neck to be red/ I guess to heaven he fled."
Of course he's talking about George [W] Bush.
…Deryck issued a statement saying the line
is a metaphor... A metaphor using the term "The President of The United
States." [OMG how punk rawk!]
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| Marr
Helps Crowded House |
Launch reports: The Smiths' guitarist Johnny
Marr has helped to write a song for the new Crowded House album.
The star has co-written the album track
"Even A Child" with frontman Neil Finn for the band's first album in 14
years.
Marr, who has recently been working with
Modest Mouse, also features on the band's lead-off single "Don't Stop Now,"
which is due out on June 26. [see full story for more]-
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| The
Raconteurs Recording |
Reuters reports: The Raconteurs, the side
project of White Stripes frontman Jack White, are in a Nashville studio
working on the follow-up to their 2006 debut "Broken Boy Soldiers," and
hope to have a new album out next year.[see full story for more]-
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| Legit
Lyrics Yahooed |
BBC reports: Madonna fans will never again
make the mistake of singing: "Like a virgin, touched for the thirty-first
time" as Yahoo launches a legal lyric service. Yahoo Music in the US is
letting users look up the words to 400,000 songs by artists such as Prince
and Beyonce.
Song word sites are already popular on
the web, but this is the first time major publishers have given consent.[see
full story for more]- Click
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| Papa
Roach Drummer Sitting Out Tour |
Blabbermouth reports: PAPA ROACH drummer Dave
Buckner is sitting out the band's current tour due to "personal reasons."
He is expected to rejoin the group at a later date. PAPA ROACH is utilizing
a stand-in drummer for its upcoming shows, including tonight's (April 25)
performance at The Swamp in Ft. Walton Beach, FL.[see full story for more]-
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| Tool
Join Summerfest |
Blabbermouth reports: Dave Tianen of The Milwaukee
Journal Sentinel reports that TOOL will fill one of the remaining slots
in Summerfest's 2007 main stage lineup.
TOOL will play the Marcus Amphitheater
in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on July 4. Tickets for the date will go on sale
on May 5 at noon[see full story to find out who else is playing]-
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| Cooper
Temple Clause Split |
Contact Music reports: Berkshire-based band
the Cooper Temple Clause have announced that they are splitting up after
guitarist Dan Fisher said he was quitting the group.
After the guitarist's decision, the rest
of the band decided to all it a day and pursue other interests.
Speculation had been rife that a split
may have been on the horizon following the band's decision to cancel gigs
at the Camden Crawl and a headline slot at the Koko in north London last
week.[see full story for more]- Click
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| Fiddy
Sets Release |
Contact Music reports: US rapper 50 Cent will
be releasing his third album Curtis on June 25th, marking the return of
Eminem's favourite protege.
50 Cent's new album features the typical
all-star guest list, including his mentor Eminem, Akon, Justin Timberlake,
Mary J Blige, Robin Thicke and Nicole Scherzinger, of Pussycat Dolls fame.[see
full story for more]- Click
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| Atheist
Announce Final US Shows |
SMN reports: Technical metal pioneers ATHEIST
have announced their last-ever U.S. performances.
This weekend the band will hit the stage
for the last time in their native Florida with headlining shows in Tampa
and Miami (at Brass Mug and Club Flower respectively). Following, ATHEIST
will perform at a handful of European festivals before a final show in
New York City.
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| Incubus
Summer Tour |
SMN reports: INCUBUS have announced the following
Summer North American tour dates:
July 10 - Los Angeles, CA @ Greek Theater
July 11 - Los Angeles, CA @ Greek Theater
July 12 - Santa Barbara, CA @ County Bowl
July 14 - Berkley, CA @ Greek Theater
July 15 - Lake Tahoe, NV @ Harvey’s
July 17 - Salt Lake City, UT @ Usana
July 18 - Denver, CO @ Red Rocks
July 20 - Kansas City @ City Mart
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| ANTiSEEN
Reissue |
PR reports: TKO Records is pleased to announce
the reissue of ANTiSEEN’s notorious 2001 comeback album “The Boys From
Brutalsville.” This was the album that reintroduced these Scum Punk warlords
to a whole new generation of fans. Now after being out-of-print for several
years, “Brutalsville” is back, and meaner than ever. This expanded digi-pack
reissue includes four bonus tracks and a bonus DVD that features music
videos from the album and footage from a 16-track live set from the Los
Angeles stop of ANTiSEEN’s 2001 Rolling Blackouts West Coast tour. This
DELUXE edition will be essential to any ANTiSEEN fan, and if you missed
it the first time around, now you’ll be able to see what the fuss was all
about. Also stay tuned for upcoming West Coast dates! The CD/DVD will hit
stores July 10th.- Click
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