Ozzy Osbourne was given the key to the city of West Palm Beach, Florida on Friday, February 26 by Mayor Lois Frankel, who even noted in her remarks that she was a big fan of “The Osbournes”, the VH1 reality show which introduced the world to his wife Sharon and his kids Jack and Kelly.
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Monthly Archives: March 2010
Person L: “Goodness Gracious”
Person L have posted a new video for “Goodness Gracious,” a song from their 2009 full-length The Positives.
Starting this week, Person L will be touring with Copeland as part of that band’s farewell tour.
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SLASH: Four-Minute Trailer For New Album Available
A four-and-a-half-minute trailer for legendary guitarist Slash’s (GUNS N’ ROSES, VELVET REVOLVER) first true solo album, simply entitled “Slash”, can be viewed below.
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Sick of It All reveal ‘Based on a True Story’ track listing
Sick Of It All have revealed some more details about their upcoming album. The record is titled Based On A True Story and is due out April 20, 2010 via Century Media. It is the follow-up to Death to Tyrants which was released in 2006.
The album was recorded at Antfarm Studios in Århus, Denmark with Danish producer Tue Madsen (Behemoth, The Haunted). Drummer Armand Majidi put together a track-by-track description of the contents and that can be found via Rocksound.
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BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE Frontman Discusses New Album ‘Fever’; Audio Available
Jon Wiederhorn of the MTV Music Blog recently conducted an interview with vocalist/guitarist Matt Tuck of Welsh metallers BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE.
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FATALIST Recording DEATH Cover For ‘After Party Massacre’ Soundtrack
Ventura, California death metallers FATALIST a recording a cover version of DEATH’s “Beyond The Unholy Grave” for the soundtrack to “After Party Massacre”.
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DEVILDRIVER Frontman Interviewed By MTV MUSIC BLOG
Jon Wiederhorn of the MTV Music Blog recently conducted an interview with vocalist Dez Fafara of Santa Barbara, California metallers DEVILDRIVER.
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Bad Religion celebrate 30th anniversary with special shows
Bad Religion recently spoke to Spinner about plans for their 30th anniversary. The band is planning to celebrate the milestone with a year of special shows and studio time. Beginning March 17 in Anaheim, the pioneering band will play a string of 12 shows at West Coast House of Blues venues with special set lists that span the band’s discography. Graffin says that the shows will vary in song selection and theme, with the band possibly running through all of 1988 classic Suffer one night and playing a mix of crowd favorites the next.
Frontman Greg Graffin explained:
If we were being offered to play as a heritage act, I don’t think I’d feel so motivated. But we’re still getting to play every year in new places with vibrant punk scenes, so we still feel relevant.
The shows take place in two weeks. You can see the schedule here.
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THE DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN: ‘Farewell, Mona Lisa’ Video Released
“Farewell, Mona Lisa”, the new video from critically acclaimed rockers THE DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN, can be viewed below.
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MEGADETH’s CHRIS BRODERICK Talks Guitar, Influences
This past weekend, Bay Area Metal Scene conducted an interview with MEGADETH guitarist Chris Broderick.
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Mojo explains the virtues of A&R
Mojo has posted an interesting article defending the frequently derided A&R system which was responsible for signing and managing a significant number of major label and indie musicians. The article presents the argument that “the removal of the A&R man as a filter between artist and consumer means there is more utterly awful music available than ever before. ”
By way of example, it presents both Blur and The Jam noting:
Both The Jam and Blur were asked “where’s the f__king single” about, respectively, All Mod Cons and Modern Life Is Rubbish. The results? Paul Weller was jolted out of his writer’s block and realised that the album they’d handed over to A&R man Chris Parry, dominated by Bruce Foxton songs, wasn’t much cop, went back home to mum and dad’s, listened to some Kinks albums and wrote Down In The Tube Station At Midnight, Mr Clean and English Rose. When Food Records’ Dave Balfe and Andy Ross asked Damon Albarn the same question 13 years later, he went home, listened to some Kinks albums and wrote For Tomorrow and Chemical World. With respect to Ray Davies, if it hadn’t been for those A&R interventions it’s arguable we would never have heard of Weller or Albarn again.
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BLACK THOUGHTS BLEEDING To Release ‘Stomachion’ This Month
German metallers BLACK THOUGHTS BLEEDING will release their debut album, “Stomachion”, on March 26 via Silverwolf Productions.
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SKUNK ANANSIE, APOCALYPTICA, GALLOWS Confirmed For U.K.’s SONISPHERE
SKUNK ANANSIE, FIGHTSTAR, FUNERAL FOR A FRIEND, GALLOWS, MADINA LAKE, FAMILY FORCE 5 and APOCALYPTICA have been confirmed for this year’s edition of the U.K.’s Sonisphere festival, set to take place Friday, July 30 – Sunday, August 1, 2010 at Knebworth.
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