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Post by Ockham's Razor on Aug 11, 2005 13:52:37 GMT -5
In Memorium
Stephen S. Sherwood - Died 8-3-2005 - Shot himself after he shot and killed his wife ( Metal ) Bassist - Was a member of Immortal Dominion.
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Post by Kamikaze Parrot on Aug 11, 2005 13:56:32 GMT -5
In MemoriumStephen S. Sherwood - Died 8-3-2005 - Shot himself after he shot and killed his wife ( Metal ) Bassist - Was a member of Immortal Dominion.
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Post by Ockham's Razor on Aug 13, 2005 16:57:10 GMT -5
Fugazi members still prolific during hiatus
We asked Dischord about the current happenings with the members of Fugazi, who have been on hiatus since January of 2004. The band released their last studio record The Argument in 2001.
The members of the band are still busy however, with numerous projects ongoing or in the works. As reported earlier, Vocalist/guitarist Ian MacKaye continues to work with Amy Farina on The Evens, and will be headed to Japan to support The Evens.
Drummer Brendan Canty has been acting as producer for recent records from Mary Timony and Medications as well as performing on the recent solo release from Bob Mould titled Body of Song. Canty also continues to work on his Burn to Shine DVD series, which will release the Chicago edition on August 23rd and has begun work on the Portland, OR version. In the series Brendan and film maker Christoph Green travel to towns and film local acts performing in houses that are scheduled to be demolished or burned. Each disc documents the house, the performance and the demolition.
Guy Picciotto is also producing records with recent collaborations with The Gossip and Blonde Redhead. Joe Lally had been working with Decahedron who are currently on hiatus and is also working with John Fruscanti from Red Hot Chilli Peppers.
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Post by Ockham's Razor on Aug 13, 2005 16:57:56 GMT -5
Jello Biafra, Bouncing Souls, Ted Leo, Wayne Kramer, Le Tigre at Operation Ceasefire in Washington
Details have been announced for the upcoming Operation Ceasefire, a "coalition of concerned musicians" who will host an upcoming free concert on September 24th at the Washington Monument in Washington D.C.
As suggested by it's name, the concert aims to peacefully demonstrate against the war and bring government attention to the "nearly 60% of American citizens who oppose the action in Iraq." The group had this to say:
[The concert will be] a showpiece [in] what is expected to be 4 days of enormous protests in nation’s capital in support of a full withdrawal of U.S. forces from the quagmire in Iraq. [...] Operation Ceasefire intends to elevate the fight against the misguided and immoral occupation of Iraq. A recent press conference, which took place on August 10th, included musical artists, military families who have loved ones in Iraq, returning soldiers opposed to the war and organizers from United for Peace & Justice (UFPJ),
Scheduled to perform at the event are Ted Leo and the Pharmacists, Bouncing Souls, Wayne Kramer of the MC5, LeTigre, as well as Thievery Corporation, Steve Earle, The Coup, Headroc and the Bellrays.
Jello Biafra will host the event which is part of a three day action by the United for Peace organization. The organization is the largest U.S. based anti-war coalition and is co-sponsoring the event.
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Post by Ockham's Razor on Aug 13, 2005 23:17:07 GMT -5
Ozzy Retiring As Ozzfest Headliner
Ozzy Osbourne has confirmed that this will be his final year headlining his Ozzfest festival. The almost 10-year-old hard rock trek, which launched in 1996, has always included Osbourne as a show closer either with Black Sabbath or with his solo band.
Next year, Osbourne will still participate in Ozzfest, though only at a few of the tour's stops. "After 10 years, the Ozzfest's name and reputation has been established," the artist said in a statement. "It's time for me to move on and do other things."
Osbourne has suffered from unspecified throat problems during this year's tour, requiring Black Sabbath to skip three appearances and Iron Maiden to step in as the headliner.
Another show originally planned for Aug. 7 at the Float-Rite Amphitheater in Somerset, Wis., was rescheduled for Sept. 10 and will now serve as the last date of the tour.
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Post by Ockham's Razor on Aug 13, 2005 23:19:52 GMT -5
Costello Commentary Spiffs DVD Retrospective Originally expected earlier this year, the DVD "The Right Spectacle: The Very Best of Elvis Costello -- The Videos" will arrive Sept. 6 in the United Kingdom via demonVision. A North American release date has not yet been finalized for the project, which rounds up all of the artist's classic promo clips plus a wealth of rare European TV appearances.
Of perhaps most interest to fans is the fact that Costello provides commentary for each of the 27 videos, including such early MTV favorites as "(What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love & Understanding" and "Everyday I Write the Book."
But securing the artist's services for the project nearly didn't happen, according to DVD producer Sophie Coolbaugh. "Elvis was completely booked up last summer and no matter how we looked at his schedule, there was no way he could spare us a few hours," she tells Billboard.com. "We had given up on the idea when the call came late on a Thursday afternoon -- we could have him for a couple of hours on the following Sunday in New York."
Due to short notice, the producers were forced to rent a studio without air conditioning "on a muggy September evening," Coolbaugh recalls. "Elvis had not dabbled in the art of the DVD audio commentary before, and he took to it like a fish takes to water. It is both witty and interesting, and definitely a key highlight of the disc."
Coolbaugh delighted in "finding bits and pieces that we knew no one had seen in over 20 years, if at all," including an extra song from a 1983 performance on the U.K. show "The Tube" and clips from Holland's Pink Pop Festival ("fabulous pink suit").
However, one classic piece of film eluded "The Right Spectacle." Says Coolbaugh: "The master of Elvis' first-ever TV appearance [performing 'Alison' for 'Granada Reports' in July 1977] has gone missing sometime between 1977 and now. It was very, very lucky that the producers of [the show] 'So It Goes' lifted a clip from it for their show later that year, so the excerpt we have on the disc is the only surviving clip from [Costello's] TV debut."
Since there are no U.S. TV appearances on the collection, could a follow-up "Elvis in the U.S." compilation see the light of day in the future? "We had access to a large number of archives and in the end it was a question of finding clips that were most representative of the period," Coolbaugh says. "Who knows what the future holds -- there are certainly plenty of great clips to consider for a follow up."
Here is "The Right Spectacle" track list:
"(I Don't Want To Go To) Chelsea" "Pump It Up" "Radio Radio" "(What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love & Understanding" "Oliver's Army" "Accidents Will Happen" "I Can't Stand Up for Falling Down" "High Fidelity" "Love for Tender" "Possession" "New Amsterdam" "Clubland" "New Lace Sleeves" "Good Year for the Roses" "Sweet Dreams" "You Little Fool" "Everyday I Write the Book" "Let Them All Talk" "The Only Flame in Town" "I Wanna Be Loved" "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood" "Veronica" "This Town" "The Other Side if Summer" "So Like Candy" "Sulky Girl" "13 Steps Lead Down"
Bonus Material:
"Granada Reports" / "So It Goes" (U.K.): "Alison" (excerpt), "Lip Service," "No Dancing"
"Revolver" (U.K.): "This Year's Girl," "Radio Radio"
"Countdown" (Holland): "Oliver's Army," "Accidents Will Happen," "Watching the Detectives," "You Belong To Me"
"Pink Pop" (Holland): "Lipstick Vogue," "Watching the Detectives"
"What's In" (U.K.): "Shot With His Own Gun"
"The Tube" (U.K.): "Shipbuilding," "Everyday I Write the Book," "Clowntime Is Over," "TKO (Boxing Day)"
"Mandagsboren": "Big Sister's Clothes," "Peace in Our Time"
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Post by Ockham's Razor on Aug 13, 2005 23:21:54 GMT -5
Judge OKs Evanescence Refund Deal
A judge has approved a deal enabling people to get refunds on the Evanescence live album "Anywhere but Home" if they bought it at a Wal-Mart in Maryland.
The agreement signed Wednesday in Washington County Circuit Court partially settles a lawsuit filed by a local couple who claim the copy they bought at Wal-Mart contained explicit lyrics but didn't carry a parental advisory sticker.
New York-based Sony BMG Music Entertainment and its Wind-Up Records subsidiary agreed to offer the refunds in exchange for dismissal of the claims filed against them last year by Trevin and Melanie Skeens of Brownsville. The record company didn't acknowledge any wrongdoing.
The Skeens are still suing Wal-Mart Stores Inc., of Bentonville, Ark., claiming the retailer deceived consumers by selling the album without a warning label.
The refund offer applies to albums purchased before Jan. 1 of this year. Those seeking a refund must provide proof that they bought the album at a Maryland Wal-Mart store.
Released last year, "Anywhere but Home" has sold 381,000 copies in the United States, according to Nielsen SoundScan. ------------------------------------------------------------------------
side note: the "explicit lyric" in question was the word 'fuck' mentioned once... and only once on the entire cd
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Post by Ockham's Razor on Aug 13, 2005 23:24:16 GMT -5
The Dictators Unearthing Rarities Album
Work has begun on assembling a single disc of demos, outtakes, and other previously unreleased bits from veteran New York proto-punk act the Dictators. In the early days of CBGB, the group frequently shared the stage with like-minded acts such as the Ramones and the Dead Boys,
"We're going to do one more Dictators record, which is our demos from 1973, which sound great," bassist Andy Shernoff tells Billboard.com. "And outtakes and songs here and there that never made it onto record over the years."
While no track list is confirmed, Shernoff has a good idea of what will ultimately make the cut. "Dictator classics like 'Backseat Boogie' and 'Fireman's Friend' -- based on the 'Superman' episode which you probably never saw," he says. "I'm going to put on some of those wacky, extended remixes -- almost dub kind of mixes. Then we've got some rehearsal tapes -- interesting things. It's not going to be all hi-fi, but it's going to be for the fans of the band."
Longtime fans will be most interested in finally hearing the group's original demos, of which some re-recorded versions "made it onto the first record, and some didn't," Shernoff says. "I really got a kick hearing them. And I think a lot of the people that like the Dictators are going to get a kick out of what we were doing in 1973." A cover of the Dead Boys' "Sonic Reducer" is also in the hopper.
Shernoff expects the as-yet-untitled collection to be released by Norton, which is home to albums by the Sonics, the Flamin' Groovies and Link Wray, among many others. "Billy Miller and Miriam Linna, who run the label, are very good friends of mine," he says. "It seems like they're the right vehicle."
Until then, fans can check out the just-released live set, "Viva Dictators," recorded at recent reunion shows at Maxwell's in Hoboken, N.J., and the Bowery Ballroom in New York. "It's got a little more energy maybe, because we had time to figure out the best way to play the songs," Shernoff says. "The arrangements are sleeker. It's pretty much a 'greatest hits' record, as much as we'll ever have."
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Post by Ockham's Razor on Aug 13, 2005 23:26:19 GMT -5
Death From Above 1979 Planning 'Epic' New CD
Canadian rock duo Death From Above 1979 will return to the studio on Sept. 1 to begin recording the follow-up to its acclaimed 2004 Vice debut, “You're a Woman, I'm a Machine.”
“We are just writing it,” bass/synth player Jesse F. Keeler tells Billboard.com. “The new album will come out in March, but we will be done with it in December.” The group plans on releasing the first single in the U.K. in January, but isn't prepared to dish out any track titles just yet.
“I videotaped this band years ago when they played all these new songs, and I learned all the new songs from the videotape,” explains Keeler. “Then, the record came out and the dude wrote all different lyrics and titles that I didn't think were as good.”
Along with drummer and vocalist Sebastien Grainger, Keeler will lay down the tracks in his new Toronto studio MSTRKRFT, under the same guidelines as their debut. “I write the music and Sebastian writes all the vocal things -- which I have nothing to do with,” admits Keeler. “It will probably be 10 songs long and ... epic.”
In mid-October, DFA 1979 will take a brief break from recording to open 20 dates on the Nine Inch Nails/Queens Of The Stone Age tour. “We're going to play Madison Square Garden and the Staples Center and all those big famous places,” Keeler enthuses. “MSG is where Jay-Z did the 'Black Album' concert. That is major.”
After the NIN/QOTSA run, Death From Above 1979 has no plans to tour again until the March release of the new album. Keeler will also keep busy with side projects, remixing and producing songs for Norwegian electro-pop artist Annie, and fellow Canadians Buck 65 and K-OS.
“I just finished one for Juliette Lewis and the Licks. All the projects are being done in Toronto, but a lot of the stuff we do deals with labels in the UK because they are really into new things. So they are excited for us to give it to them,” he says.
Death From Above 1979 is currently touring the European festival circuit through the end of the month.
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Post by Ockham's Razor on Aug 13, 2005 23:27:11 GMT -5
Complete Hendrix Woodstock Set Heads To DVD
Jimi Hendrix's closing performance at Woodstock on Aug. 18, 1969, is arguably one of the most iconic moments in rock history, but it has never been commercially available in its entirety. That will change on Sept. 13, when Universal Music and Experience Hendrix release the DVD "Jimi Hendrix -- Live at Woodstock." The project comes out a day earlier in the U.K.
The double-disc set captures one of Hendrix's only performances with an extended backing band, dubbed Gypsy Sun And Rainbows. Longtime Hendrix engineer Eddie Kramer supervised a new audio mix in both 5.1 and 2.0 stereo sound. Bonus features include "The Road to Woodstock" documentary, a contemporaneous press conference and "A Second Look," which blends black-and-white video footage with color clips from alternate angles.
More than 35 years later, Woodstock is still a high point for Gypsy Sun And Rainbows (and later, Band Of Gypsys) bassist Billy Cox. "We had a house in Woodstock for maybe 30 days, and then the Woodstock Festival finally came up," he recalls to Billbord.com. "We worked, practiced and rehearsed very diligently for that. And the day finally came when we [played], and it was kind of a relief off our minds. We really did it as a group -- we were on stage for close to two hours."
Although many feel Woodstock marked the end of the 1960s counterculture movement, Cox says the festival vibe was "great. We went and played with the attitude of, 'Look at all those people, everybody's doing something different.' It's like watching television; we'll go with the vibe. So the energy from them came to us, and we threw it right back at them."
The performance crystallized a new period of musical exploration for Hendrix. "In the earlier times, when he was with Noel [Redding] and Mitch [Mitchell], the songs were very simple," Cox says. "The simplicity of the 'Foxey Lady's' and the 'Purple Haze's' now went into some pretty intricate things, like 'Jam Back at the House' and then later the 'Freedom's', the 'Dolly Dagger's,' and 'In from the Storm.' And you don't have the time to do a lot of pyrotechnics; you've got to play."
While the set list contained both favorites from the Jimi Hendrix Experience ("Purple Haze," "Foxey Lady," "Spanish Castle Magic") and then-unheard compositions ("Message to Love," "Jam Back at the House," "Izabella"), it was the guitarist's surprise rendition of "The Star Spangled Banner" that became synonymous with the original Woodstock.
"[Jimi] was so into it -- if you listen closely you will see that I stayed on him," Cox says. "And when he started 'The Star Spangled Banner,' that impromptu thing, you hear the first four, five, or six notes; I'm in there with him. Then I said, 'Wait a minute, we didn't rehearse this, and it doesn't sound too good with me playing.' I backed away, and he continued and made a classic out of that."
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Post by Ockham's Razor on Aug 13, 2005 23:28:40 GMT -5
Mudhoney working on new album
Veteran Seattle rock act Mudhoney is in the studio working on its first album since 2002's "Since We've Become Translucent." The as-yet-untitled set is expected to be released in early 2006 via Sub Pop.
"The stuff I've heard is amazing," Sub Pop co-founder/president Jonathan Poneman tells Billboard.com. "It's more political than they have been. It's not overtly political, like protest songs, but it is great Mudhoney."
The group will play three U.K. shows next month: Sept. 15 in Dublin and Sept. 16-17 in London.
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Post by Kamikaze Parrot on Aug 14, 2005 11:34:42 GMT -5
thanks for the news anthony
I inparticulr found
Jello Biafra, Bouncing Souls, Ted Leo, Wayne Kramer, Le Tigre at Operation Ceasefire in Washington
Costello Commentary Spiffs DVD Retrospective
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Death From Above 1979 Planning 'Epic' New CD
interesting
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Post by Ockham's Razor on Aug 14, 2005 22:11:30 GMT -5
The Damned recording in September
The Damned are reporting that due to unforeseen difficulties the Get Lost Weekend Festival will not be going ahead. The fest was originally set to take place from the 26th to the 28th of August at The Farm in Lincolnshire, UK. The Damned were scheduled to headline two nights and appearances were confirmed by the Vibrators, Electric Prunes and others. Tickets purchased online should have since been refunded by the vendors. More info can be found on the band's website.
On a more positive note the Damned will hit the studio in September and tour extensively in the UK in November and December performing new material. The band's last proper full length was 2001's Grave Disorder, which was followed a year later by Smash It Up, an anthology of the band's work from `76 to `87. There's no word yet on when the new material will be released and in what form.
Also this fall the Damned's Captain Sensible will be on the road as part of Dead Men Walking. He'll join existing members Slim Jim Phantom (The Stray Cats), Mike Peters (The Alarm), and Kirk Brandon (Spear Of Destiny) for the tour. Dates for the Right To Party tour can be found at the band's website.
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Post by Misanthropic Philanthropist on Aug 16, 2005 19:26:34 GMT -5
In MemoriumStephen S. Sherwood - Died 8-3-2005 - Shot himself after he shot and killed his wife ( Metal ) Bassist - Was a member of Immortal Dominion. Is this Immortal Dominion from CO or is there another one?
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Post by Ockham's Razor on Aug 16, 2005 19:38:29 GMT -5
In MemoriumStephen S. Sherwood - Died 8-3-2005 - Shot himself after he shot and killed his wife ( Metal ) Bassist - Was a member of Immortal Dominion. Is this Immortal Dominion from CO or is there another one? the one from CO
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