Wake Up, Time To Rock 03.11.06
Posted by Tollah on 03.11.2006
Guns N' Roses vs Velvet Revolver, the Ozzfest lineup, Tool's new album, Pearl Jam on tour, Lordi to enter the Eurovision song contest and Poison's upcoming Greatest Hits CD.
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News of the World
Poison have posted a cover of Grand Funk Railroad's "We're an American Band" on their Myspace. The song will be on their new greatest hits album in a rather obvious ploy to try and shift more copies. Here's a tracklist for the upcoming CD The Best Of Poison: 20 Years Of Rock:
01. Cry Tough
02. Talk Dirty To Me
03. I Want Action
04. I Won't Forget You
05. Look What The Cat Dragged In
06. Nothin' But A Good Time
07. Fallen Angel
08. Every Rose Has Its Thorn
09. Your Mama Don't Dance
10. Rock And Roll All Nite
11. Unskinny Bop
12. Something To Believe In
13. Ride The Wind
14. Life Goes On
15. Stand
16. The Last Song
17. Shooting Star
18. We're An American Band [new recording, produced by Don Was]
Wow, it has 3 whole songs that weren't on their last greatest hits. I don't get it when bands do this. Poison still rock though.
Ex-Guns N' Roses and L.A. Guns guitarist, Tracii Guns, is preparing to tour Yanksville. Tour dates b az followz:
Apr. 05 - Brick By Brick - San Diego, CA
Apr. 20 - The Tilted Kilt - Tempe, AZ
Apr. 28 - The Dark Side - Atlanta, GA
Apr. 29 - At The Bank - St Petersburg, FL
Apr. 30 - Jack Rabbits - Jacksonville, FL
May 01 - The Handle Bar - Greenville, SC
May 02 - TBA -Virginia Beach, VA
May 03 - The Cutting Room - New York, NY
May 04 - Old Town Firehouse - Gaitherburg, MD
May 05 - Jaxx - West Springfield, VA
May 06 - Northern Lights - Clifton Park, NY
May 08 - The Webster Theater - Hartford, CT
May 09 - The Reverb Room - Toronto, ONT
May 10 - Peabody's Down under - Cleveland, OH
May 11 - I-Rock - Detroit, MI
May 12 - Vnuk's - Milwaukee, WI
May 13 - Big E's - Madison, WI
May 14 - Station 4 - Minneapolis, MN
May 16 - Eck's Saloon - Denver, CO
May 17 - In The Venue - Salt Lake City, UT
May 18 - The Bouquet - Boise, ID
May 19 - TBA - Portland, OR
May 20 - TBA - Seattle, WA
May 21 - TBA - Spokane, WA
May 23 - TBA - San Francisco, CA
May 24 - TBA - Los Angeles, CA
Pearl Jam have also announced an upcoming American tour this year in support of their upcoming album, bitches. Check it out:
May 9-10 - Toronto, ONT @ Air Canada Center
May 12 - Albany, NY @ Pepsi Arena
May 13 - Hartford, CT @ New England Dodge Music Arena
May 16 - Chicago, IL @ United Center
May 19 - Grand Rapids, MI @ Van Andel Arena
May 20 - Cleveland, OH @ Quicken Loans Arena
May 22 - Auburn Hills, MI @ Palace of Auburn Hills
May 24 - Boston, MA @ TD Banknorth Garden
May 27 - Camden, NJ @ Tweeter Center
May 30 - Washington, D.C. @ MCI Center
June 1, 3 - East Rutherford, NJ @ Continental Airlines Arena
The album, which will be self-titled, is scheduled for release on May 2nd, the same day as Tool's upcoming release, 10,000 Days. Nice segue, T-Bomber. A track listing of that CD looks a little like this:
01. Vicarious
02. Jambi
03. Wings For Marie (Pt 1)
04. 10,000 Days (Wings Pt 2)
05. The Pot
06. Lipan Conjuring
07. Lost Keys (Blame Hofmann)
08. Rosetta Stoned
09. Intension
10. Right In Two
11. Viginti Tres
Not enough weird latin names for my liking.
Former Ratt frontman Stephen Pearcy will be going on a tour of Europe this April. He will also be playing a special acoustic performance at the Key Club in Hollywood on Monday, March 27. The performance, which will feature all of Ratt's classic hits, will be recorded and released on a CD later this year. His tour dates are as follows:
Apr. 13 - London, UK @ The Garage
Apr. 14 - Bradford, UK @ Rio
Apr. 15 - Nottingham, UK @ Rock City
Apr. 16 - Dudley, UK @ JB's
Apr. 18 - Edinburgh, SCO @ Liquid Rooms
Apr. 21 - Vicenza, ITA @ La Gabbia
Apr. 26 - Zurich, SWI @ Rock City
Apr. 27 - Munich, GER @ Land Under
Apr. 29 - Oslo, NOR @ Rock The Boat
Apparently the star of the next "Rock Star" series will be Motley Crue drummer Tommy Lee. Lol. Doesn't surprise me at all. Motley rock, but Tommy Lee can be a real sell-out sometimes, like his faggy single this year shows.
Hahaha. LORDI ARE ENTERING THE EUROVISION SONG CONTEST!!!!!! That's fucking brilliant. As all T-Fanz know, Lordi are one of my favourite underrated bands. Their new album, The Arockalypse, has recently been released and I will probably post a review of it on 411 at some in the next week or so, depending on how busy I am.
Ozzfest's lineup has been announced:
Main Stage:
OZZY OSBOURNE
SYSTEM OF A DOWN
DISTURBED
TBA**
HATEBREED
LACUNA COIL
**Major main-stage band to be announced on May 23
Second Stage:
BLACK LABEL SOCIETY
ATREYU
UNEARTH
BLEEDING THROUGH
NORMA JEAN
Second Stage (rotating):
A LIFE ONCE LOST
STRAPPING YOUNG LAD
THE RED CHORD
FULL BLOWN CHAOS
WALLS OF JERICHO
ALL THAT REMAINS
BETWEEN THE BURIED AND ME
That's going to be a really, really horrible festival. Black Label Society and Lacuna Coil are the only two decent bands (that I've heard of, at least) on the bill. Looks like the rest of card is for gothic and emo kids. Atreyu? Lmao!
And finally a huge piece of news to end this week's column. Earlier this week, Axl Rose's attorney released this press release (sorry for the caps, this is copied & pasted straight from Blabbermouth)::
"W. Axl Rose, on Friday March 3, 2006 responded to one of Saul 'Slash' Hudson's baseless lawsuits by filing a counterclaim asking the Federal Court to confirm his ownership of his own creative works. Slash and Michael 'Duff' McKagan had previously filed cases both in Federal Court and in the Los Angeles Superior Court making numerous false allegations about Axl. Mr. Rose believes that once apprised of the true facts the Judge or Jury deciding these lawsuits will rule in Axl's favor on every issue before them.
"More surprising to Axl are recent media reports that Slash (Saul Hudson) is claiming that he has always been supportive of Axl Rose and the new GUNS N' ROSES. Slash's actions in recent years have in fact been anything but supportive. Besides the lawsuits filed against Axl Rose, claiming, among other things, that Axl does not own the copyright in the songs that Axl co-authored with his former GUNS N' ROSES band mates, Slash has continually made negative and malicious statements about Axl in order to garner publicity for himself.
"As an example, the Federal lawsuit Hudson and McKagan filed was based on a faulty premise from the start. What Hudson and McKagan attempted to portray as egregious misconduct by Axl was in fact — as Slash and Duff have learned — nothing more than a clerical error committed by ASCAP. Had Slash and Duff or their representatives bothered to pick up the phone the clerical error could have been easily sorted out without the need for filing an utterly baseless lawsuit which one can only assume had been filed for the purposes of self-publicity at Axl's expense. The lawsuit also attacks Axl's integrity as Slash and Duff, in a vindictive attempt to aggrandize their own stature, re-write history through false statements, which have been repeated by the media. Their attacks on Axl stand in sharp contrast to Rose's conduct. Axl has at all times worked diligently to maintain the artistic integrity of the band by choosing with great care which properties to license GUNS N' ROSES songs to and refusing to participate in what he believed were potentially embarrassing projects. He has fought to avoid the release of material that does not live up to the highest of standards demanded by the band's history and its followers. Axl chose not to respond through the media while taking the high road in the face of Slash and Duff's attacks. Hudson and McKagan, by contrast, have told ever changing — and false — stories regarding the formation of the band and its history and believe that the band's catalogue should be exploited without careful consideration — for the GUNS N' ROSES brand and their loyal audience — or Axl's input as if it were fast food by anyone willing to pay for it.
"For over 10 years Slash, a consummate press, photo and media opportunist and manipulator, has attacked Axl Rose on a number of levels. Slash's actions whether in or out of GUNS N' ROSES have been a complete betrayal across the board of his alleged friendship and business relationship with Axl and the so called brotherhood and band loyalties that are supposed to have existed. Instead Slash has publicly attempted, by soliciting public and media support, to take credit for something that was not his or anyone else's to take, notwithstanding that Slash played a major part in the success of the band as Axl has continually acknowledged.
"In October of 2005 Slash made an unannounced 5:30 AM visit to Axl Rose's house. Not appearing to be under the influence, Slash came to inform Axl that: 'Duff was spineless,' 'Scott [Weiland] was a fraud,' that he 'hates Matt Sorum' and that in this ongoing war, contest or whatever anyone wants to call it that Slash has waged against Axl for the better part of 20 years, that Axl has proven himself 'the stronger.' Based on his conduct in showing up at Rose's home, Axl was hopeful that Slash would live up to his pronouncements that he wanted to end the war and move on with life. Unfortunately that did not prove to be the case.
"Mr. Rose's attorney Howard Weitzman commented, 'Axl regrets having to spend time and energy on these distractions but he has a responsibility to protect the GUNS N' ROSES legacy and expose the truth. Axl believes he has been left with no alternative but to respond to these lawsuits. It would have been Axl's preference to resolve disputes with Slash and Duff in private. The courthouse is not his choice of forum. However, Axl could no longer sit quietly and allow the continuing dissemination of falsehoods and half-truths by his former band-mates.'"
Wow. In response, Scott Weiland had this to say:
"Get in the ring. Go to the gym, motherfucker, or if you prefer, get a new wig, motherfucker. I think I'll resist the urge to 'stoop' to your level. Oh shit, here it comes, you fat, botox-faced, wig-wearin' fuck! O.K., I feel better now.
"Don't think for a second we don't know where those words came from. Your unoriginal, uncreative little mind — the same mind that had to rely on its bandmates to write melodies and lyrics. Who's the fraud now, bitch?
"Damn, I couldn't imagine people writing for me. How many albums have you put out, man, and how long did it take the current configuration of this so-called 'band' to make this album? How long? And without the only guys that validated the name.
"How dare you! Shame on you! How dare you call our bass player 'spineless?' We toured our album over a year and a half. How many shows have you played over the last ten years? Oh, that's right — you bailed out on your long-awaited comeback tour, leaving your remaining fans feeling, shall we say, a trifle miffed?! I won't even list what I've accomplished because I don't need to. What we're talking about here is a frightened little man who once thought he was king, but unfortunately this king without his court is nothing but a memory of the asshole he once was."
Not to be a cynic or anything, but both bands do have albums coming out later this year and probably around the same time. This is probably just a ploy for publicity on Axl's behalf, which cracks me up, and Weiland is a hothead so I'm not surprised that he went off. I wouldn't be surprised if they both set the same release date or something to see who is best or whatever. That'd be pretty fucking cool.
Mitch Michaels challenges the 411 readership to stump him yet again. Does anyone succeed? Check it out TODAY!!
Michael Horvath reviews the latest singles from three horrible, horrible bands. You know, my brother recently showed me this song that him and his friends crank in the car and sing really loud to take the piss out of it by this gay emo band Story of the Year. The lyrics are so awful, you have to check out this song. You'll crack up. Check it out - "Anthem Of My Dying Day" by Story of the Year. You'll be able to get it off Limewire or probably off some random myspace emo kid's profile. Ha.
Morgan Marx interviews Amanda Palmer from the Dresden Dolls.
