All You Cannot Live Without 11.26.07: Written Completely In Notepad

Posted by Ben Czajkowski on 11.26.2007

Gene Simmons bashes NIN, as NIN takes a legal hit. What was the big secret behind Radiohead's free release? Hawthorne Heights guitarist dies over the weekend. Velvet Revolver banned from the Land of the Rising Sun. Trivium in the writing process again. Drowning Pool gets robbed! Tour updates from Linkin Park, The Mars Volta, and more. Audio from Gengis Tron, Faktion, Saving Abel and a couple others.

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Happy Monday-After-Another-Pointless-Holiday. Hopefully, you spent it engorging yourself on more flightless birds. I hope your fat and happy, fat ass. No one will ever love you if you don't look like Tom Cruise. Hit the gy--hey, look! A dough nut....

Oh, and how about that Black Friday shopping, eh? Dropped $500 of someone else's money. I love credit. And younger, naive sisters.

Rock/Metal/Alternative CD Release Dates
**Bold denotes a new or updated listing**
Out Now
Dead Poetic – The Finest
Opeth - The Roundhouse Tapes
Nine Inch Nails – Y34RZ3R0R3MIX3D (CD/DVD)
Nirvana - Unplugged in New York (DVD)
U2 – The Joshua Tree (Re-Release)
Various Artists - Live Earth (CD/2-DVD)
Too Pure To Die - Confidence and Consequence (Re-release)
Ozzy Osbourne - Black Rain (Re-release)
The Gorillaz – D-Sides
Anberlin - Lost Songs
Out This Week
Mudvayne – By The People, For The People
Various Artists - Metal Blade Records 25th Anniversary Metalfest (DVD)
Lamb Of God - New American Gospel
Project 86 - The Kane Mutiny EP (i-Tunes Digital Release)
Incubus – Look Alive (CD/DVD)
Incubus – Light Grenades (Re-Release)
December 4
Godsmack - Good Times, Bad Times - 10 Years of Godsmack
Return To Earth - Captains Of Industry
Serj Tankian – Elect The Dead (Vinyl)
Lamb Of God – Sacrament (2-CD Re-release)
December 11
Sevendust - Retrospective 2 (2-CD/DVD)
Rivers Cuomo – Alone: The Home Recordings Of Rivers Cuomo
Buckethead - Young Bucketheadvol. 1 (DVD)
Buckethead - Young Bucketheadvol. 2 (DVD)
Radiohead - Box Set (UK Release)
My Chemical Romance – The Black Parade
December 18
Tool – Vicarious (DVD)
December 26
Skillet – Comatose (Re-Release)
December 31
Radiohead – In Rainbows (International Release)
January 8
Ill Nino – Enigma
January 22
Egypt Central - Egypt Central
Course of Nature – Damaged
Mindless Self Indulgence - You'll Rebel To Anything
January 29
The Mars Volta - The Bedlam in Goliath
Protest The Hero – Fortress
February 12
Bullet for My Valentine - Scream, Aim and Fire
February 19
Seven Mary Three – Day & Night Driving
3 - The End Is Begun (Re-Release)
Genghis Tron – Board Up The House
March 4
10 Years – Division
Sevendust - The 7th Chapter
April 7
Children of Bodom – Blooddrunk (Overseas Release)
April 22
Weezer – TBA

(Modern) Rock Radio Available For Airplay

DISCLAIMER: Some of these tracks will be released to modern rock and rock radio at different times. I realize that seems redundant, and to me, it is. These dates can and will vary from station to station, state to state, etc.

November 26
Madina Lake "Pandora"
Fosterchild "On My Own"
Foo Fighters "Long Road To Ruin"

December 3
The Mars Volta "Wax Simulacra"
Jimmy Eat World "Always Be"

December 10
Monster In The Machine "Under Your Shadow"

December 17
Bullet For My Valentine "Scream Aim Fire"

Modern Rock Top 10

According to the Billboard top rock tracks, here's the top 10 of what you care most about, in terms of modern rock:

01. Foo Fighters – The Pretender
02. Seether – Fake It
03. Jimmy Eat World – Big Casino
04. Serj Tankian – Empty Walls
05. Linkin Park – Bleed It Out
06. Three Days Grace – Never Too Late
07. Chevelle – I Get It
08. Finger Eleven – Paralyzer
09. The White Stripes - You Don't Know What Love Is (You Just Do As You're Told)
10. Linkin Park - Shadow of the Day

Mainstream Rock Top 10

According to the Billboard top rock tracks, here's the top 10 of what you care most about, in terms of mainstream rock:

01. Seether – Fake It
02. Foo Fighters – The Pretender
03. Sixx:A.M. – Life Is Beautiful
04. Alter Bridge – Rise Today
05. Atreyu – Becoming the Bull Kid Rock – So Hott
06. Serj Tankian – Empty Walls
07. Avenged Sevenfold – Almost Easy
08. Godsmack - Good Times, Bad Times
09. Three Days Grace – Never Too Late
10. Puddle of Mudd - Psycho

The "Ben Czajkowski Stamp of Approval" Top Five Of The Week

5. Serj Tankian – Elect The Dead
4. Seether – Finding Beauty In Negative Spaces
3. Foo Fighters – Echoes, Silence, Patience, and Grace
2. Haste the Day – Pressure the Hinges
1. Soilwork – Sworn to a Great Divide

Rock News of All You Newbs

Nine Inch Nails frontman Trent Reznor has run into some legal problems regarding a planned website for fan-remixed content. Universal Music Group, the parent company of Nine Inch Nails former label Interscope Records, has pulled the plug on the remix website, remix.nin.com. The site had been designed as a hub for fans to submit various remixed versions of NIN tracks, but due to the ongoing legal battle between Google and YouTube, UMG has decided against the site. Despite leaving the label earlier this year, the label still owns all of the NIN masters.Nine Inch Nails' CD/DVD "Year Zero" remix effort, Y34RZ3R0R3MIX3D, saw a release on November 20. However, one could argue that it's just a powerplay because Reznor has been so anti-music industry, as of late.

In the same vein, Kiss front-man Gene Simmons has blasted Nine Inch Nails and Radiohead for seeking different business models to sell their music, blaming them for being a large part of the decline of the music industry. "The record industry doesn't have a f*cking clue how to make money," Simmons told Billboard. "I open a store and say 'Come on in and pay whatever you want.' Are you on f*cking crack? Do you really believe that's a business model that works?" Simmons also stated that he doesn't plan on making a new Kiss album because he doesn't know how he'll get paid for it if people expect to get music for free. He also went on to rant against illegal file sharing college students too. "Every little college kid, every freshly-scrubbed little kid's face should have been sued off the face of the earth. They should have taken their houses and cars and nipped it right there in the beginning." But I don't have a house or a car! Come take my virginity, RIAA!

3 will re-release their latest album The End Is Begun on February 19. The new version of the album will feature a cover of Pink Floyd's "See Emily Play" as a bonus track; while the included bonus DVD will feature live performances of the songs "Monster", "Bramfatura" and "Amaze Disgrace". The promotional videos for the tracks "All That Remains" and "Alien Angel" will also be included as well.

The Haunted frontman Peter Dolving is working on a new side project under the name of O, with more details to be revealed in the coming weeks. Meanwhile, The Haunted recently began writing new material for their next album.

The Fall Of Troy bassist Tim Ward has dropped off of the band's ongoing tour with Clutch and Coheed And Cambria as a result of needing a break from touring. The band will continue on with a temporary replacement and have issued the following statement on the matter:

"Hello all, What this message entails Andrew and I bring to you with very heavy hearts... We have been in a band with Tim for almost 6 years now and we love him very much, but he is burnt out on touring right now. So he is going to drop off of this tour with us to go home and take some time off. No hard feelings from us.
Our friend Frank is going to be playing bass with us for the remainder of our tour with Coheed and Cambria and Clutch. He is an amazing musician, person, and someone that has been close to us as a friend, and around the band the entire time we've been playing. We welcome him with open arms to have some fun and cause some ruckus, we hope you will too. And last but not least, this is NOT the end of this band, in ANY, way, shape or form! =). Do not worry, or start celebrating, just stay tuned. See you at the shows!!!

Drowning Pool recently had their gear stolen from their rehearsal space at Universal Rehearsal in North Dallas, TX. The band has insurance that covers theft while they are on the road, however the insurance does not cover equipment that is stored at their rehearsal space.

Socialburn has officially called it quits. The band's last album The Beauty of Letting Go was released in 2006 via IRock Entertainment, which folded shortly after the release of the album.

The tentative track listing has been revealed for Engineer Records' upcoming Seaweed tribute album Hours And Hours: A Tribute To Seaweed:

"Start With" - Ryan Mills (of Kover)
"Free Drug Zone" - Favez
"Chalk The Cracks" - Steve Brodsky
"Clean Slate" - Nora
"Steadfast Shrine" - The Company We Keep (feat. Brian Southall of The Receiving End Of Sirens, Kenny Bridges of Moneen)
"Baggage" - Killwhitneydead.
"Crush Us All" - The Fire Still Burns
"One Out Of Four" - Look What I Did
"New Tools" - The Draft
"Magic Mountainman" - Elemae
"Common Mistake" - The Porter (feat. members of We.re All Broken, Thursday & The Gaslight Anthem)
"Antilyrical" - The Story Changes
"Card Tricks" - Worlds | Between | Us
"Kid Candy" - The Action Design
"Losing Skin" - Rob Avery (ex-Boysetsfire)
"Squint" - Four Star Alarm
"Stagger" - Kane Hodder
"Stargirl" - Joshua
"Rethink" - I Am The Avalanche

The effort is expected out in the spring.

Loser, the former side project of Rob Zombie guitarist John 5, has updated their MySpace player with four new tracks that would have appeared on their debut album Just Like You. The band split and were dropped from Island Records before the album was released after John 5 decided to continue touring with Rob Zombie. Drummer Glendon Crain went on to join Godhead, vocalist Joe Grah is currently in South of Earth which also includes former Filter guitarist Geno Lenardo.

Speaking of Godhead, they recently released a seven track album titled Unplugged which can be purchased at iTunes. Track listing is as follows:

1. "Trapped In Your Lies"
2. "Sinking"
3. "Far Too Long"
4. "Afterthoughts"
5. "In Your Sleep"
6. "F****d Up"
7. "Fall Down"

The band is currently supporting Korn front-man Jonathan Davis on his solo tour.

Radiohead front-man Thom Yorke has let the world know the band's grand scheme with their donation-based sale of their recent album In Rainbows:

...there was none. Contrary to what seemed to be the case, the band had no plans of turning the industry on it's head as many analysts and bloggers speculated. It seems it was an idea thought up by their management who were hesitant to sign a contract without a finished record. The band kept the plan close to themselves with Yorke keeping even his wife in the dark about it and compares the move to leaking the album themselves, only allowing some profit to be made.

Switchfoot vocalist Jon Foreman will be releasing four six-track EP's over the next year. The first is due out on November 27 with the other three to following with each season, winter, spring and summer. Clips of each track included on the first EP, The Fall can be streamed here.

Cursed have completed their upcomig new album III and are on course to release it in February. The track listing for the effort runs as follows:

01 - "Architects Of Troubled Sleep"
02 - "Night Terrors"
03 - "Magic Fingers"
04 - "Antihero Resuscitator"
05 - "Friends In The Music Business"
06 - "Into The Hive"
07 - "III"
08 - "Unnecessary Person"
09 - "Hegel's Bastards"
10 - "Dead Air At The Pulpit"
11 - "Gutters"

For now, the new track "Magic Fingers" can be previewed online here. Furthermore, the band will embark on a Canadian run with High On Fire and Cancer Bats in March. The trek will be followed by a European run in May and a U.S. run after that. Dates for all of the tours are currently pending.

Black Light Burns guitarist/frontman Wes Borland has checked in with the following update:

"We're home from tour and enjoying a little R n R. Round 2 was a blast and we hope you all enjoyed the mustache rides. We're getting busy again in December. Going back in the studio to do a few cool things and then making a couple of videos. Next year we'll be focusing on solidifying distribution in Europe and planning to hopefully make it over for the summer festivals. Thanks for hanging with us on the road everybody! More updates soon. -Wes"

P.O.D. vocalist Sonny Sandoval is looking for bands to sign to his newly created Deadworld Records. P.O.D. is finishing up their new album When Angels and Serpents Dance which is due out early next year.

Solid State Records released a new DVD compilation last week entitled Buried Alive. The outing features the following videos:

01 - Underoath - "In Regards To Myself"
02 - August Burns Red - "Composure"
03 - Norma Jean - "Blue Prints For Future Homes"
04 - Demon Hunter - "1000 Apologies"
05 - He Is Legend - "Attack Of The Dungeon Witch"
06 - Haste the Day - "Stitches"
07 - Underoath - "You're Ever So Inviting"
08 - Destroy the Runner - "Saints"
09 - Inhale/Exhale - "Redemption"
10 - The Chariot - "We Faced Each Other"
11 - Underoath - "A Moment Suspended In Time"
12 - Becoming The Archetype - "Endure"
13 - Inhale/Exhale - "Call To The Faithful"
14 - Norma Jean - "Songs Sound Much Sadder"

Trivium are planning to spend the winter focusing on working on new material for their next album which they will begin recording in the coming months. The band have already begun demoing new material for the effort, which according to band frontman/guitarist Matt Heafy "is shaping up to be the best material we have ever created."

Velvet Revolver have been forced to cancel their upcoming tour in Japan after the Japanese government has refused to issue the band visas due to past drug convictions. The band, who were set to play a series of four concerts between November 26th and November 30th, are now appealing the decision.

Hawthorne Heights guitarist Casey Calvert was found dead in his sleep this afternoon before the bands sound check in Washington, DC. A D.C. Fox News affiliate has said that Calvert used an inhaler for acute asthma and, pending official toxicology results, this condition could have caused his death. A statement from the band is available below.

"Today is probably the worst day ever. It's with our deepest regrets that we have to write this. Casey Calvert passed away in his sleep last night. We found out this afternoon before sound-check. We've spent the entire day trying to come to grips with this and figure out as much as possible. At this time we're not sure what exactly happened. Just last night he was joking around with everyone before he went to bed. We can say with absolute certainty that he was not doing anything illegal. Please, out of respect to Casey and his family, don't contribute or succumb to any gossip you may hear. We don't want his memory to be tainted in the least.

Casey was our best friend. He was quirky and awesome and there will truly be no others like him! His loss is unexplainable. As soon as we know more we will let you know."

Warning: Side Effects of the Touring Updates May Lead To Moshing

Led Zeppelin have denied an earlier report that the band would be touring with The Cult in 2008. A statement released stated that "no decision has been made" on whether there will be any dates following their December 10th reunion concert at London's O2 Arena. Led Zeppelin front-man Robert Plant has told Rolling Stone Magazine that he plans to hit the road with Alison Krauss in early 2008 to promote the pair's collaborative album, Raising Sand. In other Zeppelin news, the band is reportedly rearranging their songs for the big reunion show. Aging front-man Robert Plan has found he can no longer hit his classic high notes. They've been rehearsing in a lower key because his voice is deeper. According to UK's The Sun,

"He and guitarist Jimmy Page have had a few heated discussions about the upcoming gig...Jimmy is a bit rusty and Robert has been struggling with the high notes. To avoid any embarrassing vocal wobbles with the world watching, they decided it would be best to transpose the songs in a lower key."

Van Halen's reunion tour with David Lee Roth has been extended into 2008. The band has announced five more tour dates so far, which include the following:

January 22nd Oklahoma City, OK
January 28th Houston, TX
February 4th in Omaha, NA
February 12th in Ft. Lauderdale, FL
March 30th in St. Louis, MO

Linkin Park will be embarking on a headlining U.S. run early next year with Coheed And Cambria as support:

February 15th Detroit, MI - Joe Louis Arena
February 18th Manchester, NH - Verizon Wireless Arena
More dates will be announced shortly.

Shadows Fall have announced two New England area shows to close out the year with:

December 27th Burlington, VT - Higher Ground (Feat. The Acacia Strain, Skeletonwitch)
December 28th Northampton, MA - Pearl Street (Feat. A Life Once Lost, Skeletonwitch, Defiler)

From Autumn To Ashes will be supporting Hundred Reasons on the following UK shows early next year:

January 11th Exeter, UK - Lemon Grove
January 12th Cardiff, UK - The Point
January 13th Plymouth, UK - The Hub
January 14th Southampton, UK - The University
January 15th Brighton, UK - Concorde II
January 17th Wolverhampton, UK - Wulfrun Hall
January 18th Manchester, UK - MDH
January 19th Glasgow, UK - QMU
January 20th Leeds, UK - Cockpit
January 21st Newcastle, UK - Academy II
January 23rd London, UK - Astoria
January 24th Norwich, UK - Waterfront

Dates for From Autumn To Ashes' headlining European run are still pending.

The Foo Fighters have lined up more tour dates for 2008:

January 23rd in Dallas, TX @ American Airlines Center
January 25th in Memphis, TN @ FedEx Forum
January 26th in Nashville, TN @ Municipal Auditorium
January 28th in Fayeteville, AR @ The Barnhill Arena
February 18th in Worcester, MA @ DCU Center
February 21st in Philadelphia, PA @ Wachovia Spectrum
February 24th in Detroit, MI @ Joe Louis Arena
February 25th in Rosemont, IL @ Allstate Arena
February 27th in Minneapolis, MN @ Target Centre
March 17th in Montreal, QC @ Bell Centre
March 19th in Ottawa, ON @ Scotiabank Place
March 20th in London, ON @ The John Labatt Centre
March 22nd in Toronto, ON @ Air Canada Centre
March 25th in Winnipeg, MB @ MTS Centre
March 27th in Saskatoon, SK @ Credit Union Centre
March 28th in Edmonton, AB @ Rexall Place
March 30th in Vancouver, BC @ P.N.E. Pacific Coliseum
June 6th in London, UK @ Wembley Stadium
June 7th in London, UK @ Wembley Stadium

Dark Tranquillity have confirmed the following UK run:

February 02nd Cardiff, UK - Barfly
February 03rd Liverpool, UK - Barfly
February 04th Birmingham, UK - Barfly
February 05th Aberdeen, UK - Barfly
February 06th Glasgow, UK - Barfly
February 07th York, UK - Fibbers
February 09th London, UK - Barfly
Additional shows and bands for the tour will be announced in the near future.

The Dillinger Escape Plan and Between The Buried And Me will be hitting the UK/Ireland in February:

February 12th Sheffield, UK - Corporation
February 13th Newcastle, UK - Academy 2
February 14th Manchester, UK - Academy 3
February 15th Glasgow, UK - Cathouse
February 16th Dublin, IRE - Whelans
February 17th Belfast, IRE - Spring & Airbrake
February 19th Leeds, UK - Cockpit
February 20th Birmingham, UK - Academy 2
February 21st Yeovil, UK - Orange Box
February 22nd Bristol, UK - Academy
February 23rd London, UK - Astoria 2
February 24th Brighton, UK - Concorde 2
Dates for a European run will be announced shortly.

The Faceless have lined up the following headlining shows with Arsis and At The Throne Of Judgment:

December 10th Pittsburgh, PA - The School BCA
December 11th Tinley Park, IL - Mojoes
December 12th Milwaukee, WI - Miramar Theatre
December 13th St. Louis, MO - 2 Cents Plain
December 14th Salina, KS - The Blue Goat
December 15th Ft. Collins, CO - Aggie Theatre (Feat. The Faceless only)
December 16th Logan, UT - Club NVO (Feat. The Faceless only)

Megadeth have added more dates to their UK/European run:

February 06th Stockholm, SWE - Arena
February 07th Oslo, NOR - Sentrum Scene
February 08th Copenhagen, DEN - KB Halle
February 10th Berlin, GER - Columbiahalle
February 11th Dortmund, GER - Westfallenhalle
February 13th Luxembourg City, LUX - Den Atelier
February 14th Amsterdam, NET - Paradiso
February 15th Antwerp, BEL - Hof Ter Lo
February 26th Paris, FRA - Elysee Montmartre
February 28th Barcelona, SPA - Razzmatazz
February 29th Madrid, SPA - Macumba
March 01st Bilbao, SPA - Santana 27
March 03rd Zurich, SWI - Rohstofflager
March 10th Munich, GER - Zenith
March 11th Frankfurt, GER - Hugenottenhalle

As I Lay Dying, August Burns Red, Evergreen Terrace and Still Remains are planning to hit the road together in January. Dates announced thus far include:

January 08th San Luis Obispo, CA - Downtown Brewing Company
January 10th Las Vegas, NV - The Joint
January 11th Tucson, AZ - Rialto Theatre
January 12th El Paso, TX - Club 101
January 13th Odessa, TX - Dos Amigos
January 14th Corpus Christi, TX - House of Rocks
January 15th Austin, TX - La Zona Rosa
January 16th Oklahoma City, OK - Diamond Ballroom
January 17th Little Rock, AR - The Village
January 18th Memphis, TN - New Daisy Theatre
January 19th Knoxville, TN - Valarium
January 22nd Tallahassee, FL - The Beta Bar
January 23rd Spartanburg, SC - Ground Zero
January 24th Myrtle Beach, SC - House of Blues
January 25th Huntington, WV - Huntington Music Hall
January 26th Richmond, VA - TBA
January 28th Washington, DC - 9:30 Club
January 29th Pittsburgh, PA - Mr. Smalls
January 30th Cincinnati, OH - Bogarts
January 31st Columbia, MO - Blue Note
February 01st Omaha, NE - Slowdown

A few more dates will be revealed for the tour shortly.

The Mars Volta have rolled out the following European/UK shows:

February 17th Hamburg, GER - Docks
February 19th Oslo, NOR - Sentrum
February 20th Stockholm, SWE - Cirkus
February 22nd Copenhagen, DEN - Vega
February 24th Berlin, GER - Huxleys
February 26th Zurich, SWI - Volkshaus
February 27th Milan, ITA - Alcatraz
February 29th Madrid, SPA - La Riviera
March 01st Barcelona, SPA - Razzamatazz
March 03rd Munich, GER - Elser Halle
March 05th Paris, FRA - Olympia
March 06th Tilburg, NET - 013 Music Hall
March 08th Cologne, GER - Live Music Hall
March 09th Brussels, BEL - Ancienne Belgique
March 11th Glasgow, UK - Academy
March 13th Manchester, UK - Apollo
March 14th London, UK - Brixton Academy

The band will release their new album The Bedlam In Goliath on January 29.

Listen Up and Listen Loud!

Saving Abel will be rotating tracks from their debut album on their MySpace page for the next few weeks. Currently the tracks "New Tattoo" and "Drowning Face Down" are available. A January release is expected.

Gasoline Heart have two tracks, "Shake It Off" and "Yellow Belly" from their upcoming album What Now streaming on their MySpace page.

Dani Filth of Cradle Of Filth's contribution to the new Dario Argento horror movie "Mother of Tears: The Third Mother" has surfaced online.

Genghis Tron's new track "Board Up The House" can be found online here. The song is the title track from the band's upcoming new album, which will see a February 19 release date.

Faktion have streamed another new demo on their MySpace titled "Save The World". This is the second song from the band featuring their new front-man Aaron Pose.