An interview with KORN frontman Jonathan Davis, conducted by Mary Anne Hobbs of BBC Radio One's Rock Show and aired several days ago, can be heard in Real Audio at this location. In related news, Davis has told Britain's Metal Hammer magazine that he would like nothing more than to tour with MARILYN ...
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MARILYN MANSON has issued a follow-up message regarding the departure of bassist Twiggy Ramirez via his online "journal" at www.marilynmanson.com. It reads as follows: "THIS WILL NOT BE THE LAST DAY ON EARTH "Believing in yourself and making a tough, almost impossible decision can hopefully define a man. This day is far harder ...
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MARILYN MANSON have split with longtime bassist Twiggy Ramirez and have replaced him with Tim Skold (ex-SHOTGUN MESSIAH/KMFDM). Skold, originally from Sweden, joins fellow MANSON family members John 5 (guitar), M.W. Gacy (keyboards) and Ginger Fish (drums). "I have spent eight months transforming this band and our new songs into an unstoppable juggernaut, and sadly ...
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MARILYN MANSON has posted a clip from the group's performance in front of 70,000 people at last year's Reading Festival at this location. The footage is set to be included on MANSON's upcoming DVD, due later in the year. ...
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According to the official web site of MARILYN MANSON, the upcoming RAMONES tribute album, to which MANSON has contributed a cover "The KKK Took My Baby Away", will be titled Ramones Forever and not We're A Happy Family, as previously reported. Due to be issued in August through DV8/Columbia Records, Ramones Forever will contain additional ...
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MARILYN MANSON spent last week in New York City filming scenes for his role as "Christina" in the film Party Monster, produced by Killer Films. MANSON is currently back in the studio in Los Angeles putting the final touches on his upcoming album, The Golden Age of Grotesque. Party Monster is set in the New ...
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FLAW's video for their latest single, "Whole", has been added into regular rotation on MTV2. The clip will air several times a day beginning May 20th. As with many of the tracks off of the band's Republic/Universal Records debut, Through the Eyes, "Whole" was inspired by real-life personal turmoil—in this case, the suicide of singer ...
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The forthcoming debut CD from CLOSURE, the solo project of SLIPKNOT frontman Corey Taylor, will include 11 or 12 of the 16 songs recently laid down by the five-piece band at Catamount Studios in Cedar Falls, Iowa, according to a report posted at MTV.com. Produced by the band and Tom Tatman (i.e. LIVING SACRIFICE, CRAIG ...
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On Tuesday, METALLICA drummer Lars Ulrich auctioned five paintings from his collection, acquired over a decade between METALLICA tours and recording sessions, according to Encyclopedia Metallica. Fourteen more will be sold in London in June. Basquiat's monumental 1982 painting easily eclipsed the old mark for a work by the late artist of $3,302,500 ...
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A tentative track listing for the upcoming RAMONES tribute album, entitled We're A Happy Family, has been released via www.robzombie.com, the official site of ROB ZOMBIE, who is acting as one of the album's co-producers. Due to be issued in August through DV8/Columbia Records, the CD will contain the following cuts: 01. ROB ...
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An Oakland County (Michigan) judge has refused to remove another judge from the assault case involving MARILYN MANSON, clearing the way for a likely resolution of the case. Rochester District Judge Julie Nicholson, of the 52nd District Court, was asked to disqualify Clarkston District Judge Gerald McNally. Prosecutors argued that McNally should be disqualified because ...
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We're A Happy Family is the title of the forthcoming THE RAMONES tribute CD which is currently being produced by Rob Zombie and RAMONES guitarist Johnny Ramone for an August release through DV8/Columbia Records. Among the tracks completed for the album so far are the following: MARILYN MANSON - "The KKK Took My Baby Away" ...
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MARILYN MANSON has been hit with a civil lawsuit by the security guard at the center of the singer's criminal court case. 26-year-old Joshua Keasler, a former Clarkston, Michigan security guard filed the suit Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Detroit, alleging assault and battery, intentional infliction of emotional distress, gross negligence and wanton misconduct ...
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SLIPKNOT CDs have been found in the collection of German killer Robert Steinhaeuser, who shot dead 13 of his teachers, two teenagers and a policeman at his old school in Erfurt in Germany last week. Among the items found in Steinhaeuser's possession was a the supposed SLIPKNOT track "School Wars", the lyrics to which include ...
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Here are the latest sales figures for various current and catalog metal/hard rock releases in the US (in total units sold to date since the albums were issued), as reported by SoundScan for the week ending April 21st, 2002: KORN Issues: 3,047,076 KORN Follow The Leader: 3,414,717 LIMP BIZKIT Chocolate Starfish: 6,259,073 LIMP BIZKIT Significant ...
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New York-based bassist Val Ium is ready to re-enter the rock scene after departing PIST.ON last year, and is interested in teaming up with serious, professional, like-minded musicians in a new band. With PIST.ON, Ium recorded two albums (one for Atlantic Records), and toured the U.S. and Europe with bands like MARILYN MANSON, KORN, CLUTCH, ...
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MARILYN MANSON will appear on the May 6th episode of actor Jon Favreau's Dinner for Five, a half-hour chat show featuring four show-business personalities sitting down to dinner with the host. The New York Times had this to say about the episode: "But things can go awry, as they do at real dinner parties. The ...
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Former VAN HALEN singers Sammy Hagar and David Lee Roth held a press conference at the Mondrian Hotel — Sky Bar in Los Angeles yesterday morning announcing the details of their forthcoming joint co-headlining tour, which is scheduled to kick off on May 29th in Cleveland. Here are various “highlights” from the press conference (all, ...
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At 11:30 AM yesterday morning, at 6780 Hollywood Blvd in Hollywood, California, Ozzy Osbourne was awarded a star on Hollywood's Walk of Fame. Accepting the honor, Ozzy told the crowd of over 1,000: “To say that this is an honor is not enough. This is just so overwhelming, with all of you turning out so ...
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Maria St. John, the mother of actor Keanu Reeves' late girlfriend Jennifer Syme, who is accusing MARILYN MANSON of supplying her daughter with cocaine and encouraging her to drive while inebriated, held a press conference in Los Angeles on Monday, April 8th to respond to MANSON's claim that her lawsuit was completely baseless, according to ...
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MARILYN MANSON's official web site at www.marilynmanson.com has posted the following statement regarding the recent wrongful death lawsuit filed against the singer by the mother of actor Keanu Reeves' late girlfriend Jennifer Syme accusing the frontman of supplying her daughter with cocaine and encouraging her to drive while inebriated. “MARILYN MANSON has reviewed ...
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A wrongful death suit has been filed against MARILYN MANSON by the mother of actor Keanu Reeves' late girlfriend Jennifer Syme accusing the frontman of supplying her daughter with cocaine and encouraging her to drive while inebriated. Maria St. John reportedly claims that MANSON supplied 28-year-old Syme with various quantities of an illegal controlled substance ...
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MARILYN MANSON has signed on to play the role of "Christina" in the film Party Monster, produced by Killer Films. The film is set in the New York nightclub scene of the late 1980s and 1990s and tells the story of Michael Alig, a Club Kid party organizer originally from Indiana, whose extravagant life was ...
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STATIC-X have just completed their cover of THE RAMONES' "Gimme Gimme Shock Treatment" at Glenwood Place Studios in Burbank, California for the upcoming DV8/Columbia Records tribute to THE RAMONES. Also scheduled to appear on the collection are ROB ZOMBIE, RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS, EDDIE VEDDER, MARILYN MANSON, GREEN DAY, MOTORHEAD, RANCID, BILLY CORGAN, THE OFFSPRING, ...
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An update from MARILYN MANSON: The band has written two more songs and I am working on the musical intro of the album today. I foresee a trip to Europe needed to capture the charming atmosphere of decay I am seeking for this one. I've also been busy painting in preparation for my first art ...
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SATYRICON mainman Satyr has posted the following studio report from the ongoing mixing sessions at a Danish studio with producer Jeff "Critter" Newell (i.e. MINISTRY, GUNS N ROSES, FILTER, etc.) for the group's forthcoming album, which is due to be released in August/September through Capitol Records (Scandinavia): “It started out in the worst possible way, ...
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MARILYN MANSON has set The Golden Age of Grotesque as the title to his fifth studio album, which is currently being recorded at a Los Angeles studio under the guidance of MANSON, Tim Skold (i.e. KMFDM) and Ben Gross (i.e. FILTER, SEVENDUST). The result is what MARILYN MANSON describes as his “most genius deluge of ...
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Veteran Canadian rockers RUSH will release their much-anticipated new album, entitled Vapor Trails, on May 14th through Atlantic Records. The group's 17th studio recording, Vapor Trails marks the band's first all-new release since 1996, and comes as the follow-up to their RIAA gold-certified Test For Echo. Produced by Paul Northfield (i.e. MARILYN MANSON, HOLE), the ...
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