Moe's XX Rock News
MOE'S XX ROCK NEWS
July 29, 2010
Woman's Day magazine has a picture of Ozzy leaving a doctor's office with a home enema kit.
In a tough touring year, the ideas of reaching out to fans to offer more for their concert dollar are getting more creative. Ozzfest has added yet another untapped market by offering the "Unholy Matrimony" package. During stops in August, brides and grooms can tie the knot at Ozzfest with everything they need -- minus a wedding license of course. Each package offers ten general admission pit tickets for the couple and eight guests, an official Ozzfest wedding ceremony by ordained minister and Ozzfest MC Big Dave, an Ozzfest cake, and a champagne toast. All guests will also get early entry into the venue, a pre-show backstage tour hosted by Big Dave, access to the Ozzfest VIP lounge, specially designed Ozzfest t-shirts, collectible tour posters, earbuds, and official Ozzfest guitar picks.
The lucky couple will also be eligible for an Ozzfest wedding gift from the "Unholy Matrimony" bridal registry provided by the festival's sponsors. "Unholy Matrimony" packages remain for the Chicago, Pittsburgh, and Boston shows.
Rob Zombie is ramping up to the release of the deluxe edition "Hellbilly Deluxe 2" album by turning his focus to the new single, "Mars Needs Women." The rocker recently shot a live music video for the track which can be seen at video.aol.com/aolvideo/AOL Music/mars-needs-women-live/221245466001." The "Hellbilly Deluxe 2" special edition arrives September 28th.
A previously unreleased Soundgarden song, "Black Rain," will appear in the next installment of the "Guitar Hero" videogame franchise, "Warriors of Rock,"due in September. It is unknown if the song was newly recorded or if it is an unreleased track from when the band was previously active.
Rob Zombie will offer a special edition of Hellbilly Deluxe 2 on September 28. The new version will feature three new tracks called "Everything Is Boring," "Michael" and "Devil's Hole Girls And The Big Revolution," as well as a reimagining of "The Man Who Laughs." In addition, the package will include a brand new video for "Mars Needs Women" (shot during the Gruesome Twosome tour with Alice Cooper), a live version of Cooper's classic "School's Out" with Cooper himself, and a DVD tour documentary entitled Transylvanian Transmissions, along with all-new expanded artwork. Slipknot drummer Joey Jordison, who has been touring with Zombie since April, will make his recorded debut with the new material. Zombie currently is co-headlining the Mayhem Festival with KoRn.
Jimmy Eat World have announced a fall headlining tour of North America in support of their upcoming album, Invented (due out September 28). The tour begins in Atlanta on September 21 and winds up in Toronto on October 17. The trek includes an appearance at the 2010 Virgin Mobile FreeFest in Columbia, MD on September 25.
Apocalyptica is collecting on a decade-old favor from Bush singer Gavin Rossdale. That favor is paying off with a hit single titled "End Of Me." Cellist Eicca Toppinen says Rossdale is featured on the song and is a great guy with a unique style. Because of this, the vocalist put his own stamp on the song. Toppinen says they've known Gavin Rossdale since 1998 adding, quote, "We did a remix for 'Letting The Cables Sleep' and that's why we're familiar with Gavin's voice and style and that's why we wanted to ask him for the record." The single "End Of Me" is featured on the new "7th Symphony" disc, due August 24th.
The Deftones are finding the perfect visual to accompany their latest single "Diamond Eyes" with the Roboshobo-directed music video. Singer Chino Moreno says the director was really able to make his ideas for the video come to life. Moreno adds, quote, "The whole song, it is fantasy in a way...and I really think it fits great with the imagery there." Moreno says the whole visual aspect of their latest record has come together, from the artwork to the music videos, and it's a cleaner style than what they've had for the last few records.
A variety of U2 news has come out in recent days. R&B producer/singer Dave Hollister, who was one-fourth of '90s group BLACKstreet, tweeted earlier this week that he was "In the studio working with U2! Man I'm excited! Bono baby!" He revealed that the band is "doing some classics" and apparently re-recording or re-working Rattle And Hum's "All I Want Is You" and "Grace" from All That You Can't Leave Behind. No other information about the project is known at this time. In related news, the Spider-Man Broadway musical, Turn Off The Dark, is finally back on track. The show, featuring songs penned by Bono and The Edge, had been stalled by financial troubles but the New York Times reports it is now slated to begin full cast rehearsals on August 16. Reeve Carney, frontman for the Rock band Carney, will star as Peter Parker and recently confirmed via Twitter that choreography rehearsals had begun this week. According to the Times, previews for the show will likely begin in November. Last but not least, Italian soccer team Juventus must move their Europa League match out of Turin due to U2's 360 World Tour. The team is slated for a match on August 6, the same night U2 will be at their home Stadio Olimpico. The NME reports that the match is being moved 200 miles away, to Modena. August 6 is the first date of the European leg of the 360 tour and the first show for U2 since Bono's recovery from back surgery.
Santana's new CD, "Guitar Heaven: The Greatest Guitar Classics Of All Time", will arrive in stores on September 21st and will feature Chris Cornell covering Zeppelin's "Whole Lotta Love", Chester Bennington and Ray Manzarek doing "Riders On The Storm", Scott Weiland covering "Can't You Hear Me Knockin'", and Chris Daughtry singing Def Leppard's "Photograph".
Myles Kennedy remains a hot commodity for rockers, but the vocalist is happy and settled fronting Alter Bridge. While the rest of his bandmates are spending the summer as part of the Creed reunion, he's been fronting Slash's touring band. Slash tells Noisecreep.com, quote, "He's been great. He's got a great voice. He's one of the most fantastic rock singers and he's a great guy. It's a lot of fun to tour with him. The band sounds amazing." When asked if Slash could lure Kennedy to front Velvet Revolver, the guitarist says, quote, "He's already got a band, Alter Bridge, and he's not leaving. We offered him to sing in Velvet a year ago, but he turned it down then. So we're still looking for a singer."
As for Velvet Revolver, Slash says the band hasn't, quote, "found the right guy yet," but they are continuing to listen to demos from different singers. However, the group has written a bunch of material that they will record whenever a singer is chosen. He adds, quote, "It's really heavy stuff and I think it could be the best Velvet Revolver album yet."
Kings Of Leon is wrapping up recording sessions for their new album, and the band is enjoying the process of expanding their sound. Singer Caleb Followill tells "QMI Agency," quote, "We have actually done some things on this album that we've wanted to do for a long time, and I truly feel like with each album, we are getting closer to what it is that we want to do as a band." Followill says the addition of fiddle, lap steel, and trumpet on the album has expanded their sound. He adds, quote, "We are really trying to make these songs live up to what it is that we want them to be, so there are a lot of elements that you may have never heard on [a] Kings Of Leon [album]. But there are also a lot of elements that were on the early Kings Of Leon demos."
Followill says both he and the other members of the band are truly "going for it" on the upcoming disc. The vocalist also revealed that the previously mentioned remix album has been put on hold for the time being. He adds, quote, "We don't want to saturate the market too much and have too many things out to where people are just like, 'To hell with Kings Of Leon, they are everywhere.'" Look for new Kings Of Leon music this fall.
Serj Tankian is offering a preview of his new album "Imperfect Harmonies" with the single "Left Of Center." "Imperfect Harmonies" will be available September 14th.
30 Seconds to Mars star Jared Leto says the band recently covered Lady Gaga on a London talk show. "We did a live cover for a station called Radio One in London. She's great, I think she's a talent and we thought it might be something unexpected and fun. They had called us last time, they have a program called Live Lounge for BBC, and they asked us to cover a pop song, so we did Kanye West's Stronger about two and half years ago. It ended up kind of winning the best Live Lounge in 10 years or something. It was unexpected and we were pretty surprised by that. So they asked us to do it again, and we thought Lady Gaga would be a fun thing to do."
ON TV:
Stone Temple Pilots are on Leno. NBC.
BIRTHDAYS:
Whitesnake guitarist John Sykes is 51. He was also in the group Thin Lizzy.
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