Category Archives: music

BREAKING NEWS: Deftones bassist, Chi Cheng, in coma after car wreck…

Longtime bassist for the metal band Deftones is in a coma after a brutal car wreck Monday in Santa Clara, Calif. Singer Chino confirmed the news but declined to go into details.

Billboard reports:

http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003886939

This sucks. I’m praying for Chi and hope he survives this, my heart go out to his family, friends and of course the rest of the guys in the Deftones band.

The Deftones are a fantastic band, I am a fan myself. Although I don’t like a lot of new metal music, the Deftones are one of the best new metal bands around. They make good music. I like ’em.

Kev

Report: Fantasia sings for Jennifer Hudson at Funeral…

Over a 100 people showed up at the Hudson funeral in Chicago today. Jennifer kissed her mother goodbye before the funeral even started. Idol Season 3 winner Fantasia Barrino was there and sang “Your Grace and Mercy” directily to Jennifer Hudson as she sat and watched Fantasia sing (Jennifer was in Idol Season 3 along with Fantasia). Rev. Jesse Jackson and Chicago Mayor Richard Daley were both there at the funeral in person. The Hudson family will be buried at Oak Woods Cemetery on the South Side.

More on it here:

http://www.chicagotribune.com/chi-jennifer-hudson-family-funeral-1103-2,0,5509813.story

Man, I hope they find the killers fast. Jennifer’s life has been destroyed, this could put her careers to an end too. God bless the poor young woman. I wish the best for her and really hope they find the killers quick. Please Chicago police, DO this for Jennifer! DO THIS FOR HER!!!!

Kev

Report: Fantasia sings for Jennifer Hudson at Funeral…

Over a 100 people showed up at the Hudson funeral in Chicago today. Jennifer kissed her mother goodbye before the funeral even started. Idol Season 3 winner Fantasia Barrino was there and sang “Your Grace and Mercy” directily to Jennifer Hudson as she sat and watched Fantasia sing (Jennifer was in Idol Season 3 along with Fantasia). Rev. Jesse Jackson and Chicago Mayor Richard Daley were both there at the funeral in person. The Hudson family will be buried at Oak Woods Cemetery on the South Side.

More on it here:

http://www.chicagotribune.com/chi-jennifer-hudson-family-funeral-1103-2,0,5509813.story

Man, I hope they find the killers fast. Jennifer’s life has been destroyed, this could put her careers to an end too. God bless the poor young woman. I wish the best for her and really hope they find the killers quick. Please Chicago police, DO this for Jennifer! DO THIS FOR HER!!!!

Kev

Thought: If Myles Kennedy is the singer of Led Zep, will Scott Stapp reunite with Creed?

If Myles Kennedy of Altered Bridge leaves the band for Led Zep… will Scott Stapp former frontman of Creed rejoin Mark Tremonti, Brian Marshall and Scott Phillips?

Do you want to see a Creed reunion?

I’m not afraid to say that I would like to see Scott Stapp back with the original members of Creed. They maybe popular and mainstream for you, but you can’t deny that they wrote some great songs though. I liked the band Creed. Own all three of their albums and I have seen the band in concert twice. It’s a fact that Creed were one of the biggest selling rock bands in the 90’s and 00’s years but the band was shortlived with only three albums. The band had something good, but they blew it when the band broke up years ago.

I would like to see Creed back with a fourth studio album and a tour. The band’s first record “My Own Prison” is an amazing disc, I love it all the way through. “Human Clay” is also not a bad album. I’m game for Creed coming back, I’d love to see it happen.

They are not the best band in the world but I like their sound and their style of songwriting. Tremonti’s a good guitarist. I know there are not a lot of Creed fans out there but I think a Creed reunion would be successful. They could come back and become a best selling rock band again. Yes, they were kind of poppy and mainstream, I can agree with that, you also got to give them respect that they played their own instruments, wrote their own tunes and did everything themselves.

They were one of the very few hard rock bands that were successful back in their days. A Creed reunion would be cool. I’m all for it.

Kev

Report: “Two Lovers” is to be Joaquin Phoenix’s final film before he’s done with movies for good…

Oh my, 34 year old actor Joaquin Phoenix is really serious about quitting movies, he’s really doing it!!!!

His publicist confirmed that his final film will be “Two Lovers”. “Two Lovers” is a romantic drama film which Joaquin stars with Gwyneth Paltrow. After Joaquin’s finished promoting and marketing that movie, he’s done with acting for good and forever, just like that, he’s finished.

Joaquin became a musician while filming the Johnny Cash biopic “Walk the Line”. Before then, he never played guitar or sang, but he was given guitar lessons and learned to sing through a vocal coach for the film. Joaquin Phoenix is committed to starting a full time music career, making albums and going on world tours, all of it. Joaquin for those who don’t know is the younger brother of child star of the late River Phoenix.

Variety Reports:

http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117995132.html?categoryid=13&cs=1

I wonder what type of music Joaquin plans on getting into the music business.

Rock or country or a little bit of both? Who knows.

I’m sure we’ll hear more from Joaquin about his future music career of what he wants to do.

This totally sucks though, I don’t like how he’s turning his back on Hollywood. He’s a talented actor, I like him a lot. I think he’s probably getting sick of acting and music would give him more free time for himself.

Kev

Report: Jennifer Hudson did not yet go inside house where her family members were murdered…

Jennifer Hudson who just lost her mother, brother and nephew over a brutal murder has not yet went inside the house, the crime scene. She once visited the property by standing behind the gate looking out at the house but she was too emotional to go inside. Jennifer’s friends say that she is heartbroken and emotional of the deaths of course, but she is doing fine.

The funeral for Darnell Donnerson, Jason Hudson and Julian King is today in Chicago.

More on it here:

http://www.nydailynews.com/gossip/2008/11/03/2008-11-03_crime_scene_too_much_for_jennifer_hudson.html

I don’t think Jennifer would ever be able to make her way into the house at all. She’ll be heartbroken and sad for the rest of her life. She’ll be thinking about this for the rest of her life. I don’t see Jennifer going back to her music and acting career for a long while. She’s going to need some private space for herself. God bless her.

I wonder where Jennifer’s father is and if she’ll ever go to him. Hope they find the killers soon because they are still out there and on the run if the killer isn’t William Balfour ’cause he had help in the murders, never know the killers might plan on going after Jennifer or even Julia too so hopefully Chicago PD hunts the killers down fast before something does happen to Jennifer and Julia.

Kev

Report: Metallica wants Jason Newsted to share Rock Hall of Fame honor if band is inducted…

If the band Metallica is inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame this year, James Hetfield reveals that he wants to share the induction with Jason Newsted. Jason Newsted is a former bass player for the band who has played bass on the Metallica albums “And Justic For All”, “The Black Album” and “Load/Reload”. Jason Newsted joined the band after Cliff Burton’s death and Newsted became a prominent member of the band.

As the band were making plans to go back into the studio to record “St. Anger”, Newsted announced he quit the band due to private and personal reasons. Later in the movie “Some Kind of Monster”, Jason admits the real reason he left the band was for creative differences, Jason complained that he wanted to write his own material in Metallica but James and Lars were doing most of the writing, leaving Jason out of the songwriting process. So Jason left Metallica and formed his own band called Echobrain.

James Hetfield speaks out to Rollingstone saying that he will not have Dave Mustaine share the Metallica Hall of Fame induction because Dave didn’t play on any Metallica records but Jason Newsted did.

More on it here:

http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=108083

What a load of crock. The band Metallica should share the honor with Dave. Metallica and Dave Mustaine have been feuding for over 20 years to this very day.

They should just act like adults, bury the hatchet and get along, but of course, I don’t see that happening any time soon.

Kev

Report: Julia Hudson had a hand in the murders too?

Chicago PD discovered that the gun found by the SUV was the same murder weapon used on all three victims. The mother, the nephew and the brother Jason Hudson. Police also said William Balfour could possibly had some help in the three murders. Since Julia Hudson is the only one that had access to her home, is it possible that Julia is also the murderer? 

Julia is probably the only other person in the house that knew where Jason kept his gun locked up. Julia must of had some heated argument with her brother and mother that she just lost it. She had her husband William Balfour help her out by killing Julian King to cover up the crime since the little boy witnessed it.

http://www.tmz.com/2008/11/02/hudson-victim-murdered-by-his-own-gun/

Wouldn’t surprise me at all if Julia and William Balfour are both guilty of this.

Kev

Report: Springsteen gives away Halloween song for a free download…

Bruce Springsteen gave away a free song for a download on his official website, it is a Halloween song titled, “A Night With the Jersey Devil”.

Click here for the free download:

http://www.brucespringsteen.net/news/index.html

I downloaded it and Bruce gave the song a rockabilly and oldies feel since he wrote that song with Robert Jones and Gene Vincent.

Speaking of Halloween music, I was going to write a Halloween song of my own but never got around to doing it.

Kev

Report: Springsteen gives away Halloween song for a free download…

Bruce Springsteen gave away a free song for a download on his official website, it is a Halloween song titled, “A Night With the Jersey Devil”.

Click here for the free download:

http://www.brucespringsteen.net/news/index.html

I downloaded it and Bruce gave the song a rockabilly and oldies feel since he wrote that song with Robert Jones and Gene Vincent.

Speaking of Halloween music, I was going to write a Halloween song of my own but never got around to doing it.

Kev