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Report: Richie Sambora busted for DUI…

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The longtime guitarist for Bon Jovi, Richie Sambora has been arrested for DUI in Laguna Beach, California. He was picked up and handcufffed by police just before 11 p.m. on Tuesday. He was driving a black Hummer vehicle with a few babes and two minors included. He was booked and released at the Laguna Beach jail. He will make a court appearance on May 7th.

The Associated Press reports:

http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5i-08csNYt0Q099yMEp_goNrPyYsQD8VL95IG1

Another musician busted for DUI.

Sambora could get some state prison time if he was driving with minors in the vehicle and that ain’t a good sign.

Don’t drink and drive!

Kev

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Report: Richie Sambora busted for DUI…

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The longtime guitarist for Bon Jovi, Richie Sambora has been arrested for DUI in Laguna Beach, California. He was picked up and handcufffed by police just before 11 p.m. on Tuesday. He was driving a black Hummer vehicle with a few babes and two minors included. He was booked and released at the Laguna Beach jail. He will make a court appearance on May 7th.

The Associated Press reports:

http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5i-08csNYt0Q099yMEp_goNrPyYsQD8VL95IG1

Another musician busted for DUI.

Sambora could get some state prison time if he was driving with minors in the vehicle and that ain’t a good sign.

Don’t drink and drive!

Kev

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Happy Birthday to…Steven Tyler…

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I would like to wish Steven Tyler, the longtime singer for Aerosmith a Happy 60th Birthday. Yes, Steven Tyler just turned 60 years old today. Still performing with Aerosmith and singing strong.

Steven Tyler has been with Aerosmith for more than 30 long years, they still continue to make music together.

Aerosmith is a band that has been known to make a slew of monster radio hits nonstop with songs like “Dream On”, “Sweet Emotion”, “Same Old Song and Dance”, “(Dude) Look Like A Lady”, “Janie’s Got a Gun”, “Living On the Edge”, “Eat the Rich”, “Cryin’, “Amazing”, etc.

The band’s next project release will be a videogame titled “Aerosmith: Guitar Hero” edition which will be out this summer, maybe sometime in June I believe.

Thanks for keeping Aerosmith alive, Steven, and happy 60th!

Here’s a few Aerosmith videos in celebration of Steve Tyler’s birthday.

Kev

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Report: Billy Corgan speaks on lawsuit against Virgin Records…

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Billy Corgan spoke to Billboard.com over the phone while touring in Australia with the band. He continues to slam Virgin Records and Billy sounds pretty pissed off in this interview.

Read it here:

http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003741748

I’m sure you all know that “Zeit Geist” wasn’t released on Virgin Records, so the band and Virgin Records obviously had a long history of negative grudges.

I respect the band for this, it’s their music. If you own the music, you can sue who you want to who ever uses it without permission.

It’s all about copyright, copyright, copyright. Remember that!

Kev

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Report: Slash deny Velvet Revolver tour with Led Zeppelin…

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Slash the guitarist for the Velvet Revolver came out to the public to confirm the rumours of the Velvet Revolver touring with Led Zeppelin is untrue. The rumour was first brought up by Duff McKagan who is Slash’s longtime buddy, both men are former members of the legendary Guns N’ Roses. Slash defended Duff by saying the Velvet Revolver touring with Led Zep was taking out of context.

Slash even agrees that a Led Zeppelin tour isn’t possible and that Robert Plant has his project going on with Alison Krauss. Slash confirms the Velvet Revolver will head back to the studio very soon to record a new record with the band.

More on it here:

http://photos.contactmusic.com/m/slash_211107/roses_5058271.jpg

I don’t think the Velvet Revolver are breaking up anytime soon. From the sounds of things, Slash seems very serious with the band and loves playing with them. When Scott Weiland claims “this is the final Velvet Revolver tour” he was probably just talking shit and maybe be a bit drunk/stoned out of his ass. I don’t think Weiland would really leave Velvet Revolver for STP. He’s just a crazy guy that likes to talk shit, that’s all.

I’m happy that someone from the Velvet Revovler came out and cleared everything, kudos to Slash. He’s da man! I don’t want that band touring with Led Zeppelin anyways. No band should tour with Led Zeppelin.

Kev

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Cool Video: “This Train” original song from an artist in youtube…

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This video was posted on the front page on youtube and I had to post it here myself, I love this song, very catchy. It reminds me of folk artists like Billy Bragg and John Prine. I don’t know the guy’s name that wrote the song, but this song is truly badass. I dig it!

Enjoy!

Kev  

The video don’t allow embedding so I just linked it.  

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QsLgEdowIg0

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Report: The Smashing Pumpkins sue Virgin Records…

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Billy Corgan and the Smashing Pumpkins has filed a lawsuit against the label Virgin Records, claiming the label had no rights for using their band name and music for promotional and “Pepsi Stuff” advertisements with Amazon and Pepsi Co. Virgin Records has been the Pumpkins longtime record label for more than 17 years. The lawsuit demands that the label should pay the band with the profits earned in the promotion and to stop using the Pumpkins name or music in the future.

The band says they work extremely hard to keep the Smashing Pumpkins music alive to this day and they don’t want promotion threatening their artistic integrity…

More on it here:

http://apnews.excite.com/article/20080325/D8VKF1IO0.html

I said it before and will say it again.

If you’re a musician or a solo performer who own your music by copyright, you have the right to do what you please with it.

So don’t get pissed at a band for going on a suing rampage, they have every right to be doing what they are doing.

It’s all about respecting the copyright and protecting a bands music.

Kev

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Report: The Velvet Revolver breaking up? The return of Stone Temple Pilots?

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Well, look like a Led Zeppelin and Velvet Revolver tour definitely won’t happen at all because there are some bad signs that the Velvet Revolver could be breaking up. At a concert in Glasgow, Scotland…lead singer Scott Weiland made an unexpected surprising announcement that shocked the fans and even the rest of the band members as well, that this is the final tour of the Velvet Revolver. Weiland was behaving very weirdly at the concert like dropping the microphone and walking off the stage, then coming back later to sing Gn’R song “It’s So Easy” in a crazy way.

There is also a big possibility that the Stone Temple Pilots may return to the national music scene full time with a full tour and possible new STP album. The other band members of the Velvet Revolver admitted the band has been in a turmoil lately.

MTV.com reports:

http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1583956/20080324/velvet_revolver.jhtml

If the Stone Temple Pilots do indeed return to music again full time, then it’s no surprise to me. How many times have that band broken up and then came back? More than a few.

I don’t like the Velvet Revolver and I hope they do breakup so there can be a Stone Temple comeback. I want Slash to move on to something better, maybe he can make an instrumental solo album that I always wanted Slash to do ’cause he’s an incredible guitarist. I just don’t like Slash playing with VR and I know he’s better than that.

Kev

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Report: No Bob Marley music for Bob Marley biopic?

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The Weinsten Company has plans in making a biopic movie about the legendary reggae singer Bob Marley, with wife and widow Rita Marley is executive producing the film. It’s a film where an actor plays the legendary Bob Marley telling the story about his life and career in music.

Bob Marley’s family members has blocked a licensing deal from the Weinstein Company licensing the music of Bob Marley to be included in the biopic film. That means Bob Marley’s original studio recordings will not be included in the film.

Why is this you ask?

The answer is easy. Film maker Martin Scorsese has planned on making a rockumentary about the legendary singer similar to what he did to the movies “Shine the Light” (a rockumentary about the Rolling Stones) and “The Last Waltz” (a rockumentary about Robbie Robertson and The Band). Martin Scorsese doesn’t want to compete with another film based on the same thing about Bob Marley is the reason for the snub. Ziggy Marley and other family members only priority is keeping Bob Marley’s legacy alive to this day. The Marley biopic film is not yet greenlighted because there is not a script yet.

More on it here:

http://www.eonline.com/news/article/index.jsp?uuid=4de94c0c-ccce-45b4-abc0-7406ee37f37a&entry=index

The biopic film shouldn’t even happen.

Kudos to Scorsese for snatching the rights to Marley’s music.

I look forward to seeing Scorsese’s rockumentary on Marley than the biopic.

Kev

Celebrity/musician deaths

RIP: Neil Aspinall 1942 – 2008

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Neil Aspinall has always been known as the “fifth” Beatle, he was the original road manager for the Beatles and was the band’s business empire owner for over 40 years. After the breakup of the beatles in 1970, Neil Aspinall continues to hold that title of the “fifth” Beatle by keeping the Beatles legacy alive. He was also the chief exceutive of Apple Ltd. Aspinall continued to help defend the band by the never ending lawsuits thrown at the band over the years. He is the one that went on tours to bring the Beatles to all their concerts.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2008/03/24/db2405.xml

Another Beatle gone!

Only Ringo and Sir Paul left.

RIP Neil.

Kev