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Buju Banton facing drug charges

Posted in Music News on February 18, 2011

Grammy winning reggae star Buju Banton is currently in court in Florida facing drug charges.  This is the second trial for Banton, whose real name is Mark Myrie, after the first was deadlocked last year.

Charges against Banton include conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute cocaine; attempted possession with the intent to distribute cocaine; possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking offence; and using the wires to facilitate a drug trafficking offence.

The jury will resume on Tuesday to reach a decision.

Davey Havok to star in American Idiot musical

Posted in Music News on February 15, 2011

AFI's Davey Havok will be playing the lead role of St. Jimmy in the American Idiot musical adapted from the Green Day album. Numerous stars have taken the role, most notably Bille Joe Armstrong and Melissa Etheridge. Havok will be playing the part for a two week stint in March. Read more

Tom Waits, Beastie Boys Among Rock Hall Nominees

Posted in Music News on October 1, 2010

Ladies and gentlemen, your 2011 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame nominees are first-timers Tom Waits, Bon Jovi, Alice Cooper, Donovan, and Neil Diamond, along with previously snubbed artists Beastie Boys, LL Cool J, J. Geils Band, Donna Summer, Chic, Dr. John, Laura Nyro, Joe Tex, Darlene Love, and Chuck … Read more

"American Hardcore" to be updated for second edition

Posted in Music News on September 8, 2010

Steven Blush's controversial 2001 book American Hardcore is headed for an expanded second edition. The publisher said this: The author has updated all of the chapters, added a new one titled "Destroy Babylon," which explores the mutant forms of spirituality that came from the movement, and interviewed over twenty-five new … Read more

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Official Sound And Fury Statement

Posted in Music News on July 29, 2010

From the inbox: Hello everyone! We here at Sound and Fury wanted to clear the air about what happened on Sunday night and why the fest was shut down after 2 days of amazing bands and fun. Based on what we saw ourselves and were told by others, here’s what, … Read more

Bandcamp to Star Charging Fees

Posted in Music News on July 20, 2010

Popular DIY music site, Bandcamp.com, has announced that it will soon begin charging a percentage of sales to artists who sell music through the service. They explained: In the past six months, you guys have used Bandcamp to sell over $1 million USD in music and merch directly to your … Read more

Trent Reznor To Score New Film

Posted in Music News on July 1, 2010

  As the NIN Hotline points out, today, the Nine Inch Nails website's news feed featured a message from Trent Reznor announcing that he and longtime collaborator Atticus Ross have written the score for David Fincher's new film The Social Network, which is about the founding of Facebook. It stars Jesse … Read more

Slipknot bassist found dead

Posted in Music News on May 25, 2010

  Slipknot bass player Paul Gray was found dead earlier today in an Iowa hotel room. Authorities report that an employee at the Town Plaza Hotel in Urbandale discovered Gray's body at around 10:50am. Foul play is not suspected at this time, though additional information has yet to be revealed. Gray … Read more

Trent Reznor Discusses How To Destroy Angels With Fans, Reveals Future NIN Plans

Posted in Music News on May 11, 2010

Nine Inch Nails mastermind Trent Reznor recently participated in a Facebook Q&A regarding his latest project, How To Destroy Angels. He confirmed in the session that the groups lineup consists of Reznor, his wife Mariqueen Maandig and frequent NIN collaborator Atticus Ross. He also revealed that a full album from … Read more

Converge To Miss Two Dates Of Current Tour, Statement Available

Posted in Music News on May 11, 2010

Converge will be missing the next few stops of their ongoing “Axe To Fall” headlining tour as a result of vehicle troubles, they offered the following statement on the matter: “Hey everyone – What a tour… First thing: We lost Lewd Acts due to some conflicts within the band. Our … Read more

Killwhitneydead. Comment On Not Touring This Summer

Posted in Music News on May 11, 2010

Killwhitneydead. frontman Matt Rudzinski has elaborated on the bands plans to not tour this summer, you can find his statement below: “Well, as the saying goes…”all good things must come to an end.” Now the end of KILLWHITNEYDEAD is NOT at hand, but this summer is the first summer in … Read more

Alan Moore/Doseone/Andrew Broder Multimedia Project Details Revealed

Posted in Music News on April 28, 2010

The freaky, heroically bearded comic book genius Alan Moore is the man responsible for form-defining classics like Watchmen and The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, which means dorks will hold him in titanic esteem until the end of time. Moore has teamed up with some big music names lately. He's currently … Read more

Big Hit Management launched

Posted in Music News on April 15, 2010

Official press release: With experience dating back twenty years in the music industry, label vets Cliff Wiener, Alex Kenny and John Wylie have joined forces to form Big Hit Management. John Wylie formed Eulogy Recordings which has released over 115 albums including introducing such artists as Set Your Goals, Evergreen … Read more

The Damned Things Recording New Material

Posted in Music News on April 13, 2010

The Damned Things are moving ahead with their debut release and have been in the studio as of late recording it. Today marked the begining of vocal tracking for the outing with band frontman Keith Buckley offering the following on the sessions via Twitter: “TDT vocals start today. Gotta see … Read more

Godflesh/Jesu Frontman Offers Update On Remix/Production Projects

Posted in Music News on April 13, 2010

Justin K Broadrick of Godflesh/Jesu fame has checked in with the following update on his current remix and production projects: “I recently mixed and produced the forthcoming new album from CONSTANTS. More news soon.. Just released is the new album from OCTOBER FILE ‘Our Souls To You‘, this album is … Read more

Municipal Waste guitarist launches side-project

Posted in Music News on April 9, 2010

Official press release: Starting in early-2009 in between a rigorous Municipal Waste touring schedule, Ryan Waste began working on a new project entitled Volture. As a long time fan of bands like Mercyful Fate, Heavy Load, and Judas Priest thought it would only be suiting to do a proper band … Read more

God Forbid news and notes

Posted in Music News on April 9, 2010

God Forbid's Doc Coyle (guitar, vocals) has issued a lengthy update regarding the band: "It's been quite some time since I've given some type of update on what the GF crew has been up to, and thought it would be appropriate to awaken from information hibernation. We been home from … Read more

Cruel Hand recording new full-length

Posted in Music News on April 9, 2010

Cruel Hand enters the studio this week to begin recording their next album for Bridge Nine Records. Tracking will take place during the next two weeks at Getaway Recording in Wakefield, MA with producer/engineer Jay Maas (Bane, Verse) at the helm. The effort will hit streets late this summer. Drummer … Read more

All Pigs Must Die (Converge, etc.) recording

Posted in Music News on April 9, 2010

Members of Converge, The Hope Conspiracy, and Bloodhorse have apparently teamed up to record music as All Pigs Must Die (Death In June fans?). The project is comprised of Ben Koller (Converge), Kevin Baker (The Hope Conspiracy), Adam Wentworth (Bloodhorse, ex-The Red Chord), and Matt Woods (Bloodhorse). The foursome has … Read more

The Acacia Strain to enter studio next week

Posted in Music News on April 9, 2010

  The Acacia Strain will enter Planet Z Recording in Hadley, MA next week to begin tracking their next album for Prosthetic Records. The group will once again be working with producer Zeuss (Hatebreed, God Forbid). Frontman Vincent Bennett comments: "It's been a long time coming. It's going to be hard … Read more