A word to the legions who, upon hearing of Hawthorne Heights guitarist Casey Calvert's sudden death last night, decide to show their grief by uttering something along the lines of, "I hate the band, but..." Look, twerps, a man is dead at a very early age, and he left behind a lot of friends and family. I don't wanna read any more a-hole comments that condemn what he chose to spend his adult life doing, and then express your deep, abiding personal sympathy. You're hypocrites. Shut your teenaged mouths.
Anyway.
It's been a long time since Meat Loaf was in the news for anything pertaining to his music - and here's another one: Sony has to cough up more than five million bucks to a guy who discovered Loaf thirty-plus years ago.
Ever heard of The Romantics? Yeah, me neither, but you've heard 'What I Like About You,' and the cover rendition of that song for a Guitar Hero edition has gotten Activision(the makers of the wildly successful GH franchise) sued.
Led Zeppelin will tour. The Cult are opening. Disaster? Raving success? Your thoughts are welcomed. Email us!
SoCal legends Pennywise are going mobile-phone friendly. Next March the band's umpteenth album will drop, and y'all can either go buy the CD(or vinyl), or you can hit the Myspace profile of a mobile-distributor, where you can download the album free if you add them as a friend. It's Myspace's first such experiment. [Billboard]
Remember Slayer's Unholy Alliance tour with Lamb of God and Mastodon last year? This here sounds like the real thing. Yikes.
Former Stone Temple Pilot and current lushly-covered pistol(get it? GET IT?) Scott Weiland is writing a book. He'll be the second one in his band to do so(I see you, Slash).
The latest DVD from the Solid State Records camp is called Buried Alive; check the tracklisting:
01 - Underoath - "In Regards To Myself"
02 - August Burns Red - "Composure"
03 - Norma Jean - "Blue Prints For Future Homes"
04 - Demon Hunter - "1000 Apologies"
05 - He Is Legend - "Attack Of The Dungeon Witch"
06 - Haste the Day - "Stitches"
07 - Underoath - "You're Ever So Inviting"
08 - Destroy the Runner - "Saints"
09 - Inhale/Exhale - "Redemption"
10 - The Chariot - "We Faced Each Other"
11 - Underoath - "A Moment Suspended In Time"
12 - Becoming The Archetype - "Endure"
13 - Inhale/Exhale - "Call To The Faithful"
14 - Norma Jean - "Songs Sound Much Sadder"
[punkbands]
Here's hoping member changes and being generally snakebitten don't hinder the proceedings: Jersey's Life In Your Way, one of the best melodic-hardcore bands in existence, will headline their first tour next February, bringing along fellow Solid Staters Oh, Sleeper and Once Nothing for the ride. [hxc]
Mentioning Guitar Hero as we were earlier, since the third installment was released October 28th, a number of artists featured in the game - no surprise - have experienced a jump in sales, namely the metal attacks of Dragonforce and Killswitch Engage.
The guitarist from hardcore legends Champion has formed a new label called React. The first signing? Canadian boys Get the Most. Sick. [lambgoat]
Oh, and a belated happy Thanksgiving to our American friends!
Posted by mike at November 25, 2007 06:56 AM