Metal News for August 21, 2001
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9 news articles posted on this day.
"Tough Enough"
The track listing for the forthcoming soundtrack to the MTV/WWF show "Tough Enough" has taken shape and is expected to feature:
- Alien Ant Farm - "Smooth Criminal"
- Disturbed - "Stupify"
- Godsmack - "Awake"
- Saliva - "Superstar"
- Powerman 5000 - "Bombshell"
- Papa Roach - "Dead Cell"
- Buckcherry - "Slammin'"
- Deftones - "Digital Bath"
- Drowning Pool - "Bodies"
- Halfcocked - "Drive Away"
- Mudvayne - "Dig"
The album is now eyeing a September 18th release through Dreamworks.
"Rock Star" Party
Warner Bros. premiere of the Mark Wahlberg film Rock Star, loosely based on the life story of JUDAS PRIEST frontman Tim “Ripper” Owens, will be a star-studded event drawing from the best of both worlds—music and film. The Los Angeles event, which includes an after-party at the House of Blues, will be attended by both stars from the film as well as featured musicians Zakk Wylde, Jason Bonham, Stephan Jenkins, Jeff Pilson, Blas Elias and Brian Vander Ark. The artist RSVP list of musicians not in the film currently includes ORGY, STATIC X, LIMP BIZKIT’s Fred Durst, BEAUTIFUL CREATURES, EVERCLEAR and SEAL.
Jason Newsted - Producer
- Former METALLICA bassist Jason Newsted is set to produce the upcoming album from Texas agro-rockers SPEEDEALER, according to MTV News.
- In other news, Newsted made his first live appearance with his new band, ECHOBRAIN, on Sunday, August 19th at San Francisco’s Bimbo’s 265 club, as part of the Nadine's Wild Weekend, a showcase of Bay Area bands. Speaking backstage before the gig, the four-stringer made the following comment to MTV:
More On Manson
- MARILYN MANSON has lashed out at the most recent sex charge against him—claiming that the Michigan prosecutors are using false allegations to get him behind bars. In a posting on the message board of MANSON’s official web site, the singer states that “This is nothing more than yet another attempt to run MARILYN MANSON into the ground. They’ve done it before and they are going to keep doing it unti lthe day I die… There is not point to this. If they really wanted to see me rot in jail that bad, they would have booked me on [July] 30th… It comes down to love, hate and corruption, and MARILYN MANSON thrives on that.”
- In other news, Kerrang.com reports that MARILYN MANSON has revealed that he plans to work with OZZY OSBOURNE. MANSON was quoted in the article as saying: "I don't know if I should say what we were talking about, it was private, but we talked about things we'd like to do together in the future, some creative ideas we have. There's a strong mutual admiration between us."
Summary/Misc
Movement
German metal masters HELLOWEEN have parted ways with long time lead guitarist Roland Grapow and drummer Uli Kusch following the band's August 12 appearance at the Meoroc Festival in Spain. No reason for the shocking split has been forthcoming from either camp yet, but Grapow and Kusch will continue on together and pursue their band project with SYMPHONY X vocalist Russell Allen on a full-time basis; the band is also set to feature an as-yet unnamed bassist and keyboard player. Grapow and Allen are currently spending time in Los Angeles working on songs with Roy Z (BRUCE DICKINSON, HALFORD, etc.) whom Grapow had met during last year's sessions for HELLOWEEN's The Dark Ride. The album will be recorded and mixed at producer Andy Sneap's (NEVERMORE, MACHINE HEAD, etc.) Backstage studio from September 24th through November 11th, with additional mixing scheduled to take place to Roland Grapow's home studio in Hamburg.
Static-X Announces Openers
Deadsy and the Apex Theory have been tapped to open Static-X's upcoming U.S. trek which is set to take place August 30th through till September 08th.
Summary/Misc
Daily Reviews
Anti-MTV has four new reviews:
- Armored Saint - Nod To Old School
- Crematory - Remind
- Dragonlord Rapture
- Propain - Road Rage
Slayer Chat
Slayer will be appearing on GetMusic.com September 4th for a live audio chat with GetMusic's own Nevin Martell. For more information click below.
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