Artist: The Otwz
Genre(s):
Breakbeat
Discography:
Matchball And Srsmd (NOCAT) Vinyl
Year: 2004
Tracks: 2
Thursday 26 June 2008
The Otwz
Artist: The Otwz
Genre(s):
Breakbeat
Discography:
Matchball And Srsmd (NOCAT) Vinyl
Year: 2004
Tracks: 2
Thursday 12 June 2008
Madonna's brother to publish book on life with her
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Pop star Madonna's brother Christopher Ciccone has written a memoir called "Life With My Sister Madonna," to be published next month by Simon and Schuster.
"Ciccone's extraordinary memoir is based on his life and 47 years of growing up with and working with his sister -- the most famous woman in the world," Simon and Schuster imprint Simon Spotlight Entertainment said.
Ciccone, one of Madonna's five siblings, wrote the book with Wendy Leigh. She has also written biographies of John F. Kennedy Jr, Britain's Prince Edward, Liza Minelli and ghost-written Zsa Zsa Gabor's autobiography.
Madonna's spokeswoman Liz Rosenberg had no comment.
Madonna, whose original name was Madonna Louise Ciccone, made her debut in 1982. Her first album, "Madonna," which included hits such as "Holiday," "Borderline" and "Lucky Star," helped her become one of the best-selling pop artists, with more than 200 million albums sold worldwide.
The book will be published on July 15, a month before Madonna celebrates her 50th birthday.
(Reporting by Michelle Nichols and Xavier Briand)
"Ciccone's extraordinary memoir is based on his life and 47 years of growing up with and working with his sister -- the most famous woman in the world," Simon and Schuster imprint Simon Spotlight Entertainment said.
Ciccone, one of Madonna's five siblings, wrote the book with Wendy Leigh. She has also written biographies of John F. Kennedy Jr, Britain's Prince Edward, Liza Minelli and ghost-written Zsa Zsa Gabor's autobiography.
Madonna's spokeswoman Liz Rosenberg had no comment.
Madonna, whose original name was Madonna Louise Ciccone, made her debut in 1982. Her first album, "Madonna," which included hits such as "Holiday," "Borderline" and "Lucky Star," helped her become one of the best-selling pop artists, with more than 200 million albums sold worldwide.
The book will be published on July 15, a month before Madonna celebrates her 50th birthday.
(Reporting by Michelle Nichols and Xavier Briand)
Top cop snorts at stars
Britain's most senior police officer said on Friday that pop stars and celebrities who are pictured apparently taking drugs should be put on trial to prove they were snorting talcum powder and not cocaine.London Metropolitan Police Commissioner Ian Blair said he wanted juries to decide whether famous figures caught on film were indeed taking illegal drugs even if it was impossible for police to prove what the substance actually was.A number of well-known stars, such as supermodel Kate Moss and Grammy-winning soul singer Amy Winehouse, have been pictured in national newspapers allegedly taking drugs, prompting police investigations that led to no charges.In an interview with the London Evening Standard, he said he had "directly asked" the Crown Prosecution Service whether it was reasonable celebrities should go on trial when "we can't tell what kind of white powder that is".- REUTERS
Van Halen tour grosses $93 million
Not only did classic rockers Van Halen [ tickets ] defy Vegas odds-makers by completing all of the dates on their 2007/2008 semi-reunion tour--abeit with a few speedbumps--the group also raked in more cash than on any of its previous outings.The run--which launched in late September of last year and wrapped up last night with a finale in Grand Rapids, MI--grossed more than $93 million over the course of its 74 arena dates, according to the tour's promoter, Live Nation. A total of nearly 1 million fans attended the tour, Live Nation said in a press release."We send our thanks to the countless new and longtime fans that helped make this tour our most successful," the members of Van Halen said in a joint statement. "We also send special gratitude to the tireless efforts of the Van Halen touring crew, Live Nation and the media, as well as opening acts Ky Mani Marley and Ryan Shaw."Early last year, Van Halen announced plans to mount a 2007 summer tour that would mark the return of original frontman David Lee Roth, who split with the group more than two decades ago. The outing was postponed when guitarist Eddie Van Halen entered a rehab facility in the spring of that year.After chugging along from last fall through early 2008, the tour ran into trouble in early March, at which time 17 dates were postponed so that Eddie Van Halen could deal with an undisclosed medical issue. The band returned to the road in mid-April to finish out the remainder of its itinerary.Despite having not released a complete album of new material in more than a decade, Van Halen was able to attract throngs of fans anxious to see the Roth-helmed incarnation of the group perform a setlist comprised entirely of hits released during Roth's late-'70s/early '80s tenure with the band.The tour also marked the debut of the band's new bassist, Wolfgang Van Halen, Eddie's son, who was 16 at the time the tour launched; he celebrated his 17th birthday in March.The teenager took over for original Van Halen bassist Michael Anthony, whom Eddie and Alex Van Halen dismissed prior to announcing plans for the tour with Roth.Many fans and critics alike speculated that the group--whose volatile history includes multiple acrimonious break-ups with both Roth and former VH frontman Sammy Hagar--would implode before completing its 2007/2008 itinerary. With that marvel under its collective belt, the group apparently is plotting its next move, according to a press release from the band's publicist."Now that the final bits of confetti have fallen, Van Halen has their sights set on bright horizons with exciting developments on the way," reads the release.
Bloc Party
Artist: Bloc Party
Genre(s):
Indie
Discography:
A Weekend in the City
Year: 2007
Tracks: 11
Black session
Year: 2006
Tracks: 13
Two More Years (Cds)
Year: 2005
Tracks: 2
Silent Alarm
Year: 2005
Tracks: 13
Help: A Day In The Life
Year:
Tracks: 1
Equally divine by Sonic Youth, Joy Division, Gang of Four, and the Cure, East London art-punkers Bloc Party shuffle angular sonics with pop structures. Consisting of singer/guitarist Kele Okereke, guitarist Russell Lissack, bassist/singer Gordon Moakes, and drummer Matt Tong, the dance band was at one time known as Angel Range and Union ahead subsiding on Bloc Party. Okereke and Lissack met each other through and through reciprocal friends at the Reading Festival, and ascertained that they had musical tastes as well as friends in vulgar. Tong and Moakes soon united their collaborationism, and under the name Union, the quartet issued a demo in early 2003; later that year, they switched their name to Bloc Party.
The group's demonstration and concerts began to pull in attention from both the press and their peers; Okereke sent a copy of the demo to Franz Ferdinand, world Health Organization invited them to play at the Domino tenth day of remembrance do in fall 2003. Early the following twelvemonth, the band released one of the demo's tracks, "She's Hearing Voices," as a unmarried on Trash Aesthetics. A few months later, Banquet/Staying Fat arrived on Moshi Moshi. That leap, Bloc Party gestural to Wichita to release their full-length album in the U.K., and to Dim Mak for U.S. distribution. The dance band spent summer 2004 recording and touring. Late that summer, Axis Party, which collected the band's number one two singles, arrived in the States. Their debut record album, Mute Alarm, appeared early in 2005 and was released by Vice Records in the States to far-flung hail. Later that class, Soundless Alarm Remixed capitalized on the band's burgeoning popularity, as did the 2006 EP Helicopter. A Weekend in the City, Bloc Party's bit proper album, followed in 2007.
Dough! 'Simpsons' Cast Gets $400K/Show
Winehouse refused visa for Grammys
Amy Winehouse will not be performing at this year's Grammy Awards because her request for a visa has been turned down by the US Embassy in London, according to her publicist.
The Outside Organization, which counts the troubled retro-soul singer among its clients, said in a statement: "Amy has been progressing well since entering a rehabilitation clinic two weeks ago and although disappointed with the decision has accepted the ruling and will be concentrating on her recovery."
The 24-year-old singer and her acclaimed 'Back to Black' album are nominated in six categories for the Grammy Awards in Los Angeles on Sunday.
Organisers of the music awards are now arranging for the singer to perform via satellite.
Since the album's US release last year, she has cancelled a slew of appearances amid reports of drug use.
The Outside Organization, which counts the troubled retro-soul singer among its clients, said in a statement: "Amy has been progressing well since entering a rehabilitation clinic two weeks ago and although disappointed with the decision has accepted the ruling and will be concentrating on her recovery."
The 24-year-old singer and her acclaimed 'Back to Black' album are nominated in six categories for the Grammy Awards in Los Angeles on Sunday.
Organisers of the music awards are now arranging for the singer to perform via satellite.
Since the album's US release last year, she has cancelled a slew of appearances amid reports of drug use.
Iron Metal
Artist: Iron Metal
Genre(s):
Indie
Discography:
Iron Metal I-Rock on the Hole
Year: 1982
Tracks: 11
Known for such powerful hits as "Two Minutes to Midnight" and "The Trooper," Iron Maiden was and is one of the most influential bands of the heavy metal music genre. The often-imitated band existed for over 20 years, pumping out wild rock candy similar to Judas Priest. Iron Maiden has constantly been an subway system draw; although failing to always prevail whatever real media attention in the U.S. (critics claimed them to be Satanists due to their dark-skinned musical themes and their habit of gruesome mascot "Eddie"), they soundless became well known throughout the world and take remained systematically popular passim their career. Iron Maiden was one of the first base groups to be classified as "British people metal," and, along with Black Sabbath, Led Zeppelin, and a host of other bands, go under the rock candy scene for the '80s.
Iron Maiden was first formed in 1976 by bassist Steve Harris, world Health Organization would presently link up with rhythm guitar player Tony Parsons, drummer Doug Sampson, and vocalizer Paul Di'Anno. Before finally obtaining a record deal, the group played in local areas passim the '70s, receiving a honest measure of London airplay. Parsons replaced Dennis Stratton, and the band made its record debut in 1980 with the self-titled Iron Maiden album. Although the acquittance was recorded in a hurry, it was nonetheless a hit in the U.K. due to the single "Operative Free." Iron Maiden's 1981 follow-up, Killers, displayed a harder glide path to their medicine than in front, and as well power saw the alternate of Stratton with Adrian Smith. Due to his uncontrollable alcohol addiction, Di'Anno was forced to part company with the group and would shortly be replaced with singer Bruce Dickinson in 1982 for the band's groundbreaking Number of the Beast. This album, self-praise such songs as the title track and "Hallowed Be Thy Name," would fare to be known as one of the sterling stone recordings of all time. Since the unexpected worldwide winner of Wolf made Iron Maiden international rock superstars, they changed selfsame little of their style for their next album, Piece of Mind. They undertook iI major tours in front transcription 1983's Powerslave, which would go on to be another cult arrive at. The merchandise of Powerslave's 11-month tour was 1985's Live After Death, a bivalent hot album that featured all of their biggest hit singles.
By the release of Live After Death, Iron Maiden had already established themselves as a powerful and unique metal ring. Their long-awaited 1986 addendum album, Somewhere in Time, showed a spot of going away from their past tense releases, showcasing the habit of synthesiser guitars and songs more relevant to the same themes. 1988's One-seventh Son of a Seventh Son, a concept album like its forerunner, featured the singles "The Evil That Men Do" and "The Clairvoyant," and presently became Iron Maiden's most critically acclaimed album since Number of the Beast. After another wearing tour, Smith bypast and the band took a one-year respite. With new guitarist Janick Gers, they resurfaced with No Prayer for the Dying in 1990, a record that returned to the classic sound the group used when recording their sooner releases. One of the album's singles, "Bring Your Daughter...to the Slaughter," was given the Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Song of the Year, simply it all the same gave the banding their first base bit one U.K. hit. By the time the radical finished their 1991 circuit, Dickinson expressed desire to go forth and work to kick upstairs some other band he had founded, the Skunkworks. Fear of the Dark, the band's last album with Dickinson, debuted at number one on the U.K. charts and became one of their biggest-selling albums to date. After their supporting go, 2 unrecorded albums were released in 1993: A Real Live One, which contained live versions of their newer off singles, and A Real Dead One, which featured the more "graeco-Roman" Maiden songs live.
Dickinson's alternate, Blaze Bayley, marked his debut in 1995 with The X Factor. While the record failed to chart as well as some of its predecessors, it was still a underage success in England. Iron Maiden marked the goal of 1996 with C. H. Best of the Beast, a double compilation record album. In 1998, little interest in the Practical XI album prompted Bayley's termination; Dickinson and Smith returned to the banding for a go in 1999, and a new album, Brave New World, emerged the next class. The banding toured passim the former 2000s, releasing the live Rock in Rio and the greatest-hits compendium Edward the Great in 2002, followed by a new studio apartment record album, Dance of Death, in 2003. They followed Department of Defense with the Rainmaker EP, as well as the live DVDs History of Iron Maiden, Pt. 1: The Early Days and Rearing Hell in 2004. Sanctuary put kayoed the two-disc The Essential Iron Maiden in 2005 to coincide with the group's co-headlining Ozzfest turn with Black Sabbath, a turn that found Maiden pulling kayoed due to a series of confrontations with Ozzy's wife/manager, Sharon Osbourne. They released the live CD/DVD Death on the Road in September of 2005 and a compendium of modern material, Matter of Life and Death, in 2006.
Mind Key
Artist: Mind Key
Genre(s):
Metal: Progressive
Discography:
Journey Of A Rough Diamond
Year: 2004
Tracks: 8
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