METALLICA has succeeded in getting Napster.com to block users who have traded the band's music on its server. The latter complied with the band's demands in its lawsuit, pertaining to commercially released music being traded on the site. Metallica doesn't claim copyright infringement with regard to live bootleg recordings, just songs that have appeared on its albums. Metallica will be among the performers at the 2000 MTV Movie Awards, scheduled to be taped June 3 at Sony Pictures Studios in Los Angeles for airing June 8 at 9 PM ET/PT.
BAR 7's website is almost open, but you can sample two tracks from the soon to be released album The World Is A Freak, featuring former Tesla band members Jeff Keith and Tommy Skeoch. The tracks ("Lady Bug" and "American Dream") are there to download in full. They sound great, but beware the style is more the rootsy, stripped back feel so many bands have followed lately, rather than a new version of something the mighty Tesla might have released. CLICK HERE TO LISTEN
DON DOKKEN will chat with fans tonight, May 11 at 9 PM ET/6 PT on America Online, keyword Rock Chat.
The Tour Bus radio show this week features VAUGHN live in the studio this Saturday (5/13/00) for an interview & acoustic performance. Next Saturday (5/20/00), STRYPER will be back together live in the studio for an interview & acoustic performance. And Michael Sweet, lead singer of Stryper, is re-releasing To Hell With The Devil with the original angel cover artwork. This cover was not used on the US version of the release and will have a bonus track added to it. More details at: www.Stryper.com.
MARILYN MANSON joined TRENT REZNOR and NINE INCH NAILS on stage Tuesday night at New York's Madison Square Garden, at least temporarily putting an end to a famous feud. The onetime collaborators performed NIN's "Starsuckers Inc." and "The Beautiful People." NIN is touring to support The Fragile through June 18 in Denver, Colorado, and Manson is recording Holy Wood (In the Shadow of the Valley of Death, slated for fall release. To see video of the New York concert, visit www.nin.com.
ZAKK WYLDE's band BLACK LABEL SOCIETY will hit the road to support Stronger Than Death on June 23 in Anaheim, California with CROWBAR and 60 WATT SHAMEN supporting. Most of the shows on the first leg, which will run through July 16, will be all ages. BLS will subsequently trek to Europe and then resume U.S. dates in early August and will also join OZZY OSBOURNE at the September 1 and 2 OzzFest concerts in San Bernardino, California.
Drummer VINNY APPICE and his recently formed band, set to record their debut CD this summer, will be seen on screen in Bedazzled, starring BRENDAN FRASER and ELIZABETH HURLEY. In the movie, Fraser is granted seven wishes by the Devil, Hurley, one of which is to be a rock star. One scene depicts Fraser's character Elliott Richards performing "Inside of You Inside of Me," which was written and played by Appice and his band. The movie will be released August 11.
