Hendrix's drummer Buddy Miles dies & other: 2008

Friday 5 September 2008

Arctic Monkeys, Babyshambles, Reverend supergroup cancel shows

Mongrel, the supergroup featuring members of Arctic Monkeys, Babyshambles and Reverend And The Makers, have cancelled all antecedently scheduled springy dates.

The band had antecedently been set to play at the London Scala (November 5), the Sheffield Academy (9) and the Dublin Academy (11). In a assertion the band said they plan to reschedule the shows soon.

Mongrel have, however, revealed that they volition release their debut album, 'Better Than Heavy', on October 22.

In a program line band leader Jon 'The Reverend' McClure said that the gig cancellations were the final result of scheduling conflicts between band members.

He added: "The thing that makes this project so amazing is also the thing that at this moment and time is preventing us from making these shows happen.

"The people involved in this send off are some of my best friends, they ar also in some of the busiest bands in this rural area. Including myself."

Mongrel is comprised of Arctic Monkeys' Matt Helders, his former bandmate Andy Nicholson, Babyshambles' Drew McConnell, Reverend And The Makers' Jon McClure and Joe Moskow and rapper Lowkey.

See adjacent week's NME, out September 10, for an exclusive in-the-studio report from the band roughly their album.

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Tuesday 26 August 2008

Mp3 music: Desmond Child

Artist: Desmond Child: mp3 download

   Genre(s):

Other

Desmond Child's discography:

Discipline

Year: 1991

Tracks: 10

Songwriter Desmond Child grew up in Miami Beach, FL, where his Cuban songwriter mother taught her word to play the piano at an early eld. Influenced by Otis Redding and Laura Nyro, he was divine to begin a band in high schoolhouse called Night Child with singer and guitarist Debra Walls. They disbanded dear straight in front they got a record deal, merely in 1973 Child moved on to a new radical, Desmond Child & Rouge, with singers Maria Vidal and Diana Grasselli. After development a loyal following in the New York City club scene, they were signed to Capitol Records in 1978. They recorded iI albums (both released in 1979) only because they never existent conform to into a specific genre, their label never tried to render them a push and they disbanded in 1980. Undeterred, Child just started focusing on his songwriting career, which he had give up started in 1978 by co-writing Kiss' Top Ten hit "I Was Made for Loving You." He would go on to keep running with Kiss, finally gaining the attention of former stone bands through his efforts. He teamed up with Jon Bon Jovi and Richie Sambora to write songs for their Slippery When Wet record album, and when that became a smash hit, he suddenly became in enquire. He began to write songs with Aerosmith, Cher, Roxette, Chicago, Alice Cooper, and many others passim the late '80s/early '90s. One of his most frequent collaborators, Joan Jett, had her last Top 40 hit with their composition "I Hate Myself for Loving You," piece singer Michael Bolton had a huge come to with Child's "How Can We Be Lovers." After a small heralded solo album and more songwriting exploit, he settled disconsolate in Miami to begin writing and production do work on Ricky Martin's newfangled album, which was to usher in Martin to an international interview. The album, 1999's Livin' la Vida Loca, was a smash succeeder and opened the door for even more production gigs, such as the 2001 smash "WHO Let the Dogs Out" by the Baha Men.

Saturday 16 August 2008

Katie Price Wigs Out

Since Katie Price decided to reduce her breast size, she had to make up for it by purchasing a new weave.

If this girl gets any more plastic on her body, she's going to melt.

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Thursday 7 August 2008

Dj Magic Mike

Artist: Dj Magic Mike

   Genre(s):
Dance

Discography:

Bass Is The Name Of The Game

Year:
Tracks: 13

Bad Boys Of Bass

Year:
Tracks: 12

Monday 30 June 2008

Pandit Pran Nath

Artist: Pandit Pran Nath

   Genre(s):
Easy Listening

Discography:

Ragas Of Morning and Night

Year: 1986
Tracks: 2

Monday 16 June 2008

Agnostic Front

Artist: Agnostic Front

   Genre(s):
Other
   ROck: Alternative
   Rock: Punk-Rock
   Alternative
   Rock: Hard-Rock
   Punk

Discography:

Warriors

Year: 2007
Tracks: 14

Another Voice

Year: 2004
Tracks: 14

Working Class Heroes

Year: 2002
Tracks: 29

Dead Yuppies

Year: 2001
Tracks: 14

Riot, Riot, Upstart

Year: 1999
Tracks: 17

Dropkick Murphys Agnostic Front

Year: 1999
Tracks: 4

Something's Gotta Give

Year: 1998
Tracks: 18

Raw Unleashed

Year: 1995
Tracks: 63

Last Warning

Year: 1993
Tracks: 21

To Be Continued

Year: 1992
Tracks: 19

One Voice

Year: 1992
Tracks: 12

Live At CBGBs

Year: 1989
Tracks: 19

Live at CBGB

Year: 1989
Tracks: 19

Victim In Pain

Year: 1986
Tracks: 11

Cause For Alarm

Year: 1985
Tracks: 10

United Blood

Year: 1983
Tracks: 10

Liberty and Justice For

Year:
Tracks: 11

At the dawn of the '80s, New York City was mired in debt and crime, wrestling with 1 of the virtually trying periods in its history, even ironically (or peradventure fittingly), its tube music view was seething with activity like never in front. Still reeling from the violent origin and subsequent implosion of punk rock, hundreds of underprivileged kids living in Manhattan and its outlying boroughs began forming john Rock groups to rail against the everyday trials, dangers, and prejudices of urban being. As had been natural event in other urban centers (most notably L.A. and Washington, D.C.) equally unnatural by the list, recession-laced early long time of Reaganomics, New York became a thaw pot/hub for a prospering hardcore scene -- a cultural phenomenon that used punk careen as a weapons platform for politically charged, inherently regional musical catharsis.

And though it would finally sliver into infinite subgenres, at least ab initio NYHC (Novel York Hard Core) far superseded the original touchwood movement's ragged collective (known as much for nontextual matter bikers like Talking Heads and Television as it was for "true" punks like the Ramones and Dictators) in footing of a cohesive creative vision. Among the bands at the forefront of this joined, seemingly unstoppable united States Army were Agnostic Front, whose frantic, minimalist violation and sociopolitical rants came to epitomize the heart of hard-core, New York f*ckin' City style.

Guitarist Vinnie Stigma was a first-generation punk rocker rocking chair and an early-'80s skinhead wHO finally got around to forming his own band, Zoo Crew, in mid-1982, with singer John Watson. But Watson just lasted a few months in front being replaced by Cuban-born Union City, NJ, native Roger Miret, a product of refugee parents with firsthand see in social injustice and opinionated views just about political science coursing through his veins. When combined with Stigma's fundamental rhythm guitar furiousness, Miret's personal magnetism as a decadent urban messiah would come to personify AF's sound. Bassist Adam Moochie and drummer Ray Beez joined presently after and, after adopting the unexampled diagnose Agnostic Front (at Stigma's insistence because he opinion it sounded like a motion), they recorded their showtime independent tone ending, the United Blood EP, the following class. This was followed by 1984's career-defining Victim in Pain album, which contained a 15-minute blast of pure New York hard-core and saw the reaching of new members Rob Kabula (freshwater bass) and Jimmy Colletti (drums). It also confirmed Agnostic Front's brief condition as leaders (on with precursors the Cro-Mags and Murphy's Law) of the already cresting trend, which set up its weekly show window via the now fabled Sunday matinees at favorite Lower East side haunts A7 and CBGB's.

Just Agnostic Front were always on the verge of collapse due to Miret and Stigma's erratic family relationship and, like almost of their hardcore brethren, were already tampering with their sound. Inevitably, as their musicianship continued to improve, the bandmembers (at present including drummer Louie Beatto and extra guitarist Alex Kinon) began losing some of their cutting hardcore spontaneousness, and with heavy metallic element growing in popularity day by day, it was no surprise when they started experimenting with the tightly controlled velocity of thrash alloy (i.e., buzzsaw riffing and dual kick drums). Coincidentally picked up by the velocity metal-friendly Combat Records, they struggled through the sessions for what would turn 1986's Causa for Alarm album, today acknowledged as a crossover landmark alongside efforts by D.R.I. and Corrosion of Conformity. It was too considered a betrayal and a parody by many of the band's early supporters, world Health Organization couldn't have cared less that Cause for Alarm was teaching thousands of metallic element heads to value hard-core.

Some saw 1987's subsequent Liberty & Justice For..., which featured an completely revised cast of musical accompaniment musicians in guitar player Steve Martin (no relation), bassist Alan Peters, and drummer Will Shepler and did away with the metal-style drumming to follow a looser, less disciplined commission, as an act as of compromise. Not that it mattered: the original hard-core view had pretty a great deal disintegrated by this time anyways, with growing dissonance among the movement's many factions (straightedge, skinheads, etc.) transforming most concerts into armed combat, and preeminent to many clubs existence close down. Released in 1989, Unrecorded at CBGB's (with new bassist Craig Setari) self-collected Agnostic Front's best-loved corporeal as heard in the band's lifelike component and, in a means, symbolized the NYHC's official wake. As if to punctuate that fact, Roger Miret was arrested shortly thereafter on serious drug charges and sentenced to closely two days in prison house.

In the meanwhile, Vinnie Stigma and Agnostic Front carried on as topper they could, undertaking their first European spell with modern guitar player Matt Henderson and substitute singer Alan Peters, piece Miret found solace writing lyrics about his predicament. These would incorporate the bulk of 1992's comeback album, the overtly metallic One Voice, which was pretty much dead on comer, since a great deal of Agnostic Front's following had moved on to other things during the band's extended absence. A greatest-hits rig entitled To Be Continued was too issued at this time, prompting Agnostic Front to call it a day next a farewell concert at (where else?) CBGB's. The final picture was recorded for 1993's Concluding Warning, after which Stigma and Henderson formed Madball with Miret's jr. brother Freddy Cricien.

Come 1997, even so, Stigma and Miret began discussing a possible return for Agnostic Front. And when top thug pronounce Epitaph Records showed involvement, the band's long-rumored resurrection became fact, with other members Rob Kabula and Jimmy Colletti complemental the batting order that recorded both 1998's Something's Gotta Give and 1999's Debauch, Riot, Upstart in flying successiveness. The latter boasted an particularly strong go under of retro-hardcore, and featured guest appearances from M.O.D.'s Billy Milano and Rancid's Lars Frederiksen, among others. With the hardcore scene that they'd helped build effectively dead in the stain, few listeners international the band's New York stomping grounds seemed to care just about their repay, just Agnostic Front persist in to perform and record periodic albums like 2001's Beat Yuppies (with new bassist Mike Gallo), 2003's On the job Class Heroes, 2005's Some other Voice and 2006's CD/DVD Unrecorded at CBGB's.

Tuesday 3 June 2008

Lil Wayne holds Hot 100 spot amid 'Idol' rush

14 tracks from reality show contestants debut

NEW YORK -- Lil Wayne is No. 1 for a third week on the Billboard Hot 100 with "Lollipop," amid the debut of 14 tracks from "American Idol" contestants David Cook (11) and David Archuleta (three). As previously reported, "Idol" winner Cook's debuts are a record both here and on Hot Digital Songs, where he has 14 new entries.
He has the top debut on the Hot 100 this week at No. 3 with "The Time of My Life," which sold 236,000 downloads. Leona Lewis remains No. 2 with "Bleeding Love," while Rihanna's "Take a Bow" slides from No. 3 to No. 4, and Jordin Sparks' "No Air" featuring Chris Brown holds at No. 5.
Usher's "Love in This Club" featuring Young Jeezy drops from No. 4 to No. 6, Ray J & Yung Berg's "Sexy Can I" falls from sixth to seventh, Madonna's "4 Minutes" featuring Justin Timberlake is down from No. 7 to No. 8, and Natasha Bedingfield's "Pocketful of Sunshine" slips from the eighth to ninth spot.
Coldplay's "Viva La Vida" explodes from No. 41 to No. 10 and is the top digital gainer after selling 139,000 downloads. The song is prominently featured in a TV ad for Apple's iTunes Music Store.
Chris Brown's "Forever" is the greatest airplay gainer this week, although is drops from No. 20 to No. 23. Besides the "Idol" debuts, the only other new Hot 100 entries this week come from Taylor Swift's "Should've Said No" at No. 84, Julianne Hough's "That Song in My Head" at No. 88, Lloyd's "Girls Around the World" featuring Lil Wayne at No. 93 and Kanye West's "Homecoming" featuring Chris Martin at No. 96.
"Lollipop" is in a fifth week at No. 1 on Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, where his guest turn on "Girls Around the World" is the top airplay gainer and jumps 28-22.
Brad Paisley starts a second week atop Hot Country Songs with "I'm Still a Guy." On that chart, Sugarland enjoys its career-best debut at No. 27 with "All I Want To Do," the first single from its July 22 Mercury release, "Love on the Inside."
On Billboard's rock chart, Weezer is No. 1 on Modern Rock with "Pork & Beans" for a fourth week, and Disturbed's "Inside the Fire" tops Mainstream Rock for a fourth as well.

Wednesday 28 May 2008

Myleene Klass gets baby clothes range

Television presenter and musician Myleene Klass is set to launch her own range of baby clothes for Mothercare.
The former Hear'Say singer has reportedly signed an exclusive deal with the high street chain, for a range of clothes called Baby K.
According to reports, the range will offer "fabulous funky accessories" for babies and children up to the age of three.
Klass, who has a five-month-old daughter called Ava, said: "I am so excited about my Baby K range."
"As a new mum I have used my first-hand experience, with other mums in mind, to help design a stunning variety of products - and who better to do this with than Mothercare, the mama of all stores," she said.
The range, which will be launched at the end of August, marks the first time that Mothercare has teamed up with a celebrity designer.

Monday 26 May 2008

Celebrity Big Brother - Return For Celeb Big Brother

Celebrity Big Brother is set for a return to our screens despite last year's race row, according to a report.

The Sun newspaper claims the controversial show will make a comeback in January after being axed last year following claims of racial abuse in the house.

The series generated the largest ever number of complaints to regulator Ofcom over the bullying of Bollywood star Shilpa Shetty, who went on to win the show.

Although several of the contestants were accused of bullying, much of the criticism centred on Jade Goody, a former BB housemate.

This year, the Big Brother spin-off was replaced by Big Brother: Celebrity Hijack, which featured celebrities controlling events in a house of ordinary people.

However, the series was not the ratings success of its predecessor and the Sun claims Channel 4 bosses want to see the original back on.

"We never said that Celebrity Big Brother would be gone forever," a Channel 4 source told the newspaper.

"We wanted to give it a 'time out' – a resting period after all the friction and chaos of the Shilpa and Jade saga."

The unnamed insider added: "Channel 4 can't afford to let Celebrity Big Brother go – in the publicity or the cash stakes."

A C4 spokeswoman said "no final decision" has been made on the future of the show.

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They're the greatest guitarists that never played and one of them could be heading to Finland. The final of the National Air Guitar Championships will take place tomorrow night at AUT's Vesbar, where one pseudo-rocker will be crowned the winner and win a trip to Darwin to compete in the Australian and New Zealand Final next month. New Zealand has a proud history of air guitar talent, consistently placing in the top 10 at the world finals for the past six years and winning the world title in 2004.The 13th Air Guitar World Championships will be held in Oulu, Finland, in August.

Walliams completes swim to Africa

Little Britain star David Walliams and Olympic rower James Cracknell today completed their swim to Africa in aid of the UK charity Sport Relief.
The pair crossed the 12-mile Strait of Gibraltar in four hours, 36 minutes.
They set off from Tarifa, southern Spain, and finally reached dry land at Punta de Cires in Morocco.
36-year-old Walliams was overcome with sickness during the swim but carried on, and the duo also encountered a pod of whales.
They were cheered on by Cracknell's wife, TV presenter Beverley Turner, and 'Dragons' Den' star Theo Paphitis, who arrived in a yacht to lend his support.
The journey was the final stage of Cracknell's Cross-Continent Challenge.
The 35-year-old had already rowed 22 miles across the Channel and cycled 1,395 miles through France and Spain to reach today's starting point.

Spice babies join 'Mamas' on stage

The Spice Girls made it a family affair last night when they brought their children on stage in the middle of their show.
The assorted brood joined the group during hit song Mama at London's O2 Arena.Victoria Beckham decked out her boys, Brooklyn, Romeo and Cruz in matching T-shirts emblazoned with the words 'POSH'.
Baby Spice Emma Bunton cuddled four-month-old son Beau, while Mel B brought along daughters Phoenix Chi and Angel Iris.
The children wore bright green ear muffs to protect them against the noise.
Geri Halliwell's daughter Bluebell was the only Spice offspring missing.
At the end of the song, the children returned to their seats in the front row.
The group are playing 17 dates at the London venue as part of their comeback tour.

Potter star Watson parties with Borrell

'Harry Potter' star Emma Watson has been spotted partying with Razorlight frontman Johnny Borrell in London.
They met at the Vanity Fair And Burberry Portraits party at the National Gallery. And despite a 10-year age gap, the 17-year-old actress reportedly seemed enthralled.
"Emma had gone over to speak to Pixie Geldof, who was chatting to Johnny at the time. Emma and Johnny immediately hit it off," an onlooker told the Daily Telegraph.
"It was clear they had loads to talk about - even if they don't look like they have much in common."
According to the Daily Star, Borrell, 27, didn't realise who Watson was until they left the party and fans started calling her name.
The unlikely pair then reportedly hopped into a cab to another fashion party and from there, they are believed to have gone on to a private event at the Dorchester Hotel.