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So, the Aussie Zeppelin mimeographers Wolfmother broke up. Anyone want to hazard a guess as to whether or not their Australian label, Modular, going bankrupt last week was a move that was inspired, in part, by advance knowledge of this, what with "long-standing personal and musical differences" being the impetus behind the split and Wolfmother being the label's biggest seller? [The Age]

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Sony will become the sole owner of Sony BMG after it buys out Bertelsmann's 50% stake in the company, which will be rebranded as Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (My prototype for the new company's logo is at left.) The sale's rumored value? $1.5 billion. Yes, with a "B." [Reuters]

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After pulling out of the Warped Tour earlier this summer, Nashville punk-terrors Be Your Own Pet have announced that they'll be breaking up after they play a smattering of festivals in the UK later this month. No reason was given, but there is a lot of "nooooo"-ing on the band's MySpace blog announcing the split. [MySpace; HT Cassidy2099]

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Slash May Have Known Weiland Had To Go For A While

Has there been another case where the firing of a singer led to such excitement? Ok, maybe the end of Van Hagar, but that was a "welcome back" thing, and the reaction was nothing like the way Weiland's departure from Velvet Revolver seems to have loosened the world's sphincter a tad. Or at least Slash's. "Everybody's just very relieved," says Slash. "I know everybody is tying the STP [reunion tour] thing to it, but it started way before that. We just had a lot of commitments to fulfill, so we just had to drag this thing out until the obligations were finished." But our nightmare is over! So what about his replacement? More »

10:20 AM on Fri Apr 4 2008
By Anthony Miccio
1,128 views, 18 comments

Latest by Silverfuture: Ozzy? more »

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SO NOT A JOKE: Weiland Ejected From Velvet Revolver

It's official! We even called to verify! WEILAND IS NO LONGER IN VELVET REVOLVER. Ding-dong, the witch is dead. Which old witch? The wicked witch! Ding-dong, the wicked witch is dead. More »

4:25 PM on Tue Apr 1 2008
By Anthony Miccio
2,380 views, 39 comments

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So Much For Velvet Revolver Opening Up For Led Zeppelin

While his bassist, Duff McKagan, was jawing about maybe being the support act for that Led Zeppelin tour that probably isn't happening anyway, Velvet Revolver frontman Scott Weiland was seething inside, angry that the reunion of his first band was being pushed to the side by the press and the dudes who were supposed to be his bandmates, at least until said reunion took off. He finally began the popping-off process last week, telling a Glasgow audience that they were witnessing the band's final tour. VR drummer Matt Sorum posted an apology for Weiland's actions on his blog, saying that being in a band was "a lot like being in a relationship" and indirectly implying that Weiland was behaving like the crazy one—a theory that gained a little bit of traction when the skinny frontman fired off a statement to Blabbermouth.net: More »

9:30 AM on Mon Mar 24 2008
By Maura Johnston
1,204 views, 10 comments

Latest by n/a: @tigerpop: I think Brain Drill made $5K for the whole tour... more »

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Van Hunt Now Label-less, Blogging

Last April, former Idolator editor Brian Raftery wondered if soul singer Van Hunt was still signed to a major, and whether or not his third album, Popular, would see the light of day. Today, Greg Kot at the Chicago Tribune sheds some light on the first mystery, at least, passing along the MySpace-blogged news that the singer and his label, the EMI subsidiary Blue Note, "are not seeing each other anymore": More »

3:20 PM on Thu Jan 31 2008
By Maura Johnston
355 views, 4 comments

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UB40 Vintner Will Sing The Joys Of Cheap Hooch No More


UB40 frontman Ali Campbell is leaving the band after three decades due to managerial disputes. Sad? Sad. But out of sadness comes an excuse to finally post this video. News of Campbell's departure also made us wonder: Why in the same of ersatz reggae hasn't T-Pain (and/or Akon) sampled/interpolated/covered this yet? [NME/YouTube]

1:00 PM on Fri Jan 25 2008
By Jess Harvell
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JC Chasez, architect of last year's best single that no one except me appreciated, has parted ways with his label. [EW]

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Perry Farrell Will Not Be Guesting On "Rock Star" Anytime Soon


Those of you who have heard Satellite Party, the new flashmobbed-up project from Perry Farrell, have probably been wondering one thing: "Why did Jane's Addiction break up?" (Okay, that probably comes to mind after "Huh??," but still.) Well, Farrell places the blame squarely on the menace of reality television: More »

3:00 PM on Fri Jun 1 2007
By mjohnston
1,081 views, 8 comments