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TOMMY LEE: VH1 Acquires Rights To Reality Show

Mediaweek.com is reporting that VH1 has acquired rights to the six episodes of NBC's upcoming reality series "Tommy Lee Goes to College"; a spokesman for the network said the first episode will run on cable just three days after the broadcast premiere, which is scheduled for August 16, with two back...

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NICKELBACK/CINDERELLA Management Partner Shot In California Rampage

Tim Heyne, who works at Union Entertainment Group, which manages rock bands such as NICKELBACK, CINDERELLA, OLEANDER and DEFAULT, was shot in the chest by a 38-year-old man with a violent past, who went on a 16-hour rampage in Ventura County (California),killing three people — including a mother wh...

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TOMMY LEE's Reality Show, Solo Album Delayed By A Week

MÖTLEY CRÜE drummer Tommy Lee's reality show, "Tommy Lee Goes to College", has had its premiere date pushed back a week to August 16, with two back-to-back episodes scheduled to air on NBC starting at 9 p.m. ET, according to MTV.com. The six-episode show follows Lee's studies and extracurricular act...

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TOMMY LEE: Copies Of New Single Stolen, Auctioned On EBAY

One hundred copies of "Tryin' to be Me", the first single off MÖTLEY CRÜE drummer Tommy Lee's upcoming solo release, "Tommyland: The Ride", were reportedly stolen on Friday (May 20) and were being sold on eBay until Monday (May 23),when authorities had the items removed from the Internet auction si...

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TOMMY LEE: New Solo Single Posted Online

MÖTLEY CRÜE drummer Tommy Lee's brand-new solo single, "Tryin' to be Me", has been posted online at TommyLee.tv: Windows Media, Real Media. "Tryin' to be Me" comes off Tommy's third solo album, "Tommyland: The Ride", due on August 2. The CD will be released in conjunction with his new NBC reality .....

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TOMMY LEE's Reality TV Series Gets An Air Date

MÖTLEY CRÜE drummer Tommy Lee's upcoming reality TV series, "Tommy Lee Goes to College", is scheduled to premiere on NBC on August 9. The show, which was filmed last fall, follows the tattooed drummer as he studies, auditions for the marching band and attends Cornhusker games at the University of Ne...

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Stoned Council

Quite possibly the worst band I've heard this year, and that includes a lot of demo band CD-Rs, DOG FACED GODS seem to have been picked up mainly due to the novelty of their Native American heritage. I hate it when this sort of thing happens — it heaps undue attention upon a band not ...

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Planets

ADEMA has survived blows that might have permanently crippled or killed many other bands. The group was dropped by its previous record label, Arista, after the disappointing sales of its second album, "Unstable". Then Mark Chavez, lead singer and half-brother of KORN's Jonathan Davis (a fact emphasi...

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MÖTLEY CRÜE's TOMMY LEE Signs Solo Deal That Bypasses Record Labels

Handleman Company today announced it has entered into an agreement with MÖTLEY CRÜE drummer Tommy Lee to be the exclusive distributor of Lee's new solo album, "Tommyland: The Ride", scheduled to be released in August 2005. Lee is represented by Carl Stubner, CEO of Sanctuary Artist Management. Launc...

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VELVET REVOLVER, MOTÖRHEAD Pose With GRAMMY Awards: Photos Available

Wire Image has uploaded photos of VELVET REVOLVER and MOTÖRHEAD posing with their Grammy awards in the pressroom of the Staples Center in Los Angeles Sunday night (Feb. 13). Check them out: Velvet Revolver, Motörhead. As previously reported, VELVET REVOLVER and MOTÖRHEAD won prizes in early ceremoni...

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VELVET REVOLVER, MOTÖRHEAD Honored At GRAMMY AWARDS

VELVET REVOLVER and MOTÖRHEAD won prizes in early ceremonies at the 47th annual Grammy Awards on Sunday (Feb. 13). VELVET REVOLVER were honored with a Grammy in the Best Hard Rock Performance category (for "Slither"),where they beat out the likes of INCUBUS ("Megalomaniac"),METALLICA ("Some Kind o...

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VELVET REVOLVER's MCKAGAN Talks GRAMMIES, 'Dirty Little Thing' Video And ELTON JOHN

VELVET REVOLVER bassist Duff McKagan recently spoke to Dave Hilson of Japan's Daily Yomiuri about nominated for a Grammy and the group's contribution to tsunami-relief cover of ERIC CLAPTON's "Tears in Heaven" (organized by Sharon Osbourne),among other topics. Several excerpts from the interview fo...

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Report: San Jose's Metal Community Has Lost Its Bulletin Board

Brad Kava of San Jose Mercury News has issued the following report: The loss of KSJO-FM, the Bay Area's only radio station that played the hard rock and heavy-metal music preferred by head bangers, has concert promoters scratching, not banging, their heads. How do you reach the audience that would b...

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Is Rock Dead?

Jim Farber of the New York Daily News has issued the following report: "Is rock dead? Not quite. But judging from its performance on the charts — and compared to its biggest bands and trends from a few years ago — it's wheezing. Cast your eye down 2004's Top 10-selling album list and you won't ...

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SLIPKNOT's COREY TAYLOR Talks GRAMMYS

SLIPKNOT are nominated for two Grammy awards this year: Best Hard Rock Performance and Best Metal Performance. In the Hard Rock category, they're competing against INCUBUS, METALLICA, NICKELBACK, and VELVET REVOLVER, while in the Metal category they're up against CRADLE OF FILTH, HATEBREED, KILLSWIT...