Emo illegal? Only in Russia. Back in America, MCR covers Bob Dylan.

I'm skeptical of the validity of this article, so I will just preface it with that, but apparently Russia is working to make goth and emo illegal. I mean, what is this? North Korea?

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In related news (as you will see by the images used to represent 'emo', My Chemical Romance will be covering Bob Dylan for the film adaptation of the graphic novel, "The Watchmen."

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Big shocker - Tommy Lee wants Johnny Depp to play him in a movie based on the Motley Crue story. Iw ouldn't hold my breath Tommy...

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Paramore album, 'Riot' goes platinum in the U.S.

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MySpace will further slow down their pages and get on my last nerve by adding more music shit.

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Chiodos member Craig Owens attempts suicide, ends up in hospital, wakes up embarassed, issues statement. By the way, in case you missed the memo - suicide is stupid and cowardly.

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New Underoath stuff on their MySpace.

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Rock Band 2 track listing revealed.

Some good - some bad - some odd and obscure. Oh, and if you don't recognize that Guns and Roses song, that would be because it's new. And no, hell hasn't frozen over...

1. AC/DC - 'Let There Be Rock''
2. AFI - 'Girl’s Gone Grey''
3. Alanis Morissette - 'You Oughta Know''
4. Alice in Chains - 'Man in the Box'
5. Allman Brothers - 'Ramblin’ Man''
6. Avenged Sevenfold - 'Almost Easy''
7. Bad Company - 'Shooting Star''
8. Beastie Boys - 'So Whatcha Want''
9. Beck - 'E-Pro''
10. Bikini Kill - 'Rebel Girl''
11. Billy Idol - 'White Wedding Pt. I''
12. Blondie - 'One Way or Another''
13. Bob Dylan - 'Tangled Up in Blue''
14. Bon Jovi - 'Livin’ on a Prayer''
15. Cheap Trick - 'Hello There''
16. Devo - 'Uncontrollable Urge''
17. Dinosaur Jr. - 'Feel the Pain''
18. Disturbed - 'Down with the Sickness''
19. Dream Theater - 'Panic Attack''
20. Duran Duran - 'Hungry Like the Wolf''
21. Elvis Costello - 'Pump It Up''
22. Fleetwood Mac - 'Go Your Own Way''
23. Foo Fighters - 'Everlong''
24. Guns N’ Roses - 'Shackler’s Revenge''
25. Interpol - 'PDA''
26. Jane’s Addiction - 'Mountain Song''
27. Jethro Tull - 'Aqualung''
28. Jimmy Eat World - 'The Middle''
29. Joan Jett - 'Bad Reputation''
30. Journey - 'Anyway You Want It''
31. Judas Priest - 'Painkiller''
32. Kansas - 'Carry On Wayward Son''
33. L7 - 'Pretend We’re Dead''
34. Lacuna Coil - 'Our Truth''
35. Linkin Park - 'One Step Closer''
36. Lit - 'My Own Worst Enemy''
37. Lush - 'De-Luxe''
38. Mastodon - 'Colony of Birchmen''
39. Megadeth - 'Peace Sells''
40. Metallica - 'Battery''
41. Mighty Mighty Bosstones - 'Where’d You Go''
42. Modest Mouse - 'Float On''
43. Motorhead - 'Ace of Spades''
44. Nirvana - 'Drain You''
45. Norman Greenbaum - 'Spirit in the Sky''
46. Panic at the Disco - 'Nine in the Afternoon''
47. Paramore - 'That’s What You Get''
48. Pearl Jam - 'Alive''
49. Presidents of the USA - 'Lump''
50. Rage Against the Machine - 'Testify''
51. Ratt - 'Round & Round''
52. Red Hot Chili Peppers - 'Give it Away''
53. Rise Against - 'Give it All''
54. Rush - 'The Trees''
55. Silversun Pickups - 'Lazy Eye''
56. Smashing Pumpkins - 'Today''
57. Social Distortion - 'I Was Wrong''
58. Sonic Youth - 'Teenage Riot''
59. Soundgarden - 'Spoonman''
60. Squeeze - 'Cool for Cats''
61. Steely Dan - 'Bodhitsattya''
62. Steve Miller Band - 'Rock’n Me''
63. Survivor - 'Eye of the Tiger''
64. System of a Down - 'Chop Suey''
65. Talking Heads - 'Psycho Killer''
66. Tenacious D - 'Master Exploder''
67. Testament - 'Souls of Black''
68. The Donnas - 'New Kid in School''
69. The Go-Go’s - 'We Got the Beat''
70. The Grateful Dead - 'Alabama Getaway''
71. The Guess Who - 'American Woman''
72. The Muffs - 'Kids in America''
73. The Offspring - 'Come Out & Play (Keep 'em Separated)''
74. The Replacements - 'Alex Chilton''75. The Who - 'Pinball Wizard'

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Fashion takes on "The Wizard of Oz."

I slew of amazing designers including Gwen Stefani will be designing their own interpretation of the famous ruby red slippers from The Wizard of Oz in honor the 70th anniversary of the movie. Along side Gwen other famed designers such as Alberta Ferretti, Christian Louboutin, Diane von Furstenberg, Giuseppe Zanotti, Jimmy Choo, Manolo Blahnik, Moschino, and Oscar de la Renta will be also re-designing the slippers to be premiered during fashion week in NY at Saks Fifth Avenue.

I know by this point the use of celebrities to represent iconic images i.e. celebrities as Disney characters , Jessica Alba doing those horror movie shots, etc. I mean, Annie Leibovitz is crazy but those pictures are amazing.

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Gym Class Heroes to embark on UK tour.

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New Guitar Hero will feature songs by Jimi Hendrix.

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Johnny Truant singer dislocates knee - band cancels July tour dates.

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Ville Valo discusses NOT being a sperm donor in the new Kerrang!.

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Newish video on innerpartysystem YouTube page.

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By the way, I totally got tickets to the Coheed Neverender show in New York. Yay!

Coheed and Cambria 4 day event

Coheed will be playing all 4 albums over the span of 4 days in both New York and Los Angeles. Stoked? Yes. Trying to go? You better believe it.




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Oh nostalgia...

Guaranteed to make you feel old. Unless you are already old and then you'll feel ancient. ;)

Dead Eye Dick - New Age Girl

embarassing vegetarians since the mid 90's.


The Refreshments - Banditos

To paraphrase a commenter, this video proves that if you didn't live the 90's you really can't fully understand it. We were a bunch of wierdos. Word.

Wow...

I don't know if I am more shocked by the fact that there are three of these movies or that the same people came back to act in all three. This my friends, is the downfall of society.



Well, this and Hip Hop Harry.



Shame on anyone who watches this garbage. Is it just me or does Zac Efron look like he's taking hair tips from Jared Leto?

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Every Time I Die leave label.

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Mindless Self Indulgence talk to Metal Hammer.

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Rock Sound posted on their blog about Innerpartysystem but didn't really say anything about the music - they did however say, "We suggest more bands start doing this. If the record’s crap then we can just eat them." I don't know how to take that.

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Jonas Brothers vs. Tokio Hotel? I've got an option - who gives a shit?

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I wasn't aware that 'death by knife' was an issue in London but apparently it is. Lily Allen is putting together a show to benefit the families of victims and to get blades off the street.

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Vote for the Kerrang Awards 2008 here.

J. Mascis series Jazzmaster

I recently bought myself a new guitar and it's amaaazing (said in sing-song). It called to me from across the store and I couldn't resist - and I tried. I thought about it for days and days and finally gave in. A little extravagant yes, but it was like the thing was made for me and not J. Mascis. haha

Find out about the signature series Fender here and see it in all its pink/purple sparkly gorgeous-ness below.

Read about the new Billy Corgan signature series coming out for Fender in the blog below.

Fender to release Billy Corgan Stratocaster

Billy Corgan is getting his own line of Fender Signature guitars. See the design and specs here.

Video clip of him at Frontline Live at the NAMM Show 2008.

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Happy 4th of July (to my American readers!) ;)

I bought the new My Chem cd/dvd, "The Black Parade is Dead." I didn't get the whole collector's set thing, however, I listened to the cd and watched some of the performance and as I am sure you all expect - it's really good. Added bonus: Apparently Ms. Sunshine is in the audience for the New Jersey show. It'll be like "Where's Waldo."

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Lily Allen talks more about new album.

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Travis McCoy of Gym Class Heroes arrested for knocking the f-ck out of some racist asshole at Warped Tour. All racists deserve to be smacked in the head real good with a microphone.

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Pete Wentz talks about McCoy incident.

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