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Weezer Scrap Rubin Tracks | ARTICLE

Weezer have scrapped the sessions they recorded in December with producer Rick Rubin (Red Hot Chili Peppers, Jay-Z, Johnny Cash) for their fifth album and have started again fresh. With help from engineer Chad Bamford, the band...
August 25, 2004 12:00 AM ET
Westerberg Can't Sell Out | ARTICLE

Paul Westerberg wanted to sell out in the worst way. But when he took "Jingle (Buy It)," the lead track on Folker (due September 7th), around to America's biggest retailers, they passed. "It was written to...
August 11, 2004 12:00 AM ET
Cuomo Packing for Harvard | ARTICLE

Weezer are expected to finish recording their fifth album next month with producer Rick Rubin for a late 2004/early 2005 release, but their singer has loftier goals on his mind. Rivers Cuomo plans to return to Harvard...
July 28, 2004 12:00 AM ET
Ted Leo "Shakes" Again | ARTICLE

Indie rocker Ted Leo will release a new studio album, Shake the Sheets, on October 19th. Recorded with his backing band the Pharmacists, the follow-up to 2003's Hearts of Oak was produced by Chris Shaw, who has...
July 26, 2004 12:00 AM ET
Weezer Mates Bury the Hatchet | ARTICLE

Rivers Cuomo's estrangement from former Weezer bassist Matt Sharp officially ended on February 12th, when the pair shared the stage for the first time since 1997. Attendees of Sharp's California State Fullerton solo gig were stunned as...
February 23, 2004 12:00 AM ET
Oliveri Wants Back in QOTSA | ARTICLE

Nick Oliveri says he still wants to be a member of Queens of the Stone Age, despite a statement issued by frontman Josh Homme last week that said the two had "recently parted ways." "I didn't quit...
February 18, 2004 12:00 AM ET
Weezer, Rubin Get to Work | ARTICLE

After a false start last year, Weezer are back on track to record their fifth album and have tapped producer Rick Rubin (Red Hot Chili Peppers, Beastie Boys) to oversee matters. "Right now we're just playing acoustically," guitarist Brian Bell...
July 22, 2003 12:00 AM ET
Weezer's Bell Bears "Twins" | ARTICLE

During Weezer's time off last winter, guitarist Brian Bell was hard at work with his other band, the Space Twins, putting the finishing touches on their full-length debut. The result is The End of Imagining, a twelve-song experimental pop album...
July 18, 2003 12:00 AM ET
Blink-182 Album Taking Off | ARTICLE

Following two months of demo-ing new songs, Blink-182 have begun recording the anticipated follow up to 2001's Take Your Pants Off and Jacket. Working in a large, rented house-turned-studio in San Diego with producer Jerry Finn, the platinum-selling pop/punk trio has...
April 9, 2003 12:00 AM ET
Great White Break Silence | ARTICLE

For the first time since the fire at Great White's February 20th show in Warwick, Rhode Island, singer Jack Russell reached out to fans via a Web post today on mistabone.com. The fire killed ninety-nine people, including Great White guitarist...
April 3, 2003 12:00 AM ET
Metallica Bring Free DVD | ARTICLE

Metallica's St. Anger, due June 10th, will include a free DVD featuring live versions of all its eleven songs. Wayne Isham, who has worked on a number of the band's videos (including "Enter Sandman" and "Wherever I May Roam"), is...
March 28, 2003 12:00 AM ET
De la Rocha Stages "March" | ARTICLE

Former Rage Against the Machine frontman Zack de la Rocha collaborated with DJ Shadow on "March of Death," a new song the two have posted on their anti-war Web site, marchofdeath.com. "I hope [this song] not only makes us think,"...
March 21, 2003 12:00 AM ET
Gin Blossoms Bloom Again | ARTICLE

The newly reunited Gin Blossoms are working on a comeback album that they hope to finish this year. The band, which split in 1997 after two albums, is currently on a U.S. tour. "We've got a handful of songs that...
February 14, 2003 12:00 AM ET
Pete's Resolution: Who Album | ARTICLE

Pete Townshend has made a New Year's resolution: to write and record a new Who studio album in 2003. The album would be the band's first in more than twenty years, and the first without bassist John Entwistle, who died...
December 26, 2002 12:00 AM ET
Moby Attacked in Boston | ARTICLE

Moby was attacked as he tried to get into his car following a gig at Boston's Paradise Club last night. According to the musician, he signed autographs for fans outside the venue when three men assaulted him with mace and...
December 12, 2002 12:00 AM ET
Matt Sharp Returns | ARTICLE

Former Weezer bassist and Rentals frontman Matt Sharp will release his debut solo album in March. Sharp -- who sued Weezer over songwriting royalties in April -- is without a solo deal, but he's entertaining record company offers. The self-titled...
December 11, 2002 12:00 AM ET
Townshend Planning Who's Next | ARTICLE

Surviving Who members Pete Townshend and Roger Daltrey are ready to begin work on their first new studio album in more than twenty years. "I do not want to write with Roger so we can pass ourselves off as a 'new'...
October 14, 2002 12:00 AM ET
Cornell, Rage Reform as Audioslave | ARTICLE

Former Soundgarden vocalist Chris Cornell and former Rage Against the Machine members Tom Morello, Tim Commerford and Brad Wilk have reformed as a band and rechristened themselves Audioslave. They are back at work on their debut album, which is now...
September 10, 2002 12:00 AM ET
Novoselic Focuses on Eyes Adrift | ARTICLE

"It's been fun for us to get back to playing music," says Krist Novoselic, bassist in the new super trio Eyes Adrift. "After all, we're musicians, we should be playing and creating music." The "us" the one-time...
August 27, 2002 12:00 AM ET
Jakob Dylan "Red" All Over | ARTICLE

"It's an intriguing phrase," says Wallflowers singer-guitarist Jakob Dylan, referring to the title of his band's upcoming fourth album, Red Letter Days, which drops September 24th via Interscope Records. "I think 'these days' are worth mentioning and they are memorable. Whether...
June 28, 2002 12:00 AM ET