Tuesday, April 02, 2002
In Brief: Third Eye Blind, the Grammys
Also: More news on Marilyn Manson, Kelly Osbourne and the “Undercover Brother” soundtrack.
Also: More news on Marilyn Manson, Kelly Osbourne and the “Undercover Brother” soundtrack.
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Third Eye Blind‘s third album, “Crystal Baller,” will be released in mid-summer, according to Elektra Records. The band recorded most of the album at their new Mourningwood studio in San Francisco, and additional work was done at George Lucas’ Skywalker Sound in Marin County, Calif.
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The Recording Academy announced on Wednesday (4/3) that next year’s Grammy Awards ceremony will take place on Feb. 23 at New York’s Madison Square Garden. The event has been held in Los Angeles since 1998. Prior to that, it generally alternated between New York and Los Angeles.
That practice ended after Recording Academy president and CEO Michael Greene and former New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani got into a feud. Giuliani accused Greene of using obscene language while talking with an aide, which Greene denied. Giuliani, in turn, called Greene a liar.
The Grammy’s didn’t return to New York for the balance of Giuliani’s term in office.
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Marilyn Manson has signed on to play the role of “Christina” in the film Party Monster, according to Manson’s official website. Production is scheduled to begin in April of 2002.
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MTV reports that Kelly Osbourne, daughter of Ozzy and Sharon, will collaborate with members of Incubus on a cover of Madonna’s “Papa Don’t Preach.”
“I didn’t choose the song,” Kelly reportedly said. “My mom did and asked me to do it. I’m kind of crapping myself because I don’t think I’m a very good singer.”
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The soundtrack for the forthcoming Universal Studios comedy “Undercover Brother” (starring Eddie Griffin, Chris Kattan, Dave Chappelle, and Denise Richards) will feature contributions from Snoop Dogg, James Brown, the Isley Brothers, Gil Scott-Heron, Kool & the Gang, the Commodores, the O’Jays, the Mary Jane Girls and others. The debut single is “Give Up The Funk (Tear the Roof Off the Sucker),’’ a Parliament re-make from Snoop Dogg & Friends. The album is set for release on Hollywood Records on May 21, and the film opens nationwide on May 31.
Monday, April 01, 2002
In Brief: Van Morrison, Townes Van Zandt
Also: More news on American Head Charge, HOB Concerts.
Also: More news on American Head Charge, HOB Concerts.
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Universal Records will release a new Van Morrison album titled “Down the Road” on May 14, which will be preceded by the first single, “Hey Mr. DJ,” on April 16. The album contains 13 new songs, as well as the artist’s rendition of Hoagy Carmichael’s “Georgia On My Mind.” The album also features “Evening Shadows,” an Acker Bilk instrumental to which Morrison added his own lyrics and to which Acker contributes a clarinet solo.
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On April 23, Dualtone Music Group will release “A Gentle Evening with Townes Van Zandt,” a recently unearthed recording of a Van Zandt concert recorded in November of 1969 at New York’s Carnegie Hall.
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Guitarist Wayne Kile has departed the rock bad American Head Charge, and has been replaced by Brian Ottoson from the Minneapolis band Black Flood Diesel. Ottoson will make his first appearance with the band in the video for “Just So You Know,” the first official single from American Head Charge’s “The War of Art” album.
“Our split with Wayne is completely amicable and we wish him luck in his future endeavors,” the band said in statement. “Over the past year, it became obvious that Wayne was moving in a different direction than the rest of the band, and in the past few months it became extremely apparent that it was time for him to move on.”
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Concerts West--a fledgling promotions firm headed by Denver billionaire Phil Anschutz--and Fred Rosen, the former head of Ticketmaster, have made separate formal bids to acquire House of Blues Concerts, Denver’s Rocky Mountain News reported. HOB Concerts is the second-largest concert promotions firm in the U.S., far behind Clear Channel Entertainment.