Wednesday, May 29, 2002
New Dave Matthews Band single leads ‘Mr. Deeds’ soundtrack
A new Dave Matthews Band song titled “Where Are You Going,” from the group’s forthcoming album “Busted Stuff,” will be the lead single from the soundtrack to the upcoming comedy “Mr. Deeds,” which stars Adam Sandler and Winona Ryder.
A new Dave Matthews Band song titled “Where Are You Going,” from the group’s forthcoming album “Busted Stuff,” will be the lead single from the soundtrack to the upcoming comedy “Mr. Deeds,” which stars Adam Sandler and Winona Ryder.
The single is scheduled to hit radio on May 15, the Mr. Deeds soundtrack is scheduled for release on June 11 and the film is set to open in theaters nationwide on June 28.
A July 16 release date is set for “Busted Stuff.” Dave Matthews Band is currently on tour.
Among the 12 tracks on the “Mr. Deeds” soundtrack are Trik Turner’s “Friends & Family,” Natalie Imbruglia’s “Wrong
Impression” and Weezer’s “Island in the Sun.” Counting Crows contribute a new song titled “Go To Town.” The soundtrack also includes classic rock selections from Pete Townshend, David Bowie and Yes.
Papa Roach preps for album release with brief tour
With its sophomore effort in the can and scheduled for release in June, Papa Roach takes to the road in May for a series of warm-up dates that precede the group’s upcoming run on the Anger Management Tour.
With its sophomore effort in the can and scheduled for release in June, Papa Roach takes to the road in May for a series of warm-up dates that precede the group’s upcoming run on the Anger Management Tour.
Titled “Lovehatetragedy,” Papa Roach’s follow-up to its 2000 multi-platinum debut “Infest,” hits shelves on June 18. The band is streaming the album’s first single, “She Loves Me Not,” at its official website.
“Infest" is certified triple-platinum, signifying shipment in the U.S. of 3 million copies. The album features the group’s breakthrough hit, “Last Resort.”
Papa Roach recently appeared on “mtvICON,” a tribute to Aerosmith at which the group performed the Aerosmith hit “Sweet Emotion.”
MTV.com recently reported that Eminem, Papa Roach, Xzibit, Ludacris and X-ecutioners will be on the bill of this year’s Anger Management Tour. The itinerary hasn’t been finalized, but the tour reportedly is expected to open on July 24.
In Brief: Lopes funeral draws 10,000 mourners
Plus news on Dr. Ray Charles, the future of “The Osbournes,” and Willie Nelson’s Nebraska farm benefit.
Plus news on Dr. Ray Charles, the future of “The Osbournes,” and Willie Nelson’s Nebraska farm benefit.
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An estimated 10,000 mourners reportedly turned up at Atlanta’s New Birth Missionary Baptist Church on Thursday (5/2) to mourn the death of TLC‘s Lisa “Left Eye” Lopes, who died in a traffic accident in Honduras on April 25. Among those reportedly in attendance were her TLC bandmates Tionne “T-Boz” Watkins and Rozonda “Chilli” Thomas, Janet Jackson, Whitney Houston, Kenneth “Babyface” Edmonds and Suge Knight.
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Ray Charles will receive an Honorary Doctor of Philosophy degree on Monday (5/6) from Georgia’s Albany State University at its 83rd commencement ceremonies, for which he’s also the commencement speaker. He has donated $1 million to the school to date, according to his publicist. Charles releases his first new CD in six years, “Thanks for Bringing Love Around Again,” on Tuesday (5/7).
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Ozzy Osbourne‘s wife, manager and co-star Sharon, during an appearance on NBC’s “Tonight Show,” told host Jay Leno that there would be another season of the MTV reality series “The Osbournes.” Though network execs told the Associated Press that no deal has been finalized, Variety reported that MTV may pay $20 million over two seasons to keep the show on the air.
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Willie Nelson will headline an Aug. 31 benefit concert in northwest Nebraska to benefit Dawes County farmers and ranchers, according to published reports. Billy Joe Shaver and Hank Williams III are also scheduled to perform at the event, set to take place on private land near Crow Butte.
In Brief: More acts join Moby’s Area2 festival
Plus news on Ozzy at the White House, Hank Williams Jr. and Kid Rock, Earth, Wind & Fire, and Chicago.
Plus news on Ozzy at the White House, Hank Williams Jr. and Kid Rock, Earth, Wind & Fire, and Chicago.
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Blue Man Group has been added to the main stage of the Moby-led Area2 festival, and DJ Tiesto, the Avalanches, DJ Dan and Dieselboy will perform in the event’s dance tent.
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Ozzy Osbourne and his wife, Sharon, were the guests of Fox News’ Greta Van Susteren at the annual White House Correspondents dinner, which took place on Saturday (5/4). USA Today reported that, in his opening remarks, President George W. Bush addressed the 2,000 guests:
“Washington power brokers, celebrities, Hollywood stars, Ozzy Osbourne.” At that point, Ozzy stood on his chair, arms raised, fists high to wild applause. “Might have been a mistake,” added Bush, shaking his head and smiling.
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Hank Williams Jr. and Kid Rock will perform “The ‘F’ Word,” a song they recorded for Williams current album, “Almeria Club,” on the Academy of Country Music Awards. The awards ceremony takes place on May 22, and will be broadcast live on CBS. Williams is scheduled to appear as a special guest during Kid Rock’s May 10 concert at New York’s Madison Square Garden.
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The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) will present the ASCAP Rhythm & Soul Heritage Award to Earth, Wind & Fire at the 15th Annual ASCAP Rhythm & Soul Music Awards Dinner, which will take place on June 17.
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Variety reports that Rhino Records has acquired the catalog of the rock band Chicago, and will begin re-issuing the band’s original albums and some new compilations in July.
Michael Bolton assembles late-summer road trip
Pop singer Michael Bolton has mapped out a late-summer tour that focuses on the amphitheater and large-casino circuits.
Pop singer Michael Bolton has mapped out a late-summer tour that focuses on the amphitheater and large-casino circuits.
Bolton recently released “Only a Woman Like You,” his first album of original material in more than four years. It debuted at No. 36 on the Billboard 200 album chart dated May 11.
On the album, Bolton played off his Jive Records labelmates’ success by hiring ‘NSync and Backstreet Boys hitmakers Max Martin and Rami. Producer Mutt Lange and his wife Shania Twain penned the title track.
Bolton made recent appearances on the “Rosie O’Donnell Show,” “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno,” “Politically Incorrect,” “Live with Regis and Kelly” and CBS’ “Early Show.”
Eddie Van Halen says he is cancer-free
Shortly after two of his band’s former singers--David Lee Roth and Sammy Hagar--appeared on Tuesday’s (5/7) “Howard Stern Show” to discuss their co-headlining tour, guitarist Eddie Van Halen said in a statement that he has received “a 100% clean bill of health.”
Shortly after two of his band’s former singers--David Lee Roth and Sammy Hagar--appeared on Tuesday’s (5/7) “Howard Stern Show” to discuss their co-headlining tour, guitarist Eddie Van Halen said in a statement that he has received “a 100% clean bill of health.”
“I know I promised I’d get back to you and I’m sorry for the delay,” Van Halen said in the statement, which is posted on the band’s official website, “but I wanted to let you all know that I’ve just gotten a 100% clean bill of health--from head to toe.”
In what has become a characteristically vague communication style for Van Halen--both the man and the band--the guitarist did not give any specific details about his or his band’s future plans, but did say that “it’s time to really get back to the music and fun ... so party on and you’ll be hearing from us very soon.”
About two years ago, rumors began to circulate that Van Halen--a notorious smoker--had some form of oral cancer. The musician denied the reports at that time, but last April issued a statement in which he said that he was “beating” the disease.
Van Halen’s eponymous band--which also features brother Alex Van Halen (drums) and fellow founding member Michael Anthony (bass)--has been out of commission since its third singer, Gary Cherone, left the group in 1999.
Speculation has since raged that original frontman David Lee Roth, or second singer Sammy Hagar, might reunite with the band. That prospect has been put to rest--at least temporarily--with Roth and Hagar’s recent announcement of plans for a summer co-headlining tour of their own.
On Tuesday morning (5/7), Roth and Hagar appeared on Howard Stern’s radio show to discuss the tour. The two, who have insulted each other in the press numerous times over the years, were united in their unflattering comments about the Van Halen brothers.
When Stern asked Hagar why, after years of harsh words for each other, he was teaming up with Roth, Hagar said it has to do with “shoving it up the Van Halen brothers’ asses for not getting off their asses and doing it with us.”
Roth concurred, saying, “I think, in retrospect, it is a little bit [aimed at] Eddie Van Heineken.”
Roth and Hagar did make it clear, however, that there is still no love lost between them, and the two took a number of potshots at each other during the interview. Hagar summed it up by saying, “I don’t plan on hanging that much with my man Diamond [David Lee Roth].”
Van Halen hasn’t released a new album since 1998’s “Van Halen 3,” the group’s only release with Cherone. Earlier this year, the group announced that it had ended its career-long relationship with Warner Bros. Records.
Hagar recently announced that he had formed a side-project with Van Halen bassist Anthony, Journey guitarist Neal Schon and Journey drummer Dean Castronovo. The group is expected later this year to release an album and go on tour.
What do you think about the whole Van Halen situation? Share your thoughts in our Van Halen forum.
Alice in Chains’ Staley died of overdose
An autopsy on Layne Staley’s body has confirmed that the Alice in Chains singer died due to an overdose of heroin and cocaine.
An autopsy on Layne Staley’s body has confirmed that the Alice in Chains singer died due to an overdose of heroin and cocaine.
According to a spokesperson for Seattle’s King County Medical Examiner’s office, an autopsy report released on Monday (5/6) says that Staley, who was found dead on the couch in his Seattle residence on April 19, died from “acute intoxication of opiate and cocaine.” His death is listed as “accidental.”
The report indicates that Staley died on April 5. His body was not discovered until two weeks later, when a concerned family member contacted police and asked that they check on the singer.
Staley died on the same date that, in 1994, Nirvana’s Kurt Cobain committed suicide in his Seattle-area home. Cobain, who had been battling heroin addiction, used a shotgun to shoot himself in the head.
Staley’s Alice in Chains bandmates--Jerry Cantrell, Sean Kinney, Mike Inex--as well as ex-member Mike Starr, attended an April 19 candlelight vigil in honor of Staley. The vigil was held at the Seattle Center fountain, the same location at which a vigil was held for Cobain following news of his death.
Q&A: Jeff Tweedy of Wilco
Dropped by their label. Album delayed for nearly a year. Band members lost on either end of making the record. A movie made documenting the entire process.
Dropped by their label. Album delayed for nearly a year. Band members lost on either end of making the record. A movie made documenting the entire process.
What happened to Wilco in the last year might have broken another band. But, safely on the other side of the chaos, Wilco has won out.
Nonesuch Records, a division of Warner Bros., picked up the record that Reprise wouldn’t release, meaning in essence that Warner Bros. bought “Yankee Hotel Foxtrot” twice. The changes in lineup have left frontman Jeff Tweedy with a group that he says is practicing more than Wilco ever has and playing with a cohesion he’d only dreamed of before.
Incorporating sonic elements ranging from taped-down piano keys to eggbeaters and percussive floor tiles, “Yankee Hotel Foxtrot” represents a marriage of Wilco’s well-honed ear for melody with a radically experimental bent. Tweedy talked about the year that was and the record that is.
SoundSpike: The album has a real different feel to it. Has your conception of what a song should sound like changed?
Jeff Tweedy: I don’t feel like I’ve ever really known exactly what a song was supposed to sound like. Originally in Uncle Tupelo, and early in Wilco, I really embraced that naiveté in a lot of ways … not knowing anything about it technically and walking into the studio like I imagine Howling Wolf [would] and not having any fucking idea what it was going to be and being excited by what we sound like.
At some point, maybe around “Being There,” that stopped being as exciting, and it seemed like the only place to go to start being excited again was to experiment with a different type of performance. … After that, the studio started to be looked at as a very different place to perform--[with] a lot of different equipment to use--and the easiest way to be excited again.
The title of the album comes from a recording called ”The Conet Project,” which collected short-wave radio messages that were purportedly sent by intelligence agencies via “numbers stations.” How much of an impact did that have on the album?
I’ve had that record for a long time and I’ve actually enjoyed it mostly for musical reasons. I listen to it a lot. Kind of [for] some of the same reasons we talked about early on--a sound-randomness to a listening experience--and I get moved by it. And some parts of it are very eerie, and it’s obviously pretty thought-provoking, because where the hell does this stuff come from?
There’s been elements of it--or things like it, short-wave radio transmissions or number stations--on probably the last three records we’ve made.
When I talked to you after you finished your previous album, “Summerteeth,” you said you’d been reading a lot of William Gass [author of “The Tunnel"], and that that kind of stream-of-consciousness affected the way you looked at writing lyrics. What kind of things were you thinking about this time out?
I just kept thinking really microscopically, writing about what was exactly in front of me, just as an exercise. Everyday that’s what I would write, just to fill up pages in a book. Most of the lyrics are taken from these pages, in very fragmented forms, and shaped and edited into something that makes sense to me. I don’t know if it makes sense to anybody else--there is a very conscious thread through the record that might be an invisible thread, but it’s there for me.
There seems to be a theme of birth and death that runs throughout the record, particularly with songs like “War on War” and “Ashes of American Flags.” Is that something you were conscious of?
It’s something I think about, yeah. I think about it a lot. In particular, I read about it a lot in books on comparative religion and things like that. I’ve just been fascinated with different religions and things like Eastern philosophies. Everybody’s interested in stuff like that, and I think on a creative level, it’s just as important.
There’s nothing more satisfying than doing something you don’t really feel should work, and you don’t have any right to do, and you manage to eliminate that sentinel that’s sitting there that’s making you feel like a piece of shit. You fight that when you actually make something--you put something on a piece of tape, or a piece of paper or canvas, and you actually like the way it looks when you’re done. The only way I feel like that ever happens is by somebody surrendering to dying, surrendering to failing, and understanding that it doesn’t matter.
You and guitarist Jay Bennett--who left the band shortly after the mixing of the new album--worked really closely when you were writing “Summerteeth.” Did you write that way for this record?
There’s a couple songs that we worked on like that, and I don’t think they made the record. There’s a handful of things that came from chord progressions that were put on a tape or a CD to listen to, and it was a very distant kind of collaboration. In the end, I think most stuff really had to come down to being something that felt interesting in its shape and also felt integrated musically and lyrically to be played on acoustic guitar and sung.
I tried to write melodies and words that fit in sometimes, and a lot of times I had to take things apart to make words work. It was a very separate sort of collaboration. Jay provided some raw material for some stuff.
When Wilco’s longtime drummer Ken Coomer was fired, you said he didn’t fit with the songs you were writing. How difficult a decision was that to make?
That sounds really harsh. It’s just an overall fit. It wasn’t an easy decision, but I totally feel completely secure in the decision. The only thing I feel bad about is, obviously, it wasn’t the decision that made Ken the happiest. We were honestly trying to be as above-board as possible.
You mentioned that you really worked to try and present the songs in different ways. Can you think of a song that might have sounded different if it had been on another record?
“Pot Kettle Black.” I think initially it was a song that sounded a lot like “Summerteeth"--it probably still sounds closest to “Summerteeth.” There’s feedback and Mellotron and huge, orchestrated--or not so orchestrated--parts flying around through the whole song, and a very linear guitar part that went through the whole thing.
I think if you listen to it, it’s kind of obvious what happened from that point on: the third verse completely disappears into these floor tiles. Actually, that’s one of [the things new Wilco drummer Glenn Kotche] uses. He set up these floor tiles and lettered them with the notes they were. I think I actually played them on that song. We kind of had the song disappear into this weird, percolating third verse, and then come back. It’s not rocket science, it’s just more exciting, it’s fun.
How do you tune floor tiles?
You can’t play all of them. You have to have some really good ceramic ones. All different notes, varying degrees of notes. They’re micro-tonal--you have to go through a thousand of them to get a scale. You could break a corner off of one if you wanted to, that might make it sharp or flat. You generally try to go with ones that are already tuned. You hit it with a mallet. [That sound is] on lot of songs on the record. It sounds like a clay marimba or something.
Do you feel like your philosophy or approach to playing live has changed?
I don’t really have a philosophy for performing. I think maybe what you’re referring to is [my] not talking or jumping around [on stage] as much. Right now, I don’t know. I think the only thing I can say to that is that we’ve worked really, really hard, rehearsed a lot--rehearsed more than Wilco has ever rehearsed in our entire history--and had a great time doing it. We’ve kind of got addicted to this idea of getting together every day at 11 and playing and honing live arrangements and subtleties into something. We spend a lot of time in the studio.
In the past, we’ve always painted with broad strokes once we got in front of people. [Now] there’s a lot more to think about, and I don’t want to be up there thinking. But I also am occupied mentally a lot more than I have been in the past. And some of the material doesn’t lend itself to any kind of real effervescence.
But as far as [not] talking to the audience [as much], it’s just been an oversight, really.
Click here to read a review of “Yankee Hotel Foxtrot.”
Santana solidifies itinerary for North American shed tour
Santana follows a May-June tour of Europe with a series of North American amphitheater dates that gets underway in late July.
Santana follows a May-June tour of Europe with a series of North American amphitheater dates that gets underway in late July.
The band, which formed about 35 years ago, is expected to release a new album titled “Shaman” this fall. According to Santana’s official website, the band still has a few more songs to complete before it reveals a release date for the new album.
“Shaman" will be the follow-up to “Supernatural,” which has sold more than 14 million copies in the U.S. since its 1999 release, according to the Recording Industry Association of America.
Santana dominated the 2000 Grammy Awards ceremony, claiming eight trophies (tying a record set by Michael Jackson in 1983); prior to that, Carlos Santana’s much-lauded career had netted just one Grammy.
Five of Santana’s earlier albums—his band’s self-titled debut, “Santana III,” two best-of sets, and “Carlos Santana and Buddy Miles Live”--have sold more than a million copies, according to the RIAA.
Rusted Root has signed on to open the North American shows.
Filter to precede new album with Locobazooka run
Filter and Sevendust will top the bill on the inaugural Locobazooka tour, which will also feature Nonpoint, Gravity Kills, Fu Manchu, Reveille, Audiovent, Mushroomhead, Earshot and others.
Filter and Sevendust will top the bill on the inaugural Locobazooka tour, which will also feature Nonpoint, Gravity Kills, Fu Manchu, Reveille, Audiovent, Mushroomhead, Earshot and others.
The tour kicks off at the Milwaukee Summerfest in late June, and runs for a month. Tickets will cost about $20, according to organizers.
Filter’s run atop the Locobazooka roster will precede the July 7 release of “The Amalgamut,” the band’s third full-length. Both of the group’s previous albums--1995’s “Short Bus” and 1999’s “Title of Record"--have gone platinum.
The track-listing for “Amalgamut” is posted at Filter’s official website, as is a message from group founder Richard Patrick, in which he shared some of his thoughts about the finished album.
“[There is] not one thing I would change after listening to it,” he said. “It is absolutely perfect ... I can’t tell you how much I’ve grown as a person just from the experience and I definitely think it’s the best Filter record so far. So don’t go downloading my shit, go out July 23rd and make your voices be heard as Filter fans.”
Sevendust’s Locobazooka engagement will be the latest round of dates in the group’s ongoing tour behind last year’s “Animosity,” which debuted at No. 28 on the Billboard 200 album chart. The album features the hit single “Praise.”
Nonpoint releases its sophomore effort, “Development,” on June 25. The album includes the single “Your Signs,” which the group is streaming at its official website.
Audiovent’s “Dirty Sexy Knights in Paris,” which features the track “Energy,” arrives in stores on June 4.
Gravity Kills released its latest, “Superstarved,” in March, while Fu Manchu’s “California Crossing” was released in February.
Reveille, which recently won the award for Rising Star at the Boston Music Awards, offered up “Bleed the Sky” last September.
Mushroomhead’s “XX” surfaced last May, and Earshot’s debut, “Letting Go,” landed in stores on Tuesday (5/7).
Prior to this year’s outing, Locobazooka was an annual Boston-area all-day concert sponsored by local rock station WAAF. This year marks the event’s 10th anniversary.