In Brief: Third Eye Blind, the Grammys
ByApr 2, 2002 11:00 PM
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.