Dr. Pepper to Axl Rose: Your Move

So the now mythical GnR album, ‘Chinese Democracy,’ has all the more reason to actually see the light of day: Dr. Pepper, yes the soft drink, will be in the hands of all Americans if the album drops in 2008.  Dr. Pepper’s director of marketing, Jaxie Alt, issued the following statement regarding the soft drink …

‘Smashing Pumpkins’ Sue Virgin Records

Apparently, members of the band Smashing Pumpkins are suing Virgin Records for “illegally using their name in promotional deals that hurt the bands credibility with fans.” In a breach of contract suit, they cited 20 years of hard work threatened by Virgin’s use in a Pepsi/Amazon.com promotion. Are they serious? Is anyone going to really …

Velvet Revolver Finished?

With Scott Weiland missing shows and scheduled to tour with his “former” band, Stone Temple Pilots, this summer, the rumor mill was twirling with the speculation that Velvet Revolver was done.  Well, it seems that it may be more than just a rumor: at a recent show in Glasgow, the VR front man announced to …

‘Danity Kane’ Causes Ears to Protest

You can listen the entire Danity Kane album on MTV.com for free, which is probably the only way you should ever listen to a Danity Kane album. This is their second release, ‘Welcome to the Dollhouse’, even though I didn’t know they had a first one. To be honest I haven’t heard any of this …

Metallica Album in September?

Drummer Lars Ulrich recently spoke with Bruce “Legendary Singer for Iron Maiden” Dickinson on Dickinson’s BBC radio show and noted that Metallica’s new album is coming along and the band has their eye on a September ’08 release (perhaps if Ulrich would stop doing friggin’ radio interviews about the album he could focus on the …