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Dave Grohl has called his Probot side project album a death metal Supernatural, but don’t look for it to dominate the Grammys or the Billboard albums chart. “It’s not unlike the Santana record in that it really kicks ass, but it’s not the kind of thing that you’d expect,” Grohl said backstage at Saturday’s KROQ Weenie Roast. “There’s a certain kind of person that will like the Probot record, and there aren’t that many of those people…. I mean, it’s not meant to, like, make money.” Probot’s album – which features Grohl, Zwan guitarist Matt Sweeney and Foo Fighters producer… Read more »

Hobbits ruled, Kelly Osbourne came out and Jack Black and Sarah Michelle Gellar showed off their pipes when the 2002 MTV Movie Awards were handed out Saturday night at the Shrine Auditorium. The event will be broadcast Thursday at 9 p.m. ET/PT, with MTV News’ pre-show coverage kicking off at 8:30 p.m. Peter Jackson’s adaptation of “The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring” took home the night’s most prized pile of golden popcorn, nabbing Best Movie. However, Nicole Kidman walked away from the Shrine as the night’s big winner, grabbing trophies for Best Female Performance and Best… Read more »

Irreverent and bordering on insolent, the MTV Movie Awards have built a following over the past decade by mocking Hollywood as much as celebrating it. Best Villain? Best Kiss? Best Fight? Lifetime achievement awards for Chewbacca from “Star Wars,” and for cameo character actor Clint Howard, the squinty-eyed little brother of director Ron Howard? Such are the honors bestowed at the MTV Movie Awards, which in its 11th year comes not to praise cinema but to parody it. This year’s ceremony takes place Saturday and will be broadcast Thursday (June 6). “We’re always looking to make people laugh. That’s more… Read more »

Following in her father’s footsteps, Kelly Osbourne will sing for the first time on stage during the MTV Movie Awards. The pink-haired, 17-year-old daughter of Ozzy Osbourne will perform her cover of Madonna’s “Papa Don’t Preach” during the awards show Saturday at Los Angeles’ Shrine Auditorium. The show is scheduled to air at 9 p.m. EDT June 6, with Jack Black and Sarah Michelle Gellar as hosts. Eminem and The White Stripes are scheduled to perform, with presenters including Ben Affleck, Bow Wow, Eve, Ewan McGregor, Winona Ryder and Charlize Theron. “The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the… Read more »

Judy McGrath, President, MTV Networks Music Group, today announced that she has named Christina Norman to assume the top role at VH1 – Executive Vice President and General Manager. Christina was previously Senior Vice President of Marketing and On-Air Promotion at MTV, where she was responsible for the on and off air marketing, branding and positioning of MTV, MTV2 and MTV.com. Christina will be based in New York and will report directly to Judy McGrath. As General Manager, Christina will be responsible for the day-to-day leadership, strategy and management of VH1. In addition to guiding the channel from a creative… Read more »

Tap the kegs and round up the groupies – two of the biggest champions of rock and roll excess will take the same stage for the first time later this month. Spinal Tap and Tenacious D will play the House of Blues in West Hollywood on December 20, a sure-to-be-memorable evening that will bring together such classic anthems as “F– Her Gently” and “Sex Farm.” The show is a benefit for the United Mitochondrial Disease Foundation, according to the D’s spokesperson. Mitochondrial diseases are hereditary disorders that affect a cell’s ability to produce life-sustaining energy. The UMDF’s mission is “to… Read more »

Although a new album isn’t expected until summer, Foo Fighters have given fans something to get them through the two-year dry spell since There Is Nothing Left to Lose. The group’s official Web site, www.foofighters.com, is streaming a new Foo song, “The One,” which will be included on the soundtrack to the film “Orange County,” according to the band’s publicist. The straightforward stomp is a contemptuous anthem for the scorned, featuring a chorus of “You’re not the one, but you’re the only one who could make me feel like this/ You’re not the one, but you’re the only one who… Read more »

Acoustic rock duo Tenacious D will hit the road next month behind their self-titled debut album, starting September 8 at the Town Hall in New York. Jack Black of “High Fidelity” fame and sidekick Kyle Gass will zip from the East Coast to the Midwest and back before going to California in late October. The trek is scheduled to wind down Halloween night at the Warfield in San Francisco. The comedic twosome’s eponymous debut arrives in stores September 25, featuring production work by the Dust Brothers and guest appearances by Foo Fighter Dave Grohl, Phish’s Page McConnell, the Vandals’ Warren… Read more »

It is Friday night in the San Fernando Valley and the regulars at Paladino’s, a tiny biker bar, are out in full force. Hell’s Angels gun their engines in the parking lot while lines of leather-clad rock fossils straighten their acid-washed jeans, run combs through their mullets and get ready to rock. Most of the crowd has come to catch the Atomic Punks, a blue-ribbon Van Halen tribute band. But there’s another contingent on-hand. Rage Against the Machine drummer Brad Wilk, actor/singer Jack Black, and porn queen Jenna Jameson are in the house, and it’s unlikely they made the trek… Read more »