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Korn vocalist Jonathan Davis will not appear on the soundtrack to the forthcoming movie Queen Of The Damned due to a stipulation in his contract with Epic Records, which prevents him from working for other labels. To solve the problem, Davis and Warner Bros., the label which is putting out the movie’s soundtrack, have assembled various stars of today’s alternative music scene to cover the five tunes, which Davis sings in the movie as the voice of the Lestat character. Linkin Park vocalist Chester Bennington, Disturbed vocalist David Draiman, and Static X singer Wayne Static are set to lend vocals… Read more »

For the second year in a row, comedian Jon Stewart will host the Grammys, the music industry’s most prestigious annual awards show. CBS will broadcast the 44th annual Grammy Awards ceremony from the Staples Center in Los Angeles on Feb. 27. “We all are delighted to have Jon return as the host of the Grammys, with his razor-sharp wit and unique connection to our audience,” said Michael Greene, president and chief executive officer for the Grammy-sponsoring National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. A New Jersey native, Stewart currently stars on the Comedy Central cable network’s “The Daily Show With… Read more »

From the big screen to the small screen to the studio to the stage, DMX is going to be everywhere this year. The rapper’s spokesperson said he just signed on to kick butt alongside Jet Li in the Warner Bros. action vehicle “Cradle to the Grave,” which ramps up next month and reunites the two “Romeo Must Die” stars. Warner Bros. said that while X has not officially signed on, they are close to sealing the deal. At the beginning of May, DMX will embark on a 30-city tour with artists from his Bloodline label that will carry on through… Read more »

Creed again has weathered the January sales drought, moving almost 166,000 copies of its Wind-up disc “Weathered” to stay atop the nation’s sales chart for the seventh week in a row. And the seven Grammy nominations India.Arie received Friday put her “Acoustic Soul” (Motown) disc back in the top 200 at No. 139 on sales of 11,000, according to SoundScan information issued Sunday. The top 10 for the week ended Sunday was jumbled a little, but the titles remained essentially the same as the previous week. Linkin Park’s “Hybrid Theory” (Warner Bros.) remained No. 2 on sales of 124,000; Ludacris’… Read more »

Linkin Park scored three Grammy nominations-best new artist, best rock album ( Hybrid Theory), and best hard rock performance (“Crawling”). The nominations cap an amazing year for the band, which was highlighted by Hybrid Theory, its Warner Bros. debut, topping album sales for 2001. Guitarist Brad Delson said of the nomnation, “I think that they all mean Grammy nominations and that’s really good. We’re just so honored to be nominated, I don’t care at all if…It’d be great to win, but seriously, who cares? We’re nominated, and it’s an honor to be among all these great artists that we respect… Read more »

As Epic Records commitment to artist development continued to flourish in 2001, Epic will bring an entirely new group of exciting artists to the stage in 2002. The Epic team will work as one cohesive unit towards our common goal: helping our artists rise to the top of the marketplace. EPIC RECORDS 2001 RECAP Flickerstick – Winners of the breakthrough VH1 series Bands on the Run released their major label debut Welcoming Home The Astronauts. The album was re-mixed by Tom Lord Alge (Weezer, Blink-182, Marilyn Manson) and includes two new songs, “Execution By X-mas Lights” and “Smile.” Flickerstick will… Read more »

Sonic Foundry (R), Inc., (NASDAQ: SOFO – news), a leading provider of rich media software, systems and services, today announced its partnership with Warner Bros. Records to create and host a Madonna Remix contest at Sonic Foundry’s ACIDplanet.com(TM) website. Three tracks from Madonna’s “Greatest Hits Volume 2” are now available online for remixing at ACIDplanet.com (www.acidplanet.com). Vocal tracks and select instrumentals from “Ray of Light,” “Deeper and Deeper,” and “Music” will be distributed along with a Madonna-customized version of ACID(TM) XPress, the free ten-track version of Sonic Foundry’s award-winning loop-based music creation tool ACID(TM). Samples from Sonic Foundry’s expansive loop… Read more »

Grammy-winning recording star Alanis Morissette is planning a February release for her first album of all-new material in more than three years, followed by a world tour, her publicist said on Wednesday. The new CD, “Under Rug Swept,” is a collection of 11 songs written and produced entirely by Morissette without the assistance of longtime collaborator Glen Ballard, who co-wrote and produced her first two U.S. major-label releases, starting with 1995’s “Jagged Little Pill.” The new album’s first single, “Hands Clean,” described as a song about a former relationship, is due out in mid-January, with the album set for release… Read more »

L.A. based independent record label Water Music Records has just signed a 2 album deal with former Arista/BMG artist Moodswings. The first album “Horizontal” from the group will be released in March through Universal Music & Video Distribution. It is a double album complete with remixes and brand new songs featuring Julie Cruise on vocals. Cruise has 4 albums on Warner Bros. and was the voice for David Lynch’s movie and soundtrack “Blue Velvet.” Englishman James Hood is the headliner of Moodswings who’s first album “Moodfood” sold more than 300,000 albums in the U.S. with more than a half-million worldwide.… Read more »

Jonathan Davis co-wrote and recorded five songs for the upcoming vampire flick “Queen of the Damned,” but don’t expect to hear the Korn singer’s recognizable growl on the film’s soundtrack. Because Davis’ record label contract prohibits his voice from appearing on the disc, which will be released around the same time as the next Korn album, he has recruited and trained veteran hard rock singer Jeff Scott Soto to record his parts, according to a Warner Bros. spokesperson for the movie. Soto recently signed a solo record deal after recording some of the music in “Rock Star.” Davis and composer… Read more »