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In an attempt to explain the evolution from SR-71’s major-label debut to their upcoming release, singer Mitch Allan suggested a similarity to the progression from the Beatles’ Revolver to Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band. Then he caught himself. “Not to compare our albums to those albums,” Allan said. “Maybe it’s more like the difference between Sugar Ray’s first and second albums.” It may not be Sgt. Pepper’s, but Allan couldn’t be happier about SR-71’s Tomorrow, which abandons the pop-punk focus of 2000’s Now You See the Inside for a more anthem-rock approach. “When people hear the first single they’re… Read more »

Should Incubus fans be wary of the band’s current corporate-sponsored tour? If they listen to guitarist Mike Einziger, maybe. “We signed our souls to the devil,” the guitarist said at the band’s Inglewood, California, stop on the Honda Civic Tour. Of course, Einziger likes to joke around. Actually, Incubus, who have experienced an unusually organic rise to rock’s upper echelon, are touring behind sponsorship dollars to benefit their fans. “We are coming into really big rooms now, so what happens is the ticket prices kind of skyrocketed,” singer Brandon Boyd explained. “We were able to keep our ticket prices low,… Read more »

When the creators of the upcoming WWF album Tough Enough 2 asked Cold to contribute a track, frontman Scooter Ward was baffled. He thought, what did his music – riddled with gloomy, nihilist imagery and creepy underpinnings – have in common with the muscle-bound, over-the-top world of pro wrestling? Then it occurred to him that being in a band on the run and flying off the top turnbuckle night after night had some similarities after all. “I was writing a song for my kid at the same time,” Ward said last week. “Leaving home all the time, never being here… Read more »

Modern rock act Incubus will kick off a North American tour April 11 in Portland, Ore., in support of its latest Immortal/Epic set “Morning View.” The 50-date tour will be sponsored by Honda Civic, which put Blink-182 and Everclear out on the road last year on separate tours. An exclusive weeklong online ticket pre-sale will launch at 10 a.m. ET Saturday (Feb. 16) at civictour.com. “The band is really excited to be involved with Honda and the Civic Tour because it gives us a chance to play much bigger venues at a ticket price [$25] that we think is very… Read more »

Green Day have a filmed a guest spot for the Chris Isaak show and get to destroy his room. According to Isaak “Billie and I have a nice moment where we get to play music in the living room. Billie’s jamming with me while the other guys were wrecking my bedroom.” The second season of the sitcom “The Chris Isaak Show” started back on American television this week, but season one had it’s Australian premiere on Foxtel’s Comedy Channel on Monday. In the second series Bridget Fonda plays Chris’ love interest for four episodes. Art Alexakis, lead singer of Everclear… Read more »

While the 2001 season of Showtime’s Chris Isaak Show featured cameos by Stevie Nicks, Bret Michaels and Shawn Colvin, next year’s will see Green Day, Everclear’s Art Alexakis, Third Eye Blind’s Stephan Jenkins and Shelby Lynne trot on. Green Day filmed their episode, “The Wrong Number,” in Vancouver, British Columbia, several weeks ago. Although the full details are still under relative wraps, Isaak says that episode finds the punk triad behaving in typically punk fashion. “They pretty much destroy my amps,” he says. “They wreck my house. I have to throw them out, but [Green Day singer] Billie [Joe Armstrong]… Read more »

Like its inaugural season, when singer-actor Chris Isaak used his musical connections to nab Motley Crue’s Vince Neil and Lisa Loeb for his own The Chris Isaak Show, the show’s second year will feature exciting guest appearances. Third Eye Blind frontman Stephan Jenkins will continue to beef up his acting resume when he makes a guest appearance on the show’s season premiere on Jan. 6. Also set to appear on the show’s second season include all three members of Green Day and Everclear’s Art Alexakis, according to a spokesperson for the show. Air dates for their episodes have not been… Read more »

Music superstars Alicia Keys, Lenny Kravitz and John Mellencamp will be among the featured performers when the 2001 “VH1/Vogue Fashion Awards” is presented from the Hammerstein Ballroom in New York City on Tuesday, October 23 at 9:00 p.m. (ET/PT). Celebrities making appearances at the seventh annual ceremony include No Doubt’s Gwen Stefani, Dylan McDermott from “The Practice,” Salma Hayek, “Law & Order” star Angie Harmon, New York Giants cornerback Jason Sehorn, hip-hop queen Lil’ Kim, rap superstar Sean “Puffy” Combs, Renee Zellweger (“Bridget Jones’ Diary”), screen star Christian Slater, supermodel Gisele Bundchen, singer Enrique Iglesias, Chris Noth of “Sex and… Read more »

Clear Channel has identified 150 songs that are considered to be “lyrically inappropriate” for airplay in the wake of the terror attacks carried out in the U.S. on Tuesday, September 11. A Clear Channel spokesperson has confirmed that the list has been circulated among its stations across the country. The lyrical content targeted by the list includes any references to death, flying, September, or general destruction. The popular (and highly political) band Rage Against The Machine received the dubious honor of having their entire catalogue on the list. Pam Taylor, a spokesperson for Clear Channel stations in the San Francisco… Read more »

The Crystal Method will release their new album, TWEEKEND, on July 31st on Interscope Records. To coincide with the release, TCM will offer a limited number of CDs that will include a “Tweekend Pass.” With the “Tweekend Pass,” fans of The Crystal Method can register for meet and greets on the group’s upcoming SEVEN DAY TWEEKEND TOUR. The “Tweekend Pass” will also offer fans access to exclusive downloads of unreleased mixes at the band’s official website, www.thecrystalmethod.com and much more. Fans can also sign up to win T-shirts and free CDs from The Crystal Method. In other news from The… Read more »