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P.O.D.’s upcoming album will be self-titled, and as previously reported, it will come out on November 4. Singer Sonny Sandoval said, “‘Payable On Death’ is a fresh new start, a going back to roots, a reconnecting with our people.” The name P.O.D. is an acronym for “Payable On Death.” The band is working once again with producer Howard Benson, and he gave an update on the album so far. “There’s a certain quiet confidence in this band right now,? Benson said. ?They really know who they are. It’s a magical moment… The whole team here can feel it. This record… Read more »

P.O.D. is in the studio working on the follow-up to its multi-platinum 2001 release, Satellite, and when the album is wrapped up the band will tour. Vocalist Sonny Sandoval said that Metallica wanted them for this summer’s Summer Sanitarium Tour, but the two bands will probably hook up on the road next winter. “We’ve actually got a lot of offers to go out maybe in the beginning of the year,” Sandoval said. “And so we actually got offered the Metallica tour, but because we’ll be in the studio and our record’s not out, we didn’t get to do it. But,… Read more »

Incubus is parting ways with its bass player, Dirk Lance, with the rockers citing “creative differences” as the reason. Ben Kenney, former guitarist for the funk hip-hop group The Roots, was chosen to replace him, Incubus announced Friday. “We, as a band, would love to express our gratitude towards Dirk for an amazing 12 years of artistry and dedication,” said singer Brandon Boyd. “He was and will remain a valuable asset to the history of this band.” Lance, one of the group’s founding members, declined to comment, said Incubus spokeswoman Melissa Dragich. “I think there were just creative differences, irreconcilable… Read more »

The Beastie Boys recently released a new anti-war song via their official website (beastieboys.com). “In A World Gone Mad…” represents the first new music from the group in three years, and it is free to download. The veteran rap trio-which comprises Ad-Rock, MCA, and Mike D-is currently in New York working on material for a new album. Mike D told MTV what motivated the group to record the new song, “We all got to a point where we felt like, we’re in this room in New York, we’re looking at each other every day, and we felt compelled to speak… Read more »

Michael Jackson said Thursday he felt betrayed by a “terrible and unfair” TV documentary about his life, in which the King of Pop revealed he sometimes lets children sleep in his bed. In a statement issued Thursday by his London representative, Jackson said British journalist Martin Bashir broke the trust placed in him, and added he felt “more betrayed than perhaps ever before.” Bashir spent eight months making the 90-minute program, which was to be shown in the United States at 8 p.m. EST Thursday on ABC’s “20/20.” “I trusted Martin Bashir to come into my life and that of… Read more »

Among the many things complicated for Avril Lavigne – stuff like new romances and pronouncing the names of rock legends – performing onstage isn’t one of them. The 18-year-old rocker said that “being up onstage is the best part of being a musician” and “everything else is annoying” in a recent online chat. When her first North American headlining tour begins April 11 in Montreal, fans will see for themselves how performing in front of thousands can put a smile on her face. Twenty-two shows are lined up for the trek thus far, according to Lavigne’s publicist, with a few… Read more »

Sixty years after his birth, one of the most important artists ever to emerge from Seattle is – at least officially – almost invisible here. There’s no Jimi Hendrix Boulevard, no Hendrix Arena, no Hendrix Elementary School. The only thing the city has done to recognize the man many consider the world’s greatest guitar player is to give him a rock – in the African Savanna exhibit at the Woodland Park Zoo. Biographer Charles Cross of Seattle, who has spent years researching Hendrix for an upcoming book, called the oversight “almost criminal.” “The Seattle city government has never given any… Read more »

The Blasters’ singer and guitarist Phil Alvin speaks like the band plays: short, fast and furious. “My father was very upset when I quit school,” he said, trying at breakneck speed to make his words catch up with his thoughts. “He took the neck of my guitar and screwed it to the dustpan. Then he scooped the dog crap with it, and left it in the garage. Every time I turned on the light on, I’d have to walk past it.” But Phil ignored his father’s exhortations, and with the help of his younger brother Dave, formed one of the… Read more »

Members of the ska band Reel Big Fish escaped unharmed when their tour bus caught fire at a truck stop. The six band members and three crewmen were sleeping on the bus Saturday morning when the blaze started. The band was on its way to a show at The Blue Note in Columbia, part of a five-week tour to promote its album “Cheer Up,” released in July. Bus driver Ron Mullholland noticed smoke pouring from the bus after he bought a cup of coffee at a truck stop, and alerted the band. Trumpet player Tyler Jones said Mullholland saved his… Read more »

Family, friends and surviving members of the iconic British rock band The Who attended the funeral of virtuoso bass player John Entwistle on Wednesday at a rural church. Guitarist Pete Townshend, vocalist Roger Daltrey and drummer Kenny Jones, who replaced Keith Moon after his death in 1978, attended the service at St. Edward’s Church in Stow-on-the-Wold. Entwistle, who died June 27 in Las Vegas, was now “reunited with Keith up there making great music,” the Rev. Colin Wilson said at the church, 60 miles northwest of London. “I think he would want us all to be strong, determined, unafraid of… Read more »