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The Offspring has announced the name of their new drummer. He’s Atom Willard, formerly of the punk act Rocket From The Crypt. Willard will appear with the band on their fall tour, with dates to be announced soon. Original drummer Ron Welty departed the Offspring earlier this year to devote more time to other projects. The new Offspring album, titled Splinter, arrives on December 2. Welty left before the band began recording Splinter, so the drums on the album were handled by A Perfect Circle’s Josh Freese, who has also played drums on albums by Evanescence, Staind, Puddle Of Mudd,… Read more »

Canadian rockers Hot Hot Heat will head home to Victoria, British Columbia, after a fall tour to work on the follow-up to 2002’s Make Up the Breakdown. “This is the end of this period of touring,” frontman Steve Bays says. “We want some new songs.” Shows on the band’s current tour, which kicked off last night in Las Vegas, will likely include at least one new one, “You’re Making Such a Mess.” “People get into it the first time they hear it,” Bays says. “It’s really bizarre sounding, so it draws people in right away.” Another new track, currently untitled,… Read more »

After more than two decades as a pro, Tony Hawk is hanging up his board. The 35-year-old father of three announced his retirement from competition after winning the gold at X Games IX on Sunday in Los Angeles. Hawk placed first in the Vert Best Trick competition with his patented 900, a full two-and-a-half-rotation spin off the half-pipe. Fans of the skateboarding legend won’t be completely devoid of their idol, however. Hawk said he would still participate in his annual Boom Boom HuckJam skateboard/BMX/motocross tour, which begins its 30-date run October 2 in Vancouver, British Columbia, according to a tour… Read more »

Less Than Jake, currently riding high with their radio hit “The Science Of Selling Yourself Short,” took time out during the So Cal swing of the Warped Tour to play the grand opening of the Apple Store in Santa Monica, CA on July 11th. With a line of fans circling around the block waiting to get in, the band launched into a first- time-ever acoustic set for their devoted followers. Four songs from that performance, “Suburban Myth,” “The Ghosts of You and Me,” “History of a Boring Town” and “Welcome to the New South” will be available exclusively on Apple… Read more »

On the one hand there’s Drew Barrymore. On the other there’s Tina Yothers. Both were child stars, both were in the position of having to stave off “has-been” status by the time they were teenagers. Barrymore, of course, has gone on to be an A-list celebrity, while Yothers is simply remembered for playing the kid sister on the ’80s sitcom “Family Ties.” That, and for being one of the unlucky celebrities to have made a “guest appearance” on “South Park.” Hanson, who became instant mega pop stars upon the release of their 1997 debut LP, Middle of Nowhere, but who… Read more »

The rock gods of Kiss bow down to no one – except maybe Aerosmith. When the two bands start their tour together on Saturday in Hartford, Connecticut, Kiss’ pyrotechnic extravaganza will be followed by the bluesy hard rock of Boston’s finest. The show is being billed as a co-headlining tour, but it will be the first time since 1974 that Kiss will take the stage before another band night after night. So, how did Aerosmith get Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley to agree to such conditions? “Um, I’m not sure, actually,” Aerosmith guitarist Joe Perry said. “I think it just… Read more »

In years past, Lollapalooza has been dubbed by Spin magazine as “the No. 1 concert to change the world” laying down the blueprint for many other existing festivals. With the Wall Street Journal classifying this year’s tour as “Rock’s premiere summer caravan with shows in 30 U.S. cities,” Lollapalooza undoubtedly continues to be one of the hottest festivals to date, with an overwhelming fan demand prepared to bask in a day of music and festivities. The main stage features Queens of the Stone Age replaced by A Perfect Circle on August 16, Jurassic Five, The Donnas, Incubus, Audioslave and non-other… Read more »

The debut of Apple’s iTunes online music store was widely hailed as a turning point in the mostly sorry relationship between the record industry and consumers who want to download songs. Now comes another noteworthy symbolic step: a digital download chart in Billboard. The official debut is in the July 19 issue, although the trade journal ran a “preview” chart in its July 12 edition. In both cases the No. 1 song was “Crazy in Love,” by Beyoncé with Jay-Z-which also happened to be the No. 1 song on the general Hot 100 chart both weeks. (Nielsen SoundScan compiles the… Read more »

When the record industry announced in June that it would begin filing individual lawsuits against hundreds of illegal file-swappers, it was not just a bad PR move, it was a signal that the music business is more desperate than ever. Halfway through 2003, sales continue to slump, down eight percent from the first six months of last year. Three of the ten best-selling albums so far this year were actually released in 2002, and only three artists – 50 Cent, Norah Jones and Linkin Park – managed to sell more than 2 million copies between January and June. 50 Cent,… Read more »

Tuesday night (July 15), the original ’80s Duran Duran lineup (singer Simon Le Bon, keyboardist Nick Rhodes, guitarist Andy Taylor, bassist John Taylor, and drummer Roger Taylor) celebrated their 25th anniversary by playing Los Angeles’s 450-capacity Roxy nightclub as a warm-up for their much-hyped brief U.S. reunion tour, which officially kicks off tonight at the Pacific Amphitheatre in Costa Mesa, California. Not only was this the group’s first Stateside performance in 18 years, but it also marked another homecoming of sorts, as the Roxy was the first American venue Duran Duran ever played back in 1981. Although Duran Duran have… Read more »