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On the opening track their debut album Wakefield cheekily declare “We’re in it for the money, all the groupie honeys/We wanted to be famous… we sold out.” Which leads one to ponder: are the guys admitting that they’ve sold their souls for rock ‘n roll, or is there more to the story? “We get so tired of hearing that we’ve sold out,” complains guitarist JD Tennyson. Lounging in the Gold Club at Toronto’s Kool Haus prior to a recent show, Tennyson takes exception to the term “sell-out.” “All of our favourite bands are being called sellouts,” he says. “Kids these… Read more »

They’ve already finished their next record and they won’t be hitting the road with Kiss for another three weeks, so Aerosmith have been keeping busy with various side projects. Last week frontman Steven Tyler and guitarist Joe Perry contributed music to a piece that Public Enemy’s Chuck D wrote for the introduction to the ESPY Awards. The cut, “Let’s Get Loud,” features music by the Aerosmith members and rapping by Chuck, Busta Rhymes, MC Lyte and Fife. The ESPYs will air July 16 on ESPN. Also, look for Perry hamming it up on the Food Channel. On June 27, the… Read more »

Hoobastank has committed to performing a benefit show on July 15 for an under-construction school in the band’s hometown of Calabasas, California. The Alice C. Stelle Middle School is not finished being built, and is experiencing financial problems due to the state of California’s budget crisis. The July 15 benefit show will take place at the Canyon in Agoura Hills, with funds to be used for staffing and educational materials so the school can open on time. Hoobastank guitarist Dan Estrin revealed that Howard Benson, who is producing the band’s next album, alerted the band to the school’s problem. “Howard… Read more »

Smash Mouth offered up the first public performance of its new single, “You Are My No. 1,” and several other cuts from its upcoming Interscope album, “Get the Picture,” at a concert Saturday near Charlottesville, Va. The set is due Aug. 5. The band’s appearance was the culmination of a three-day event called Camp Jeep 2003. Smash Mouth has promised the single, released to radio last week, to Jeep parent company DaimlerChrysler for use in an upcoming sales campaign, and placed a Jeep in its video for the song. It will be the second time a Smash Mouth tune has… Read more »

Target is offering an exclusive six-track CD featuring songs from RCA artist Christina Aguilera and Jive’s Justin Timberlake, who are on tour together. The CD contains the new Aguilera track “That’s What Love Can Do” and remixes of her “Beautiful” and “Fighter,” as well as Timberlake’s new song “Why, When, How” and remixes of “Rock Your Body” and “Cry Me a River.” The CD was made available earlier this week. Since it appears to be a specially made licensed set, music retailers do not decry this practice as vigorously as they do when labels give mass merchants exclusive windows on… Read more »

The following message appears on the Treble Charger website: “Thanks to all you fans who support artists by buying music!” Their latest album, Detox, recently achieved Gold status in Canada – no small feat given the file-sharing climate of today’s music industry. “I think there’s a lot of people who justify it by saying that guys in bands are all rich and they don’t really care if people download their music,” hypothesizes Treble Charger drummer Trevor MacGregor. “Really, that’s not the case.” “Trevor and I both live in rat-bag apartments in Toronto,” agrees guitarist Bill Priddle. “I think there’s a… Read more »

Smash Mouth offered up the first public performance of its new single, “You Are My No. 1,” and several other cuts from its upcoming Interscope album, “Get the Picture,” at a concert Saturday near Charlottesville, Va. The set is due Aug. 5. The band’s appearance was the culmination of a three-day event called Camp Jeep 2003. Smash Mouth has promised the single, released to radio last week, to Jeep parent company DaimlerChrysler for use in an upcoming sales campaign, and placed a Jeep in its video for the song. It will be the second time a Smash Mouth tune has… Read more »

Their profanity-laced rock shows in the 1970s and ’80s drew the ire of the U.S. Senate, where Al and Tipper Gore accused them of endangering the morals of America’s youth and undermining parental authority. Two decades later, Twisted Sister is playing New Jersey’s two most family friendly venues – the Meadowlands State Fair, and Six Flags Great Adventure – and the “F” word is strictly off limits, by mutual agreement. Lead singer Dee Snider, who uses it dozens of times in a 90-minute concert, said the costumed, mascara-wearing band best known for hits like “We’re Not Gonna Take It” and… Read more »

A week after backing out of opening duties for Beck’s summer tour, Dashboard Confessional have lined up a sixteen-date headlining outing to launch August 30th in Pittsburgh. The band will be previewing its third studio album, A Mark, a Mission, a Brand, a Scar (due August 12th), along the way. The album, produced by Gil Norton (Pixies, Foo Fighters) follows the band’s 2002 MTV Unplugged album, and is the first studio set since Dashboard’s 2001 breakthrough The Places You Have Come to Fear the Most. “We’re intent on capturing the energy of a Dashboard live show,” frontman Chris Carraba told… Read more »

Civic Tour 2003, the hugely successful Honda and Alpine music tour partnership, is extending beyond the traditional concert venues that entertained nearly 400,000 young fans of rockers New Found Glory, Good Charlotte and special guests Less Than Jake and MxPx, at 50 concert stops across the U.S. American Honda Motor Co., Inc. and Alpine Electronics of America aren’t letting the music stop as they extend the non-stop energy of Civic Tour through featured appearances at select Hot Import Nights (HIN) events across the country this summer. Part auto and electronics showcase, part party, HIN is one of the largest import… Read more »