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Eighties new wave star Adam Ant was arrested for suspicion of criminal damage in London on Wednesday for allegedly hurling rocks through a neighbor?s windows. Ant, 49, whose real name is Stuart Leslie Goddard, was arrested and then booked at the Central London police station on Wednesday morning, according to a Scotland Yard spokesperson. The spokesperson said a 49-year-old man was questioned and released on bail, although Ant was not named, per British police protocol. He was ordered to report back in July for a hearing. Following his bail, Ant was transported to a secure hospital psychiatric ward, according to… Read more »

British music company EMI Group Plc said on Thursday it bought a further 30 percent stake in a catalog of classic Motown songs such as “My Girl” and “I Heard It Through the Grapevine” for $109.3 million. EMI purchased the stake in the Jobete song catalog from Motown Records founder Berry Gordy, taking its holding to 80 percent. Gordy, who helped create dozens of classic songs from a cramped basement studio in Detroit known as Hitsville, USA, had told EMI last year he would exercise an option to sell all of his remaining 50 percent stake in Jobete. But he… Read more »

Drummer Joey Jordison of the hard rock band Slipknot, is planning to release a side project this summer. Slipknot is composed of nine Des Moines-area natives known for grotesque masks and extreme metal music. The band they started in an Urbandale basement in the mid-1990s has captured two Grammy nominations and sold millions of compact discs around the world. Jordison has teamed up with Tripp Eisen of Static-X to form Murderdolls. They’ll release their debut album, “Beyond the Valley of the Murderdolls,” on Aug. 20. Their lyrical inspiration is horror movies. The titles of the songs include “She Was A… Read more »

Paul Westerberg is learning to live on the cheap. The musician is telling people he recorded his new album, “Stereo,” for about one thousand dollars. That’s because he owns his equipment and recorded the album in his basement with no engineer or producer. “I finally realized I can capture the essence of what I do best by myself with simple equipment and I don’t need the money right then.” Westerberg says if his toe taps and someone comes in and says, “Yeah!” then the album is done. However, he says when you’re by yourself, you’re somewhat dependent on yourself. “I’m… Read more »

Who the hell is Andrew W.K.? He’s a classically trained pianist from small-town Michigan turned death metalhead who discovered confectionery pop and hair metal and decided to throw together a bunch of songs that combined all of his musical interests into one single, energetic project. Oh, and he likes to party – a lot. Just about every song on his debut album, I Get Wet, features the word “party,” including “It’s Time to Party,” “Party ‘Til You Puke” and the first single, “Party Hard.” The latter explosively sums up the simple Spinal Tap edict as eloquently uttered by keyboardist Vivian… Read more »

Authorities say the way a Bergen County man sold Frank Sinatra videos and recordings on the Internet might have been his way, but it was the wrong way. Howard J. Zaremby’s eBay account was “Sinatra4Ever,” but the goods were counterfeit, according to the Recording Industry Association of America, which began investigating after getting a complaint from a Sinatra family lawyer. The association then alerted the Bergen County prosecutor’s office to Zaremby, who operated Zaremby Videos International from the basement of his Cliffside Park home. He sold videos and CDs for about $25 to a worldwide clientele, investigators found. Nearly all… Read more »

The Foo Fighters, Oasis, and Bjork are among the acts set for the third Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival, taking place at the Empire Polo Grounds in the Southern California desert city of Indio on April 27-28. Bjork will headline the first night and Oasis the second, according to various reports. Others on board include the Chemical Brothers, Prodigy, Queens Of The Stoneage, Mos Def, Jurassic 5, KRS-One, Dilated Peoples, Basement Jaxx, Paul Oakenfold, Ozomatli, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, and Belle & Sebastian. Tickets will be $65 per day, with two-day passes featuring a discount still to be determined.… Read more »

Immortal Records, a division of Virgin/EMI, has announced the release of the “Blade 2” soundtrack, the star-studded companion album to the upcoming New Line Cinema feature film release. Immortal Records has assembled a diverse lineup uniquely pairing hip-hop and electronica artists on each track. The “Blade 2” soundtrack boasts critically acclaimed, multi-platinum artists in duos such as Mystikal and Moby, Eve and Basement Jaxx, Bubba Sparxxx and The Crystal Method, Redman and Gorillaz, Busta Rhymes, Silkk The Shocker and The Dub Pistols, Cypress Hill and Roni Size, Ice Cube and Paul Oakenfold, Mos Def and Massive Attack, Jadakiss, Fabolous and… 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 »