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Score one for the grotesque over the gangsta. “The Golden Age of Grotesque,” the newest album by Goth rocker Marilyn Manson, topped the album sales charts in the past week, selling about 118,000 copies in the week ended May 18, industry tracker Nielsen SoundScan said on Wednesday. Gangsta rap artist 50 Cent was No. 2 with his major label debut, “Get Rich or Die Tryin’,” which sold 107,000 copies, taking its cumulative sales to 4.7 million. The newest release by Manson, the self-proclaimed “Antichrist Superstar,” features songs with headbanging riffs including “Use Your Fist and Not Your Mouth.” Opening at… Read more »

Ruben Studdard outsang Clay Aiken to become the new “American Idol.” The cuddly mountain of soul aced out his lanky, spikey-haired rival for the title in viewer voting. The results were announced during Wednesday’s conclusion of the wildly popular Fox amateur hour. “I feel great, man! Thank y’all!” said Studdard, 24, of Birmingham, Ala. Then, filled with emotion, he sang a song of gratitude, “Flying Without Wings,” as the crowd roared “RUU-ben, RUU-ben!” As expected with the two highly appealing performers, the margin dividing them was slim. Of 24 million phoned-in votes, 50.28 percent were for Ruben, putting him 130,000… Read more »

Sum 41 recently recorded a new track with Iggy Pop for the rock icon’s forthcoming album, Skull Ring. The song, “Little Know It All” is a joint collaboration between Iggy, Sum 41 front man Deryck Whibley and producer Greig Nori (Sum 41’s Does This Look Infected?) and features all four members of Sum 41 playing on it. Skull Ring is scheduled for a Fall release on Virgin Records. Sum 41 recently finished up a sold-out headlining tour of the U.S. In addition, the band had their dreams come true when they were asked to open this year’s MTV Icon show… Read more »

FACELESS, the third album from Republic/Universal stars, GODSMACK, has just been certified platinum by the RIAA, signifying sales of more than 1,000,000 units. The band has reached this benchmark a mere 5 weeks after the album’s release in April. The album debuted at no. 1 on the Billboard Top 200 Chart. The amazing sales story is due in no small part to the success of the album’s first single, “Straight Out Of Line,” at radio. The song immediately ascended to no. 1 at Active, Mainstream & Heritage Rock radio & top 10 at the Modern Rock format. No stranger to… Read more »

When someone who’s worked on some of the greatest guitar albums of all time, Kiss’ Destroyer and Alice Cooper’s School’s Out among them, calls you a “virtuoso playing at the top of his game,” you can be pretty sure it’s sincere. And that’s exactly what legendary producer Bob Ezrin said of Wes Borland when he first heard the ex-Limp Bizkit guitarist’s new band, Eat the Day. “They played me some stuff which struck me as being not only innovative, but also reminiscent of some of the more adventurous guitar work that had been done in the past by people like… Read more »

Britney Spears is hooking up with J. Lo’s ex and she wants you to watch. It’s not as salacious as it sounds, but as the singer gets closer to finishing up her fourth album, she’s also keeping an eye on how she’s going to promote it. With a fall tour in mind, Spears is lining up her crew, dancers and, of course, that ever-essential choreographer. But after years of working with wunderkind Wade Robson, Spears is trading him in for the fancy footwork of Cris Judd, a source close to the singer told MTV News. Judd may be best known… Read more »

So what does Lance Bass have in common with hotel heiress Paris Hilton? Well, besides being blonde and getting invited to socialite-stuffed shindigs, the ‘NSYNC vocalist and the older half of the model/actress Hilton sisters are teaming up for the latest Hollywood take on an F. Scott Fitzgerald classic. “[It’s] a remake along the lines of ‘The Great Gatsby,’ but younger,” Bass explained at Wednesday’s “Matrix Reloaded” premiere in Los Angeles. Bass will star in the currently-in-development flick, one of many he has on his plate. “I’m writing my first horror film right now, called ‘Imaginary Friend,’ ” he added.… Read more »

Celebrity has cancelled their remaining dates on the Hopesfall/Every Time I Die tour as a result of injuries sustained during an altercation at last night’s (4/29) show at The Junction in Salt Lake City. During headliner Hopesfall’s set, members of Celebrity tried to calm a group of 30-40 audience members that were beating up kids in the crowd all evening unchecked by security. After having words with the group, bassist, Jesse Fine, was ambushed by several people as he turned around to walk away. Guitarist, Ryan Parrish, and front man Lance Black were also assaulted as they tried to break… Read more »

The Donnas have nothing on the Bens. The three members really are named Ben, and you may have heard of them: Ben Folds, Ben Kweller and Ben Lee. The solo singers officially became a group, or at least a side project, when they recorded four songs together in Nashville last month. “There’s some new wave on there, a piano ballad that Folds sings, a countryish song,” Kweller said Saturday backstage at Coachella. “It’s just all three of us writing songs; there’s not any one particular sound. It’s all three of us singing, big harmonies.” After the three-day studio session, the… Read more »

Made Compilation has released a compilation CD of independent artists at the Skate & Surf Festival this weekend. Included on the CD are tracks from Army Of Me, Brand New Disaster, Breaking Pangaea, In Clover, Over It, Power Lloyd, Star Hide Fire, and 555, as well as an acoustic version of Day That I Die by Good Charlotte. Stop by the Made booth and pick one up. Army Of Me (armyofmeonline.com) Army of Me hails from the Washington DC area, and since the middle of 1999, have toured the east coast relentlessly. Army of Me realizes that it takes hard… Read more »