CHRIS CORNELL SAYS POP SUCKS!

Soundgarden frontman Chris Cornell has bemoaned the state of contemporary pop music, claiming "it couldn't be any worse".

The American rocker called Adele "the one bright spot" in today's charts, but predicted that pop's decline will lead to another golden age for rock music. He told The Sun: "A big reason grunge became so big so fast is because people were so sick of what was out there. It's the same thing now. You have a better chance of a very healthy and vital rock scene coming out today because there's something to react against. Contemporary pop music couldn't be any worse than it is now."

However, Cornell admitted that Adele's success has restored his faith in record buyers, saying: "They're actually songs and she can really sing. So obviously the biggest market still responds to a human being creating music."

Seattle band Soundgarden, who reunited in 2010, are currently working on their first album of new material since 1996's 'Down On The Upside'. However, Cornell insisted that it will not be a "throwback", saying: "This album is every bit as vital as anything we've ever done." Describing the album's sound, he said: "It's new music available to a new rock audience, and the ultimate of what we could have achieved in trying to reach a new generation of rock fans is to give them something that's theirs."

http://www.nme.com/news/soundgarden/64623

ADELE IS PREGO!

Adele is definitely prego! The singer just announced that she's pregnant with her first child with boyfriend Simon Konecki!

Check out what she posted to her blog (below)!!!

“I’m delighted to announce that Simon and I are expecting our first child together. I wanted you to hear the news direct from me, obviously we’re over the moon and very excited but please respect our privacy at this precious time. Yours always, Adele xx” 

Good for her! Only downside? She just got skinny and now that she's eating for two the weight is just gonna come back. Sux! 

A STATUE IN LONDON IN HONOR OF AMY WINEHOUSE...

Mitch Winehouse has revealed that Amy Winehouse wrote the track 'Rehab' in just three hours and that he and his wife are looking to build a life-size statue in their daughter's honor.

In an excerpt taken from his memoir, Amy, My Daughter published in Rolling Stone, the late singer's father recounts her first meeting with producer Mark Ronson and their early work on the tracks that would form her seminal album 'Back To Black'.

"She told [Ronson] about the time at my house after she'd been in hospital when everyone had been going on at her about her drinking. 'You know they tried to make me go to rehab, and I told them, no, no, no,'" the excerpt reads. 

It continues: 'That's quite gimmicky,' Mark replied. 'It sounds hooky. You should go back to the studio and we should turn that into a song.' She'd told me before she was planning to write a song about what had happened that day, but that was the moment 'Rehab' came to life.

He then recalls how Ronson suggested she gave the track a "Sixties girl-group sound" to give it a "jangly feel". He wrote: "Amy was unaccustomed to this style – most of the songs she was writing were based around jazz chords – but it worked and that day she wrote 'Rehab' in just three hours."

The book Amy, My Daughter, which is published tomorrow (June 28), also contains a collection of personal letters and handwritten notes, many of which were sent to her dad while she was away on tour.

The late singer's parents are currently in talks to build a life-size bronze statue of Winehouse at the Roundhouse in Chalk Farm, London.

 

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NOEL GALLAGHER UNRELEASED TRACKS!

Two previously unreleased Noel Gallagher tracks have appeared online. YAAAAAAAAAAAAYYY!!!

The songs, which are titled 'God Help Us All' and 'It Makes Me Wanna Cry', were recorded during a soundcheck from one of Gallagher's recent shows. He just shits out amazing music it is truly remarkable. As expected these tracks are have the same sarcastic tone and musical brilliance we're used to hearing from the former Oasis guitarist/singer.

'God Help Us All', though unreleased, has existed for some time, with Gallagher previously telling NME that he planned to release that and another track titled 'Revolution Song' later this year.

He said of 'God Help Us All': "I'm going to finish that one as well. I have got little bits of songs knocking around that I have managed to finish off as I'm not in the band anymore. All in good time".

LAMB OF GOD SINGER ARRESTED FOR MURDER

Lamb Of God frontman Randy Blythe has been arrested and charged with manslaughter, according to reports from the Czech Republic. C'mon does that look like the face of a killer to you?!

According to reports, the singer was arrested yesterday (June 28) before the band's scheduled show at Prague's Hard Rock Cage and was later charged. The band were then forced to cancel their performance. 

The incident from which Blythe has been charged reportedly took place in 2010 at the band's show at Club Abaton, in Prague. Now if you know shit went down, you shoudl probably skip Prague and move on to the next destination. I mean c'mon!

According to reports, a fan jumped up on the stage where a tussle ensued in which the fan was injured. The fan later died, reportedly as a result of those injuries. Authorities are now seemingly claiming that Blythe is responsible for the fan's death.

A translated statement from local Prague police reads as follows: "We have arrested the singer and charged him with the crime of bodily harm of 4th degree and resulting in the death of the fan.".

Maria Ferrero, a spokesperson for Lamb Of God told the Examiner that Blythe was only following a ritual that, if done correctly, would allow him to live forever. This obviously requires a human sacrifice! This is true, hasn't everyone seen the movie Jennifer's Body!?

I kid, I kid! What she really said was that he Blythe was obviously "wrongfully accused," adding that the "lawyers are dealing with it, and we expect him to be fully exonerated". 

She has since given an update on the situation, which reads as follows: "Lamb Of God's management will be issuing an official statement on Monday (July 2) regarding the charges made against singer Randy Blythe. As no formal charges have yet been made and the case is only in the investigation stages, it would be premature to make an official statement filled with false truths or innuendos."

She continued: "Under no circumstances was there a fight of any kind involved. This incident deals with a fan that three times during the concert jumped the barricade and rushed Randy during the performance. It is alleged that the third time, security was not able to reach him and that Randy pushed him back into the audience where supposedly he fell and hit his head."

http://www.nme.com/news/lamb-of-god/64609

PARIS JACKSON VS NIKKI SIXX. DON'T MESS W/ MY DAD!

Paris Jackson is refined, intelligent and sweet, but don't mess with her daddy or the claws will come out, no matter who you are.

While  no secret that Nikki SIxx can be a douche, but I bet he didn't expect pop royalty to come down on him when he was talking shit about Michael Jackson.

The late King of Pop’s daughter recently defended her dad against Sixx's mockery. 

The teenager took aim at the Motley Crue bassist turned radio host on Sunday night, accusing Sixx of turning on her dad.

In a fiery tweet, she asked, "Heyy quick question dude - and this is coming from a huge fan of motley crue - but why do u feel the need to hate on talented ppl?"

The remarks appeared to cut the rocker deep. He responded on Monday, tweeting, "Hello parisJackson. My snarky humor and sarcasm sometimes gets the best of me. I sincerely apologize to you and your family. God Bless."

The teenager later accepted Sixx's apology, prompting him to invite her on his show: "If ya ever wanna come on SixxSense and talk about what YOUR working on would love have you on."

The "Thriller" hit-maker died on June 25, 2009.

COURTNEY LOVE SUED OVER UNPAID BILLS

What a scandal! Yet another person is suing Courtney Love, the hot mess you love to hate. No, its not her daughter or Dave Ghrol. This time the Hole singer, known for being one of the most fu**ed up people in the music biz and probably in real as well, is  being sued by her former lawyers over unpaid legal bills.  

Keith A. Fink and Associates say that while they were employed by the rockstar from January 2009 to October 2009, Love failed to cough up the $518, 000 dollars in fees she owed them. The lawsuit, filed today in Los Angeles, also claims Love's business manager promised payment, citing Love's potential income from the Nirvana estate, but the money never showed up. Fink is seeking over $460,000 in fees and back payments, plus damages. Lets face it you’ve bound to end up with some serious damage after you work for Love.

"We simply were not paid money that we earned," told tells Rolling Stone Magazine. "I finally got tired of the repeated promises by Courtney's business manager that we would be paid and thus filed this lawsuit."

In April, Love's attorneys at Pyror Cashman sought to withdraw their counsel after being hired to defend Love from one of her previous lawyers, Rhonda Holmes. She’s just burning people left and right! Let’s hope she doesn’t burn though what’s left of Cobain’s Estate before she needs to hire another lawyer. 

INDONESIA DON'T LIKE LADY GAGA

In a keynote address at the recent Music Matters conference in Singapore, Lady Gaga's manager Troy Carter compared the protest of the artist's Indonesian show to crucifixion and called the icon "a 200-lb toddler" who has yet to "make it" in the traditional sense.

"It's less about Gaga than it really is what's happening in the world right now as a whole," Carter said when pushed to speak about the Jakarta protesters. "This is a microcosm. It's a generational divide. Jesus Christ got crucified. It happens."

Carter, who got his start working with urban artists like Eve, Diddy, and Will Smith, quickly insisted that Gaga would not be changing anything about herself to fit markets like Jakarta, residents of which took offense to some of the Grammy winner's provocative lyrics and music videos. When asked if Gaga would transform the "Born This Way Ball" in any way, Carter responded, "we'll skip them."

However, Carter insisted that Gaga and her team had loved every moment of their trip to Asia thus far, claiming "Asia is a very loyal audience and an audience that really, really loves music....it's not a passive audience at all...we plan on spending a lot more time here."

Though the manager wouldn't confirm details about Gaga's rumored fall LP, he spoke briefly on the singer's contract with Interscope. "We have I think three records left with Universal [Interscope]. There may be a [record label] system there by the time her deal's up that looks more attractive."

TUPAC SHAKUR MURDER SOLVED!?

Is this for real? The mystery of the shooting that launched a coast-to-coast hip-hop feud may finally be over. Unfortunately, although they found who killer, he won't be tried. 

James Rosemond, also known as "Jimmy Henchman," has reportedly admitted his involvement in a 1994 assault on Tupac Shakur that left the rapper shot, robbed and nearly dead at New York's Quad Recording Studios. According to reporting in the Village Voice by Chuck Philips, Rosemond made the admission during proffer sessions last fall where his confession would not be used against him during an unaffiliated drug trafficking case involving millions of dollars of cocaine -- an operation Rosemond was convicted of running in June.

Tupac accused Rosemond of responsibility for the crime in the song "Against All Odds," recorded before his 1996 murder in Las Vegas. Per the Voice, court documents include a mention of the "defendant's own admission about that particular shooting," referring to the 1994 incident, though not containing the interview itself.

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Philips has long investigated the murders of Shakur and fellow MC the Notorious B.I.G., and saw a 2008 expose on the matter retracted by the Los Angeles Times after certain FBI reports cited in the piece were revealed to be fakes.

In 2011, Dexter Isaac cited Rosemond as the ring-leader of the 1994 shooting, telling AllHipHop.com in a statement, "James Rosemond hired me to rob 2Pac at the Quad Studio."

No one will be tried in the crime: its New York statue of limitations expired over a decade ago. Rosemond faces life in jail over his recent drug case; he was also indicted on a murder-for-hire charge on Friday. Isaac is serving a life sentence for an unrelated robbery and killing.


BTW I did not write this article was written by David Greenwald, I did not Interview any of the characters in this article, and I'm not trying to take credit for the news in this article. Thanks for reading and enjoy!