The Production Side

Despite getting back together with STP, Scott Weiland is already looking forward to his second solo album.
While on the Howard Stern show, Weiland announced that he was working on the album with legendary producer Steve Albini (he’s worked with the Pixies, Page & Plant, PJ Harvey and Nirvana). Also, Weiland revealed that No Doubt’s Adrian Young would be appearing as the album’s drummer.
As of now, there is no other info, but I did read that November is the expected release date, so we’ll have to wait and see.
I’m looking forward to this album, it should be interesting.
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Last week I mentioned that Jane’s Addiction would be receiving the “Godlike Genius Award” from NME.
Now, it gets even better.
The band’s original bassist, Eric Avery, will be reuniting with the rest of the band. This will mark the first performance from the original line up since 1991.
Jane’s will be receiving the award on April 23 in L.A. and are scheduled to play a three song set at the event
Like I said last week, maybe this will be the beginning of another Jane’s reunion, although with Avery this time, makes it pretty sweet.
Now enjoy a blast from the past with the video …read more

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Filter, remember the guys who brought us “Hey Man Nice Shot” and “Take A Picture”, are gearing up for a new album and a tour.
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Richard Patrick revamped Filter shortly following his work with the side project Army of Anyone, which featured STP’s Dean and Rob DeLeo. The band’s first album in six years seems to be a political one. The first single, “Soldiers of Misfortune”, was apparently inspired by a Filter fan who joined the Army Reserve to pay for his college tuition, who sadly lost his life in Iraq.
Look for Anthems for the …read more

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Jane’s Addiction will be honoured NME by receiving the “Godlike Genius” Award.

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This will be NME’s first award show in the U.S., which will take place on April 23 at the El Rey Theatre in L.A.
This is why the now defunct band was chosen for the privilege, according to NME Editor Conor McNicholas:“When we were in the planning stages of bringing the NME Awards to America, Jane’s Addiction were always in our thoughts,” and he also added, ”They are exactly the sort of once-in-a-lifetime, inspirational, aspirational, no-holds-barred, genre-busting, risk-taking, pioneering group which sums up what the NME …read more

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Any concert goer is well aware of Live Nation, and all of their monopolistic fees and surcharges. Now, it looks like they’re branching out to perhaps take over the entire music industry.
It started with Madonna, which is not a surprise to me, who signed an astounding contract with the concert behemoth for $120 million, which would combine all of her music ventures, such as concerts, albums, merchandising, etc.
Now, U2 has followed in her footsteps.
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The Irish heavyweights have inked a 12 year deal with Live Nation that will cover the …read more

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Some of the folks here at b5 decided to get together and share their favorite concerts.
You can check out the list right here.
Now I wasn’t involved in this, but I wanted to share my favorite concert, because I love going to concerts and this seems like a great idea for a post.
This was difficult at first, because I’ve been to a lot of shows, but I started to narrow things down. Two bands then came up for the honor.
Stone Temple Pilots and Pearl Jam were suddenly in a heated battle for my favorite concert of all time. They’re my two …read more

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It’s been just under five years since Counting Crows have released a new studio album, but come this Tuesday, March 25, fans can bask in a 2 disc release.
Saturday Nights and Sunday Mornings is going to be a concept type album. The first disc, Saturday Nights, is about partying and then losing yourself into the darkness of the nightlife. Sunday Mornings is about waking up and realizing that probably some bad stuff happened the night before. The band even had different producers on the 2-discs, with Gil Norton (who produced the Foo Fighters’ Colour and the Shape and Echoes, Silence, Patience and Grace) …read more

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Just wanted to wish everyone a great St. Patty’s Day. Have fun and be safe kids.
Let’s keep the theme rolling with Pearl Jam’s cover of the Thin Lizzy classic “The Boys Are Back In Town”.

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Ciao everyone!
 First off, I’d like to thank my friend Eric for stepping in and writing some posts while I was gone. It looks like he did an excellent job.
OK, so let’s get back in the swing of things with a newer artist from the UK.
I was checking out MTV in one of the hotel rooms in Italy before bed one night and saw a video for an incredibly catchy tune. It was instantly stuck in my head. The song was “Pumpkin Soup” by Kate Nash.
I had heard of Kate Nash but I never actually sat down and listened to her music. I checked …read more

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I’ve been chatting with my boys from The Scenic Route, and they’ve done a good job of opening me up to some pretty cool music. The first of these bands they so generously introduced me to is a band known as Shiner. The band hails from Kansas City, and dropped their first album way back in 1993. They were probably well known in the more indie rock scene throughout the ’90’s, which explains why I’d never heard of them before (as I was a wee young lad with a sometimes bad diet of mainstream radio influence).
I’ve yet to have the …read more

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