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Dean Kelly

Dean Kelly Bio That didn't happen -- yet. Instead, Dio and Appice left again, and Iommi replaced them by bringing back Tony Martin and adding drummer Bob Rondinelli. Cross Purposes (February 1994) was a modest seller, and, with ...READ MORE

Hot Seat

Room Board built its business as carefully as it creates furniture. Now it's moving in on the competition--and taking a place at the table.READ MORE

Universal Merchant Services

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Michelle DesRochers

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Beau Dozier

Beau Dozier news Such a suspension could negatively impact LaBeouf's employment opportunities in the near future, as many action scenes require the film's star to be behind the wheel. LaBeouf is currently filming "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen," the latest film in the hit Michael Bay series that puts him in the driver's seat of various transforming automobiles. The actor's injury has already been written into the script by scrambling writers. READ MORE

Winston Conkling

Winston Conkling 2004's Tha Carter signaled a change in direction for Lil Wayne. The album itself wasn't a significant departure from Lil Wayne's past work -- after all, it was filled with tracks produced by Cash Money's in-house producer, Mannie Fresh, some of which could well have been left on the cutting room floor -- yet it showcased a more measured and mature performance by the rapper, who seemed newly emboldened and sported a new, dreadlocked look on the album's cover. Tha Carter spawned Lil Wayne's biggest hit in years, "Go DJ," while the album itself was a Top Five hit. 2004 also marked the beginning of Lil Wayne's string of guest appearances on other artists' songs, starting with Destiny's Child's "Soldier." READ MORE

Peder Seglund - Rock Band of The Year

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BlueBeat's Hank Risan: That's Not the Beatles, It's a "Virtual Cover Band"

If you thought that was AC/DC, Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, and The Beatles you streamed for free or downloaded this week for $.25 from BlueBeat.com, it's an understandable error. The music sounded identical to songs by those artists. ...READ MORE

No Boundaries

This spring, the Kosovar refugees received a $1-million helping hand from some unlikely supporters at Epic Records: Pearl Jam, Rage Against the Machine, Neil Young, Korn ... and more.READ MORE

BlueBeat Defiantly Selling Beatles, AC/DC, Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin Right Now for Cheap

Download site BlueBeat seems to have looked squarely in the eye of litigious record label legal eagles and various judges who've sided with them--then figuratively dropped trou and shot 'em a moon.READ MORE

From Guitar Hero to The Beatles: Music Games at War

With the debut of The Beatles: Rock Band and Guitar Hero 5, MTV Games and Activision Blizzard are fighting to dominate the music genre--but can they beat the recession?READ MORE

Aerosmith

Sweet Emotion. Sometimes that's all it takes to bolster a boomerang. Sometimes it takes a little more to get back in the saddle.READ MORE

Blondie

The challenge of orchestrating four simultaneous boomerangs did not discourage Blondie -- the New Wave revivalists with the most punk, funk, and spunk.READ MORE

The Self-Prescribing Media Doctor #8

Coldplay is cool in any weather.  This is one band that has made the bridge between mass popularity and the discerning thinker or imaginative fool.  They are a truly all-weather band in terms of the imaginative possibilities ...READ MORE

The Black Crowes Concert Tickets Now For Sale

The Black Crowes are performing live, in concert, at The Borgata Casino in Atlantic City. The best selection of tickets is on sale now through ACTickets.com. The Black Crowes will be performing Saturday August 19thREAD MORE

Meet the 27-Year-Old Who's Hijacking Twitter, One Quiz-Crazy Tween at a Time

In just over a month, Dave Zohrob's Twitter app, LOLquiz, has amassed more than 300,000 users and spawned at least 20 trending topics. WTF?READ MORE

Indie Bands Reach New Sales Heights Through iTunes

Fans of indie rock bands like the Shins and Arcade Fire are doing something peculiar: they're buying downloadable albums online. Amidst a dismal first quarter in which album sales in all configurations are down nearly 17%, the ...READ MORE

What's in a Name, Baby?

A couple in Sweden are getting grief from the authorities in Stockholm for wanting to name their baby after the popular heavy metal band Metallica. Stories like this make me feel so much better about myself. Here I am, on a ...READ MORE

Kenny Lindquist

Kenny Lindquist - Kenny Iwunwa VMA winner Chris Brown is once again hard at work with his "Kiss Kiss" collaborator, T-Pain. The two recently teamed up for the video of Pain's new single "Freeze," from his Thr33 Ringz album, which ...READ MORE

What The Grateful Dead Can Teach Us About Choosing Memorable Brand Names

In this excerpt from "Marketing Lessons from the Grateful Dead," authors David Meerman Scott and Brian Halligan tell us the process in which the Grateful Dead picked a band name, and what companies considering their own brands can learn from them.READ MORE

Almost Genius: Designers on How Kurt Cobain Should Be Immortalized

Courtney Love couldn't have come up with anything weirder.READ MORE

The Future of Music

What will the music business look like in a decade? How can a recording artist use the Web to connect with and build a fan base? Do viral marketing campaigns work as well for established recording artists as they do for up-and-coming ...READ MORE

Long Tails and Nine Inch Nails

Originally published on March 11th, 2008.  The music industry has been bleeding out for nearly a decade now, and last week Trent Reznor drove yet another nail into its coffin. The frontman for Nine Inch Nails, Reznor cut ...READ MORE

Lifelong Value of Your Commodities?

The New York Post yesterday covered the business model and practices of Britain-based Sanctuary Group, an investment firm that represents two of the heavy-metal bands performing as part of the Ozzfest; produces T-shirts, DVD's, and ...READ MORE

2010 Honda Civic Tour Coming to Miami: Are you in?

Since 2001 Honda Motor Company has been sponsoring an annual concert tour featuring some of the top bands in the country. Each year, the headlining band of the tour customizes their own Honda Civic for participants to win in a ...READ MORE