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Megadeth and Van Halen News

The Very Best Of Van Halen release has been almost finalised and the details are as follows. The 2-Disc set will hit stores July 20th, with the first single – ‘It’s About Time’ – hit radio in America last week. MelodicRock.com have posted a 90 second clip of the new track that you can check out HERE. All together there will be 3 new tracks on this release. Here is the track listing for the 2 discs:

Disc 1 – ‘Eruption’, ‘Ain’t Talkin’ ’bout Love’, ‘You Really Got Me’, ‘Jamie’s Cryin”, ‘Runnin’ With the Devil’, ‘Beautiful Girls’, ‘Dance The Night Away’, ‘And the Cradle Will Rock…’, ‘Everybody Wants Some!!’, ‘Unchained’, ‘Dancing In The Street’, ‘(Oh) Pretty Woman’, ‘Hot For Teacher’, ‘Jump’, ‘Panama’, ‘I’ll Wait’, ‘Why Can’t This Be Love’, ‘Dreams’, ‘Best of Both Worlds’, ‘Love Walks In’.

Disc 2 – ‘When It’s Love’, ‘Finish What Ya Started’, ‘Feels So Good’, ‘Black and Blue’, ‘Poundcake’, ‘Runaround’, ‘Right Now’, ‘Top Of The World’, ‘Can’t Stop Lovin’ You’, ‘Not Enough’, ‘It’s About Time’ (new), ‘Learning To See’ (new)’, ‘Up For Breakfast’ (new)’, ‘Ain’t Talkin’ ’bout Love’ (Live), ‘Jump’ (Live), ‘Panama’ (Live).

In Megadeth news, you can now download the new remixed and remastered version of Holy Wars… The Punishment Due from Megadeth.com. Each week a new song will be available for download until the CD’s hit store shelves. The re-issues release date is July 27th and the the current release date of the new album will be September 14th, 2004.

Hollywood Roses CD Details

Well, it looks like the album by Hollywood Rose called “Roots of Guns N Roses” is scheduled for release on June 1st according to Amazon.com. Here are the details and a cover shot:

Title: ROOTS OF GUNS N ROSES,THE
Publisher: CLEOPATRA RECORDS INC
Label: CLEOPATRA
Artist: HOLLYWOOD ROSE
Format: CD
UPC: 741157138221
Selection: CLP 1382
Release Date: 06/01/2004
MSRP: $14.98

Tracklisting:

Original Demo Versions:
1. Killing Time
2. Anything Goes
3. Rocker
4. Shadow Of Your Love
5. Wreckless Life

Newly Remixed By Gilby Clarke:
6. Killing Time
7. Anything Goes
8. Rocker
9. Shadow Of Your Love (Feat. Tracii Guns – over dub guitar)
10. Wreckless Life (Feat. Tracii Guns – over dub guitar)

Newly Remixed By Fred Coury:
11. Killing Time
12. Anything Goes
13. Rocker
14. Shadow Of Your Love
15. Wreckless Life

Velvet Revolver Cover Art

Slashonline has posted the cover art to Velvet Revolver’s upcomind debut album Contraband due out June 8, 2004. Here’s a look at the 3 different colored versions that will be available.

Weiland Cleared for Tour

Embattled vocalist Scott Weiland has been cleared by California authorities to tour with his bandmates in Velvet Revolver. The former Stone Temple Pilots frontman has spent the past several months in a court-ordered drug rehabilitation center after pleading no contest last year to heroin possession. But Velvet Revolver guitarist Slash says Weiland will be on board when the band hits the road next month in North America.

“Scott actually just got cleared to tour today,” the guitarist tells Billboard.com excitedly. “We’ve been planning dates this whole time.” The plan for the band, which has played just one live show to date, is to drop in on “medium-sized places” leading up to the June 8 release of its RCA debut, ‘Contraband’.

“The first thing we’re going to go out and do is establish ourselves as our own band in our own environment,” Slash says. “We’re trying to keep it as personal as possible but at the same time, expose ourselves as much as possible. We want to do this on our own terms, as opposed to going out, jumping on the road and opening for somebody, or playing a festival bill, but that is coming.”

The 13-track ‘Contraband’ is led by the single ‘Slither’, which will impact U.S. radio outlets on Monday (April 12) but can already be sampled on Velvet Revolver’s official Web site. And after hedging its bets on Weiland’s uncertain future, Velvet Revolver is finally primed to take its show on the road at full strength. “Everything is great,” Slash beams. “It all seems to be happening for a reason.”

Meganews on Megadeth

Lots of news on the Megadeth front lately. Here’s the lowdown on it all:

Megadeth leader Dave Mustaine has revealed the tracklisting for the band’s forthcoming CD, due out later this year through Sanctuary Records. The as-yet-untitled CD will contain the following tracks: ‘Blackmail The Universe’, ‘Shadow Of Death’, ‘My Kingdom’, ‘Of Mice And Men’, ‘Truth Be Told’, ‘The Scorpion’, ‘Kick The Chair’, ‘Something That I’m Not’, ‘Tears In A Vial’, ‘Die Dead Enough’, ‘Back In The Day’.

iateyourmicrophone.com reports that the upcoming batch of remastered albums from Megadeth will all see a release on July 13th, through Capitol Records. Discs receiving the treatment, which will also be backed with four bonus tracks apiece (bar Risk) include: Craving, Countdown To Extinction, Peace Sells… But Who’s Buying?, Rust In Peace, So Far So Good… So What?, Youthanasia, Cryptic Writings and Risk.

Click here to download a new unmastered version of the MD45 song ‘The Day The Music Died’ with Dave Mustaine doing vocals. This will be available on the forthcoming reissue of the MD45 album, The Craving. Originally former Fear vocalist Lee Ving sang on the song.

Former Megadeth guitarist commented on the forthcoming remixed Megadeth reissues that frontman Dave Mustaine worked on. Marty said, “After I heard the amazing remixes Dave did with Peace Sells, I was way excited to find out that he was planning to give the same treatment to the other albums. Much as I would love to be a part of hearing the new mixes for the first time, I have touring and recording obligations all the way up until August. Please don’t let normal stuff like that get your panties in a wad. Get over it. The albums are gonna slam.”

Canadian Online Music Swapping Legal

No need to worry about lawsuits if you share MP3’s online in Canada after Wednesday’s decision. Here’s a clip from the full article you can read HERE:

Individuals who share personal copies of music files on the internet are safe after a Federal Court rejected a motion on Wednesday that would have allowed the music industry to sue them.

Justice Konrad von Finckenstein said the Canadian Recording Industry Association hadn’t shown copyright infringement by 29 people who had allowed their music files to be uploaded.

Making files available in online, shared directories is within the bounds of Canadian copyright law, von Finckenstein ruled.

Van Halen Returns

I meant to mention this before, but in case you didn’t know, Van Halen is back at it with Sammy Hagar on vocals. Coinciding with the tour or following it, will be Van Halen’s Best Of: Volume 2, featuring new tracks with Hagar at the helm. The new tracks were completed in February. For a current picture of the band, go the Van Halen news page HERE and to see the current tour schedule go HERE.

Upcoming CD Releases

Well, as you can tell from my mp3 list, I do like a lot of Metal, Hard Rock, Rock, Glam Metal, (enter your description here). Here’s a list of the upcoming releases for the year that I know about that I’m looking at getting. I have listed the album title and release date info if known. This is only a list of albums that I have read information about in the last few months. I will probably add another list to the site in a few months time to include updated info and more releases. If you have any info that you can fill in, send it along. Here’s the list:

• Josh Todd – You Made Me – March 30
• Lenny Kravitz – Baptism – May 18
• The Tea Party – The Seven Circles – release date unknown
• Various Artists – The Punisher Soundtrack – March 23
• Damageplan – New Found Power – available now
• Tesla – Into The Now – available now
• Slaughter – Hits and Rarities – available now
• Yngwie Malmsteen – Attack!! – available now
• Aerosmith – Honkin’ On Bobo – March 30
• Brides Of Destruction – Here Come The Brides – available now
• Mr. Big – Influences & Connections Volume 1 – available now
• Drowning Pool – Desensitized – April 20
• Def Leppard – unknown title (covers CD) – release date unknown
• Hollywood Roses – The Roots Of Guns N’ Roses – September
• Stephen Pearcy – Fueler – April/May
• Testament – title unknown – June
• Dio – title unknown – July
• ‘Tage Mahal – title unknown – late spring 2004
• L.A. Guns – Ripping Off The Covers – May 27
• Black Lable Society – Hangover Music Vol I – April 20
• Fear Factory – Archetype – April 20
• Anthrax – Metallum Maximus Aeternum – spring
• Gene Simmons – Asshole – May 18
• W.A.S.P – The Neon God: Part One – The Rise and Part Two title unknown – Part 1 – April 6 & Part 2 – Summer
• Scorpions – Unbreakable – May 5
• Velvet Revolver – Comrades – June 8
• Dokken – Hell to Pay – April
• Megadeth – new CD title unknown and Re-issues of all albums – release dates unknown
• Annihilator – All For You – May 24
• Annihilator – The One EP – April 26
• War and Peace – The Walls Have Eyes – April 19
• Eric Brittingham – Naked Beggars – available now
• Van Halen – Best Of Volume 2 – release date unknown
• Chris Caffery – Faces – release date unknown

For links to the bands official websites, I have most of them listed HERE.