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UNHEARD DYLAN SONGS – YOURS FOR ONLY $100,000

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UNHEARD DYLAN SONGS – YOURS FOR ONLY $100,000

A tape featuring four songs by a young Bob Dylan is expected to fetch up to $100,000 (£53,000) when it is sold in Dallas next month. Dylan, then named Robert Zimmerman, recorded the songs with school friend Ric Kangas in the late ‘50s, after meeting at a school talent show. Dylan sings on three tracks, and plays guitar on the fourth. Kangas found the tape a couple of years ago, but due to the age of the tape had difficulty finding a suitable tape player! Two of the tracks, “I Got Trouble” and “I Got A New Girl”, featured in Martin Scorsese's 2005 Bob Dylan documentary, No Direction Home. Kangas, a former Elvis impersonator, says he kept in touch with his childhood friend, although their last meeting was backstage after a show in Memphis in 1974. Dylan has made no comment about the recordings up for sale. The auction at the Heritage Auction Galleries in Dallas, Texas, takes place in October.

A tape featuring four songs by a young Bob Dylan is expected to fetch up to $100,000 (£53,000) when it is sold in Dallas next month.

Dylan, then named Robert Zimmerman, recorded the songs with school friend Ric Kangas in the late ‘50s, after meeting at a school talent show.

Dylan sings on three tracks, and plays guitar on the fourth. Kangas found the tape a couple of years ago, but due to the age of the tape had difficulty finding a suitable tape player!

Two of the tracks, “I Got Trouble” and “I Got A New Girl”, featured in Martin Scorsese’s 2005 Bob Dylan documentary, No Direction Home.

Kangas, a former Elvis impersonator, says he kept in touch with his childhood friend, although their last meeting was backstage after a show in Memphis in 1974.

Dylan has made no comment about the recordings up for sale.

The auction at the Heritage Auction Galleries in Dallas, Texas, takes place in October.

MERCURY REV TACKLE DYLAN AND LENNON ON NEW GREATEST HITS

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MERCURY REV TACKLE DYLAN AND LENNON ON NEW GREATEST HITS

Mercury Rev are set to release ‘The Essential Mercury Rev - Stillness Breathes (1991-2006)’, a two-disc retrospective, on Monday (2 Oct). Disc one contains selections from the band's six studio albums, including the highly acclaimed Deserter’s Songs (Uncut’s Album Of The Year for 1998) and All Is Dream from 2001. Disc two, meanwhile, is a collection of B-sides and rarities including David Bowie, Bob Dylan, John Lennon, Neil Young and Nico covers as well as other previously unreleased oddities. As well as looking back, Mercury Rev will be issuing their first new track proper since last year’s well received album The Secret Migration - ‘Cecilia’s Lunar Expose’. The song will appear exclusively on their Back To Mine compilation, along with a handpicked selection of the band’s favourite music from artists such as David Bowie, John Cale, Spacemen 3, and Alex Chilton. Back To Mine is available from 20th November, through DMC world records. The full tracklisting is: 1. A New Career In A New Town – David Bowie 2. Hotel Borg – Johan Johannsson 3. Seasons In The Sun – Terry Jacks 4. When Will You Come Home – Galaxie 500 5. I’m A Fool To Want You – Billie Holliday 6. Days of Steam – John Cale 7./=/=/ - Andrew Bird 8. The Grand Tour – George Jones 9. If I Were A Little Star – Nicolai Dunger 10. Cecilia’s Lunar Expose – Mercury Rev 12. Big City – Spacemen 3 13. Dream Baby Dream – Suicide 14. Let Me Get Close To You – Alex Chilton 15. Astral Travelling – Pharoah Sanders 16. Cast Anchor – Hanne Hukkleberg 17. Self Portrait In 3 Colours – Bill Frisell, Don Byron, Art Baron, et al 18. Uncle Bob’s Midnight Blues – Randy Newman 19. When You Wish Upon A Star – Cliff Edwards

Mercury Rev are set to release ‘The Essential Mercury Rev – Stillness Breathes (1991-2006)’, a two-disc retrospective, on Monday (2 Oct).

Disc one contains selections from the band’s six studio albums, including the highly acclaimed Deserter’s Songs (Uncut’s Album Of The Year for 1998) and All Is Dream from 2001.

Disc two, meanwhile, is a collection of B-sides and rarities including David Bowie, Bob Dylan, John Lennon, Neil Young and Nico covers as well as other previously unreleased oddities.

As well as looking back, Mercury Rev will be issuing their first new track proper since last year’s well received album The Secret Migration – ‘Cecilia’s Lunar Expose’.

The song will appear exclusively on their Back To Mine compilation, along with a handpicked selection of the band’s favourite music from artists such as David Bowie, John Cale, Spacemen 3, and Alex Chilton.

Back To Mine is available from 20th November, through DMC world records.

The full tracklisting is:

1. A New Career In A New Town – David Bowie

2. Hotel Borg – Johan Johannsson

3. Seasons In The Sun – Terry Jacks

4. When Will You Come Home – Galaxie 500

5. I’m A Fool To Want You – Billie Holliday

6. Days of Steam – John Cale

7./=/=/ – Andrew Bird

8. The Grand Tour – George Jones

9. If I Were A Little Star – Nicolai Dunger

10. Cecilia’s Lunar Expose – Mercury Rev

12. Big City – Spacemen 3

13. Dream Baby Dream – Suicide

14. Let Me Get Close To You – Alex Chilton

15. Astral Travelling – Pharoah Sanders

16. Cast Anchor – Hanne Hukkleberg

17. Self Portrait In 3 Colours – Bill Frisell, Don Byron, Art Baron, et al

18. Uncle Bob’s Midnight Blues – Randy Newman

19. When You Wish Upon A Star – Cliff Edwards

UNCUT NEW FAVES THE FRATELLIS HIT THE ROAD

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UNCUT NEW FAVES THE FRATELLIS HIT THE ROAD

Uncut punky-pop favourites The Fratellis, described in the next issue of the magazine as “the missing link between Supergrass and The Libertines”, have announced a series of headline tour dates to follow their appearance on the NME Rock’n’Roll Riot Tour during October. The band's debut, 'Costello Music', is currently at Number 2 in the British album charts, only kept off pole position by Uncut’s current Album Of The Month, Ta-Dah by Scissor Sisters. The Fratellis release another single from the album, ‘Whistle For The Choir’, on November 20. The dates for the gigs are as follows, tickets on sale now: Manchester Academy (October 28) Brighton Corn Exchange (30) Southampton Guildhall (November 4) London Astoria (5) Birmingham Academy (6) Glasgow Barrowland (9) For ticket availability go to www.nme.com/gigs

Uncut punky-pop favourites The Fratellis, described in the next issue of the magazine as “the missing link between Supergrass and The Libertines”, have announced a series of headline tour dates to follow their appearance on the NME Rock’n’Roll Riot Tour during October.

The band’s debut, ‘Costello Music’, is currently at Number 2 in the British album charts, only kept off pole position by Uncut’s current Album Of The Month, Ta-Dah by Scissor Sisters.

The Fratellis release another single from the album, ‘Whistle For The Choir’, on November 20.

The dates for the gigs are as follows, tickets on sale now:

Manchester Academy (October 28)

Brighton Corn Exchange (30)

Southampton Guildhall (November 4)

London Astoria (5)

Birmingham Academy (6)

Glasgow Barrowland (9)

For ticket availability go to www.nme.com/gigs

JOY DIVISION DVD OFFERS INTIMATE PORTRAIT OF IAN CURTIS

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JOY DIVISION DVD OFFERS INTIMATE PORTRAIT OF IAN CURTIS

A new documentary focusing on the career of Mancunian post-punk legends Joy Division is to be released on DVD on October 31. ‘Joy Division: Under Review’ includes rare footage, brand new interviews and photographs. The 70-minute DVD charts the band’s rapid rise from their origins as Warsaw to their position as arguably the most influential band of their generation. ‘Joy Division: Under Review’ features rare live footage of frontman Ian Curtis as well as interviews with co-author of 'Torn Apart: The Life Of Ian Curtis', Mick Middles, Manchester musician John Robb, and Uncut contributors David Stubbs and Barney Hoskyns. Included in the extras are 'The Hardest Joy Division Quiz in the World Ever', contributor biographies, and a 'Beyond DVD' section. The late Joy Division vocalist, who hanged himself in 1980, is also the subject of the feature film ‘Control’, which is currently under development in the UK, helmed by ex-NME photographer Anton Corbijn. It is expected to be released in 2007.

A new documentary focusing on the career of Mancunian post-punk legends Joy Division is to be released on DVD on October 31. ‘Joy Division: Under Review’ includes rare footage, brand new interviews and photographs.

The 70-minute DVD charts the band’s rapid rise from their origins as Warsaw to their position as arguably the most influential band of their generation.

‘Joy Division: Under Review’ features rare live footage of frontman Ian Curtis as well as interviews with co-author of ‘Torn Apart: The Life Of Ian Curtis’, Mick Middles, Manchester musician John Robb, and Uncut contributors David Stubbs and Barney Hoskyns.

Included in the extras are ‘The Hardest Joy Division Quiz in the World Ever’, contributor biographies, and a ‘Beyond DVD’ section.

The late Joy Division vocalist, who hanged himself in 1980, is also the subject of the feature film ‘Control’, which is currently under development in the UK, helmed by ex-NME photographer Anton Corbijn. It is expected to be released in 2007.

WELLER GOES ‘WILD’

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WELLER GOES ‘WILD’

Paul Weller will release a new single, ’Wild Blue Yonder’, on October 30. The song is brand new and didn’t appear on 2005’s Top 5 ’As Is Now’ album. The 7" and CD version of ‘Wild Blue Yonder’ will feature another new track called ’Small Personal Fortune’, co-written with Ocean Colour Scene’s Steve Cradock, a member of Weller's band and someone with whom Weller has collaborated before. As previously announced on www.uncut.co.uk’s sister site, NME.COM, Weller will also undertake a winter tour of the UK and Ireland, comprising these dates: London Forum (November 14, 15) Dublin Olympia (17, 18) Newcastle City Hall (20, 21) Sheffield Octagon (23) Glasgow Barrowlands (24, 25) Manchester Apollo (27, 28) Wolverhampton Civic Hall (30) Brighton Centre (December 2) Poole Lighthouse (3) Gloucester Leisure Centre (4) London Forum (6,7) For ticket availability go to http://www.nme.com/gigs.

Paul Weller will release a new single, ’Wild Blue Yonder’, on October 30.

The song is brand new and didn’t appear on 2005’s Top 5 ’As Is Now’ album.

The 7″ and CD version of ‘Wild Blue Yonder’ will feature another new track called ’Small Personal Fortune’, co-written with Ocean Colour Scene’s Steve Cradock, a member of Weller’s band and someone with whom Weller has collaborated before.

As previously announced on www.uncut.co.uk’s sister site, NME.COM, Weller will also undertake a winter tour of the UK and Ireland, comprising these dates:

London Forum (November 14, 15)

Dublin Olympia (17, 18)

Newcastle City Hall (20, 21)

Sheffield Octagon (23)

Glasgow Barrowlands (24, 25)

Manchester Apollo (27, 28)

Wolverhampton Civic Hall (30)

Brighton Centre (December 2)

Poole Lighthouse (3)

Gloucester Leisure Centre (4)

London Forum (6,7)

For ticket availability go to http://www.nme.com/gigs.

RON WOOD NOT OUT OF HIS TREE!

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RON WOOD NOT OUT OF HIS TREE!

To try and combat the greenhouse effect, Stones guitarslinger Ronnie Wood is creating his very own forest. Wood, instead of falling out of a tree like fellow band member Keith Richards did earlier this year, has instead been busy planting trees in the ingeniously-named ‘Ronnie Wood Wood’, in civil war-torn Mozambique's Gorongosa National Park. The Rolling Stone has teamed up with The Carbon Neutral Company to plant a new forest and everyone is encouraged to help restore the site which is currently under threat by growing population shifts in the country. Everyone who helps plant trees in the forest - tree saplings cost £17.50 - will receive a certificate of ownership designed by the rocker, who is also an acclaimed artist. For more details about Ronnie’s Wood, and his work with the Envirotrade project, log on to www.Ronniewood.com

To try and combat the greenhouse effect, Stones guitarslinger Ronnie Wood is creating his very own forest.

Wood, instead of falling out of a tree like fellow band member Keith Richards did earlier this year, has instead been busy planting trees in the ingeniously-named ‘Ronnie Wood Wood’, in civil war-torn Mozambique’s Gorongosa National Park.

The Rolling Stone has teamed up with The Carbon Neutral Company to plant a new forest and everyone is encouraged to help restore the site which is currently under threat by growing population shifts in the country.

Everyone who helps plant trees in the forest – tree saplings cost £17.50 – will receive a certificate of ownership designed by the rocker, who is also an acclaimed artist.

For more details about Ronnie’s Wood, and his work with the Envirotrade project, log on to www.Ronniewood.com

CLASSIC UNRELEASED CASH PRISON SONGS FREE NEXT YEAR

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CLASSIC UNRELEASED CASH PRISON SONGS FREE NEXT YEAR

Classic live album ‘Johnny Cash At San Quentin’ is being re-released by Columbia/Legacy in a new package early next year. The package will include 13 previously unreleased tracks, a highlight of which will be a duet with June Carter Cash on “Jackson”, as well as several other songs from the Carter Family. On June 4, 1969, Johnny Cash notoriously performed for the inmates of San Quentin prison. The concert has never been available in its entirety, the original record featuring only 10 songs from the gig. The CD/DVD set also includes a documentary, ‘Johnny Cash in San Quentin’, originally produced for Granada TV in Britain. This comprised interviews with inmates and wardens who were at San Quentin for the historic performance. The full track listing for ‘Johnny Cash at San Quentin’ is: Disc one ‘Blue Suede Shoes’ - Carl Perkins ‘Flowers on the Wall’ - The Statler Brothers ‘The Last Thing on My Mind’ - The Carter Family June Carter Cash talks to the audience ‘Wildwood Flower’ - The Carter Family ‘Big River’ - Johnny Cash ‘I Still Miss Someone’ - Johnny Cash ‘Wreck of the Old ‘97’ - Johnny Cash ‘I Walk the Line’ - Johnny Cash’ Medley: ‘The Long Black Veil/Give My Love To Rose’ - Johnny Cash ‘Folsom Prison Blues’ - Johnny Cash ‘Orange Blossom Special’ - Johnny Cash ‘Jackson’ - Johnny and June Carter Cash ‘Darlin’ Companion’ - Johnny and June Carter Cash ‘Break My Mind’ - The Carter Family ‘I Don't Know Where I'm Bound’ - Johnny Cash ‘Starkville City Jail’ - Johnny Cash Disc two ‘San Quentin’ - Johnny Cash ‘Wanted Man’ - Johnny Cash ‘Restless’ - Carl Perkins ‘A Boy Named Sue’ - Johnny Cash ‘Blistered’ - Johnny Cash ‘(There'll Be) Peace in the Valley’ - Johnny Cash ‘The Outside Looking In’ - Carl Perkins ‘Less of Me’ - The Statler Brothers ‘Ring of Fire’ - Johnny Cash with the Carter Family ‘He Turned the Water into Wine’ - Johnny Cash, Carter Family, Statler Brothers, Carl Perkins ‘Daddy Sang Bass’ - Johnny Cash, Carter Family, Statler Brothers, Carl Perkins ‘The Old Account Was Settled Long Ago’ - Johnny Cash, Carter Family, Statler Brothers, Carl Perkins ‘Medley: ‘Folsom Prison Blues/I Walk The Line/Ring Of Fire/The Rebel-Johnny Yuma’

Classic live album ‘Johnny Cash At San Quentin’ is being re-released by Columbia/Legacy in a new package early next year. The package will include 13 previously unreleased tracks, a highlight of which will be a duet with June Carter Cash on “Jackson”, as well as several other songs from the Carter Family.

On June 4, 1969, Johnny Cash notoriously performed for the inmates of San Quentin prison. The concert has never been available in its entirety, the original record featuring only 10 songs from the gig.

The CD/DVD set also includes a documentary, ‘Johnny Cash in San Quentin’, originally produced for Granada TV in Britain. This comprised interviews with inmates and wardens who were at San Quentin for the historic performance.

The full track listing for ‘Johnny Cash at San Quentin’ is:

Disc one

‘Blue Suede Shoes’ – Carl Perkins

‘Flowers on the Wall’ – The Statler Brothers

‘The Last Thing on My Mind’ – The Carter Family

June Carter Cash talks to the audience

‘Wildwood Flower’ – The Carter Family

‘Big River’ – Johnny Cash

‘I Still Miss Someone’ – Johnny Cash

‘Wreck of the Old ‘97’ – Johnny Cash

‘I Walk the Line’ – Johnny Cash’

Medley: ‘The Long Black Veil/Give My Love To Rose’ – Johnny Cash

‘Folsom Prison Blues’ – Johnny Cash

‘Orange Blossom Special’ – Johnny Cash

‘Jackson’ – Johnny and June Carter Cash

‘Darlin’ Companion’ – Johnny and June Carter Cash

‘Break My Mind’ – The Carter Family

‘I Don’t Know Where I’m Bound’ – Johnny Cash

‘Starkville City Jail’ – Johnny Cash

Disc two

‘San Quentin’ – Johnny Cash

‘Wanted Man’ – Johnny Cash

‘Restless’ – Carl Perkins

‘A Boy Named Sue’ – Johnny Cash

‘Blistered’ – Johnny Cash

‘(There’ll Be) Peace in the Valley’ – Johnny Cash

‘The Outside Looking In’ – Carl Perkins

‘Less of Me’ – The Statler Brothers

‘Ring of Fire’ – Johnny Cash with the Carter Family

‘He Turned the Water into Wine’ – Johnny Cash, Carter Family, Statler Brothers, Carl Perkins

‘Daddy Sang Bass’ – Johnny Cash, Carter Family, Statler Brothers, Carl Perkins

‘The Old Account Was Settled Long Ago’ – Johnny Cash, Carter Family, Statler Brothers, Carl Perkins

‘Medley: ‘Folsom Prison Blues/I Walk The Line/Ring Of Fire/The Rebel-Johnny Yuma’

PAUL RODGERS IS FREE AGAIN

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Thirty-six years after Free’s biggest hit “All Right Now” topped the charts the band’s singer Paul Rodgers is returning to the UK with a new tour. He told Uncut, “The set will be fairly Free-heavy, because they were so loved in England. I want to play those songs as a celebration of the DVD [Free Forever] that’s coming out”. Rodgers last toured the UK as vocalist with Queen and has plans to reunite with the group on his return to the country. “After the tour has finished I’ll be writing with Roger Taylor and Brian May. This will be the first time we’ve collaborated as songwriters and it’s possible we’ll release an album. But we just want to kick some ideas around to start with.” Rodgers also says his set will feature hits from Bad Company including “Feel Like Making Love”. He will perform the following dates in the UK: Sunday 1st October Sheffield City Hall Tuesday 3rd October London Royal Albert Hall Thursday 5th October Birmingham Symphony Hall Friday 6th October Bristol Colton Hall Sunday 8th October Manchester Lowry Theatre Monday 9th October Nottingham Royal Concert Hall Thursday 12th October Newcastle City Hall Friday 13th October Glasgow Clyde Auditorium

Thirty-six years after Free’s biggest hit “All Right Now” topped the charts the band’s singer Paul Rodgers is returning to the UK with a new tour.

He told Uncut, “The set will be fairly Free-heavy, because they were so loved in England. I want to play those songs as a celebration of the DVD [Free Forever] that’s coming out”.

Rodgers last toured the UK as vocalist with Queen and has plans to reunite with the group on his return to the country. “After the tour has finished I’ll be writing with Roger Taylor and Brian May. This will be the first time we’ve collaborated as songwriters and it’s possible we’ll release an album. But we just want to kick some ideas around to start with.”

Rodgers also says his set will feature hits from Bad Company including “Feel Like Making Love”.

He will perform the following dates in the UK:

Sunday 1st October Sheffield City Hall

Tuesday 3rd October London Royal Albert Hall

Thursday 5th October Birmingham Symphony Hall

Friday 6th October Bristol Colton Hall

Sunday 8th October Manchester Lowry Theatre

Monday 9th October Nottingham Royal Concert Hall

Thursday 12th October Newcastle City Hall

Friday 13th October Glasgow Clyde Auditorium

DOHERTY LEADS ALL-STAR TRIBUTE TO STRUMMER

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DOHERTY LEADS ALL-STAR TRIBUTE TO STRUMMER

Punk landmark “Janie Jones”, the explosive opening track from The Clash’s 1977 self-titled debut album, will hit the shops on October 30. Recorded for charity and featuring Babyshambles and Friends, the success of the project is guaranteed by the stellar nature of the 21 ‘Friends’. The guests include Carl Barat, The Rakes, Mystery Jets, The Holloways, We Are Scientists, The Paddingtons, Larrikin Love, Cazals, Noisettes, Good Books, Lady Fuzz, Kooks, Jamie T and The Guillemots. All proceeds from the single, the B-side of which will feature a solo rendition of ‘Janie Jones’ by Doherty, will go to Strummerville, the Joe Strummer Foundation for New Music. The record marks the first occasion ex-Libertines bandmate, Carl Barat, has appeared on a record with Doherty since their very public split over the latter’s drug use in summer 2004. The vocals were, however, recorded separately. Barat and Doherty’s bona fide return to joint recorded duty may be some time off… The single is being released through B-Unique.

Punk landmark “Janie Jones”, the explosive opening track from The Clash’s 1977 self-titled debut album, will hit the shops on October 30. Recorded for charity and featuring Babyshambles and Friends, the success of the project is guaranteed by the stellar nature of the 21 ‘Friends’. The guests include Carl Barat, The Rakes, Mystery Jets, The Holloways, We Are Scientists, The Paddingtons, Larrikin Love, Cazals, Noisettes, Good Books, Lady Fuzz, Kooks, Jamie T and The Guillemots.

All proceeds from the single, the B-side of which will feature a solo rendition of ‘Janie Jones’ by Doherty, will go to Strummerville, the Joe Strummer Foundation for New Music. The record marks the first occasion ex-Libertines bandmate, Carl Barat, has appeared on a record with Doherty since their very public split over the latter’s drug use in summer 2004. The vocals were, however, recorded separately. Barat and Doherty’s bona fide return to joint recorded duty may be some time off…

The single is being released through B-Unique.

JEFF BUCKLEY’S TRAGIC LIFE TO HIT BIG SCREEN

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JEFF BUCKLEY’S TRAGIC LIFE TO HIT BIG SCREEN

A new film, ‘Mystery White Boy’, is in development, covering the life and music of Jeff Buckley. The feature-length film is still in the early stages of script writing, but is likely to be released in 2008, following the 10th anniversary of his death (he drowned in 1997). The film is being produced and overseen by his mother, Mary Guibert, and written by Brian Jun, whose most recent film, the critically acclaimed Steel City, was screened at last years Sundance Film Festival. Guibert is also hoping that the film will include unheard music. No actors have been slated for the lead role. Guibert has moved to quash speculation that long-term Buckley fan Brad Pitt is in the frame. “No actors will be considered until the script is finished,” she wrote on Jeffbuckley.com. “Brad Pitt has never been asked to portray Jeff Buckley.” Meanwhile, November 17 will mark what would have been Buckley’s 40th birthday and will see birthday tributes being organised by fans by way of celebration.

A new film, ‘Mystery White Boy’, is in development, covering the life and music of Jeff Buckley. The feature-length film is still in the early stages of script writing, but is likely to be released in 2008, following the 10th anniversary of his death (he drowned in 1997).

The film is being produced and overseen by his mother, Mary Guibert, and written by Brian Jun, whose most recent film, the critically acclaimed Steel City, was screened at last years Sundance Film Festival. Guibert is also hoping that the film will include unheard music.

No actors have been slated for the lead role. Guibert has moved to quash speculation that long-term Buckley fan Brad Pitt is in the frame. “No actors will be considered until the script is finished,” she wrote on Jeffbuckley.com. “Brad Pitt has never been asked to portray Jeff Buckley.”

Meanwhile, November 17 will mark what would have been Buckley’s 40th birthday and will see birthday tributes being organised by fans by way of celebration.

U2 Make Exhibition Of Themselves

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U2 Make Exhibition Of Themselves

A photo signed by all members of U2 will be the centrepiece of an exhibition by NME photographer Kevin Westenberg. The shot will be auctioned for Concern Worldwide a charity devoted to eliminating suffering in the world's poorest countries. Auction bids will be taken through out the exhibition. The shot was taken during the bands Vertigo tour in Arizona. The 'Idyll Worship' exhibition will take place from September 22-October 28 at the Blink Gallery in London. For full details go to kevinwestenberg.com

A photo signed by all members of U2 will be the centrepiece of an exhibition by NME photographer Kevin Westenberg.

The shot will be auctioned for Concern Worldwide a charity devoted to eliminating suffering in the world’s poorest countries.

Auction bids will be taken through out the exhibition.

The shot was taken during the bands Vertigo tour in Arizona.

The ‘Idyll Worship’ exhibition will take place from September 22-October 28 at the Blink Gallery in London.

For full details go to kevinwestenberg.com

Modfather plays In The City for first time in two decades

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Modfather plays In The City for first time in two decades

Dirty Pretty Things were joined onstage by Paul Weller at a one-off road safety gig in London last night (September 13). The Modfather teamed-up with the band for Jam classic 'In The City' - the first time he's played the track in 26 years - after helping out on guitar for their debut album track 'Gin & Milk' at the London Coronet. The gig was held in support of the Make Roads Safe international campaign, an initiative which is calling on the G8 to take action over road traffic injuries that kill more than 1.2 million people around the world, the majority in developing countries. Dirty Pretty Things got behind the campaign after three teenage girls - sisters Claire and Jennifer Stoddart and their friend Carla Took - were all killed in an accident driving home from one of the band's gigs in Ipswich in July. Dedicating the track 'B.U.R.M.A.' to the trio, singer Carl Barat, who returned to guitar duties after recovering from a broken collarbone, said: "I just wanna remind you what this gig is all about. This goes out to Claire, Jennifer, Carla and their families who are in the audience tonight." Earlier, Make Roads Safe projections were flashed up on a giant TV screen before presenter Russell Brand was heckled as he handed out signed plates, cake and strands of hair from each member of the band during the build-up to the gig. As well as performing hits from their debut 'Waterloo To Anywhere', the four-piece also threw new track 'Chinese Dogs' into their set. Dirty Pretty Things played: 'You Fucking Love It' 'Wondering' 'Blood Thirsty Bastards' 'The Gentry Cove' 'Doctors & Dealers' 'Puffin On A Coffin Nail' 'Deadwood' 'The Enemy' 'Chinese Dogs' 'Gin & Milk' 'If You Love A Woman' 'Last Of The Small Town Playboys' 'Bang Bang You're Dead' 'B.U.R.M.A' 'In The City' 'I Get Along' Meanwhile Dirty Pretty Things have confirmed a winter tour, they play: Liverpool University (November 25) Birmingham Academy (26) Nottingham Rock City (27) Leeds University Refectory (28) Manchester Apollo (29) Cambridge Corn Exchange (December 1) London Brixton Academy (3) Newcastle Academy (7) Glasgow Academy (8) Sheffield Octagon (9) Bristol Academy (11) Lincoln Engine Shed (12) Norwich UEA (13) Folkestone Lees Cliff Hall (15) Oxford Brooks (16) Tickets go on sale at 9am on Friday (September 15). For ticket availability after then go to NME.COM/Gigs. The band also release single 'Wondering' on September 25, with DVD 'Puffing On A Coffin Nail: Live At The Forum' following on October 16.

Dirty Pretty Things were joined onstage by Paul Weller at a one-off road safety gig in London last night (September 13).

The Modfather teamed-up with the band for Jam classic ‘In The City’ – the first time he’s played the track in 26 years – after helping out on guitar for their debut album track ‘Gin & Milk’ at the London Coronet.

The gig was held in support of the Make Roads Safe international campaign, an initiative which is calling on the G8 to take action over road traffic injuries that kill more than 1.2 million people around the world, the majority in developing countries.

Dirty Pretty Things got behind the campaign after three teenage girls – sisters Claire and Jennifer Stoddart and their friend Carla Took – were all killed in an accident driving home from one of the band’s gigs in Ipswich in July.

Dedicating the track ‘B.U.R.M.A.’ to the trio, singer Carl Barat, who returned to guitar duties after recovering from a broken collarbone, said: “I just wanna remind you what this gig is all about. This goes out to Claire, Jennifer, Carla and their families who are in the audience tonight.”

Earlier, Make Roads Safe projections were flashed up on a giant TV screen before presenter Russell Brand was heckled as he handed out signed plates, cake and strands of hair from each member of the band during the build-up to the gig.

As well as performing hits from their debut ‘Waterloo To Anywhere’, the four-piece also threw new track ‘Chinese Dogs’ into their set.

Dirty Pretty Things played:

‘You Fucking Love It’

‘Wondering’

‘Blood Thirsty Bastards’

‘The Gentry Cove’

‘Doctors & Dealers’

‘Puffin On A Coffin Nail’

‘Deadwood’

‘The Enemy’

‘Chinese Dogs’

‘Gin & Milk’

‘If You Love A Woman’

‘Last Of The Small Town Playboys’

‘Bang Bang You’re Dead’

‘B.U.R.M.A’

‘In The City’

‘I Get Along’

Meanwhile Dirty Pretty Things have confirmed a winter tour, they play:

Liverpool University (November 25)

Birmingham Academy (26)

Nottingham Rock City (27)

Leeds University Refectory (28)

Manchester Apollo (29)

Cambridge Corn Exchange (December 1)

London Brixton Academy (3)

Newcastle Academy (7)

Glasgow Academy (8)

Sheffield Octagon (9)

Bristol Academy (11)

Lincoln Engine Shed (12)

Norwich UEA (13)

Folkestone Lees Cliff Hall (15)

Oxford Brooks (16)

Tickets go on sale at 9am on Friday (September 15). For ticket availability after then go to NME.COM/Gigs.

The band also release single ‘Wondering’ on September 25, with DVD ‘Puffing On A Coffin Nail: Live At The Forum’ following on October 16.

Paul McCartney to premiere new music in London

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Paul McCartney to premiere new music in London

The world premiere of Paul McCartney's new classical album 'Ecce Cor Meum (Behold My Heart)' is to be held in London later this year. The same cast that appeared on the studio recording, which is released on September 25, will perform at the Royal Albert Hall on November 3. 'Ecce Cor Meum (Behold My Heart)' is The Beatles' legend's fourth classical album since his 1991 debut, 'The Liverpool Oratorio'. Tickets go on sale from today (September 22). For availability go to NME.COM/Gigs or visit royalalberthall.com.

The world premiere of Paul McCartney’s new classical album ‘Ecce Cor Meum (Behold My Heart)’ is to be held in London later this year.

The same cast that appeared on the studio recording, which is released on September 25, will perform at the Royal Albert Hall on November 3.

‘Ecce Cor Meum (Behold My Heart)’ is The Beatles’ legend’s fourth classical album since his 1991 debut, ‘The Liverpool Oratorio’.

Tickets go on sale from today (September 22).

For availability go to NME.COM/Gigs or visit royalalberthall.com.

The Rolling Stones tour news

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The Rolling Stones kicked off the second North American leg of their 'A Bigger Bang' world tour last night (September 20) where they started it a year ago - in Boston. Despite returning to familiar climes, the audience at the Gillette Stadium were treated to a notably different setlist than the one the band had been playing in Europe this summer. Among the surprises were a cover of The Temptations' 1966 hit 'Ain't To Proud To Beg' and a run through back catalogue songs like 'Monkey Man', 'Sweet Virginia', 'Under My Thumb' plus the Keith Richards-fronted 'You Got The Silver' and 'Little T&A'. The band played: 'Paint It Black' 'Live With Me' 'Monkey Man' 'Sway' 'Sweet Virginia' 'Streets Of Love' 'Ain't Too Proud To Beg' 'Midnight Rambler' 'Tumbling Dice' 'You Got The Silver' 'Little T&A' 'Under My Thumb' 'Rough Justice' 'Jumping Jack Flash' 'Honky Tonk Women' 'Sympathy For The Devil' 'Start Me Up' '(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction' 'Brown Sugar' The tour now calls at: Halifax Commons (September 23) New Jersey Giants Stadium (27) Louisville Churchill Downs Race Track (29) Wichita Cessna Stadium (October 1) Missoula Grizzly Stadium (4) Regina Mosiac Stadium (6/8) Chicago Soldier Field (11) Seattle Qwest Field (17) El Paso Sun Bowl (20) Austin Zilker Park (22) Atlantic City Boardwalk Hall (27) Vancouver BC Place (November 3) Oakland McAfee Coliseum (5) Glendale Cardinals Stadium (8) Las Vegas MGM Grand Garden Arena (11) Boise Idaho Center (14) Los Angeles Dodger Stadium (18) Honolulu Aloha Stadium (22)

The Rolling Stones kicked off the second North American leg of their ‘A Bigger Bang’ world tour last night (September 20) where they started it a year ago – in Boston.

Despite returning to familiar climes, the audience at the Gillette Stadium were treated to a notably different setlist than the one the band had been playing in Europe this summer.

Among the surprises were a cover of The Temptations’ 1966 hit ‘Ain’t To Proud To Beg’ and a run through back catalogue songs like ‘Monkey Man’, ‘Sweet Virginia’, ‘Under My Thumb’ plus the Keith Richards-fronted ‘You Got The Silver’ and ‘Little T&A’.

The band played:

‘Paint It Black’

‘Live With Me’

‘Monkey Man’

‘Sway’

‘Sweet Virginia’

‘Streets Of Love’

‘Ain’t Too Proud To Beg’

‘Midnight Rambler’

‘Tumbling Dice’

‘You Got The Silver’

‘Little T&A’

‘Under My Thumb’

‘Rough Justice’

‘Jumping Jack Flash’

‘Honky Tonk Women’

‘Sympathy For The Devil’

‘Start Me Up’

‘(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction’

‘Brown Sugar’

The tour now calls at:

Halifax Commons (September 23)

New Jersey Giants Stadium (27)

Louisville Churchill Downs Race Track (29)

Wichita Cessna Stadium (October 1)

Missoula Grizzly Stadium (4)

Regina Mosiac Stadium (6/8)

Chicago Soldier Field (11)

Seattle Qwest Field (17)

El Paso Sun Bowl (20)

Austin Zilker Park (22)

Atlantic City Boardwalk Hall (27)

Vancouver BC Place (November 3)

Oakland McAfee Coliseum (5)

Glendale Cardinals Stadium (8)

Las Vegas MGM Grand Garden Arena (11)

Boise Idaho Center (14)

Los Angeles Dodger Stadium (18)

Honolulu Aloha Stadium (22)

Watch footage from the new U2 DVD

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‘U2 Zoo TV Live from Sydney’ is released this week by Island Records. As well as the legendary live show, the new release comes with a bonus DVD, featuring live tracks, mini-documentaries and the famous Zoo TV ‘Interference’. Directed by David Mallet and filmed at the Sydney Football Stadium, Australia in November 1993, Zoo TV Live From Sydney has previously only been available on VHS. The DVD includes never seen before footage from the ‘video confessional’ - a room in the outdoor stadium where people went to announce their secrets to the world, alongside a series of mini documentaries and much more. Uncut.co.uk has got exclusive footage of U2 performing ‘Angel Of Harlem’ for you to watch. Simply click on the links below to view. Windows Media - lo / hi

‘U2 Zoo TV Live from Sydney’ is released this week by Island Records. As well as the legendary live show, the new release comes with a bonus DVD, featuring live tracks, mini-documentaries and the famous Zoo TV ‘Interference’.

Directed by David Mallet and filmed at the Sydney Football Stadium, Australia in November 1993, Zoo TV Live From Sydney has previously only been available on VHS.

The DVD includes never seen before footage from the ‘video confessional’ – a room in the outdoor stadium where people went to announce their secrets to the world, alongside a series of mini documentaries and much more.

Uncut.co.uk has got exclusive footage of U2 performing ‘Angel Of Harlem’ for you to watch. Simply click on the links below to view.

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Grunge is dirt.

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Grunge is dirt. It is the scum that sticks to your bathtub. Grungey rock ‘n’ roll is dirty, salacious, raw and usually steeped in black humor. When Uncut asked me to compile my favorite songs of the Grunge Era I was a little stuck. I know it’s supposed to be the late 80s and early 90s, but there isn’t a whole lotta “grunge” in what is commonly thought of as the Grunge Era. Most of the big records of the time are clean and polished. The first grungey recordings coincide with the beginning of recorded music; King Oliver, Charley Patton, Jimmy Rodgers, and Ma Rainey have more grime, grit and sleaze than any of the major players of the 80s & 90s. With that in mind here, in roughly chronological order, are 20 of my favorite "grunge" rock songs: Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band - Diddy Wah Diddy Driven by a stomping fuzzed out bass, the Captain howls wolf-style, turning Bo Diddley’s easy going shuffle into a menacing beast. Sonics – He’s Waiting Slashed speakers blast a proto metal riff in the verse and a proto punk chorus. Who’s waiting for the girl who done screamer Gerry Roslie, wrong? Satan, of course. Stooges - Fun House Bass & drums lay down a relentless groove while guitar, sax and the Ig strafe the landscape. When Iggy tells the band to “bring it down” the hi-hat closes, that’s it, everything else continues full-on. This is what jazz-rock fusion could have been. Hawkwind - Master Of The Universe (Space Ritual version) Electronic sheets of sound, three fuzzed guitar chords, double-time proto-punk rock drumming, Lemmy’s distorto bass attack, duck-quack processed sax and solipsistic psychedelic paranoid lyrics make up this space grunge classic. The Mentally Ill - Gacy's Place Featuring a guitar so fried-out it barely exists and the charming chorus ”Fucking your kids, they1re fucking your kids now!” This is probably the grungiest record ever released. The b-sides, “Padded Cell” and “Tumor Boy” only add weight to my case. Cramps - I Can’t Find My Mind A slow, loping, thrusting superfuzz riff grinds away while Lux Interior drinks wine out of his pumps and dry humps the monitors in search of his brain. Black Flag - Life of Pain Despite its dangerous rep, most punk rock was pretty catchy and tuneful. Black Flag’s Greg Ginn wrote songs with tritones and other disharmonies. Life Of Pain is a great example of this, especially the intro and outro of the song. Black Flag grew their hair and pissed off the punks to no end. I couldn’t believe how easy it was to rattle these goofballs. It was like the reaction Dylan got when he plugged in, only WAY more violent. I immediately knew whose side I was on. I’m no purist. Flipper - Love Canal Nearly all Flipper songs are slow and feature a single simple bass riff and drum pattern while Ted Falconi splatters discordant indecipherable feedback-drenched guitar, Jackson Pollock-style, over the proceedings. It was a ground breaking formula that further divided the punkers. “Love Canal”, in the Pete Seger tradition of topical protest songs, deals with the upstate New York neighborhood built on a toxic dumpsite with sensitive lines like, ”we seem strange, our bodies all are breaking down...we are breeding, not to children but to monsters...we are dying, our common grave is the Love Canal.” The Scientists - When Fate Deals Its Mortal Blow A hip-shaking drum pattern, three note bassline that sounds like the Sliver Apples’ oscillator and slicing swampy guitars propel Kim Salmon’s tale of impending finality. Tales of Terror - Ozzy Sporting one of the coolest intro riffs ever, this song is both loose and hard driving. Their drummer owed more to Mitch Mitchell than any punk drummer and that’s what drove their twin guitar attack. The singer (Rat’s Ass) did backflips (when he wasn’t too drunk to stand) while the band got tangled up in guitar & mic cords. Sacramento’s Tales of Terror were stunning and hugely influential to a handful of kids in Seattle. Green River covered this song which has nothing to do with Ozzy the singer, but a “girl with the hair down to her toes” who makes Rat’s Ass’ “brain go down down down down and out.” They only released one album which is in dire need of reissue. Poison 13 - My Biggest Mistake Hyper unhinged blues-punk centered on Tim Kerr’s slashing slide guitar and Mike Carrol’s raw Texas drawl. The chorus of “My biggest mistake was when I left you” gets the M Night Shyamalan treatment with the final line of the song: “in a shallow grave.” Spacemen 3 - Losing Touch With My Mind In an era when the rest of the UK was in cahoots to foist lightweight fashion-pop on the rest of the world, a couple of kids in Rugby hunkered down with guitars, fuzz pedals, their favorite records (13th Floor Elevators, Stooges, MC5, VU, Suicide, JJ Cale, Staple Singers) and a big-ass pile of drugs. They staggered out of the bunker in 1986 clutching their first album Sound “f Confusion. “Losing Touch With My Mind” is the Eureka! moment that sets the whole thing off. Nirvana - Negative Creep Simple downstroke chugging with gaps filled by Iommiesque string bends and Kurdt screaming Œtill his eyes pop, vault Negative Creep to the top of the Kings of Grunge grungiest song pile. Drunks With Guns - Dick In One Hand “I got my dick in one hand and a rope in the other.” This song explored the subtleties of autoerotic asphyxiation, long before Michael Hutchence made it cool, by repeating the aforementioned line over two crunching chords until the whole thing stops, dead. Laughing Hyenas - Crawl This is a creeping world-gone-wrong song sung by the most intense man in showbiz, John Brannon (currently fronting Easy Action). Things seem dour enough during the verses, but when John hits the choruses his voice is the aural equivalent of a flamethrower. Draining, severe and purifying. Monster Magnet - Elephant Bell This little number comes complete with tribal stooge drumming, backwards big muff wah guitar and the line “my dick just got a million times bigger.” What more could you want? Kyuss - Asteroid Sub Pop founder Bruce Pavitt would often promote grunge as being “heavy and sexy.” Well, it doesn’t get any heavier & sexier than this instrumental from Welcome To Sky Valley. The song begins with a guitar that’s tuned so loose the strings sound like they might pop off the nut or slip off the bridge. Then, when the whole band kicks in, the groove gets canyon deep. The song ends with the band playing in tighter and faster concentric circles until the nut does indeed pop. Cheater Slicks - Ghost Most Velvets influenced outfits conveniently disregard the darkest and ugliest aspects of that band. The noise and abandon of “Sister Ray” lies at the heart of the Cheater Slicks. You can hear its influence in any of their songs, which don’t, by the way, strictly ape the Velvets. We at Mudhoney Inc were so stricken by this song that we covered it less than a year after it was released. Black Mountain - Druganaut (extended) The Meters’ groove gets pulled into Black Sabbath’s orbit trailing a haunting keyboard drone. Boy/girl vocal harmonies add to the song’s brilliance. The album version is great, but you can really lose yourself in the 8 minute extended mix. Comets On Fire - The Swallow’s Eye From their stunning new album Avatar comes this frenetic sprawling polymorphous attack that1s both mind and back bending. The Comets conjure Split, Space Ritual, After Bathing At Baxter’s and Population II via the smoke of punk. If you fail to get a charge from this you must be dead inside. -Mark Arm

Grunge is dirt. It is the scum that sticks to your bathtub. Grungey rock ‘n’ roll is dirty, salacious, raw and usually steeped in black humor. When Uncut asked me to compile my favorite songs of the Grunge Era I was a little stuck. I know it’s supposed to be the late 80s and early 90s, but there isn’t a whole lotta “grunge” in what is commonly thought of as the Grunge Era. Most of the big records of the time are clean and polished. The first grungey recordings coincide with the beginning of recorded music; King Oliver, Charley Patton, Jimmy Rodgers, and Ma Rainey have more grime, grit and sleaze than any of the major players of the 80s & 90s. With that in mind here, in roughly chronological order, are 20 of my favorite “grunge” rock songs:

Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band – Diddy Wah Diddy

Driven by a stomping fuzzed out bass, the Captain howls wolf-style, turning Bo Diddley’s easy going shuffle into a menacing beast.

Sonics – He’s Waiting

Slashed speakers blast a proto metal riff in the verse and a proto punk chorus. Who’s waiting for the girl who done screamer Gerry Roslie, wrong? Satan, of course.

Stooges – Fun House

Bass & drums lay down a relentless groove while guitar, sax and the Ig strafe the landscape. When Iggy tells the band to “bring it down” the hi-hat closes, that’s it, everything else continues full-on. This is what jazz-rock fusion could have been.

Hawkwind – Master Of The Universe (Space Ritual version)

Electronic sheets of sound, three fuzzed guitar chords, double-time proto-punk rock drumming, Lemmy’s distorto bass attack, duck-quack processed sax and solipsistic psychedelic paranoid lyrics make up this space grunge classic.

The Mentally Ill – Gacy’s Place

Featuring a guitar so fried-out it barely exists and the charming chorus ”Fucking your kids, they1re fucking your kids now!” This is probably the grungiest record ever released. The b-sides, “Padded Cell” and “Tumor Boy” only add weight to my case.

Cramps – I Can’t Find My Mind

A slow, loping, thrusting superfuzz riff grinds away while Lux Interior drinks wine out of his pumps and dry humps the monitors in search of his brain.

Black Flag – Life of Pain

Despite its dangerous rep, most punk rock was pretty catchy and tuneful. Black Flag’s Greg Ginn wrote songs with tritones and other disharmonies. Life Of Pain is a great example of this, especially the intro and outro of the song. Black Flag grew their hair and pissed off the punks to no end. I couldn’t believe how easy it was to rattle these goofballs. It was like the reaction Dylan got when he plugged in, only WAY more violent. I immediately knew whose side I was on. I’m no purist.

Flipper – Love Canal

Nearly all Flipper songs are slow and feature a single simple bass riff and drum pattern while Ted Falconi splatters discordant indecipherable feedback-drenched guitar, Jackson Pollock-style, over the proceedings. It was a ground breaking formula that further divided the punkers. “Love Canal”, in the Pete Seger tradition of topical protest songs, deals with the upstate New York neighborhood built on a toxic dumpsite with sensitive lines like, ”we seem strange, our bodies all are breaking down…we are breeding, not to children but to monsters…we are dying, our common grave is the Love Canal.”

The Scientists – When Fate Deals Its Mortal Blow

A hip-shaking drum pattern, three note bassline that sounds like the Sliver Apples’ oscillator and slicing swampy guitars propel Kim Salmon’s tale of impending finality.

Tales of Terror – Ozzy

Sporting one of the coolest intro riffs ever, this song is both loose and hard driving. Their drummer owed more to Mitch Mitchell than any punk drummer and that’s what drove their twin guitar attack. The singer (Rat’s Ass) did backflips (when he wasn’t too drunk to stand) while the band got tangled up in guitar & mic cords. Sacramento’s Tales of Terror were stunning and hugely influential to a handful of kids in Seattle. Green River covered this song which has nothing to do with Ozzy the singer, but a “girl with the hair down to her toes” who makes Rat’s Ass’ “brain go down down down down and out.” They only released one album which is in dire need of reissue.

Poison 13 – My Biggest Mistake

Hyper unhinged blues-punk centered on Tim Kerr’s slashing slide guitar and Mike Carrol’s raw Texas drawl. The chorus of “My biggest mistake was when I left you” gets the M Night Shyamalan treatment with the final line of the song: “in a shallow grave.”

Spacemen 3 – Losing Touch With My Mind

In an era when the rest of the UK was in cahoots to foist lightweight fashion-pop on the rest of the world, a couple of kids in Rugby hunkered down with guitars, fuzz pedals, their favorite records (13th Floor Elevators, Stooges, MC5, VU, Suicide, JJ Cale, Staple Singers) and a big-ass pile of drugs. They staggered out of the bunker in 1986 clutching their first album Sound “f Confusion. “Losing Touch With My Mind” is the Eureka! moment that sets the whole thing off.

Nirvana – Negative Creep

Simple downstroke chugging with gaps filled by Iommiesque string bends and Kurdt screaming Œtill his eyes pop, vault Negative Creep to the top of the Kings of Grunge grungiest song pile.

Drunks With Guns – Dick In One Hand

“I got my dick in one hand and a rope in the other.” This song explored the subtleties of autoerotic asphyxiation, long before Michael Hutchence made it cool, by repeating the aforementioned line over two crunching chords until the whole thing stops, dead.

Laughing Hyenas – Crawl

This is a creeping world-gone-wrong song sung by the most intense man in showbiz, John Brannon (currently fronting Easy Action). Things seem dour enough during the verses, but when John hits the choruses his voice is the aural equivalent of a flamethrower. Draining, severe and purifying.

Monster Magnet – Elephant Bell

This little number comes complete with tribal stooge drumming, backwards big muff wah guitar and the line “my dick just got a million times bigger.” What more could you want?

Kyuss – Asteroid

Sub Pop founder Bruce Pavitt would often promote grunge as being “heavy and sexy.” Well, it doesn’t get any heavier & sexier than this instrumental from Welcome To Sky Valley. The song begins with a guitar that’s tuned so loose the strings sound like they might pop off the nut or slip off the bridge. Then, when the whole band kicks in, the groove gets canyon deep. The song ends with the band playing in tighter and faster concentric circles until the nut does indeed pop.

Cheater Slicks – Ghost

Most Velvets influenced outfits conveniently disregard the darkest and ugliest aspects of that band. The noise and abandon of “Sister Ray” lies at the heart of the Cheater Slicks. You can hear its influence in any of their songs, which don’t, by the way, strictly ape the Velvets. We at Mudhoney Inc were so stricken by this song that we covered it less than a year after it was released.

Black Mountain – Druganaut (extended)

The Meters’ groove gets pulled into Black Sabbath’s orbit trailing a haunting keyboard drone. Boy/girl vocal harmonies add to the song’s brilliance. The album version is great, but you can really lose yourself in the 8 minute extended mix.

Comets On Fire – The Swallow’s Eye

From their stunning new album Avatar comes this frenetic sprawling polymorphous attack that1s both mind and back bending. The Comets conjure Split, Space Ritual, After Bathing At Baxter’s and Population II via the smoke of punk. If you fail to get a charge from this you must be dead inside.

-Mark Arm

Franz Ferdinand star goes solo

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Franz Ferdinand star goes solo

Franz Ferdinand guitarist Nick McCarthy has announced details of his side project's album. Box Codax, which features the star and bandmate Alexander Ragnew, are set to release their debut LP, 'Only An Orchard Away', on September 4. The duo also promise to release a new EP every six months. The pair first met when they were introduced to each other as teenagers in a club in Munich run by McCarthy's brother, however shortly afterwards Ragnew moved to Toulouse and McCarthy to Glasgow. Their collaborations continued at distance, and were eventually paused when Franz Ferdinand took off. It's understood Box Codax are currently planning live dates for later this year. © IPC MEDIA 1996-2006, All rights reserved

Franz Ferdinand guitarist Nick McCarthy has announced details of his side project’s album.

Box Codax, which features the star and bandmate Alexander Ragnew, are set to release their debut LP, ‘Only An Orchard Away’, on September 4.

The duo also promise to release a new EP every six months.

The pair first met when they were introduced to each other as teenagers in a club in Munich run by McCarthy’s brother, however shortly afterwards Ragnew moved to Toulouse and McCarthy to Glasgow.

Their collaborations continued at distance, and were eventually paused when Franz Ferdinand took off.

It’s understood Box Codax are currently planning live dates for later this year.

© IPC MEDIA 1996-2006, All rights reserved

Rare John Lennon footage unearthed

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Rare John Lennon footage unearthed

Yoko Ono has allowed some rare footage of John Lennon to be seen for the first time. The archive material, which is featured in new documentary 'The US Vs John Lennon',was given to two filmmakers by Lennon's widow. Directors David Leaf and John Scheinfeld got access to Ono's home movies, wedding photographs and unfinished films. The film focuses on the period between 1966 and 1976 when Lennon was an anti-war activist and had trouble qualifying for US citizenship. Ono said: "Of all the documentaries that have been made about John, this is the one he would have loved." Director Leaf: "It's definitely a forgotten story. The vast majority of people who lived through that period and knew something about the Lennon case haven't thought about it in a really long time. For anyone born since then, it's probably an unknown story." The film has it premiere at the Venice Film Festival, which takes place between August 30 - September 9. © IPC MEDIA 1996-200

Yoko Ono has allowed some rare footage of John Lennon to be seen for the first time.

The archive material, which is featured in new documentary ‘The US Vs John Lennon’,was given to two filmmakers by Lennon’s widow.

Directors David Leaf and John Scheinfeld got access to Ono’s home movies, wedding photographs and unfinished films.

The film focuses on the period between 1966 and 1976 when Lennon was an anti-war activist and had trouble qualifying for US citizenship.

Ono said: “Of all the documentaries that have been made about John, this is the one he would have loved.”

Director Leaf: “It’s definitely a forgotten story. The vast majority of people who lived through that period and knew something about the Lennon case haven’t thought about it in a really long time. For anyone born since then, it’s probably an unknown story.”

The film has it premiere at the Venice Film Festival, which takes place between August 30 – September 9.

© IPC MEDIA 1996-200

Storm over Freddie Mercury birthday tribute

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Storm over Freddie Mercury birthday tribute

A tribute to late Queen singer Freddie Mercury in his birthplace of Zanzibar has come under threat from a Muslim group. The singer would have been 60 tomorrow (September 5) and a beach party to mark the occasion is planned on the island for this Saturday (9). However, a Muslim group on the island has objected, saying that Mercury's openly gay lifestyle violated Islam, and has called for the event to be cancelled. Zanzibar outlawed homosexual acts in 2004, attracting worldwide criticism. Abdullah Said Ali, head of the Association for Islamic Mobilisation and Propagation (Uamsho) told BBC News: "We do not want to give our young generation the idea that homosexuals are accepted in Zanzibar. We have a religious obligation to protect morals in society and anyone who corrupts Islamic morals should be stopped." Though Zanzibar's Ministry of Culture has said it is unaware of the issue, Uamsho has threatened to hold demonstrations if the party goes ahead and, as expected, attracts gay tourists from all around the world, Mercury was born Farrokh Bulsara to Persian parents on September 4 1946, though it is not believed he ever returned to his birthplace.

A tribute to late Queen singer Freddie Mercury in his birthplace of Zanzibar has come under threat from a Muslim group.

The singer would have been 60 tomorrow (September 5) and a beach party to mark the occasion is planned on the island for this Saturday (9).

However, a Muslim group on the island has objected, saying that Mercury’s openly gay lifestyle violated Islam, and has called for the event to be cancelled.

Zanzibar outlawed homosexual acts in 2004, attracting worldwide criticism.

Abdullah Said Ali, head of the Association for Islamic Mobilisation and Propagation (Uamsho) told BBC News: “We do not want to give our young generation the idea that homosexuals are accepted in Zanzibar. We have a religious obligation to protect morals in society and anyone who corrupts Islamic morals should be stopped.”

Though Zanzibar’s Ministry of Culture has said it is unaware of the issue, Uamsho has threatened to hold demonstrations if the party goes ahead and, as expected, attracts gay tourists from all around the world,

Mercury was born Farrokh Bulsara to Persian parents on September 4 1946, though it is not believed he ever returned to his birthplace.

Arthur Lee: March 7, 1945 – August 3, 2006

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Arthur Lee: March 7, 1945 – August 3, 2006

Arthur Lee, founder of Love, the Sixties psychedelic folk rock band whose Forever Changes album is one of the decade’s finest, has died, aged 61. Lee passed away yesterday (August 3) after battling leukemia. Arthur Lee was born Arthur Taylor Porter in Tennessee in 1945. His family moved to LA and in his late teens, he formed a series of groups whose styles ranged from R&B to surf music. In 1965, Lee experienced an epiphany on hearing The Byrds. He began auditions for a new band, which would eventually become Love - among the first racially mixed rock groups. Love would later declare himself “the first black hippie.” Despite their folk/rock influences and their ostensible, psychedelic mellowness, Love were deceptive and full of acid twists; songs like their 1966 near-hit, the punkish, explosive “Seven And Seven Is” and “The Red Telephone”, with its fadeout foreboding of totalitarianism were apocalyptic, divining a mushroom cloud in 1967’s silver lining. Surly and strung out on heroin, Love fell apart at their height. 1967’s Forever Changes is their masterpiece. They fatally passed up the chance to play the Monterey festival that year and slid into decline. A solo career saw Lee dabble unsuccessfully in soul, then disappear before re-emerging in the 90s to bask in the retrospective adoration of those who recognised the importance of Love’s fractured, squandered, brilliant legacy. Lee’s final years were blighted by a 1996 jail sentence for possessing a firearm but he was released in 2001 to tour the world with a reincarnation of Love. Following his diagnosis with leukaemia in April 2006, a benefit concert was arranged, featuring Robert Plant, Yo La Tengo and Ryan Adams, a roster whose span reflects the diverse range of Arthur Lee’s godlike influence. By David Stubbs

Arthur Lee, founder of Love, the Sixties psychedelic folk rock band whose Forever Changes album is one of the decade’s finest, has died, aged 61. Lee passed away yesterday (August 3) after battling leukemia.

Arthur Lee was born Arthur Taylor Porter in Tennessee in 1945. His family moved to LA and in his late teens, he formed a series of groups whose styles ranged from R&B to surf music. In 1965, Lee experienced an epiphany on hearing The Byrds. He began auditions for a new band, which would eventually become Love – among the first racially mixed rock groups. Love would later declare himself “the first black hippie.”

Despite their folk/rock influences and their ostensible, psychedelic mellowness, Love were deceptive and full of acid twists; songs like their 1966 near-hit, the punkish, explosive “Seven And Seven Is” and “The Red Telephone”, with its fadeout foreboding of totalitarianism were apocalyptic, divining a mushroom cloud in 1967’s silver lining. Surly and strung out on heroin, Love fell apart at their height. 1967’s Forever Changes is their masterpiece. They fatally passed up the chance to play the Monterey festival that year and slid into decline.

A solo career saw Lee dabble unsuccessfully in soul, then disappear before re-emerging in the 90s to bask in the retrospective adoration of those who recognised the importance of Love’s fractured, squandered, brilliant legacy. Lee’s final years were blighted by a 1996 jail sentence for possessing a firearm but he was released in 2001 to tour the world with a reincarnation of Love. Following his diagnosis with leukaemia in April 2006, a benefit concert was arranged, featuring Robert Plant, Yo La Tengo and Ryan Adams, a roster whose span reflects the diverse range of Arthur Lee’s godlike influence.

By David Stubbs

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