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Billy Corgan Writes Theme Song For Jessica Simpson’s Reality SHow
Billy Corgan spoke with the Chicago Tribute about plans to release 44 new Smashing Pumpkins songs for free online due to his frustration with the music industry, as well as his much publicized collaboration with Jessica Simpson, which the 42-year-old said was for her coming VH1 reality show, ‘The Price of Beauty’.
“She asked me to help her out on the theme song for her new TV show,” Corgan explained. “(The show) has an interesting concept. She goes around the world to show how different people perceive beauty. I ended up writing part of (the theme song). It has a little bit of an alternative rock edge, but it’s still very pop-y.”
Them Crooked Vultures To Release 2nd Album By Year’s End
Them Crooked Vultures bassist John Paul Jones tells Stuff.co.nz that he, Dave Grohl and Josh Homme plan to record their second album that will be released before year’s end. “We’ll do a second album this year,” he explained. “By the end of summer, something like that… We’re all hard workers. In a way we need to do this for ourselves. Once we committed to it we worked as hard as a young band would, put the hours in. It’s got to be good – we’ve got reputations to uphold more than anything else.”
Perla Hudson Gets Stood Up By Slash On Valentine’s Day
Slash’s wife Perla Hudson wasn’t too happy with the Velvet Revolver guitarist over the weekend, since she was getting stood up on Valentine’ Day. Perla told her Twitter followers:
Been stood up on vday. Got a hotel for vday and fu**er says he has to go back to the studio. I know music is first but wtf! What about romance
On route to. A titty bar
I’m spending vday giving bitches$ to see their titties
Pete Wentz: Fall Out Boy “Just On A Break”
Fall Out Boy bassist Pete Wentz offered some peace upon landing at Miami International Airport on Friday (February 5) in Miami, Florida. Wentz was in town to deejay at the launch of new Tide Plus Febreze Freshness Sport at the W. While there, he spoke with E! Online about the future of the band. “We’re just on a break,” he explained. “I think that after having Bronx, and with my wife [Ashlee Simpson] having this much of a workload right now, it has been such a good thing for me. There’s nothing I wanna be better at in the world than being a dad.”
Brian Johnson: Bono Should Do His Charity Work In Private
AC/DC frontman Brian Johnson isn’t impressed with the charity work done by musical peers like Bono of U2 and Bob Geldof, preferring to donate in private. “I do it myself, I don’t tell everybody I’m doing it,” Johnson told the Herald Sun. “I don’t tell everybody they should give money – they can’t afford it. When I was a working man I didn’t want to go to a concert for some bastard to talk down to me that I should be thinking of some kid in Africa. I’m sorry mate, do it yourself, spend some of your own money and get it done. It just makes me angry. I become all tyrannical.”
Pete Wentz: I’m Not In Fall Out Boy Right Now
Just after Pete Wentz talked about not knowing the future of Fall Out Boy or if it would include him, the band’s frontman Patrick Stump tells Spin.com he’s not in the band.
“I’m not in Fall Out Boy right now,” the 25-year-old explained. “But one way or another, the band will always be around. Steven Tyler isn’t in Aerosmith anymore, but his gravestone will probably say something about Aerosmith. Whether we play again or not, I don’t know. If we do, it will be for the right reasons. If we don’t, it will also be for the right reasons.”
Pete Wentz Doesn’t Know Fall Out Boy’s Future
Pete Wentz checked in on his official web site blog at PeteWentz.com on Tuesday (February 2) to discuss the future of Fall Out Boy. The bassist writes:
To make it perfectly clear.
I don’t know the future of Fall Out Boy. It’s embarrassing to say one thing and then have the future dictate another. As far as I know, Fall Out Boy is on break. (no one wants to say the “h” word). As much as I don’t have a solo project, I also can’t predict that I’d ever play in Fall Out Boy again. Not due to personal relationships as much as a band we grew apart. In this statement I’d like to include there is the possibility that FOB will play again with out me or I will be a part of it when everyone is on the same page. It is no one’s fault and there is no animosity about the decision. I felt as fans you deserve to know. There is no singular reason for this. The side projects or bands are supported by all members of the band. I am the single biggest fan of FOB and if this is our legacy than so be it. I am proud of it.
Pete Doherty Fined For Bringing Heroine Into Court
Pete Doherty was in court on Wednesday to plead guilty to possessing heroine during a court appearance on December 21st. The Babyshambles frontman insisted he didn’t know the heroin was there and was fined £750 with £1,000 costs. It was Doherty’s 22nd drugs conviction.
His lawyer Bruce Clark told District Judge Joti Boparai: “He was in a rush to get to court. He was handed a coat and he didn’t check the pockets. He feels very stupid. This was no mickey-take, it was a mistake.”
Julian Casablancas Unhappy With RCA Support On Solo LP
Julian Casablancas spoke with New York Magazine about his solo album ‘Phrazes For The Young’, released last year, that The Strokes frontman says wasn’t properly promoted by RCA. “They’re not the label I signed with. The people change all the time. They’re nice, they’re cool, but honestly they don’t do sh**.” Julian says he did most of the work through Cult Records, the label he started for Phrazes and financed himself, but the success wasn’t there. “You have all these dreams. I still like the plan, but it was executed terribly.”
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Jay Reatard Dead
Jay Reatard (Jimmy Lee Lindsey Jr.) was found dead in his Memphis home this morning, which his former label Goner Records confirmed this afternoon. “It is with great sadness that we report the passing of our good friend Jay Reatard,” a message on the label’s official site said. “Jay died in his sleep last night. We will pass along information about funeral arrangements when they are made public.” Lindsey was 29.
Alicja Trout, a friend and former bandmate told The Commercial Appeal: “Yeah, it’s true. I don’t know much about it yet, because I haven’t been able to get in touch with the police.”
