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Rage Against the Machine beats X Factor's Joe to Christmas No 1

21 December 2009 2:42 AM, PST | The Guardian - TV News | See recent The Guardian - TV News news »

After a Facebook campaign against Simon Cowell's chart domination, music fans celebrate their victory

In recent years, it had become as predictable as elections in North Korea – singer wins X Factor, singer's debut single goes to No 1. So when Joe McElderry won the TV talent contest, he was no doubt confident he would celebrate Christmas at the top of the charts.

Alas for the 18-year-old from South Shields, it wasn't to be: a song almost his own age denied him the top spot after a successful online campaign.

Killing In The Name, an expletive-heavy rock song first released in 1992 by the Californian rock band Rage Against the Machine, won the battle for Christmas top spot on the basis of downloads only. It sold about 500,000 copies last week, about 50,000 more than The Climb, McElderry's earnest ballad.

Depending on your view, the Rage victory was either a delicious dismantling of the »

- Helen Pidd

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Best of What's Next: Frank Turner

9 December 2009 4:00 AM, PST | Pastemagazine.com | See recent PasteMagazine news »

Hometown: London Album: Poetry of the Deed For Fans of: Joe Strummer, Billy Bragg, early Bruce Springsteen For someone who often gets slapped with the “folk” modifier, Frank Turner’s musical ambitions began with a rather odd inspiration—an Iron Maiden poster featuring a futuristic zombie cowboy. “I just saw that on the wall and was just like, ‘That’s the coolest thing ever,’” the London troubador says. “And then when somebody told me it was a band, my mind kind of fell apart and I started getting into music.” »

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Not Every Suit's A War Machine: Five Armors That Won't Appear In 'Iron Man 2'

7 December 2009 6:01 AM, PST | MTV Splash Page | See recent MTV Splash Page news »

This week's debut of the first official "Iron Man 2" poster impressed a lot of fans by showcasing Tony Stark's latest duds back-to-back with James Rhodes' righteous War Machine armor.

Generally speaking, fans seem to have responded well to what appear to be two pretty spot-on comic book adaptations modernized for a contemporary movie-going audience. It's a good thing too, because not every outfit that's rolled out of Stark's lab has necessarily met present-day cinematic specifications. As brilliant as the many versions of Tony Stark have been over the years, his fashion sense hasn't always been in line with the summer of 2010.

Continue reading for a glimpse of armors that aren't — and likely will never be — ready for the big screen.

Heroes Reborn

Everyone likes Jim Lee, but his "Heroes Reborn" Iron Man redesign circa 1996 had some less-than-practical extremities (crazy back vent tubes, meshy underarmor) and an overall beefiness that »

- Caleb Goellner

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Trinity of Terrors: Meet Mister Sam Shearon

1 December 2009 11:06 AM, PST | Fangoria | See recent Fangoria news »

One of the coolest things about Fangoria's 30th anniversary Trinity Of Terrors in Las Vegas was an impressive poster depicting every guest of the blood-soaked weekend.  Besides classic covers and various personalities including Slipknot, there were various monsters and creatures.  It also served as the cover of the event's program.

That central image was created by talented British artist, Sam Shearon. The illustrator sat down to discuss his work for Fangoria and his other horrifying imagery.  The cheerful bearded Brit talks about his influences and inspirations.

Pat Jankiewicz: How did you come up with the impressive painting for Trinity of Terrors?

Sam Shearon: Initially Scott Licina asked whether I'd be interested in creating a peice of dark-art for the front cover for the official programme to the event. It would be printed up as a limited edition comic sized souvenir to the Halloween weekend at the Palms to celebrate »

- no-reply@fangoria.com (Pat Jankiewicz)

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Ronnie Wood Wins At The Classic Rock Roll Of Honor Awards

3 November 2009 4:26 AM, PST | icelebz.com | See recent iCelebz news »

Rolling Stones' Ronnie Wood has been honored with Outstanding Contribution award at the 2009 annual Classic Rock Roll of Honor Awards. The 62-year-old rocker received his first ever solo win at the Park Lane Hotel in London Monday.

The late John Bonham of the Led Zeppelin group was also given recognition at the event with the Tommy Vance Inspiration Award, while punk pioneer Iggy Pop was named a Living Legend.

For the Classic Album, Aerosmith took home the honor for their "Rocks" LP. Guitarist Joe Perry accepted the trophy.

Album of the Year went to AC/DC's studio album "Black Ice," released in October 2008, while Band of the Year was won by Iron Maiden.

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Trinity Of Terrors Updates & More!

18 October 2009 3:03 PM, PDT | Fangoria | See recent Fangoria news »

An amazing influx of stars have joined the already massive guest list, including the one and only Bruce Campbell, Buffy The Vampire Slayer's Kristy Swanson, original Fango editor Robert "Uncle Bob" Martin, Devil's Reject Bill Moseley, American Werewolf David Naughton and Night Of The Living Dead 1990's bad ass "Barbara" Patricia Tallman!

Tickets for our massive Halloween Weekend are now available online through http://www.trinityofterrors.com and through Vegas.com. You may also order tickets from Vegas.com by phone - 1-888-las-vegas (527-8342) 24 hours a day.

Need even more goodies? Then check out the unbelievably kick ass cover to the 32 page event program/autograph book by celebrated album cover artist Mr. Sam (Godhead, H.I.M., Iron Maiden)-

And now a little info about the Amazing free raffles we'll be doing all weekend long at the Trinity!

Everyone that attends, with any level ticket (Day, Weekend »

- no-reply@fangoria.com (Staff)

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Sneak-Preview: Trinity Of Terrors Collector's book!

3 October 2009 12:03 PM, PDT | Fangoria | See recent Fangoria news »

If you're a friend/fan/follower on our social networks you received a little peek at this one last night. For the rest of you, we're pleased to reveal the cover art for the 2009 Trinity Of Terrors collector's book - available exclusively at the inaugural Fangoria Trinity Of Terrors, to be held October 30 through November 1 at The Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas!

Featuring art by Mister Sam Shearon (Godhead, Iron Maiden, H.I.M.), the special Fangoria Program features full-color profiles on attending Trinity guests, and doubles as an autograph book - with space on each page to collect signatures from your favorite horror celebrities!

Check out the large image below the jump for a glimpse at the artwork that captures the full vibe of our first Las Vegas event - with ghouls, goblins, and a zombie-fied depiction of Slipknot frontman Corey Taylor!

Tickets are now available online through http://www. »

- no-reply@fangoria.com (James Zahn)

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Remaking A Nightmare on Elm Street

28 September 2009 9:45 AM, PDT | SoundOnSight | See recent SoundOnSight news »

The new trailer for director Samuel Bayer and producer Michael Bay's remake of A Nightmare on Elm Street left me thinking these guys think I'm an idiot. And while I have yet to see the movie, I hold out hope that they won't turn another classic into a joke, steering the youth of today away from creepy, original storytelling towards the mire of generic, empty, in-it-for-the-money, crap. Bayer's credits include directing a bunch of videos, and although some of them are those of Iron Maiden and Metallica, that's about the closest he's come to directing horror. The trailer for the new Nightmare has the same feeling as Bay's other remake projects, namely The Amityville Horror and Texas Chainsaw Massacre, both of which turned out to be desecrations of their originals... in my humble opinion. Looks like one saving grace will be the role of Freddy Kruger played by Jackie Earle Haley »

- Melanie Lefebvre

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Lovecraft: Fear of the Unknown DVD Details

28 September 2009 | shocktillyoudrop.com | See recent shocktillyoudrop news »

H.P. Lovecraft was the forefather of modern horror fiction, having inspired such writers as Stephen King, Robert Bloch and Neil Gaiman. The influence of his Cthulhu mythos can be seen in film ( Re-Animator , Hellboy , and Alien ), games ("The Call of Cthulhu" role playing enterprise), music (Metallica, Iron Maiden) and pop culture in general. But what led an Old World, xenophobic gentleman to create the Cthulhu Mythos, one of literature.s most far-reaching mythologies? What attracts even the minds of the 21st century to these stories of unspeakable abominations and cosmic gods? Lovecraft: Fear of the Unknown is a chronicle of the life, work and mind that created these weird tales as told by many of today.s luminaries of dark fantasy including John Carpenter ( »

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Apple's 'iTunes LP' Looks To Resuscitate Album Art, Liner Notes

10 September 2009 9:54 AM, PDT | MTV Newsroom | See recent MTV Newsroom news »

Yesterday's much-buzzed-about Apple announcement delivered a few headline-grabbing developments from the personal computing company that is constantly re-shaping the way we hear and acquire music. In addition to announcing a new design for the iPod Nano, an even bigger iPod Touch and a price drop on several models, the biggest news was a somewhat backwards-looking technological development in iTunes. In short, iTunes LP hopes to revive the practice of associating album art and liner notes with full-length records, something that took a big hit when vinyl gave way to cassettes and CDs and has gone away almost completely now that music has shifted more and more to digital formats. Bands will be encouraged to create interactive experiences that go along with their music, allowing customers to scroll through photos, behind-the-scenes video, lyrics and bonus tracks while they enjoy the album.

"An album can be almost anything on iTunes," explains Apple's Eddy Cue, »

- Kyle Anderson

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Mr. September: Eli Roth

9 September 2009 12:11 PM, PDT | Pretty/Scary | See recent pretty-scary news »

Interview by Staci Layne Wilson

Eli Roth is a cutie — he's got those dark-chocolate brown eyes and a sweet smile that could charm even the most hard-hearted Hannah. But Roth is also a complete, total and utter Basterd. He's best-known for making some of the most violent, grisly, and controversial horror movies of the 00's. His feature length horror films Hostel and Hostel II shocked the mainstream, as did his over-the-top fake movie trailer for Quentin Tarantino's Grindhouse double-dip (in his slasher-trailer Thanksgiving, Roth gives 'cheerleader splits' and 'stuffing the turkey' whole new meanings). He’s also gearing up make a feature-length version of Thanksgiving and a PG-13 creature-feature called Endangered Species.

So what's a nice boy like Eli doing in Tarantino's latest movie, Iglourious Basterds? Why, killing Nazis, of course! And not just killing them… he's beating, scalping, burning, and basically putting on the hurt in every way »

- Superheidi

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Weekly Rock Band Update: Gorillaz, The Who

7 August 2009 6:42 AM, PDT | Monsters and Critics | See recent Monsters and Critics news »

Harmonix and MTV Games today announced a three pack of songs from Gorillaz, including songs from Demon Days and the band.s self-titled release; as well as four singles from legendary classic rock artists The Band, Janis Joplin, Jefferson Airplane and The Who. All tracks, which mark the first time these artists other than The Who have appeared in Rock Band, will be available in the Rock Band Music Store next week for the Xbox 360 and Playstation 3. Additional tracks from Kiss, Blink-182, Weezer, Lenny Kravitz and more will be available in the Wii Rock Band Music Store next week, and tracks from Iron Maiden will be available for Rock Band Unplugged. Tracks available on Xbox 360 (Aug. 11) »

- Hector Cortez

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'Guitar Hero 5' Full Song List

30 July 2009 10:00 AM, PDT | MTV Multiplayer | See recent MTV Multiplayer news »

After being hinted at several times over the past few months, the full song list of "Guitar Hero 5" has been revealed, and features 85 tracks ranging from pop to rock to indie. So it probably makes sense to stick all that rock-laden bulk in one place, which is right here, in this blog post. Here you go, the 85 tracks that'll appear in the final version of "Guitar Hero 5."

· 3 Doors Down - “Kryptonite”

· A Perfect Circle - “Judith”

· AFI - “Medicate”

· Arctic Monkeys - “Brianstorm”

· Attack! Attack! UK - “You And Me”

· Band Of Horses - “Cigarettes, Wedding Bands”

· Beastie Boys - “Gratitude”

· Beck - “Gamma Ray”

· Billy Idol - “Dancing With Myself”

· Billy Squier - “Lonely Is The Night”

· Blink-182 - “The Rock Show”

· Blur - “Song 2”

· Bob Dylan - “All Along The Watchtower”

· Bon Jovi - “You Give Love A Bad Name”

· Brand New - “Sowing Season (Yeah)”

· The Bronx »

- Russ Frushtick

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Children of Bodom have Skeletons In The Closet

24 July 2009 3:02 AM, PDT | Fangoria | See recent Fangoria news »

Children Of Bodom, the esteemed Finnish Heavy Metal band that features frontman and modern day Guitar Hero Alexi Laiho will release a full album of cover tunes containing 17 impressive remakes of the group’s all-time favorite songs this fall.  Titled Skeletons in the Closet, the record will drop on September 22, 2009 via Spinefarm Records / Fontana International.

Long known for employing a lighthearted musical modus operandi despite both a weighty work ethic and no joke dedication to its craft, Children Of Bodom (or Cob) has joined the ranks of the world’s finest heavy music acts over the course of the last decade.  In Finland, Children Of Bodom has released three consecutive albums that have debuted at number one on the Finnish album charts and the band's latest album, 2008's Blooddrunk landed at #22 on Billboard’s Top 200.  Cob has been recording cover songs since the early days of its career, some expectedly heavy ("Silent Scream" by Slayer, »

- no-reply@fangoria.com (Wayne Mackie)

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Buzz Break: Iron Maiden

22 July 2009 3:20 PM, PDT | Movieline | See recent Movieline news »

· USA Today has even more photos from Iron Man 2, including this first look at Gwyneth Paltrow in costume as superheroine "Love Interest."

· Bravo's Millionaire Matchmaker, Patti Sanger, is engaged! What terrible news for everybody.

· Congratulations to Emma Thompson, whose adopted son (a Rwandan child soldier) graduated from college this week.

· How well did Robert Zemeckis reshoot Back to the Future's ending for the opening of its sequel? CollegeHumor investigates.

· "I would have leapt at the chance of sleeping with Michael Jackson when I was 14," said Rupert Everett in an interview. Now he tells him! »

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24 more 'Guitar Hero 5' tracks revealed

22 July 2009 7:46 AM, PDT | Monsters and Critics | See recent Monsters and Critics news »

Activision today revealed 24 more tracks to be featured on Guitar Hero 5's 85-song on-disc set list. From Iron Maiden's "2 Minutes To Midnight" to the classic, never before released live recording of "The Spirit of Radio" from Rush; Grand Funk Railroad's signature hit, "We're An American Band" to No Doubt's "Ex-Girlfriend," the game features the wide variety of today's rock hits and classic tunes. Additionally, the Guitar Hero 5 set list will feature the unreleased single "Medicate" off of AFI's upcoming album Crash Love, available in the game before the album hits retailers, and Public Enemy has joined forces with Zakk Wylde to re-record Pe's "Bring The Noise 20Xx" exclusively for Guitar Hero 5. Numerous bands are also »

- Hector Cortez

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Video Game Review: ‘Guitar Hero: Smash Hits’ a Memorable Diversion Between Major Releases

15 July 2009 1:22 PM, PDT | HollywoodChicago.com | See recent HollywoodChicago.com news »

Chicago – How do you judge a game like “Guitar Hero: Smash Hits”? Like a greatest hits collection for a respected artist, the actual content of the title is sure to give fans what they’re looking for with hours of entertainment. Only when you look deeper at the decisions made in the production of the game and the delivery of its content does “Smash Hits” begin to frustrate.

Video Game Rating: 3.5/5.0 To tide fans over between the great “Guitar Hero: Metallica” and the anticipated “Guitar Hero 5,” Activision and Beenox Studios went back and remastered some of the best tracks from their first five games - “Guitar Hero,” “Guitar Hero II,” “Guitar Hero Encore: Rocks the ’80s,” “Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock,” and “Guitar Hero: Aerosmith”. All of the 48 chosen ones have been remastered for the entire band approach that started with “Guitar Hero: World Tour”.

Guitar Hero: Smash Hits »

- adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)

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New on DVD This Week

7 July 2009 12:00 PM, PDT | The Flickcast | See recent The Flickcast news »

Here’s a list of some of the new DVD and Blu-ray releases this week. Plus, some old favorites coming out this week on Blu-Ray.

New Movies:

• Knowing ~ Nicolas Cage, Rose Byrne (DVD and Blu-ray)

• Push ~ Chris Evans, Dakota Fanning (DVD and Blu-ray)

• The Unborn ~ Odette Yustman (DVD and Blu-Ray)

• Night Train ~ Danny Glover, Leelee Sobieski, Steve Zahn (DVD and Blu-ray)

• Five Fingers ~ Laurence Fishburne, Colm Meaney, Antonie Kamerling, Saïd Taghmaoui (DVD and Blu-ray)

• A Day in the Life ~ Omar Epps, Faizon Love, Michael Rapaport, Tyrin Turner (DVD)

• Flying By ~ Billy Ray Cyrus, Heather Locklear, Olesya Rulin, Patricia Neal (DVD)

• Applause for Miss E ~ Vanessa Bell Calloway, Roger Guenveur Smith, Gina Torres (DVD)

• Power Rangers Rpm, Vol. 1: Start Your Engines ~ Eka Darville, Ari Boyland, Rose McIver, Milo Cawthorne (DVD)

• Flight 666 ~ Iron Maiden (Blu-ray)

Previously Released and Classic Movies:

• Lonely are the Brave ~ Kirk Douglas, Gena Rowlands, Walter Matthau, George Kennedy »

- Chris Ullrich

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Stephenie Saturday: Stephenie's Playlists - 'I'm Not Okay (I Promise)'

4 July 2009 10:04 AM, PDT | twilightersanonymous.com | See recent TwilightersAnonymous news »

Were back with your weekly edition of Stephenie Saturday and this week marks the second installment of our new feature Stephenies Playlists. For this weeks playlist highlight Ta Staffers Valerie and Rebecca bring us a video for the song Im Not Okay I Promise by My Chemical Romance discuss the band their music and how they fit into the Twilight universe. As per usual with Stephenie Saturday weve also added some questions for consideration for you to think about and respond to.Im Not Okay I Promise My Chemical RomanceQuestions Do you like this song? Do you think it fits Twilight? Why do you think Stephenie included Im Not Okay I Promise to her playlist? What did you think of this live performance of the song on the Late Show with David Letterman? Are you a fan of My Chemical Romance? If so were you a fan before Stephenie included »

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Subliminal Messages That Rival The Shaker Heights Yearbook

18 June 2009 10:37 AM, PDT | MTV Newsroom | See recent MTV Newsroom news »

The senior who slid the phrase “F— All Y’All” onto the cover of the Shaker Heights High School yearbook has managed to pull off one of the great subliminal pranks of all time. As we know all too well, rock and roll is rife with subtle messages and “backmasking,” dating back to the Beatles’ “Paul Is Dead” conspiracy 40 years ago. Here are our favorite subliminal messages in rock history.

Prince, “Darling Nikki”

The 1980s version of Prince was a dance-crazed sex maniac who hadn’t yet found the Lord. Or had he? At the end of “Darling Nikki,” one of the filthiest songs Prince has ever recorded, there’s a bit of garbled speech that translates to “Hello, how are you? I am fine, because I know that the Lord is coming soon” when played backwards.

U2, All That You Can’t Leave Behind album cover

The cover of »

- Kyle Anderson

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