http://www.chartattack.com/damn/2008/03/1130.cfm Chad Kroeger Sucked Himself Off For Beer Nickelback have sold millions of albums around the world, but most ChartAttack readers would probably take no offence if we said that band main man Chad Kroeger sucked. Now, it's no longer an artistic judgment call. He's admitted it. Kroeger's confession of suckitude has nothing to do with his music, however. It has everything to do with his penis. That's right: Nickelback's frontman has slurped on his own wang. The brave, and not particularly wise, admission came during an interview in the new issue of Playboy. Rumours have been going around since the band rose to fame that Kroeger carries a hefty spear, but we always figured it was meant for sharing. So why did the 33-year-old singer, guitarist, songwriter, producer and record label executive orally pleasure his member? Apparently Kroeger (when he was still Chad Turton) was 14 and did it in exchange for a case of beer. And it wasn't easy, as it was apparently "soft and required a lot of pulling." Kroeger can obviously now afford a fleet of fluffers, and a beer or two, and it's a good thing. He says he isn't as flexible as he used to be and can no longer do the deed. Enroll yourself in a yoga class, dude, and you'll soon be back in the swing of things. Kroeger's lawyer lost an argument in court last week that an RCMP officer violated the constitution when he asked his client to blow in his face as a means of helping him determine if the singer had been drinking and driving. If he thought that blowing in the face is unconstitutional, what the hell is blowing yourself? Kroeger's trial date on charges of impaired driving and driving with a blood-alcohol level above 0.8 is slated to be scheduled on Wednesday. -- Steve McLean

From this week's Tideland News: Recent action by Swansboro commissioners will allow a two-slip dock on Pelican Island , home of the colorful "party boat" Corina. (File photo)

Live Tonight: R.E.M. and More at SXSW http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.p...toryId=87923295 R.E.M. performs live with Dead Confederate, Papercranes and more at Stubbs, Wed., March 12. Scott Gries/Getty Images NPR.org, March 12, 2008 - Coming out of a post-punk world that had little tolerance for pop, R.E.M. has spent 25 years as the bastion of pop music with a weird glimmer in its eye. Hear the legendary rock band perform a full concert at SXSW, webcast live on NPR.org from Stubbs in Austin, Tex., on Wednesday, March 12. With the band's 14th studio album (Accelerate) coming in April, many fans expect a return to form for R.E.M. After original drummer Bill Berry quit the band in 1997, R.E.M. experimented more in the studio, adding more textures to its songs while simultaneously stripping away the usual methods of crafting rock songs. The album's first single, "Supernatural Superserious," looks to the prime of R.E.M.'s '80s discography, while maintaining a modern sheen. Dead Confederate Both in name and in sound, Dead Confederate aims to further the cause of Southern rock. The Georgia band does indeed mix its Neil Young with its Lynyrd Skynyrd, but underneath all those heavy chords is a group of guys raised on Nirvana, Sonic Youth, and other titans of early-'90s alt-rock. Papercranes Fronted by Rain Phoenix (her brother is actor Joaquin), the Florida-based band Papercranes conjures images of pop bands such as The Cranberries and Belly, while drawing much of its atmosphere from Radiohead. Papercranes' music has already turned a few heads — including that of cult singer-songwriter Vic Chesnutt, who made a guest appearance on the band's 2006 debut, Vidalia. The group is currently working on its sophomore album. Summerbirds in the Cellar Summerbirds in the Cellar shares members with the moody pop-rock band Now It's Overhead, and the two bands do share similar sounds. The group spends half its time in Athens, Ga., so R.E.M. comparisons are inevitable, but there's a bit more polish to R.E.M.'s ragtag jangle. Summerbirds' latest is With the Hands of the Hunter It All Becomes Dead, an album densely layered with pulsing synths, cooed vocals, and jagged guitars. Johnathan Rice When Washington, D.C., native Johnathan Rice graduated from high school, he opted out of college and headed straight for New York City. Rice struggled for a year, but just when he was heading back home, he received a call from the major record label that had spawned many of his influences: Neil Young, Joni Mitchell, and Lou Reed among them. Rice has since recorded two full-length albums. His latest, Further North, is a tribute to his new environs in Los Angeles. Appropriately enough, it takes on a laid-back pop and country-rock vibe, akin to the late-'60s records by his hero Neil Young, as well as The Byrds. ------------------- CONCERT SCHEDULE Wed., March 12 (Stubbs) (All Times ET/CT) 9:00/8:00 p.m.: Johnathan Rice 10:00/9:00 p.m.: Summerbirds in the Cellar 11:00/10:00 p.m.: Papercranes 12:00 a.m./11:00 p.m.: Dead Confederate 1:00/12:00 a.m.: R.E.M. Dead Confederate Skylar Reeves

If you list a musician's full name, it's still their "real" name. I started the topic in reference to musicans who don't go by their real names at all.

See Tift perform Broken on WRAL TV 5 in Raleigh, NC from earlier this week: Broken Broken-Slideshow

I don't recall seeing Lynyrd Skynyrd kissing anyone's ass to get in but I get what you're saying if you mean the Hall denied them for so many years because of silly stuff like their use of the Confederate flag onstage. Then again, no one knows for sure why the Hall took their dear, sweet time inducting them. Same thing with Gene Pitney, though I can't think of a single thing that was controversial about him. Led Zeppelin received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Grammy folks not long ago but I know what you mean. Still, I don't think one has to kiss anyone's ass to win a Grammy. I believe they're just completely out of touch with music itself (Tull for "best metal album"?), something they've tried to remedy in recent years. Giving Zep a Grammy years after the fact is a clear sign of them trying to make up for past oversights. Same thing with that Southern Rock tribute they did a few years ago. It was far too little, too late.

Some of the names being listed are just the artists' full names, which are their real names to start with, not pseudonyms.

There was a resurgance in Cash's popularlity long before Walk the Line. It began with the first of his American Recordings albums. A movie of his life might have happened even without that resurgance but those series of records definitely helped put him back in the public eye. As for Zevon, I don't think his passing was overshadowed by Cash's death. The real travesty was how the Nashville community suddenly lavished praise on him but only after he'd died.

That's exactly why they did perform. It's also why the all-star finale jam last year was I Wanna Be Your Dog.

I think she was also on Crossroads with Pat Benatar and really gave ol' Pat a run for her money in the vocal dept.

Mine should be arriving most any day now along with the Deluxe Edition of Skynyrd's Street Survivors. I like everything on the bonus disc as well except for The Bar Is A Beautiful Place which I felt came off much better live. I think you'll love it. A lot of folks consider it Ryan's first solo album in much the same way All Shook Down is considered Westerberg's first solo record. It's still Whiskeytown but it very much has Ryan (and producer Ethan Johns') stamp all over it.

If you think I'm trying to change your opinion of who your favorite bands are than you don't get what I'm saying AT ALL. I'll try one more time, please read carefully: Who one's favorite artist of all time is is a matter of opinion, not fact. ledzeppelin.com member icantquityoubabe states that the Beatles are the best artists of all time as though it is a fact. It is NOT a fact, it's a matter of opinion. I don't know how I can make myself any clearer than that. Nor do I understand what is so hard to comprehend about that.

You can find the answer to your questions here: http://rockhall.com I find that hard to believe as you obviously cared enough to ask.

Likewise, especially with comments like this: I have no idea what you're talking about. That's fine, all I have been saying all along is that the greatest artist of all time isn't a cold, hard unchangable fact as posted by icantquityoubabe in relation to the Beatles being #1. That may be his opinion but he states it as though it were fact. I'm saying it's not a fact, whoever you consider to be the best artist of all time is a matter of opinion, not fact. I'm not sure what's so hard to understand about that.

...or nominated.

I guess you just don't understand what I'm trying to say. So if you disagree with me you're saying it is a cold, hard fact the Beatles are the best artist of all time? If so, that means your whole "freedom of choice" thing doesn't make a lot of sense. I'm saying everyone has an opinion as to who is the best artist of all time but it's not etched in stone somewhere that's it's the Beatles (or whoever) and absolutely can't be anybody else.

Perhaps you aren't thoroughly reading my posts before replying but I'll repeat this one more time, I never said he didn't have freedom of choice. What I take issue with are statements where it's presented as fact that one artist is the greatest of all time. It's not a fact that any one artist is the best of all time, it's a matter of opinion.

Rock n' Roll and politics go hand in hand, so I don't see how "politics goes against rock n' roll". As for Mellencamp, this is the first time he's been nominated and he was inducted right away, which is a lot more than I can say for many more deserving artists than Mellencamp. Like Skynyrd for example, they were eligible years ago but it took them being nominated 9 times before they were ever inducted. I really don't see what Mellencamp has done to even be eligible for induction. He's definitely no Dylan in the songwriting department. That aside, the real travesty is the induction of Madonna. She has never recorded a note of rock n' roll music in her life.

I never said there's no freedom of choice, I said it doesn't boil down to a hard, cold fact that any one group is the best of all time. That said, my favorite artist of all time is the Beatles.

From the Truckers' mailing list: Hey everyone! The Truckers just hit the road and they are playing their tails off, so go see 'em! Just a couple of short notes: TONIGHT: DBT will be on Late Night with Conan O'Brien. Check it out! NOTICE: DATE CHANGES IN FLORIDA Due to unforeseen circumstances, we are swapping the dates on the Jacksonville, Florida and St. Petersburg, Florida shows. The show in St. Petersburg, Florida at Jannus Landing will now take place on Friday, May 16th and the show at Freebird Live in Jacksonville, Florida will take place on Saturday, May 17th. If you have already purchased tickets and need a refund, please go to your point of purchase. We apologize for this. EUROPEAN TOURDATES ANNOUNCED! All you folks who have been emailing us about coming over, the Truckers are finally heading your way! Wed July 30 OSLO, Norway Rockefeller Thu July 31 STORAS, Norway Storaasfestivalen Fri August 1 OSTERSUND, Sweden Storjoysran Festival Sat August 2 STOCKHOLM, Sweden Nalen Mon August 4 LONDON, England Electric Ballroom Tue August 5 BRISTOL, England Bierkeller Wed August 6 EDINBURGH, Scotland Liquid Room Thu August 7 NOTTINGHAM, England Rescue Rooms Fri August 8 MANCHESTER, England Academy 2 Sun August 10 VENLO, Netherlands Zomerparkfeest Tue August 12 AMSTERDAM, Netherlands Paradiso Wed August 13 GRONINGEN, Netherlands Vera Thu August 14 Hasselt, Belgium PUKKELPOP Festival Fri August 15 Glanusk Park, South Wales Green Man Festival Sat August 16 Stafford, England V Festival Sun August 17 Chelmsford, England V Festival That's all I've got for now. If you're wondering when DBT will come to your town/country, just keep checking the tourdates page - and call or email your local venues to let them know you want a DBT show! I put up tourdates as soon as I get them, so I can't tell you when they'll be around. Have a great spring, and go see some ROCK SHOWS! -Jenn

With all due respect to Boston (and their fans), if that song comes on the radio I can't switch the station fast enough. It's not that I hate the song itself but it's one of many "Classic Rock" radio have played into the ground. Now that I have satellite radio I don't have to worry about hearing those same songs over and over again. Best decision I ever made.

It all boils down to a matter of opinion, not fact. Everyone has their own favorite artist. In regards to the thread, while I believe the CT scanner thing is a nice bit of trivia, the Beatles' actual legacy is their music.

Girls are impressed by 8-tracks? Who knew....

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/10/arts/mus....html?ref=music The Night They Drove Old Man Trouble Down Levon Helm performing with his band at the Beacon. Rahav Segev for The New York Times By JON PARELES Routes from the Appalachians, the bayou, Texas, Chicago, Memphis, New York and New Orleans converge at a geographically unlikely but historically proven nexus: Woodstock, N.Y., where Levon Helm has a home studio in a barn. Mr. Helm, 67, played drums and sang in the Band, which recorded “The Basement Tapes” with Bob Dylan and made its indelible debut album in neighboring West Saugerties, N.Y. He has been putting on monthly concerts in Woodstock called Midnight Rambles since 2005. At those shows, Mr. Helm leads a core band while friends drop in, and lately he has taken the idea on the road. On Friday night, starting a two-night stand at the Beacon Theater, the Levon Helm Band’s show was a romping rock-R&B-country-blues revue. It had guitarists (Larry Campbell and Jimmy Vivino) who dispensed ragtime, blues-rock and more; a five-man horn section that played soul riffs and raucous traditional jazz; female singers representing country, soul and rock; and a repertory spanning a good stretch of the 20th century. In a way, Mr. Helm was unraveling the strands of American music that he and the Band had entwined. Nearly all the songs were old, from the Band and from the Americana archives. And many were forlorn, whether they were honky-tonk weepers or jovial shuffles. They were bound by Mr. Helm’s stalwart yet flexible drumming and, often, his backwoods yowl of a voice, fully recovered from throat cancer. After more than two hours onstage — drumming, singing, playing mandolin — a grinning Mr. Helm stood up and did jumping jacks. Mr. Helm’s drum kit was placed sideways on the band’s right flank, making all the subtlety of his playing visible. He had the bedrock timing and well-chosen patterns of a great roadhouse drummer, but was never mechanical. He chose whether each cymbal tap would ring or hiss, and he kicked verses toward choruses with a different syncopated flourish every time around. He didn’t sing the whole set. Other band members took turns and so did guests including Phoebe Snow, belting high notes to please the crowd; she sang Van Morrison’s “Into the Mystic,” a song he recorded in Woodstock. Little Sammy Davis, in a derby hat, sang the blues and played harmonicas he pulled from pockets of his tuxedo. Teresa Williams brought a true country twang to songs like “Long Black Veil,” and Catherine Russell strutted through a song Marcia Ball has recorded, “Soulful Dress.” One Midnight Ramble regular was missing: Mr. Helm’s daughter, Amy Helm. She’s a member of the opening band, Ollabelle, but she just gave birth to his grandson, named Levon. (Her husband, Jay Collins, played saxophone in the horn section.) Mr. Helm performed only a few songs from “Dirt Farmer” (Dirt Farmer Music/Vanguard), the Grammy-winning acoustic album he released last year. One was “Anna Lee,” a stark waltz about a mother’s death, accompanied only by Mr. Campbell’s fiddle and mountain-harmony vocals from Ms. Williams and Ms. Russell. But most of the set was upbeat, with the horns pumping up the party spirit. For the Levon Helm Band, the way to face trouble is with a clear gaze, a steady backbeat and an ornery voice.

Cash is a "fad"? I happen to be a longtime fan who was into his music long before the movie Walk the Line. If his fanbase increased due to that movie more power to them. If someone discovered his music because of Walk the Line, it doesn't mean liking Johnny Cash is a "fad".