December 29, 2003

Helmet – Best Of CD In The Works

Interscope has penciled in a Jan. 27 release for “Unsung: The Best of Helmet (1991-1997),” a 21-track retrospective of the seminal New York hardcore act. Group leader Page Hamilton was involved in the selection of the songs, which include the 1997 Modern Rock Tracks chart hit “Exactly What You Wanted” and such staples as “Unsung,” “Milquetoast” and “Give It.”
“Unsung” also sports the House Of Pain collaboration “Just Another Victim,” from 1993’s “Judgement Night” soundtrack, plus the “Feeling Minnesota” soundtrack contribution “Disagreeable.”
Helmet split in 1999 after five studio albums. And while a published report in August claimed the group was eyeing a reunion, a management spokesperson for Hamilton refuted the claim to Billboard.com. Instead, Hamilton has signed a deal with Interscope for a new project, which includes late period Helmet guitarist Chris Traynor. As previously reported, the pair has also collaborated on tracks intended for Bush frontman Gavin Rossdale’s solo debut.
The group is targeting a May or June release for its Interscope debut, which will be supported by Hamilton’s most extensive set of live dates in some time. “Page is serious about working and returning to the live scene,” the spokesperson says.
Here is the track list for “Unsung”:
“Repetition””FBLA””Bad Mood””Sinatra””In the Meantime””Better””Unsung””Give It”Iron Head””Just Another Victim””Milquetoast””I Know””Rollo””Wilma’s Rainbow””Overrated””Like I Care””Disagreeable””Pure””Renovation””Driving Nowhere””Exactly What You Wanted”
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Bonnaroo Returns To Manchester For 2004

The third annual Bonnaroo Music Festival has been slated for June 11-13 in Manchester, Tenn. Staged by Superfly Productions and A.C. Entertainment, the eclectic jam band-based event will again take place on a 600-acre farm approximately 60 miles southeast of Nashville. An initial artist lineup has not yet been announced.
“Artists and fans have made Bonnaroo a very special event, and we are going to continue to provide the right elements to produce a music experience of the highest quality,” Superfly’s Jonathan Mayers says in a statement.
Held in June, the second edition of Bonnaroo was the second-highest-grossing event of 2003, taking in $11.5 million and drawing a crowd of 80,576. The lineup included the Dead, Neil Young, Widespread Panic, moe., Allman Brothers Band, Flaming Lips, the Roots, Emmylou Harris, Ben Harper and the Polyphonic Spree.
Like the inaugural festival, this year’s event spawned a two-disc CD release as well as a DVD featuring many of the acts that performed across several stages.
Both Manchester Bonnaroo Music Festivals have sold out in advance via online ticket sales that were fueled by word-of-mouth, not traditional advertising. A planned August 2003 Bonnaroo NE event in Riverhead, N.Y., was canceled after local officials refused to grant permits for the Field Day Festival scheduled two months earlier at the same site.
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Joe Jackson Live CD Due In March

A live chronicle from Joe Jackson’s 2003 tour that reunited him with his original band will be released in March, according to the artist’s official Web site. The as-yet-untitled disc will feature recordings at concerts in San Francisco, Los Angeles, San Diego and Anaheim, Calif. The tour came in support of the studio album “Volume IV,” released in March by Restless/Ryko.
Separately, on Jan. 20, Koch will release “Live,” a 14-track concert set recorded in April 2001 in Portland, Ore., and Seattle. The disc was previously exclusively available through Jackson’s site under the title “Two Rainy Nights.” A DVD that features 13 songs captured at the same shows, as well as an interview and excerpts of Jackson’s book, “A Cure for Gravity,” is available from STS Media.
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Meat Puppets’ Cris Kirkwood Shot

Meat Puppets bass player Cris Kirkwood was shot Friday by a security guard at a post office in downtown Phoenix, according to reports. Kirkwood underwent surgery for an abdominal wound at a local hospital and was listed in critical condition over the weekend.
Witnesses said Kirkwood got into an argument with a woman when they both tried to pull into the same parking spot. When Kirkwood continued to shout obscenities at the woman on the way into the post office, she reported him to the building’s security guard, who asked Kirkwood to leave the premises.
Back in the parking lot, Kirkwood reportedly refused to leave. When the guard took out his baton, Kirkwood grabbed it and struck him in the head. In self-defense, the guard then took out his gun and shot Kirkwood.
One of the most influential acts of the 1980s, the Meat Puppets soared to worldwide prominence during the modern rock revolution thanks to the 1994 album “Too High To Die” and an appearance on Nirvana’s legendary “MTV Unplugged” episode. The group was led by Kirkwood and his guitarist brother Curt.
Cris Kirkwood has reportedly battled substance abuse in the years since, and did not participate in the group’s last album, 2000’s “Golden Lies.”
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