Axl Rose Complains that the Media is a Bunch of “no fun, spoil sport, communist bastards”

Axl claims that he was not the one who released a statement on the band’s MySpace page regarding the LAX incident.

Maybe that wasn’t him at the airport, either (above) — trying to beat the living crap out of a photographer. Maybe it was his clone, Asshole Rose.

And then Axl goes on to say:

“any publications running this … feel free to tack on whatever negative agenda-supporting nonsense you generally do (you know who you are). After all, it’s only someone else’s livelihood you media police state, no fun, spoil sport, communist bastards.”

‘no fun’? This coming from a guy who, in a state of rage, tried to do the tarantella on some photographer’s head. The media should have let Axl have his fun and ignored it, I guess. Fun for Axl must mean having no accountability for his actions. Call me a spoil sport, or a communist bastard for that matter, but that is what it seems.

Oooh, the Catcher In The Rye Again …

Related Link: Axl Rose as Tough Guy: Grade A+

Liam Gallagher Plans Summer Release For New Album

NME.com reports that Liam Gallagher wants to release his new album, his first without brother Noel, by next summer. Liam’s new band is still nameless, though he did reserve the right to continue under the Oasis banner if a more suitable name can’t be found.

In a recent interview with Virgin Radio Italy, Liam said:

“I’d like to have a record out by July next year. We’ve already done about three songs and they’re fucking sounding amazing.”

On the subject of how the new band, which includes all of the former members of Oasis except for Noel, will sound, Liam said:

“It ain’t a new direction. We’re not making reggae music or rap music. It might have a bit more energy and be fresher. It’s not going to be that different.”

To read more and for links to the Virgin Radio Italy interview with Liam Gallagher, see the article from NME.com.

Johnny Rotten, aka John Lydon, Expresses Regret for Bringing Sid Vicious into the Sex Pistols

In a rare moment of thoughtfulness, John Lydon told The Independent:

“I’m sorry, God, for the day I brought Sid into the band. He felt so isolated, poor old Sid, because he wasn’t the sharpest knife on the block. The best aspect of his character, which was his humour, just vanished the day he joined the Pistols.“

That’s an excellent point about Sid’s change in character. But was it really John who made Sid stay in the band for the amount of time he did?

Then Lydon found in in himself to take a shot at Oasis and singer Liam Gallagher:

“I’m still hearing records coming out that mimic our style, but they don’t give us credit. I’m a bit annoyed, because I’ve never done anything in my life to be like somebody else. Oasis annoy me, you know? The voice annoys me. He could’ve come up with his own thing.”

Oasis ‘mimics’ the Sex Pistols style?! He has to be kidding. That’s like saying the Sex Pistols copied The Beatles. It’s insane. Even if it were true, Lydon should be somewhat flattered. I guess that would be asking too much.

Courtney Love is Uncertain About What the Lyrics to Upcoming Album “Nobody’s Daughter” Really Mean About Frances Bean

Don’t want to get into the custody thing about Frances Bean … but it seems obvious that Courtney Love is trying to express her feelings about the relationship with her daughter. It’s interesting.

Love recently told Rolling Stone her new album, “Nobody’s Daughter” has “a lot of maternal instinct,” with a lyric, ‘Nobody’s daughter, she’s never was, she never will be beholden to anyone. She cannot kill. You don’t understand how evil we really are.’

Love explains: “I don’t even know what that really means, but I know it’s something to do with my daughter and it’s also to do with me.”

Hmnn. The first part of the lyric makes poignant sense. The second part … who the hell knows. I’m sure conspiracy lovers (re: the death of Kurt Cobain) will jump all over the use of the word ‘evil’ there.

Little Boots And Gary Numan Team Up For Brilliant BBC 6 Music Live Session

Electropop legend Gary Numan and the British singer-songwriter newcomer Little Boots recently teamed up at the BBC’s Maida Vale Studios in London to perform a fantastic collaborative set for BBC 6 Music. They each performed one of their own tracks first and then performed together on three songs. My only fault with the program is that it wasn’t nearly long enough. They work really well with each other. I’d really like to hear them perform a full-length concert together.

Numan opened the proceedings by performing his song “Metal.” Little Boots followed up with her track “Earthquake.” They then joined forces to perfom together on “Are ‘Friends’ Electric?” (a song that Numan did with Tubeway Army), “Stuck On Repeat” (a Little Boots song), and a cover of The Velvet Underground’s “Venus In Furs.” Numan and Little Boots were also interviewed during the broadcast.

To hear the performance on the BBCi Player, click here. The program is 30 minutes in length. There are four days left from today to listen to it on the BBCi Player.

Viewers in the UK only can watch video from the session on the BBCi Player by clicking here. A gallery of photos from the session can be viewed here.

Audio of the session has been posted in three parts on You Tube. You can listen to the session by clicking in the appropriate places below:

Part 1:

Part 2:

Part 3:

To watch Gary Numan and Little Boots perform Numan’s “Are ‘Friends’ Electric?”, click below:

To watch Gary Numan and Little Boots perform Little Boots’ “Stuck On Repeat,” click below:

To watch Gary Numan and Little Boots perform The Velvet Underground’s “Venus In Furs,” click below:

What a great performance! I particularly liked their version of “Are ‘Friends’ Electric?” They should release that as a Christmas single for charity. I have no doubt that it would sell very well.

Ronnie Wood as Evil Goblin

Ron Wood is an ‘evil goblin.’ So sayeth his former girlfriend, Ekaterina Ivanova.

[Ron Wood is the one on the right]

“He was like a child with tantrums when he was drunk. I just thought, what’s the point of being with an older man if he acts about 12? I thought ‘What a pathetic person’.

She also went onto say that Ronnie had her trapped like a princess in a tower.

Yeah, right.

Good thing Ronnie threw it all away for Ekaterina, eh?

btw, is Ronnie still in The Rolling Stones?

John Frusciante Out of Red Hot Chili Peppers?

musicradar quotes a source close to the band, who claims that Frusciante (above, far left) has left the Peppers:

“Mentally, John checked out a long time ago. He’s interested in doing his own thing, his own albums – the whole big rock band machinery just doesn’t appeal to him anymore.”

Ironically, Frusciante’s replacement is a friend and a guitarist who played on his solo albums: Josh Klinghoffer (shown). And Josh has been rehearsing with the band for a couple months now.

But the source goes on to say:

“The big thing right now that the band will have to consider is, Can Josh write great songs? Can he help push them forward? Everybody knows he can play, but the Peppers need somebody who can come up with amazing material and get them moving again.”

In other words, can he wear a sock on his jock?

Pixie Lott To Appear In Hollywood Film

Eighteen-year-old British pop star and Powerline A.D. reader favorite Pixie Lott (four of our top ten posts are about her as of this writing) will be appearing in a film called Fred, according to the UK newspaper The News of the World. Fred is about a You Tube star.

Regarding her appearance in the film, Pixie told The News of the World:

“It’s really exciting – it’s great that my first film is a big American one. Music is my priority, but I love acting and I’d like to get some more experience in that.

 ”It should be really good fun, I can’t wait.”

To read more and to see photos of Pixie, see the article in The News of the World.

For additional information on Pixie Lott, see:
http://www.pixielott.com
http://www.myspace.com/pixiesongs
http://www.youtube.com/pixieofficial

Radiohead “Kid A” Makes Rolling Stone’s Album of the Decade

Rolling Stone hints that Radiohead turned rock music on its head with the “Kid A” album, which was released to start the decade.

To the magazine, the album

“renounced everything in rock that, to (Thom)Yorke in particular, reeked of the tired and overfamiliar: clanging arena-force guitars, verse-chorus-bridge song tricks.”

Maybe so but I think The Strokes “Is This It” is better, even though it’s more of a standard rock formula.

“Is This It” was number 2 on the Rolling Stone list.

Kasabian Singer Says New Material Sounds “Very ‘Dark Side of the Moon’”

Kasabian Frontman Tom Meighan spoke to an internet radio station and said that the band is writing new material that sounds a lot like Pink Floyd.

“[Guitarist] Sergio [Pizzorno]‘s got a body of work already, its very ‘Dark Side Of The Moon‘, Pink Floyd. [Its] very essential and very beautiful, piano-based songs that sound beautiful and we’re going to really grunge them up a bit.”

It wasn’t that long ago when Tom was bragging that Kasabian would be taking over the British crown from Oasis. Maybe they want the legacy of Pink Floyd as well.

Pipe dreams.

The band has to finish up much touring, however, before they settle down in the studio to lay down these tracks for the next record. I’m sure they’re good, but nowhere near Dark Side of the Moon.