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Guitarist John LeCompt was fired from the band and drummer Rocky Gray had quit.

LeCompt said: “I’m done and I’m pretty upset about it.(Singer) Amy [Lee] called and fired me today. There’s absolutely no loyalty in this band.”

The guitarist said he is now focusing on his new band with Gray called Machina.

On his blog he writes: “Around 3:30 pm yesterday I received a call on my cell from Amy. This call wasn’t from a friend who appreciated me but from an enemy who was prepared to hurt me and my family. Without any warning or negotiations for my future, I was fired for no good reason. We have not always seen eye to eye on everything, but who does?”

“Our common goal was always the same. To make Evanescence the best rock band it could ever be. I have always given blood, sweat and tears to make that happen but apparently that is not enough. I have now become just another of the people fallen by the wayside on the revolving door of her life. It’s funny how many of us there are now. I guess it’s good for lyrical content, though. Maybe I will be among the blessed to have a song written about me, too. Maybe the song will be ‘Call Me When You’re Broke’.”

To me, this questions Amy Lee’s decision making and motives, simply because they should have talked it through before she just goes ahead and fires him from the band. I actually find this news rediculous - it seems as if there was no reasoning behind it. Although Amy Lee has not said anything as of yet, the news does seem a bit odd. We will post again when Amy comes out with an official word.

Andy Mckee - Drifting

The torrent for his album ‘Art of Motion’ can be found on torrentspy

 Tickets go on sale at 10am on May 5th and cost $175 for the two-day tickets; VIP tickets are $450.  If the show isn’t sold out by May 19th, then they will begin selling single day tickets for $97.50.  A single day VIP ticket, if made available, will cost $250.

The Virgin Festival chose Baltimore as it’s first United States tour location in 2006 and after a tremendous first showing, Richard Bronson’s brainchild is giving the city a second go.  Last year’s event headlined The Who and The Red Hot Chilli Peppers and recieved a rave review by music fans who traveled cross country to get in the gates that are also home to one of the Triple Crown Horse Races - Preakness.

This concert is bound to be one of the hottest of the Summer, so leave your calender open on May 5th and pick up a few extra VIP tickets for us!

• 311
• Amy Winehouse
• Bad Brains
• Beastie Boys
• Ben Harper & The Innocent Criminals
• Booka Shade
• Cheap Trick
• Chris Cornell
• CSS
• Danny Tenaglia
• Deep Dish (Dubfire + Sharam)
• Dieselboy & Andy C with MC GQ and MC Messinian
• Felix Da Housecat
• Fiction Plane
• Fountains of Wayne
• Girl Talk
• Incubus
• Infected Mushroom
• Interpol
• James Zabiela
• LCD Soundsystem
• M.I.A.
• Matisyahu
• Miguel Migs (Petalpusher)
• Modest Mouse
• Paolo Nutini
• Peter Bjorn and John
• Regina Spektor
• Sander Van Doorn
• Sasha & John Digweed
• Shout Out Out Out Out
• Smashing Pumpkins
• Spoon
• The Crystal Method (DJ Set)
• The Fratellis
• The Police
• TV On The Radio
• Velvet Revolver
• Wu Tang Clan
• Yeah Yeah Yeahs

Iha claims he is too busy writing music for his solo project and working on his indie record label, Scratchie Records. He even told Rolling Stone, “I haven’t spoken to Billy [Corgan] in years.”

The only members on board for the reunion so far are singer Billy Corgan and drummer Jimmy Chamberlain. It does not appear that guitarist Iha or bassist Wretzky will join.

However, temporary member Melissa Auf der Maur has stated, “My services are always there to play my favorite songs. If D’arcy [Wretzky] is not available, I’m always happy to be second in line.”

With Iha’s announcement, a few questions are brought up.

• How can Corgan and Chamberlain expect this to fly if they don’t follow up and try to convince Iha or D’arcy Wretzky?
• Does this mean the upcoming Smashing Pumpkins album Zeitgeist will only feature Corgan and Chamberlain? Disappointing.
• Will they delay the reunion concert until all the members have time and are up for it?

Only time will tell..
What do you think about this “reunion”?

Even more rewarding for them were the record deals that followed. Poster Boy quickly put out a single with Swizz Beats (the hottest producer at the time) that ripped a freestyle flow over a bangin Jurassic Park sample. Jin got scooped up by the Ruff Ryders and had his Wyclef produced single - “Learn Chinese” - hit the mainstream.

But after these initial spurts of focus, neither maintained their glory or lived up to their expectations. In fact, we were unable to find much of anything about either artists’ current endeavors. Jin has reportedly dropped a couple albums and at one point changed his name to “The Emcee”, a move that seems pretty bland and boring. Review of a MySpace profile called TheRealJin made mention to Jin concerts in San Francisco and London. Poster Boy, however, seems to have fallen off the musical map entirely.

Below you’ll find one of our favorite ever Jin battles. In Week 6, Skazoo goes first and rips a ridiculous freestyle that looks like it could end Jin’s reign. At the end of the flow he calls AJ’s (the host) wardrobe “terrible” - creating a little ruckus. Jin helps put him in his place with a knockout punch that rightfully sends Skazoo out the door.

If you’ve got any news or updates on what Poster Boy or Jin are up to now… leave a reply. We’re probably not the only ones eager to know!

What songs he will play: It is almost certain Chris will play plenty of the new songs from ‘Carry On’. He will probably play a few Soundgarden favorites, and it is rumored he will play some Temple of the Dog.

Also recently announced was “Arms Around Your Love”, the title of the first single off the new album.

Check out the US tour dates on Ticketmaster now.

The iPod has simply “hidden” the songs from you, so all you have to do is to “unhide” the folders.
To view the songs on your iPod:

1. Connect your iPod and open My Computer
2. Click on the iPod in the “removable devices” section
3. At the top navigation bar, choose Tools > Folder Options > select tab “View” > Scroll down until you find “hidden
4. Show hidden folders

Here, you are viewing the iPods song archive. Since the iPod has a different file system, it will be unorganized.
To back up, access, or play the songs:

1. Copy all folders in the music directory (The folder names should be something like F1, F23, etc)
2. Open another My Computer session and create a folder somewhere on your hard drive. A good example folder is C:/Johns_iPod_Backup_4-17-07/
3. Paste all of the folders to this directory (now you have a complete backup of your iPod)
4. Since these are very unorganized, the only way to get all these songs organized is to open iTunes, go to File > Add Folder to Library and select C:/Johns_iPod_Backup_4-17-07/

This is a very useful technique if you want to back up your iPod in one place, instead of having it scattered around throughout your hard drive. Also, this way you can copy songs to other computers just like you can when you use it as an external hard drive. The only downside is that some of the songs in iTunes AAC format may not work on the second computer.

 

If it’s true love and it lasts, that could mean children and it could mean very ugly children.  Russell Simmons is an old man with tons of wrinkles!  Petra deserves someone more like a MusicLeech.com writer.  Hey Kimora, want to get back at Russell?  We kid, we kid.