Evil Angel
06-03-2005, 01:48 PM
Audioslave on Top
Audioslave's second album, Out Of Exile, stormed the chart this week, selling 263,000 copies to take the top spot, according to Nielsen SoundScan.
This is 100,000 more than the former Rage Against The Machine and Soundgarden members moved with their self-titled 2002 debut (which came in at Number Seven) marking their transition from supergroup curiosity to rock & roll force, reports RollingStone.
Other big debuts this week included Gorillaz' second studio album, Demon Days. Blur frontman Damon Albarn's animated hip-hop/dub concept band sold 107,000 copies to take Number Six, with the aid of avant producer Danger Mouse - more than double the sales of their 2001 self-titled debut, which opened at a distant Thirty-Nine. Karma & Effect, the second effort from Seether, debuted at Number Eight (82,000): a breakthrough for the South African-born, Southern Cali-based rockers, whose 2004 debut Disclaimer didn't crack the Top Forty.
Unhappy rockers this week include power pop band Weezer, whose fifth record, Make Believe, fell eight spots from Number Nine to Number Seventeen (55,000), predicting a short Top Twenty lifespan for the CD
Shawn Crahan Can't Stomach His Bandmates
Slipknot percussionist Shawn "Clown" Crahan recently gave an in-depth interview to Metal Temple magazine's Katrina Thompson during the group's visit to Kansas City as part of their world tour. When asked if the rumors were true that Slipknot are going to disband after this tour, Clown said, "Well, you know, I can't promise anything, but I will tell you that we're already planning on another record. Anything can happen, of course.
"In the early days, there were always three, maybe two and a half years for each cycle. It's a lot of time and here I am on three now. We've communicated, I think we've made the right movements as a band, and I can't stomach all these guys, and I don't care if they like to hear that or not, you know. I'm an only child, I used to think I wanted brothers but I don't. I enjoy being an only child. But that's that, we're gonna stick it out, we're having a lot of fun. We've gotten a new management, we've done really well for ourselves as a business, we've gotten really good at being able to pay bills, this record cycle and our business is good. And it's all not for nothing.
"I mean, I would do this for as long as I could but the fact of the matter is that I've got four kids, I've got mouths to feed, I've got insurance, medical bills, school clothes, pencils, it's not easy. I mean, this has gotta be my art, but it's gotta pay the bills too. I'm just having a blast and as long as it works, we're all in and it's working. We got great, great, great people that understand what the f--k the Knot is and if you don't know what the Knot is then you get cast out, but we finally got those people."
Megadeth Future Uncertain
Dave Mustaine will keep Megadeth alive for this summer's Gigantour and a couple of archival projects, but the band's future is up in the air after that, reports Launch Radio Networks.
Mustaine originally planned Megadeth's 2004 album, "The System Has Failed", as a solo outing, but used the band name for contractual reasons. Now, he told Launch, he has to decide what to do next. "I still was convinced that this was gonna be the last Megadeth record," he said. "But, you know, after going out and touring and having these new, wonderful people I'm playing with and this whole new administration that I'm part of, it's just given me a huge, very uncomfortable question mark. Do I go out on top — because Megadeth certainly is at the top of its form right now — or do I throw the dice again?"
Mustaine says he'll make a decision after Gigantour, a traveling festival that kicks off July 21 in Fresno, California.
so is this the end of Slipknot and Megadeth?
Audioslave's second album, Out Of Exile, stormed the chart this week, selling 263,000 copies to take the top spot, according to Nielsen SoundScan.
This is 100,000 more than the former Rage Against The Machine and Soundgarden members moved with their self-titled 2002 debut (which came in at Number Seven) marking their transition from supergroup curiosity to rock & roll force, reports RollingStone.
Other big debuts this week included Gorillaz' second studio album, Demon Days. Blur frontman Damon Albarn's animated hip-hop/dub concept band sold 107,000 copies to take Number Six, with the aid of avant producer Danger Mouse - more than double the sales of their 2001 self-titled debut, which opened at a distant Thirty-Nine. Karma & Effect, the second effort from Seether, debuted at Number Eight (82,000): a breakthrough for the South African-born, Southern Cali-based rockers, whose 2004 debut Disclaimer didn't crack the Top Forty.
Unhappy rockers this week include power pop band Weezer, whose fifth record, Make Believe, fell eight spots from Number Nine to Number Seventeen (55,000), predicting a short Top Twenty lifespan for the CD
Shawn Crahan Can't Stomach His Bandmates
Slipknot percussionist Shawn "Clown" Crahan recently gave an in-depth interview to Metal Temple magazine's Katrina Thompson during the group's visit to Kansas City as part of their world tour. When asked if the rumors were true that Slipknot are going to disband after this tour, Clown said, "Well, you know, I can't promise anything, but I will tell you that we're already planning on another record. Anything can happen, of course.
"In the early days, there were always three, maybe two and a half years for each cycle. It's a lot of time and here I am on three now. We've communicated, I think we've made the right movements as a band, and I can't stomach all these guys, and I don't care if they like to hear that or not, you know. I'm an only child, I used to think I wanted brothers but I don't. I enjoy being an only child. But that's that, we're gonna stick it out, we're having a lot of fun. We've gotten a new management, we've done really well for ourselves as a business, we've gotten really good at being able to pay bills, this record cycle and our business is good. And it's all not for nothing.
"I mean, I would do this for as long as I could but the fact of the matter is that I've got four kids, I've got mouths to feed, I've got insurance, medical bills, school clothes, pencils, it's not easy. I mean, this has gotta be my art, but it's gotta pay the bills too. I'm just having a blast and as long as it works, we're all in and it's working. We got great, great, great people that understand what the f--k the Knot is and if you don't know what the Knot is then you get cast out, but we finally got those people."
Megadeth Future Uncertain
Dave Mustaine will keep Megadeth alive for this summer's Gigantour and a couple of archival projects, but the band's future is up in the air after that, reports Launch Radio Networks.
Mustaine originally planned Megadeth's 2004 album, "The System Has Failed", as a solo outing, but used the band name for contractual reasons. Now, he told Launch, he has to decide what to do next. "I still was convinced that this was gonna be the last Megadeth record," he said. "But, you know, after going out and touring and having these new, wonderful people I'm playing with and this whole new administration that I'm part of, it's just given me a huge, very uncomfortable question mark. Do I go out on top — because Megadeth certainly is at the top of its form right now — or do I throw the dice again?"
Mustaine says he'll make a decision after Gigantour, a traveling festival that kicks off July 21 in Fresno, California.
so is this the end of Slipknot and Megadeth?