Ice Cube And MTV To Resurrect Celebrity Deathmatch


According to a new report, based on the upcoming rebirth of The Real World and other nostalgia for the 1990s, MTC and actor/producer/Hip-Hop legend Ice Cube are working on a reboot of Celebrity Deathmatch. The show was a huge hit for the network which featured stars of pop-culture brutally and comically fighting to the death, in claymation. Series creator Eric Fogel will return to executive produce, with Ice Cube set to executive produce and star in the new take on the stop-motion animation series. Jeff Kwatinetz of Cube Vision will also executive produce with Ben Hurwitz co-executive producing. The new Celebrity Deathmatch will be available as a weekly series for an SVOD or other network partner in 2019.The show originally aired from 1998-2001 on MTV. It featured the voices of Mills Lane, Stone Cold Steve Austin, and Debbie Matenopoulos. MTV2 then relaunched the show for two seasons in 2006 and 2007, with the network then ordering a pilot for a reboot in 2015 that did not go to series.Continue reading


Louder Than Life Festival Canceled Due To Venue Conditions


Festival producer Danny Wimmer Presents announced that, due to the continuing rain and deterioration of conditions at Champions Park, this weekend’s Louder Than Life Festival in Louisville, KY has unfortunately been canceled. Full refunds for fans are available at the links below. The fest was to have featured Nine Inch Nails, Alice In Chains, Godsmack, Deftones, Limp Bizkit, Ice Cube, Five Finger Death Punch, Breaking Benjamin, Shinedown and more. As fans prepared to travel from far and wide for the second largest rock and metal music festival every year but the conditions of the venue, following rains that forced the shutdown of this past weekend’s Bourbon and Beyond Festival. You can read the statement from Danny Hayes, CEO of Danny Wimmer Presents below.Continue reading


Louder Than Life Festival Experiences Announced, Festival Approaches Next Month


The World’s Largest Rock ‘N’ Roll Whiskey Festival Returns next month at Louder Than Life. Taking place at Champions Park In Louisville, KY from September 28, 29 and 30th. The bands leading the festival includes Nine Inch Nails, Alice In Chains, Godsmack, Deftones, Limp Bizkit, Ice Cube, Five Finger Death Punch, Breaking Benjamin, Shinedown and more. Now the fest has announced their lineup of festival experiences has been revealed, always a highlight for attendees. Continue reading


Nine Inch Nails, Avenged Sevenfold, Shinedown, Deftones, Ice Cube Booked For Louder Than Life Festival


Louder Than Life 2018 has made their formal lineup annoncement for this years edition. In addtion to previously announced headliner Nine Inch Nails, the fest now includes Nine Inch Nails, Avenged Sevenfold, Shinedown, Deftones, Ice Cube, Papa Roach, Bullet for My Valentine, Slash, Limp Bizkit, Clutch, RED SUN RISING, Tyler Bryant & the Shakedown, The FEVER 333, Knocked Loose and more. Tickets on sale this Friday at the links below.Continue reading


Amnesia Rockfest Books Blink-182, Rise Against, Jane’s Addiction, Limp Bizkit and Ice Cube


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Back for an 11th year in a row, Amnesia Rockfest near Quebec, in Montebello Canada will host mega bands such as Blink-182, Rise Against, Jane’s Addiction, Limp Bizkit and Ice Cube among the 125 bands who are slated to perform. Other bands scheduled to appear include Korn, Ontario punks Billy Talent and Sum 41, Bring Me The Horizon, Florida’s A Day To Remember, Lamb of God, Anthrax, Twisted Sister (farewell tour and last show in Canada), Puscifer, NOFX (performing their album Punk In Drublic), The Used (performing their album In Love and Death), At The Drive-In (reunion show), Underoath (reunion show), Blink-182’s Travis Barker (solo show), NOFX’s Fat Mike performing as Cokie The Clown (world-exclusive solo show), Lagwagon (performing their album Hoss), Millencolin, Streetlight Manifesto, Against Me!, Strung Out, Guttermouth, No Use For A Name (special tribute), Leftover Crack, Wizo, Flag, The Adicts, Misfits, Dead Kennedys, Steve Ignorant of Crass, D.O.A., Turbonegro and GG Allin (special tribute), Sepultura, Sodom (first show in Canada in 10 years), D.R.I. (first show in Canada in 20 years), Cannibal Corpse, Korpiklaani, Max & Igor Cavalera Back To ‘Roots’ (performing Sepultura’s Roots album), Corrosion Of Conformity, The Black Dahlia Murder, The Faceless and Poison The Well (reunion show) and many more. Some defunct Quebec bands will temporarily reunite exclusively for Amnesia Rockfest, including Vulgaires Machins, Kermess, Raid, Démence and Yelo Molo. Festival regulars Grimskunk, Despised Icon, The Sainte Catherines (performing Dancing for Decadence), Voivod, Anonymus and BARF will be back this year. In addition, Québec Redneck Bluegrass Project, Bob Bissonnette, Gorguts and WD-40, alt rock legends Ludwig Von 88 (reunion show and only Canadian date) and Les Ramoneurs de Menhirs, Bérurier Noir’s Loran’s group.

Tickets are now on sale at www.amnesiarockfest.com and at Amnesia stores. Once again this year, festival weekend passes will be sold at very reasonable rates: $120 (plus fees and taxes), which comes out to less than a dollar per band! New this year: festival-goers can pay for their order in five instalments. VIP packages are also available.

For the 2016 edition of the festival, the VIP campground will be totally revamped to offer a unique experience to festival-goers. Again this year, several public transit options will be available, as well as an area for RV camping.

 

 


Deftones/Death From Above 1979 at The Forum (Los Angeles, CA)


Photo Credit: Scott Uchida

Photo Credit: Scott Uchida

Deftones/Death From Above 1979
The Forum
Los Angeles, CA

Southern California Deftones appearances have been some of their most magical shows, and tonight’s was no different, as they came out firing away and got the crowd amped upon the first note. Frontman Chino Moreno trotted around the stage and often marched right in front of the crowd, screaming ‘guns…knives…razors!’ (on “Rocket Skates.” The crowd was right behind him and got the high energy show going on a high all evening.

Chino Moreno of The Deftones. Photo Credit: Scott Uchida

Chino Moreno of The Deftones. Photo Credit: Scott Uchida

Their set list span across their catalog of songs, and while they have yet to perform new material from their forthcoming album, fans didn’t seem to mind that their current set rocks just fine. Choice cuts such as “Be Quiet and Drive (Far Away)” and “My Own Summer (Shove It)” had the crowd singing along and bouncing along with the band.

Stephen Carpenter of The Deftones. Photo Credit: Scott Uchida

Stephen Carpenter of The Deftones. Photo Credit: Scott Uchida

They have grown to cover a wide span of sounds, from somber, ambient tunes (“Digital Bath,” “Change (In the House of Flies) to energetic yet melodic driven (“Knife Party”) to the harder driving tunes that got the crowd jumping along. Guitarist Stephen Carpenter and bassist Sergio Vega both play roles alongside Moreno with creating and projecting their riff driven sounds, while drummer Abe Carpenter and keyboardist Frank Delgado quietly set the pace for their overall vibe that brought out the wide array of reactions from the audience.

Sergio Vega of The Deftones. Photo Credit: Scott Uchida

Sergio Vega of The Deftones. Photo Credit: Scott Uchida

The highlights of their set came during the two closing numbers – “Headup” with the crowd chanting “Soulfly” during the chorus, and longtime favorite “Engine No 9” (with an interlude of Ice Cube’s “Wicked”) that easily closed out another memorable evening.

Deftones Set List

Diamond Eyes
Rocket Skates
Be Quiet and Drive (Far Away)
My Own Summer (Shove It)
You’ve Seen the Butcher
Sextape
Feiticeira
Digital Bath
Knife Party
When Girls Telephone Boys
Tempest
Swerve City
Passenger
Change (In the House of Flies)
Headup
Engine No. 9

Canadian dance-punk duo Death From Above 1979 came out with a somewhat minimal stage setup but made up with their eclectic music and somewhat resembles in parts a pseudo-gothic dance party. Vocalist/drummer Sebastien Grainger and bassist/synth player Jesse F Keeler both spent much of their brief set in the center of the stage, without much movement, but still managed to get the crowd into their bizarre sounds. Musically, Keeler’s synth driven overtones surrounds Grainger’s drumming while he is also handling vocals, which at times can be a bit confusing. While Death From Above 1979 is still new to most people, this outside of the box musical style is a breath of fresh air to a somewhat stale musical scene of today, and tonight was proof that creativity in music still exists.

By Rei Nishimoto