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The Guitar IS a Weapon

Posted 09 Apr 2009 in Guitar Heroics

Coming out of the Shelby Star in Cleveland County, North Carolina, it’s guitar crime! Wednesday, Apr 8 2009, 4:05 pm David Allen SHELBY – A Live Oak Street resident stands accused of snatching $120 from a man’s hands before taking off on a moped. Shelby Police reports indicate Byron Clifford Davis, 40, also of Live Oak Street, reported the incident at 8:40 p.m. Monday, just minutes after the crime allegedly oc-curred. The suspect was reportedly in Davis’ storage shed when…

Conor Oberst Makes Free Movies

Posted 09 Apr 2009 in Artist News

Hey, Conor Oberst is releasing a free behind the scenes documentary of his last 18 months on tour. Why should you care?1) Every Indie music loving chick we work with has a crush on Conor Oberst. It can’t hurt for you to know a little about him.2) The documentary is free.3) It was directed by his guitar tech. No word on if the tech got paid extra for this. Read Spin.com’s story on the matter below.Before Omaha indie boy wonder…

Courtney Love to Sue… Everybody!?!

Posted 09 Apr 2009 in Artist News, Guitarist Antics

Rollingstone.com Courtney Love plans to file a lawsuit within the next month in an effort to recoup the millions of dollars “looted” from her late husband’ Kurt Cobain’s estate, E! reports. The suit will be filed on behalf of Courtney and Frances Bean Cobain, and targets the “former assistants, former managers, CPAs, lawyers and a couple of banks” who Love says bilked roughly $30 million in cash and another $500 million in false real estate ventures from Cobain’s fortune. Cobain’s…

Aerosmith to Tour with ZZ Top, New Album Delayed

Posted 09 Apr 2009 in Artist News

Billboard.comApril 04, 2009 10:44 AM ETGary Graff, Cleveland Health issues and touring commitments have combined to postpone Aerosmith’s next album, according to guitarist Joe Perry. Perry tells Billboard.com that the record sessions — for the group’s first album since 2004’s “Honkin’ on Bobo” and first of all-original material since 2001’s “Just Push Play,” were delayed when he had to have surgery earlier this year to clear out an infection in his knee replacement. Then, last month, singer Steven Tyler came…