Monday Metal News: 8/1/2005

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Aug 1, 2005

If you have some metal news or information for the weekly column, email it to the editor! Here's the latest metal news for Monday, August 1st, 2005:

Head Automatica Cancels Tour Dates
Head Automatica has cancelled their upcoming tour with Finch due to illness of lead singer Daryl Palumbo. Daryl, who suffered from a relapse of Crohn's Disease is receiving treatment to recover from his illness. Daryl will be planning on performing with Glassjaw starting on 8/13 for a US Tour.

Head Automatica will join up with The Used for a tour in Canada starting on 9/7.

Alice Cooper Tour and New CD
Once decried as "a parent's worst nightmare," the one and only ALICE COOPER is back with a new album, "DIRTY DIAMONDS," to be released Aug. 2 on New West Records. Written and recorded in 13 days, the album stays true to the back-to-basics philosophy of 2003's "The Eyes of Alice Cooper." On "Diamonds" â€" which was produced by Steve Lindsey (Leonard Cohen, Elton John) and Rick Boston (Rickie Lee Jones) â€" Cooper offers a stripped-down salute to both the British Invasion past and the neo-garage-rocking present with scorching tracks like "Your Own Worst Enemy," "Run Down the Devil," "Steal That Car" "Zombie Dance" and "Sunset Babies (All Got Rabies)." He also stretches out into some surprising new musical territory.

Meanwhile, Cooper's world tour, which kicked off in Australia, will hit the U.S. in mid-Aug., with Cheap Trick joining the bill (see dates below). The shock-rocker pioneered the use of grimly grandiose stage theatrics â€" including, but not limited to, boa constrictors, guillotines and electric chairs â€" and his new show carries his blood-curdling live act into the 21st Century. Alice Cooper is poised to wreak havoc on another generation.

Not content merely to stage an epic, blood-spattered musical assault, Cooper has also seized the airwaves. His internationally syndicated radio show, "Nights with Alice Cooper," has rapidly grown in popularity since its launch in Jan. 2004. The show airs Monday through Friday from 7pm until Midnight, via United Stations Radio Network. Targeting the Classic Rock format, Cooper incorporates music, trivia, guest interviews and, of course, his commentary. Guests have included everyone from Ozzy Osbourne, Brian May, and Slash to Dennis Miller, Jerry Springer and Sugar Ray Leonard. The show's growing success has inspired several new affiliates to jump aboard Cooper's night train. The show currently airs on over 80 stations in the U.S. and has been rated in the Top 10 in more than 25 markets.

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