Top 20 Rock Deaths All this week on Scuzz, they’re dedicating the channel the the rock legends no longer with us. Take a look at what’s in store: Top 20 Rock Deaths September 14, 16 and 18 From choking on their own vomit to choking on a ham sandwich, rock stars’ deaths are rarely as glamorous as their rock ‘n’ roll lives. In this griping two-hour documentary, Scuzz looks at the tragic and debauched demise of rock legends such as Keith Moon, Jimi Hendrix, Joey Ramone, Cliff Burton, Layne Staley, Randy Rhoades, Sid Vicious and Kurt Cobain. Our rock pundits, along with the likes of Slipknot, Good Charlotte, Incubus, Lostprophets, and The Offspring, look at the stories behind the deaths of some of rock’s biggest icons, and delve into the phenomenon of the Scandinavian death metal deaths, the 27 Club, and take a look at the bizarre endings the history books have tried to gloss over. Featuring our hosts, Cradle Of Filth. Rock In Peace Every day at midday Scuzz hand-picks a selection of videos in tribute to the rockers no longer with us, from The Clash, Def Leppard, The Ramones, and Alice In Chains, to Metallica, Sublime, AC/DC and Nirvana.

Who is… CALIBAN Name? Andreas D퀌_rner Age? 27 Instrument? Vocals All time favourite record? Unbroken í¢ä‰åñLife Love Regretí¢ä‰åŒ Greatest experience on tour? The Hellfest and the first time that the people screamed along all the lyrics. Most horrible experience on tour? A 3-day stop in a French village. Our driver killed two tyres at the same time and we had to spend our off-days in the middle of nowhere. Most embarrassing moment ever on stage? Once I was so drunk that I wanted to do a feat on a monitor box. It slipped away and I fell down right on my ass. It was embarrassing and painful. Do you have any sort of ritual before going on stage? Screaming myself into the right mood. With which band would you love to tour with? I already did (In Flames). Besides In Flames, touring with Chimaira, Machine Head or Slipknot would be cool. If I couldn’t be a musician, I would work as… Probably owner of a pub! Best advice you ever heard? With your voice you should become a singer. With which famous person (alive or dead) would you love to spend some time and why? Jim Morrison, to philosophise about the world. What’s one thing you would like to achieve in life? To complete and train my voice so far that I’ll be satisfied with myself sometime. World domination would be cool, too. Last Words: Love me, or hate me, but never ignore me. Thanks to all of you out there, who have been with us and supporting us for such a long time, stay metal/hc!

Originally set to hit Morrisound studios in Florida today, the start date for Trivium to start the recording of their Roadrunner debut (titled Ascendancy) has been pushed back. Yes, the effects of the hurricane situation continue. Trivium should be hitting Morrisound studios sometime later in the week, details to follow.

Right about now, Chimaira are in Japan. After Japan, it’s off to Australia for the first time, then back home to start the writing process for a new CD. In between, a DVD/EP titled ‘The Dehumanizing Process’ will be released. Chimaira frontman Mark Hunter checked in with the following update before leaving to Japan: Hey everyone! Well, after 17 months, we are almost finished touring. Never ones to fade into the distance, our final show on the Road Rage 2004 tour ended with some insane drunken madness. There is an old tradition when bands are good friends – they play little pranks on each other like seniors in high school. We ended up crashing Machine Head’s stage for some shots of Grey Goose and Jager. At the end of their show I started playing drums with the Head on some old Metallica classics. It was awesome and now I know why I quit drums. Not to be outdone, at the height of the energy during our set, crowd is going nuts, we are having a blast, next thing you know there are 3 grown men in diapers (Machine Head) on our stage jamming with us. We got fucked with so bad and loved every minute of it. I could tell the crowd was amused with the all of the antics because I am sure they have never seen anything like that before. The Road Rage tour was a blast for us all, and we became closer friends with Machine Head who are some of the best guys on the planet. We just had 2 days off and are headed overseas for our first Japanese and Australian tours, with our friends in In Flames. We are fucking stoked. Rumor has it all of the Australian shows are already sold out. Don’t quote me on that, but that is what I hear. Touring has been a blast and it really defines what is best about being in a band. Onward and upward the DVD is complete. A lot of people seem confused as to what the content on the DVD is. This is not your typical band DVD. It is not something we put together. An actual director, Todd Bell, made a movie based on us…you get the deal. Here is what you can look forward to: – A 90-minute documentary about what we have accomplished, over come, and endured over the past 2 years. It follows us from the beginning of the writing process for The Impossibility of Reason, the recording, the touring and all of the shit we went through in between and during, especially with our drummer situations this year. – The extra goodies that will be included are all of our videos and a 7 song concert from Europe (Colin Richardson mixed the audio from the concert in 5.1 and it sounds amazing) – a 2nd disc, the This Present Darkness CD with some extra tracks (for some reason, a lot of people think the audio for this record is on the DVD…THIS IS NOT THE CASE it is a separate CD entirely) The DVD/EP comes out November 2nd and we really hope everyone enjoys it. The past 2 years have been really special for us and we are excited to be able to share it with everyone in the world. Finally we will start writing this October and hope to be in the studio in January. We hope the DVD/EP can hold you all over till the new shit comes out! Thanks for all of the support for the past year and a half and even though we look forward to a “break” we can’t wait to get back out to do it all over again. Thanks again. Mark

KERRANG TV Killswitch Engage ‘The End Of Heartache’ is now added í¢ä‰åäóì selection # 271 SCUZZ TV Now added: Cradle Of Filth ‘Nymphetamine’ Killswitch Engage ‘The End Of Heartache’ * Note: They can only be selected this week from 3 p.m. í¢ä‰åäóì 5 p.m. and midnight í¢ä‰åäóì 9 a.m.

Further to the last news update about the stonkingly cheap Roadrage campaign kicking off at Virgin this month, we can now tell you it’s actually been brought forward a couple of days, and will start from September 20th! The following albums will be included in the campaign: AT 퉌£7.99 Slipknot ‘Vol 3’ 36 Crazyfists ‘A Snow-Capped Romance’ Soulfly ‘Prophecy’ DevilDriver ‘DevilDriver’ Fear Factory ‘Archetype’ Killswitch Engage ‘The End Of Heartache’ Nickelback ‘The Long Road’ Dirty Americans ‘Strange Generation’ Hatebreed ‘Rise Of Brutality’ Every Time I Die ‘Hot Damn!’ O.S.T. ‘Freddy Vs Jason’ AT 퉌£6.99 Chimaira í¢ä‰åäóì both albums 36 Crazyfists ‘Bitterness The Star’ Fear Factory ‘Demanufacture’ Ill Nino í¢ä‰åäóì both albums Machine Head í¢ä‰åäóì ‘Through The Ashesí¢ä‰åŒ_’, ‘Burn My Eyes’, ‘Hellalive’ Killswitch Engage ‘Alive Or Just Breathing’ Nickelback í¢ä‰åäóì ‘Curb’, ‘The State’ & ‘Silver Side Up’ Queens Of The Stone Age ‘QOTSA’ Sepultura ‘Roots’ Slipknot ‘Slipknot’ & ‘Iowa’ Spineshank í¢ä‰åäóì ‘The Height Of Callousness’ & ‘Self-Destructive Pattern’ Murderdolls ‘Beyond The Valley…’ Stone Sour ‘Stone Sour’ Type O Negative ‘Life Is Killing Me’

Name? Thomas Jensen Age? 27 Instrument? Drums All time favourite record? Slayer: Season In The Abyss. Greatest experience on tour? I smoked some bad shit and passed out. The other guys had to carry me from the venue to the nightliner (tourbus). Most horrible experience on tour? The nightliner broke down on the way home from the tour. We had to sit on the highway waiting for 12 hours. Most embarrassing moment that ever happened to you on stage? We ate some bad food and I crapped my pants during the show. Shit was running down my legs. Do you have any sort of ritual before going on stage? No With which band would you love to tour with and why? Slayer, because they are the best. If I wasn’t a musician, I would work as a… Blacksmith, my profession. I am master of the welding flames. [web ed: welding flames? Does it get any more metal?!?] Best advice you ever heard? Always crash your cymbals before the end of the warranty period. With which famous person (alive or dead) would you love to spend some time and why? Your mum. Because she’s sweet. Last Words: See you on the road.

Did you know? The 36 Crazyfists video for ‘Bloodwork’ is now up for selection on Kerrang! TV by selecting video number 255. Get selecting!

‘The Dehumanizing Process’, the new Chimaira DVD, will be available in stores from November 1. Artwork has recently been confirmed, which you can see HERE. Amongst other sections, the DVD will include 7 tracks from a live Chimaira show, and these tracks are set to be: 1. í¢ä‰åñPower Tripí¢ä‰åŒ 2. í¢ä‰åñCleansationí¢ä‰åŒ 3. í¢ä‰åñSeveredí¢ä‰åŒ 4. í¢ä‰åñEyes Of A Criminalí¢ä‰åŒ 5. í¢ä‰åñDown Againí¢ä‰åŒ 6. í¢ä‰åñThe Dehumanizing Processí¢ä‰åŒ 7. í¢ä‰åñPure Hatredí¢ä‰åŒ. more info to come In other Chimaira news, the band are set to kick off a few Japanese & Australian tour dates on September 10th.

The debut Ill Nino DVD ‘Live From The Eye Of The Storm’ is due to be released on November 1st. You can see the cover artwork HERE. The DVD is set to contain the following sections: – A 9-song live performance shot at an arena in Pennsylvania, USA while the band was on tour with Godsmack Tracks are likely to be: 1. í¢ä‰åñTe Amoí¢ä‰åŒ_I Hate Youí¢ä‰åŒ 2. í¢ä‰åñWhat Comes Aroundí¢ä‰åŒ 3. í¢ä‰åñI Am Locoí¢ä‰åŒ 4. í¢ä‰åñCleansingí¢ä‰åŒ 5. í¢ä‰åñThis Time’s For Realí¢ä‰åŒ 6. í¢ä‰åñUnframedí¢ä‰åŒ 7. í¢ä‰åñHow Can I Liveí¢ä‰åŒ 8. í¢ä‰åñUnrealí¢ä‰åŒ 9. í¢ä‰åñLiarí¢ä‰åŒ – Behind-the-scenes footage of the band on the road, with an editorial focus – Behind-the-scenes footage of the band on the road, with a more light-hearted focus – Individual segments of each band member making some ‘confessions’ – All of Ill Nino’s promo videos