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George Stroumboulopoulos's Much Music Info:

BACKGROUND: Born in Toronto and raised in Malton and Rexdale Ontario. George graduated from Humber College's Radio Broadcasting program.. Before landing the gig at Much, George worked his way through several on-air radio stints including Kelowna, B.C.'s "The Lizard", Toronto's FAN 590, and his most recent, Toronto's Alternative Rock station EDGE 102 where he hosted both "Live in Toronto" & "Over the Edge".

MUSIC TO LIVE BY: Rancid, Danko Jones, Pantera, AC/DC, Dr.Dre, Jersey, Slipknot and of course . . . Led Zeppelin, The Clash, and Rage Against The Machine.

FAVOURITE TV SHOWS: The Simpsons, Magnum P.I., Law & Order, The West Wing, The Sopranos, and The Buzz.

Movies to Live By: Army of Darkness, The Blues Brothers, Midnight Run, and Apocalypse Now and anything else with Sean Penn.

Career High: Having John Frusciante of the Red Hot Chili Peppers call me a F***ing A**hole on air. They later made-up. All is cool with the two.

How would you describe yourself? Grateful to be alive. (seriously :-)

The Look: Street pop

Please e-mail George and tell him about the LOUD! LiveJournal Community! We want this to get out there!
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later...
-immorak

Adema celebrated the release of their self-titled Arista debut, Tuesday in Los Angeles, with an in-store signing and private show. All 5 members of Korn were spotted at The Roxy where Adema played a full set for fans who attended the band's in-store signing at Tower Records.

Slipknot's new album "Iowa" has leaked on the net in mp3 format. The album will hit stores on August 28th. The band's label Roadrunner Records stemmed off an earlier leak by not sending out any promotional copies of the album. Slipknot are rumored to be finishing up the video for "Left Behind", which is expected to debut on MTV somewhere around the release of "Iowa".



Tracklist for your downloading pleasure:
01 - "(515)"
02 - "People = Shit"
03 - "Disasterpiece"
04 - "My Plague"
05 - "Everything Ends"
06 - "The Heretic Anthem"
07 - "Gently"
08 - "Left Behind"
09 - "The Shape"
10 - "I Am Hated"
11 - "Skin Ticket"
12 - "New Abortion"
13 - "Metabolic"
14 - "Iowa"

Alien Ant Farm have been confirmed to perform their latest single "Smooth Criminal" on "The Tonight Show With Jay Leno" on September 17th.

Marilyn Manson will be releasing a CD single for the track "The Nobodies" in the U.K. on September 03rd through nothing/Interscope. In addition to the title track, the release will also include a live version of "The Death Song" and the video for "The Nobodies". In other news, recent rumors heavily suggest that Marilyn Manson and Ozzy Osbourne may be collaborating on a track together sometime in the future, as they hit it off quite well while touring together all summer on the Ozzfest.

Dope have set an October 30th release date for their forthcoming new album for Flip/Epic which has now been confirmed to be titled "Life". The effort, which was co-produced by Edsel Dope and Josh Abraham (Staind, Orgy) shapes up as follows:
01 - "Take Your Best Shot"
02 - "Now or Never"
03 - "Nothing (Why)"
04 - "Stop"
05 - "Thanks For Nothing"
06 - "Die MF Die"
07 - "What About..."
08 - "Move It"
09 - "Jenny�s Cryin�"
10 - "With or Without You"
11 - "Crazy"
12 - "Slipping Away"
13 - "March of Hope"
14 - "You�re Full of Shit" (Hidden Track)
The first single from the release will be the track "Now Or Never", which is set to impact at radio on September 18th. Meanwhile, the groups previously announced August 28th and 29th dates, as well as their August 31st through till September 02nd stops will take place opening for Cold. In other news, the band have also announced the latest additions to their line-up, who replace former guitarist Tripp Eisen who has since went onto Static-X and former drummer Preston Nash who is now a member of Primer 55. Now in their place is guitarist Virus and drummer Sketchy Shay, while Sloane Mosey Jentry has been enlisted to handle the bassist slot.

Aug 28th all hell breaks loose.... we'll see you on the streets.
http://www.roadrun.com/iowa

Shortly after you pull your life back together after being laid to waste by
Slipknot's IOWA we're releasing another round of amazing records.

-Nickelback's 'Silver Side Up' (featuring 'How You Remind Me', if you own a
radio you've heard it) SEPT 11th.

-Ill Nino's 'Revolution...Revolucion' SEPT 18th.

-Spineshank's 'The Height Of Callousness' DIGIPAK edition with 4 new tracks!
SEPT 25th.

-Deicide's 'Torment In Hell' SEPT 25th.

-Chimaira's 'Pass Out Of Existence' Oct 2nd.
http://www.roadrun.com/newreleases/

We have new music all over Roadrunner and the shit is free. Check out tracks
from Dry Kill Logic, Nickelback, Ill NIno, Chimaira, Killswitch Engage, and
more. Check out the extensive artist sections for each band.
http://www.roadrun.com/artists/

The soundtrack to HELL, Ozzfest 2001: The Second
Millenium, brings together the cream of this year's Ozzfest on CD. Slipknot is
at the Top of the heap.
PC: http://www.epicrecords.com/ozzfest/ettachment/ozzfest.exe
MAC:http://www.epicrecords.com/ozzfest/ettachment/ozzfest.hqx

-Later-

Godsmack have announced a handful of new dates for which Saliva and Reveille are rumored to open. They are as follows:
September 11th Augusta, ME - Augusta Civic Center
September 13th Erie, PA - Erie Civic Center
September 14th Buffalo, NY - Six Flags Darien Lake P.A.C.
September 16th Scranton, PA - Coors Light Amplitheatre
September 18th Toledo, OH - Toledo Sports Arena
September 20th Battle Creek, MI - Kellogg Arena
September 22nd Atlanta, GA - HiFi Buys Amplitheatre
In addition, the group have also announced a Mexican date, it is as follows:
October 12th Cabo San Lucas, MEX - Cabo Wabo Cantina

You've begged, you've pleaded, you've literally sent thousands of emails requesting song and video information. Guess what? You got it.



Playlist for Saturday, August 25:

It's the show you've all been waiting for. George, gets an all-access pass to the the Moline edition of Off-Fest. Hook up with Slipknot, Mudvayne, and Papa Roach.
Playlist to be announced soon!


Whats up with that? Why post anything if the playlist isn't done yet?
oh well.. better then nothing i guess...

later...
-immorak