Author: Crossfire

A singles collection of D.O.A’s best moment is being released.

Punk Rock Singles 1978-1999 will feature 26 tracks collecting every single and B side from Disco Sucks to the present day. The whole set of tracks has been remastered and is set for release this month. The tracklisting for the collection is:

Disco Sucks
Nazi Training Camp
Royal Police
Woke Up Screaming
The Prisoner
13 (1978)
World War 3
Whatcha Gonna Do? (1979)
Fucked Up Ronnie
The Enemy
My Old Man’s A Bum
New Wave Sucks (1981)
Fuck You
Burn It Down (1982)
General Strike
That’s Life (1983)
Billy and the Socreds (1986)
The Only Thing Green
Folsom Prison Blues, (1993)
It’s Not Unusual
Dead Men Tell No Tales (1994)
Marijuana Motherfucker (1996)
Beat ‘Em, Bust’Em (1997)
World Falls Apart
Used to Be Revolution (1998)
Nervous Breakdown (1999)

www.suddendeath.com

Three months after DJ Drama’s office was raided by the RIAA and the Georgia Police, when 81,000 CDs were confiscated as evidence, along with cash and cars, the DJ has spoken out.

The DJ, who was done for illegally putting out mixtapes, a staple of the rap world which brought about the rise of 50 Cent, The Game and Jay Z, said:

“A lot of the impact is still up in the air because people are waiting to see what comes of our situation. But, I try to look at everything in a positive manner. The mixtape game needs to change for the better. People need to learn from this…

I’ve heard the ‘mixtape martyr’ term, but I don’t go backward, I go forward. Not just where does DJ Drama go, but where does the mixtape game go from here? People need to realize how important mixtapes are to hip-hop and the music business. Just look at the careers of people like 50 Cent, Young Jeezy, DJ Clue, and Jay-Z. There are people in very powerful industry positions that owe a lot to mixtapes.”

A lot has been made of the confiscation and some reports state it stems from his not putting his address on the CDs, though he claimed it was just something he never did.

www.myspace.com/djdrama

The Game is the latest rapper to get in trouble with the police, by impersonating them!

The rapper is charged with impersonation of a police officer after he was caught in a cab that ran several red lights. The cab driver said that The Game had flashed a badge and told him he was an undercover cop, telling the driver to run the lights.

Game and his attourney have denied the charges but he didn’t help his cause by missing his court date at the end of last month.

www.comptongame.com

The Cure frontman Robert Smith will be collaborating with pop singer Ashlee Simpson on her next album it has been revealed.

Ashlee Simpson is, of course, the airhead that got her lip-synching wrong on Saturday Night Live and was booed out of the stadium by 70,000 fans at an American Football match.

Why Smith is working with her is anyone’s guess but reports were flying around that their mutual friendship of Pete Wentz from Fall Out Boy was the reason, though he has denied this. It is also possible that their being on the same label might have something to do with it.

www.thecure.com

Two songs from the Sick Of It All tribute, Out Impact Will Be Felt, have been put online.

Starting last month, two new songs will be previewed each week, featuring tracks such as Maladjusted performed by Himsa and Ignite’s version of Cease Fire.

With Bleeding Through and Bane coming up soon, make sure you keep your eyes out. The album is set for release on April 24th.

Check the songs by clicking here.