The man who claimed Eminem assaulted him has decided not to press charges against the blonde rapper. The man had a confrontation with Eminem’s entourage after trying to talk to the star in the toilets of a strip club in Detroit, and it is alleged that Em threw some punches himself.
But the police have said that there will be no charges pressed, though they do not know the reasons why this is the case.
Primal Scream frontman Bobby Gillespie was been beaten up in Madrid last week though it is unsure why it happened. The band’s manager told reporters that the extent of Gillespie’s injuries aren’t yet known, but that the group performed the night after the incident. Thankfully, Gillespie seems ok but was advised by the Doctors not to travel over the weekend and to wear an American football helmet at the next show!
All good things must come to an end. Love him or hate him Bastien Salabanzi has parted ways with Flip Skateboards.
The Congo born-French bred ripper shot to fame when he hit the contest circuit hard and blew people away with hella consistent runs, doing tricks that most pros hadn’t dreamt of trying to pull during their 60 second dash. Bastien knew there was competition and wasn’t afraid to let everyone know he knew it – Something that would later cause a lot of hate for the Champ.
But Bastien was never one to let critics get the best of him and threw down not one but two amazing parts for the Flip videos. In any case, the Backside boss has been released by Flip and will probably emerge elsewhere.
Where? Who knows… we wouldn’t be surprised if Bastien quit everything and pursued a career as a guitar player, only to come back and kill the competition again and say, “I told you so!”
Our man with the death lens in Europe this summer Guido Gazzi is about to unleash a video feature on this site from the Helsinki Pro Skate Comp in Finland that went down a couple of weeks back.
The comp was won by Globe Shoes rider Eero Anttila who also rides for Alis Skateboards.
Expect a video feature and interview on this site over the next week and if you want to see Eero in action, click here to watch his video part from the most recent Alis video “Who Cares”.
New York’s Non Phixion have called it a day, according to a bulletin on their website. Their ten year tenure together is over, allowing individual members to do their own thing. Ill Bill, Sabac Red and DJ Eclipse have all said they will work with each other in the future, under a different name, but the split comes because of “Goretex’s general unreliability and total lack of interest in touring, writing and recording music with Non Phixion”.
Ill Bill is working with La Coka Nostra at the moment, but plans to release a Live At CBGB’s DVD later this year and is also working on his new solo album, The Hour Of Reprisal, due in 2007. Sabac is also working on a new album, The Ritual and DJ Eclipse is looking to put out a Halftime Show DVD in 2007, with freestyles and interviews from his radio show.
Check out www.nonphixion.com for the full press release and also www.unclehowie.com for news from the individual members.
Three years have passed since the Juggaknots released the awesome Clear Blue Skies [Re:Release] and we’ve all been waiting for the new material to come…finally it is happening! Their new album, Use Your Confusion, is due to drop in October and features guest spots from Nine and Slick Rick.
If you want to check out some hype and see the promo video for the new album, then click here.
Welcome to the mind melt. We come to turn your minds to jelly. This month None More Punk has gone psychedelic and we’re diving headlong into a world of fuzz box guitars, lurching garage rock and LSD inspired lunacy.
Strap yourself in and let DJ’s James Sherry and Zac Slack dose you up with an hour of the best proto-punk psychedelia you could hope to hear.
Much of the show is derived from the classic ‘Nuggets: Original Artyfacts From The First Psychedelic Era 1965-1968‘ boxset on Rhino Records.
This four CD set collects the best singles from this period that somehow slipped under the mainstream radar, or were just too damn weird. This music was a huge influence on the first wave of punk and shares many similarities, capturing the same reckless energy and drug-crazed rebellion as The Damned, Sex Pistols etc. Fuck the history lesson though, this is just great music, the when’s and where’s don’t really matter, just turn it up and drop yourself a cheeky half. More info at: www.rhino.com
This show is dedicated to Syd Barrett, the original founder of Pink Floyd who passed away recently. Syd took the raw sounds of garage rock and propelled them into another dimension, changing the course of music forever. Despite having not set foot in a recording studio since 1974, his importance in music is unsurpassed. This one’s for you Syd, you legend…
Remember when you were young,
you shone like the sun
Shine on you crazy diamond.
Now there’s a look in your eyes
like black holes in the sky,
Shine on you crazy diamond.
You were caught on the crossfire of
childhood and stardom,
blown on the steel breeze.
Come on you target for far away laughter,
come on you stranger,
you legend, you martyr and shine….
Crossfire Psych Out Playlist:
1. The MC5 – Gotta Keep Moving (Elektra)
2. The Sonics – The Witch (Rhino)
3. The Creation – Biff Bang Pow! (Rhino)
4. The Third Bardo – I’m Five Years Ahead Of My Time (Rhino)
5. Music Machine – Talk Talk (Rhino)
6. The Elastik Band – Spazz (Rhino)
7. Kim Fowley – The Trip (Rhino)
8. The Remains – Why Do I Cry (Rhino)
9. The Monks – Complication (Rhino)
10. The Count Five – Psychotic Reaction (Rhino)
11. The Litter – Action Woman (Rhino)
12. Love – 7 And 7 Is (Rhino)
13. The Chocolate Watchband – Sweet Young Thing (Rhino)
14. The Bees – Voices Green And Purple (Rhino)
15. The Open Mind – Magic Potion (Rhino)
16. The Rationals – I Need You (Rhino)
17. The Solution – Get On Back (Sweet Nothing)
18. The Standells – Sometimes Good Guys Don’t Wear White (Rhino)
Whilst the summer brings sunshine to the UK, DJ Zac Slack and Crossfire’s head Hip Hop correspondent Abjekt were chipping away at the old block to make sure you have some slamming beats coming in your ears via our radio hook up.
This months show will have you kicking out the jams within 2 tracks. Click the flag to get this show on the move and click here to leave your requests for the next installment.
1. Timeless – Lightheaded – Tres Records
2. Diggin In The Tapes – Giant Panda – Tres Records
3. Summer In The City [Lovin’ It] – Sharkey f. Jean Grae – Babygrande
4. Chains – RA The Rugged Man f. Killah Priest & Masta Killa – Nature Sounds
5. Hip Hop – Dead Prez – Loud/Epic
6. Money In The Bank – Asaviour f. Jehst – Lowlife Records
7. Hate My Face – Supastition – Soulspazm
8. Ice Cold – I Self Divine – Rhymesayers Entertainment
9. Rock Co.Kane Flow – De La Soul f. MF Doom – Seven Heads
10. Condor – Verb T & Harry Love f. Kyza – Silent Soundz
11. I Wish – Skeelo – Volcano
12. Blue Collar Holler – Oddjobs – Third Earth music
13. Self Taught – Brother Ali – Rhymesayers Entertainment
14. Sweet Talk – Spank Rock – Big Dada
15. What’s Happening [Everybody Knows] – C-Mon & Kypski – Supertracks
This years Big Push organised by Document Skate Magazine went down last weekend in fine style with team riders from Blueprint, Death, A Third Foot and East Skateboards taking part in the carnage.
The Blueprint team had Andrew Brophy on board as a guest who apparently was at the top of his game and Death Skateboards surprise guest this year was none other than a famous pro skater you will know well who was drafted in by Zorlac for the trip. Who could it be?
A Third Foot had a napalm injected maniac onboard their bus as a special guest which was reportedly like a night club on wheels all day every day! Allegedly one of their riders also managed to get kicked off the tour!
You will find out all the details we cannot give away just yet at Document Skate Magazine when they release the footage in a future issue.
If you want footage of the Blueprint Team in 2005’s Big Push, then click here.
Eighteen Visions are back with a new album, entitled Eighteen Visions, which will be their seventh studio release. The album is due out in September and a single, Victim, is due to be release at the end of August to give everyone a taster of the new album.
To support the new album, the group will be touring the UK, with the following dates:
September:
5th – Manchester Academy3
6th – Glasgow King Tuts
7th – Leeds Cockpit
8th – Newport TJ’s
10th – Portsmouth Wedgewood Rooms
11th – London Mean Fiddler
12th – Nottingham Rock City
13th – Birmingham Barfly
Check out a snippet of the new single at the group’s website – www.eighteenvisions.com