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Epitaph Records  Falling in Reverse Kick Out Bass Player
According to a Falling in Reverse fansite, claiming to have a direct twitter message from Ronnie: they have "fired" their bass player Mika from the band because "he doesn't know how to tune his bass and he's an asshole."
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Bamboozle  Bamboozle Not Being Held At Asbury Lanes
Seems like there's an issue between Bamboozle's John D. and the owner of the Asbury Lanes.
Additional Quote"When I speak about the Asbury Lanes, its going to be in a very public forum and I will promise, it will be well worth everyones time reading."

Submitted by mikeXXXnj
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Drama  'Tis The Season To Pay Back Norma Jean
Norma Jean's singer, Cory Brandan, had some very strong opinions on illegal downloading via twitter yesterday.
QuoteAnyone that has ever downloaded a NJ record. You owe me money. I hope you had enough money today to buy your family groceries...I mean "for free" of course. Ya know… illegally. Stolen. Theft. Don’t get your feeling hurt. It’s ok if you steal from me. Anything else I can do for free for...[read more]
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Drama  Every Time I Fight
A fight broke out during Every Time I Die's Christmas show in Buffalo between venue security, band members, and the fans. The incident occurred when frontman Keith Buckley invited audience members on-stage for the final song. Footage can be seen in the replies.

Submitted by IamtheOwl
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A Day To Remember  A Day To Remember Suing Victory Records
A Day To Remember are suing Victory Records. Originally reported on The Gunz Show, the court documents surrounding the suit can be viewed here.

Update 2:
A Day to Remember responds.
Statement from the BandA Day To Remember would like to...[read more]
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Drama  Re: The Jonny Craig Files
Jonny Craig is at the center of some drama again. This time a bunch of emails leaked on a website normally known to leak nudes. It's awkward. It's uncomfortable. The linked page is safe for work, but if you venture anywhere from the homepage, it's not. The gist is that Jonny is unhappy, thinking of quitting music, and needs money. I usually leave these kinds of stories up to the visitors if I post - and seeing as it's all over our...[read more]
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Bayside  Bayside Clear Up Incident
Bayside address an incident that occurred at a recent show in South Carolina, where an alleged fight broke out.
Quote"We want to make it clear that Anthony and Bayside's role in the incident in South Carolina is being blown way out of proportion. There was no "fight", certainly no one was "jumped" and no one...[read more]
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Legal  See You in a Few Months!
Indiestar is reporting that Jonny Craig has been released from prison “by order of the judge through California’s drug diversion program. Upon his release, Mr. Craig is court ordered to complete time in drug rehab."
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Drama  FBI Deems Juggalos A Threat
The FBI has taken Insane Clown Posse's numerous attacks into consideration and thus added face painted "family" members to its 2011 National Gang Assessment.

Submitted by LongDistanceDrunk
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Drama  You're Astronotalis
Someone who is pretending to be Astronautalis says the artist will be performing near the Brooklyn Bowl for CMJ.

Submitted by donnyshutup
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Drama  Jonny Craig Held on Narcotic Charges
Jonny Craig (Dance Gavin Dance) is due in court tomorrow on 2 counts of illegal drug use, 2 counts of possession of narcotics, and 1 count of failure to appear.

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Drama  Oli Sykes Responds To Recent Ordeal
Bring Me The Horizon vocalist Oli Sykes has responded to the recent murder plot incident.
QuoteI woke up to the news in LA, and didn’t really believe it at first. It's very unsettling. I'm aware that people have used my identity for pranks and...[read more]
Drama  Sound Fest Controversy Explained
The organizer of Sound Fest has issued a statement explaining its lack of success. The Seattle-based event concerned a number of big name punk bands not getting paid.
Quote"We didn’t have enough cash to pay the bands. Its that simple…. When we started putting this together we...[read more]
Drama  Bring Me The Never Ending Drama
A British man has been accused of pretending to be Bring Me The Horizon singer Oliver Sykes, luring an American teen to Britain, and then attempting to murder her.
Quote from Daily MailDavid Russell, 20, of Northampton "pretended to...[read more]
Drama  Bring Me the Horizon Show Ends in Chaos
Shit hit the fan at the Bring Me the Horizon concert last night. While full details remain sketchy, at best, here's what we know: last night during their set, the band, while on stage, fought with a group of "straight-edge members" of the crowd. A variety of videos have appeared online (they're in the replies). The lead singer of the band has posted his version of the events on his blog. Anyone at the show?
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Drama  Sound Fest Loses Bigtime
The Seattle Weekly reports that some bands still haven't been paid in full a month later for performing at Sound Fest, which featured Broadway Calls, Lucero, Jello Biafra and many, many more.
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Drama  Westboro vs. Foo Fighters
The Westboro Baptist Church plans to picket the Foo Fighters 9/16 show in Kansas City, in response to Foo Fighters' recently released "Hot Buns" promo video.
Quote"The entertainment industry is a microcosm of the people in this...[read more]
Drama  Billie Joe "Saggy Pants" Armstrong
Apparently Billie Joe Armstrong of Green Day was kicked off of a Southwest Airlines flight for sagging his pants.
Drama  GLAAD, the Creator
GLAAD is not a fan of Tyler, the Creator winning a VMA, noting that his Goblin release contains over 213 anti-gay slurs. They also vow to monitor his lyrics from this point forward. Thoughts?
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Drama  Steve Albini & Odd Future
Steve Albini (producer and member of Shellac) recently wrote about an unpleasant encounter he had with the members of Odd Future.
ClipMy band shared an airport shuttle with them in Barcelona. They piled onto...[read more]
Drama  Someone Doesn't Get the Joke
Living With Lions' new record, Holy Shit, has caused some controversy due to the album artwork and because it was indirectly supported by the Canadian government through FACTOR.
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Stupid  BrokeNCYDE Respond About The Punchline Fight
Michael Shea also known as "MIKL" of BrokeNCYDE has responded in an interview about the fight against Corey Muro (Punchline) that occurred a few nights ago. I hope everyone enjoys the irony.
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You Me and Everyone We Know  Augie Responds To Ben's Blog
Augie of You Me And Everyone We Know has written a response to Ben's blog that was posted last night. Jump to the replies to check it out.
Punchline  Drummer of Punchline Allegedly Jumped by Brokencyde
According to a facebook post by Steven, members of Brokencyde have "jumped" Cory (the drummer of Punchline), leaving him bruised and bloody. A picture of the aftermath can be found in the replies.

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Drama  Fans Report In: Asking Alexandria
A few nights ago at the Seattle, Washington Studio 7 show, Danny Worsnop of Asking Alexandria was so incapacitated that he didn't sing, tried to pick fights with fans which eventually resulted in him punching a fan, broke some of the equipment and was booed off of stage. The rest of the band stayed on stage playing without him. Head to the replies for a statement from the band.

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Rise Records  Statement From Jonny Craig
Jonny Craig has released a statement over what has been going on over the last month. Head to the replies to check it out.

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