http://www.1057thepoint.com/Music-News/home.aspxArchived Music News from LaunchDailyen-usCopyright 2010, KPNT-FMFri, 30 Jul 2010 16:12:38 GMThttp://emmisinteractive.comThe friends and family of Deftones bassist Chi Cheng have posted the first two in a series of webisodes online that will form a documentary about Cheng's 2008 car accident and aftermath. Cheng remains in a semi-conscious state as a result of the crash and his family and fellow musicians have been soliciting financial aid for his care ever since he was dropped by his insurance company just two mont...http://www.1057thepoint.com/Music-News/story.aspx?ID=1259137Point Music News provided by Pulsehttp://www.1057thepoint.com/Music-News/story.aspx?ID=1259137Fri, 30 Jul 2010 16:12:38 GMTThe Smashing Pumpkins raised more than $80,000 at a sold-out benefit show in Chicago on Tuesday (July 27th) for Madina Lake bassist Matthew Leone. The money from the concert at the Windy City's famous Metro club will go to Leone's ongoing medical care. The Chicago-based musician was hospitalized with severe brain trauma last month after he intervened on the street to stop a woman from being abused...http://www.1057thepoint.com/Music-News/story.aspx?ID=1259136Point Music News provided by Pulsehttp://www.1057thepoint.com/Music-News/story.aspx?ID=1259136Fri, 30 Jul 2010 16:12:13 GMTBuckcherry is streaming its entire new album, All Night Long, online ahead of its release next Tuesday (August 3rd). The record follows up 2008's Black Butterfly, which did not sell much compared to the band's 2006's million-selling comeback effort, 15. Guitarist Keith Nelson told us that even with the decline of CD sales, he is not giving up on making albums: "I believe in the album as an artform...http://www.1057thepoint.com/Music-News/story.aspx?ID=1259135Point Music News provided by Pulsehttp://www.1057thepoint.com/Music-News/story.aspx?ID=1259135Fri, 30 Jul 2010 16:11:36 GMTAvenged Sevenfold performed live for the first time since the death last December of drummer Jimmy "The Rev" Sullivan this past Sunday (July 26th), when the band played at the Heavy MTL festival in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Behind the drum kit was Dream Theater's Mike Portnoy, who made his live debut with the group after doing the drum parts on their newly released album, Nightmare. Avenged frontm...http://www.1057thepoint.com/Music-News/story.aspx?ID=1259134Point Music Newshttp://www.1057thepoint.com/Music-News/story.aspx?ID=1259134Fri, 30 Jul 2010 16:09:31 GMTOzzy Osbourne slammed Iron Maiden frontman Bruce Dickinson in a new interview with The Quietus over an incident that occurred on the 2005 Ozzfest tour. During an August 20th show in San Bernardino, California, Sharon Osbourne allegedly messed with Maiden's sound and had the band pelted with eggs onstage, after claiming that Dickinson had made disparaging remarks about her husband throughout the to...http://www.1057thepoint.com/Music-News/story.aspx?ID=1259133Point Music News provided by Pulsehttp://www.1057thepoint.com/Music-News/story.aspx?ID=1259133Fri, 30 Jul 2010 16:08:52 GMTMuse frontman Matthew Bellamy may be resettling in New York and moving in with his current flame, actress Kate Hudson. According to U.K. tabloid The Sun, the couple are looking for a place together in the Big Apple, with a source saying, "They're very loved-up, they just click. Kate's had a place in the city for five years but she wants somewhere bigger, so Matt's suggested pooling their resources...http://www.1057thepoint.com/Music-News/story.aspx?ID=1259132Point Music News provided by Pulsehttp://www.1057thepoint.com/Music-News/story.aspx?ID=1259132Fri, 30 Jul 2010 16:07:59 GMTOzzy Osbourne's upcoming Ozzfest tour is offering prospective brides and grooms a chance to tie the knot at one of the stops on the tour through a new offering called the Unholy Matrimony Package. The promotion will provide 10 general admission pit tickets for the happy couple and eight guests, an official wedding ceremony performed by Ozzfest MC and ordained minister Big Dave, an Ozzfest cake and...http://www.1057thepoint.com/Music-News/story.aspx?ID=1258462Point Music News provided by Pulsehttp://www.1057thepoint.com/Music-News/story.aspx?ID=1258462Thu, 29 Jul 2010 14:34:48 GMTAvenged Sevenfold's newly released fifth album, Nightmare, is on track to sell between 160,000 and 175,000 copies in the U.S. in its first week of release, enough to debut at the top of next week's Billboard album chart. According to Hits Daily Double, that estimate is based on one-day sales reports compiled following the record's arrival on Tuesday (July 27th). The band's previous effort, its sel...http://www.1057thepoint.com/Music-News/story.aspx?ID=1258461Point Music News provided by Pulsehttp://www.1057thepoint.com/Music-News/story.aspx?ID=1258461Thu, 29 Jul 2010 14:34:26 GMTDisturbed began rehearsals in Chicago on Wednesday (July 28th) for the upcoming Uproar Tour, which will be the first time the band has played together onstage since the end of the touring cycle for its 2008 record, Indestructible. Singer David Draiman told us that fans can expect a Disturbed show bigger than anything the band has done before: "The production for this touring cycle is turning out t...http://www.1057thepoint.com/Music-News/story.aspx?ID=1258459Point Music News provided by Pulsehttp://www.1057thepoint.com/Music-News/story.aspx?ID=1258459Thu, 29 Jul 2010 14:31:49 GMTSlipknot drummer Joey Jordison, who's out touring with Rob Zombie, has confirmed that the band will continue making music despite the death in May of bassist Paul Gray. While Slipknot is only in the very earliest stages of planning its next record, Jordison says they've already decided they will not recruit a new bassist: "There will be no other bass players besides Jim (Root, guitarist), Mick (Th...http://www.1057thepoint.com/Music-News/story.aspx?ID=1258458Point Music News provided by Pulsehttp://www.1057thepoint.com/Music-News/story.aspx?ID=1258458Thu, 29 Jul 2010 14:31:21 GMT