Ever wonder what an A&R Rep does all day? The duties are grueling and endless and include the following…the following being an email sent out by Roadrunner’s VP of A&R yesterday, an email actually titled “I Love To Say Fuck.” Oh, it’s true…Monte’s “I Love To Say Fuck” email reads as follows: “According to my count, Murderdolls, in their new song ‘I Love To Say Fuck’ (which will debut on the European ‘White Wedding’ single), use the word the word fuck 81 times over the course of the 4:27 length of this soon-to-be-classic. That’s almost 20 fucks per minute. Is that a world record? I am proud to count this fuck-fest amongst my legacy of RR firsts and general cool accomplishments. Fuckin’ A.” An A&R Rep’s work is never done…

Remember we mentioned last week that Junkie XL would be over here in the UK for a couple days this week? It was no lie. Monday and Tuesday were spent doing a few select interviews, and here’s where and when you can catch them at. Kiss100 – Steve Smart – Tonight @ 9pm with 퉌_ hr mix Beat106 Glasgow – Amanda MacKinnon – Tonight 7-10pm Galaxy 105 Leeds – Andi Durrant – Friday 23rd 10pm-2am BBC Nottingham – The Beat – Saturday 24th 6-10pm (Syndicated to BBCs Derby, Lincolnshire and Leicester) BBC N.Ireland – Across The Line – Thursday 29th 8-10pm Note: all the above (excluding Kiss100) will also be running some cool competitions to win Junkie XL stuff.

Spineshank and Chimaira have confirmed 2 instore signing sessions during their upcoming UK tour. So, head over to the following 2 stores to meet the band and get your stuff signed! Tues 17 June – 1pm – HMV, 90 Market St, Manchester, M1 1PD Wed 18 June – 1pm – HMV, Lewis’ Building, Argyle St, Glasgow, G2 8AD

An eBay online auction is going to start come US Memorial Day (running 26 May thru 4 June) to benefit the City of Hope National Medical Center in the USA. What of it? Message from the City of Hope National Medical Center is as follows: “We have 25 exclusive or rare items of sheet music and memorabilia from, Chad Kroeger, Eminem, U2, Beck and BB King. Don’t miss this oportunity to own a piece of music history! Own framed and autographed sheet music by Chad Kroeger to the song “Hero”, Eminem’s “Lose Yourself” framed original handwritten lithograph, a BB King, limited City of Hope Holiday Edition Lucille Guitar. Each 1 of 9 in the world autographed by BB King, autographed sheet music to “Beautiful Day” from the album “All That You Can’t Leave Behind”. Just a preview of some of the items that are available to bid on and at the same time you can help save a life. “Proceeds benefit City of Hope National Medical Center. For 90 years, City of Hope’s medical discoveries have brought hope and healing to people everywhere. Many of the procedures used in medical centers throughout the world such as bone marrow transplantation were pioneered at City of Hope, a National Cancer Institute-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center. Recent advances in genetic research and molecular medicine, combined with state-of-the-art facilities and an environment that nurtures the best and brightest thinkers, foretell an even more promising future.” Check out http://members.ebay.com/aboutme/cohsoh2 for more info.

Tune into Virgin Radio’s Drivetime this Thursday for a chance to win a super cool Nickelback prize. Chad Kroeger has offered up one of his jackets, and signed it, for one lucky winner. Did you know? The national airplay chart this week shows a massive leap up for Nickelback, from #377 last week, to #77 this week! That’s a massive 300 places increase!

Thanks to Malcolm Dome over at Total Rock Radio, you can now download a brand new MP3 interview of Chimaira in the MUSIC section. Check it out. Did you know? Chimaira’s ‘Cleansation’ has been one of XFM DJ Ian Camfield’s Top Five Records of the week these past couple of weeks.

Do you want to be there at the exclusive Metal Hammer Golden Gods Awards in London on June 3?? Hobnob with some stars? Take a mate to share the fun? Here’s your opportunity. We’re giving away 60 pairs of tickets to some lucky winners & their friends right now in our FREE SHIT section. Get in there fast, coz this super cool competition ends very soon!!

Are you in desperate need of a sonic pummeling? Well, 36 CRAZYFISTS, who take their name from a Jackie Chan flick, will be more than happy to oblige your desires with their upcoming sophomore release for Roadrunner Records. The band is currently holed up in Fort Lauderdale, FL, considerably warmer than their hometown of Anchorage, working on new material for the follow up to last year’s emotionally jarring Bitterness The Star. The ‘Fists have tapped James Wisner, who has worked with post-hardcore acts such as Dashboard Confessional and Further Seems Forever, to produce the effort. Veteran Andy Sneap (Killswitch Engage, Arch Enemy and Opeth) has been recruited to mix. The band begins tracking on May 28 and hopes to complete the album by the end of July to ready for an Autumn release. For those of you who are dying to know, some tentative song titles are í¢ä‰åñBloodworkí¢ä‰åŒ and í¢ä‰åñAt The End Of August.í¢ä‰åŒ 36 CRAZYFISTS singer Brock Lindow says, í¢ä‰åñThis sophomore effort will definitely be a more aggressive and dynamic feeling record.í¢ä‰åŒ The band feels they are writing some of their heaviest material ever, while still maintaining the emotional vocal melodies that hooked fans on their first record. Stay tuned for more studio updates on the band and their upcoming release.

Hot from the NY Press Office… New York, NY: Whether or not life kills Type O Negative remains to be seen, but the band’s upcoming album Life Is Killing Me is certainly making a killing at Metal Radio and at Rock Radio, the formats that launched the band’s career and propelled Type O to Platinum-status. In the words of imposing Type O frontman Peter Steele, the material on Life Is Killing Me is “somewhere between Bloody Kisses and October Rust”, the two albums considered by many to be the band’s best work. While a dirge or two still gives the 70+ minute album the right to it’s moniker, fans can expect a far more up-tempo and (dare we say?) slightly more light-hearted approach than on the band’s last studio album, World Coming Down. A 4-song sampler was launched at Metal Radio this week, and while only 4 songs in length, metal specialty shows on commercial stations and a slew of college radio stations have latched onto the sampler for dear life. The sampler came in at a resounding, dominant #1 Most Added at FMQB and CMJ Crucial Spins, debuting on the charts at #8 with 178 spins and #18 with 123 spins, respectively. The sampler landed at #1 on WSOU/South Orange, NJ playlist, with a whopping 50 spins and #6 on Sirius Satellite Radio’s playlist, with 29 spins. Clearly, the format was salivating over the new Type O. We can only imagine what the reaction to the full-length will be. Over in the Rock Radio arena, the single “I Don’t Wanna Be Me” landed at #2 Most Added on both the Active Rock and Mainstream Rock charts. Stations in major markets such as Boston, Chicago, Phoenix and Detroit are already on board with “I Don’t Wanna Be Me.”

A little message from Wednesday 13 for you all… Greetings Fiends & Ghoulscouts! United Kingdom here we come, motherfucker! The Dolls have had a couple of months break, while Mr. Jordison worked on the new Slipknot tunes, but we are now back in action and rehearsing in a studio in the Valley, outside of Hollywood. We’ve never looked or sounded so cool in our fucking lives and to make it even better our studio is right next door to POISON….how’s that for a blast from the past? We’ll be creating some havoc in Hollywood this week – we’re going to see Powerman 5K and Stone Sour tonight, shooting a video for WHITE WEDDING on Sunday (get ready for this!), playing 2 shows in the Hollywood area, then we’re off to Japan for 3 shows with Balzac supporting. Then get ready for us to take over the UK at Download, Madam JoJo’s (we promise this will be insane, so come see this!) and much, much more. We want to meet everyone of you motherfuckers this summer and thank you for the support – so come track us down and say hello. 13