e a r p o l l u t i o n - issue 3.Ø6, june 2ØØ1

Bertelsmann Buys Myplay; Universal Buys MP3.com; Tom Waits, Others Sue MP3.com; Tom Waits Receives ASCAP Award; RIAA Creates Task Force; Manson Responds to Conservative Protestors; Yoko Pulls Lennon Painting; George Harrison has Cancer Relapse; Lou Reed Not Dead; Thieves are Scum (Dusty Strings remix); Composer Writes Death Symphony for McVeigh; Quote of the Month.

Continuing to prove to the metal underground that they are far more than the one-off side project originally planned, Earpollution's Steve Weatherholt sits down with The Haunted's vocalist, Marco Aro, to find out what makes Sweden's Number One thrashers so good. ¶In the first of a two-part series, Eric Iannelli catches up with Béla Fleck and the Flecktones during a stop-over in Hamburg, Germany, to discuss their major label switch, their philosophies and influences, and their mediating role between the jazz and mainstream music worlds.

Though it confounds critics and confuses purists, the Dirty Birds' sonic diversity definitely stands out amongst their Northwest peers, and anyone who has witnessed the band's set would wholeheartedly agree that with mosh-stirring mayhem and jaw-dropping musicianship, a Birds' live performance is like a rock 'n' roll circle jerk with an unlimited supply of booze, electricity and amyl nitrate. Steve Stav puts the thumb screws to Jimmi Davies and Scott Swayze and turns in this interview.