Artist: crime

Facebook.com​By Sally HedbergYes, Minneapolis is home to a punk rock record store. The 18-year-old Extreme Noise Records is indisputably cool, and it's a business that truly emanates the DIY ethos of

A small punctuation point in a long, sad story: Phil Spector has settled a wrongful death suit brought against him by the mother of Lana Clarkson. -- Visit No Rock & Roll Fun to comment, complain and kvetch

The feisty foursome are back to usher in another era of zany rock. The conglomeration of producers with the vocals and charisma of Shirley Manson are back and ready to rock you. There's also a possibly of a new tour! "Thinking about going back on the road is both thrilling and terrifying in equal measure," said Shirley Manson. "But we've always enjoyed a little pain mixed in with our pleasure." The new album is called: Not Your Kind Of People Related articles [...]

​By Raghav Mehta The Current, located at 89.3 on the FM dial, is far from just another a radio station. Over the past seven years, it has transformed into somewhat of a Twin Cities institution

Get ready for a shock: the Gary Glitter twitter account wasn't actually Gary Glitter at all. I know, I know. You'll need a moment or two to process this SHOCKING NEWS. So, what was the motivation behind pretending to be a paedophile on the internet? To, erm, prove that the internet is full of paedophiles pretending not to be. @OfficialGlitter was a fake account. But imagine if it hadn't have been. I've got almost 20,000 followers now. That's 20,000 people I can send private and direct messages to. That's hundreds [...]

Dastardly Feisty Americana outfit Dastardly announced late Thursday night that its touring van has been stolen. Lead singer Gabe Liebowitz said that the group last saw its van in Wicker Park around North and Ashland Avenues on Tuesday night around 9:30 p.m. The large passenger van, Illinois licence plate: N38 7306, is a white dodge with black (or dark-colored) streaks on the side. The rear windows have a sticker that reads "That's my daughter in the water." If you spot the van, Dastardly is [...]

The Ambience Affair had a guitar pinched after a gig in Cork last night: This is what my stolen guitar from last night's Cork show looks like.Please spread the word, thank you. #fb twitter.com/ambienceaffair… — The Ambience Affair (@ambienceaffair) December 10, 2011 Keep 'em peeled, and if you can help them, let them know. -- Visit No Rock & Roll Fun to comment, complain and kvetch

At the weekend, there was break-in at Mogwai's place in Glasgow. Amongst fifteen grand's worth of stuff pinched was Stuart Braithwaite's guitar . He'd really like it back, explains the Evening Times: Stephen Hines, an employee of the group's record label Rock Action Records, who discovered the break-in at the band's base, said: "This is Stuart's recording guitar. It doesn't even go on tour with him as it's very precious to him. I had to break the news to him." Stuart said: "Everyone is gutted about this theft. We have been lucky that most of [...]

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Tweetvaso link Despite the fact that their name contains the name of the capital of France, it doesn't seem like Crimes in Paris has anything particularly French about them. Perhaps, because of their crimes, they're no longer allowed in their home country. Maybe they're expatriates, now living in Toronto. This is mysterious. Someone should find...

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Horrible news tucked into the Mail today about Janice Long being mugged for her Echo And The Bunnymen backstage pass outside the BBC. It happened at the end of September; a 51 year-old woman is due to appear in court in December. -- Visit No Rock & Roll Fun to comment, complain and kvetch

The law will churn through the allegations that Dappy assaulted his girlfriend, possibly getting to the truth. For the time being, though, let's just look at the opening to the Daily Mail story : N Dubz singer Dappy was yesterday arrested on suspicion of assaulting his girlfriend. The cousin of X Factor judge Tulisa Contostlavos was reportedly held for questioning after police were called out to the home of his girlfriend's mother. He had a solo number one a couple of weeks ago, but he's really famous for being related to [...]

You'll recall the record shop break-in in Germany which featured Pete Doherty? He's not going to face prosecution , as the German authorities have accepted Doherty's claim that he was too drunk to remember what happened. In fact, the Germans have decided that he was too drunk to be criminally responsible for what he was doing. Is that an actual defence in Germany? How do people get pulled up for being drunk and disorderly, then? Wouldn't it encourage people who are a bit drunk to get really drunk to cover themselves in case they do [...]

Long-term friend of this blog Alan McGee has been sharing the benefit of his insight into the modern world of music with The Australian. Shall we listen in? "I don't really like music," he said, adding that considering that people in the industry were "drug-addled" and he'd grown tired of them. "With music it's never enough for anybody… everyone wants to be Jagger or McCartney. As you grow older, it's bullshit, you're not that." Alan McGee was thirty six when he helped bring Be Here Now into the world. So clearly he must mean [...]

Amazingly, TNT has a show coming up about a dog that solves crimes . It neither stars Sarah Marshall and Jason Bateman, nor apparently does it signal the cable station has just given up. TNT has given a pilot order to Scent of the Missing , about an intrepid mystery solver and her pooch. Based on a book with the same title, the project is produced by CSI executive producer Carol Mendelsohn. Scent follows a woman and her trained rescue McGruff who can, among other things, go [...]

Apparently, My Chemical Romance are keen for people to not speculate over this : Some shit happened last night and before the blogosphere gets all crazy with false statements and ridiculous opinions we want the true story to come from us... But please listen close because this is the only time we are ever going to talk about this. The relationship between My Chemical Romance and Michael Pedicone is over. He was caught red handed stealing from the band and confessed to police after our show last night in Auburn, Washington. We are heartbroken [...]

You'd have thought a chap like Gary Numan, who made his fortune picturing a post-apocalyptic world of electronic friend rentals, car-dwelling survivors and people wearing second-string branded jeans, would have been in his element over the last couple of weeks. Turns out not, though: Numan is hitching up his skirts and fleeing England for America . It's understandable, though: Numan lives in one of the riot hotspots, Waldron. Yes, just forty miles as the looted, lit bottle of four star flies from the nearest bit of rioting. Numan is insisting that [...]

For the second time this year, Phil Spector has had attempts to appeal his murder conviction rejected . Rumours the California Supreme Court are building a Wall Of Nope could not be confirmed. -- Visit No Rock & Roll Fun to comment, complain and kvetch

New Chip the Rip is exactly what I needed today, been feeling pretty soft lately with all the house/electro I've been posting. Chip's flow is cold and the beat goes, check the archive for more . Chip Tha Ripper- "Crime"

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Things aren't looking too good for Nick Oliveri right now - police claim they've found drugs and a loaded rifle at his home , and his girlfriend alleges that he's been beating her. NME lists the depth of legal help he's going to need: He has been formally charged with two counts of possession of a controlled substance with a firearm, two counts of possession of a controlled substance, and one misdemeanor count of resisting, obstructing or delaying a peace officer. If convicted, he faces up to 15 years in prison. [...]