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I Fought The Law... For Nov. 26, 2010

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) November 26, 2010 3:19 pm
Oopsie: Three Atlas Sound demo LPs that Deerhunter frontman Bradford Cox uploaded to his blog earlier this week have been deleted for alleged copyright violations. He's since re-uploaded the files. —deerhuntertheband.blogspot.comAn Australian Marilyn Manson fan has been sent to jail for at least 18 months after killing a man who suggested he was...
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I Fought The Law... For Nov. 24, 2010

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) November 24, 2010 4:49 pm
I Fought The Law is a new CHARTattack column in which we track musicians' ongoing run-ins with The Man (and each other) everywhere. It looks like Happy Mondays dancer Bez is no longer on the run. He's going back to court after police arrested him at London, England's Euston train station. See, Bez allegedly broke a restraining order involving his...
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Bez On The Run

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By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) November 4, 2010 11:22 am
Bez on the run! Bez on the ruuu-uuun! Happy Mondays dancer Bez texted his ex-girlfriend, who he wasn't supposed to contact under the terms of a restraining order imposed against him in August. So now he's fled his home and cops are currently looking for him so they can arrest him, according to The Sun. That means there's a Bez on the run! A Bez on...
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I Read The News Today... For Oct. 25, 2010

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) October 25, 2010 1:02 pm
Nine Inch Nails' Pretty Hate Machine debut album will be reissued on Nov. 22. Trent Reznor remastered the album himself with Tom Baker, and the cover's also been changed this time. It's still as angry as before. —nin.com Girls will release a new EP, Broken Dreams Club, on Nov. 22. It's not known whether it will contain any singles, nor whether...
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I Read The News Today... For Aug. 25, 2010

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) August 25, 2010 12:48 pm
Megafaun, Four Tet, Ohbijou, Born Ruffians, Woodpigeon, Chad VanGaalen, and Diamond Rings are among the artists who've redone tracks from The Acorn's No Ghost for a remix album called Make The Least Of The Day. It's out digitally on Sept. 14. —Paper BagBehemoth frontman Adam "Nergal" Darski came down with an illness...
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I Read The News Today... For Aug. 12, 2010

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) August 12, 2010 12:03 pm
Does Les Savy Fav frontman Tim Harrington have a hate-on for Arcade Fire? He's been tweeting things like "fuck your 'OK' versions of OK-Computer" over the last 24 hours... —TwitterThe Salteens' first new album in seven years, Grey Eyes, is out Oct. 12 through Boompa. The band will spend September on the Yo Gabba...
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Happy Mondays Dancer Bez's Friend Arrested For Alleged Taliban Terrorism Recruitment

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By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) November 18, 2009 11:30 am
Bez, the Happy Mondays' dancer and winner of the Celebrity Big Brother television series in 2005, discovered this week one of his friends was arrested for allegedly recruiting British citizens to train in Taliban camps in Afghanistan. According to Britain's The Sun tabloid, Matthew Newton, who once ran a T-shirt firm with Bez's (real name Mark...
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Jesus Will Sing Joy Division In BBC Easter Special

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By Phil Villeneuve (CHARTattack) February 2, 2006 7:00 pm
The BBC will celebrate the crucifixion and resurrection of Christ with an hour-long rock 'n' roll procession through the streets of Manchester, England this Easter. The television program, entitled Manchester Passion, will feature members of The Stone Roses and Happy Mondays and songs by The Smiths, New Order, Oasis and others. The show will...
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Happy Mondays' Dancer Wins British Celebrity Big Brother

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By CHARTattack Staff January 24, 2005 5:30 pm
One of the kookiest characters from the '90s Madchester scene has become the toast of the British reality TV scene. Bez, the Happy Mondays' dancer/maraca player (i.e. the guy who did absolutely nothing but get up to outlandish shenanigans) has been declared the winner of the British TV contest Celebrity Big Brother. Like regular Big Brother,...
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Happy Mondays' Bez at Glastonbury 2000<BR>(Photo By Richard Beland)
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