> From Good Homes has recently issued a four song EP, Live At Waterloo, which was taped near the band's home in Stanhope, New Jersey. Further information on the release can be obtained at http://members.aol.com/raind727/main/fghindex.htm The band's forthcoming self-titled album will be released in spring 1998.
> Motley Crue may have been one the ones featured on the news, but the real source of Tommy Lee and Nikki Sixx's arrest at the Crue's December 10 concert in Phoenix was opening act (hed) p.e. Apparently, Lee invited the band to join him onstage at the end of the Crue's concert. Guitarist Chizad was the first one onstage, and a security guard mistook him for a fan - and tried to restrain Chizad. Other members of (hed) p.e. joined in to help out their bandmate, and Lee and Sixx joined in the scuffle, which culminated with Lee kicking the security guard in the back and subsequent arrest.
> Local H's Scott Lucas is now also playing guitar on the road with Triple Fast Action.
> Modified, one of the leaders in the 'create your own sounds' field, have recently released Chillas Net Sounds Vol. 1. The CD-Rom for this product, with over 600 samples in 600 MB of sounds and video, offers up the ultimate combination of user-mixable drum 'n' bass, techno, ambient, hip hop and jungle music. This disc will immediately capture the interest of any club fan because of the ability to mix, match and save countless audio and video combinations to create any type of club atmosphere without leaving your house - or computer.
The disc is available in the UK at major software and music retailers, or interested international home DJs can check out the company's website at http://www.modified.demon.co.uk
> Never one to shy away from controversy, the latest Prodigy single is "Smack My Bitch Up". The song, which is primarily an instrumental which samples from the Ultramagnetic MCs, has drawn the wrath of various women's groups in the United States. In addition to this, a video filled with topless dancers and violence - with an interesting twist late in the video - has been banned from many music programs. The maxi-single includes two versions of the title track, a dub remix of "Mindfields", and a re-working of Spawn's "One Man Army", here retitled "No Man Army".
> The holiday season has presented video treats for fans of two of alterna-rocks louder acts. Rage Against the Machine's self-titled home video comprises 70 minutes of live performances from 1996's Reading Festival in England and several other concert locations, uncensored versions of several Rage videos (including a previously unreleased spoken-word performance of "Memory of the Dead"), and a cover of the Bruce Springsteen song, "The Ghost of Tom Joad". In addition, a bonus single of "The Ghost Of Tom Joad" is included in the package.
Trent Reznor's Nine Inch Nails has released a long awaited double video set. Closure captures the raw and unabated furor which transcends Nine Inch Nails' music. The first part of this collection consists of live versions of eleven of Reznor's songs, while the second half of this set includes (for the first time) the complete collection of 13 uncut NIN music videos, fused together by Coil member Peter Christopherson.
