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Clark County prosecutors have charged rocker Vince Neil with battery-domestic violence and disorderly conduct, both misdemeanors, after he allegedly poked his ex-girlfriend and others at the Las Vegas Hilton in March.

Ex-girlfriend and entertainment reporter Alicia Jacobs was with several friends who witnessed the Motley Crue frontman’s obscenity-laced tirade on Jacobs and the poking during the March 24 incident. Jacobs suffered a bruise, a photo of which was posted on the gossip website TMZ.com.

Neil has denied ever touching Jacobs, according to the website.

Neil and Jacobs split in March after a seven-month relationship. J

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In the heavy metal universe, you would be hard-pressed to find a more talented band than Symfonia. Featuring vocalist André Matos (Angra), guitarist Timo Tolkki (ex-Stratovarius), drummer Uli Kusch (ex-Helloween), keyboardist Mikko Härkin (Sonata Arctica), and bassist Jari Kainulainen (ex-Stratovarius), the term ‘supergroup’ is definitely applicable.

Symfonia’s debut album, ‘In Paradisum,’ hits stores on April 19th. T Read the rest of article…

Rebecca Black’s omnipresent “Friday” has been dubbed “The Worst Song Ever” by many and is officially the most “disliked” video on YouTube. (With 1.2 million “dislikes,” it beats Justin Bieber‘s “Baby” by almost 80,000.) But all this isn’t stopping the man behind the song from speaking out. You see, little 13-year-old Rebecca actually had very little to do with the notorious song or video.

Patrice Wilson, the founder of Ark Music Factory and seemingly random rapper in Rebecca’s video, is taking responsibility for this dubious phenomenon in a recent interview with the Los Angeles Times. While previously depicted as bein

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SHREVEPORT, La. (AP) — Rapper Rick Ross has been arrested in Louisiana on a marijuana possession charge.

Police spokesman Bill Goodin said Monday that Ross, whose real name is William Roberts II, was issued a misdemeanor summons and released after Friday night’s arrest.

Roberts, known for such albums as “Teflon Don” and “Deeper Than Rap,” was arrested after police responded to a complaint about the smell of marijuana at the Hilton Hotel.

Upon checking, Goodin said police confiscated 1 gram of what investigators believed to be marijuana.

An official with the rapper’s record label did not immediately respond to an email seeking comment.

“We ride into the atmosphere / And leave the world behind / Ride because the end is here / No force on Earth can hold us down.” — Becoming the Archetype, ‘Path of the Beam’

“The title of the song is drawn from the ‘Dark Tower’ series by Stephen King,” guitarist Seth Hecox recently told Noisecreep. “In the story, the main characters follow the Path of the Beam to the Dark Tower, which is the center of everything. The Dark Tower is at the axis of all possible universes and represents the eternal constant… Read the rest of article…