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Sure, everything recorded belongs to the studio, at least if its part of the contract. I mean, the label doesn't really "own" you, does it? If you go to a studio by yourself, pay for the sessions and stuff by yourself ... it's all yours, isn't it? As long as you don't release it under the band name ...? But has this cover album indeed already been recorded?

Don't know if any of you remember this, but in the past it was announced numerous times that Korn plans to release a cover album, and among the songs they intended to cover was "Head Like A Hole" by NIN. It was rumoured/reported (can't remember) that Chester was supposed to be featured on that song. Now, has there been any news regarding this project and Chester's involvement in the recent past? Wasn't Chester also set to appear at Korn's Unplugged show? Any idea what happened with that?

There's obviously an abundance of aud videos on YouTube, way too much to go through every single one. So I wonder, have you guys already found one or several particularly good recordings? Thanks...

Just love what Chester had to say about the VMA's to Entertainment Weekly: For all the pop pomp and circumstance that the 2008 MTV Video Music Awards rolled out, some of MTV's rock stars felt a bit left out. "Where were Foo Fighters and Nickelback?" says Linkin' Park's Chester Bennington. "Or even a band like Three Days Grace, who had a pretty big year? There was no Vampire Weekend or Daughtry. It was very one-sided." The singer describes Sunday's extravaganza as "raising the bar of confusion and disarray. "The VMAs are consistently cluster-f---s, and this year set a new standard." Part of the problem, he says, was the that the main room had "more seat fillers in there than celebrities, and you had people who were invited sitting out in the streets. Plus, everybody was texting, no one was watching the show. I got super bummed out." Carrying the torch for MTV's rock veterans has always been a difficult task, but never as much as this year, says Bennington. "I think the VMAs have completely lost touch with a broad scope of music. It was very bubble gum and Disney, which is why bands like Foo Fighters, and everybody else in my group weren't there. Honestly I didn't think we were going to win, because we literally felt like we were too old." As for DBS and new LP record, he also had to say this: And Bennington reveals that before his band's next album, due out next year, he'll release one of his own. "It's going to kick ass. I started working on it in 2005 when we took a seven-month break. I wanted to do something creative in that time off and I had songs that I knew weren't Linkin Park songs, but I thought were good. Then we started working on Minutes to Midnight and that's all I've been doing for the last two years. Now that we're done, I've got this body of work that is strong — very moody, very dark and melodic." The album will be released by Linkin Park's label, Warner Bros., sometime in 2009. As for whether it's a solo effort or a side project, Bennington admits he's been kicking around some band names: "We were called Snow White Tan for a while, and then I changed the name to Dead By Sunrise, but I really just like Chester Bennington." So DBS - or CB - will come first. Can't wait! (article via LP Times)

Do you think the Director's Cut of the SOTD video could have been submitted to MTV somehow, so that they may have considered it? Joe's original cut is definitely a great video, one of his best. Of course, it didn't make much sense anymore after they had to cut it. But I'm still glad they won, the original cut earned it ....

To drop my two cents ... for me it was pretty obvious from the beginning that MK wouldn't be released as a DVD. First, there's no way Warner would have allowed a DSP to be released. Second, there have obviously been these plans of a broadcast on MTV; no idea why it didn't happen in the end. And third and most importantly: I think we have heard enough by now to be pretty sure that the guys are heading to the studio again and are working on the next album. How do you fit a live DVD in there? No way they would release a new album AND a live DVD without any of the new material in the same year, let alone at a later date. So...? Would still be cool to finally get a ProShot of a 2008 PR show, though. {SMILIES_PATH}/icon_e_wink.gif