JULY 2002

July 30, 2002

Although it was initially reported as August 1st, the Guns, God and Government Pay-Per-View will premiere on August 10th at 10:00 p.m. EST. The cost is roughly $20.00 -- prices are determined by your local cable company. Please check your local listings or go to inDemand.com for further information on times in your area and additional showings. Supposedly this footage will differ from the much-awaited DVD which is set to come out...whenever. Still no official word on the release date (unless it was encrypted in one of Mr. Manson's more recent journal entries, which I've yet had time to decipher), and if you go to five different sources (cdnow, amazon.com, etc.) you'll get five different dates. Hopefully, an official release date will be made public soon. (Needless to say, any reporting of this topic at all on this site is with the assumption that footage of Twiggy *will* be a part of both the Pay-Per-View and DVD.)

July 9, 2002

Just a brief update on the Headband project: Things are reportedly moving along, with Twiggy and Casey having completed demos of a couple of songs. Featured on drums is Zach Hill of the band Hella, in the absence of Amen drummer Shannon Larkin (who is now said to be filling in on drums for Godsmack's new album). More details as they come in...

July 5, 2002

Here's a little more of a clue as to what you can expect from Headband, as put forth by Queens of the Stone Age guitarist, Josh Homme, during a recent interview with BBC Radio 1:

"We thought that we do a lot of melodic stuff, but we come from a heavy punk background and so does Casey (Chaos of Amen). We all thought it would be great to have a project that unleashes aggressiveness. That's the Headband. It's sort of like the pissed off version of all our bands. In Amen's case, they are already a little bit angry."

According to someone who has heard the band's demo, the music is "very heavy". No word yet on who will play what on the album, although speculation suggests that there could be some switching around on instruments. The album is still tentatively set for a late fall/early winter release.