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Nine Inch Nails’ Christmas presents

It’s Christmas time in Nine Inch Nails camp, so former and present band members have both released some tidbits for their fans. Former Nine Inch Nails keyboard player, Alessandro Cortini, has released his Sonoio project (how does it sound? Well, much like his former band, minus the gimmicks instruments), and you can download four songs for free, and a complete remix album  on their website. Why remix, when industrial sounds like a remix already? Well, he must have heard you like a remix, so he put a remix in your remix…

The current Nine Inch Nails (which are on hiatus) have not been as generous, posting just a video from their farewell tour online. But, at least here, you have (the illusion of) a band. Check it after the jump.

Black Sabbath’s Christmas message

Black Sabbath, or the two parts that make it, Ozzy on one side, and the three guys on the other side, have separately released their Christmas message to the followers of the band.

Speaking on behalf of Heaven & Hell and/or Black Sabbath, Tony Iommi thanked their fans:

“I want to thank you all for your brilliant support in what has been a difficult year.
I wish you all a Happy Christmas and a 2011 in which you achieve something you’re working towards.
See you at a show soon.”

Ozzy on the other hand took a more critical approach, in his weekly Sunday Times column. He is a journalist after all, right?

“All this ’10 more shopping days to go’ bullocks is such a wind-up. I ain’t exactly Mr. Holy, but what’s that got to do with Baby Jesus being born?… The faster we get to New Year’s Day 2011, the better.”

…said Ozzy, while counting the money he made from advertising iced tea.

Duff McKagan blows

Quite literally so. Apparently the former Guns N’ Roses bass player underwent a successful sinus surgery on December 14, which was due to his heavy cocaine use and consequential sinus damage received back in the day his former band was rich enough to buy drugs.

Luckily (for his health), Velvet Revolver can’t afford to get high, but he did admit that he probably snorted his body weight in cocaine before he became sober (which was 14 years ago). Ah, the good old, snort your body weight game… Don’t know how it’s played? 1) Get in a band; 2) Make money; 3) Spend as much time as you can snorting cocaine; 4) Make some mediocre music in the meantime which will secure you more money for drug use 5) As you go on, you lose your body weight, which makes it easier to beat the game; and finally, 6) Leave Guns N’ Roses, or optionally, write a book on how you beat your addiction and blame your bandmates and the evil rock n’ roll lifestyle for becoming a junkie.

A*** C*** – F*****’ A details emerge

Had problems figuring out what the post title is about? Now you feel the same way that anyone who has ever tried to decipher an Anal Cunt song felt.

But, the really bad news is that the band have a new album called Fuckin’ A coming in January. Aren’t you just counting days for it to happen? Make the jump to see the tracklist and the album cover.

Drowning Pool like videos

So much, that in fact, they will be shooting a video for each of the remaining songs on their last album. Will they be changing the singer for each video, just to spice things up? We’ll see. You can even go to their website and vote for your favorite song, and the one with most votes will get a video first. I wanted to go and vote, but unfortunately, I know only one Drowning Pool song, and hint, it’s not from their last album.

My prediction – a bunch of bad videos. Well, at least one was funny. Watch it after the jump.