1} The Cult- "Painted On My Heart"
2} Gomez- "Machismo"
3} Armada- "Rap Groove"
4} Moby- "Flower"
5} The Chemical Brothers- "Leave Home"
6} Ice Cube- "Roll All Day"
7} Apollo Four Forty- "Stop The Rock"
8} A3- "To Sick To Pray"
9} BT [Featuring M Doughty]- "Never Gonna Come Back Down"
10} Method Man & Redman- "Da Rockwilder"
11} Citizen King- "Better Days (And The Bottom Drops Out)"
12} Cavier- "Sugerless"

God! Seeing that track listing makes me even more glad the boys didn't do it. I mean, a hip-hop/techo soundtrack with one rock ballad? Well, now we know that the boyz just gave their re-recorded version of "Back In The Saddle" to the "Shanghai Noon" movie, so we can all see that instead.

Hmmm...First "Blue Eyes Blue" by Diane Warren..the boyz record it...then say no. So, Eric Clapton does it. Then, "Painted On My Heart" by Diane Warren...the boyz recored it...then say no. So, The Cult does it. I wonder what's next?

Also, (and this is not a joke) there is one I found out about on Amazon called "Pickin' On Aerosmith: A Bluegrass Tribute". Hmmm...

Anyone know anything more about these things? Let me know if you do...

Noticeably absent from the list is Patti Smith, whose debut album "Horses" was released in 1975, which would make her eligible for induction this year. These acts will be considered by the Hall of Fame's Nominating Committee - headed by Bruce Springsteen's manager Jon Landau - which will compose a ballot of 15 finalists for the Hall's 1,000 voters. Previous finalists Aerosmith, Bad Company, KISS, Black Sabbath, Yes, Genesis, Grand Funk Railroad, Deep Purple, Ted Nugent, Iggy Pop & the Stooges, the MC5 and former Beatles George Harrison and Ringo Starr will also be considered by the committee.

Varese Sarabande (the record label that will release the soundtrack) says that the soundtrack will only include Randy Edelman's score so I'm afraid we wont get to hear the full version of the re-recorded Back In The Saddle.

Did some research on the soundtrack, which is being released on June 6, and it's sadly just a score soundtrack, so the bad news is we may never hear this entire new version (Produced by "The Boneyard Boys"), and you'll have to go to the movie to hear what you can.

New Cult Cuts
(5/12/00, 3 p.m. ET) - The Cult will release its first new song in five years on June 6 -- "Painted On My Heart" is included on the soundtrack to the film Gone In Sixty Seconds. "Painted On My Heart" was to be recorded by Aerosmith (LAUNCH, 2/15), but they backed out of the project in early March, thus opening the door for the Cult.

Aerosmith Working With Glen Ballard Again
(5/24/00, 12 p.m. ET) - Aerosmith is currently writing songs for its next album, and famed Alanis Morissette producer and co-writer Glen Ballard will be working with the band. Ballard told LAUNCH that songs for the next album are already underway.
"We wrote a song in Boston about two months ago and we'd like to get together and write some more this summer," he said "Whether it happens in Boston or L.A., [it] will happen because I have a deep and abiding love for that band and for Joe Perry and Steven Tyler. We always have fun and do something interesting when we are together, so that will continue, and we have a great song in the can."

The song already has a title, "Beyond Forever," and LAUNCH asked Ballard if the new track is a ballad. "No, it's not a ballad but it's a mid-tempo, slightly ethereal song," he said. "It's new ground for them. It's going to the new place. It's still very much them, but certainly it encapsulates their sound and then some. It's going to be good."

Aerosmith and Ballard worked together for the band's last album, Nine Lives, penning the songs "Taste Of India," "Pink," and "Falling In Love (Is Hard On The Knees)."

-- Darren Davis, New York and Craig Rosen, Los Angeles

"It's a midtempo kind of slightly ethereal song," said the producer, "It's new ground for them — still very much them, but certainly it encapsulates their sound and then some."

Ballard said he may collaborate with Aerosmith on additional material for the LP, saying, "I have a deep and abiding love for the band." ...

It includes the song "Over My Head" by Lit which includes Steven Tyler on backing vocals.

If you want to listen to the song, go to "LitLounge.com" and they have it. You can hear Steven during the chorus...

According to a preview for "Gone In 60 Seconds" The Cure were doing "Painted On My Heart" (the Dianne Warren song Aerosmith were originally supposed to do). It didn't say anything about any other bands on the soundtrack though.

VARIOUS - NAUGHTY PLATINUM ROCK (Sony Direct/Legacy)
* 19-track single disc hard rock compilation featuring Aerosmith, KISS, Motley Crue, Danger Danger, Skid Row, Winger, Slaughter, Whitesnake, Cinderella, Zebra, Warrant, Ratt, Judas Priest, Great White, Quiet Riot, Mr. Big, Kingdom Come, Ted Nugent and Lita Ford

Art talks to Joe Perry sometimes, and he meant that their new record would have the same type of energy that "Rocks" had for Aerosmith when it came out back in the 70's thats all......

The keynote speaker couldn't make it in the flesh - his plane from D.C. was delayed by inclement weather - but Senator John Kerry's voice was piped in over the PA system Thursday night, as Kerry's assistant Roger Fisk held a phone up to a mike at the Seaport Hotel, for a Franciscan Children's Hospital fund-raiser. The event, attended by about 500 people, honored WZLX-FM morning man Charles Laquidara, builder Lee Kennedy (who was feted in song-and-chat video by Aerosmith's Steven Tyler and Joe Perry), and the law firm of Goodwin, Proctor & Hoar, whose chairman, Regina Pisa, accepted. WZLX's Chuck Nowlin was supposed to MC; his wife delivered a baby the previous day and he was on dad duty; Laquidara's longtime buddy-rival Matt Siegel, filled in. The honorees, said Laquidara, received ''a glass thing that's heavy - whaddaya call these things? - a Steuben glass thing, it looks like. With my name on it. Spelled correctly.'' It was called a Community Service Award. Attendees such as Don Law, Jonathan Kraft, Natalie Jacobson, Red Sox pitcher Tim Wakefield, Buzz Knight, Rich Kreswick, and Gerry and Elaine Schuster helped raise $430,000 for the hospital. In a raffle, Ralph Mastriani, the hospital's director of pharmaceuticals, won a Mercedes SUV.

From Yahoo! News:

Aerosmith Gets Ready For Darkchild
(5/18/00, 1 p.m. ET) - The guys in Aerosmith are forging ahead with their new album -- in more ways than one. The group has contacted producers Rodney and Fred Jerkins, whose Darkchild organization has been behind huge hits for people like Brandy and Monica, and who are currently involved with the upcoming Michael Jackson album.

At Tuesday night's (May 16) BMI Awards in Los Angeles, LAUNCH spoke to Fred Jerkins, who told us about the Aerosmith project. "That's coming. I mean, we've been wanting to work with them for a while, and we just got a call, actually, about two weeks ago, so it's supposed to happen this month," he said. "So we're all excited about this one. I'm just looking for us to just give it the Darkchild sound -- our blend -- with what they do, and hopefully bring another Number One hit song out for them."

There's no word on when the new Aerosmith album will be released.

-- Bruce Simon, New York and Craig Rosen, Los Angeles

Shortly before embarking on a January tour of Japan, Tyler told The Hollywood Reporter that the band was making progress with songwriting. "We have a lot of songs from the last tour and songs that I wrote when I hurt my leg last year, including 'Innocent Man,' which we wrote with songwriter Mark Hudson." Tyler also suggested the title of the new album would be Does the Noise in My Head Bother You?

They don't Miss a Thing

Our musical spies report that the ``Gone in 60 Seconds'' music mavens asked Aerosmith to belt out another Diane Warren tune a la the chart-busting ``I Don't Want to Miss A Thing'' for the soon-to-be-released flick's soundtrack.

However, we hear the Bad Boys blew it off and offered up instead that Aeroclassic, ``Back in the Saddle.''

But don't be taken aBack when you don't hear the original 1976 recording during the Nicolas Cage-Angelina Jolie flick.

Steven Tyler & Co. re-recorded the vintage tune in Joe Perry's basement studio some months ago. Because, of course if they used the old version, they'd owe a king's ransom in royalty payments to Sony and ex-manager Tim Collins. Ooh, they Bad, Bad boys!

Speaking of Aerosmith, students from the Dover-Sherborne Middle School can't seem to Get A Grip on their readin' and writin' today after their field trip yesterday to the fab Four Seasons.

Because while the 15 pre-teens were being led like lemmings around the haute hotel, Steven Tyler nearly mowed them down coming out of lunch at Aujourd'hui!

``They flipped and he was fabulous with them,'' said our hotel spy. ``He said, `OK, let's all fix our hair and take pictures.' The kids were ready to go home after that. It was all over for them.' ''

Like, who needs to see the laundry and antique china collection after a close encounter with a rock star???

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Aerosmith back in the studio
By MIKE ROSS -- Edmonton Sun

Aerosmith is trying a new producer for its next studio album: Matt Serletic, who sparked the success of modern southern rock bands like Collective Soul and Matchbox 20.

He also produced Aerosmith's first ever No. 1 hit, I Don't Want to Miss a Thing, so, once again, there are "high hopes." Recording is in the early stages, but "there's an exuberance in them as musicians and a joy about music that's going to lead them back to those first inspirations that started them as a band," Serletic told www.sonicnet.com. "They're ready to rock."

Hey there! Thought you might enjoy our American Revolution parody of an Aerosmith song, called "I Want My Own Country, Too." It was written for the soundtrack of the upcoming Mel Gibson film 'The Patriot'
http://www.modernhumorist.com/mh/0005/movies/mp3s/
patriot_aerosmith.mp3

It's part of our on-line summer movie preview,
http://www.modernhumorist.com/mh/0005/movies/index.cfm

Download: I Want My Own Country, Too [MP3 / 3:26 / 3.2 MB]

Now, you can order this CD at the following address:
http://artists.mp3s.com/artists/50/jack_baywatch.html

At that URL you can also download 7 of their songs including "Invisible" featuring Joe Perry, which is a very good song in my opinion.

The Sound King's web site say's the following about "Invisible":
"Invisible is the first single from our new 3 song promo CD. I have been working with Stephen Tyler and Joe Perry of Aeromith for about a year and a half when I decided to ask Joe to jam on the track. He and Steven listened to our original tracks and thought the material was great!"


Lyrics for "Invisible":

I hear him talking in my head
remember everything he says
be kind to those who want to give
achieve your goals be positive

She walks in
shoots a smile across the room and sighs
'cause there's nothing left to talk about
nothing left to say but goodbye

For all the dreams we are the dreamers
for all idea we are beleivers

I come around
pick you up when your feeling down
i'll stay right here until the end
but noone else can see my best friend

Don't you believe in me
(does anybody believe)
Does anybody else believe in me
(does anybody believe)
when that road is long
everything is wrong in your life
I'll be right by your side

When mom left home dad hit the bottle
(that looks cool)
not my idea of a role model

I come to you
throw my soul upon the road, laid out
'cause there's nothing left to talk about
nothing left to say but goodbyes

Goodbye.....


"Fun, humerous, these guys got that something going on" - Steven Tyler, Aerosmith

Rumors
Also, their are rumors that Steven Tyler will appear on a Joni Mitchell tribute album on a song with Keith Richards. And, Steven will also make an appearance on the "The Twisted Brown Trucker Band" debut album. And, that Steven will appear on a song by the UK pop band "Steps." *Shiver*

http://www.seeing-stars.com/Meet/CalendarOfEvents.shtml

Read all about it in this article from Launch:

Aerosmith Frontman Gets Lit Up

(4/27/00, 3 p.m. ET) - Steven Tyler's recent visit with producer Glen Ballard in a Boston studio turned into a recording session for the Aerosmith vocalist, who added background vocals to the upcoming Lit single, "Over My Head."
Lit bassist Kevin Baldes tells LAUNCH that all that Lit lead singer A. Jay Popoff had to do was ask to make the collaboration happen. "We did a session in Boston and [Ballard] brought in Steven Tyler just to hang out and show him the song, and A. Jay said, 'Hey man, you want to do some backups on the song?' You know, just kinda kidding around, and Steven Tyler was like, 'Dude, I'd love to.' So now Steven Tyler is doing backup on and we're -- I can't even say it's a dream true. I would have never imagined Steven Tyler doing backup on a Lit song, but it happened and it's all good, so we're stoked."

The members of Lit were undoubtedly in awe of the rock legend; however, at one point during the session, they suddenly felt as if they weren't treating Tyler right. Drummer Allen Shellenberger tells LAUNCH that the band had just ordered some Thai food and Tyler, arriving late, was stuck with a less-desirable meal. "They were running late so they ordered food on the way and they ordered pizza, and when we sat down at the dinner table I was sitting right next to Steven and, like, I look over and I have this nice, you know, big Thai food dinner and he's got, like a slice of pepperoni pizza, and I'm like, 'Wait this just is not adding up here. And I go, 'Hey Steve, you want some of my Thai food?' and he's like, 'Yeah man, sure,'"

"Over My Head" is the first single from the soundtrack to the upcoming animated film feature, Titan, A.E. It will go to radio in mid-May. The soundtrack also features cuts by Powerman 5000, Texas, and the Urge. Ballard is the executive producer on the project.

-- Neal Weiss, Los Angeles