You know that solo tour that Jonathan Davis keeps talking about? Well, he got one step closer to that dream today and if he waits around long enough, even if he does tour with Korn, it will be a solo tour. That’s because yet another member of Korn’s original lineup has bailed out. First it was guitarist Head so he could focus all his energy on loving a 2000-years-dead corpse. Then it was Dave, the drummer, who left (depending on who’s telling the story) because he was exhausted, high on a pharmacy of drugs or hated Jonathan Davis’ guts.  Now it’s the other guitarist, Munky. In a statement that Jonathan Davis is getting all too familiar with writing, he says, "We fully support Munky's need to be home right now and because we want to come through for all of our European fans, the tour will go on. It's what Munky wants us to do, too. We promise to give it our all every night!" There’s no reason exactly why Munky left the tour but many are speculating that it has something to do with the “big surprise” he promised earlier this year. In a blog, Munky wrote, “I have a big surprise announcement coming very, very soon. It's something I'm extremely passionate about, and I have a feeling everyone is going to love it. Be sure to keep checking this page, because this announcement is going to be big..."

Of course, the speculation is that it’s a solo record and he left the Korn tour to go work on it so he could have his album out in time for the summer touring season.

So, as of now, the only two Korn members left standing are Jonathan Davis and Fieldy. 

I’m not sure why, but there are plans for ANOTHER Zeppelin tribute album. The one that came out in the 90’s, called Encomium, is about as good of a tribute as you’re going to get.  STP doing “Dancing Days,” Cracker on “Good Times, Bad Times,” Rollins with “Four Sticks” and Helmet on “Custard Pie, just to name a few. But another is in the works, one that will no doubt enlist the help of bands that the kids these days like: Panic At The Disco and Fallout Boy and Dragon Force. Those aren’t confirmed acts, just my wild speculation, but don’t be surprised when a couple of those are announced.

The one difference this time around is that along with cover bands, the people putting this record together are looking for bands that wholesale rip Zeppelin off in the creation of their own sound. Yes, if your crappy garage band gets together and watches “Song Remains the Same” before putting together your own tunes that rhyme “love” with “smell the glove,” the you should send an email to VersaillesRecords2006@yahoo.com.  If your band’s track is included in the album, you get promos and a bio in the CD booklet.  The album will be sold nationally at retail outlets this summer.

It’s just common sense, people. If you need the head gaskets replaced on your ’68 Camaro, you call the guy who runs the car crusher at the junk yard. If you need your appendix taken out, you call the guy who works part time running the chainsaw on the killing floor at the local meat packing plant. And if you need a baby delivered, you call Roto-Rooter. Pretty basic stuff. I’m not sure why you can’t figure that out. I mean, Kelly Osbourne knows. She’s offered to help get Amy Winehouse clean, because when you want to get someone who’s on the verge of dropping what’s left of her life in a spoon, boiling it down with some high-grade Afghanistani heroin and shooting it into her jugular, you want to call Kelly Osbourne.

Kelly says, “I am the one people come to with their problems. I talk straight. I don’t say: ‘Look Amy, you’re just fantastic.’ I say: ‘Amy you have a problem. I’m here when you are ready to deal with it.’ I’m not going to tell her to go to rehab. She’s not an idiot, she knows what her problem is.”