FORMER DRUMMER CONTINUES VENTING ABOUT BLINK-182'S DEMISE
Despite claiming that he's going to let his new band Plus-44 do the talking, former Blink-182 drummer Travis Barker continues to vent about the demise of the punk trio in early 2005. Barker told MTV.com that "No It Isn't," a song on Plus-44's upcoming album, When Your Heart Stops Beating, is "absolutely about the end of Blink-182," adding that the group's meltdown was "a classic case of something bad happening and everyone around you not telling you what the deal was. Like the owner of your record label telling you, 'Oh, everything is going to be fine. Any press you do, Travis, make sure you say everything is cool!' And it turns out the same dude is part of the conspiracy of Tom (DeLonge, frontman) quitting Blink."

Barker gave one example of what he said were the kind of actions by DeLonge that caused Blink-182 to crumble, explaining, "We were on our way to go play a tsunami benefit, and Tom didn't call, but his manager did, and he said that Tom couldn't contain his s*** long enough to play a song for people who were suffering, which was pretty sad to me."


COURTNEY LOVE CLAIMS 'NEVERMIND' SONG IS ABOUT HER
Courtney Love claims that one of the songs on Nirvana's classic 1991 album, Nevermind, was written about her, according to NME.com. Love, who married late Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain after the album was released, said that Cobain wrote a number of tracks on the record about his previous girlfriend, Tobi Valli, but did pen one about his future wife. Love explained, "There's only really one about me because it was written late in the day. Most of the songs are about another girl, which is annoying. But I'm not gonna name (which song's about me) because I feel like it's just my secret. A lot of the songs on there aren't even about girl stuff."



QUICK HITS
Avenged Sevenfold has now canceled its planned U.S. tour, scheduled for November, in order to concentrate on writing its next album.

Papa Roach's new album, The Paramour Sessions, debuted at Number 16 on the Billboard Top 200 yesterday (Wednesday, September 20th), selling 37,000 copies in its first week of release. It was also Papa Roach's fourth consecutive Top 20 debut, although the sales are less than the 52,000 copies that 2004's Getting Away With Murder sold in its first week.

In other chart debuts, the Mars Volta entered at Number Nine with Amputechture selling 59,000 copies, while Black Label Society's Shot To Hell sold 32,000 copies to land at Number 21.

Supernova, the manufactured band from the CBS-TV reality series Rock Star, has followed a court order to change its name...sort of. According to RealityBlurred.com, the group's new moniker is Rock Star Supernova, which was also the official name of the series' second season. An Epic Records spokesperson told Reuters, "It's going to be Rock Star Supernova. That's their actual name." The quartet had to make the change after a San Diego judge approved a preliminary injunction filed by a California punk trio called Supernova.

Tool had to cancel its Tuesday (September 19th) show in Madison, Wisconsin after frontman Maynard James Keenan fell ill. This is the second time in a week that Tool had to scrap a show, following the cancellation of its September 12th concert in San Antonio, Texas, also due to Keenan getting sick. At press time, the band was still scheduled to perform tonight (Thursday, September 21st) in Columbus, Ohio.


LATE NIGHT TALK SHOWS for THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 21
DAVID LETTERMAN (CBS) - Ted Turner, ventriloquist Jeff Dunham and Walter, Fergie
JAY LENO (NBC) - Teri Hatcher, Jon Heder, Kenny Chesney
LATE LATE SHOW (CBS) - Chazz Palminteri, Kerry Washington, French Kicks
CONAN O'BRIEN (NBC) - Jennifer Love Hewitt, John Krasinski, Ben Kweller
CARSON DALY (NBC) - Tom Green, Fiona Apple
JIMMY KIMMEL (ABC) - Felicity Huffman, Jet Li, Human League
COLBERT REPORT (COMEDY CENTRAL) - CC Goldwater
JON STEWART (COMEDY CENTRAL) - Daniel Ellsberg