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False record label rumor (originating from KROQ?)
posted by davidt on Tuesday July 31 2001, @08:00AM

 Several people have sent me this rumor that's been spreading but I just got word that is is false. Mozluv writes:

Just to let you all know the latest news on Morrissey. It was announced July 25 on the Flashback Lunch on KROQ (Los Angeles radio station), that Morrissey finally got a contract with an undisclosed record label, and a upcoming album will be released in the near future with up to 12 new tracks... I didnt hear it myself, a couple of my friends who had heard it on the radio told me. I called KROQ myself and confirmed it. Then they told me to keep listening to further updates later on in the week and to keep checking out their website.

 
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    Great (Score:1)
    And we thought we'd be the first to know... Hey, but if that is really true, it's great!!! :)))))))) (ok, enough emoticons, my superego is repressing me already)
    What a wonderful day!!!!
    I wonder a lot about the lyrics, if time changed view on things and such... I'm really curious and amazed!!!! :))))) (my id just said that a few more emoticons could not hurt)
    Havfine -- Tuesday July 31 2001, @08:12AM (#15917)
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    • Re:Great by Havfine (Score:1) Tuesday July 31 2001, @08:14AM
      • Re:Great by Havfine (Score:1) Tuesday July 31 2001, @08:19AM
        • Re:Great by davidt (Score:1) Tuesday July 31 2001, @08:34AM
      bleh! (Score:1)
      That's all I have to say...this sucks......I already had the champagne in reach..... God, someone give this man the deal he wants...
      Mozzarella -- Tuesday July 31 2001, @08:39AM (#15922)
      (User #864 Info | http://www.bozboorer.com/ )
       If I wasn't a cat, I'd be a girl.
      Exchange (Score:1)
      Exchange the word "Morrissey" for "Christ" and all this becomes rather funny. Just imagine:

      EXTRA! Christ sighted at a punk rock concert.

      "SENSATION! I met Christ at bar yesterday. I hardly could believe my eyes. But he was very polite and gave me an autograph."
      "Nah, you're lying"
      "No I'm not!"
      "Stopit! Why are we Christ-fans always arguing?"

      David T. says: The rumour of the immediate return of Christ is false, I repeat FALSE!

      "Oh nooo, I was getting my hopes up and all..."

      ---

      Lord, give him a deal soon. I cannot take this much longer.
      Wheresmycupoftea -- Tuesday July 31 2001, @08:47AM (#15923)
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        Sucks to your Asmar! (Score:1)
        This really stinks! Maybe if we all close our eyes and click our heels together three times and say "There's no saint like Moz!There's no saint like Moz!There's no saint like Moz!" A new album will magically appear.

        A girl can wish can't she?
        jade <reversethis-{moc.liamg} {ta} {97yedaj}> -- Tuesday July 31 2001, @08:54AM (#15924)
        (User #90 Info)
         Zip up your mouth!
        hopeless (Score:1)
        they can't!they can't joke about these things!it's too much important for our mozzers..oh,12 songs..i was already thinking about the glorious day in which i'd got up and bought the cd!my heart is not strong enough for these tricks!
        buck-toothed girl -- Tuesday July 31 2001, @08:58AM (#15925)
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         and all my hope is gone
        • Re:hopeless by Luge (Score:1) Thursday August 02 2001, @05:43AM
          is kroq that desperate for attention? (Score:1)
          'prolly not.... in fact, rodney and (ex-dj) richard blade aside, i don't think they (everyone else) care much about us (the morrissey fanbase) in the first place.

          well, maybe jed the fish still cares... but he's too caught up playing the limp bizkit and linkin park crap ad nauseum.

          state of emergency -- Tuesday July 31 2001, @09:02AM (#15926)
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           "others conquered love, but i ran..."
            Re:is kroq that desperate for attention? (Score:2, Informative)
            I highly doubt Jed cares about us Morrissey fans or Morrissey for that matter....
            "A lot of our success has to do with the amount of popularity our music has right now," explains Jed "the Fish" Gould, a KROQ deejay since 1978. "The number of KROQ artists that have Top 40 albums right now is relatively high. Plus, we continue to play adventurous bands that we have to ourselves, like Korn. So we're playing a bunch of hot stuff that's sweeping the country and cool stuff that nobody else is playing. That's the ideal combination for a 'new music' station like us."

            Source: Los Angeles Times, July 27, 2001

            half-a-person -- Tuesday July 31 2001, @12:00PM (#15940)
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            Damn! (Score:1)
            I heard about this last night and I thought it was true, so I went to bed all excited...sad it isn't true.

            Looking back now, the red flag was "undisclosed" record label. If Moz had gotten a new record label, it would be pretty big news in the music world and I'm sure the label that nabbed him would be pretty proud. I have to wonder why KROQ felt the need to start a rumor like that, especially at a time when they knew a lot of people would be listening. I doubt it was a ploy just to get more listeners since they probably don't play Moz anyway. I'd figure they'd check their facts before announcing something like that, but I guess I overestimate them. :(
            arien -- Tuesday July 31 2001, @10:35AM (#15930)
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            • Re:Damn! by state of emergency (Score:1) Tuesday July 31 2001, @11:18AM
              Thats a bunch of KROQ... (Score:1)
              it's often been said that patience yields rich rewards and that it's a virtue, so hopefully in the near future we will all be rich, virtuous people. But in the mean time, at least kroq has invited us to keep checking back for updates and to continue to listen for upcoming news. "Can you please play more limp bisquick."
              Lord Henry Wotton -- Tuesday July 31 2001, @11:11AM (#15934)
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                Bad..Bad KROQ (Score:1)
                How Sad! I really love KROQ..but spreading a nasty rumor like that is uncalled for. I hope in the near future Morrissey does release some new material..It's time for a change!

                Morrissey..SING ME TO SLEEP
                BettyLuvzMoz <BettyRoxs@yahoo.com> -- Tuesday July 31 2001, @11:39AM (#15936)
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                  Keep it up! (Score:1)
                  Hey Mozz fans,
                  keep sending this great website all the rumours and false information you can get your hands on, cause without at least THAT, this website wouldn't have no bloody news at all!

                  Keep it up, waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay up!
                  Sincerely,
                  DeB of the West Sider Riders :-)
                  Maplefreak -- Tuesday July 31 2001, @01:23PM (#15947)
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                   And the songs we sing, they're not supposed to mean a thing...
                    That Hurt! (Score:1)
                    Ouch :(:( are they sadists down at KROQ that truly hurts.I`m waiting patiently and know we`ll hear something like that soon and it will be real.Morrissey will show them all.
                    tibby -- Tuesday July 31 2001, @02:54PM (#15951)
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                     ~I am a poor freezingly cold soul so far from where I intended to go ~I love Morrissey
                      plausible denialbility? (Score:1)
                      this makes no sense. either someone is feeding them false information, or.....morrissey's source is feeding false info...

                      besides making you tune in and eventually getting pissed off that no "news" was broken, what is the point? why not spread rumors about Morrissey dancing around his house in Batman underoos?
                      suzanne -- Tuesday July 31 2001, @03:32PM (#15958)
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                       I scare dead people.
                      • Rumors? by Puppet on string (Score:1) Wednesday August 01 2001, @07:36AM
                        another reason why KROQ sucks (Score:1)
                        what do they care? all they care about is playing nirvana, blink 2386421, and lots of colon rock, along w/ laughing at their own stupid jokes. i stopped listening a very long time ago to that lame station. ever since richard blade left that flashback lunch has stunk like a dirty crotch. and it wasn't even that good to begin w/. and all the lame djs on that station probably combine for one ounce of brain power, which is quite high for southern californians and inbred tiny goats.
                        fut -- Tuesday July 31 2001, @03:35PM (#15959)
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                        Put out your own album!!! (Score:0)
                        You know, I am IN a band who has produced and released our OWN record. We have international distribution. We promote it ourselves. We have NOT made a lot of money, but frankly, we are not as popular as Morrissey. If he wanted to, he could do it ALL himself. Mozza, look to the future! The record industry is old old old!
                        Anonymous -- Tuesday July 31 2001, @03:39PM (#15960)
                          through all our hate of kroq, let's keep in mind.. (Score:1)
                          ... that rodney bingenheimer still, and always will, kick ass!

                          what's happening? rodney's happening!
                          state of emergency -- Tuesday July 31 2001, @08:31PM (#15966)
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                           "others conquered love, but i ran..."
                            In whispered terms... (Score:1)
                            I wouldn't doubt it if Morrissey himself put the bug out. Perhaps a new disc isn't far off after all...
                            haze <gallondrunk@hotmail.com> -- Wednesday August 01 2001, @07:38AM (#15983)
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                              who really cares anymore? (Score:1)
                              Although I grew up with the Smiths and Moz, I have decided that the debacle that is Moz and his (lack of) management, the rumour mill and the overall lack of product is somewhat sinister. Surely he has recordings or at least demos and given his popularity in the USA, this would sell reasonably well and make some profits for any of the major labels. Even in here in the UK where the reverence for Moz is not so hysterical, it would sell well for a few weeks. Especially considering Moz does not need a huge advertising campaign, rather relying on unquestioning devotion.

                              Don't get me wrong, I would buy a new Moz CD the day it came out - if it was in the league of any Smith material, or Vauxhall & I, I would play it often; if it was in the league of Kill Uncle of Maladjusted maybe less. BUT I am not going to get excited by rumour and gossip. Until the disc is in my hand I will continue to concentrate on bands and acts who actually bother to put music out (like the marvellous Strokes or the Avalanches or Badly Drawn Boy), not wait for a (old and fallen) hero to actually finish protracted procrastination!!!
                              Luge -- Wednesday August 01 2001, @08:57AM (#15988)
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                              • The Strokes by giant (Score:1) Thursday August 02 2001, @06:32AM
                                • Re:The Strokes by death, warmed-up (Score:1) Thursday August 02 2001, @07:49AM
                                  • Re:The Strokes by Anonymous (Score:0) Thursday August 02 2001, @08:26AM
                                    • Re:The Strokes by death, warmed-up (Score:1) Thursday August 02 2001, @10:58AM
                              I believe in hope ! (Score:1)
                              I won't be very orignal but I really hope that this new is true. In that case I'll travel to England (I'm french) and I'll do all gigs !!!!
                              boy with a thorn <joannydavier@aol.com> -- Wednesday August 01 2001, @12:43PM (#15995)
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                                Why am I reading this? (Score:1)
                                Why do these rumours even make it to the NEWS page if they are already confirmed to be false??? Morrissey may not have much going for him in his professional life, and I think we are O.K. with that. I don't think we have to hear about every rumour - I know!...I'll make one up now: I was walking down Sunset Boulevard and I ran into Morrissey...He had Johnny Mar on his lap, eating a cookie from his hand...how's that? Please don't give the many naive members of Morrissey-Solo false hope.
                                HNSMDVL <hnsmdvl1@hotmail.com> -- Wednesday August 01 2001, @01:02PM (#15999)
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                                can you smell the desperation? (Score:0)
                                is the story absolutley,definatley,positivley false?!is there a glimmer of hope?do i sound desperate for a new morrissey album??dont answer that.i think everyone feels the same.there does seem to be something odd about this.why would kroq put out a story like this without hearing something from somewhere?thats what im clinging to anyway.
                                Anonymous -- Wednesday August 01 2001, @01:14PM (#16000)
                                  what i do know is (Score:1)
                                  that indie label jade tree is highly interested and as far as im aware are waiting on a reply
                                  themonster -- Wednesday August 01 2001, @02:07PM (#16002)
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                                  kroq (Score:1)
                                  he's never going to get a deal.that's obvious.
                                  snakeboy -- Tuesday August 07 2001, @04:20AM (#16392)
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                                    New Record (Score:1)
                                    Will he be working with anyone on the record? I heard he was going to work with Moby!
                                    Mozzeybite -- Friday September 28 2001, @10:12AM (#19495)
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