Last week’s most amusing news item came from Dillinger Escape Plan singer Greg Puciato (above, center), who made public his thanks and apologies to local emergency responders who helped him out during a half-day drug freakout. (Reviewing Puciato’s account of the unnamed substance’s effects, one could settle on mushrooms as the likely culprit.) As party people, we at MetalSucks giggled knowingly at his beginner’s mistakes and cheered his quick rebound to good humor and sanity. Party loud, dude!

But Puciato’s boss, DEP founding guitarist Ben Weinman (above, left), isn’t as cool with his misadventure or his urge to chronicle it for the public. Nor with the potential he created for something other than Weinman to get credit for DEP’s genius. Our awesome buds at Metal Insider got the exclusive story from Weinman:

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A week and a half ago, I totally fucked up and said that Unearth would be one of the support bands on the second leg of Chimaira’s upcoming “The Age of Hell” tour. I repeated this mistake last week, too, ’cause I’m a big dummy. In fact, while Chimaira will, obviously, still be touring in support of The Age of Hell, Unearth are NOT support — they’re co-headliners. Which makes total sense.

My apologies to Unearth, a band I love and respect, for my most grievous error.

Get the full set of dates for this awesome, awesome tour after the jump. Actual support will come from Skeletonwitch and Molotov Solution.

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Yesterday I gave longtime reader Cody Barrick shit for recommending a terrible band and claiming they were superior to Slayer and Daath.

Well, Cody was being sarcastic.

This is one of the dangers of e-mails – especially e-mails from someone you don’t really know: that you will completely misinterpret someone’s tone.

So my apologies to Cody, who suggested we post the below video. I salute you, good sir.

-AR

Yesterday I wrote a piece chastising Ozzy Osbourne for canceling a lot of shows on his recent tours. I guess I was misinformed; I was definitely at an Ozzfest date that Ozzy missed, but that was back in 2003. Around that time I seem to recall a lot of people bitching about him missing dates, but maybe there were mitigating circumstances that year. I’ve since been told that on his last tour, The Ozzman only canceled two shows, and that he made up both gigs at a later date.

So… I fucked up, and inadvertently sacrificed the truth in favor of a funny headline. My apologies to Ozzy and everyone in his camp. Y’know I’d like nothing more than for Mr. Osbourne to be killin’ it again like he did in the old days…

-AR

As many of you pointed out (including Eyal, who emailed me), there’s no midi tracking device on the uke and the guy is playing along with a tab on Guitar Pro. Oh well!

-VN

Yesterday we mourned the loss of former Danzig drummer Chuck Biscuits, who died at age 44 of throat cancer. It was indeed a sad, sad day here at the MetalSucks Mansion, and we all wore white in tribute to the fallen skinsman (We usually wear black anyway, so that wouldn’t do.).

Only problem is, Brooklyn Vegan is now reporting that Mr. Biscuits is very much alive and well.

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So it turns out I completely misunderstood Revolver editor-in-cheif Tom Beaujour’s comments yesterday with regards to the conflict with Isis.

Tom was not responding to Aaron Turner’s complaints or the complaints of the blogosphere, but was, in fact, responding to questions posed to him directly by Metal Insider‘s Dan Rodriguez.

My apologies to all involved for the misunderstanding.

-AR

I’m sure Saner’s mother has never been prouder.

Read the entire article here.

-AR

Yesterday Vince speculated that there may be new Mastodon music in the trailer for the forthcoming video game Splatterhouse. Then we got an e-mail last night from composer Howard Drossin, who explained all:

“The music featured is not by Mastodon. It’s mine. I’m the composer on the game. I really appreciate that you thought it might be Mastodon. They are a big inspiration and I respect them enormously. I post the trailer on my blog as well if you’re interested.”

Howard also contributed music to the recent Afro Samurai video game, and from what I can tell from our brief e-mail exchange, he’s a very chill, humble dude. Be sure to check out his website. And thanks for setting us straight, Howard!

After the jump, more Mastodonews.

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We regret to inform those who entered our contest to win tickets to the Scion Rock Fest that those who win will still not be guaranteed entry. You’ll still have to get there early and wait on line like everyone else. However, since we’re one of the only places left where you can even get tickets, we still think it’s a pretty sweet deal. Sorry about the mixup! Winners will be chosen tonight and notified tomorrow, so enter now!

So remember two hours ago when we reported that Slipknot had missed the #1 Soundscan spot by a mere 13 albums to The Game? Apparently Roadrunner Records pulled an Al Gore and asked for a recount. Yup, really. And unlike the ill-fated and unfortunate display of electioneering and corruption of the year 2000, the results have been reversed. After much media hullaballoo and meticulous checking of hanging chads, Slipknot is officially #1, selling 239,516 units to The Game’s 238,382. Score one for metal!

-VN

I just got this e-mail from a reader calling herself “Angry Geek Girl.” The subject line is “Just Want To Keep You Guys Honest.” I’m just gonna go ahead and print it in its entirety:

“Axl,

“I noticed something interesting. When Rikki Rockett was accused, you jumped on that damn skippy. But when he’s cleared because he wasn’t even IN Mississippi at the time of the alleged incident, your as quiet as a church-mouse.

“Of course your in good company. Everyone was real prominent with the allegation, but either didn’t report Rikki Rockett’s name being cleared or buried it as deep as the could, placing it between the local little league schedule and a recipe for summer squash casserole where no one would see it. I guess innocence doesn’t sell.

“I thought you guys were better then that. Guess I was wrong.

“Angry Geek Girl”

So, yes, Rikki Rockett is innocent, and no, we didn’t report it. It’s a poor excuse, I know, but please keep in mind that Vince and I are the only ones who work on this site on a daily basis, and that we both have day jobs which pays the bills so that we can keep the site goin’. So, yeah, sometimes a story is gonna fall through the cracks.

Still… sorry we let ya down, AGG. We’ll try not to do it again.

-AR