CAMU TAO R.I.P.

TODAY, around 2pm, our dear friend, family member and musical collaborator Tero “CAMU TAO” Smith passed away in his home town of Columbus, Ohio. Tero had been quietly fighting for his life for the last year and a half after being diagnosed with lung cancer.

To those who knew Tero, he was an almost uncategorizable force of nature. Wild, hilarious, proud, loving, tough, outspoken, spontaneous and brilliant. He wore his heart on his sleeve and he dripped creativity, leaving inspiration and awe in the hearts and minds of anyone who was fortunate enough to see him work.

We, his friends and family, have truly had our collective hearts broken by his passing. Not only because of the loss of our friend, but because of the loss of his contribution to those who never knew what we knew about his talent and his potential. He was the secret that no one wanted to keep and we always knew that one day his vision and his heart could change music forever the way he changed all of our lives.

His departure from us all 1 month away from his 31st birthday is nothing less than a tragedy… nothing less than a crime. he was a gift to us all and he is irreplaceable. Rest in peace, Mu. We will love you forever. May god bless you and your family.

R.I.P.
Tero “CAMU TAO” Smith
born 6/26/77, passed 5/25/08
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sincerely,
jaime “el-p” meline (on behalf of many, many wonderful and broken hearted friends)

Camu Tao’s Myspace.

The Faint have a new album called “Fasciinatiion” coming out on August 5th 2008. They’re no longer on their starting label, Saddle-Creek Records and have sinceformed their own titled “Blank.wav“.

Please check out their site, thefaint.com for more information, tour dates, and a newsletter signup.

Roadrunner Records UK has decided to create a remastered version of Glassjaw’s first full length, record label debut, “Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About Silence“, due out August 4th, 2008.

A close source says that this is not endorsed nor supported by Glassjaw in anyway. Roadrunner is simply trying to make some extra money.

Please, don’t purchase this.

Watch Shia Labeouf throw up the “CC” AGAIN on the latest episode of Saturday Night Live, May 10th, 2008.

Here’s a video of the first time.

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Great news, fans. Men Women & Children have posted their latest single “Ultra Hot Volcano” on their Myspace. This single is already released digitally on iTunes and eMusic and the vinyl (red, hand numbered, limited to 500) will be released and shipped out this week.

If you haven’t picked it up on wax, please do so here.

Frontman of Glassjaw, Daryl Palumbo talked to Kerrang! regarding their performance at the Give it a Name festival.

Daryl hinted at a late 2008, early 2009 release date for the upcoming Glassjaw album. Here’s a video of it:

Glassjaw.net has taken back their post regarding Glassjaw’s album coming out next June.

Apologies for anyone who got their hopes up, but the new album is NOT SLATED for a June release (as far as we know, anything could happen in the world of GJ)!

However keep an ear out / on the ground / up in the air for upcoming information, as the album IS near completion!

Why it was ever posted as news on their site is beyond me.

Glassjaw.net is reporting that the next Glassjaw album will be out in June.

Twas all a lie.

According to The Grixer, the upcoming Glassjaw should be wrapped up and completed in the coming months.

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Fear not fans of Glassjaw, the album is still on it’s way. After recently speaking with GJ, we learned that the album is all tracked and awaiting vocals from a busy Darryl (Daryl) Palumbo (who is currently juggling his time between GJ and Head Automatica). The album should be wrapped up and completed in the coming months. We will keep you posted in the meantime.

Men Women & Children’s latest single “Ultra Hot Volcano” is now up for purchase at iTunes here as well as 30 second previews of the tracks.

Unfortunately, the 7″ single will not be released until next Tuesday.

Get at it!