us to let us know about two Green Day Tribute-related contests going on now:

"Rescue has returned home safely from another 6 weeks on the road. At the beginning of this past tour, Rescue had a chance to stop in with AJ Mogis @ Presto in Lincoln, NE to record 2 brand new songs. These are the first 2 songs written with their new drummer, Ryan Clancy. As of now they have no plans to release these songs. They are free and yours to download. Check them out at www.mp3.com/_rescue_ or at www.deaddroidrecords.com. The songs are called "We're From Detroit" and "Yeah Bro, This Is How The Story Goes". Rescue will be hitting the road again at the end of January so keep checking www.rescuedotcom.com for updates."

writes us that MTV News (of all places) reported the following incident. At a November 23rd T.S.O.L. show at the House Of Blues in West Hollywood two people were shot. The veteran band was playing with the Adolescents, the Crowd and Los Villains when a dispute broke out at about 10:15. Two Orange County residents, 43 and 37 years old, were shot in the shoulder and jaw respectively. Both victims are in good condition. Authorities are perusing leads and have interviewed the victims, bands and club employees. T.S.O.L. was scheduled to return to the House of Blues on Sunday, but that show has been postponed. A new date has not yet been announced.

There's a few new albums that have been put online for people to check out. The new Oi Man Records compilation "Immature & Irresponsible" can be streamed here. Click below for the track listing of that comp, which includes Belvedere, The Planet Smashers, Travoltas, Layaway Plan, Moneen, Choke and more.

Also, New Jersey rockers Fairmont have recorded an album's worth of material that is now online for free. The songs are intended for a four way split CD with Standing Idly By (North Dakota), October 32nd (South Dakota) and Vintage Dreams (Mass). Check them out here. The pressed version of the album is being given away free by the band with purchase of any other Fairmont album. Check their website for more info.

Buddy from Senses Fail wrote us with some of the band's recording plans. They hope to be in the studio early next year (hopefully mid-January) to record a new LP. It will be comprised mostly of new songs and possibly a few from their previously released "From the Depths of Dreams EP." They will release the a single for "Centaur Ghoul" that will have two b-sides on it sometime soon. Check their site for more information.

We reported a little while ago that Osker's singer/guitarist Devon Williams has a new band. At the time it was called "Lung Fa Tang" but it seems that he's calling it "Fingers Cut, Mega Machine" now. The band has two MP3s up on their homepage, including the new song "Laughs Per Minute." They indicate on their site that they want to put out a 7" with four songs before the years end. No word on the label or release date.

Ok, since people are just choking to death on the rumors here's what we know.

Henry Rollins is promoting his West Memphis Three benefit compilation "Rise Above" (review 1, review 2) with an in-store appearance soon. The compilation involves the Rollins Band (Mother Superior) playing classic Black Flag songs with guests and Black Flag alumni doing the vocals. The in-store appearance takes place at Amoeba Records on Sunset Blvd in LA on Tuesday December 3rd at 7:00pm. Performing with Rollins at the event will be Chuck Dukowsi and Keith Morris. This collection of Black Flag members has everyone screaming "reunion" but we can confirm that the back-up will be Mother Superior and -not- Greg Ginn, Robo or Bill Stevenson... but hey... you never know.

"Break The Silence is a new band that features Chicago punk rock legend Mr. Precision [formerly of Rise Against/88 Fingers Louis] on guitar as well as 4 unknown yet extremely talented musicians. Stylistically they combine the speedy, intricate guitar work of bands like Strung Out and Death By Stereo with the aggression and screamo vocal stylings of Thrice and Grade. The band is so new they've only played one show and recorded a couple of boombox demos that are now available in mp3. The band has been writing vigorously and plans to record a full length album in February despite having no record deal yet."

"Some news straight from http://www.afireinside.net, AFI will be on the cover of Alternative Press for the second time this year. The issue will be on sale December 3rd and this time AFI is on the cover for "Most Anticipated 2003". Also, November 20th was Davey's birthday, so a late happy birthday to him. And in case you didn't already know, http://www.vans.com is selling an "old skool" AFI shoe. They're only available online through the Vans website."

In more AFI news, Nitro Records has just released the highly anticipated [by someone, I guess] AFI vinyl boxset. If you have fifty bucks to blow, click here to check it out.