  2 recent stories on urlLink Punknews have been raising more than a few eyebrows: 1) Sum 41 nearly get blown up in the Congo - urlLink linkage This story has appeared in several Canadian newspapers today.
Ajax, Ontario pop-punk band Sum 41 was recently in the Democratic Republic of Congo to appear in a documentary titled From The Front Lines. A peace accord in the area was shattered as violence suddenly broke out between government soldiers and troops loyal to a renegade commander. The band was evacuated from the area and returned back in Canada on Tuesday. Here's an excerpt from a Toronto Star article: The popular band was there with War Child Canada to shoot a documentary on the plight of children in war zones when violence escalated between rival factions of the Congolese army in the town of Bukavu, near the Rwandan border in the Democratic Republic of Congo. "There were a couple of moments when I thought, 'This is it, we're going to die,' so we (the band) reflected on everything we went through and talked about our lives back home," [Deryck] Whibley said in an interview. The band, tour manager, a music video director, a documentary filmmaker and two doctors from War Child Canada were holed up in the hotel for 25 hours.
Mortar rounds exploded outside the hotel's shattered windows and sent panic through the 40 or so foreign visitors staying at the complex... 2) Metal band beats the shit out of wussy emo-rock band at festival - urlLink clicketh here Last night at a festival in Indiana, Story Of The Year was attacked by the road crew of nu-metal band Godsmack after their performance at the show, sponsored by radio station WRZX. OK, quiz time. Can you guess which band is Story Of The Year, and which is Godsmack? Winner gets a packet of British Airways peanuts, and a comedy small can of Pepsi.
A: B: It's tricky, I know. One last thing - if you haven't already, go to urlLink B3TA Newsletter 137 , and take a look at that squirrel band movie. It's 8meg, so go for a piss / make a cup of tea / have a urlLink Peter O'Neale , and then sob uncontrollably about how bad you really are at computer graphics. Even you, Titchie. 
