Sound Check: Slipknot, New Order

ByABC News
May 25, 2001, 6:49 PM

May 24 -- SLIPKNOT DOES IOWA Masked rock behemoth Slipknot plans to release its newest, titled Iowa, sometime this summer. Material from the band's sophomore album will be polished at upcoming Ozzfest dates. The group's self-titled debut achieved platinum certification, the first time any album on the Roadrunner label has done so.

SMASHING ORDER? NEW PUMPKINS?Electro-pop legend New Order has recruited former Smashing Pumpkins frontman Billy Corgan for the summer tour season. Corgan also appears on its long-awaited new album, titled Get Ready. Due out in late August, the disc will be the quartet's first full-length since Republic in 1993. Corgan, who will temporarily replace keyboard player Gillian Gilbert (who is on leave to care for her daughter) in the lineup, is not expected to join permanently.

IMPERIAL TEENCalifornia pop-punk quartet Imperial Teen is about three-quarters finished with the recording of its as-yet-untitled third full-length, and the first since splitting from former label London-Sire. "It's all over the map," member Roddy Bottom tells Seattle Weekly of the new tracks, which include "Million-Dollar Man," "Mr. And Mrs.," and "a great new wave tune" titled "Teacher's Pet."

JOE STRUMMER GOES GLOBALJoe Strummer, former frontman of The Clash, is releasing a new album with his ensemble the Mescaleros. Global a Go-Go is set for a July 24 release, and is the second offering from the group. The album is touted as a "melting pot" of music, with influences from throughout the world. Strummer and his band will follow up the release with a summer U.S. tour.

INCUBUSCalifornia funk-metal act Incubus will release the follow-up to 1999's Make Yourself on Epic in late October. The album will be its fourth effort. Producer Scott Litt (Indigo Girls, R.E.M.) will fine-tune and mix the recordings next month while Incubus is on its European tour. The band will also be touring North America extensively this summer to plug the new disc.

FUGAZIThe alternative rock group Fugazi is preparing the finishing touches to its next as-yet-untitled studio album tentatively scheduled for a September release through Discord Records. The album will follow-up 1998's End Hits and celebrate the label's 130th release. The new material will be road tested at Chicago's Congress Theater June 23-24.