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1i1C-7L710 EiZN AG.F SITES + SOUNDS (Continued front page 80) Ten it comes time to pen songs, ' ed laughing. I realized that as much as she aggra- times you can spend months fine -tuning a song. I vocalist /guitarist John Hampson follows vates me, I absolutely love her when she smiles. will never say that I crafted this pop gem. What and Nokia Ventures among its finan- the adage "Write what you know," because, "I came up with a chorus to a song, and when I really happened was, I don't know where it came cial backers, is hoping to put its serv- he says, "when you're done with a song, it's the only started singing it, it was bouncing around in my from, but everything was about a true feeling." ice to work in everything from Inter- way you feel personally like you did it right." This honesty also permeates the group's debut net music appliances and online radio Hampson's personal attachment to Nine Days' don't know where 550 Music /Epic album, "The Madding Crowd," a to Internet retailers and Web portals. it came from, but single "Absolutely (Story Of A Girl)," No. 17 on everythinT, was reference to Thomas Hardy's book "Far From The It already has its own streaming this issue's Modern Rock Tracks chart, stemmed about a true Madding Crowd." Hampson says, "I read it when service known as RadioMongo, from a pre -show realization about his girlfriend. feeling' I was about 20, a time in my life that I was look- which will be featured in the free- He says, "I was playing a gig and got there -John Hampson, Nine Days ing for something important. The book alluded to standing Internet radio tuner from early to do a sound check. My girlfriend had come how the distractions in life can pull you away from Kerbango Inc. set to roll out later with me. We were aggravating each other, and so head," Hampson continues. "I started figuring out the things that are truly important. You can waste this year. Under terms of the agree- she walked away to the other side of the room. I the chords and finished up the lyrics later that a lot of time with things that don't matter. The- ment, Kerbango will offer Mongo- was thinking, `She just drives me nuts.' I saw her night. It's happened only a few times for me that matically, this title made a statement that was music as a type of custom station. talking to someone across the room, and she start- a song comes out like that and just works. Some- strong enough to support all of the songs." Consumers will select a song, and Mongo will then fill out a playlist based on the musical qualities of the APRIL 29, 2000 Billboard R APRIL 29, 2000 Billboard® initial song. Marc Auerbach, VP of marketing at Kerbango, says the partnership will "showcase the advantage of inter- Tracks.. Modern Rock Tracks.M active listening over traditional one- T TRACK TITLE ARTIST way broadcasting." TRACK TITLE ARTIST Y - z IMPRINT /PROMOTION I. ABEL w q ALBUM TITLE (IF ANY) IMPRINT /PROMOTION LABEL I- i u w u 3 o ALBUM TITLE (IF ANY) Because radio rules prevent con- sumers from compiling their own -"-.00 1 No. 1 amm.-- No. --r playlists, anything that helps con- at No 1 KRYPTONITE 4 weeks at No. 1 3 DOORS DOWN OTHERSIDE 11 weeks 1 1 1 13 1 I 18 D THE BETTER LIFE REPUBLIC/UNIVERSAL: CALIFORNICATION 1WARNER BROS. t sumers get something closer to what OTHERSIDE RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS ADAM'S SONG BLINK -182 a 2 2 2 14 4 7 7 they want is going to be valuable O ENEMA OF THE STATE MCA BROS. t CALIFORNICATION WARNER t tool, Sinnreich says. STIFF UPPER LIP AC /DC PARDON ME INCUBUS 3 3 3 11 3 3 3 25 STIFF UPPER LIP EASTWEST /EEG t MAKE YOURSELF IMMORTAL/EPIC t Personalized online radio is noth- NO LEAF CLOVER KRYPTONITE 3 DOORS DOWN 4 5 5 22 7 10 6 ing new, but Internet stations nor- S & M ELEKTRA/EEG t ® THE BETTER LIFE REPUBLIC/UNIVERSAL STAND INSIDE YOUR LOVE THE SMASHING PUMPKINS mally channel their listeners by col- 5 2 2 10 -"mil AIRPOWER /,.- MACHINA/THE MACHINES OF GOD VIRGIN t laborative filtering and by genre. NOTHING AS IT SEEMS MISERABLE LIT E5 NEW I 6 5 4 20 on BINAURAL EPIC A PLACE IN THE SUN RCA t Listeners also get to rate artists IF CREED THE BAD TOUCH BLOODHOUND GANG an ongoing basis, which affects the 6 4 4 17 WHAT 7 6 6 9 & " 3" SOUNDTRACK WIND -UP t HOORAY FOR BOOBIES REPUBLICJGEFFEN /INTERSCOPE t number of times an artist gets in- VOODOO MAKE ME BAD KORN 7 6 6 24 11 11 11 REPUBLIC/UNIVERSAL ® ISSUES IMMORTAL/EPIC t serted into the playlist. GODSMACK t PARDON ME INCUBUS VOODOO GODSMACK However, Kaiser maintains that 8 8 8 22 10 12 12 11 MAKE YOURSELF IMMORTAL/EPIC t GODSMACK REPUBLIC/UNIVERSAL t kind of personalized system HIGHER CREED SLEEP NOW IN THE FIRE RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE that 9 7 7 34 l0 9 8 10 HUMAN CLAY WIND -UP t THE BATTLE OF LOS ANGELES EPIC t tends not to work very well. "You have LEADER OF MEN 11 15 9 to sit there and train it, and most CI THE STATE ROADRUNNER -1111 AIRPOWER NOTHING AS IT SEEMS PEARL JAM users don't want to keep rating songs MAKE ME BAD KORN 11 NEW 1 11 10 10 11 BINAURAL EPIC ISSUES IMMORTAL/EPIC t all day to tell a computer what they HOME BREAKOUT FOG FIGHTERS 12 13 14 12 12 13 16 5 want to hear," he says. DYSFUNCTION FLIP /ELEKTRA/EEG t THERE IS NOTHING LEFT TO LOGE ROSWELL/RCA PAGE BLACK CROWES EVERYTHING YOU WANT VERTICAL HORIZON Registered Mongo users will have WHAT IS AND WHAT SHOULD NEVER BE JIMMY &THE 13 10 9 Z2 13 14 13 7 EVERYTHING YOU WANT RCA t JIMMY PAGE & THE BLACK CROWES: LIVE AT THE GREEK MUSICMAKER.COM their playlists altered on an ongoing EX- GIRLFRIEND NO DOUBT 9 STAND INSIDE YOUR LOVE THE SMASHING PUMPKINS 8 5 13 14 12 11 14 INTERSCOPE basis based on preferences. MACHINA/THE MACHINES OF GOD VIRGIN t RETURN OF SATURN t ONLY GOD KNOWS WHY KID ROCK But despite the radio function and 15 9 9 19 AIRPOWER DEVIL WITHOUT A CAUSE TOP DOG/LAVNATLANTIC t I-- its own Web site, Mongo does not con- 2 SOUR GIRL STONE TEMPLE PILOTS 8 NEW BEGINNING STIR 15 23 - - 17 21 NO. 4 ATLANTIC t CI HOLY DOGS CAPITOL t sider itself a content destination site. YOUNG LUST (LIVE) BREAK STUFF LIMP BIZKIT 11 15 20 4 16 14 17 8 The company is also positioning itself IS THERE ANYBODY THERE? THE WALL LIVE 81 COLUMBIA SIGNIFICANT OTHER FLIP / INTERSCOPE t OUT 1980 as a business-to-business player in the -"+r AIRPOWER -ter AIRPOWER ^ competitive music information/search SOUR GIRL STONE TEMPLE PILOTS ABSOLUTELY (STORY OF A GIRL) NINE DAYS 18 28 2 17 24 25 3 has rela- NO. 4 - ATLANTIC t THE MADDING CROWD 550 MUSIC/550-WORK. engine space. It currently SLEEP NOW IN THE FIRE RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE THE BEST THINGS FILTER tionships with Muze Inc. and Ama- 19 16 18 10 18 19 24 5 THE BATTLE OF LOS ANGELES EPIC t TITLE OF RECORD REPRISE t zon.com and is negotiating to work HOME STAIND 19 17 22 9 Web on a -411111111 AIRPOWER - DYSFUNCTION FLIP/ELEKTRA/EEG t with retailers and portals JUDITH A PERFECT CIRCLE SO SAD TO SAY THE MIGHTY MIGHTY BOSSTONES co-branded basis. Instead of editorial 20 NEW 1 27 4 MER DE NOMS VIRGIN CI 22 PAY ATTENTION BIG RIG/ISLAND/IDJMG recommendations, consumers will SILVER FUTURE MONSTER MAGNET NEW BEGINNING STIR 21 22 26 5 21 18 23 7 be offered sampling "HEAVY METAL 2000" SOUNDTRACK RESTLESS HOLY DOGS CAPITOL t automatically WORKIN' IT DON HENLEY JUDITH A PERFECT CIRCLE clips from Mongo- determined like - CI 23 25 4 22 NEW 1 INSIDE JOB WARNER BROS. MER DE NOMS VIRGIN artists. ARMS WIDE OPEN CREED LETTING THE CABLES SLEEP BUSH 23 36 2 WITH 23 16 13 15 - HUMAN CLAY WIND -UP THE SCIENCE OF THINGS TRAUMA t "If you [have] a search engine, this BREAK STUFF LIMP BIZKIT ARMS WIDE OPEN CREED is an component of your 24 25 23 9 24 28 34 4 WITH essential SIGNIFICANT OTHER FLIP /INTERSCOPE t HUMAN CLAY WIND -UP search: the ability to find more mu- SPIDERS NEVER LET YOU GO THIRD EYE BLIND 30 33 5 25 15 14 18 CI SYSTEM OF A DOWN AMERICAN /COLUMBIA t BLUE ELEKTRA/EEG t sic," says Kaiser. NOTHING TO PROVE CAROLINE'S SPINE FLOWING 311 26 26 27 5 26 21 20 14 Analysts say recommendation ATTENTION PLEASE SOUNDSYSTEM CAPRICORN /IDJMG t SEVEN DUST IF CREED engines are very effective in boosting 21 24 24 10 WAFFLE 27 25 19 15 WHAT HOME TIT t HUMAN CLAY & "" SOUNDTRACK WIND -UP t not only the volume of online retail REVOLUTION IS MY NAME PANTERA SOUTHTOWN P.O.D. 28 29 31 6 28 29 31 7 sales but also the amount of music an REINVENTING THE STEEL EASTWEST /EEG THE FUNDAMENTAL ELEMENTS OF SOUTHTOWN ATLANTIC t SATISFIED 8STOPS7 BENT MATCHBOX TWENTY individual purchases. 29 27 28 8 29 1 NEW 1 IN MODERATION REPRISE MAD SEASON LAVA/ATLANTIC Mongo, which licenses content KENNY WAYNE SHEPHERD BAND IS ANYBODY HOME? OUR LADY PEACE 30 20 17 14 WAS 30 26 21 13 LIVE ON GIANT /REPRISE HAPPINESS. IS NOT A FISH THAT YOU CAN CATCH COLUMBIA I from all the major labels, sees its GODLESS U.P.O. LETTERS STROKE 9 technology as particularly effective in 31 38 -- 31 37 2 NO PLEASANTRIES EPIC - NASTY LITTLE THOUGHTS CHERRY /UNIVERSAL helping labels promote older back- THE BEST THINGS FILTER AUTOMATIC COLLAPSIS 32 34 34 3 32 30 28 5 TITLE OF RECORD REPRISE t DIRTY WAKE CHERRY /UNIVERSAL catalog material and, perhaps more

9 MISERABLE LIT TAKE A LOOK AROUND LIMP BIZKIT important, in breaking new artists. 33 33 30 33 NEW 1 A PLACE IN THE SUN RCA t "MISSION IMPOSSIBLE 2" SOUNDTRACK HOLLYWOOD "It works for an artist that has NOW YOU KNOW DON'T STOP RADFORD 34 35 36 5 34 32 40 3 FULL DEVIL JACKET THE ENCLAVE/MERCURY /IDJMG RADFORD RCA never been heard before. It doesn't STACKED ACTORS F00 FIGHTERS SUPERSTAR CYPRESS HILL 35 21 12 12 35 31 35 4 (ROCK) matter if he or she has been pur- THERE IS NOTHING LEFT TO LOSE ROSWELL/RCA SKULL & BONES COLUMBIA t says. FALLING AWAY FROM ME KORN ONLY GOD KNOWS WHY KID ROCK chased yet," Kaiser 36 32 29 25 36 27 26 19 ISSUES IMMORTAL/EPIC t DEVIL WITHOUT A CAUSE TOP DOG/LAVA/ATLANTIC t It remains to be seen if consumers SOUTHTOWN P.O.D. SATISFIED 8STOPS7 31 37 35 12 31 40 2 actually like the suggestions being THE FUNDAMENTAL ELEMENTS OF SOUTHTOWN ATLANTIC t - IN MODERATION REPRISE I'M WITH STUPID (HE'S A LOSER) STATIC -X RESORT PAPA ROACH made by Mongo, but Kaiser insists, 38 RE -ENTRY 2 38 38 - 2 LAST WISCONSIN DEATH TRIP WARNER BROS. t INFEST DREAMWORKS "The difference is that we are able to RUN TO THE WATER LIVE 39 31 I 22 12 39 33 31 3 WAFFLE THE DISTANCE TO HERE RADIOACTIVE/MCA t HOME TVE give you what you want. Whereas WTEIH SHANNON CURFMAN ALL MY FAULT FENIX TX with other people you have to settle 40 40 38 4 40 NEW It 1 LOUD GUITARS, BIG SUSPICIONS ARISTA FENIX TX MCA t for something someone else pro- Compiled from a national sample of a rplay supplied by Broadcast Data Systems' Radio Track service. 106 mainstream rock stations and 68 modern rock stations are ele tronlcel ly monitored 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Songs ranked by number of detections. ° Tracks howing an increase in detections over the previous week, regardless of chart movement. A record which has been on the chart for more than 20 weeks will not receive a bullet, even if it registers an increase in detections. Airpower awarded to songs appearing in the top 20 on grammed." both the BDS Airplay and Audience charts for the first time with increases in both detections and audience. t Videoclip availability. ® 2000, Billboard/BPI Communications.

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