Local

Slipknot released a home video Nov. 9, titled “Welcome to Our Neighborhood.” The video soared above the ranks to land at the top of the Billboard music video chart.

“Welcome to Our Neighborhood” contains live concert footage and home video-style interviews, but it also features the music video for “Spit It Out,” which was quietly rejected by MTV as being too vulgar.

The title sold more than 10,000 copies at SoundScan stores, beating videos from Madonna and Shania Twain that came out during the same week.

The nine-man band is currently on tour with Biohazard and The Step Kings. They recently stopped by Iowa City and are extending their hardcore outreach to Minneapolis tonight at the Quest Club.

Some out-of-towners are coming to Ames for an all-ages show at People’s Bar and Grill with Mr. Plow and 35″ Mudder. St. Louis band Big Blue Monkey and Minneapolis-based Strate Jak It will add to Saturday’s lineup. Doors open at 4 p.m. Cover is $5.

Regional

If you like what you hear from Strate Jak It, check them out again on Dec. 19 in Minneapolis. The band is hosting an all-ages CD release party at First Avenue.

National

Two members of Digital Underground got arrested for allegedly assaulting a fan last Saturday in Little Rock, Ark.

Kyle James Eastern Jr. and Michael Sheldon Pierson, were “arrested on first-degree sexual abuse charges after a young female fan accused them of forcing her into a backstage bathroom, where they allegedly kissed and fondled her against her will,” according to the Associated Press.

Eastern and Pierson posted bail at $2,500 each.

Melisa Auf Der Maur, who left Hole in September, will replace D’Arcy as the Smashing Pumpkins’ new bassist, according to Allstar News.

The Pumpkins have since scheduled a brief European tour to support their new album, “Machina/the machines of God,” due out Feb. 29. However, it isn’t clear whether or not Auf Der Maur will stick around after the tour concludes late in January.