One of the most controversial adult cartoons to hit the air in recent memory has nabbed a surprising number of rock-and-roll notables to voice its satirical characters. The Comedy Central program Lil' Bush, which parodies the George W. Bush’s administration by depicting its principles as young children, has nabbed Jeff Tweedy to voice God, Iggy Pop to play Lil' Rummy and Frank Black to star as the Devil. The program will also feature the Dave Grohl, Flea and Anthony Kiedis as themselves. According to the program’s press release, Pop is the only rock-star who will have a recurring role on the program.

The satire, which is set to debut on June 13, is the brainchild of Simpsons/Just Shoot Me writer Donick Cary. The show was originally released through Amp'd Mobile in September of 2006 and has been pick picked up by Comedy Central for a six-episode run beginning in June.

Ra Ra Riot drummer John Pike was found dead outside Sconticut Neck, MA yesterday after an extensive search. Pike, 23, was last seen leaving a nearby house party early Saturday morning.

Along with keyboardist Wesley Miles, guitarist Milo Bonacci, bassist Mathieu Santon, violinist Rebecca Zeller and cellist Alexandra Lawn, Pike played in the rising indie-rock collective Ra Ra Riot. The group formed in early 2006 at Syracuse University and is currently based in the greater New York City-area. Pike graduated magna cum laude from Syracuse University's Newhouse School of Public Communications in May, 2006. After scoring some initial success at last year’s CMJ Music Festival, Ra Ra Riot was slated to spend the summer supporting the Tokyo Police Club on tour.

The group performed Friday night at Providence, RI’s Living Room. Pike attended a Massachusetts house party after his performance and went missing after leaving the event. His body was found about 4:10 p.m. Sunday off Wilbur's Point in about 7 feet of water. His cell phone was found approximately 200 yards away. The drummer was scheduled to attend a graduation party at his aunt’s home Saturday evening and, after he failed to show, his family alerted the police. Earlier in the evening Pike’s girlfriend also received a text message saying “I love you.” Police are currently investigating the details surrounding Pike’s death.

Ra Ra Riot has cancelled its scheduled June 8 performance at Hartford, CT’s Sweet Jane's.

The members of The Police are finally getting along after many years of unrest, but that doesn’t mean they’re all happy with their first round of performances. Drummer Stewart Copeland, who toured with Les Claypool and Trey Anastasio as Oysterhead in 2001, has been  openly critically about The Police’s first few reunion performances in Canada . "This is unbelievably lame," Copeland posted in his online forum. "“We’ll have to listen to the tapes tomorrow to see who screwed up, but we are so off kilter that Sting counts us in to begin the song again. This is ubeLIEVably lame. We are the mighty Police and we are totally at sea.”

A noted perfectionist, Copeland picked apart The Police’s new take on “Message in a Bottle,” admitting, “we are half a bar out of sync with each other. Andy is in Idaho." He went onto say that “the mighty Sting momentarily looks like a petulant pansy instead of the god of rock" and that he himself comes off as a "complete hash.” He continues: “We get to the end of the first verse and I snap into the chorus groove–and Sting doesn’t. He’s still in the verse.”

"And so it goes, for song after song," he says, "It usually takes about four or five shows in a tour before you get to the disaster gig. But we're The Police so we are a little ahead of schedule.”

Apparently, the trio are taking their early failures in stride, laughing about their mistakes backstage and bonding over their live flubs. “When we meet up backstage for the first time after the set and before the encores, we fall into each other’s arms laughing hysterically. Above our heads, the crowd is making so much noise that we can’t talk. We just shake our heads ruefully and head back up the stairs to the stage. Funny thing is, we are enjoying ourselves anyway. Screw it, it’s only music. What are you gonna do? But maybe it’s time to get out of Vancouver.”