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Big Four Jam Together, DVD Planned- Courtney Stabbed Kurt Cobain's Private Parts- Tom Petty- Flotsam & Korn- Beach Boys Reunion Doubt- Def Leppard Tix Fraud- more
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BW&BK reports that in September, a DVD/Blu-Ray package will be released showcasing the entire event including two hours of Metallica and one hour each of Slayer, Megadeth, Anthrax and the 'Am I Evil?' jam. The two disc set will contain backstage footage. more
Courtney Love used to stab her late husband Kurt Cobain with pins... in his testicles. But it was all in a good cause, reports Classic Rock. She did it in order to bring him round after a heavy drugs binge. more
Tom Petty's "Mojo," his first album with the Heartbreakers since 2002's "The Last DJ," debuts at No 2 on the Billboard chart having sold 125,000 copies. It marks the veteran rock act's best debut sales week since SoundScan started tracking sales in 1991 more
After Beach Boy Mike Love told the Las Vegas Sun that Brian Wilson would rejoin the band to mark their 50th anniversary, he is now backing off of those statements. more
Flotsam And Jetsam will release their long-awaited new album, "The Cold", on September 14 via Driven Music Group, the label created by former Korn guitarist Brian "Head" Welch. more
Google wins a landmark copyright ruling after a judge throws out a $1bn lawsuit brought by Viacom against its YouTube service. more
The new issue of Classic Rock, on newsstands in the UK now, comes with a FREE album by Joe Elliott's Down N' Outz. more
Speaking of Def Leppard, a Broward Sheriff's Office deputy is in trouble after he allegedly faked a car accident to get money back from a couple of Def Leppard concert tickets after his babysitter canceled on him at the last minute. Shawn Barber, 43, is charged with insurance fraud and grand theft more
B.o.B's new music video for 'Airplanes' featuring Hayley from Paramore is now on YouTube. Watch it here
The Offspring will play one new, as-yet-untitled song during its upcoming summer tour with 311 as the punk band takes its time recording the follow-up to its 2008 release "Rise and Fall, Rage and Grace." more
Job For A Cowboy will headline a November tour of Europe with support from Whitechapel, Annotations Of An Autopsy, and Trigger The Bloodshed. more
The Methadones' final gig is tentatively scheduled for mid-November at Reggie's in their hometown of Chicago, IL. more
Primordial has parted ways with drummer Simon O'Laoghaire and are looking for a replacement, but they have quite the list of requirements here.
We Are Defiance and Kid Liberty will be touring together in late-July and early-August. more
The Autumn Offering has just announced plans to release their new self-titled album on August 31st through Victory Records. Doesn't that make it a Summer Offering?more
Enslaved has announced a handful of October shows in Europe. more
KISS more of your money goodbye with the band's latest edition to their branded merch empire... a refrigerator. more
The Tony Danza Tap Dance Extravaganza went out on the streets of Tennessee to get real people's reactions to their upcoming release, Danza III: A Series of Unfortunate Events - in stores July 6th. Video is here
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Rock Star Questioned as Terrorist
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The heavily bearded Everett was taking a break between interviews at a nearby hotel to promote the new EELS album Tomorrow Morning.
After telling the police he was a rock musician, not a terrorist, they let him return to his press duties. Says Everett about the incident, "Not every guy with short hair and a long beard is a terrorist. Some of us just want to rock."
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Gregg Allman Has Liver Transplant
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Allman's manager Michael Lehman told AP that Allman was groggy but awake Wednesday morning.
"He's psyched to put this time of his life behind him and have a chance again to feel really healthy and good, and hopefully live for many more years to come," Lehman said.
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Slash Announces American Solo Tour
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The bad news is that the dates which have been released only show the tour hitting limited markets, but the good news is the Slash camp promises that more dates will be announced.
Here is part of the announcement, followed by the dates: The U.S. dates will feature vocalist Myles Kennedy who was also part of the European tour and received strong critical praise at shows like the Download Festival which had over 100,000 fans and Rock-Am Ring which had more than 70,000 concert-goers. Audiences in Europe were treated to a career-spanning Slash set list of songs from the new album which Kennedy provides vocals for two songs, along with Slash classics from Guns N Roses like "Sweet Child O' Mine", "Paradise City" and numerous Velvet Revolver, and Slash's Snakepit favorites.
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Megadeth Celebrate Classic Album With CD and DVD
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On March 31, 2010, at this incredibly special show at the legendary Hollywood Palladium, not far from where Dave Mustaine formed the band in 1983, Megadeth played their landmark, genre-defining 1990 Rust In Peace album in its entirety, in addition to other Megadeth favorites. Rust In Peace Live also marks the return of original bassist David Ellefson (Megadeth 1983-2002) to the iconic multi-platinum group after eight years. Ellefson (bass), joins Mustaine (lead vocals, guitar), Shawn Drover (drums) and Chris Broderick (guitar).
Rust In Peace Livefeatures the entire Rust In Peace track listing, including all-time classics "Holy Wars...The Punishment Due" and "Hangar 18" along with bonus fan favorites from various other Megadeth releases such as "Symphony For Destruction," "Peace Sells," and "Skin O' My Teeth."
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When You're Strange: A Film About The Doors Coming to DVD and Blu-Ray
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The documentary uncovers historic and previously unseen footage of the illustrious rock band and provides new insight into the revolutionary impact of its music and legacy.
Directed by award-winning writer/director Tom DiCillo and narrated by Johnny Depp, the film is a riveting account of the band's history. Produced by Wolf Films/Strange Pictures, in association with Rhino Entertainment, the 90-minute film is the first feature documentary about The Doors. Additional credits for the film include producers Peter Jankowski, Dick Wolf, John Beug and Jeff Jampol. When You're Strange had its theatrical debut on April 9 and will be released through Eagle Vision on standard DVD and Blu-Ray on June 29th.
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Deftones and Baroness Summer Tour
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Immediately following these dates, Baroness will be performing as part of Bumbershoot in Seattle, WA and Musicfest NW in Portland, OR. The band has also been confirmed for a number of European festivals and tour dates beginning in early July.
Baroness are touring in support of their brand new album, Blue Record. The release can be streamed in its entirety online at bluerecord.info
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Trail of Dead Begin Next Album
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They have entered a worldwide deal with Superball Music for the album and their Richter Scale Records Imprint. Already a partner with Superball in Europe, this new deal comes on the heels of Justice Records closing its doors earlier this year and means that ...Trail of Dead's next album will be released Stateside on Superball Music as well.
Formed in late 1994 by singers/guitarists/drummers Conrad Keely and Jason Reece, Trail of Dead has evolved over the years expanding their line-up while still being creatively driven by the core founding members. The past two years has seen ...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead flourish with the return to their indie roots and with the regaining of their independence.
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The Gaslight Anthem Score Top 20 Debut, Announce Special Gig
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Performing with special guests, the band will take the stage for the first time in the storied New York venue on Thursday, September 30 to showcase the songs off their new album, American Slang, as well as old favorites. Public on-sale will begin this Friday, June 25, at 12 p.m. EST.
The Gaslight Anthem's third album, American Slang, has entered the Billboard Top 200 Albums Chart, debuting at #16. Selling well over 26,000 units during its first week of release, the chart position for American Slang is the highest the band has received for any of its albums to date.
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Singled Out: The Don'ts Breakdown
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It was a dark and stormy night, some Monday in June of 2007, when the band converged in the parking lot outside their rehearsal space in the cuts of San Francisco. Joey Don't, guitarist extraordinaire, had been at work avoiding lawyers all day, curled up in his cubicle, lining up dates for a potential SoCal tour. Kenny Don't, the drummer, was working days and nights at his new video store, the worries piling up like rabid dust-bunnies in the corners of a late-fee hell. And JJ "Powerboy" Don't was scrambling to keep hold of yet another job he so lasciviously wanted to quit, for in his heart of hearts, he was truly a superhero. Jonny Don't, singer, was the only one who had the opportunity to shirk all responsibilities and bask in the glow of the Strange Unknown.... and shirk and bask he did.
As they trudged solemnly, their notorious banter notwithstanding, out of the rain and into their womblike rehearsal space, Jonny wrapped his friends' anxieties around him like a warm coat. A warm, cantankerous, shrieking coat. JJ set aside his ubiquitous paper-bag-of-unknown-foodstuffs and powered up his bass amp. Joey opened the first of many cheap beers and turned on every pedal at his disposal, creating a carnivalesque glow at his feet. Kenny scavenged among a thousand broken drumsticks in search of illicit medical treats. And Jonny broke the seal on his last remaining bottle of pseudophedrine-laced cough syrup. As its sweet sickening warmth spread through his body, as the lights went down and the tube amps buzzed, a bizarre anthem -- later to be known as "Breakdown" -- was born.
The lyrics spat themselves out, oddly prescient about the economic breakdown that was to start just a few months later. Were The Dont's channeling some bizarre foreknowledge of the recession? Was the Dark Unicorn Of The Apocalypse trying to tell the world something, using The Dont's as messed-up messengers for a new millennium? Or was it just an ill-fated confluence of anxiety and stimulants? Following the churning tide of this improvised anthem, gazing with rolled-back eyes at his brothers burying their worries behind a wall of sound, Jonny wondered aloud, "What does it all mean?" Just then, the amps exploded.
Hours later, lying partially-conscious in a hospital bed, Jonny began to piece together how the events had unfolded. There had been chaos, and indulgence, and redemption. And his cell phone had recorded it all. He looked around the hopelessly white hospital room. Beside him, his brothers slept in silent vigil, drooling sweet nothings on the sterilized linoleum. He yanked out his IV, grabbed his medical chart, and began scribbling a note to himself. What doctors would later misinterpret as his signature on a Do-Not-Resuscitate form was just one lonely line from Jonny's fractured mind to his half-crazed band of brothers: "Don't let the breakdown get you down."
Hearing is believing. Now that you know the story behind the song, listen for yourself and learn more about the album
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Athlete Make Dr Who History
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"We are delighted that our song Chances was chosen by the legendary Richard Curtis to be used in Doctor Who," commented lead singer Joel Pott. "The show is such a long standing and iconic BBC drama and to be the first band to ever have a song on the soundtrack really is an honour."
The song plays at a key point in the upcoming episode "Vincent And The Doctor" which can be seen for the first time in the U.S. on BBC America this Saturday night June 26th at 9pm.
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New Flamenco Metal Album Features Steve Stevens Guest Appearance
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"This is a Flamenco Guitar tribute album to some of the great Metal masterpieces," says Woods. "It is definitely a different album from the other FLAMETAL releases and is more of a solo effort that is a very powerful to play live. Although the songs are very dark, everyone gets it, even your Mom."
Woods is a new breed of virtuoso and a speed metal guitarist from the start. By a twist of fate Woods gear was stolen by a junkie, leaving him with only a Spanish Guitar to practice on. This was the defining moment that ignited a passion for Flamenco Guitar.
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Weezer Represent US Soccer Federation With New World Cup Inspired Video
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The band, led by rabid soccer fan Rivers Cuomo, wrote and recorded the track to be used as the "unofficial theme song" for the US men's soccer team, and to commemorate the historic 2010 rematch of US vs. England in the FIFA World Cup- the first time the two teams have gone head-to-head since 1950.
The song can be streamed at http://www.weezer.com. The video and an interview with Cuomo premiered at ussoccer.org as part of their Studio 90 series on Wednesday June 23rd.
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Reunited Bush To Release New Album This Fall
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Bush will perform their first live show in eight years as part of the Epicenter weekend in Fontana, September 25-26th, joining Eminem and KISS at the Golden State's inland empire venue. (Stay tuned for future tour plans for Bush, TBA.)
Gavin Rossdale announced during Stryker's show on KROQ, Los Angeles, that Bush is reuniting where he previewed "Afterlife," the first single pick From Everything Always Now, during the KROQ interview.
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Hanson Pay Tribute to Aldous Snow
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Aldous Snow recently was profiled in the "documentary" Get Him To The Greek, and as a way of paying tribute to their idol, they decided to try their hand at one of the band's iconic tracks.
You can read Taylor's interview with MTV here and listen to their cover of "Furry Walls"
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Reel Big Fish Announce A Best Of Us For The Rest Us
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The title we assume is in response to the much maligned "hits" package released by their former record label.
This band sanctioned compilation (in addition to a special bonus 14-track acoustic disc), will be release exclusively through Best Buy on July 20. A European release date will be announced soon.
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Singled Out: Synaptic Disturbance's Gallows
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This song ultimately took on a life of its own. Around the time I started writing for the album, I'd been watching Ken Burns' national parks documentary and learned that Yosemite roughly translated to "they are killers." I decided to take that and run with it for a concept album, although I never wrote any lyrics and thus had to tell my story through song titles and musical feeling. When it came time to record though, all I had was riffs for 12 songs with no order and nothing more concrete about my story line than an assassin being hunted, brought to justice and executed, and temporarily escaping from the afterlife before his final punishment. I just picked an order to record the then-untitled songs, named them based on where they happened in the story, and mostly left them the way they were. What became "Gallows" was originally just the echoey guitar and the main riff. I'd wanted a mean synth underneath the echoes, but when I started thinking about the story in terms of the execution the synth bass morphed into a separate intro. The bridge with a mellotron choir came about thinking about the priest giving last rites and the assassin struggling to escape. Finally, I ended up adding the rainstorm to lend more mood to the intro and outro, and came up with the idea of having the storm come to a head and introduce the heavier riffs with a big thunderclap.
Hearing is believing. Now that you know the story behind the song, listen for yourself and learn more about the album
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Kreator Box Set
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The new box set includes the "Hordes Of Chaos" album as a digipak with a new cover, a new booklet (including new liner notes by Joel McIver) and 2 enhanced videos.
The bonus CD comes in a cardboard sleeve and contains 2 cover song, one from German band Slime and one from Bad Religion. The bonus disc also includes 5 previously unreleased demo songs. On top of that the box set contains a high quality 12 page photo book by famous photographer Harald Hoffmann, a full colored poster of the album cover, a full colored photocard, a full colored sticker and a voucher for the KREATOR merchandise shop
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Never Shout Never Get Warped This Week, Will Release a Deluxe Collection in July and a New Album in August
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They are touring in support of their forthcoming album, Harmony, which will hit stores via Love Records/Sire Records on August 24th, 2010. The album was produced by veteran producer Butch Vig, who is best-known for his work with Green Day, Nirvana, and Smashing Pumpkins.
Never Shout Never will also release a deluxe digital collection of songs, titled Melody, exclusively through iTunes on July 27th. Melody includes three brand-new tracks, "Cheatercheaterbestfriendeater," "Coffee & Cigarettes," and "Lousy Truth," plus an audio interview with Drew and Vig, ten photos, lyrics, and a video for "Coffee & Cigarettes."
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The Acacia Strain Recruit Hatebreed, 100 Demons, and Born Low Vocalist As Guests on New Album
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The album will be release by Prosthetic Records on July 20th and was produced, mixed and mastered by Zeuss (Hatebreed, Chimaira, Shadows Fall)
Jamey Jasta says of the album's opening track, "The Beast," which he appears on: "The song is brutal, kids will lose their minds."
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Hooters Making Summerfest Happier
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Hooters, world-renown for the iconic Hooters Girls, plans to paint the crowd orange with giveaways while on site June 25th � 27th.
In addition, on June 30th the first 5000 guests through the Summerfest gates between 5 � 7pm will receive a FREE Collectors Hooters/Summerfest Koozie while supplies last. The festival will also host a Happy Hour Special from 5 PM to 7 PM on June 30th in which all alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks are $1 off. Performances by Usher, Puddle of Mudd, Dark Star Orchestra, Chevelle, Umphrey's McGee and Moody Blues are all scheduled that evening.
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RPWL Announce U.S. Festival Appearance
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RPWL will be appearing alongside: Ambrosia, District 97 and Mirthkon. They will be supporting their tenth anniversary retrospective "The Gentle Art of Music", which just hit stores.
RPWL guitarist and founding member Kalle Wallner had the following to say about the bands return to the United States: "Almost three years have passed since our last gig in the U.S. Playing at the Rites Of Spring Festival in 2007 was a gorgeous experience. The people there have been traveling to Philadelphia from all over the States and were having a great party. So, we're of course looking forward to coming back and meeting some of our old friends, and hope that we'll be able to make a lot of new friends in Los Angeles at the CalProg Festival."
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Vampires Everywhere! This Summer
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The trek kicks off on July 2nd in San Diego, California and runs through August 15th Los Angeles, CA at The Whisky.
Vampires Everywhere! are hitting the road ahead of their debut full-length album which will hit sometime this fall.
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Sevendust Stream and Chat Today
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The DVD will air at 3pm PST/6pm EST, and the band will be chatting live on Facebook immediately following the DVD broadcast here
This digitally re-mastered reissue provides some extra muscle to all of the original hits (including "Black" and "Bitch") and tacks on 5 bonus tracks and a DVD, which features the nationally aired TV special, "Live and Loud," recorded at The Metro in Chicago, and additional never-before-seen live and behind the scenes footage of the band.
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Demonical and Centinex Supergroup Interment Preview
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But we have some details now as the band are previewing at new track "Night Of The Undead" on their official MySpace page here
Said the band of the song in a collective statement: "'Night Of The Undead' summarizes the album supremely and brings forth the dark and filthy Swedish oldschool death the band has been delivering for over 20 years!"
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Bronze Radio Return Hitting The Road
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Bronze Radio Return is a band that is all about the juxtaposition of the old and new. Their new album Old Time Speaker (which is out now) is the ultimate love letter to all of the things that make their music what it is.
Producer Doug Derryberry (Kings Of Leon, Ben Folds Five) discovered the band's considerable talents at a NYC show and produced their first EP. For Old Time Speaker producer Chad Copelin (Bishop Allen) took the Northeastern band below the Mason Dixon to record their ten-track endeavor. This new album saw the band trying to experience as much of the country as possible, hitting the road for incredibly long stretches to share their music with as many people as possible.
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Skin Chamber Revisited
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Skin Chamber was a short-lived industrial metal project, led by two members of the legendary experimental group Controlled Bleeding � Paul Lemos and Chris Moriarty. This oppressive music creation combined cold, raving electronics with brutal guitar riffs and sickening vocals.
The duo released two full length albums � "Wound" and "Trial" � before ultimately disbanding in 1993. And today Metal Mind Productions presents an exclusive two-disc reissue which brings back a truly violent phenomenon in all its despicable glory
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