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Vince Neil Denies Reports- Duff McKagan Leaks- Superchunk and Coliseum Misfits Split- Anniversary of Sid Vicious' Death- Solstice Lose Their Voice- Thursday- more
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Duff McKagan's Loaded, the band led by the former Guns N' Roses and Velvet Revolver bassist, are streaming three new tracks from their upcoming 'The Taking' CD here
Superchunk and Coliseum are collaborating for a split 7″ wherein each band will contribute a Misfits cover. Superchunk take on the classic "Horror Business", while Coliseum will contribute "Bullet". more
Rich Walker of Solstice has issued the following update: "After our first couple of shows, Paul Britton has decided that he will end his tenure as the vocalist for Solstice. We're all very sad to lose him, and it's not a reflection of the quality of Paul's voice or his incredible ability as a frontman." more
The Black Crowes still have a few more gigs scheduled before embarking on their indefinite hiatus but frontman Chris Robinson has already booked the first tour for his new project. The Chris Robinson Brotherhood will spend the spring touring California with several residencies throughout the state. more
Citi has taken over EMI Group. EMI, which had been owned by a private equity firm, was formed in 1931 and boasts a catalogue which includes Radiohead, The Decemberists, 30 Seconds to Mars, Beastie Boys, Stiff Little Fingers, The Beatles, The Stooges, Jimmy Eat World and countless more. more
The Avett Brothers are working on a new album with producer Rick Rubin. The band has only just started recording, and there is no timetable for the album's release. more
Stephen Pearcy has posted on his Twitter page that he has "finished re recording a Ratt song (Wanted Man) today, a project for Big John, TBA. We did some filming. We'll put up some pictures." more
Becoming The Archetype will release their fourth album, "Celestial Completion", on March 29 via Solid State Records. The CD was produced by Matt Goldman (Underoath, The Chariot, Copeland) and contains 11 tracks. more
Social Distortion's Mike Ness says that he's hoping to avoid another long delay between albums like the seven or eight years between 2011's Hard Times and Nursery Rhymes, 2004's Sex, Love and Rock 'n' Roll and 1996's White Light, White Heat, White Trash. more
Emmure will headline "The Mosh Lives Tour" of Europe this spring. The trek will also include Winds Of Plague, War From A Harlots Mouth, and Iwrestledabearonce. more
Brian Robertson releases his first solo album through SPV/Steamhammer on March 28 � and it's all due to a bag of tapes more
Twisted Sister frontman Dee Snider's cover of Frank Sinatra's "It Was A Very Good Year", from the upcoming 'SIN-atra' tribute album, is now streaming here
Thursday's sixth album 'No Devoluci�n', the title of which translates from Spanish to English as 'No Return', will be released on April 11 more
Deicide and Belphegor will team up with Hour Of Penance and The Amenta for a tour of Europe in late-June and early-July. more
On this day in 1979, Sex Pistols bassist Sid Vicious died of a heroin overdose in New York City. There had been a party to celebrate Vicious' release on $50,000 (�29,412) bail pending his trial for the murder of his former girlfriend, Nancy Spungen, the previous October. Party guests, said that Vicious had taken heroin at midnight. An autopsy confirmed that Vicious died from an accumulation of fluid in the lungs that was consistent with heroin overdose. A syringe, spoon and heroin residue were discovered near the body.
On this day in 2007, U.S. keyboardist Joe Hunter, a veteran session musician as one of the Funk Brothers who helped craft the distinctive Motown sound, died in Detroit, Michigan, at the age of 79. Hunter performed with such legendary Motown acts as Marvin Gaye, Smokey Robinson and Martha and the Vandellas. Find out what else happened on this date in music history here
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Metallica Planning New Album
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Unless the band is feeling like they're on a roll, and unless that band is Metallica.
"There is a really good vibe in the band at the moment," drummer Lars Ulrich tells the Danish tabloid newspaper Ekstra Bladet, during an interview at the band's headquarters in San Rafael, California last month. "Previously, Metallica would hang us by the throat when we came home from a mammoth world tour, but this time it's different. Therefore it does not appear to be a long time before we start work on a new album. I think we'll be ready in March and April - when the creative process reaches a boil we'll go into the studio."
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Rod Stewart and Jeff Beck Reunite
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"Jeff and I had a lunch together just before Christmas," Stewart told RollingStone.com. "He's going up to record some tracks with his band in February in San Francisco and to send them over to me, so we're making progress."
The record would be Stewart's first album of new material since 1998's When We Were the New Boys. Beck's most recent release was last April's Emotion & Commotion. But the album will be the first record for the pair since the late '60s gems Truth and Beck-Ola.
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Johnny Rotten Vs Green Day
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"Many of the punk bands are cop-outs and imitators and have made it easy for the likes of Green Peace � Green Day, who I hate. I really � I can't stand them.
"To me, they're like coat hangers, and haven't earned the right, they haven't earned the wings, to be wearing the mantle of punk. They haven't had to go through the violence, and the hate, and the animosity that us chaps way back when had to put up with.
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Rare Pearl Jams Coming
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The band's second and third album will be released on March 29 and will each feature three extra tracks, according to Antiquiet.com. Vs. will contain "Hold On" (originally included on the rarities collection Lost Dogs), "Cready Stomp" (an unreleased track rumored to be a Mike McCready instrumental) and "Crazy Mary" (a duet with singer-songwriter Victoria Williams, put out on a Sweet Relief compilation).
Vitalogy, meanwhile, will include alternate takes of some the hit album's best-known songs. "Better Man" (delivered in a sparse, organ and guitar only version) is featured on the album, as is a demo of "Nothingman" and a different version of "Corduroy."
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What If Axl Called Slash?
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What if Axl called your cell tomorrow morning and apologized for everything and promised to do whatever it takes to make a reunion work?
"All things considered, that would be a call I would be surprised to get," Slash said. "If that really happened, I would have to clean out my junk drawer, too, but I don't see it happening. But if it did happen, I would do whatever it takes to at least have a conversation about it."
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Peter Criss To KISS and Tell All
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"From sex, drugs, and rock 'n' roll to multiple brushes with death, Makeup to Breakup will be Peter Criss' unvarnished and eye-opening life story," announced a press release.
"I am so blessed that I am finally going to write my autobiography, and I hope you enjoy the ride," Criss said in the release. "The best of all is I get to share my true feelings of my love for God, family, friends and fame. It's been a wonderful life."
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Steven Tyler on Oprah Today
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Tyler and the American Idol crew are scheduled guests on a busy lineup for Oprah on Wednesday, which also includes Jennifer Aniston and Piers Morgan.
In the teaser promo on Oprah's site, the host asks Tyler about the reaction of his Aerosmith bandmates to his Idol gig.
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A Perfect Circle, Avenged Sevenfold, Disturbed, Korn, Stone Sour and Staind To Rock on the Range
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The festival will be headed by A Perfect Circle (first performance of 2011), Avenged Sevenfold, Disturbed, Korn, Stone Sour and Staind (first performance in two years).
The festival will also include performances from Danzig, Hollywood Undead, Bullet For My Valentine, Black Label Society and Alter Bridge.
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Ringo Video Game?
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Starr has thus far declined to offer details, but it's speculated that an announcement regarding the venture will come at this year's SXSW Interactive gathering in Austin, Texas, in March.
The venture would mark the second instance in which the veteran drummer has been involved in the creation of interactive software.
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Foo Fighters Set Album Release Date
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Following the original :30 teaser of "Bridge Burning," FF fans jonesing for another several seconds of new material can check out http://www.foofighters.fm and move the virtual tuner to 101.5 for another clip of a new track.
The Foos have announced their first U.S. show (so far) of 2011: a May 21 headlining appearance at the Hangout Festival in Gulf Shores, AL.
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Aerosmith Starting From Scratch
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The sessions, which are being slotted around Steven Tyler's American Idol schedule, are taking place at producer Marti Frederiksen's home studio in Los Angeles.
"We basically go in the studio, just stone cold, and try to come out at the end of the day with another song, and so far it's worked great," Whitford said. "It has been great working at Marti's. His whole house is basically geared toward making music, so that's what we are doing all day long."
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Singled Out: Red Week Day 2
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This is the title track for Until We Have Faces. When we finally realize we have let the world define us, we know that we are hollow. We only substantiate our very own apathy when we continue to not do anything about it. This song leaves us with an internal challenge. We discover that we are faceless, and it may be time for an alteration.
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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The Walkmen Announce Tour With The New Pornographers
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The Walkmen are hitting the road in support of their Fat Possum Records debut Lisbon.
The Walkmen's fifth album, Lisbon was recorded over a two-year period in Philadelphia and Brooklyn. A few songs that helped establish the record's tone were written during several inspiring and successful trips to Lisbon, Portugal. You & Me engineer Chris Zane (Passion Pit, Les Savy Fav, Tokyo Police Club) worked with the band from August to February, and then in March of 2010 the band traveled to south Dallas to finish the album with John Congleton (St. Vincent, Explosions in the Sky)
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Queen's Stormtroopers in Stilettos
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The exhibit, which opens in London on February 25 and closes March 12, focuses on the early years of the band � right through to their fifth album, A Day at the Races.
How appropriate, then, that Queen's first five albums, which together constitute one of rock's most creative and fertile runs, are set to be reissued in grand fashion on March 14. Queen, Queen II, Sheer Heart Attack, A Night at the Opera and A Day at the Races will each be available in both standard single-CD form, and as a 2-CD deluxe package that includes new bonus content. All tracks have been remastered.
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Jagermeister Tour Snowed Out
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Snowstorms which are hitting the Midwest of the US have forced organisers to postpone the shows in Chicago, Illinois last night (February 1) and Waterloo, Iowa tonight (February2). A statement released by FM Entertainment read:
Hazardous conditions with forecasts consisting of in upwards of 3 feet of snow and 50+ mph winds has lead us to this decision. The overall safety of the public as well as that of the bands are the priority and the major concern at this time.
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Rush Up For Two Juno Awards
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The usual rap and pop music artists snagged the headlines, but there were some highlight mentions for rock fans.
Rush received a nomination for "Music DVD Of The Year" for the "Beyond The Lighted Stage" documentary.
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Digital Love For The Beatles
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Both titles are available for pre-order on iTunes starting today in most countries. 'LOVE' will be released on iTunes worldwide February 8 and 'All Together Now' will follow soon after.
The 'LOVE' album (US $12.99) includes exclusive, previously-unreleased 'LOVE' versions of "The Fool on the Hill" and "Girl," and comes as an iTunes LP featuring an art gallery that blends images of the Beatles with colorful photos from the acclaimed stage production. 'LOVE' will also be available to purchase and download as individual songs.
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Restored Version of No Direction Home Coming on Bob Dylan's 70th Birthday
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New York Times music critic Robert Shelton met Bob Dylan when the young singer first arrived in New York in 1961. His review of the 20-year-old Dylan's appearance at Gerde's Folk City that September launched the career of the man who changed the course of popular music. Shelton became Dylan's friend and champion and, later, his biographer with the release of No Direction Home, hailed as the definitive unauthorized biography of the moody, passionate genius and his world.
Dylan gave Shelton access to his parents, Abe and Beatty Zimmerman, whom no other journalist had ever interviewed in depth; to his brother, David; to childhood friends from Hibbing, Minn.; to fellow students and friends from Minneapolis; and to Suze Rotolo, the muse immortalized on the cover of Dylan's 1963 album Freewheelin'; among others. No Direction Home took 20 years to complete and was acclaimed as "thoughtful and compassionate" by Time and "vastly comprehensive and rather magnificent" by Washington Post Book World. It was also heavily edited prior to publication.
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Video: Phil Anselmo Jams with Warbeast
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The site has posted a video of Philip H. Anselmo performing "Scorched Earth Policy" with Warbeast at The Rail Club in Ft. Worth, Texas on January 28, 2011.
Warbeast's debut album Krush The Enemy was released in 2010 via Anselmo's Housecore Records.
Watch the video here
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The New England Metal and Hardcore Festival Lineup Announced
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Returning to the Palladium in Worcester, Mass., the event will take place on Thursday April 14, Friday April 15 and Saturday April 16. As per usual this is an ALL AGES festival.
Bands performing on Thursday April 14 include Attack Attack, Vanna, MyChildren MyBride, Our Last Night, Stray From The Path, Arsonists Get All The Girls, Bullet For Pretty Boy, Lions Lions, Armor For The Broken, This Or The Apocalypse, I The Breather, Across The Sun, Too Late The Hero, Attila, Plee For Purging, Dr. Acula, The Crimson Armada, Legacy, Counterparts, Legion and others. Doors open at 1:00PM. Festival runs from 1:00pm to 10:45PM.
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The Day Before The Music Died
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The headliners were Holly, Ritchie Valens and The Big Bopper (a.k.a. J.P Richardson). It was a tough and relentless tour in a harsh Midwest winter. The tour bus wasn't heated and broke down continually. Holly's drummer even suffered form frostbite at one point. Most of the musicians were ill with colds and flu.
On this day in 1959, Holly, Valens and The Big Bopper played the Surf Ballroom in Clear Lake, Iowa. Tickets were $1.25. The evening closed with The Big Bopper doing his mega-hit "Chantilly Lace." And then it was to outside to the bus.
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The Scary Side of Slash
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The Velvet Revolver guitarist took time out of his busy schedules to discuss movies, his favorite director right now and the work he's done on film soundtracks.
He was also in town to promote Slasher Films, his new movie production venture with Rob Eric. The horror movie company was inspired by Slash's love of scary movies from the '60s and '70s and the guitarist shared a couple of his favorites during in the video
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The Republic Tigers Announce Record Store Day EP
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Self-produced and recorded in the band's hometown of Kansas City, MO, "No Land's Man" includes three new songs, plus "The Nerve (Nervous Dancing)," an uptempo reworking of the song "The Nerve" from "Keep Color."
"No Land's Man" will be available exclusively at independent record stores in celebration of Record Store Day on April 16. The digital configuration of the EP will be available the following Tuesday, April 19 at all online retailers. In addition to the EP, the band will release a colored vinyl 7" piece featuring "Merrymake It With Me," the first track on the EP, and "Whale Fight," an exclusive b-side.
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Bootsy Collins Sets New Album Release
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Released by Mascot Records, "Tha Funk Capital of the World" is a collective masterpiece so full of grooves, grit, guts and glory that Collins refers to as "the best thing I've ever done - a whole new chapter in the life of Bootsy." "Funk Capital" is Bootsy's first new studio album of original funk material since 2002's "Play With Bootsy." The album artwork features a dazzling 3D lenticular sleeve.
The new album features guest performances from actor Samuel L. Jackson, rappers Ice Cube, Snoop Dogg and Chuck D, P-Funkers George Clinton and Bernie Worrell, percussionist Sheila E, R&B legend Bobby Womack and guitarists Buckethead and Catfish Collins; the latter being Bootsy's brother and longtime six-string foil, who passed away during the disc's making.
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3 Doors Down Debut at No 1
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The track has seen success at radio as well, debuting at #25 at Active Rock and climbing to #19, making it the #1 greatest gainer in the format.
"When You're Young" is the first single from the band's forthcoming and fifth studio album, Time of My Life due out this Spring on Universal Republic.
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Klaxons Spring Tour
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Their spring tour will see them performing on both of our fair coasts kicking off March 25 in Orlando at the Social and making stops at the Ultra Music Festival and Coachella.
They are touring in support of their recently released album, Surfing the Void, the follow-up to their Mercury award-winning Myths of the Near Future.
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Never Shout Never Bonus EP
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This offer begins on February 1st at 1 a.m. PST and ends February 28th at midnight here. The EP will be delivered beginning February 14th
The Love (Live) EP features previously unreleased live versions of "Love Is Our Weapon" and "I Love You 5" from What Is Love? and "I Love You More Than You Will Ever Know" from Harmony.
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A Day To Remember Progressing
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The rockers who are famous for their unique style, a hybrid of hardcore and pop- punk, are touring in support of their new album What Separates Me From You and Woodward reckons the fact they bring something so different from their peers to the table, sets them apart from the rest.
"We were just doing a signing today and one of the songs of our first record came on and we were like 'Gosh!' and you can just tell how far we have come from the first record so, hell, yes we've evolved," He said. "We're doing the same thing in that we are writing heavy music and catchy music, it's just that we've become better at it.
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