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Metal Star Dies- Sammy Hagar Talks Van Halen Downfall and Jimmy Page- Lou Reed's Manager Arrested- Heavy Metal Parking Lot Sequel- Def Leppard Add Date- more |
Sammy Hagar recently stopped by the Rolling Stone offices to field questions submitted by fans through Twitter and Facebook. In the video Hagar talks about his dream of working with Jimmy Page, how he seems so young for age 63 and what exactly lead to Van Halen's downfall. Check it out here
New York City police say rocker Lou Reed's manager Tommy Sarig has been arrested on a charge of aggravated harassment after allegations he threatened to kill a consultant in a dispute over money. more
Promoting their upcoming album "Wasting Light," the Foo Fighters will perform on "Saturday Night Live" on Apr. 9. more
The Zombies are gearing up to celebrate their 50th anniversary with a new album and tour. more
Screenings have been announced for Heavy Metal Picnic which was produced by the team behind cult hit, Heavy Metal Parking Lot (Jeff Krulik and John Heyn) The film focuses on the 1985 Full Moon Jamboree, a weekend field party bacchanal that took place at The Farm, home to a cast of colorful characters who lived and partied alongside unamused neighbors in the McMansions of Potomac. more
The Ocean and Intronaut will be touring Europe late this spring along with Red Fang and Earthship. more
Guns N' Roses guitarist Ron 'Bumblefoot' Thal has released his third song in a series of singles being released digitally this year, the original song 'Invisible'. more
The U.K.'s annual Reading and Leeds festivals will return from August 26-28 this summer, and the lineup will boast Muse, The Strokes, Jane's Addiction and more
Exhumed and Cephalic Carnage will be touring together this summer. Macabre and Withered will also appear on select dates. more
Apple Inc. Chief Executive Steve Jobs, who is out on medical leave, has been ordered by a federal magistrate to answer questions from plaintiffs' lawyers in an antitrust lawsuit related to his company's iTunes business. more
Cave In will embark upon a "little road trip" in May. more
An*l C*nt, has announced that they will be heading across America on a headlining tour, which will kick off on April 1st more
Def Leppard have just confirmed a Toronto date on their upcoming North American tour with Heart on August 16 at the Molson Amphitheatre. more
Mortiis will once again team up with Combichrist for another round of dates in the U.K. this summer. more
On this day in 1973, John Lennon was ordered to leave the U.S. within 60 days by immigration authorities. Lennon appealed and after a long fight to obtain his Green Card, the ex-Beatle was given permanent resident status on July 27, 1976.
On this day in 1991, R.E.M. scored their first U.K. #1 album with their seventh LP, Out of Time, featuring the hit singles "Losing My Religion" and "Shiny Happy People."
On this day in 2008, Neil Aspinall, who oversaw The Beatles' Apple Corps business empire from 1968-2007, died from lung cancer at age 66 at a hospital in New York. Find out what else happened on this date in music history here
Metallica Going 3D |
Writers Group Film Corp. through its wholly owned subsidiary Front Row Networks, Inc., has announced the acquisition of several hours of unique Metallica 3D and 2D concert video footage for distribution.
Front Row Networks will also be implementing state-of-the-art technology to convert existing 2D 1080p footage into 3D for additional distribution.
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Rare Nirvana EP |
The 1992 release includes Nirvana's covers of songs by Devo, The Vaselines and The Wipers, along with a couple of originals � "Aneurysm" and "Even in His Youth." The songs were recorded during a BBC session with DJ John Peel. It was originally sold during the band's tour of Australia.
The re-released edition of Hormoaning will be limited to 6,000 copies at independent record stores.
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Maroon 5 Launch 24 Hour Session |
Footage showing a one/one interview with Adam Levine and Jesse Carmichael, along with general views of the band entering their new 24-hour habitat and soundbites at the start of their 24-hour epic session is now available here
Updated footage will appear throughout the 24-hour period until 3:00 PM EST on Wednesday March 23, 2011. Fans have already started interacting with the band to lend their creative inspiration for lyrics, riffs and rhythms for the new song. At approximately 1:00 PM on Wednesday, March 23, 2011, the band will present a brand new song that the fans have helped inspire.
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Slash, Staind, Linkin Park Downloads for Japanese Relief |
New, unreleased songs by leading artists, Angels & Airwaves, Sara Bareilles, B'z, Counting Crows, Flyleaf, Hoobastank, Enrique Iglesias, Linkin Park, Pendulum, Plain White T's, The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus, Staind, Slash, Elliott Yamin and more have been compiled by the nonprofit Music For Relief to support Save the Children's emergency response efforts to the multiple disasters in Japan. The exclusive and growing catalog of songs can be downloaded at www.downloadtodonate.org for a donation of $10 or more.
One hundred percent of the proceeds will be directed to Save the Children for the duration of the campaign, which runs through May 11. Several participating artists have direct ties to Japan including Mike Shinoda co-lead vocalist of Linkin Park and Doug Robb of Hoobastank who are both of Japanese decent and B'z, the best selling rock band in Japan.
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Revis Reunite |
Springsteen Planning Solo Album? |
Interviewed on Philadelphia's WMGK radio station, "Little Steven" said that Springsteen has a ton of solo material that he could work with, according to NME.com.
"You know Bruce � he's always got an album in his pocket, he's always writing something," Van Zandt said. "I don't know this for a fact, but I expect him to possibly put something out that's more of a solo nature, before we get back together. Only because he's just so prolific, still, after all these years.
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Rolling Stones, Rush and Nirvana Music Films Become Apps |
Rush Limited Edition for Record Store Day |
Rush Is A Band adds: "It's also possible that other participating stores may have the release available.
Record Store Day happens April 16, 2011 - the official Ambassador for this year's event is Ozzy Osbourne.
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Singled Out: Odd Dimension's The Ecstasy of Hopes |
Well..it was a cold winter night in Alessandria, Italy�I know you're laughing out there! But it was really so, Gianmaria Saddi our guitarist came in the rehearsal room at Christ District with the main intro riff of the song which was structured as a 7/4 - 7/4 -3/4 feel. Don't worry, I'm not gonna do an interview about mathematics, this just to explain you the first nickname of the song was '773'�just some Odd � Dimensional times!
Then obviously back to music and lyrics, the song was named 'The Ecstasy of Hopes' being part of a concept album (Symmetrical our forthcoming album ) ; Federico Pennazzato on drums and I worked immediately to develop this riff rythmically from the quite piano sounding atmospheres of the intro to a straight powerful riff.
The song is in a point of the concept album representing a strong struggle for life of a Father and his Son fighting to mend their existence from the darkness of the past to the light of the future; so here we needed a marked vocal part (our singer Manuel Candiotto from Milan fully got the spirit of it since the first rehearsal room days) and a 'solo fight' instrumental part well represented by the responses of Gabriele Ciaccia on keys to Gian's solo part. Then Antonio Agate's orchestrations did the rest to confer to the whole part the right climax and majesty.
Then everything becomes more clear in the chorus part, opening then to a great struggle between forces of darkness and light (this till the drums part explosion which drives the theme back to the main chorus). It was very exciting to create this song, it's a turning point in the concept behind Symmetrical both musically and lyrically.
We are also proud that this song [is] included in March issue of Classic Rock Presents Prog, don't miss it!
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Unknown Band Literally Sells Out |
According to AlternativeAddiction.com, the group were having difficulty settling on a name. Bassist Kevin Russell encouraged the trio to put up their moniker for sale.
"Initially we didn't take the idea seriously but later realized it was brilliant," singer/guitarist Ben Adley said. "Sports stadiums do it, why not a band?"
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KISS, Megadeth, Disturbed and Rob Zombie for Summer Music Festivals |
The annual Heavy MTL festival in Montreal has expanded into Toronto (as Heavy TO), and organizers have announced the lineup, for both sites, for the July 23 and 24 weekend events.
Montreal's show at Parc Jean-Drapeau will be headlined by Disturbed (Sat) and KISS (Sun), while Toronto's Downsview Park will see Megadeth (Sat) and Rob Zombie (Sun) at center stage.
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Fabulous Thunderbirds, John Mayall, Lee Rocker Going To Topanga Days Fair |
This year's musical headliners include Fabulous Thunderbirds, John Mayall, Maggie Mayall, Jim Messina, The Stray Cats' Lee Rocker and Yesterday's Child. A more extensive lineup will be announced in the near future.
The fair takes place the Saturday through Monday of Memorial Weekend, May 28, 29 and 30th on the Topanga Community Club grounds at 1440 North Topanga Canyon Blvd in Topanga midway between the 101 and PCH. The Fair opens its gates at 10:00AM
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Deep Purple, Rick Wakeman, Joe Bonamassa Superjam 2011 |
Called Superjam 2011, the show will raise awareness for the charity set up by Jackie Paice, wife of Deep Purple drummer Ian Paice.
According to Classic Rock magazine, the charity supports initiatives that Artists confirmed include Deep Purple, Rick Wakeman, Newton Faulkner, Danny Bowes, John Lord and Joe Bonamassa. Actor Jeremy Irons will host the evening.
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Muddy Waters Addition To The Delta Blues Museum Coming |
The Muddy Waters Addition, encompassing 7,000 square feet and set to open to the public in 2012, features a two-story wing that will house new permanent exhibits and will showcase the remains of the cabin from Stovall Farms, where McKinley Morganfield (aka Muddy Waters) grew up.
Using the museum's collection of artifacts, the new exhibits in the wing will feature the history of Clarksdale's blues culture, as told by the musicians and the music they created.
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Biffy Clyro Hitting The Road With The Foo Fighters |
The string of dates, which kick off May 17th in Tulsa, OK, will follow a run with Cage the Elephant and an appearance at the Bamboozle Festival in Rutherford, NJ April 30th.
The Scottish trio is fresh off a successful US headlining tour, which included sold-out NYC and LA shows, a KROQ Backyard BBQ performance and a performance on FUEL TV's The Daily Habit.
The Letter Black Kick Off Limited Edition Collector Series |
Hanging On By A Thread Sessions Vol. 1, Vol. 2, Vol. 3, will be available only at live shows, digital outlets (iTunes/Amazon), and on the TNN store.
Yesterday's release, Vol. 1, contains the songs "Fire With Fire," "Fire With Fire" (N.Y.C. Amyl Nitrate Mix), "Useless Alibis," "While You're Away," "Collapse," and the "Fire With Fire" music video.
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U2, Bon Jovi, Justin Bieber, Rihanna For Japanese Relief |
Artists who have already agreed to appear on the album include U2, Bon Jovi, Justin Bieber, Rihanna and Nicki Minaj, with other announcements to follow soon.
There are no details yet on tracklisting or whether any of the material will be new or previously unreleased. A spokesman for Universal said, "We are doing it only digitally because it is faster, and this will be a worldwide release."
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Paul Weller, Primal Scream, Richard Ashcroft, Beady Eye Japan Benefit |
According to Music Week the show will takes place at London's Brixton 02 Academy on April 3.
All proceeds from the fundraiser concert will go to the British Red Cross Japan Tsunami Appeal. Tickets are limited to four per person and go on sale Friday March 25.
SoundCheck Hollywood Opening Delayed Until Record Store Day |
The hype behind this opening and the slew of RSVP's for the big Asking Alexandria and I See Stars' signings today forced city officials to step in and delay this event for another few weeks.
However, on National Record Store Day (April 16th) the store will be cleared and well primed to launch the biggest celebratory occasion that the Sunset Strip hasn't seen in years. SoundCheck Hollywood promises this will be a night for the ages for all metal/hard rock fans.
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Modest Mouse Announce Dates |
The band announced four shows including three headlining dates leading into the sold-out Sasquatch! Music Festival on May 29th in George, WA.
Tickets for the band's headline dates go on sale at 10 AM local time on Friday, March 25th.
Bring Me The Horizon Release Blessed With A Curse Video |
Epitaph bills as thus: "Between heartfelt screams, shattered glass, and pounding riffs, Bring Me The Horizon feature a video unlike anything they have ever done before." Watch it and decide for yourself here
Bring Me The Horizon are currently on the road with A Day To Remember with dates from coast to coast.
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Death Cab for Cutie Tour |
Death Cab for Cutie are touring in support of their forthcoming album, "Codes And Keys," which is set to hit stores and at all DSPs on May 31st.
The tour begins May 18th at Toronto's Phoenix Concert Theatre, followed by further stops in Chicago, Minneapolis, New York City, Washington, DC, Philadelphia, Boston, Los Angeles, and San Francisco.
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RIP Steel Guitar Great Ralph Mooney |
According to the LA Times Mooney died at home in Kennedale, Texas, from cancer related complications.
He had recently played on Marty Stuart's 2010 Ghost Train: The Studio B Sessions.
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Peter Bjorn and John Late Night and Album Stream |
They will treat viewers to a live performance of their new single "Second Chance."
The track comes from their brand new album, Gimme Some,, which hits stores next Tuesday, March 29th. NPR is currently streaming the entire album
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The Elvis Presley Experience Encore |
"The Elvis Presley Experience" is the latest Bluewater Productions encore release of vintage Rock 'n' Roll Comics issues. The original 6 issues were published by Revolutionary Comics in the early 1990s, but Bluewater's offering combines all the issues into one 148-page trade publication.
According to original publisher and writer Jay Sanford, this take "is both scholarly and dramatic in its graphic recreation of the King's remarkable life story."
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Bob Dylan Box Of Vision Limited Edition Announced |
Beautifully packaged in a luxurious, linen-covered showcase box, the Archive is comprised of:
* The Storage Book, which gives fans the ability to store and organise their existing Bob Dylan CD catalogue and memorabilia. The Storage Book is specifically designed to hold all 43 of Dylan's CD albums, it has additional room for later retrospective hits albums and compilations, and is expandable to store even more.
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Avenged Sevenfold, A Perfect Circle, Korn, Staind and More To Rock On The Range |
The rock music festival is set to take place on May 21-22 at Columbus Crew Stadium in Columbus, Ohio.
Some of the mainstage acts include Avenged Sevenfold, A Perfect Circle, Korn, Staind, Disturbed, Stone Sour, Black Label Society, Alter Bridge and Hinder.
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Quiet Riot, Warrant and LA Guns To Deliver Metal Health Down Under |
Now fronted by Mark Huff, spotted in a Van Halen tribute band by drummer Frankie Benali, QR are currently playing shows in the US and are now set to spread their wings and head south.
Huff was keen to assure Riot fans that he was not a replacement for the late Kevin DuBrow who died in 2007 and was seen by many fans to be irreplaceable.
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Oasis is yesterday: An Earful from Liam Gallagher |
Ryan Adam's version of Wonderwall: "It's sh*t to me, man. I like Ryan Adams and I like some of his songs. But I hated what he did with 'Wonderwall.' It's not his fault. To be quite honest, I've never really cared for the original either."
Why you won't hear Oasis songs on the Beady Eye tour: "We could've if we wanted, but we've got a lot more f**king self-respect. It's why we don't f**king play somebody else's f**king songs when we can make our own.
Check out the full interview here
The Vaccines Announce Arctic Monkeys Dates |
The tour kicks off on May 17th in Washington D.C. ending a 13 date run at Los Angeles Hollywood Palladium.
This handful of tour dates will also include the bands U.S. release date of their debut album "What Did You Expect From The Vaccines?" out May 31st on Columbia Records.
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