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AC/DC Used As Weapon Against Iran
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Mikki Hypponen of Finnish security firm F-Secure says he received a number of alert messages from the Atomic Energy Organisation of Iran, Gawker reports.
"Our nuclear program has once again been compromised and attacked by a worm which has shut down our network at Natanz and Fordo. The automation network and hardware were shut down," One email said. "There was also some music playing randomly during the middle of the night with the volume maxed out. I believe it was Thunderstruck by AC/DC."
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Punk Band To Remain Jailed Without Trial
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A court yesterday refused their application for release on bail following their arrest in February on charges of hooliganism, which could result in a sentence of seven years if they're tried and found guilty.
Musicians Nadya, Masha and Katya will have been in prison for 11 months if the hearing goes ahead next year.
And what was their big crime?
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Don Dokken Close To Being Suicide Bombing Victim
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In case you didn't know ... a bus carrying Israeli tourists in Varna, Bulgaria was targeted by a suicide bomber last week, killing 5 and injuring 30 more.
Now, Dokken -- who was in Bulgaria for a rock music festival -- tells us, he nearly became another statistic -- because he took the same Varna bus just a day before the bombing.
Had he been held up an additional few hours, he might have been killed too.
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Queen, Who and Zeppelin Stars Call For Filesharing Crackdown
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BraveWords.com reports that Roger Daltrey and Pete Townshend (The Who), Robert Plant (Led Zeppelin) and Brian May (Queen) are among those who signed the note.
The musicians suggest that the British economy could be strengthened if illegal file sharing laws were enforced more strictly. They have requested the implementation of the 2010 Digital Economy Act, which forces internet service providers, search engines and advertisers to prevent users from going to sites with illegal content.
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KISS and Motley Crue Give Hiring Our Heroes Program $250K
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Prior to the concert, KISS and the Crue presented a check for $250,000 to the National Chamber Foundation's Hiring Our Heroes program.
"A free country's greatest national treasure are the people that make that country free," said Paul Stanley. "You are heroes. None of us could enjoy the freedom that we have without the sacrifices that you people make for us. God bless our troops. God bless America."
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Aerosmith Reaction To Steven Tyler Leaving American Idol
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Hamilton says: "The thing is it turned out to be quite a demand on his time. The whole plan of how we were going to deal with Idol is something we hammered out last year. It almost got to the point of using real hammers."
The bassists says Tyler's schedule caused few problems with the recording process, but continues: "What would have slowed us down is if we released the album and only had a few weeks to tour behind it. What pleases me most is that if we want to extent the tour we can now do it."
He also discussed how he deals with his cancer battle.
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GWAR, DevilDriver, Cancer Bats Tour
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The trek is currently scheduled to kick off October 12th in Philadelphia, PA and run through November 26th in Millvale, PA. More dates are expected to be added in the coming weeks.
As always, Gwar offered up a humorous announcement for the tour: When asked for comment on the upcoming tour, GWAR front-thing Oderus Urungus muttered something incoherent, then when prodded a bit more muttered something else incoherent. After the third attempt for comment something more intelligible came from the mouth of the warty one: "Once again GWAR returns, hoof and nail, to our old stomping grounds, North America, on a tour of utter destruction, and this time nothing less than the greatest power in the universe will do as our primary victim! That's right, this time GWAR, fresh from our battle with Death, takes on another of history's biggest a**holes...God himself! Seeing as we don't have the new album done yet, we really had to do something spectacular..."
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All-American Rejects and Boys Like Girls Fall Tour
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The tour is set to kick off September 13 in Hampton Beach, NH and will feature support from The Ready Set and Parachute
"I've always been a big fan of The All-American Rejects and couldn't be more delighted to be sharing the stage with them this fall," Boys Like Girls frontman Martin Johnson says. "I think it's going be a great time for both the fans and bands alike. Looking forward to a really great couple of months."
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Slash Reflects On Guns N' Roses' Appetite For Destruction
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Former GNR axeman Slash was asked about the creation of "Appetite" in a new interview with Fuse TV.
"'Welcome To The Jungle' was one of the first Guns N Roses' collaborative songs that we ever wrote together," says Slash. "It was definitely one of the first songs we made a demo of. When it came time to put the album together, as far as sequencing was concerned, I think it was a given that 'Welcome To The Jungle' was going to be the flagship song for the record."
Watch the interview here.
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Maximo Park Plan First Tour in Five Years
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Maximo Park will be touring in support of their new album "The National Health" which was released digitally on July 3 with a physical release date of August 28.
Maximo Park's Paul Smith says, "we've been waiting for a few years to make our return to North America and now, with "The National Health" under our belts, we're pleased to announce some new dates! The new album is a crowd-pleasing blockbuster (in our not so humble opinion!) so spread the word and let's make these shows special. We assure our American friends we'll make it up to them with a dose of pure, melodic, ROCK!"
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Rock Hall To Honor Chuck Berry
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The guitar great, who still duck-walks on stage with his trusty Gibson ES-335s and ES-355s, will be the focus of a weeklong celebration in Cleveland starting October 22 and finishing with an all-star concert, featuring Mr. Berry, on October 27.
The Belfast Telegraph reports that Berry said that he's: "looking forward to reelin' and rockin' in Cleveland."
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Dave Grohl Pens Liner Notes For New Beatles Compilation
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"If it weren't for The Beatles, I would not be a musician," he said according to NME.com. "The Beatles seemed to be capable of anything. They knew no boundaries, and in that freedom they seemed to define what we now know today as Rock and Roll."
Grohl also reveals that his six-year old daughter is also a fan, saying, "From one generation to the next, The Beatles will remain the most important rock band of all time. Just ask Violet."
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INXS Including Unseen Michael Hutchence Footage on Kick Reissue
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The U.K.'s Daily Express newspaper reports that the deluxe set will be released in September. The band's manager Chris Murphy said: "It'll be an amazing, super-duper package. There's stuff that was recorded with Michael for Kick that didn't go on the album."
There are also plans for the band, with singer Ciaran Gribbin, to perform Kick in its entirety in Australia this year.
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Roger Waters Takes Stand Against Autograph Business
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According to the Daily Express, the Pink Floyd legend is upset about the commercialization of the autograph business.
Waters told the Daily Telegraph, "I don't sign any guitars or scratch-plates or anything like that any more. There's a little sort of industry that's about eBay. It's about getting a little bit of you that they can sell to somebody who cares, and I find that ugly."
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Paul McCartney Pokes Fun at Springsteen Jam Interruption
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Macca shows that the famous Beatle humor is alive and well when responding to his July 14 concert appearance with Bruce Springsteen, which was ended by the power being disconnected (for curfew reasons).
In the video, his rehearsal is abruptly ended. You can watch the video clip right
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Ringworm Releasing Live Album Next Month
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The album will be called 'Stigmatas In The Flesh' and will be issued by A389 Recordings. They offer up a preview here. They had these details about the show and the album:
Recorded in 2010 at A389's 6th Anniversary Bash (aka The Show That Ends The World), anyone there could testify that there was a lot of tension in the air that night. After Gehenna's set almost ended in a riot, Ringworm took the stage and just leveled the place with their most vicious set in years.
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Fleetwood Mac's Jeremy Spencer Sets New CD Release
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On April 21st, legendary guitarist Jeremy Spencer, an original member of Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac, member of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, and featured artist on Propelz, released a limited edition double vinyl album titled 'Bend In The Road' for International Record Store Day.
The release packs a "vintage vibe" by way of Jeremy's handmade touch, fusing his artistry as a consummate slide guitarist, singer/songwriter, interpreter, and illustrator. His evocative watercolor graces the timeless gatefold cover, recalling enduring albums when records were the sum of their parts and made with consequence.
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Twin Atlantic Hitting The Road With The Used
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The tour begins on September 18 at The Fox Theater in Pomona, CA, and includes stops in Sacramento, Reno, and other cities before ending on September 28 in Boise, ID.
Before returning Stateside for The Used Tour, Twin Atlantic are scheduled to appear on the NME/Radio 1 Stage at the Reading and Leeds Festivals in late August. This Fall, they will embark on their largest headline UK tour to date including 2 sold out homecoming shows at Barrowland Ballroom in Glasgow.
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Blessed By A Broken Heart Change Singers
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Gambino has released a video statement explaining his decision, which is excerpted here: "This is one of the hardest decisions I've ever had to make. But I recently decided to leave the touring life so I can stay home with my family. With that said, I have some exciting news - I'm super stoked to announce that Sam Ryder is going to be stepping in as lead vocalist, and I couldn't be more honored to have anyone else take my spot. Sam is a world class musician and vocalist and I have nothing but confidence in him." Watch the full statement here.
By filling the "vacant position" of singer from within, the international shred-metal group can ensure fans of a fluid, flawless transition into the next era of Blessed By A Broken Heart's music. Driving that point home is the release of a previously unheard track, "Out of Control" - featuring vocals from the newly promoted Sam Ryder - that illustrates in no uncertain terms his talent and capability as the band's new frontman.
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L.A. Guns Respond To Tracii Guns Announcement
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The group sent out the following: All the members of L.A. Guns (Phil Lewis, Steve Riley, Stacey Blades, and Scotty Griffin) believe this will help everyone to move on from the past, from the confusion, and wish Tracii all the best in the future.
L.A. Guns continues to tour the U.S. and Europe in support of the critically-acclaimed new record, Hollywood Forever.
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45 Grave Releasing First New Album in 2 Decades
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The current incarnation of the 45 Grave is fronted by founding member Dinah Cancer and features a new line-up featuring Adolescents founding member Frank Agnew.
Known primarily for the bands goth/deathrock/goth-rock sound they solidified in the '80's, 45 Grave have released a new release that is more musically adventurous than previous efforts. Cancer credits Agnew with the guts and the honesty to push the bands boundaries while still remaining true to their roots
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Singled Out: Boy Meets Machine
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Under Your Bed was one of the very first songs Joel wrote when we were tossing around the idea of putting together a 'futuristic rock' group in 2009.
It came together in about a week along with a couple other tunes that our listeners are likely never to hear. All the guitars and vocals were tracked into my friend John Baxley's Line 6 Toneport UX2 which produced an incredibly shrill tone. Since I was writing it as a single, very little forethought went into the lyric writing process or chord structure but it seemed to resonate with our Australian fan base as we managed to amass over 50,000 plays in a matter of weeks within its first demo release on Myspace.
Fast Forward to the Future... We are now playing a much heavier version of the same basic tune with slightly abridged lyrics, lower 7 string guitar tuning, a slower tempo, and the diabolical guitar melodies of Christian Colabelli.
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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Chickenfoot Star Jams 'You Really Got Me' With Steel Panther
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This week, Steep Panther were joined by special guest Kenny Aronoff, currently the fill-in drummer for Chickenfoot while Chad Smith continues his road work with the Red Hot Chili Peppers.
Aronoff sat in with Panther as they launched into The Kinks classic, "You Really Got Me." Watch it
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Korn and Godsmack Headlining ShipRocked 2012
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Other lineup additions for ShipRocked 2012 include Pop Evil, Helmet, The Halo Method (featuring Ben Moody, ex-Evanescence/We Are The Fallen; Dave Buckner, ex-Papa Roach; and Lukas Rossi, winner of Rockstar Supernova), Dead Sara, Write This Down and Andy Wood & The Amalgam.
"I did a cruise last year DJing as J Devil, and it was a f**king blast--such a great time," says Jonathan Davis of Korn. "We're really looking forward to doing it this year as Korn with Monster Energy and all these great musicians. This is going to be an unbelievable event."
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Sebastian Bach Rock Fest Video Footage Goes Online
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Bach is currently touring North America in support of his 2011 release, "Kicking & Screaming."
Pros-shot footage of Sebastian performing the song "As Long As I Got The Music" at Rock Fest has now surfaced.
Watch it here.
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