Grammy-winning rock giants CREED will hold special intimate two-night events in Chicago, New York and Philadelphia to perform their classic, multi-platinum selling albums "My Own Prison" and "Human Clay" in their entirety, frontman Scott Stapp announced this morning on "VH1 Big Morning Buzz Live". The band will perform one album on each night of the ...
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ALTER BRIDGE guitarist Mark Tremonti broke down several of the band's tracks for the readers of Guitar Part magazine at this year's Hellfest, which took place June 17-19, 2011 in Clisson, France. You can now watch the footage below. ALTER BRIDGE has just released a special edition of its latest album, AB III". The special ...
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"Circle Of Lies", the new video from SERIOUS, the five-piece band featuring Jan Bijlsma, a founding member of legendary Dutch rockers VENGEANCE, can be seen below. The track comes off SERIOUS' debut album, "Rising", which is currently being mixed by Oscar Holleman (WITHIN TEMPTATION, AYREON, GOREFEST, MY FAVORITE SCAR) for an early 2012 release. According ...
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ALTER BRIDGE will release a special edition of its latest album, AB III", on October 25 (October 17 in Europe). The special edition will include three additional songs "Zero", "Home" and "Never Born To Follow" making a total of 17 tracks on the album, as well as an extraordinary hour-long DVD documentary called "One By ...
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A new ALTER BRIDGE webisode featuring interview clips sand never-before-seen live footage from the band's recently completed "Carnival Of Madness" tour can be seen below. According to The Pulse Of Radio, ALTER BRIDGE drummer Scott Phillips has confirmed that the band will take 2012 off so that the instrumental members of ALTER BRIDGE Phillips, bassist ...
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ALTER BRIDGE has confirmed the track listing for the special edition of its latest album, AB III", to be released on October 25 (October 17 in Europe). The special edition will include three additional songs "Zero", "Home" and "Never Born To Follow" making a total of 17 tracks on the album, as well as an ...
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MTLEY CRE guitarist Mick Mars revealed via Twitter yeterday (Wednesday, September 14) that he was in the studio working on "a killer track" with James Durbin, the 22-year-old rocker from Santa Cruz, California who was one of the finalists on the last season of "American Idol". "That's right! That's Mick Fuckin Mars!!!!! Playing on MY ...
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According to The Pulse Of Radio, ALTER BRIDGE drummer Scott Phillips has confirmed that the band will take 2012 off so that the instrumental members of ALTER BRIDGE Phillips, bassist Brian Marshall and guitarist Mark Tremonti can return to CREED. Meanwhile, ALTER BRIDGE singer Myles Kennedy will get back to work with guitar legend Slash ...
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James Durbin, the 22-year-old rocker from Santa Cruz, California who was one of the finalists on the last season of "American Idol", has inked a deal with Wind-Up Records (EVANESCENCE, CREED). Commented Gregg Wattenberg, Wind-Up's Chief Creative Officer, "When the possibility of signing James Durbin to Wind-Up Records came up, we knew it was a ...
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The previously unreleased second album, as well as a collection of 14 songs of B-side material, from DARK NEW DAY the band featuring Clint Lowery (guitar; SEVENDUST), Corey Lowery (bass; ex-STEREOMUD, STUCK MOJO), Brett Hestla (vocals, guitar; ex-CREED, VIRGOS MERLOT), Will Hunt (drums; EVANESCENCE, ex-SKRAPE, TOMMY LEE) and Bradley "BC" Kochmit (guitar; SWITCHED a.k.a. SW1TCHED) ...
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Robert Cavuoto of Guitar International recently conducted an interview with ALTER BRIDGE/CREED guitarist Mark Tremonti. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Guitar International: With Myles [Kennedy, ALTER BRIDGE singer] working with Slash, I imagine it could be a double-edged sword. There's the positives of the attention it brings to ALTER ...
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On July 21, Chuck Armstrong of Free Gotham conducted an interview with ALTER BRIDGE/CREED guitarist Mark Tremonti. You can now listen to the chat using the audio player below. Regarding his upcoming solo album, Tremonti said, "I'm tracking again on the 30th for about eight or nine days. I should have all my ...
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Mike Reaves, the former guitarist of the West Tennessee rock group FULL DEVIL JACKET, passed away on July 25 after battling cancer, according to The Jackson Sun. "Mike was one of the absolute funniest people you'd ever met," said Reaves' former bandmate Kevin Bebout. "He was just so great to work with. He'd ...
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VAN HALEN lead singer David Lee Roth posted a simple-yet-cryptic message on his official web site "Get Ready..." fuelling rumors that the band will release a new single soon. VAN HALEN's long-awaited new studio album in tentatively due in the fall, which is when the band is also expected to hit the road in support ...
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Relapse Records will release the brand new, long-awaited album from southern metal band HAIL!HORNET this summer., The follow-up to the band's self-titled 2007 debut, "Disperse The Curse" will be made available on July 19 in North America. HAIL!HORNET is "Dixie" Dave Collins (WEEDEATER, BUZZOV*EN, BONGZILLA) on bass, Erik Larson (ALABAMA THUNDERPUSSY, BIRDS OF PREY, PARASYTIC) ...
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San Antonio cult TV show "Robb's MetalWorks" has released a four-minute preview of an interview with Mark Tremonti of ALTER BRIDGE and CREED conducted on May 3, 2011 at the House of Blues in Chicago, Illinois. Mark discusses ALTER BRIDGE's new album, "ABIII"; the rumors of an ALTER BRIDGE/CREED tour; his upcoming "Tremonti Project" release ...
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Metal Creed conducted an interview with keyboardist Janne Wirman of Finnish metallers CHILDREN OF BODOM before the band's April 2, 2011 concert at the Manchester Academy in Manchester, England with AMON AMARTH. You can now watch the chat below. CHILDREN OF BODOM is working on a photo book, and you can be a part of ...
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Legendary guitarist Slash (VELVET REVOLVER, GUNS N' ROSES) has been confirmed for this year's edition of Classic Rock magazine's award-winning High Voltage festival, set to take place Saturday, July 23 and Sunday, July 24, 2011 in Victoria Park, London, England. Slash will perform on the main stage on July 23 just before JUDAS PRIEST. The ...
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Abbey Road Live will be doing high-quality multi-track recordings of many of the upcoming ALTER BRIDGE shows, which will then be loaded onto USB drives for you! These are custom USBs shaped like the Tremonti SE guitar, that will not only be loaded with the show of your choice — available to take home THAT ...
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British heavy metal legends SAXON have come up with an innovative idea to collect charity donations for Nordoff Robbins Music Therapy and Childline on their forthcoming U.K. tour. They have invited 20 fans per venue to come and watch them soundcheck for a donation to charity of £10 per person. Fans inundated the web site ...
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A report from the set of SAXON's latest music video, "Hammer Of The Gods", in North Yorkshire, England can be found on the Amped web site. The song comes off the band's new album, "Call To Arms", which will be released on May 23 via Militia Guard Music, UDR and EMI. The follow-up ...
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THIN LIZZY has been confirmed for this year's edition of Classic Rock magazine's award-winning High Voltage festival, set to take place Saturday, July 23 and Sunday, July 24, 2011 in Victoria Park, London, England. The festival billing is shaping up as follows (in alphabetical order): AMPLIFIER ANATHEMA ATTICA RAGE BARCLAY JAMES HARVEST BLACK COUNTRY COMMUNION ...
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British heavy metal legends SAXON will release their new album, "Call To Arms", on May 23 via Militia Guard Music, UDR and EMI. The follow-up to 2009's "Into The Labyrinth" (SPV/Steamhammer) features a guest appearance by legendary keyboardist Don Airey (DEEP PURPLE, RAINBOW). The track listing for the CD is as follows: 01. Hammer Of ...
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British heavy metal legends SAXON will release their new album, "Call To Arms", on May 23 via Militia Guard Music, UDR and EMI. The follow-up to 2009's "Into The Labyrinth" (SPV/Steamhammer) features a guest appearance by legendary keyboardist Don Airey (DEEP PURPLE, RAINBOW). The track listing for the CD is as follows: 01. Hammer Of ...
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Swedish heavy rockers CORRODED recently teamed up with Electronic Arts, one of the biggest video game publishers, to produce the main soundtrack "Age of Rage" for the upcoming free to play First Person Shooter game Battlefield Play4Free. A worldwide digital release of the "Age of Rage" single is planned for March 31, while Battlefield Play4Free ...
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"Rusty Cooley's Guitar Asylum TV" episode 4 is now available online. This past weekend's guest was Mark Tremonti, founding member of ALTER BRIDGE and CREED. "It was great to talk with my friend Rusty. I've improved many of my guitar skills by not only jamming with the guy, but watching his instructional DVDs," says Tremonti. ...
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British heavy metal legends SAXON have written two tracks for the forthcoming film "Hybrid Theory", starring Noel Clarke ("Kidulthood"), Martin McCann ("Killing Bono", "Clash Of The Titans"), Martin Compston ("Disappearance Of Alice Creed"), Craig Conway ("Descent, Dog Soldiers", "Doomsday") and directed by James Erskin ("One Night in Turin"). Shooting will begin in June this year. ...
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According to The Pulse Of Radio, RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE guitarist Tom Morello spoke with Spinner.com about playing last week at the massive protests at the state capitol in Madison, Wisconsin, where demonstrators and union members are battling Governor Scott Walker's attempt to strip public unions of collective bargaining rights. Morello explained, "I was asked ...
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David "Gus" Griesinger of BackstageAxxess.com conducted an interview with Myles Kennedy (ALTER BRIDGE, SLASH) at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California as part of the 2011 NAMM (National Association Of Music Merchants) show, a massive music-products convention that took place January 13-16. You can now watch the chat below. ALTER BRIDGE's 2008 ...
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Italian web site SpazioRock.it conducted an interview with drummer Scott Phillips (ALTER BRIDGE, CREED) before ALTER BRIDGE's December 1, 2011 concert in Milan, Italy. You can now watch the chat below. ALTER BRIDGE's 2008 concert DVD, "Live From Amsterdam", was released on Blu-ray disc on January 11. Since the original was the band's ...
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