VELVET REVOLVER will perform at the grand opening party for the new Hard Rock International flagship cafe in the center of Times Square on Saturday, September 17. Hard Rock International will be moving from its original location on 57th Street to occupy the former site of the historic Paramount Theater. As part of the move, ...
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According to a posting on Zakk Wylde's (BLACK LABEL SOCIETY, OZZY OSBOURNE) official web site, Zakk's autograph signing at Cool Springs Harley Davidson in Nashville, TN last week was "a SMASHING success. Hundreds of BLACK LABEL and OZZY fans turned out to get their hands on Zakk's die cast choppers. BLACK LABEL SOCIETY/357 Customs clothing ...
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Australia's Undercover News is reporting that former SMASHING PUMPKINS frontman Billy Corgan threw a fit during his performance in Melbourne and stormed off stage after the audience yelled for SMASHING PUMPKINS songs. One fan who who was at the show told Undecover News that at one stage when an audience member yelled "play ...
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BONGZILLA are nearing completion of the recording of "Amerijuanican", their third full-length album. BONGZILLA have finished recording at Coney Island Studios and are mixing at Butch Vig's Smart Studios (NIRVANA, GARBAGE, SMASHING PUMPKINS) in their hometown of Madison, Wisconsin with longtime engineer Wendy Schneider. "Amerijuanican" is scheduled to include tracks such as "Weedy Woman" (which ...
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Launch Radio Networks reports: TAPROOT's new album, "Blue-Sky Research", isn't out until August 16, but you can hear its first single, "Calling", on the group's web site. Drummer Jarrod Montague told Launch that the song was an instant hit with the four band members when they began recording it. "I think that's definitely ...
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TAPROOT have set the tentative track listing for their new album, "Blue-Sky Research", due on August 16 via Velvet Hammer Music/Atlantic. The follow-up to 2002's "Welcome", "Blue-Sky Research" was produced by Michael Beinhorn in Los Angeles and features guest appearances by Billy Corgan (ex-SMASHING PUMPKINS) and Stephen Carpenter (DEFTONES). Download the album track "Facepeeler" in ...
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NINE INCH NAILS' "With Teeth" has been certified gold by the RIAA (Recording Industry Association of America) for shipments in excess of 500,000 copies. "With Teeth", which sold 271,563 copies of in the United States in its first week of release, was recorded in part at Sound City Studio in Van Nuys, Ca., and features ...
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The RIAA (Recording Industry Association of America) recently updated their list of top-selling music artists in the United States. The following are the cumulative album sales totals for the most popular heavy metal/hard rock arists in the U.S. (sales totals are in millions): #3: LED ZEPPELIN 107.5 #10: AC/DC 66 #11: AEROSMITH 65.5 #18: METALLICA ...
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Drummer Jimmy Chamberlin has told Chicago Tribune that he's back in the reunited SMASHING PUMPKINS and is raring to go, according to MTV.com. Chamberlin is the first of PUMPKINS mainman Billy Corgan's former musical conspirators to confirm his return to the band. Whether guitarist James Iha and bassist D'Arcy Wretzky would follow suit, Chamberlin couldn't ...
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Billy Corgan spoke to Jim Derogatis of the Chicago Sun-Times about his decision to announce the reunion of the SMASHING PUMPKINS, one of the biggest bands of the alternative-rock era, and the most successful group Chicago has ever produced. Corgan announced the reunion on Tuesday via full-page advertisements in both the Sun-Times and ...
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Reuters is reporting that singer Billy Corgan said on Tuesday (June 21) he plans to revive the SMASHING PUMPKINS, his Grammy-winning band which broke up in 2000 after more than a decade of blending alternative rock with the avant-garde. In full-page advertisements in Chicago newspapers, the bald-headed Corgan said, "I want my band ...
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Blasting-Zone.com recently conducted an in-depth interview with notorious NASTY SAVAGE vocalist "Nasty" Ron Galletti. Several excerpts follow: Blasting-Zone.com: In hindsight, how would you describe your early touring experiences? Ron Galletti: "We did a lot of silly stuff like the 'Will Work For Food' tour and the 'How Many Pot Pies Can We Eat?' ...
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Former SKID ROW frontman Sebastian Bach invited Swedish pop singer Sofia to sing with him on stage at this past weekend's Sweden Rock Festival. At Sweden Rock Festival in Solvesborg, Sweden last Saturday (June 11), Sebastian Bach and his band entered the stage in front of a wild crowd of 15,000 rockers to perform a ...
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DEFTONES frontman Chino Moreno recently spoke to MTV.com about the making of their fifth album, tentatively due before the end of the year via Maverick Records. "It's just like this roller coaster of sounds. There's really aggressive stuff — super-aggressive stuff — that, like, I don't think we've delved into evil shit like ...
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A brand-new TAPROOT track, entitled "Facepeeler", has been made available for download in MP3 format at this location. "Facepeeler" comes off the group's upcoming CD, "Blue-Sky Research", due on August 16 via Velvet Hammer/Atlantic. The follow-up to 2002's "Welcome", "Blue-Sky Research" was produced by Michael Beinhorn in Los Angeles and features guest appearances ...
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Sirius Satellite Radio's Hard Attack channel will air a tribute to the late METAL CHURCH singer David Wayne on Ian Christe's "Bloody Roots" program this Tuesday, May 17 beginning at 9:00 p.m. EST. (repeat airs Friday, May 20 at 2:00 p.m. EST) In addition to classic tracks by METAL CHURCH and rare music by later ...
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SYSTEM OF A DOWN has done it again. With its third record (not including the "Steal This Album!" collection of leftovers from 2002), the band has created another work of thoroughly eccentric, tuneful, and heavy metallic rock that mixes a wide range of influences, adds a dash of loopy, surreal humor, and ends up being ...
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NINE INCH NAILS have sold 271,563 copies of their latest release, "With Teeth", in the United States in its first week of release to debut at No. 1 on next week's The Billboard 200 chart. "With Teeth" was recorded in part at Sound City Studio in Van Nuys, Ca., and features a guest appearance on ...
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Former SMASHING PUMPKINS/ZWAN leader Billy Corgan's video for the track "Walking Shade" has been posted online at Yahoo! Music. "Walking Shade" comes off Corgan's debut solo album, "TheFutureEmbrace", due out June 21 on Warner Bros. Records. "TheFutureEmbrace" was produced by Corgan along with Bjorn Thorsrud and Bon Harris, mixed by Alan Moulder and ...
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The multi-platinum and Billboard-charting rock band STRYPER is back and set to release "Reborn" via Big3 Records on August 16, 2005. "Reborn" marks the band's first complete studio release of original material in over a decade, since 1990's "Against the Law", and features 10 original tracks marked by STRYPER's trademark blend of melodic vocals, heavy ...
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Former SMASHING PUMPKINS/ZWAN leader Billy Corgan will embark on a world tour June 1 in Portugal in support of his debut solo album, "TheFutureEmbrace", due out June 21 on Warner Bros. Records. Over the course of eight weeks, the modern rock pioneer and his band will visit intimate venues in 11 countries — the U.S., ...
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Velvet Hammer/Atlantic has reportedly set an August 16 release date for the new TAPROOT album, entitled "Blue-Sky Research". The follow-up to 2002's "Welcome", "Blue-Sky Research" was produced by Michael Beinhorn in Los Angeles and features guest appearances by Billy Corgan (ex-SMASHING PUMPKINS) and Stephen Carpenter (DEFTONES). Songtitles set to appear on the CD include "So ...
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Much is made of the mixing of hardcore and death or thrash metal, the term "metalcore" being beaten into the ground by critics and fans alike. At some point, you've got to look at it as nothing more than a band's influences coming together and being realized through the music that is created. I happen ...
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On Wednesday's (April 6) BBC Radio 1 "Rock Show", Trent Reznor from NINE INCH NAILS sat in for regular host Mike Davies, who was away in Los Angeles. Listen to a replay of the two-hour program and check out the playlist (which included a trio of NIN tracks) at BBC.co.uk. NINE INCH NAILS's ...
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METAL CHURCH have posted the following message on their official web site: "Hello again metal heads! It's been awhile since our last news post, but we have been BUSY! "October, November, and December of 2004 saw METAL CHURCH on a state-side tour supporting 'Weight of the World', and we want to once again thank ALL ...
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Billy Corgan, one of alternative modern rock's most compelling artists, is set to release his debut solo album "TheFutureEmbrace" June 21 on Warner Bros. Records. Over shadowy guitar lines and beautifully lush cascades of sound, Corgan warmly and vividly delivers pure expressions of love and devotion in the face of uncertainty, doubt and sorrow. He'll ...
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WET ANIMAL, the Illinois-based quartet featuring TROUBLE members Rick Wartell (guitar) and Jeff "Oly" Olson (drums), will release their ten-song debut CD via Escapi in May. WET ANIMAL was created in the summer or 1999 by Wartell and vocalist Shane Pasqualla (hailing from West Virginia). They found very early into the project that they are ...
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According to VibrantSound.com, the Japanese edition of NINE INCH NAILS' new album, "With Teeth", will include three bonus tracks: "Home" (which has been played every show the band's current U.S. tour) and mixes of "Right Where It Belongs" and "The Hand that Feeds". The complete track listing is as follows: 01. All The Love In ...
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Rehearsal video footage of the new NINE INCH NAILS lineup performing the group's new single, "The Hand That Feeds", has been posted online at NIN.com (Quicktime, 35 MB). (NOTE: The video is dubbed with a high-quality version of the studio version of the track.) "The Hand That Feeds" single will be released in ...
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According to a posting on The NIN Hotline, Ticketmaster has started announcements to sellers in the Louisiana area that NINE INCH NAILS are due to headline this year's Voodoo festival in New Orleans. The annual event, which tends to draw in a crowd of around 65,000 people, is scheduled to take place October ...
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