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COURTNEY LOVE: 'America's Sweetheart' Details Revealed

Former HOLE frontwoman Courtney Love has finalized the track listing for her debut solo album, "American Sweetheart", due on February 10 through Virgin Records. "America's Sweetheart" is Love's first full-length release since her band HOLE's 1998 swan song, "Celebrity Skin". That set debuted at No....

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PROBOT To Perform Live At MTV Studios!

PROBOT, the metal side-project of former NIRVANA drummer/current FOO FIGHTERS frontman Dave Grohl, will be taping a live performance at the MTV studios in New York City on Wednesday, January 28. Grohl will be joined for the occasion by a one-off band featuring Eric Wagner (TROUBLE),Wino (ex-THE OBS...

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NEUROSIS Complete Work On New Album

NEUROSIS have finished mixing their new album at Electrical Audio studio in Chicago with producer Steve Albini (NIRVANA, BUSH, SOIL). The yet-untitled album will be released in early summer 2004 on Relapse Records Europe and on Neurot Recordings in other parts of the world. An advance track from the...

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VELVET REVOLVER: Bringing Chaos Back Into The Rock World

VELVET REVOLVER's official biography, written by David Wild and provided by the group's record label, RCA/BMG Records, includes additional information about the band's formation and their forthcoming debut CD, "Contraband", due on May 11 (postponed from the previously announced April 27 date). Here...

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MELISSA AUF DER MAUR: Video Posted Online

Former HOLE/SMASHING PUMPKINS bassist Melissa Auf der Maur's video for the first single from her forthcoming solo album has been posted online. The clip for the song "Followed The Waves" can be viewed at the following locations: Windows Media: High, Medium, Low Real Media: High,

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DAVE GROHL Previews PROBOT On BBC RADIO 1: Audio Available

Former NIRVANA drummer/ current FOO FIGHTERS frontman Dave Grohl joined Mary Anne Hobbs on BBC Radio 1's "The Rock Show" to talk about his metal side-project PROBOT. Click here to listen to the in-depth interview, which includes special previews of some of the tracks on PROBOT's forthcoming album. ....

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VENOM Singer Comments On PROBOT Project: 'This Was Heavy Shit!'

VENOM frontman Conrad "Cronos" Lant recently spoke to Germany's Visions magazine about his involvement with the PROBOT project, the one-off metal album put together by ex-NIRVANA drummer/current FOO FIGHTERS guitarist/vocalist Dave Grohl. "It was very, very strange," Cronos recalled about the first...

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DAVE GROHL Explains TOM ARAYA's Absence From PROBOT CD

FOO FIGHTERS frontman/ex-NIRVANA drummer Dave Grohl recently spoke to Metal Edge magazine about his "metal" side-project PROBOT project and the reason SLAYER vocalist Tom Araya ended up not contributing to the final CD. "I tried to get Tom on the record — he was the last piece of the puzzle," Grohl...

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Former HOLE/SMASHING PUMPKINS Bassist Says She Is Returning To Her Roots

Former HOLE/SMASHING PUMPKINS bassist Melissa Auf Der Maur has told NME.com that she is "returning to her roots" with her debut solo album. "I don't think the idea of 'solo album' was the way I thought of it," Melissa said. "When I was in other people's bands, there was only so much space for my ...

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Ex-HOLE/SMASHING PUMPKINS Bassist AUF DER MAUR: First Single Posted Online

Former HOLE/SMASHING PUMPKINS bassist Melissa Auf der Maur has posted the first single from her forthcoming solo album online in streaming audio. The track, titled "Followed The Waves", can be heard at the following locations: Windows Media: Low, High Real Audio: Low, High Auf Der Maur will ...

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Report: Canadian Man Sues Over Alleged Fraud In NIRVANA Guitar Sale

Terri Theodore of Canada.com is reporting that a businessman who thought he had a guitar belonging to late NIRVANA frontman Kurt Cobain is suing a Washington state man for fraud. The lawsuit filed in B.C. Supreme Court claims Earnest "Guitar" Bailey falsely represented a left-handed Fender Stratocas...

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VELVET REVOLVER To Re-Record Song For Upcoming Debut

VELVET REVOLVER are expected to return to the studio this weekend to re-record one of the songs slated for inclusion on the group's debut CD, an informed source has told BLABBERMOUTH.NET. It is believed that the track in question is being re-recorded at the insistence of vocalist Scott Weiland, who...

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Ex-MEAT PUPPETS Bassist Arrested On Assault Charge

Former MEAT PUPPETS bassist Cris Kirkwood was arrested by federal officials Tuesday morning (Dec. 30),five days after being shot in the stomach by a post office security guard, according to RollingStone.com. Kirkwood, 43, was arrested as he left Arizona's Good Samaritan Hospital, where he was taken...

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NIRVANA: First-Ever Concert Available For Download

A recording of NIRVANA's first-ever concert in March 1987 has been posted online. The band — which then featured Aaron Burckhard on drums — delivered a nine-song set at a house party in Raymond, Wash. Click here to listen. Meanwhile, a former contributing editor to Rolling Stone magazine ranked NIRV...

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VELVET REVOLVER: New Album Title Revealed

VELVET REVOLVER's much-anticipated debut album, due on April 27, 2004 through RCA Records, looks likely to be titled either "Contraband" or "Controband", BLABBERMOUTH.NET can exclusively reveal. As previously reported, the CD — which will include twelve of the more than fifty tracks the band co-wrot...