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ALICE IN CHAINS Guitarist On Hypothetical ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME Induction: 'That's A Nice Thought'

ALICE IN CHAINS guitarist Jerry Cantrell says that it is "nice" to think that his band could eventually be inducted into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame. The Seattle-based group, which has been eligible to be inducted into the Rock Hall since 2015, has yet to be nominated, even though two other "grun...

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Former L.A. GUNS, QUIREBOYS Members Join Forces In THE BRUTALISTS

THE BRUTALISTS are a Los Angeles-based transatlantic rock group which is inspired by the concrete architecture called Brutalism that came into vogue at the point where economy superseded beauty as the chief factor in urban design, and where function superseded form. The band use brutalism as a metap...

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PEARL JAM's MIKE MCCREADY Teams Up With KT TUNSTALL For Cover Of TOM PETTY's 'I Won't Back Down'

Brit Award- and Ivor Novello Award-winning KT Tunstall has released a cover of Tom Petty's hit single "I Won't Back Down". Mike McCready, lead guitarist from legendary Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame band PEARL JAM, performs guitar alongside KT. In the new single, produced by McCready, KT takes center st...

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FOZZY Announces Summer/Fall 2018 Leg Of 'Judas Rising' Tour

Armed with two top 10 Active Rock hits, FOZZY is continuing the headlining "Judas Rising" tour this summer/fall with ADELITAS WAY, STONE BROKEN and THE STIR. The run kicks off in Atlanta on August 24, hitting major markets like Minneapolis, Cincinnati and St. Louis along the way. Tickets for this l...

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Burn it Down

One might be tempted to ask David Lowy and THE DEAD DAISIES just what the hell the band is trying to prove by ramming four studio albums, two EPs and a live package into a meager five-year span. Culling 14 singles to this point through the supergroup's latest slab, "Burn it Down", is it too prematur...

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Memories in Rock II

Longing for days gone by is especially heartfelt in hard rock and heavy metal music, the genre's diehards pining for substance in a music climate growing characterless. More so, they cling to familiarity like syrup to peaches. The mere suggestion of paying to watch a Freddie Mercury hologram, much l...

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Omni

Brazilian prog metal masters ANGRA has maintained a solid if grossly unheralded presence for many years, leading to wonder how it hasn't been muttered in the same breath as the genre's elite, through the band is frequently compared to DREAM THEATER. This band is elite, however, and at times better,...

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Stone Temple Pilots

STONE TEMPLE PILOTS has returned with "Stone Temple Pilots". While there's absolutely nothing wrong with an eponymously entitled song or album, the group named its previous album "Stone Temple Pilots". One can't help but wonder whether or not the best decision was made this time around. At any rate,...

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GODSMACK Drummer Says Band Wanted 'When Legends Rise' To Be More 'Mature' And 'Melodic' Than Previous Albums

GODSMACK drummer Shannon Larkin was recently interviewed by Australia's Heavy magazine. The full conversation can be streamed below. A couple of excerpts follow (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): On new album "When Legends Rise": Shannon: "After we got off the '1000hp' [tour], we realized that th...

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MR. BIG To Release 'Live From Milan' In July

MR. BIG has released a new live video for the song "Alive And Kickin'", taken from the band's upcoming release, "Live From Milan". "Live From Milan" will be released July 13 via Frontiers Music Srl on 2CD+Blu-ray combo pack, 3xLP, and MP3 (audio only). Following the release of their 2017 album, "...

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LEE AARON Is Back With 'Diamond Baby Blues' Album

Singer, songwriter, producer, performer, mother, teacher, rock 'n' roll legend… Lee Aaron is wearing a lot of hats these days. With a career spanning over 35 years and still going strong, Aaron is one of Canada's most diverse artists and, as Billboard once described her, "an invincible voice." She p...

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GEOFF TATE Announces More 'Operation: Mindcrime' 30th-Anniversary U.S. Tour Dates

To celebrate the 30th anniversary of the landmark concept album "Operation: Mindcrime", original QUEENSRŸCHE singer Geoff Tate and his band, OPERATION: MINDCRIME, will perform the platinum-selling album (released May 3, 1988) from beginning to end in its entirety, along with a set full of greatest h...

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GODSMACK's SULLY ERNA Names 10 Albums That Changed His Life

With GODSMACK's seventh studio album, "When Legends Rise", just released on Friday (April 27),frontman Sully Erna discussed 10 albums that changed his life in a new interview with Classic Rock. Leading the list was AEROSMITH's 1976 album "Rocks", about which Erna said: "I'd been a musician since I...

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DEEP PURPLE Keyboardist DON AIREY: First Part Of Video Interview About 'One Of A Kind' Solo Album

The first part of an official interview with DEEP PURPLE keyboardist Don Airey about his upcoming solo album, "One Of A Kind", can be seen below. The disc will be released on May 25 via earMUSIC as 2CD (including a bonus live CD) as well as on vinyl and digitally. It is hard to find a name amongst a...

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ZAKK WYLDE, GEORGE LYNCH, PAUL GILBERT Perform Popular DISNEY Songs On 'Disney Super Guitar' Album

The new instrumental album "Disney Super Guitar" features guitarists Zakk Wylde (OZZY OSBOURNE, BLACK LABEL SOCIETY),Paul Gilbert (MR. BIG),Tak Matsumoto (B'Z),George Lynch (DOKKEN),Orianthi, and others performing hard-rocking, virtuosic versions of timeless Disney songs. With cover art depictin...