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IGGY POP AND THE STOOGES Complete First Studio LP In 33 Years

Chris Harris of MTV.com reports that IGGY POP AND THE STOOGES have completed work on their first studio LP since 1973's groundbreaking "Raw Power". Entitled "The Weirdness", the CD will feature 16 tracks in all, including "Greedy Awful People", "Claustrophobia", "Mexican Guy", "I'm Fried", "ATM", "O...

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DIE FAST: New Songs Posted Online

DIE FAST, the new Los Angeles-based band featuring TOTAL CHAOS lead guitarist Shawn Smash and SPUNK frontman Tod Waters, has posted three new songs on its MySpace page. The group, which cites its influences as IGGY AND THE STOOGES, THE DEAD BOYS, '70s KISS and '80s punk/hardcore like VERBAL ABUSE an...

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THE HAUNTED Frontman: 'Being 20 Something Was The Stupidest Time Of My Life'

THE HAUNTED frontman Peter Dolving has posted the following message on his MySpace page: "Imagine sitting in a damp basement filled with the stink of mold, cigarette smoke, shitty lights, black or dark red walls, sticky floors and an atmosphere of slight stress and marijuana dazed indifference. Yea,...

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VAN HALEN Nominated For ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME Induction

VAN HALEN has been nominated for induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2007, along with eight other acts, according to The Plain Dealer. This is the first nomination for VAN HALEN, although the group has been eligible for at least the past three years. R.E.M. and the RONETTES are the othe...

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'Guitar Hero II': Final Track Listing Revealed

According to IGN, the final track listing has been revealed for the upcoming PS2/Xbox 360 video game "Guitar Hero II", due on November 7. Totaling 40 tunes in all, spread over eight difficulty levels, the new game seems to have an even wider range of rock-oriented music than the first time out. From...

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MISFITS Announce FIEND FEST 2006 North American Tour

MISFITS will embark on the Fiend Fest 2006 tour beginning on October 13 and running through November 5. "The MISFITS will headline as Jerry Only (vocals, bass),Dez Cadena (guitar; ex-BLACK FLAG) and Robo (drums) shred through a complete set of MISFITS classics old and new," reads a posting on the g...

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THE HAUNTED Frontman: 'I Want To Get Back Out On Tour And F*cking Crush'

THE HAUNTED frontman Peter Dolving has posted the following message on his official blog: "Slowly over the last couple of weeks my crackling psyche has been regaining some of the balance I felt I'd completely lost there for a while. "I'm getting back in shape physically and I've come to understand t...

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The Scar is our Watermark

Once upon a time there were three Detroit youths by the names of Sean H. (vocals/guitar),Brian Repa (drums/destruction),and Nathan Miller (bass) that took a primal hardcore aesthetic and twisted it into forms unrecognizable by the human ear, reeking havoc on conventional forms of entertainment and...

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IGGY POP Working On New STOOGES Disc

Billboard.com is reporting that punk icon Iggy Pop has been holed up in "a little cottage in the boonies on a little river" in Florida writing music with his old band the STOOGES. The as-yet-untitled set, the legendary rock act's first since 1973, is due out next year via Virgin and will be ...

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RICKY WARWICK Is Looking Forward To 'Rockin' Out' With CIRCUS DIABLO

Former THE ALMIGHTY frontman Ricky Warwick has posted the following message regarding CIRCUS DIABLO, his new project featuring former THE CULT touring bassist Billy Morrison and THE CULT guitarist Billy Duffy, with help from VELVET REVOLVER drummer Matt Sorum. "Back when I was a kid, growing up in B...

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All Hail

"Childhood friends with a fetish for early GUNS N' ROSES and MÖTLEY CRÜE, they learned their instruments together while practicing songs from old STOOGES records", begins the press release about the members of Toronto's KILL CHEERLEADER. And sure, you can hear some of that in the band's punky rock a...

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Heilige Dwazen

Well, doing this album justice with my meager words is going to be next to impossible, but I'll give it a shot anyway. If you're a black metal fan, will you like "Heilige Dwazen" from Belgium's LUGUBRUM? Maybe. You had better go in with an open mind and an appreciation for the strange and the ...

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MUDVAYNE: 'Fall Into Sleep' Video Posted Online

MUDVAYNE's video for the song "Fall into Sleep" has been posted online at Yahoo! Music. The track is the third single off the group's most recent album, "Lost and Found", which has sold 599,000 copies in the United States, according to Nielsen SoundScan. The follow-up to 2002's gold-certified "The E...

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MUDVAYNE Confirmed For Australia/New Zealand's BIG DAY OUT Festival

MUDVAYNE have joined the lineup for the Big Day Out festival tour of Australia and New Zealand, which begins January 20 in Auckland. Also scheduled to appear are THE MARS VOLTA, FRANZ FERDINAND, THE WHITE STRIPES, and IGGY AND THE STOOGES, among others. MUDVAYNE Australian/New Zealand dates: Jan. 20...

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Bite Your Tongue

Well, we've got two "ladies" sucking face on a cover with pink lettering. Must be a death metal album, right? You know the deal; if NYC punked up, glam-tinged and pop-flavored rock is anathema to all that you believe in, stay far away from SEX SLAVES' "Bite Your Tongue". Those that cannot get enough...