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CHAD KROEGER On Vocal-Cord Surgery: 'When I Woke Up, I Sounded Just Like The Loser From NICKELBACK'

Holland's FaceCulture recently conducted an interview with frontman Chad Kroeger of Canadian rockers NICKELBACK. You can watch the full chat below. A few excerpts follow (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On whether he did any songwriting while recovering from surgery to remove a cyst on his vocal...

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TED NUGENT Says He Will No Longer Engage In 'Hateful Rhetoric': 'We Have Got To Be More Respectful'

Outspoken conservative rocker Ted Nugent has promised to do away with his "hateful rhetoric" after a gunman opened fire at a GOP baseball practice Wednesday morning, critically wounding House Majority Whip Steve Scalise. The attack has prompted calls for media and lawmakers of all political stripes...

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GENE SIMMONS Says His 'Horns' Hand Signal Is 'Homage' To SPIDER-MAN

KISS bassist/vocalist Gene Simmons told U.K.'s Classic Rock magazine that he started throwing the devil's horn gesture as an "homage" to Spider-man, who is known to make the motion in movies and his comics to activate his powers. Simmons filed an application last week with the U.S. Patent and Tradem...

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METALLICA's ROBERT TRUJILLO Calls CHRIS CORNELL 'One Of The Ultimate Voices In Rock Music'

METALLICA bassist Robert Trujillo has paid tribute to Chris Cornell, calling him "one of the ultimate voices in rock music." The SOUNDGARDEN singer was pronounced dead on May 18 after being found unresponsive in his Detroit hotel room the previous night. SOUNDGARDEN had played a show earlier that ev...

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QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE Unveil 'Villains' Album Details, Announce U.S. Tour

Hundreds of epic shows, memory lapses, unexplained injuries, one yearlong detour with Iggy Pop and multiple Grammy nominations later, QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE re-emerge from the desert newly scarred and somehow strangely prettier with lucky seventh album, "Villains", out August 25 on Matador Records....

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STAIND's AARON LEWIS Releases 'Folded Flag' Single

STAIND frontman Aaron Lewis, who is widely considered to be one of the most politically conservative musicians in rock, has released a new single, "Folded Flag", across digital retailers. A patriot through and through, Lewis has spent much of his career honoring those who sacrifice their lives ever...

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MASTODON Extends North American Tour; BLABBERMOUTH.NET Presale Available

Atlanta progressive metallers MASTODON have extended their U.S. headline tour, starting on September 26 in Orlando, Florida at Hard Rock Live with continued support from EAGLES OF DEATH METAL and RUSSIAN CIRCLES. The tour also includes stops at several festivals, including the High Elevation in Denv...

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COREY TAYLOR On DONALD TRUMP: 'It Is Embarrassing That He Is The 'Leader Of The Free World''

SLIPKNOT and STONE SOUR frontman Corey Taylor has once again slammed President Donald Trump, calling him a "petty, petulant cunt" who "can't go away fast enough." Taylor has been vocal about his distaste for the billionaire real estate mogul for at least the past two years, telling a Des Moines, Iow...

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VOLBEAT Teases New Song

Danish/American rock 'n' rollers VOLBEAT have uploaded short video clip of the band playing a new riff in their rehearsal room. Check it out below. Asked about the new riff by Nivens of the 98.9 The Rock radio station at this past weekend's (Saturday, June 3) Rockfest at Kansas Speedway in Kansas Ci...

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Reaching into Eternity

Now on its seventh album, DRAGONFORCE has a lot to live up to: namely its members' rep as meta-human musicians. The decision-making process on whether to continue dropping albums slung at two hundred miles an hour each must be as nerve-racking as coming up with extravagant guitar solos not yet heard...

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DAGOBA: Video For New Single 'Inner Sun'

On August 25, French metallers DAGOBA will release their seventh studio album, "Black Nova", as a cooperation between Jive/Epic in France and Century Media for the rest of the world. The official video for the disc's first single, "Inner Sun", can be seen below. Formed in 1997 and inspired by '90s A...

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Watch AVENGED SEVENFOLD Guitarist Get Pranked Onstage With 'Chipmunks' Vocals

AVENGED SEVENFOLD has posted a video of the group's guitarist, Synyster Gates, getting pranked by bassist Johnny Christ. Christ played a trick on his bandmate during the band's concert in Stockholm, Sweden, on March 9 by shifting the pitch of the guitarist's vocals in his in-ear monitors to get the...

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German Festival ROCK AM RING Evacuated Over 'Terrorist Threat'

German police have called for an evacuation of the popular Rock Am Ring festival in Nürburg over a "terrorist threat." More than 80,000 fans are attending the three-day event, which was scheduled to run until Sunday. The organizers said in a statement: "Due to a terrorist threat, the police have ad...

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WEDNESDAY 13 Unveils Music Video For 'Condolences' Title Track

"Condolences", the video for the title track of WEDNESDAY 13's seventh solo studio album, can be seen below. Released today (Friday, June 2) via Nuclear Blast Entertainment, the follow-up to 2015's "Monsters Of The Universe" was produced by Chris "Zeuss" Harris, who previously worked with Wednesday...

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TED NUGENT Says KATHY GRIFFIN's TRUMP Photograph Was 'Vulgar, Obscene And A Genuine Variation Of A Death Threat'

Outspoken conservative rocker Ted Nugent has slammed comedian Kathy Griffin for her most recent act — a photo of Griffin holding a bloody, severed head in the likeness of President Trump — calling it "downright vulgar, obscene and a genuine variation of a death threat." After Griffin's image — taken...