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SMASHING PUMPKINS' BILLY CORGAN Says Drummer MIKE BYRNE 'Has Left The Building'

SMASHING PUMPKINS mainman Billy Corgan has told Music Radar that the drummer in the band's most recent lineup, Mike Byrne, "has left the building." Asked to elaborate on that statement, Corgan replied: "Mmm… Let's just say that Mike, like Elvis, has left the building." Byrne joined SMASHING PUMPKINS...
June 16, 2014
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YES: Audio Sample Of New Song 'Believe Again'

Seminal progressive rock heroes YES will release their 21st studio album, "Heaven & Earth", on July 22 via Frontiers Records. Having sold nearly 40 million albums in a career that has so far spanned more than four decades, YES continues with its tradition of symphonic progressive rock that remai...
June 13, 2014
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The Talas of Satan

Such chic wordplay to parlay a fart in moniker. While hardly as outrageous a name as ANAL CUNT, French genre splicers HARDCORE ANAL HYDROGEN are a cacophonous case of WTF? Smashing ATARI TEENAGE RIOT, REFUSED, FANTOMAS, "Bollywood" (as in metalled-up Indian folk music),grind, and black metal (got a...
June 10, 2014
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YES To Release 'Heaven & Earth' Album In July; Artwork, Track Listing Revealed

Seminal progressive rock heroes YES will release their 21st studio album, "Heaven & Earth", on July 22 via Frontiers Records. Having sold nearly 40 million albums in a career that has so far spanned more than four decades, YES continues with its tradition of symphonic progressive rock that remai...
June 4, 2014
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TOMMY LEE Says New MÖTLEY CRÜE Song 'All Bad Things Must End' Is 'Pretty Heavy' And 'Really Melodic'

MÖTLEY CRÜE's Tommy Lee has confirmed to Billboard.com that he has finished laying down the drums for "All Bad Things Must End", a brand new CRÜE track the band hopes to release to coincide with its "The Final Tour", which kicks off July 2 in Grand Rapids, Michigan. "We're just mixing (the song) ...
May 15, 2014
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NATIONAL NAPALM SYNDICATE To Release 'Lex Talionis' Mini CD

Northern Finland thrash metal veterans NATIONAL NAPALM SYNDICATE will release a new mini CD, "Lex Talionis", on June 27 via Violent Journey Records. The disc features the band's original vocalist, Aku Raaska, and original drummer, Pasi Pauanne. The CD's recording lineup is completed by the third ori...
May 14, 2014
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BILLY CORGAN: How TOMMY LEE Came To Be Involved With New SMASHING PUMPKINS Album

SMASHING PUMPKINS mainman Billy Corgan recently recruited MÖTLEY CRÜE's Tommy Lee to lay down the drum tracks on all nine songs that will appear on SMASHING PUMPKINS' new album, "Monuments To An Elegy", tentatively due in 2015. It is not presently clear if drummer Mike Byrne, who joined SMASHING PUM...
May 9, 2014
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MÖTLEY CRÜE's TOMMY LEE To Play On New SMASHING PUMPKINS Album

SMASHING PUMPKINS mainman Billy Corgan has revealed via the band's web site that MÖTLEY CRÜE's Tommy Lee will lay down the drum tracks on all nine songs that will appear on SMASHING PUMPKINS' new album, "Monuments To An Elegy", tentatively due in 2015. "Just finished round 1 of tracking drums with T...
May 7, 2014
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BILLY CORGAN's Childhood Home Up For Sale

According to The Pulse Of Radio, the house in Glendale Heights, Illinois where SMASHING PUMPKINS founder and frontman Billy Corgan lived for much of his childhood is on the market for $175,000. The house was built in 1969, measures 1,531 square feet and features four bedrooms, two-and-a-half bathroo...
April 30, 2014
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SMASHING PUMPKINS: 'Monuments To An Elegy' Tentative Track Listing Revealed

Back in March, it was announced that SMASHING PUMPKINS had signed an Artist Services deal with BMG. Via Martha's Music/BMG, they will issue two new SMASHING PUMPKINS albums in 2015: "Monuments To An Elegy" and "Day For Night". The first single is expected to be released by year's end. The PUMPKINS'...
April 29, 2014
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DREAM THEATER Drummer MIKE MANGINI Answers Fan-Submitted Questions

Drummer Mike Mangini of progressive metal giants DREAM THEATER recently answered a number of questions for the visitors of the Music Radar web site. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Music Radar: What was the last breakthrough you had with your playing? Mangini: It was adjusting my ve...
April 20, 2014
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SMASHING PUMPKINS' BILLY CORGAN Lands Reality Series For His Wrestling League

According to The Pulse Of Radio, SMASHING PUMPKINS frontman Billy Corgan has signed a deal with AMC to produce a new reality series about his independent pro-wrestling organization, Resistance Pro. Variety reported about the show, "Billy Corgan pulls back the curtains on the pro-wrestling world as h...
March 31, 2014
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Celebrate April Fool's Day With Complimentary Screening Of 'This Is Spinal Tap - The Special Features Version'

On April 1, movie and music fans alike will have the opportunity to erase "the thin line between clever and stupid" with "This Is Spinal Tap", the iconic 1984 film deemed a treasure by the National Film Registry, the Library of Congress and a legion of rock's biggest stars. On that day and continuin...
March 31, 2014
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SMASHING PUMPKINS Sign Artist Services Deal With BMG

SMASHING PUMPKINS announced Tuesday, March 25 via the band's social networks that they've signed an Artist Services deal with BMG. Via Martha's Music/BMG, they will issue two new SMASHING PUMPKINS albums in 2015: "Monuments To An Elegy" and "Day For Night". The first single is expected to be release...
March 28, 2014
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KORN, ANTHRAX, TWISTED SISTER, POISON Drummers Confirmed For Next 'Bonzo Bash'

The next "Bonzo Bash" will take place on Thursday, January 23, 2014 at The Observatory in Santa Ana, California. "Bonzo Bash" is the "celebration show" that John Bonham freak/worshipper/drum lifer Brian Thomas Tichy (WHITESNAKE, FOREIGNER, OZZY OSBOURNE, BILLY IDOL) put together to pay tribute to th...
November 23, 2013