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SMASHING PUMPKINS' Intimate 1998 Masterpiece 'Adore' Set For Reissue In September

When it was first released on June 1, 1998, the SMASHING PUMPKINS' "Adore", the follow-up to their mega-successful 1995 double album "Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness", fans were puzzled by its lack of rock guitars, its folk and electronic elements and relative intimacy. Even the album title,...
July 17, 2014
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SMASHING PUMPKINS' BILLY CORGAN To Play Very Special Acoustic Solo Concert

Billy Corgan will take time out from recording the next two SMASHING PUMPKINS albums, both due in 2015, to perform a very special, exclusive hometown acoustic-based solo concert Saturday, August 30 at Ravinia Festival in Chicago, the oldest outdoor music festival in America and the summer home of th...
July 16, 2014
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SEBASTIAN BACH: 'I Drank Every Night Of My Life For Probably 25 Years'

Former SKID ROW frontman Sebastian Bach says that he has stopped drinking alcohol because wants to be "in this for a long time" and "be the best" singer and performer that he can be. Speaking to MikeJamesRockShow.com at the U.K. edition of the Sonisphere festival, which was held July 4-6 at Knebwort...
July 7, 2014
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NATIONAL NAPALM SYNDICATE: 'The Church Of The Rat' Lyric Video

The official lyric video for the song "The Church Of The Rat" from Northern Finland thrash metal veterans NATIONAL NAPALM SYNDICATE can be seen below. The track is taken from the band's new mini CD, "Lex Talionis", which was released on June 27 via Violent Journey Records. The disc features the band...
July 3, 2014
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YES: Audio Snippet Of New Song 'The Game'

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 18, 2014
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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