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New Music From SCOTT WEILAND, CHRIS CORNELL, SERJ TANKIAN Featured In 'Bug' Movie

New music by VELVET REVOLVER's Scott Weiland, AUDIOSLAVE's Chris Cornell and SYSTEM OF A DOWN's Serj Tankian is set to be included in the upcoming movie "Bug", which is slated for a May 25 theatrical release. Weiland's contribution will come in the form of the song "Beautiful Day", which he performe...

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FAIR TO MIDLAND: New Single Posted Online

Genre-bending Dallas progressive rock band FAIR TO MIDLAND has posted the first single, "Dance of the Manatee", from their forthcoming full-length debut, "Fables from a Mayfly: What I Tell You Three Times Is True", due out on April 24 via SYSTEM OF A DOWN frontman Serj Tankian's label Serjical Strik...

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SYSTEM OF A DOWN's 'Screamers' Flick Opens In New York, Virginia

"Screamers", a new documentary about the history of genocide throughout the 20th century featuring SYSTEM OF A DOWN, opens today (Friday, January 26) in New York and Alexandria, Va. The members of SYSTEM OF A DOWN are all descended from survivors of the Armenian genocide, during which the Turkish go...

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SYSTEM OF A DOWN's Future Uncertain

World Entertainment News Network reports: SYSTEM OF A DOWN insist they are not splitting up — but admit the band has an uncertain musical future. John Dolmayan, Daron Malakian, Serj Tankian and Shavo Odadjian announced their hiatus from the band earlier this year to work on separate projects. And fr...

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Documentary Featuring SYSTEM OF A DOWN Opens Today

Launch Radio Networks reports: "Screamers", a new documentary about the history of genocide throughout the 20th century featuring SYSTEM OF A DOWN, premieres in Los Angeles today (Friday, December 8),with the film expanding to other cities in January. The members of SYSTEM OF A DOWN are all descend...

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ROB HALFORD, ROBERT PLANT, BON SCOTT, OZZY Are Among 'Heavy Metal's All-Time Top 100 Vocalists'

Rob Halford (JUDAS PRIEST),Robert Plant (LED ZEPPELIN) and Ronnie James Dio (DIO, BLACK SABBATH, RAINBOW) are among the singers who appear on Hit Parader magazine's (cover) list of "Heavy Metal's All-Time Top 100 Vocalists" (published in the November 2006 issue). Commented the editors of the magazi...

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A Talk With SYSTEM OF A DOWN's TANKIAN: 'Screamers,' Activism, And Heart

HuffingtonPost.com recently spoke with SYSTEM OF A DOWN singer Serj Tankian about "Screamers", a documentary by Carla Garapedian which centers around SYSTEM OF A DOWN and Tankian, as they tour Europe and discuss the issues of Armenia, genocide, and human rights. A couple of excerpts from the chat fo...

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SYSTEM OF A DOWN Singer Speaks Out On Turkish Repression

Launch Radio Networks reports: SYSTEM OF A DOWN frontman Serj Tankian has sent out a message asking fans to write letters to the Turkish government protesting a law in Turkey called Article 301, which makes it a crime to say or write anything deemed to be "un-Turkish." Tankian wrote, "Journalists, w...

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Saturday Night Wrist

No one could ever accuse DEFTONES of not being a truly weird bunch of guys: just listen to "Pink Cellphone", from the band's fifth album, "Saturday Night Wrist", to hear the group at their absolute strangest. In fact, the band fades into the background on this track: it's an ambient collage of loops...

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Documentary Featuring SYSTEM OF A DOWN Premiering In December

Launch Radio Networks reports: A new documentary about the history of genocide throughout the 20th century, featuring SYSTEM OF A DOWN, will premiere in Los Angeles on December 8, with the film expanding to New York and other selected cities in January. Titled "Screamers", the film examines why geno...

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FAIR TO MIDLAND To Release EP Through SYSTEM OF A DOWN Frontman's Label

Genre-bending Dallas progressive rock band FAIR TO MIDLAND will release its debut EP, "The Drawn and Quartered", on November 7 via SYSTEM OF A DOWN frontman Serj Tankian's label Serjical Strike. The EP's studio tracks — "Orphan Anthem '86" and "Kyla Cries Cologne" — showcase FTM's flair for combinin...

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DEFTONES Drummer Talks About Collaboration With SYSTEM OF A DOWN's TANKIAN

DEFTONES drummer Abe Cunningham recently spoke to AOL Music about the guest appearances on the band's upcoming album "Saturday Night Wrist" by SYSTEM OF A DOWN's Serj Tankian and GIANT DRAG's Annie Hardy. Tankian, a longtime DEFTONES associate, appears on the track "Mein", which offers a different k...

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Metridium Fields

Artsy doom rock, avante-garde indie doom, experimental melancholic doom metal…you get the picture. Austin, Texas' GIANT SQUID will be an acquired taste for many, a diamond in the rough for the dedicated, and a confounding exercise in the esoteric for the traditionalists. "Metridium Fields" is anothe...

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BUCKETHEAD Covers 'Game Of Death': Audio Available

Former GUNS N' ROSES guitarist Buckethead's cover of "Game of Death", the theme song from Bruce Lee's classic movie, has been made available for download at this location. Buckethead last year issued the album "Enter the Chicken" — including the song "We Are One", featuring a guest appearance by the...

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AUDIOSLAVE And SYSTEM OF A DOWN Members Named In Anti-BUSH Ad

Launch Radio Networks reports: AUDIOSLAVE guitarist Tom Morello and SYSTEM OF A DOWN frontman Serj Tankian are among the people listed in an anti-George W Bush petition, in a full-page newspaper ad that ran Thursday (August 3) in the New York Times. The full-page ad from the group World Can't Wait a...