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THE SMASHING PUMPKINS Release Sixth Free Track 'Spangled'

THE SMASHING PUMPKINS are issuing a brand new track, "Spangled", on Tuesday, September 14, available exclusively as a free download for 24 hours through the web site for the Sweet Relief Musicians Fund: www.sweetrelief.org. "Spangled" will then become available the next day (Wednesday, September 15)...
September 14, 2010
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A PERFECT CIRCLE Announces New Bassist

A PERFECT CIRCLE, the band led by Maynard James Keenan (TOOL, PUSCIFER) and Billy Howerdel (ASHES DIVIDE),will boast a new bassist when it hits the road for a five-city tour this fall. Joining Keenan (vocals),Howerdel (guitar, vocals),James Iha (guitar) and Josh Freese (drums),will be Matt McJun...
September 13, 2010
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MELISSA AUF DER MAUR: Video Footage Of PETER STEELE Tribute From Milan

Fan-filmed video footage of former HOLE bassist Melissa Auf Der Maur paying tribute to late TYPE O NEGATIVE frontman Peter Steele by performing part of TYPE 0 NEGATIVE's "Black No. 1" followed by a TYPE O-styled cover version of BLACK SABBATH's "Paranoid" on August 26, 2010 at club Magnolia in Milan...
September 11, 2010
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THE SMASHING PUMPKINS' CORGAN: 'I'm Very Excited To Be Playing My Music'

Jonathan Zwickel of The Seattle Times recently conducted an interview with THE SMASHING PUMPKINS leader Billy Corgan. An exceprt from the chat follows below. The Seattle Times: It's hard hearing music from your childhood without nostalgia or sentimentality overshadowing immediacy and true appreciati...
September 10, 2010
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DESULTORY: 'Counting Our Scars' Track Listing Revealed

Reactivated Swedish death metallers DESULTORY recently completed work on their first album in 14 years, "Counting Our Scars", for a late 2010 release via Pulverised Records. The follow-up to 1996's "Swallow The Snake" was recorded at Necromorbus Studio (WATAIN, NOMINON, AVERSE SEFIRA, FUNERAL MIST,...
August 30, 2010
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SMASHING PUMPKINS: New Video Interview With BILLY CORGAN

Darren of 98.7 FM conducted an interview with Billy Corgae of SMASHING PUMPKINS at the Viper Room in West Hollywood, California during this weekend's Sunset Strip Music Festival (SSMF). You can now watch the chat below. According to The Pulse of Radio, SMASHING PUMPKINS will likely take four years —...
August 30, 2010
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SMASHING PUMPKINS Expect To Take Four Years To Release New Project

According to The Pulse of Radio, SMASHING PUMPKINS will likely take four years — not two, as originally expected — to release the 44 songs off its ongoing project, "Teargarden by Kaleidyscope". The group has unveiled a few tracks here and there online, one song at a time. When asked what the recordi...
August 13, 2010
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BILLY CORGAN Covers POISON's 'Thorn' With CAMP FREDDY

CAMP FREDDY — the Los Angeles-based "jam" group featuring Dave Navarro (JANE'S ADDICTION, RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS),Billy Morrison (ex-THE CULT bassist, current CIRCUS DIABLO vocalist),Matt Sorum (VELVET REVOLVER, ex-GUNS N' ROSES),Donovan Leitch (son of legendary folk singer Donovan),and Chris Cha...
August 2, 2010
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THE SMASHING PUMPKINS Raise Over $80,000 At Sold-Out Benefit Concert

THE SMASHING PUMPKINS raised over $80,000 (and counting, with a revised figure to follow) at their sold-out benefit concert Tuesday, July 27 at Chicago's Metro for Matthew Leone, bassist for Chicago band MADINA LAKE. The money will go to the ongoing medical care needed for the musician who last mont...
July 30, 2010
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SMASHING PUMPKINS Debuts New Song At Chicago Concert; Video Available

SMASHING PUMPKINS debuted a brand new song, "Blessed Mother", during a benefit concert this past Tuesday, July 27 at Chicago's Metro to raise money for medical care for Matthew Leone, bassist for Chicago band MADINA LAKE. According to Spinner, SMASHING PUMPKINS frontman Billy Corgan "blanked on the...
July 29, 2010
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With Flesh Unbound

Throw a few rocks out your living room window and you're likely to hit a band playing old school and Sunlight-ed Swedish death metal (and I don't just mean bands from Sweden). That has definitely been the case these past couple of years and a massive upsurge has occurred within the last year. And wh...
July 27, 2010
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THE SMASHING PUMPKINS Frontman Collapses On Stage In Florida; Video Available

THE SMASHING PUMPKINS frontman Billy Corgan collapsed on stage this past Wednesday night (July 21) at the Ritz Ybor in Tampa, Florida. The singer reportedly felt dizzy during a rendition of the band's 1995 single, "Bullet With Butterfly Wings", before stumbling, then blacking out and falling to the...
July 23, 2010
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DEF LEPPARD Frontman: 'We Don't Get The Credit We Deserve In Britain'

Andrew Williams of Metro.co.uk recently conducted an interview with DEF LEPPARD frontman Joe Elliott. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Metro.co.uk: What's happening with DEF LEPPARD? Joe Elliott: We're taking a year off. I'm doing this [DOWN 'N OUTZ, a project fronted by Elliott, bac...
July 21, 2010
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RUSH Guitarist Interviewed On Ontario's 97.7 HTZ FM; Audio Available

Kristy Knight of the St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada radio station 97.7 HTZ FM recently conducted an interview with RUSH guitarist Alex Lifeson. The chat is now available for streaming using the audio player below. RUSH kicked off a 40-date North American tour on June 29 in Albuquerque, New Mexico....
July 21, 2010
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SMASHING PUMPKINS To Play Benefit Concert For MADINA LAKE Bassist

THE SMASHING PUMPKINS will perform a benefit concert next Tuesday, July 27 at Chicago's Metro to raise money for medical care for Matthew Leone, bassist for Chicago band MADINA LAKE. Tickets will go on sale Wednesday, July 21 at noon. Last month, Matthew Leone was hospitalized with severe brain trau...
July 20, 2010