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Drowning Pool + Eye Empire Unite for 2013 North American Dates
Drowning Pool, fresh off dates with Flyleaf earlier this spring, will kick off a new leg of shows with support act Eye Empire toward the end of the month.
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Avenged Sevenfold Unveil Preview of New Song + In-Studio Footage
Avenged Sevenfold have just released part of a new track along with some in-studio footage of the band recording their latest album. However, the band has developed a challenging TV/radio puzzle which must be tuned properly to experience the entirety of the band's new offerings.
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David Draiman, Gavin Rossdale + More Offer Mother’s Day Wishes
Happy Mother's Day 2013. It's a day for saluting the women who have brought children into the world, raised them and put them on the path to the life they have chosen. In some instances, that life is rock and roll and a number of top rockers are offering up Mother's Day wishes to their own mothers as well as the other mothers out there.
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Woman Slaps Cop So She’ll Go to Jail and Stop Smoking in Most Hair-Brained Scheme Ever
A woman in Sacramento, California is about to become the cigarette butt of many jokes.
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Baroness Bus Driver May Never Face Charges Over 2012 Crash
Baroness endured one of the scariest moments of 2012 when their tour bus broke through a guardrail while traveling in England and plunged 30 feet into a wooded area below. The bus driver in the incident, Norman Markus, was charged earlier this year with using a vehicle that had defective brakes, breaching the bus' 7.5 ton weight limit and not adhering to sufficient daily and weekly rest periods. He was also charged with not having the correct license entitlement and using a vehicle in a condition likely to cause injury. However, with that laundry list of charges, it's possible that Markus will never have to answer to the courts.
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Kids Choir Re-Envisions Guns N’ Roses’ ‘Sweet Child O’ Mine’ for Johnson & Johnson Ad
If you've been watching TV over the past week, odds are pretty good you've caught Guns N' Roses' 'Sweet Child O' Mine' in a new commercial spot, but it's entirely possibly you may not have immediately recognized it. That's because a cover version of the song, softened considerably with a mesmerizing children's choir, has soundtracked the new Johnson & Johnson spot.
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Queensryche Frontman Geoff Tate Reacts to ‘Frequency Unknown’ Hatred
Queensryche's Geoff Tate asked for harsh critiques of his new album and he got plenty of response. Tate recently launched a contest asking for people who hated the 'Frequency Unknown' album to videota
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Pearl Jam Guitarist Mike McCready Says New Album ‘Way Better Than Backspacer’
Pearl Jam are now in the homestretch of recording their next album and guitarist Mike McCready has some hefty expectations for what's to come. He told Seattle's KIRO Radio that he foresees the still untitled disc as being "way better than 'Backspacer.''
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Rob Zombie’s Musical Past Mined for ‘Classic Albums Collection’
If you're an archivist sort of music fan and are looking to fill out your Rob Zombie collection, now is the perfect time to do it. Universal Music Group is dipping into Zombie's past to deliver the 'Classic Album Collection,' arriving in stores this Tuesday (May 14).
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Movie Theater Lets Pretend Gunmen Storm Theater During ‘Iron Man 3′ in Worst Publicity Stunt You Can Imagine
The action during a screening of ‘Iron Man 3’ didn’t exactly happen on-screen at one theater.
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Motley Crue Bassist Nikki Sixx Partners With Leica Camera for Photography Series
Nikki Sixx is a man of many passions -- music, radio host, writing and in recent years photography. The Motley Crue and Sixx: A.M. bassist has increasingly shared his photographic exploits over the years and he's now partnered with Leica Camera to shoot photos for a two-part interview and photography series.
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Courtney Love Announces 2013 East Coast Tour
Courtney Love, last seen promoting smokeless cigarettes and serving as a Saint Laurent model, is ready to return to music with a handful of East Coast dates. The trek is scheduled to begin in late June.