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Strokes Finish Fourth Album
The Strokes have finished recording their fourth album. The announcement came via frontman Julian Casablancas’ Twitter account: “Still not going to be…
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Soundgarden Announces Massive Summer Tour
Soundgarden have added additional dates to their upcoming reunion tour and they’ve tagged some mighty openers. Set to launch July 2nd in…
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Smashing Pumpkins Releasing 44 Free Songs
Smashing Pumpkins mainman Billy Corgan had exciting news for fans on Wednesday. Seems he plans to outdo Radiohead’s free album concept by…
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Slipknot Coming To A Theater Near You
On Wednesday September 22 selected theaters will screen (sic)nesses, the concert documentary taken at Britain’s Download Festival in 2009. The show would…
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Schecter Synyster Gates Special Electric Guitar Review
Schecter Synyster Gates Special Electric @ $849 There’s a certain balancing act that a truly successful and memorable signature guitar must try…
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Santana Announces House of Blues Shows and 36th Album
The legendary Carlos Santana has announced a residency at The House of Blues at Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas. The first residency…
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Rock On The Range Festival Lineup Announced
This year’s lineup of the sixth annual Rock On The Range Festival has been announced and hard rock fans can look forward…
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Recording Vocals Part I: Right Mic, Right Technique
Four to six inches is best for softer singers, but don’t forget that pop filter For these past few segments, we here…
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Randy Blythe Comments on Czech Media Inaccuracies
Randy Blythe in a Czech court room earlier this month. In further developing news on one of last year’s most intriguing rock…
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Rammstein Implicated in Baltimore School Shooting
Gladden’s official mug shot/Baltimore County Police This isn’t the first time an eccentric hard rock band has been handcuffed in connection to…
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Radial Engineering To Release The Ultra Compact StageBug SB-2 Direct Box (DI) This March
“Musicians want it all; they want smaller, but do not want tocompromise quality.” – Radial Engineering’s Mark Gummer Ever wanted to take…
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Pete Townshend Walks Off Stage During Opening Night of Who Tour
Townshend in concert, 2008* Seems like nowadays, you aren’t really a considered a true rock star unless you have yourself a good…