Rock Report: Staind Talks New Album, Papa Roach Designer Tees, Death Cab Announce Live Feed Music Video

Papa Roach is giving fans a chance to design a band T-shirt.

Rock News: Random Rock Headlines from the Week (Gibson.com)

-Staind Songs: Staind frontman Aaron Lewis is keeping busy with a solo, acoustic tour that will run through this summer and promote his new album, Town Line. But, make no mistake: Staind is at the forefront of his mind. As for Staind’s next album, Lewis says the band is about “two-thirds of the way through it already.” More…

-Papa T: Hard rock band Papa Roach is giving their fans a chance to design a band T-shirt. The winner’s shirt will be available for sale on Papa Roach’s next tour. More…

-Death Cab Go Viral: Indie rockers Death Cab for Cutie have big plans for their new video for, “You are a Tourist,” and it’s something that’s never been done before. On April 5, they’ll premiere the snip as a “scripted, single-take video, to be aired live as it is filmed,” according to an Atlantic Records press release. More…

-Chicks Who Rock: Memphis-based hard rock band Skillet are celebrating their first-ever #1 Active Rock song with “Awake and Alive,” which went from #4 to #1 this week, reports Billboard. In the Active Rock chart’s 14-year history, this is the first of the chart’s 143 #1 songs to feature female vocals, as drummer Jen Ledger sings with the group’s frontman John Cooper on the track. More…

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