Band Profiles

Tool on Tour: Majestic Photos from Band Performing in Detroit

View exclusive concert photos of Tool performing at DTE Energy Music Theatre.
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Interview: Black Stone Cherry Drummer on New Album, 2011 Carnival of Madness Tour

Black Stone Cherry drummer John Fred Young says the band’s biggest accomplishment, to date, is simply “to still be out touring and making music after 10 years as a band.” Speaking from a tour stop in Bettendorf, Iowa, Young, 26, checked in with Audio Ink Radio about the new album and why he’s stoked for the 2011 Carnival of Madness Tour.
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Featured Artist: Seether’s Shaun Morgan Looks Up to the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Deftones

“Country Song,” the new Southern-tinged track by neo-grunge band Seether, is No. 1 on the active rock chart, and this isn’t a milestone for the South African trio. Shaun Morgan and his band have racked up plenty of rock staples since their 2002 debut in “Gasoline,” “Remedy,” “Broken,” “Fake It,” “Fine Again,” “Truth” and more.
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Interview [Podcast]: Buckcherry

Buckcherry guitarist and songwriter Keith Nelson makes it clear the hard rock band’s latest album, All Night Long, is nothing of studio magic — it’s Buckcherry, plain and simple. The way Nelson sees it, the album — and, really, Buckcherry’s overall philosophy — is just the product of a natural evolution; one that comes from playing nonstop shows and living to deliver pure, bad-to-the-bones rock ‘n’ roll.
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Interview: Shinedown Vocalist Inspired by Chris Cornell, Otis Redding

Poised with guitars, drumsticks and fists of might, Shinedown got together in the early ’00s in Jacksonville, Fl. With post-grunge exploding, Shinedown’s sound fit perfectly, bringing chunky guitars, melodic vocal lines and Alice In Chains-style layered harmonies. In this interview, Shinedown frontman Brent Smith opens up about his musical influences and making hard rock hits.
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Posted 26 Feb 2011 | Band Profiles, Features, Interviews, Music, Rock | 0 Comments

Interview: 3 Doors Down Want to Change the World

Interview: Platinum-selling hard rock band 3 Doors Down gears up for new songs with, “Time of My Life,” out April 12. Produced by Howard Benson (P.O.D., Flyleaf, Daughtry), the disc finds 3 Doors Down with catchy tracks, more mature and hard rockin’ than ever. Bass player Tod Harrell talks charity and playing for the US troops.
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Posted 21 Feb 2011 | Band Profiles, Features, Interviews, Music, Rock | 0 Comments

Interview [Podcast]: Skillet

Skillet, Stone Sour, Theory of a Deadman, Halestorm and Art of Dying, all on one bill. Sounds too good to be true, right? Wrong. Welcome to the 2011 Avalanche Tour. The hard rock trek kicks off March 24 in Chicago and wraps up May 8 in Jacksonville, Fla.
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Featured Artist: Papa Roach

Even rock stars get star-struck. Just ask Jerry Horton, guitarist for hard rock band Papa Roach. Horton says Papa Roach adores the Red Hot Chili Peppers— so much, in fact, that Papa Roach records albums in the same vein as the Peppers.
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Posted 09 Feb 2011 | Band Profiles, Features, Interviews, Music, Rock | 0 Comments

Interview: Saving Abel’s Eric Taylor Talks USO Tours, Giving Back

Saving Abel’s sophomore album, “Miss America,” is packed tight with crunchy, post-grunge rock anthems and just enough Southern rock to prove the guys are from Corinth, Mississippi. The guys have ruled the new rock charts with hits, “Addicted,” “Drowning (Face Down),” “18 Days” and many more.
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Posted 01 Feb 2011 | Band Profiles, Features, Interviews, Music, Rock | 0 Comments