Rock

Buckcherry, Betty White and Shaquille O’Neal Rock Childhelp [Video]

Rock guys Buckcherry are lending their musical talents to a worthy cause. The California-based group have teamed up with Childhelp, a national nonprofit committed to the prevention and treatment of child abuse, for a “Hope” Public Service Announcement to bring attention to child abuse in the United States. Watch the PSA, below.
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Nirvana’s ‘Nevermind,’ Remembered by Rev Theory and Stars Go Dim

Nirvana’s big Nevermind birthday happens on Saturday (Nov. 24), and it’s hard to believe the alternative rock nugget will be a whopping 20 years old. Staind, Crossfade and the Raconteurs have already checked in on Nevermind, and now Rev Theory and Stars Go Dim are looking back at what the album meant to their personal journey into music.
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Alice Cooper: Inside the Brain of the Coop

Syringe-happy, makeup-heavy, “School’s Out”-singing shock rocker Alice Cooper doesn’t do anything halfheartedly, and mediocre isn’t in his vocabulary.
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9 Left Dead, ‘The Wrong Things’ – Album Review

Amber, Okla.-based hard rock band 9 Left Dead drop their debut album, The Wrong Things, Tuesday (Sept. 27) on Dirtbag (via Warner Music Group’s Independent Label Group).
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Nickelback Stream Two New Songs off ‘Here and Now’ [Listen]

Nickelback release a fresh album, Here and Now, Nov. 21, and the band’s label, Roadrunner Records, has already unveiled two tracks from the album.
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P.O.D.’s Sonny Sandoval: New Album Will Drop Next Spring [Interview]

P.O.D. vocalist Sonny Sandoval chats with Audio Ink Radio about the Rock Allegiance Tour and P.O.D.’s upcoming album with rock producer Howard Benson.
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Crossfade Guitarist: ‘Prove You Wrong’ Pushes the Boundaries [Interview]

Crossfade guitarist Les Hall talks about the group’s new album We All Bleed, their experience on Rock Allegiance and why “getting up on stage and playing with my brothers” is the best part of being in Crossfade.
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Rev Theory Vocalist on ‘The Fire,’ Touring with Five Finger Death Punch [Interview]

Rev Theory’s latest single, “The Fire,” recently entered the charts as the No. 1 most added song on rock radio, and this fall, the gents go out on the Share the Welt Tour with Five Finger Death Punch, All that Remains and Hatebreed, starting Oct. 16 in San Fransisco.
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Mark Tremonti Talks Madness, Creed and Starting His Own Record Label [Interview]

Alter Bridge wrap up their run on the 2011 Carnival of Madness Tour this Sunday (Sept. 18) in Dayton, Ohio, ending over a month of touring with rock comrades Theory of a Deadman, Adelita’s Way, Black Stone Cherry and Emphatic. Guitarist Mark Tremonti says after Carnival of Madness, he’ll focus on a solo album, plus work with Creed. And, get this, he’s singing on the solo release, in addition to his usual hard-edged riffing.
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Pearl Jam Drummer Used to Play Shows in His Pajamas

Pearl Jam Twenty premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival last weekend, and Eddie Vedder and company were as surprised as anyone with the shots.
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