Alternative

Screaming Trees Dig Up Unreleased Grunge Rock Songs

Van Conner, co-founder of ’80s and ’90s alternative rock band Screaming Trees, and VALIS are launching a new record label, Strange Earth Records.
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No Doubt’s Gwen Stefani Wants to Dress Your Kids

Gwen Stefani, vocalist of alternative rock band No Doubt, has announced a clothing collection with Target, “Harajuku Mini,” featuring items for ages 1-13.
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Blink-182’s Mark Hoppus: I Want to Keep Blink Going for a Long Time

Now that the eternal punk trio of Blink-182 are back together and things are going so swimmingly, fans are wondering, Why did the guys ever end such a good thing in the first place?
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‘Pearl Jam Twenty’ Box Office Totals

The new Pearl Jam documentary, Pearl Jam Twenty, was released last weekend to a small handful of theaters nationwide, and fans of the rockers were loyal.
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Smashing Pumpkins’ Billy Corgan: It’s Time to Make a Real Album

Smashing Pumpkins frontman Billy Corgan talks about why the alternative rock band’s next collection, Oceania, will be released as a traditional album.
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Nirvana’s ‘Live at Paramount’ to Air Commercial-Free on Vevo

Nirvana enthusiasts may travel to Vevo.com today (Sept. 27) for an exclusive, commercial-free, 24-hour on-demand showing of the band’s ‘Live at Paramount’ show.
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Red Hot Chili Peppers Talk 20 Years of ‘Blood Sugar Sex Magik’

Is it possible that two of the most influential albums in alternative rock, the Red Hot Chili Peppers’ Blood Sugar Sex Magik and Nirvana’s Nevermind, arrived to ‘90s-fashioned cassette players and boom-boxes on the same day? It’s true, as last Saturday (Sept. 24) marked the anniversary of both alt-rock benchmarks.
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Switchfoot’s Jerome Fontamillas Goes Inside ‘Vice Verses’ [Interview]

Switchfoot’s upcoming album, Vice Verses, is out this week, and guitarist Jerome Fontamillas is chatting about the new album and touring with Anberlin.
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Blink-182’s Tom DeLonge: We Have Our Power Back

Eternal skate-punk boys Blink-182 reunited in 2009, initiating a major international tour and bringing fans to their knees, begging for new material. On Tuesday (Sept. 27), those cries will be answered with a progressive punk-pop collection, Neighborhoods.
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Foo Fighters’ Dave Grohl: Nirvana’s Nevermind Was Perfect

Nevermind was never intended to change the world, but one can never forecast when a fresh spirit will turn a generation upside down, and Nirvana’s sophomore LP resulted in alternative rock colliding into the mainstream. Then-Nirvana drummer Dave Grohl and bass player Krist Novoselic remember oh-so well those early Nirvana days.
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