Alternative

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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Staind Singer Aaron Lewis, Crossfade Recall Nirvana’s Nevermind

Sometimes, knowing it’s been 20 years since Nirvana started the grunge rock movement simply makes one feel old. “My thoughts are… ‘I’m getting old!’” laughed Staind frontman Aaron Lewis, when Audio Ink gave him the news.
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Blink-182’s Mark Hoppus Says Breakup Was Necessary

Blink-182 bass player Mark Hoppus says the band’s famous breakup made the guys stronger. The punk-pop band’s new album, Neighborhoods, drops Sept. 27.
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Rare Nirvana Concert to Air on VH1 Classic

Music television network VH1 Classic will air a scarce, never-before televised concert from grunge rock band Nirvana on VH1 Classic at 11 p.m. EST Friday.
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Raconteurs Drummer Recalls Watching Nirvana’s Nevermind Tour

Nirvana’s now-famous debut, the grungy and groundbreaking Nevermind, celebrates its 20th anniversary on Saturday (Sept. 24), and Raconteurs drummer Patrick Keeler remembers checking out Nirvana on the band’s fabled Nevermind tour.
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No Doubt Say New Record Will Drop Next Year

Despite teasing us with promises a new album was on the way this year, No Doubt have dropped a real bummer, revealing their new release will not be finished until 2012.
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Nirvana Memories from Oh, Sleeper and MuteMath

Celebrate 20 years of Nirvana with Oh, Sleeper and MuteMath The 20th anniversary of Nirvana‘s famed, Nevermind, album is drawing close at Sept. 24, and in honor, Audio Ink Radio is asking various musicians about the album’s impact on their lives.
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