Alternative

Staind Release Lyric Video for ‘Not Again’

Massachusetts rock band Staind have released the lyric video for their new single, “Not Again,” and you can watch it, below. The track appears on the band’s self-titled, seventh studio album and their first full-length in three years.
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Jane’s Addiction Announce New Album Release Date

‘90s alternative rockers Jane’s Addiction are back in the new music game, and their upcoming album, The Great Escape Artist, now has a release date in sight: Sept. 27 in the U.S., and Sept. 26 in the U.K. and Europe, via Capitol.
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Rock Report: Incubus Prayer Alert, Rage Against the Machine Talk Tool, Red Hot Chili Peppers Ready New Album

Incubus doesn’t seem like that bad of a band, right? Well, a group in the Philippines begs to differ on that. In fact, this pack has started an entire prayer campaign against the alternative rock guys because of the band’s moniker. More rock headlines this week include Rage Against the Machine’s Tom Morello talking about the band’s past ‘friendly competition’ with Tool and the Red Hot Chili Peppers dishing on new tracks.
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Soundgarden Guitarist Kim Thayil: ‘We Don’t Force Anything’

Soundgarden fans will never forget the moment they heard Chris Cornell was rounding up the troops for what would be one of the biggest musical reunions of 2010. Now the band is smack dab in the middle of their first full-scale tour in 14 years, and Soundgarden guitarist and co-founder Kim Thayil says the trek feels “natural.”
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RED’s Emotionally-Drenched ‘Lie to Me (Denial)’ [VIDEO]

RED’s “Lie to Me (Denial)” music video is out this week, and you can view it, here. It’s one of RED’s most emotionally-drenched videos to date.
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12 Stones Launch Anti-Bullying Campaign; Release Lyric Video for ‘Bulletproof’ [VIDEO]

12 Stones fans, get pumped. Sept. 6 brings the release of the hard rockers’ new album, Only Human, their first collection of post-grunge mania since 2007. Watch the lyric video for first single, “Bulletproof,” here.
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Skillet’s John Cooper on ‘Transformers’: ‘We’ve Been Trying to Get a Song in a Movie for a Long Time’

“Transformers: Dark of the Moon” raked in $116.4 million over this past July 4 weekend, according to early studio totals, making the alien-robot action film the highest-grossing opening of the year. Those checking out the soundtrack for the film will find hard rock band Skillet’s latest single, “Awake and Alive (Remix),” alongside Linking Park, Paramore, Staind and Theory of a Deadman on the compilation.
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Avenged Sevenfold, Seether, Three Days Grace on 2011 Rockstar Energy Drink Uproar Festival

The Rockstar Energy Drink Uproar Festival has released the second pack of tour dates, and it looks like Avenged Sevenfold, Seether, Three Days Grace, Bullet for My Valentine, Art of Dying and more will trek, pretty much, to every part of the U.S. this summer and fall.
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Rock Report: Tool Update, Rage Against the Machine Talks New Music, Guns N’ Roses News

This week brought Maynard confessing he’s been writing new music for Tool, Rage Against the Machine talking new music and Guns N’ Roses news.
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This Week in Classic Rock: Sharon Osbourne and Gene Simmons Buddy Up, Robert Plant Gets Spirit Award, Duff McKagan Rocks Out

This week brought old enemies making up (Sharon Osbourne and Gene Simmons), plus news on Robert Plant of Led Zeppelin and Duff McKagan from Guns N’ Roses.
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