Alternative

[Watch]: Foo Fighters’, ‘Rope,’ Video

Dave Grohl and his rock band The Foo Fighters drop their seventh studio album, Wasting Light, April 12, and the guys just debuted the video via MTV. The high-energy rock video shows tons of live footage. The Foo Fighters also plan to release a collection of rock songs on National Record Store Day, April 16.
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Rock Recap: Alice Cooper, Black Stone Cherry, Arctic Monkeys

Shock rocker Alice Cooper gets inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on March 14, and Cooper recently told USA Today that the four surviving Alice Cooper members will perform at the induction ceremony. Rock guitarist Steve Hunter will play in place of the late Glen Buxton. Cooper also revealed new details on his upcoming, hard rock album.
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Former Alice in Chains bass player dead at 44

Rock news: Former Alice in Chains bass player Mike Starr was found dead in a Salt Lake City home on Tuesday, the Salt Lake City Police Department has reported. He was 44 years old.
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Photo Gallery: Linkin Park

Linkin Park’s musical backdrop is anything but generic alternative rock piffle, and the guys brought rock songs off their current full-length, A Thousand Suns, as well as classic albums Hybrid Theory, Meteora and more on their 2011, “A Thousand Suns World Tour.”
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Shinedown Guitarist Talks New Album, Embarks On Solo Tour

Shinedown lead guitarist Zach Myers is used to playing arenas packed with 10,000-plus screaming hard rock fans. But for the month of March, Myers is turning down the volume and embarking on an acoustic tour with fellow singer-songwriter and longtime buddy Chris Allen (Ingramhill).
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Red Hot: Red Hot Chili Peppers Album Update

The past few years have brought a lot of firsts for alternative rock band The Red Hot Chili Peppers, from bass player Flea studying music theory at USC, to singer Anthony Kiedis having a baby, to drummer Chad Smith recording and touring with Sammy Hagar’s Chickenfoot, to guitarist John Frusciante leaving the band in 2008 and Josh Klinghoffer taking his place. But now, the guys are gearing up for what they collectively do best: make new albums with The Peppers.
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Trent Reznor Wins An Oscar

Nine Inch Nails frontman Trent Rezbor and co-composer Atticus Ross scored the Academy Award for Best Original Score for, “The Social Network,” at the 2011 Oscars.
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[MUSIC VIDEO]: Against Me! ‘Spanish Moss’

Punk rock band Against Me! just released a video for the track, “Spanish Moss,” from their 2010 album, White Crosses, which will be their fifth and last album with Sire Records. Even though the guys are parting ways with their label, they plan to release their next album, Total Clarity, on May 24.
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LISTEN: Foo Fighters’, ‘Rope’

Rock News: Hear the Foo Fighters’ new song, “Rope,” off the grunge-rockers’ highly anticipated, Butch Vig-produced new album, “Wasting Light,” out April 12.
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Rock News: Smashing Pumpkins Bass Player On Cover Of, ‘Siamese Dream’

Billy Corgan is the king of getting awesome female bass player to back the Smashing Pumpkins, and word is that his latest pick, former Veruca Salt and Spinnerette bassist Nicole Fiorentino, is actually one of the two girls on the cover of, “Siamese Dream,” the band’s 1993 release. Corgan Tweeted the news this week.
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