Music

Soundgarden Stream Songs from Live Album

Grunge rock band Soundgarden are streaming tracks from their first-ever live concert album, Live on I5, at the group’s Facebook page. You have to “like” the page to have access to the songs. The collection of rock songs, out March 22, consists of live performances from a 1996 West Coast Soundgarden tour.
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Rock Report: Blink-182, The Strokes, Limp Bizkit

Alternative rock bands Blink-182 and Linkin Park are doing their part to get involved in efforts to help the victims of Japan’s recent earthquake and tsunami.
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Death Cab for Cutie Unveil Album Art, Tracklisting, Release Date

Alternative rock band Death Cab for Cutie has set May 31 as the US release date (May 30 in the UK) for their new album, Codes and Keys.
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[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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Art of Dying Frontman Johnny Hetherington on Genesis of Band Name

Hard rock quintet Art of Dying are big in Canada, as they well should be – after all, that’s where they’re from. But thanks to a rough-and-tough, never-stop work ethic and a little luck (in the form of heavy metal group Disturbed taking the band under their wings), the guys are making a big dent in the U.S. mainstream rock contingent.
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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 Guitarist Anthony Armstrong: ‘The Younger Generation is Struggling’

When it came time to record Nashville hard rock band RED’s new album, “Until We Have Faces,” the guys set out to craft tunes that were rhythmically complex and musically challenging, keeping their riffage loud and fast. Most important, they wanted the message behind the music to come through: “We’ve all had experiences in life, and we see the younger generation is struggling. This album is something to inspire them to break the mold,” guitarist Anthony Armstrong said.
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