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.Read More
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Interview: Shinedown Vocalist Inspired by Chris Cornell, Otis Redding
Poised with guitars, drumsticks and fists of might, Shinedown got together in the early ’00s in Jacksonville, Fl. With post-grunge exploding, Shinedown’s sound fit perfectly, bringing chunky guitars, melodic vocal lines and Alice In Chains-style layered harmonies. In this interview, Shinedown frontman Brent Smith opens up about his musical influences and making hard rock hits.Read More
[WATCH] Stone Sour Rock ‘Hesitate’ On Jimmy Kimmel Live
Corey Taylor and the guys of Slipknot have been on the road since, “Audio Secrecy,” dropped in September of last year, but they took some time to stop by, “Jimmy Kimmel Live!,” to play, “Hesitate.”Read More
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.Read More
Interview: 3 Doors Down Want to Change the World
Interview: Platinum-selling hard rock band 3 Doors Down gears up for new songs with, “Time of My Life,” out April 12. Produced by Howard Benson (P.O.D., Flyleaf, Daughtry), the disc finds 3 Doors Down with catchy tracks, more mature and hard rockin’ than ever. Bass player Tod Harrell talks charity and playing for the US troops.Read More
New Rock: RED’s ‘Feed the Machine’
Hard rock band RED’s third full-length, “Until We Have Faces,” debuted No. 1 on the iTunes rock chart this month and entered the Billboard 200 at No. 2. Hear the band’s new single, “Feed the Machine,” here.Read More
Photo Gallery: Puddle of Mudd, Sevendust, Chevelle
Photo Gallery: Hard rock bands Sevendust, Chevelle and Puddle of Mudd tore through Carnival of Madness in 2010. As Sevendust blast into the chorus of, “Unraveling,” vocalist Lajon Witherspoon racked back and forth on stage, dangling his long dreadlocks, while lead guitarist Clint Lowery bellied out chugging riffs.Read More
Music Festival: Staind, Motely Crue, Skillet, Seether To Play Rocklahoma
Tis the season of the music festival, and the lastest in a string of announcements (ala Rock on the Range, Lollapalooza) is Rocklahoma. Rocklahoma happens Memorial Day Weekend, May27-29, at “Catch the Fever” Festival Ground in Pryor, Okla. In its fifth year, the three-day camp and music festival brings together new rock and classic rock, in one rockin’ place.Read More
Interview [Podcast]: Skillet
Skillet, Stone Sour, Theory of a Deadman, Halestorm and Art of Dying, all on one bill. Sounds too good to be true, right? Wrong. Welcome to the 2011 Avalanche Tour. The hard rock trek kicks off March 24 in Chicago and wraps up May 8 in Jacksonville, Fla.Read More
Featured Artist: Papa Roach
Even rock stars get star-struck. Just ask Jerry Horton, guitarist for hard rock band Papa Roach. Horton says Papa Roach adores the Red Hot Chili Peppers— so much, in fact, that Papa Roach records albums in the same vein as the Peppers.Read More