Alternative

Smashing Pumpkins Move Back Oceania Release to Spring 2012

Billy Corgan and the Smashing Pumpkins are pushing back Oceania’s release to spring of 2012. Meanwhile, Gish and Siamese Dream are set to be reissued Nov. 29.
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The Killers’ Mark Stoermer Releases Solo Album for Free

As the Killers continue to labor away on their fourth studio album, bass player for the alternative rock outfit, Mark Stoermer, is also keeping active readying his debut solo album.
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The Black Keys: Meet ‘Lonely Boy’ Dance Star Derrick Tuggle

Derrick T. Tuggle, a 48-year-old actor, is grabbing tons of Web attention with his suave steps in the new video for, “Lonely Boy,” from alternative rock band, the Black Keys.
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Blink-182’s Mark Hoppus Recalls Scary Childhood Stunt

Blink-182’s new-school punk-pop certainly glorifies youth and the idea of never growing up. Band members don’t fight that fact, and bass player Mark Hoppus recently disclosed a “don’t-try-this-at-home” kind of story from his days before attending, “The Rock Show.”
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Soundgarden’s Chris Cornell: I Was Never Creative While Drinking

Grunge vocalist Chris Cornell says he can hardly believe it’s been 20 years since Soundgarden’s album, Badmotorfinger. But, he rarely dwells on the past.
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Billy Corgan: Don’t Smash Any Pumpkins on Halloween [VIDEO]

Smashing Pumpkins throat Billy Corgan was recently asked to sign a pumpkin, just for Halloween, and the always-witty singer was a good sport about it.
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Foo Fighters’ Pat Smear Talks Nirvana Unplugged, Skin and Bones

Foo Fighters axeman Pat Smear says he originally left the rock band simply because he needed a break. Also, check out a Halloween-inspired Foo photo, here!
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Coldplay Members Don’t Feel Pressure to Sell Millions of Albums

Will Champion, drummer of alternative rock band Coldplay, maintains that the gents don’t measure success by downloads or album sales.
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Stone Temple Pilots’ Scott Weiland Plans Christmas Solo Tour

Stone Temple Pilots singer Scott Weiland released an album of Christmas songs this week, and he promises to follow the album up with a Christmas solo tour.
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Soundgarden Guitarist Wants Legacy to Shadow the Beatles

With the immense buzz surrounding the 20th anniversary of Nirvana’s Nevermind, a record that served as the catalyst to bring grunge rock to the mainstream, it couldn’t be a better time for alternative rock band Soundgarden to churn out a new album.
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