Smashing Pumpkins’ Billy Corgan Contemplates Changing the Band’s Name

Smashing Pumpkins frontman Billy Corgan says the band’s upcoming album, Oceania, is getting such great reaction that it might be time to change the band’s name!
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Red Hot Chili Peppers Add Second Los Angeles Show Due to Demand

The Red Hot Chili Peppers have added a second Los Angeles date to their 2012 I’m With You World Tour, due to overwhelming demand from hometown fans.
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Alter Bridge’s Scott Phillips Discusses Band’s Future

Alter Bridge are taking a break in 2012, making room for lead singer Myles Kennedy to record with Slash and the rest of the gang to work on a new Creed album.
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Pearl Jam Twenty Limited-Edition Vinyl Out This Week

Grunge rock band Pearl Jam released the vinyl version of their Pearl Jam Twenty soundtrack this week. The set features hundreds of photos spanning their career.
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Chris Cornell: New Soundgarden Album ‘Picks Up Where We Left Off’

Alternative rock and grunge singer Chris Cornell talks about connecting with the audience on his current tour and the status of Soundgarden’s upcoming album.
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New Mumford & Sons Has a Black Sabbath Vibe, Bassist Says

Mumford & Sons bass player Ted Dwane says the indie rock quartet are working as hard as ever on the follow-up to 2010’s, Sigh No More.
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Shinedown Readies New Single, ‘Bully’

“Second Chance” hit-makers Shinedown are on target to gut out their new album this spring, with production by longtime knob-twiddler Rob Cavallo.
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Nickelback’s Chad Kroeger Comments on 10 Years of ‘How You Remind Me’

Melodic rockers Nickelback recently chatted with Billboard.com about their breakout rock hit, 2001’s “How You Remind Me.”
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Foo Fighters’ Dave Grohl: I’ll Be Writing for Our Eighth Album in 2012

Dave Grohl and the Foo Fighters just released their blockbuster album, Wasting Light, this year, but according to Grohl, new music is already on the band’s mind.
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As I Lay Dying Plan to Record and Tour in 2012

There’s good news in the metal world this week: San Diego heavy music boys As I Lay Dying are gearing up to record a new album in 2012!
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