Static-X’s Wayne Static: ‘Pighammer’ is About Transition [Interview]

Static-X main man Wayne Static releases his debut solo album, Pighammer, Oct. 4. Read what Static has to say about the new album, and listen to the podcast!
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Nirvana’s ‘Live at Paramount’ to Air Commercial-Free on Vevo

Nirvana enthusiasts may travel to Vevo.com today (Sept. 27) for an exclusive, commercial-free, 24-hour on-demand showing of the band’s ‘Live at Paramount’ show.
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Red Hot Chili Peppers Talk 20 Years of ‘Blood Sugar Sex Magik’

Is it possible that two of the most influential albums in alternative rock, the Red Hot Chili Peppers’ Blood Sugar Sex Magik and Nirvana’s Nevermind, arrived to ‘90s-fashioned cassette players and boom-boxes on the same day? It’s true, as last Saturday (Sept. 24) marked the anniversary of both alt-rock benchmarks.
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Nirvana’s ‘Nevermind,’ Remembered by Rev Theory and Stars Go Dim

Nirvana’s big Nevermind birthday happens on Saturday (Nov. 24), and it’s hard to believe the alternative rock nugget will be a whopping 20 years old. Staind, Crossfade and the Raconteurs have already checked in on Nevermind, and now Rev Theory and Stars Go Dim are looking back at what the album meant to their personal journey into music.
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Switchfoot’s Jerome Fontamillas Goes Inside ‘Vice Verses’ [Interview]

Switchfoot’s upcoming album, Vice Verses, is out this week, and guitarist Jerome Fontamillas is chatting about the new album and touring with Anberlin.
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Underoath to Release ‘Play Your Old Stuff’ Triple-CD Set

Florida Christian metal-core gents Underoath have announced the release of a 3-CD set, Play Your Old Stuff, featuring songs from three of their past albums.
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Alice Cooper: Inside the Brain of the Coop

Syringe-happy, makeup-heavy, “School’s Out”-singing shock rocker Alice Cooper doesn’t do anything halfheartedly, and mediocre isn’t in his vocabulary.
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9 Left Dead, ‘The Wrong Things’ – Album Review

Amber, Okla.-based hard rock band 9 Left Dead drop their debut album, The Wrong Things, Tuesday (Sept. 27) on Dirtbag (via Warner Music Group’s Independent Label Group).
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Blink-182’s Tom DeLonge: We Have Our Power Back

Eternal skate-punk boys Blink-182 reunited in 2009, initiating a major international tour and bringing fans to their knees, begging for new material. On Tuesday (Sept. 27), those cries will be answered with a progressive punk-pop collection, Neighborhoods.
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Foo Fighters’ Dave Grohl: Nirvana’s Nevermind Was Perfect

Nevermind was never intended to change the world, but one can never forecast when a fresh spirit will turn a generation upside down, and Nirvana’s sophomore LP resulted in alternative rock colliding into the mainstream. Then-Nirvana drummer Dave Grohl and bass player Krist Novoselic remember oh-so well those early Nirvana days.
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