Pearl Jam Drummer Used to Play Shows in His Pajamas

Pearl Jam Twenty premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival last weekend, and Eddie Vedder and company were as surprised as anyone with the shots.
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Evanescence ‘What You Want’ Video Roars – Video Review [Watch]

After weeks of teasing from the Evanescence camp, Amy Lee and company have finally released the full music video for, “What You Want,” the debut single off the goth-pop band’s forthcoming, self-titled release, out Oct. 11 on Wind-Up Records. The video brings a ferocious blast of hard rock, with the band playing a powerful, grinding show inside a sweltering Brooklyn warehouse and Lee jumping off the Brooklyn Bridge.
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The White Stripes’ Jack White, Depeche Mode Cover U2 for Tribute Album

U2 will release a special tribute album to Achtung Baby featuring cover songs by The White Stripes’ Jack White, Depeche Mode, Patti Smith and Damian Rice.
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Staind’s Aaron Lewis: ‘It Was Time’ to Get Heavy on New LP [Interview]

Staind releases their seventh studio album today (Sept. 13), and frontman Aaron Lewis took the time to chat with Audio Ink Radio about the new album, the difficult process of recording it and why he wishes he’d never told anyone the meaning behind, “Epiphany.”
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Escape the Fate’s Craig Mabbitt Talks New Music, Uproar [Video]

A few hours before the Detroit, Mich., stop of Uproar, Escape the Fate vocalist Craig Mabbitt checked in to talk about the band’s current single, “Gorgeous Nightmare,” and how surreal it was to play Los Angeles’ famed Sunset Music Festival with Motley Crue.
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Demon Hunter Celebrate Christmas Early With ‘The Wind’

Seattle metal band Demon Hunter have released a Christmas song, “The Wind,” available at digital music stores. Stream the track using the video player, here.
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Firewind’s Gus G. on Ozzy: ‘It’s a Big Learning Experience’

Gus G turns 31 today, and while Ozzy takes some time off from the road, Gus is focusing on Firewind. The guys are currently on a European trek with Wolf, and they’ll trail that with their first-ever North American tour starting Oct. 9 in St. Petersburg, Fla.
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Foo Fighters, Rise Against Prep for Launch of Fall Tour

Ready to rock, grunge-style? Foo Fighters kick off a North American arena tour on Sept. 14 in St. Paul, Minn., and the trek closes out Nov. 16 in Boston.
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Evanescence’s Gritty ‘What You Want’ Music Video – Sneak Peek

A sneak peek of goth-pop band Evanescence’s new video for their single, “What You Want,” is available from the band, and you can check it out, below. Amy Lee and company filmed the clip July 30 on a do-it-yourself stage in a Brookly, warehouse. Meiert Avis directed the clip, who is best known for his work with Bruce Springsteen, U2 and Bob Dylan.
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Oh, Sleeper’s Micah Kinard: ‘Fire’ is an ‘In-Depth Concept Album’ [Interview]

Fort Worth-based metal-core act Oh, Sleeper always had a knack for crafting metallic, grandiose, in-depth concept albums, and their new release, Children of Fire, picks up right where 2009’s, Son of the Morning, left off.
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