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Foster the People’s Mark Foster Compares Band to MGMT

Foster the People singer Mark Foster says the alternative rock-flavored band are their own genre, and he doesn’t “really know what this genre is, necessarily.”
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Former Korn Guitarist Brian ‘Head’ Welch: I Still Play Korn Songs Live

Former Korn axeman Brian “Head” Welch is back with a new single, “Paralyzed,” and he’s also recording tracks for a new EP, out spring of 2012.
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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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Founder of Label Behind Creed and Evanescence Passes at 67

Alan Meltzer, the founder and former chairman of Wind-Up Entertainment, passed away this past weekend, according to report from Rolling Stone. He was 67.
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Disturbed Release High-Octane Trailer for, The Lost Children [VIDEO]

Disturbed shined at chugging out machine gun-like passages of musical viciousness, and the guys are packaging that in an album of rarities, The Lost Children.
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Evanescence Guitarist Names His Favorite Horror Movie

Evanescence six-stringer Troy McLawhorn says he’s “a big horror movie fan,” and it’s hard to pick just one favorite flick. Read what he has to say, here!
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