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Alice in Chains, Duff McKagan + More to Perform at MusiCares Event Honoring Jerry Cantrell
Alice in Chains will take the stage for the first time in 2012 at the upcoming MusiCares MAP Fund Benefit Concert in Los Angeles. The event will honor AIC singer-guitarist Jerry Cantrell, and will also feature performances from Duff McKagan, Billy Idol, Mark Lanegan and more.
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Stone Temple Pilots To Release Concert DVD ‘Alive in the Windy City’
While the next album from Stone Temple Pilots may not arrive as soon as predicted, the band has announced plans to release their first ever live DVD, ‘Alive in the Windy City,’ this June.
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Courtney Love: Dave Grohl Is ‘Obsessed With His Hatred’ of Kurt Cobain
Courtney Love recently unloaded on Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl in a somewhat-coherent tirade, where she claimed he’s a “sociopath” who’s “obsessed with his hatred” of Kurt Cobain.
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Axl Rose Making Sweet Music with Lana Del Rey?
After being spotted together in Los Angeles, many have begun asking whether Guns N’ Roses frontman Axl Rose and singer Lana Del Rey are collaborating romantically.
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Daughtry Sued by His Pre-’American Idol’ Bandmates Over Royalties
Chris Daughtry made a sizable chunk of change after the wildly popular reality competition ‘American Idol’ launched his career in 2006. Now the members of his former band Absent Element are seeking royalties for music they claimed to have penned with Daughtry that he later released as a solo artist.
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Ex-Hole Guitarist Eric Erlandson Explains Motivation for Writing ‘Letters to Kurt’
Former Hole guitarist Eric Erlandson explains why he penned the Kurt Cobain-inspired ‘Letters to Kurt’ and talks about his murky relationship with ex-fling/frontwoman Courtney Love.
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Chris Cornell Says ‘Live to Rise’ is for Familes, New Album is for Hardcore Soundgarden Fans
Soundgarden unleashed ‘Live to Rise‘ — their first 100 percent new recording in 15 years — yesterday (April 4) and if it wasn’t what you expected, don’t worry. Singer Chris Cornell says that the song is not necessarily for the band’s hardcore contingent, but their forthcoming album on the other hand will be for the fans who live and breathe Soundgarden.
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Five Essential Nirvana Live Performances
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April 5, 2012 marks eighteen years that the world has been without the influential Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain. His words and music changed the world as we knew it in the early 90's and to pay tribute, we take a look a
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Steven Adler Meant to Call Current Guns N’ Roses Lineup ‘Scabs’ – Not ‘Hacks’
Steven Adler has offered further clarification on his recent thoughts regarding the current Guns N’ Roses lineup and discusses whether singer Axl Rose will be in attendance for the band’s Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction next week.
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Top 10 Songs About Alice in Chains’ Layne Staley
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April 5 is a sad day in rock history — not only was it the day that Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain died, but also marks the passing of Alice in Chains vocalist Layne Staley. The troubled artist befriended and ins
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Slash to Rock Jimmy Kimmel and ‘Apocalyptic Love’ Release Show in NYC
Slash will celebrate the release of his sophomore release by performing with Myles Kennedy and the Conspirators on both ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live!’ and at New York City’s Irving Plaza.
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John 5 On Rob Zombie: ‘He’s Like the Brother I Never Had’
With a movie, new album and a co-headlining tour with Megadeth already on the books for 2012, you would think Rob Zombie would be stressed out. However, guitarist John 5 says that despite his busy workload, working with Zombie has never been better.