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Courtney Love Cancels Hole Appearance After Refusing to Open for Limp Bizkit

This just in … Courtney Love will not open for Limp Bizkit. Love recently pulled out of plans for her band Hole to join an arsenal of rock giants like System of a Down, Slipknot, Machine Head and A Day to Remember in February and March 2012 for the upcoming Soundwave Festival dates in Australia. Apparently she was not happy with where her band was located on the bill, more specifically opening for Limp Bizkit.

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Gene Simmons Works Out Daddy Issues on ‘Family Jewels’ [VIDEO]

Gene Simmons worked out some deep-seated daddy issues during an uncomfortable exercise at marriage boot camp on Monday’s ‘Gene Simmons Family Jewels.’ Even a metal god isn’t above some psychotherapy, it seems.


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Which Musician Has the Scariest Fan Base?

Music fan bases are a legal type of cult. Not that cults are illegal, but if a bunch of Satanists and a bunch of Beliebers gathered inside a Starbucks there is a strong possibility the cops are getting called in regard to Lucifer’s little helpers.

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Smashing Pumpkins’ Billy Corgan Starts Wrestling Promotion Company

If you’re a longtime Smashing Pumpkins fan, you probably know that Billy Corgan is a pro wrestling fan, and he does pretty much whatever he wants in creative decision making.

It should come as no surprise, then, that Billy Corgan is starting his own wrestling promotion company

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Sonic Youth’s Thurston Moore and Kim Gordon Separate

Few bands are more revered in indie-rock circles than Sonic Youth, fronted by longtime married couple and bandmates Kim Gordon and Thurston Moore. So the announcement this weekend that the couple is going their separate ways after 27 years sent fans into a tizzy.


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Disturbed Guitarist Dan Donegan Has No Clue When the Band Will Reunite

If you’re a Disturbed fan who’s, um, disturbed by the news of the band’s impending hiatus, you can take comfort in the knowledge that guitarist Dan Donegan understands how you feel.

In fact, as he revealed during a recent interview with Billboard, this is the group’s first extended break — and he isn’t sure how to feel about not knowing what comes next. 

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Machine Head’s Robb Flynn ‘Super Proud’ of New Hit Album, ‘Unto the Locust’

After a four-year layoff, Machine Head recently stormed back with their seventh album, ‘Unto the Locust,’ and fans immediately responded by giving the band the highest-debuting release of its career.

Riding high with a top 30 album, Machine Head frontman Robb Flynn recently sat down with Loudwire to discuss the creative process behind the new record, the band’s impressive longevity, and some of the music that’s inspiring him today. 

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Korn, ‘Narcissistic Cannibal’ – Song Review

Throughout the ’90s, Korn were one of the most celebrated bands on the planet. The nu-metal pioneers pumped out hit after hit to their rabid fan base. A true testament to Korn’s auditory power was when ‘Freak on a Leash’ came in at No. 1 on MTV’s ‘Total Request Live,’ beating out N’Sync and the Backstreet Boys after the two boy bands had been the only artists to top the ‘TRL’ countdown for six months.

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Tom Morello’s Occupy Wall Street New York Performance Captured on Video

The revolution is being televised — and Facebooked, Tweeted and YouTubed. As expected, Tom Morello took to the streets around New York’s Wall Street today (Oct. 13) to perform an acoustic set under his Nightwatchman guise in support of the Occupy Wall Street movement. Fans and protestors alike were out in full force with digital cameras ready to document every guitar strum, vocal line and inspiring call to action by the Rage Against the Machine axe-man..

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Limp Bizkit’s Fred Durst in Talks to Star in New CBS Comedy

What could be funnier than Limp Bizkit’s Fred Durst in a sitcom? Apparently, that’s what CBS was thinking when they inked a new deal with Durst to star in an upcoming comedy project.

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Archie Meets KISS in Unlikely Comic Book Crossover – Watch the Trailer Here [VIDEO]

In the biggest comic book crossover since Eminem crossed paths with the Punisher, the guys from KISS are meeting up with Archie and the gang from Riverdale High.

The four-part series won’t begin until November 30, but you don’t have to wait until then to get a good look — ‘Archie Meets KISS’ has debuted its very own trailer, and you can watch it now.

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Ex-KISS Drummer Peter Criss Survived Male Breast Cancer, Raising Awareness

Former KISS drummer Peter Criss survived a bout with breast cancer, and now he’s working to educate men about the fact that they, too, can develop breast cancer.