Hypnogaja Wins Album of the Year and Best Male Vocalist Awards
Hollywood, CA (Union State Records) - Hollywood, CA based rockers Hypnogaja recently won two awards at the 4th Annual ALL ACCESS Magazine Music Awards, held at the Knitting Factory in Los Angeles in November. The band's Acoustic Sunset - Live at the Longhouse album, produced by the legendary Wendy Waldman, ...
| OK GO: Cal Robbins Needs Your Help
Los Angeles, CA. (Capitol Records) - Once upon a time there was a band called Jawbox. They were a huge influence on Damian, who saw them perform dozens of times in high school gyms and rented-out churches. We just found out that Cal Robbins, the newborn son of Jawbox's lead singer, has been diagnosed ...
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Reprise Records to Reissue Classic Green Day Albums '1,039' and 'Kerplunk'
BURBANK, CA (Reprise Records) - Reprise Records will release re-mastered versions of two classic Green Day albums, the Grammy Award-winning band's 1991 debut "1,039/Smoothed Out Slappy Hour" and its second full-length, 1992's "Kerplunk," on January 9, 2007. The reissues capture the best-selling Berkeley, ...
| Hide the Women and Draw Your Swords
New York, NY. (Roadrunner Records) - 3 Inches of Blood, the Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada based metal sextet is back in the studio recording the follow-up to 2005's Advance and Vanquish, which is set for a Spring 2007 release. Famed, Grammy-winning drummer Joey Jordison of Slipknot is producing ...
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The Stooges To Release The Weirdness First Album In 33 Years On March 20, 2007
(Abbey Road Studios) - On March 20, 2007, the band that predated punk and helped make rock and roll dangerous will release their first studio album since 1973's seminal Raw Power. The Weirdness will feature three of the four original bandmembers - singer Iggy Pop, guitarist Ron Asheton and drummer Scott ...
| Linkin Park Guitarist Brad Delson to Visit Los Angeles Middle School Students and Deliver 36 Electric Guitars to Little Kids Rock Music Education Program
Los Angeles, CA (Little Kids Rock) - Little Kids Rock (LKR), a program providing free instruments and instruction for public school students, today announced that Linkin Park guitarist and Little Kids Rock Honorary Board member, Brad Delson, will be visiting Los Angeles' Nightingale Middle School. During ...
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Seattle Rock Veterans Celebrate the Life and Music of George Harrison Five Years After His Passing
Seattle, WA (Rosta Productions LLC) - Seattle's legendary Crocodile Café will host the George Harrison Jam at 8:30 p.m. Tuesday December 19th, 2006, five years after his passing. All ticket proceeds will go to Northwest Harvest to help feed Washington's hungry. Those attending are encouraged to ...
| Driving Devils in The Studio
New York, NY. (Roadrunner Records) - California's DevilDriver are hard at work recording their third album for Roadrunner at the Sonic Ranch studio outside El Paso, Texas. Producing and mixing the album is Jason Suecof, known for his great work with Trivium, Chimaira, God Forbid, and Bury Your Dead. ...
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'THE DESTROYED ROOM: B-SIDES AND RARITIES' In Stores December 12, 2006
LOS ANGELES (Geffen Records) - The Destroyed Room: B-sides And Rarities, a band-chosen collection of near-hidden Sonic Youth gems, will be released on Geffen Records December 12th. The album brings together songs from throughout the band's career with Geffen Records, focusing on tracks previously available ...
| Fall Out Boy Announces The 'Friends Or Enemies Tour'
LOS ANGELES (Fall Out Boy Official Website) - After premiering their brand new single, "This Ain't a Scene, It's an Arms Race," in a live performance at the 34th annual American Music Awards last week, multi-platinum, two-time MTV VMA award-winning Island Records group Fall Out Boy announces its first ...
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A New Direction for DC-based band 'Rites of Ash'
WASHINGTON, DC (Rites of Ash LLC/ Break Every Rule Management) - Rites of Ash has decided to leave their former label Inchoate Records to work exclusively with their self-created indie label, Feedback Records, a subsidiary of Rites of Ash LLC. Additionally, they are now working with a new US/UK-based ...
| Concrete Temptation's Curse
New York, NY. (Roadrunner Records) - Tune into this week's Headbangers Ball, which airs at 10pm EST, Saturday night on MTV2, to watch videos from Killswitch Engage, Cradle of Filth, Black Label Society, and others. Deftones are special guests, here's the complete playlist: Mastodon - Colony Of Birchmen ...
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New Poison: Bullet For My Valentine Release 'Live At Brixton Academy' DVD
SYDNEY, AU. (SONY BMG MUSIC Entertainment) - UK metal heads Bullet For My Valentine will follow their highly acclaimed debut album 'The Poison' with a live DVD 'The Poison: Live At Brixton Academy' this January 13. The DVD will feature 13 live performances plus a stack of bonus material including videos, ...
| Twang Dragons Release Second CD, Love Junkie
Milwaukee, WI (www.twangdragons.com) - The Twang Dragons are thrilled to announce the release of their second CD. The recording, entitled Love Junkie, is comprised of 13 original songs. Can you categorize these cleverly written tunes as alt-country? Americana? Rock 'n roll? Whatever you want to call ...
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Red Hot Chili Peppers' 'Stadium Arcadium' Nominated for Six Grammy Awards
BURBANK, CA (Warner Bros. Records) - Warner Bros. Records' Red Hot Chili Peppers were nominated for six Grammy Awards today, including Album Of The Year, Best Rock Album, Best Rock Song for "Dani California," Best Rock Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal for "Dani California," Best Short Form Music ...
| Green Day Receives a Grammy Nod for Best Rock Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal
BURBANK, CA (Reprise Records) - Grammy Award winning rock band Green Day received a Grammy Award nomination today in the Best Rock Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal category for their collaboration with U2 on the song "The Saints Are Coming." The rock luminaries recorded the song to raise money ...
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Daath Getting Ready to Mix it Up
New York, NY. (Roadrunner Records) - With the February release of their debut album for Roadrunner, The Hinderers, fast approaching, Daath guitarist Eyal Levi had this to say about the results: "Colin Richardson's mix is, as expected, CRUSHING! Working with him has been a blast and having Andy Sneap ...
| Sheldon Tarsha Breaks Guns N' Roses Connection With Ambitious Effort
LOS ANGELES (Sheldon Tarsha Website) - Having spent years in Hollywood fronting various bands, Sheldon Tarsha was a renowned, although relatively unknown, artist. In 2003, he emerged from obscurity when he was named Male Vocalist of the Year in a national singing competition, and performed live on the ...
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Sum 41 Tracks New Album At Ocean Way
(Ocean Way Recording Studios) - Juno Award-winning Canadian rockers Sum 41 recently settled in at Hollywood's Ocean Way Recording Studios to record tracks for their upcoming 2007 Island Records album, as yet untitled. The band used the spacious Studio B, legendary for its superlative live acoustics ...
| In Like Flynn!
New York, NY. (Roadrunner Records) - Machine Head's Robb Flynn Just checked in with this studio update: Hey Fuckers!!! Just got back from merry ol' England, where the Chicken Tikka Masala, Cobra Lager and Budvar flowed like... well... wine. I was technically there to check out mixes, but jet-lag essentially ...
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