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Not Too Cool for “School’s Out”: Johnny Depp Jams With Alice Cooper [VIDEO]
Johnny Depp is as cool as his characters. Cry-Baby. Captain Jack Sparrow. Rango. And, as the Telegraph recorded, he plays guitar well enough to get on-stage in London and jam with Alice Cooper too?! Ah, forget it! We give up. No one can top this level of cool.
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Rick Rubin Talks New Records from Metallica, Chili Peppers, ZZ Top, and More
He’s been one of the most sought-after producers in rock for 25 years — and now that he’s also co-chairman of Columbia Records, Rick Rubin is also one of the busiest, with his hands in a dizzying list of current and upcoming projects.
Rubin discussed a number of those albums during a recent Billboard interview, conducted to celebrate the huge success of Columbia artist Adele’s new album, ’21′ (which, yes, Rubin co-produced). Up next on the schedule is the latest Red Hot Chili Peppers release, which he describes as a “Red Hot Chili Peppers that you’ve never heard before.”
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Soundgarden Promises ‘Very Heavy’ New Album
They don’t have a release date, a title, or even a record company waiting to get it onto the shelves, but Soundgarden is in the studio working on its first new album in 15 years – and during a pair of recent interviews, frontman Chris Cornell and guitarist Kim Thayil hinted at what fans can expect to hear.
“We’re kind of doing it in stages,” says Thayil, adding, “We have about 14 songs in various stages of completion. Previously, we’d just block out a bunch of time and go and track everything at once, but we can’t really do that right now.”
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Lou Reed and Metallica to Release New Album Together
Aside from their shared love of the color black, Lou Reed and Metallica don’t have much in common – Metallica are heavy metal heroes, and Reed is the unofficial poet laureate of New York. Despite the differences, the band and Reed have announced yesterday they’ve recorded an album together.
Reed told Ultimate Classic Rock all it took was one concert to bring them together.
A 25th anniversary Rock and Roll Hall of Fame performance in 2009 found Metallica backing up Reed for a couple of songs. “We knew from then,” Reed told David Fricke of Rolling Stone, who broke the news, “that we were made for each other.”
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[VIDEO] For Those Who Think Golf Ain’t “Balla”: The Golf Boys
Golf has a certain reputation: Stately. Slow. Boring...White.
Well, Ben Crane, Bubba Watson, Rickie Fowler, & Hunter Mahan are setting out to change that. They've formed the PGA's exclusive boy band: "Golf Boys". It may be the strangest, and therefore funniest, things you'll see this summer.
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Judas Priest Clarifies “Farewell” Status In Statement
June 15, 2011 Judas Priest says its farewell "Epitaph" tour won't be the last that the world hears of the band.
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[VIDEO] Bluegrass Breakup: Steve Martin’s Picks, Grins, Says ‘Buh-Bye!’
Don't know what got comedy great Steve Martin to write this song -- we may not want to -- but it's made for some entertaining bluegrass. It's called "Jubilation Day", which is kind of old-timey, but has references to psycho-therapy and a psycho ho.
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Rush: New Live DVD, ‘Time Machine’ Coming Soon! [Video]
Due September 27, the set captures the band's April 15 performance at Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland for release on DVD and Blu-Ray.
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Metallica-Themed Monopoly Game Available Next Week
June 9, 2011 Park Place and Boardwalk meet Lars Ulrich and James Hetfield.
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Blue October returning to the Sun City June 24th
June 6, 2011
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U.K. Magazine Calls Metallica “Most Influential” Band
June 2, 2011 Fans of a UK rock magazine have voted Metallica the "Most Influential" band of the past 30 years.