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Chad Childers

Chad Childers has been a music lover since his parents dragged him along to an Aerosmith/Bachman Turner Overdrive show as an infant. His love of music turned into a career in the mid-90s when he left a job in the Midwest as a librarian and moved to California to intern for Westwood One Radio. That led to work researching for Casey Kasem's countdown shows, writing and producing the alternative and active rock-related prep services SpinFax, The Fax, and Rip, Read and Rock as well as doing interviews across all music and entertainment formats.
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Former Vince Neil Bassist Alan Vine Warns of Legal Action Over IRS Woes

Alan Vine, a former bassist and personal assistant for Motley Crue's Vince Neil, is threatening legal action against his former employer if he doesn't help resolve his current tax issues. Vine, who was a member of Neil's band in the early 2000s, claims that the singer's manager wrongly reported his salary, thus leading the IRS to look into his financial background, and he's asking for some help in clearing things up.

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Green Day Unleash ‘X-Kid’ Video, Unveil 2013 European Tour Dates

The latter portion of 2012 has found the members of Green Day mostly off the grid while singer Billie Joe Armstrong completes his rehab. But the band is taking the first steps in regaining their footing, beginning with a new music video and their first announced dates of 2013.

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Mitch Lucker Memorial Concert Lineup Revealed, Show to Be Filmed for DVD Release

The cameras will be rolling when the members of Suicide Silence and their all-star lineup of guest vocalists team up for a memorial concert to salute the band's late singer, Mitch Lucker. The vocalist died in a motorcycle crash Halloween night and the idea of the show is to not only pay tribute to the singer, but to also raise money for the future education of Lucker's daughter, Kenadee.

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Category: Concerts, News, Rock
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Danko Jones Pays Tribute to Late Sitar Pioneer Ravi Shankar

Danko Jones is one of the more outspoken musicians in rock and his viewpoint and willingness to speak out has made him the perfect guest columnist for the Huffington Post. This past week, the world lost music great Ravi Shankar who died at the age of 92 and Jones decided to dedicate this week's column to remembering the sitar icon and Beatles collaborator and relating it to his own experiences with music growing up.

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Jason Newsted Posts Letter Revealing His Self-Titled Band’s ‘Metal’ EP

Former Metallica bassist Jason Newsted is getting into this whole Internet thing! The rocker, who recently re-entered the music world by announcing his presence on a newly launched website, has unveiled his new self-titled band and kept fans up to date on their rapid progress toward a new album in the month the site has been in operation. Now comes word that the first batch of music from Newsted has a title -- 'Metal' -- and it will arrive early next year.

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Big Wreck’s Ian Thornley Discusses Band’s Revival, ‘Albatross’ Album + Velvet Revolver Audition

Hailing from Canada, Big Wreck showed plenty of promise in the late '90s and early 2000s, but after their sophomore set slumped the band members decided to part ways. Now, a full decade later, singer Ian Thornley reached out to his longtime friend and cohort Brian Doherty and by opening the lines of communication, his onetime guitarist returned and a surprise resurrection of Big Wreck followed.

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Marilyn Manson Requires 24 Stitches on His Ear Following Fight in Switzerland

Marilyn Manson is not afraid to stand up for himself, but in doing so recently in Switzerland the rocker came out a little worse for wear. In fact, the musician needed 24 stitches to sew up part of his air after a brawl.

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Fan-Generated Randy Blythe Online Petition Receives U.S. Department of State Response

The U.S. government may not have been forthcoming with information to Randy Blythe before the Lamb of God singer traveled to the Czech Republic and found himself serving a jail stint over the summer, but they're definitely keeping an eye on his alleged manslaughter case now.

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