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Green Day struck gold with ‘Oh, Love,’ the lead single off their ‘¡Uno!’ album, but how would they do with their follow-up? The band just let go of their song ‘Kill the DJ,’ which is a more upbeat track with a somewhat sinister feel.

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GWAR are back at full strength! Singer Oderus Urungus has revealed the band has found a replacement for late guitarist Cory Smoot (Flattus Maximus), and will announce the new member of the band in just a few days.

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A few weeks back, I wrote about 18-year-old George Dennehy.  George was born with no arms, yet plays several musical instruments and has earned a music scholarship. 

I posted a video of him performing the Goo Goo Dolls song "Iris" and wrote that I'd been playing guitar for over 20 years and George had inspired me to improve

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For those who don't know, we have a national rock music news web site called "Loudwire". This site covers everything rock and I mean everything. Make sure you bookmark the site and check it out daily - bet you get hooked like I am.  Several months ago we launched Loudwire "The Radio Show" based on our popular rock site.

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I started my rock radio career in 1999 and one of the first bands I ever interviewed was Kittie.

They were cool to me back then so I figured I'd be supportive now and post that Kittie has a greatest hits of sorts compilation being released on September 11th called Not So...S

In this week’s edition of Loudwire’s Top 20 Countdown, Shinedown keeps their No. 1 spot with their single ‘Unity’ off of their latest record ‘Amaryllis.’

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Another night, another GRD Rocktagon as Papa Roach return for another round after disposing of Baroness with their new single, "Still Swingin'". This time Jacoby Shaddix and the boys take on blues-rock duo The Black Keys and their latest track, "Little Black Submarines".

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July 21, 2012, marks the 25th anniversary of the release of the classic Guns N’ Roses debut album ‘Appetite for Destruction.’ Containing monster tracks ‘Welcome to the Jungle,’ ‘Paradise City’ and ‘Sweet Child o’ Mine,’ the landmark disc is one of the most critically praised and influential works in rock history.

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When Halestorm released their debut album in 2009, I was hosting a morning show at a rock station in Atlanta, Georgia.  The band came to town and I was asked to introduce them on stage at a venue called The Tabernacle

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Eagle Rock have released Ozzy Osbourne's Speak Of The Devil on DVD which features a live set from Ozzy's 1982 Diary Of A Madman Tour.

Here is the track listing...

1  Over The Mountain
2  Mr. Crowley

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Do you ever sit at home at night knowing that Dave Matthews Band is out there somewhere in the world playing live and wondering which songs they are rocking? Did you miss last night’s Dave show and need to know what the set list looked like? Thanks to the new DMB Live Setlist app now available via the Windows Phone Marketplace, you have no need to worry.

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Slipknot has been holding off on talk of a new record while they continue to get used to life without bassist and major musical inspiration Paul Gray. But the hesitation about continuing their career that was prominent in the year following the bassist’s death is starting to turn to inspiration and a desire by the band members to cope with their feelings through writing.

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