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Narnia tell fans: "Some of You may have heard rumors, and some of You may be surprised by what you're about to read. We confirm today that we're facing the end of the journey of this band. We want to thank all our fans, friends and our families who stood behind us all the time." more
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Type O Negative's Peter Steele Death Confirmed, Bandmates Say Goodbye

Maple Jam Music Group have confirmed that Type O Negative's Peter Steele died on Wednesday night. Here is the statement they issued Thursday afternoon: It is with great sadness that we inform you that Type O Negative frontman and bassist, Peter Steele passed away last night of what appears to be heart failure.

"Ironically Peter had been enjoying a long period of sobriety and improved health and was imminently due to begin recording new music with bandmates Josh Silver, Kenny Hickey and Johnny Kelly for a follow up to "Dead Again" released in 2007," says longtime band manager, Mike Renault.

The official cause of death has yet to be determined pending autopsy results. The funeral services will be private and memorial services will be announced at a future date. Band member and family statements are - here

Bret Michaels in Diabetic Rehab

(Sleazeroxx) Bret Michaels is recovering at a private facility that specializes in the rehabilitation of diabetic patients after his emergency appendectomy Monday.

"While the surgery went well and doctors are optimistic that the rocker will make a full recovery, the fact that he was exhausted due to his rigorous schedule prior to the surgery and coupled with the fact that he has diabetes, the surgery has taken its toll," his rep tells PEOPLE in a statement.

"Even for non-diabetic patients the recovery from surgery can be long and painful," the statement continues. "Doctors were amazed at how good of health Bret was in being a 47-year-old diabetic. However the main focus and concern right now is that he is able to rest, recover and maintain good blood sugar levels while doing so." - more on this story

Paramore, New Found Glory, Tegan and Sara Tour

The full lineup and the car give-away details for this year's Honda Civic Tour have been announced. Here you go: New Found Glory and pop-rock group Kadawatha have joined Tegan and Sara and headliners Paramore to round out the 2010 Honda Civic Tour lineup.

Florida's New Found Glory released their sixth full-length disc, Not Without a Fight, in 2009. Kadawatha's melodic rock is the product of Sri Lanka-born frontman Daniel Kadawatha's sensibility; he and his Swedish bandmates opened for Paramore in 2009. The Honda Civic Tour is thrilled to add these live acts to an already stellar lineup.

The Honda Civic Tour will visit 31 U.S. cities; additionally, Tegan and Sara, originally unable to perform July 27 in Wallingford, CT, will now be part of that HCT date. - more on this story

Judas Priest HD TV This Weekend

(Submitted News) Judas Priest is offering to blow away any Sunday blues you may be experiencing on the evening of April 18th, when two kick-ass Priest programs will air on HDNet at 6:25 PM (EST) and 6:55 PM (EST), respectively.

First up will be The Making Of British Steel, as all four original members look back on how they created one of the most influential (and biggest selling) heavy metal records of all time. With clips and stories of the entire process thirty years later, this special is a music lover's dream.

And immediately following will be Judas Priest Live: British Steel 30th Anniversary Special, which sees the group play the entire classic British Steel album in its entirety (as well as other Priest classics) from the Hard Rock Seminole Arena in Hollywood, Florida. - more on this story

Minus the Bear Previewing New Album Online, Offer Free Song Download

Minus the Bear is thrilled for the upcoming release of their new album, OMNI, out May 4th on Dangerbird Records. To get fans excited for this album, KCRW will stream OMNI in entirety beginning April 19th. Fans can listen on the "Album Preview" page here.

Known for an exhilarating live show, one that has won over legions of fans and critics, Minus the Bear will kick off their 6-week national headlining tour next Monday, April 19th in Spokane, WA. In addition, the band will perform a free show in Seattle, WA at Sonic Boom Record's Capitol Hill store for this year's Record Store Day (April 17th.)

Minus the Bear are now offering first single, MY TIME, for free download here. With deep bass lines, provocative lyrics and use of the Japanese Omnichord synthesizer, MY TIME, is a rush of pure electro-pop lust, revealing new layers in the band's songwriting and inimitable musical style. - more on this story

Weird Al Appears in New Hanson Video

Hanson is proud to announce the premiere of their new music video for the song "Thinking 'Bout Somethin'" on MySpace Music today. Starting today, fans can view the video exclusively and in its entirety via the social-networking site's Music channel.

As the first single from the group's upcoming full-length Shout It Out, "Thinking 'Bout Somethin'," a song MTV Buzzworthy recently declared a "Song You Need to Know," is an unbelievably catchy and joyous track that was recently released via iTunes on April 27.

The music video for "Thinking 'Bout Somethin'" is HANSON's recreation of a scene from The Blues Brothers, where soul music incited a huge impromptu crowd to dance in the streets. HANSON took to the streets of their hometown of Tulsa, OK, with more than 300 extras, including two of Taylor's children, 60 local dancers and hundreds of loyal fans who traveled from far and wide to participate. To top it off, 'Weird Al' Yankovic made an unforgettable guest appearance. - Check it out here

Locksley Announce Spring Tour with Butch Walker

Locksley will head out on the road this spring with Butch Walker in support of their March 16, 2010 release, Be In Love (Feature Records). Locksley will begin their trek when they play Sunfest on April 28, 2010 in West Palm Beach, FL. The spring 2010 tour with Butch Walker kicks off on May 4, 2010 in Omaha, NE.

Locksley features brothers Jesse and Jordan Laz (rhythm guitar and bass respectively), Kai Kennedy (lead guitar) and Sam Bair (drums). Be In Love finds the band exploring their American musical roots with bits of Swing, 50's Doo-Wop, 60's Soul and early American-Punk all coming together to create something uniquely and confidently their own.

Rock and Roll legend Ray Davies commented on the album: "I got to know the guys in Locksley last year when they served as my backing band for my U.S. tour. I just heard their album Be In Love and I was reminded why I loved these guys in the first place." - more on this story

The Dear Hunter Offer Fans A Hard To Resist Deal

The Dear Hunter are taking the fan club idea to the next level by actually giving their fans a pretty big deal for their hard earned money, which puts most fan clubs to shame and seem like a rip-off in comparison.

Here is the announcement: The Dear Hunter has been taking a much-deserved break after criss-crossing the U.S. for most of 2009 in support of their critically acclaimed ACT III: Life And Death, which was released June 23 on Triple Crown Records. That doesn't mean they've stopped working though.

The band has been spending time putting together an extra special, super limited package for fans who sign up for a lifetime fan club membership. For $125, starting on April 14, 250 lucky fans will receive: ACT I: THE LAKE SOUTH, THE RIVER NORTH and ACT II: THE MEANING OF, & ALL THINGS REGARDING MS. LEADING on clear vinyl with brand new, never-before-seen artwork encompassing both ACT I and ACT II.
A download card that will contain several never-before-heard alternate versions of songs from ACT I and ACT II. - more on this story

Taproot Yahoo New Video

Today, Taproot teams up with Yahoo! Music for the premiere of their new music video "Fractured (Everything I Said Was True)" off their new album, Plead The Fifth.

This is the band's first single off the new release, which is filled with songs that dig deep into the band's roots, resurfacing the genius that brought them to the top, following their debut release. The music video is available here

In addition to the video premiere, VicTorV has released an "In the Studio" exclusive video with TAPROOT. The footage includes interviews with each band member and debuts new music, giving an inside look at the band's album, Plead The Fifth, before it hits stores on May 11th. - more on this story

Antagonist Heading Into The Studio

Antagonist has completed preproduction for their new album and will enter Buzzbomb Studios in Orange, CA on May 12th, with producer Paul Miner, who has worked on past efforts from Terror, New Found Glory, Thrice, Throwdown, among others.

The band will be tracking ten songs for the as-of-yet untitled follow-up to 2008's "Exist." This will be the first recording featuring new members, guitarist Roland Leonard and bassist Nick Reyes.

Singer/guitarist Carlos Garcia commented on the forthcoming album: "This will be the first album to feature our newer lineup, so the songwriting will be noticeably different in some areas; nothing too out of left field, but definitely some vibes different from the usual Antagonist sound. But we promise lots of shred, lots of circle pits, and lots of groove. Probably the biggest difference this time around will be the clean singing (or lack thereof). This is a very pissed off album lyrically and thematically, so we thought it would only be proper to NOT include any clean singing this time around. I know some of you won't like that, but it's something we felt would be necessary to hopefully get our point across. - more on this story

Smile Empty Soul, Soil and Black Sunshine Add Dates

Smile Empty Soul have announced more dates to their trek with Soil and Black Sunshine in support of their new album "Consciousness". Frontman Sean Danielsen has checked in with the following update from the road:

"We're sitting here in Toronto and ready to rock our neighbors to the north. So far, this tour has been awesome and Soil has been killing it every night, while Black Sunshine has sounded incredible on this run," commented Danielsen."We have just over a month left on this tour so please check our tour dates and make sure you get to one of these shows. This is the best tour happening right now, so come to the shows or die now!"

Smile Empty Soul recently released their "More Anxiety" album with a bonus DVD of live, in studio, and on the road footage through FOF Label Group/EMI. The album was recorded as the follow-up to the group's gold certified debut, but was never released because the album's lead single was protested by fundamentalist groups, who organized a letter writing campaign against the group's record label. - more on this story

The Flaming Lips and Stardeath And White Dwarfs Late Night TV

The Flaming Lips, will trip across your TV screens this Friday night on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon. This special televised event will be the first and only of its kind as The Lips will be joined by their Oklahoma City brethren and label-mates Stardeath And White Dwarfs to perform a song from their version of Pink Floyd's legendary album, The Dark Side Of The Moon.

As previously announced, THE LIPS and SDWD have combined forces to record and updated and daring interpretation of the 1973 classic album under the title of "The Flaming Lips, Along With Stardeath And White Dwarfs With Peaches Doing 'The Dark Side Of The Moon."

Originally an online only digital release, Dark Side has been pressed on especially beautiful color vinyl in a deluxe gatefold sleeve and will be for sale to the world this Saturday, April 17th, otherwise known as Record Store Day. - more on this story

Lillian Axe To Be Inducted Into Louisiana Music Hall of Fame

On May 16, 2010, Lillian Axe will be the first hard rock band ever enshrined in the Louisiana Music Hall of Fame. Lillian Axe will forever be remembered along side such greats as Fats Domino, Buddy Guy, Louis Armstrong, Jerry Lee Lewis, Little Richard and Allen Toussaint to name a few.

Lillian Axe will be performing and headlining the "First Annual Louisiana Music Homecoming Concert" in celebration of their induction at the Lamar-Dixon Expo Center.

From their humble beginnings in New Orleans, Lillian Axe rose above the cream of the bands of the hard rock genre of their era and had built a reputation that could not be denied and were becoming legendary throughout the United States. While performing an opening stint with Ratt, Poison and Queensryche, Lillian Axe caught the eye of record executive Irving Azoff who signed Lillian Axe to their first professional recording contract and the rest is history. - more on this story

Reissues of Classic Albums From Concrete Blonde and Billy Squier Announced

Shout! Factory will be reissuing two seminal albums originally released on Capitol Records, Concrete Blonde's Bloodletting, and Billy Squier's Don't Say No. Both albums have been remastered and include rare and unreleased bonus tracks. Bloodletting will be released July 13, and Don't Say No will be released July 27.

Massachusetts-born Billy Squier had interest in music from an early age, going on to attend the Berklee College of Music and playing in the group Kicks with Jerry Nolan of the New York Dolls, The Sidewinders, and the band Piper, which opened for KISS at Madison Square Garden, and got him his first recording contract. His solo debut, 1980's "The Tale of the Tape" was released in 1980 and didn't spawn any hits, however the track "The Big Beat," has been sampled over the years in hip hop songs.

Don't Say No, Billy Squier's landmark 1981 album, gave us the mega-hits "The Stroke," "My Kinda Lover," and "In the Dark." Arguably his best album, Don't Say No reached #5 on Billboard's album chart. Produced by Reinhold Mack (Queen), the album went on to sell over 3 million copies in the U.S. alone. Squier was the personification of '80s rock, with an array of arena rock anthems and power ballads. His combination of rock and pop proved to be a huge success and was able to reach an even wider audience thanks to heavy rotation on brand new MTV. Squier now lives in New York, and continues to tour and release new music. This long-overdue reissue features 2 bonus tracks, live version of hit songs "The Stroke" and "My Kinda Lover," recorded during a 2009 tour. - more on this story

Serj Tankian Announces Elect the Dead Symphony Show

Serj Tankian, a Grammy Award winner and one of rock's most unconventional frontmen, will perform Elect the Dead Symphony — a very special orchestral interpretation of Tankian's critically acclaimed solo debut Elect the Dead — at the Denver Botanic Gardens on July 11th, 2010. The show is part of the 2010 Denver Botanic Gardens Summer Concert Series.

Tankian will also recreate Elect the Dead Symphony — which had its dynamic inaugural performance at New Zealand's majestic Auckland Town Hall with the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra in March 2009 — with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra at Chastain Park Amphitheater on July 9th in Atlanta, and with an orchestra put together by The Greek Theatre on July 30th at The Greek Theatre in Los Angeles. The shows follow a series of symphonic performances Tankian is giving in Europe in June.

The performance in New Zealand has also been captured on the Elect the Dead Symphony CD/DVD, which was released by Serjical Strike/Reprise Records on March 9th -

Clutch Live CD and DVD and Reissues Coming

Clutch will internationally issue a brand new epic DVD set called "Live at the 9:30" in mid May. This 200 minute double disc concert film will be sold at the fan friendly price of $19.98.

Disc one features a 90 minute full length concert filmed with seven hi-definition cameras last December at Washington DC's legendary 9:30 Club. In addition to newer fan favorites like "50,000 Unstoppable Watts" and "Let a Poor Man Be," the concert film's first disc includes an electrifying version of the 1995 "Clutch" self titled release in its entirety. An audio version of the full 19 song concert will be exclusively available through iTunes on May 11th.

Disc two is the 110 minute feature film "Fortune Tellers Make a Killing Nowadays," which takes a behind the scenes look at Clutch "on tour" city by city in 2009. This "bonus disc" is not limited to recent Clutch happenings however, as it includes rare band interviews as well as vintage never before seen footage documenting much of Clutch's history from 1991 to the present. Both discs were directed and produced by Agent Ogden, who first worked with the band, on 2007's "Full Fathom Five, Video Field Recordings." - more on this story

The Asteroids Galaxy Tour Cover The Ravonettes for Record Store Day

This Saturday is Record Store Day and The Asteroid Galaxy Tour will release a limited edition 12" vinyl of their debut album "Fruit" with bonus cover of The Ravonettes' "Attack of the Ghost Riders".

Also, this coming Tuesday, the band releases The Sun Ain't Shining No More Remix EP. This digital only album features remixes by Thomas Gold, Bruce Aisher and more - more on this story

Misguided Aggression Announce Gigs With The Agonist and Threat Signal

Misguided Aggression have added tour dates this weekend with The Agonist and Threat Signal. The band will perform on April 16th in Brantford, Ontario with The Agonist and then join Threat Signal, Bloodshoteye and The Last Felony on April 17th in St. Catharines, Ontario for Niagara Metal Fest.

Misguided Aggression is currently writing new material for the group's upcoming sophomore effort, which is expected to surface in late 2010 through Year of The Sun Records.

"We've started writing new material and we have about six songs ready to go," commented guitarist Randy Allcock. "Our debut album was great and it represented where we were at the time, but our new material is a lot more complex and it has bigger hooks. We're consistently trying to raise the bar for ourselves, because almost every band out there is either messing with auto-tune or write nothing but breakdowns. We just want to make a good solid metal album devoid of any trends." - more on this story

Alcest To Invade North America

France's Alcest have announced an April 20th North American release date for their latest full-length opus, entitled Écailles de Lune (Prophecy Productions).

This news comes on the heels of the group's very first North American tour–a string of intimate club dates this April and May commencing in Québec and culminating in Boston, Massachusetts.

Écailles de Lune is, in many ways, unique from past Alcest albums. Story-driven and reflective, it aims to capture and channel feelings of ambivalence and existentialism. Stylistically, front man Neige has shifted back towards the sound of Black Metal that helped first shaped his compositions. For all the changes incurred, Neige has kept his trademarks: calm passages, massive walls of guitar, catchy melodies and hook-lines that go straight for the heart. - more on this story

Maynard James Keenan Documentary Delayed

The DVD/Blu-Ray release of Blood Into Wine, the documentary about Tool/Puscifer front man Maynard James Keenan and his Arizona wine exploits, has moved to Sept. 4.

Demand for theatrical screenings in both the U.S. and internationally have far surpassed the film company's (Dreamy Draw Releasing) initial expectations with engagements in over fifty U.S. cities to date with more being announced daily. International screenings will begin over the summer.

The DVD/Blu-Ray release will have several bonus features including segments on Sacred Geometry, additional footage with Tim Heidecker and Eric Wareheim (of Adult Swim's Tim & Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!) and a live Puscifer montage. - more on this story

Rocklahoma Lineup Announced

The daily performance lineup for Rocklahoma 2010 has been revealed, and single day tickets for the Memorial Day Weekend event will go on sale Monday, April 19 at 10:00 AM CST.

Rocklahoma 2010 features an all-star roster of top rock artists from the past three decades, including ZZ Top, Godsmack, Tesla, Cinderella, Chevelle, Theory of a Deadman, Saliva, Saving Abel, Fuel, Sevendust and one additional Main Stage band to be announced on May 10 (see below for the full line-up listed by day).

Established in 2007 as a classic rock destination festival with the motto "life, liberty and the pursuit of rock," Rocklahoma was revamped for 2010 as organizers teamed with AEG LIVE to create an event encompassing a much broader mix of classic, current and up-and-coming rock artists. - more on this story

Blondie To Receive Icon Award

Blondie will be honored at the "8th Annual TV Land Awards" that will be held on Saturday, April 17th, 2010 on the historic stage 15 of the Sony Studios Culver City lot.

The band will receive the Icon Award for its contributions to music and pop culture through their long and successful career in the music industry. In addition to receiving the Icon Award, the band will be performing one of their classic hits. The TV Land Awards premieres on Sunday, April 25th at 9:00 p.m. ET/PT.

Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2006, music, style and pop culture icons and best selling recording artists, Blondie emerged from the late '70s new wave punk scene in New York City and defied easy categorization. With great rock hooks and brilliant, ironic lyrics, they were also known for their hip clothes and the cool hair. - more on this story

Singled Out: Look Mexico's You Stay. I Go. No Following

Welcome to Singled Out! where we ask artists to tell us the inside story of their latest single. Today Look Mexico tells us about "You Stay. I Go. No Following" from their brand new album "To Bed to Battle". Now here is the story:

There came a point, a little over a year ago, that we all finally became fed up with all the people who promised so many things yet delivered nothing. Of course, you encounter many people like this in life, but when it comes to music it seems like everyone wants a piece of the pie, no matter how small or individually sized that pie is.

It's hard to ignore someone when he or she insists he or she has something you need. Most the time (almost all the time), they don't. And they won't. So on behalf of the band, I wanted to thank all these individuals for everything they did for us. Absolutely nothing. I know it sounds harsh, but it's more of a growth as a band, saying "we'll take it from here," than a lash at anyone in particular.

The line "Credit where credit's due, now the Bureau is looking for me" is specifically talking about the huge pocket of debt we've sunk into. Spread over several cards in my and Smith's names, the band debt can get a little difficult to manage. One of the cards was sent to debt collection and the Credit Bureau came-a-lookin' for me. We've since consolidated everything and are working towards paying it all off, but we've got a ways to go.

Overall, the song is basically a big venting session. Not an "F You" by any means. Perhaps, instead a three and a half minute "good riddance."

Hearing is believing. Now that you know the story behind the song, listen for yourself and learn more about the album - right here!