Sammy Hagar spilled the beans…while talking to MTV Hive about his new book, Red: My Uncensored Life in Rock, he claims he was tested by aliens where they uploaded data from his brain…he also talks about other childhood experiences…check out the article below.
http://read.mtvhive.com/2011/03/21/sammy-hagar-alien-abduction/
Renowned Kingdom of Sorrow and Hatebreed frontman Jamey Jasta has just announced that he will be appearing TONIGHT at 3am EST (technically Friday morning/ in 2 hours) on Fox News Red Eye. It was previously announced that he would appear tomorrow night, but that information has since changed and Jamey is confirmed to appear tonight. Jamey and Kingdom of Sorrow will appear this summer on the Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival and Hatebreed will appear on select off-dates. Learn more about the Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival at this link: www.rockstarmayhemfest.com/
For more information on Jamey Jasta, Kingdom of Sorrow and Hatebreed, please visit the following locations:
www.myspace.com/kingdomofsorrow
THE TRACK MARKS THEIR NINTH RELEASE FROM ‘TEARGARDEN BY KALEIDYSCOPE’
AND WILL BECOME AVAILABLE TOMORROW VIA THE BAND’S WEBSITE
THE SMASHING PUMPKINS released their ninth free track “Lightning Strikes” on Thursday, March 17. It will first be available for 24 hours at Rollingstone.com, where it can be downloaded at www.rollingstone.com. Then starting Friday, March 18, it will be available for free download at www.smashingpumpkins.com; the site also offers a widget enabling fans to host the song anywhere on the web. Pumpkins leader BILLY CORGAN says the song is “dedicated with affection to Mark Tulin…and all our great Japanese fans who are in our prayers.” Mark Tulin, the bassist and founding member of the pioneering psych-rockers the Electric Prunes, died last month. Tulin played in the Pumpkins and appears on tracks from the band’s Teargarden By Kaleidyscope work. He also toured with Corgan in the band Spirits In the Sky in2009.
“Lightning Strikes” is now the ninth song to be offered to fans via free download. It is from the Pumpkins’ Teargarden By Kaleidyscope, an in-progress 44-song work. Since December 2009, the band has been releasing one song at a time for free, with eight of the songs also available on two physical EPs that were released in 2010.
THE SMASHING PUMPKINS—singer/guitarist BILLY CORGAN, guitarist JEFF SCHROEDER, drummer MIKE BYRNE and bassist NICOLE FIORENTINO–recorded“Lightning Strikes,” says CORGAN, “by all the members of the band after we came off our last tour” at the end of 2010. “I feel this song organically hints at new directions without being forced.”
“Lightning Strikes” has an interesting back story. Explains CORGAN: “It was supposed to be more of a fun thing, a song originally written for the Electric Prunes. But I found an element in it that suggested a bigger picture, and unfortunately I stole it back from them. The lyric in my mind combines the isolation of modern life with the need for a never ending romantic story.”
For CORGAN, the process of releasing music one song at a time “has inspired me to treat each song as its own thought as opposed to a collective mentality where songs need to fit together. It has definitely helped me to focus, and pay more attention to what I’m trying to say with each release.”
In 2010, the Pumpkins performed three runs of dates in the U.S. plus shows in Asia, Australia, New Zealand and South America. Asked about the band’s touring plans for 2011, CORGAN says: “We had no plans of going on the road this year, but now we may go to Europe in the fall, and if that happens, we’ll play a few select dates in America.”
PAPA ROACH To Headline 2nd Leg With Support ESCAPE THE FATE and POP EVIL Beginning May 12th in Kearney, NE
Tickets For 1st Leg with Finger Eleven On Sale Now
Tickets For Second Leg with Escape the Fate On Sale This Weekend
UPDATE – March 16, 2011 – Los Angeles, CA – Following the announcement last week of their headlining “Raid the Nation” Tour, Papa Roach have announced a 2nd leg of the tour. With the first leg beginning on April 25th in Anaheim, CA with support from Finger Eleven and Pop Evil, the band will be beginning their 2nd leg on May 12th in Kearney, NE with support from Escape the Fate and Pop Evil (please see below for tour dates). Papa Roach will perform hits including the current single “Burn,” which moved Top 5 this week on the active rock radio chart. Tickets for the 1st leg with Finger Eleven are on sale now and the second leg with Escape the Fate goes on sale this weekend at www.paparoach.com.
Papa Roach front man Jacoby Shaddix says, “We’re super stoked to share the stage with two great rock bands. We’ve been wanting to tour with Escape the Fate for a while and we were finally able to put it together so here we go. Let’s raid the nation bitches.”
As the common denominator for some of the most successful rock tours and festivals worldwide in recent years, Papa Roach has been dubbed “this generation’s great live rock band” by fans and critics across the globe and has become known for their electrifying and explosive live shows.
| With their feet firmly planted in over 10 years of multi-format success, Papa Roach’sTime For Annihilation…On the Record and On the Road (Released August 31st via Eleven Seven Music) debuted as the #1 Independent Rock, #23 Top 200, #4 Hard Rock and #5 Alternative Album on Billboard’s charts. The New York Post proclaimed “Papa’s On Fire” and hailed Time For Annihilation…On The Record and On The Road as one of the “most appealing concept albums of the year.” The album’s lead single, “Kick in the Teeth” remained in the Top 10 at the Active Rock radio format for over 4-weeks straight. The album is a unique hybrid listening experience, which showcases live renditions of past hits as well as five new studio tracks produced by David Bendeth (Paramore, Breaking Benjamin, The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus).
With the release of this record, the band continued their long-term commitment to WhyHunger, raising funds and awareness for hunger and homelessness worldwide. The band included a hidden track on the record, a first in philanthropy, to encourage fans to text to donate as they do live in concert. In addition, the band visited the Los Angeles Mission (Los Angeles, CA) and the Yorkville Common Pantry (New York, NY) food banks as volunteers to celebrate their album release and continued partnership with WhyHunger. |
| “Raid the Nation” Tour Dates with Finger Eleven and Pop Evil:
April 23; Mesa, AZ; KUPD Ufest, Quail Park Run May 1; Seattle, WA; Showbox Sodo 3; Boise, ID; Knitting Factory Second Leg with Escape the Fate and Pop Evil: May 12; Kearney, NE; Kearney Events Center (Also with Finger Eleven) Additional Tour Dates: May 13; Sioux Falls, SD; The Vault (With Halestorm, Pop Evil & PR Pro) 14; Kansas City, MO; Liberty Memorial Park – RockFest 22; Camden, NJ; Susquehanna Bank Center – MMR-B-Q 28; Little Rock, AR; Riverfest 29; Pryor, OK; Rocklahoma **Additional dates to be announced For more information on Papa Roach, please visit www.paparoach.com/. Follow Papa Roach on Twitter at http://twitter.com/PAPAROACH. Like Papa Roach on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/paparoach. |
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