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Jeff Ament Reveals Why Pearl Jam Are Entering Their 25th Year ‘In Pristine Shape’

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Pearl Jam bassist Jeff Ament discussed his side project RNDM's new album Ghost Riding and their upcoming tour in a new Rolling Stone interview. Ament discussed hearing requests for Pearl Jam songs at some RNDM...

Chris Cornell Talks Writing New Soundgarden Album: ‘It’s More Relaxed’

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Chris Cornell discussed Soundgarden's next album, the followup to 2012's King Animal, in a recent interview with KISW, transcribed by Alternative Nation. "I think one of the things that was a factor in us kind...

Steven Adler No Shows Concert With Slash, Has Axl Rose Met With GNR Bandmates?

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Steven Adler was set to play with Guns N' Roses guitarist Slash at Rock For Recovery's Willie Basse Cancer Benefit Jam over the weekend at Paladino's in Tarzana, CA, but he did not show...

Rare Nirvana Song Featuring Dave Grohl On Vocals Leaks

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A previously unreleased alternate mix of Nirvana's "Marigold" has leaked, featuring cello from Kera Schaley. A rare January 1994 Grohl interview, one of his last while in Nirvana, has also recently surfaced, along...

Exclusive Excerpt From New Book, ‘Scott Weiland: Memories of a Rock Star’

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Early 2016 has seen the release of the 18th book overall by yours truly, Greg Prato, which is about the life and career of Scott Weiland, entitled 'Scott Weiland: Memories of a Rock Star.'...

Watch Dave Grohl Perform Beatles’ “Blackbird” At Oscars

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Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl performed The Beatles classic "Blackbird" during the memorial segment of the Oscars. Grohl said he played the Oscars because when he told his daughter he had been given...

Foo Fighters Don’t Want To Win Any More Grammys

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Dave Grohl discussed Foo Fighters' lack of ambition to win more Grammys recently in an interview with CBS, as transcribed by Alternative Nation. "We're the old guys. We root for the young ones. ...

New Photo Of Pearl Jam, Red Hot Chili Peppers & The Police Supergroup Jam...

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PearlJamOnline have tweeted a rare photo that appears to be from 2014 of Pearl Jam frontman Eddie Vedder jamming with Red Hot Chili Peppers bassist Flea and The Police drummer Stewart Copeland. It's...

Exclusive: Joe Satriani On Teaching Primus’ Larry LaLonde & Metallica’s Kirk Hammett

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While Joe Satriani is the most successful instrumental rock guitarist of all-time (he has sold over 10 million albums and earned 15 Grammy Award nominations), it turns out he may have been an even...

Chris Cornell Talks Reaction To Kurt Cobain’s Death: ‘There’s No Silver Lining To This’

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Chris Cornell discussed the November 2015 terrorist attack on Eagles of Death Metal's show at the Bataclan in Paris on KISW's Men's Room yesterday, and how he had difficulty finding a way to talk...

Stone Temple Pilots Continue To Mourn Scott Weiland: ‘I Can’t Believe He’s Gone’

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Stone Temple Pilots bassist Robert DeLeo recently discussed Scott Weiland's death with Loudwire. "He brought a lot of this band. He was the frontman of this band and he’s partly responsible for why I’m sitting...

Pearl Jam Member Gets Married

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According to a Missoula Montana newspaper Pearl Jam's lone bachelor has finally tied the knot in what seemed to be a very secret ceremony. The Missoulian mentions two people by the same name as...

Watch Drummer Play Nirvana’s Entire Discography In 5 Minutes

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Kye Smith posted the following on Facebook: Nirvana’s entire discography covered from front to back in 5 minutes on drums! Nirvana paved the way for a lot of punk bands to be able to gain commercial...

Stone Temple Pilots Discuss Last Time They Saw Scott Weiland Alive

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Last week on Celebration Rock, Robert and Dean DeLeo discussed late Stone Temple Pilots frontman Scott Weiland. When asked if he ever had closure with Scott Weiland before his death in December 2015,...

Guns N’ Roses Reportedly Writing New Music Without Axl Rose

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Former Guns N' Roses publicist Arlett Vereecke is reporting that Guns N' Roses members Slash, Duff McKagan, and Izzy Stradlin have been writing new music, but without Axl Rose. She exclusively tells Team Rock: "I...

Def Leppard Guitarist On STP’s Music: ‘I Just Loved The Vibe Of It, It...

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Although Def Leppard has been one of the leading arena rock bands for decades by this point, their guitarist, Phil Collen, has long fancied punk rock and alt-rock. Case in point, who he plays...

Scott Stapp Rents Scott Weiland’s Tour Bus, Chester Bennington Reunites With STP

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Scott Stapp tours on bus Scott Weiland died on, Stone Temple Pilots temporarily reunite with Chester Bennington, but ask fans for favorite auditions.

Alice In Chains, Mastodon & Mars Volta Members Form Supergroup

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Supergroup recruits Alice In Chains frontman as lead singer.

Watch Eddie Vedder Perform At High School Alumni Event With Teacher

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Pearl Jam frontman Eddie Vedder performs with teacher at event for his high school.

Dave Grohl Convinced Grammys To Honor Lemmy, Performed In An Elevator

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Watch Dave Grohl perform in an elevator at Grammys.

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