Guano Apes: "This Time" music video

Check it the new music video of Guano Apes, "This Time".

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Godsmack: Shannon Larkin talks about Crüe Fest 2009

GODSMACK drummer Shannon Larkin has revealed more details about the events of the 2009 Crüe Fest 2 tour which inspired his band's "Cryin' Like A Bitch" song.

GODSMACK frontman Sully Erna reported wrote the track about MÖTLEY CRÜE bassist Nikki Sixx after the two musicians clashed during the trek, on which GODSMACK was a support act and CRÜE was the headliner.

Speaking to Tricia Weight (a.k.a. A Geek Girl) of "Interviews From The Edge" during the recently completed Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival (see video below), Larkin stated about the inspiration for "Cryin' Like A Bitch", "Several things actually happened [during that tour], honestly. You know, the rest of the band... we get along great with [other MÖTLEY CRÜE members] Mick Mars, Tommy Lee. I got along great with Nikki Sixx. In fact, he had called me over to catering one time and said would I like to play with his SIXX: A.M. [side project], on the record. And I was like, 'Yeah!' But then this was, like, three weeks into the tour, and then four weeks later, him and Sully had this clash. And it stemmed from [MÖTLEY CRÜE's] security, I think, more than Nikki, but you know, Nikki is the leader of the band. Basically, [it had to do with their] security throwing us off the stage... whatever... It was a bunch of ego shit that none of us really got into. But MÖTLEY CRÜE kind of acted like... Well, their security, in any event... they were real weird with our guests getting backstage, like our guests might want to look at MÖTLEY CRÜE. Our guests were there to see us and they didn't care a shit about MÖTLEY CRÜE. And MÖTLEY CRÜE is a legendary band that we all respect. When I was 17, I had 'Shout At The Devil' and all that, hell yeah! But it just kind of fronted us a little that they would think that our guests would be star-struck over them. And half the time these were people I've known for 30 years — [and they] can't even get backstage because MÖTLEY CRÜE doesn't want people back or whatever. So that's where the bad blood came from. And then Sully runs his mouth, Nikki runs his mouth… They're both big rock stars. Next thing you know, it's a battle in the press."

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P.O.D.: Interview with Sonny Sandoval

With cool reggae grooves and head-bopping hip-hop beats, San Diego’s P.O.D. (Payable on Death) altered the flow of music in the late-‘90s and 2000s, and they still do today. P.O.D. always have something meaningful to say with their rock sound. After all, they’re a bunch of men who rely on their honest faith in Jesus to get through life’s rough spots, and they use music to express it. Still, P.O.D. are for Christians and non-Christians alike.

“We were always thankful for our Christian following, but it wasn’t always like that,” lead singer Sonny Sandoval said. “Once we went into the mainstream, everyone was like, ‘Oh, here comes this little Christian band.’ But we were playing clubs and bars since we first started. I didn’t want people to put us into this category where you’re telling people, ‘This is a Christian band. If you’re not Christian, don’t listen to them.’ That’s ridiculous.

“I think, as far as the Christian community, because of not being ashamed of what we were, I think there were a lot of young people who really took to that. It helped them say, ‘I’m not ashamed, either.’”

Nearing the end of his run on the Rock Allegiance Tour, Sandoval spoke with Audio Ink Radio about P.O.D.’s new life and their upcoming album with producer Howard Benson.

You’re on the Rock Allegiance Tour with Buckcherry, Papa Roach, Puddle of Mudd, RED and more. I spoke with Paul Phillips from Puddle of Mudd, and he mentioned how great it is to see you guys again.

How funny! Yeah, we’ve seen them off and on, but it’s been years, and we all kind of came up together. We’ve been out of the game for a long time. I feel like we just go out and play our stuff and people know our music, and it’s a part of us. I think that’s why we took a little time off, because once it starts getting so much business and the job end of it, it kind of loses its appeal. But, now we’ve had time to clear our heads and hearts and we’re ready to go out for the love of music again.

P.O.D. appeared on Rock on the Range in Columbus, Ohio, this year. What’s your favorite memory from the show?

Just running into old friends from all the bands we hadn’t seen in so long. But I think we were just on fire because the whole hype of the world ending that day, and I think it was supposed to end during our set. [Laughs] So we kind of went in and had that silly mentality of having fun. I think we came out and said something like, “This is the soundtrack to the end of the world.” [Laughs]

We keep hearing about a new album on the way. Any idea when the album or first single will drop?

We’re tentatively saying the beginning of the year– maybe March. It’d be cool to get a single out there by the end of the year. If the album comes out in March-ish, we could have another single out by the summertime and hit the summer fests and get back in the touring loop.

You’re recording the new album with Howard Benson, who has produced several P.O.D albums. How is it going?

It’s good. He’s been involved in the writing process, and he’s coming back and forth from L.A. to work on stuff and make sure we’re on the right track. We came up with Howard, so he knows how we work. We got a hold of him before he became this big-time, superstar rock producer, so we have that old-school relationship where we can be honest. He lets us do what we want to do. I know he’s really hands-on with a lot of the new bands he works with, but he believes in us and he gives us a lot of freedom to just be us without trying to make that one rock single or that one radio hit. He just lets us do our thing. We have a really cool relationship with Howard, and I know he’s really excited about this record.

You recently released a free song online, “On Fire,” and it just rips.

That was actually something we did at a local studio. We were just writing songs that we could have in our pocket, so management could hear them. We recorded a bunch of demos in three days, and then we showed management and showed Howard, and he was pumped up about it, so we said, “Can we just mix one of our demo songs and put it out there so fans can have it?” They let us do it, and we were like, “Let’s give away a free song, just for the fun of it.”

How does being a Christian play into your music?

It’s funny, when we started the band, I didn’t know there was Christian music and that there was a Christian scene. I don’t even know if there was. We played a lot of bars, because we knew the kind of people we were, and we were really tattooed, and we didn’t play church music. Christianity is something we all believe in, but I think when people start to categorize you, that’s when it becomes a problem. I think as far as the Christian community, we’re not ashamed of who we were, and I think there were a lot of young people really took to that and said, “I’m not ashamed, either.” You’d have this weak Christian kid going to school, rocking his DC Talk shirt and getting made fun of, and one day, he goes to school and he’s like, “What’s up. I’m rocking a P.O.D. shirt!” It gave young Christians a backbone. It was no longer, “Oh, that music is uncool.” It gave some of these young people something to believe in.

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Disturbed: "The Lost Children" cover artwork

DISTURBED's first-ever collection of B-sides and rarities, "The Lost Children", will be released on November 8. The set includes a previously unreleased track, "Mine", and "3", which was as a benefit track for the West Memphis Three. Other tracks on this B-side collection include "God Of The Mind" and "A Welcome Burden". which appeared on the 2010 reissue of the band’s 2000 debut album, "The Sickness"; "Monster", "Two Worlds" and "Sickened", which were included as bonus tracks on the U.K. tour edition of "Ten Thousand Fists"; "Run", which was featured on a limited-edition version of 2008’s "Indestructible"; and "Parasite", which appeared on the Japanese edition of "Indestructible".
"The Lost Children"track listing:

01. Hell
02. A Welcome Burden
03. This Moment
04. Old Friend
05. Monster
06. Run
07. Leave It Alone
08. Two Worlds
09. God Of The Mind
10. Sickened
11. Mine
12. Parasite
13. Dehumanized
14. 3
15. Midlife Crisis (FAITH NO MORE cover)
16. Living After Midnight (JUDAS PRIEST cover)

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Stone Sour: A concept album?

According to The Pulse Of Radio, STONE SOUR frontman Corey Taylor has told Artisan News that the band's next album may be a double-disc concept record. Taylor explained, "The thing I can say is that it's like little bits and pieces of the first three albums, but it's very dark. I've got a story . . . it's almost a concept album that I'm writing right now — and it might turn into a double album. There's a lot of really good material that we're all kinda coming up with and I'm really excited to get in to the studio and see what happens."

The follow-up to last year's "Audio Secrecy" may be out in 2012 — a shorter gap than usual between STONE SOUR projects.

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Papa Roach: Jacoby Shaddix talks about new album

Papa Roach is considered one of the hardest rocking, most over the top shows in the music business. The Grammy nominated group continues their big attitude show on the “Rock Allegiance Tour” with Buckcherry, Puddle of Mudd and others. They are promoting their album Time For Annihilation, their seventh studio offering. Amy spoke with frontman Jacoby Shaddix right before their show in Columbus on Wednesday night. The two discussed the bands continued popularity and how social media is used by the band.

Amy: I spoke to you a year ago this week. I looked back at the interview right before X-Fest. I could tell the date because you were singing the brand new Cee-Lo Green “Fuck You” song to me.

Jacoby: That’s funny. I was probably smoking that weed.

Amy: When I spoke to you last year, your album had just come out, Time for Annihilation, so you guys are still rocking that album. What have you been up to in the last year?

Jacoby: Just touring. We have been to Europe multiple times, a few American tours and just having a good time supporting the record. Plus, we wanted to go out and prove with this record we could be a valid rock n roll band with an independent record company. That was the point of doing the EP mixed with the live album and just getting right back out on the road. It’s proved to do really well for us in Europe especially, it’s cracking off the fucking hinges. We actually do better in the UK and Germany than we do in America.

Amy: A lot of hard rock bands do that I have talked to.

Jacoby: The hard rock scene is just way more alive over there. It seems like Americans are into hard rock but it’s not as passionate.

Amy: I know you guys did Sonisphere and several other European festivals.

Jacoby: That shit was legendary. We killed Sonisphere like to death.

Amy: Do you prefer the festivals or the headlining shows?

Jacoby: I like both of them. The festivals are awesome over there because you get to hang out with dudes from Rammstein, (in German accent) ‘we talk about the things we do in Germany together.’ Hanging out with those guys and my boys in Skindred. It’s a cool way to cross paths with a lot of people you haven’t seen in a long time. Then also the headliner gigs, we did one at Brixton Academy, which is like a legendary venue in the UK and it was like 5000 people going absolutely fucking bananas the whole time. When you step off the stage from that, dude that’s my drug of choice.

Amy: I see you guys on Facebook all the time, is that really you?

Jacoby: Yeah. We have the business stuff that gets put up there like “Tickets Available at,” that’s not me but the photos and the quotes of the day and the updates like that is us.

Amy: I just didn’t know. Some bands say it is never them.

Jacoby: I type in all caps a lot of the time so you can know that’s me.

Amy: You guys do Top 5 lists too.

Jacoby: Top Five Fridays, yeah.

Amy: What’s your top five things from “The Rock Allegiance Tour”?

Jacoby: Top five things… 1. We get to headline. Well, we are co-headlining with Buckcherry but still we get that co-headliner credit. 2. We get that good pay which is nice because this is my last tour. I am about to take some time off. 3. Just the camaraderie amongst the bands, the after show parties and stuff is just like parking lot ragers. What else do I like about the tour? I can’t really say I like the catering. The catering usually sucks on this tour. 4. The road crew people we are working with are cool as fuck. Our production manager, this guy Murph, the Ayotollah of Rock n Rolla. I love that guy.

Amy: The fans I’m sure.

Jacoby: The fans come hand in hand with just being able to play the show live. They know they are fucking awesome. Now I have to pump their ego even more make them feel like they are that much cooler. Ok 5. The Fans.

Amy: You guys working on any new music yet?

Jacoby: Oh yeah. Right on this thing. Just plug in to that. (Pointing to his Mac Book)

Amy: I’m sure we will get a sneak peek right now.

Jacoby: No. Will not do it. The jams, the music is sick. We want to separate ourselves from the pack again. When we came out in ’99 and 2000, we were like part of an underground movement and then that was really cool. Then that movement kind of fell apart and there weren’t many bands still out there doing it. So we evolved and separated ourselves again and evolved into more of a rock band. Now we have been lumped into all these rock bands and we are like, “Cool we like that. We like that sense of community in rock.” But I want to evolve it into something more even of our own sound.

Amy: Are you going back to rapping?

Jacoby: I wouldn’t necessarily say that is the move to make it creatively original. I just think the music we have been listening to, we have been listening to everything from honkytonk country music to electronic music to heavy metal to punk rock. I don’t want to make an average white guy rock record. I want to make a fucking record that inspires people to fuck, fight, love, forgive. An inspiring album that makes people want to move, makes people want to do something.

Amy: What are we going to see tonight? What’s your favorite song to perform live?

Jacoby: “One Track Mind,” that’s my fucking favorite one. That’s actually going to be our next single off this record and it’s just got that tempo. Electronic music, there is just that pulse, that boom, boom, boom, boom. It’s got that bounce tempo.

Amy: So you’re going to jump?

Jacoby: Oh yeah.

Amy: You know I’m the photographer and you know we hate your constant jumping.

Jacoby: It’s late in the set. Just put your fucking camera down and enjoy the song.

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Brian Head: Listen to the new single, "Paralyzed"

Brian Head released his new single, "Paralyzed" and you can listen the music below.

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