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The Deftones aren’t doing much to dispel public opinion that they’re the metallic equivalent of an emo band. They’ve been asked about their love of droopy singers like Morrissey a million times throughout their 15-year career, to the point where it’s a virtual no-no to talk about emotions. Still, as singer Chino Moreno and keyboard/samplist Frank Delgado discuss the band’s self-titled fourth album, they can’t help but mention how feelings were an integral part of its production. “I didn’t really feel much of anything this time around… or so I thought,” says Moreno about the album. “The mood I’ve been… Read more »

Metallica’s latest album release St. Anger sold more than 137,000 copies last week, pushing album sales over the one million mark. The album holds steady at Number Five in the Top 10 of the Billboard 200 this week. The sales figures for St Anger, which now totals over one million, are good enough for platinum certification by the Recording Industry Association Of America (RIAA). Metallica kicks off the Summer Sanitarium Tour on Friday (July 4), in support of St. Anger, its eighth studio album. Other rock debuts include Liz Phair’s self-titled release, which sold more than 38,000 copies, and Mars… Read more »

In a move likely designed to appeal to fans disappointed by indie punk band Rancid’s switch to Warner Bros., the group’s new album will not carry any mention of the label’s name. The veteran act has left its long-time home of Hellcat/Epitaph Records for the release of its forthcoming album, “Indestructible,” due Aug. 26. A spokesperson for the band says Rancid will continue to be aligned with Hellcat, the label co-run by frontman Tim Armstrong and Epitaph founder/Bad Religion member Brett Gurewitz. “It’s a unique deal that doesn’t play by the traditional record biz rules,” says the spokesperson. “It’s Rancid… Read more »

The Foo Fighters’ new video for their single “Low” will not be played by MTV Networks, due to the controversial nature of the clip. However, fans will be able to see the “Low” video as part of a DVD which will hit stores on July 1. Foo Fighters hooked up with actor Jack Black on the video for “Low,” which is the band’s next single from its latest album, One By One. Black, who is also half of the music-comedy duo Tenacious D, struts his stuff with Foo singer Dave Grohl. The video features the two prancing around in women’s… Read more »

The Used, from Orem, Utah, have become a musical phenomenon in short order since the release of their self-titled debut album last summer. The band’s honest and straightforward approach to their music and lives has captivated an audience worldwide. Now, more than a year into living on the road and performing their music with reckless abandon and extreme passion, The Used have decide to give a little back to their fans in appreciation of all that they have done for them. That gift is a heartfelt, behind the scenes telling of their story, as they say, “with nothing to hide”… Read more »

At the very least, give credit to New Found Glory and Good Charlotte for getting teenage girls enthusiastic about rock that has real guitars and real drums. More than that, those two pop-punk bands deserve to be saluted for the energy and enthusiasm they displayed at their show Wednesday night at the University of California, Irvine’s Bren Events Center. But no one can applaud them for nuance or finesse. Their performances are like this: Go from zero to 60 in 6.5 seconds, and keep it there. The kids who filled the Bren Center loved it. They screamed, sang along (especially… Read more »

Jimmy Eat World are at a comfortable stage in the making of their next album – the middle. The Mesa, Arizona, rockers are about finished with the writing and are gearing up to hit the studio soon. “We have a sh-load of new songs and they’re just kind of awaiting the editing process,” singer Jim Adkins said at last week’s ASCAP Pop Music Awards. “Realistically, we’ll be maybe making a new record for real in the summer.” Jimmy Eat World will again record in a Los Angeles studio with Mark Trombino (Blink-182, Finch), who produced the group’s previous three albums.… Read more »

The Foo Fighters recently hooked up with actor Jack Black on the video for the song “Low,” the next single from their latest album, One By One. In the video, Black, who is also half of the music-comedy duo Tenacious D, struts his stuff with Foos vocalist Dave Grohl. According to MTV.com, the video features the two prancing around in women’s clothes. In one scene, Black reportedly dons a curly black wig, baseball hat, pink bikini top, and a pair of shorts, while Grohl is seen wearing a blonde wig while putting on lipstick. Grohl and Black have a long… Read more »

In a pop-punk field increasingly populated with interchangeable sound-alike bands, Good Charlotte has made a bid to break away from the pack with its second CD, “The Young & the Hopeless.” Lead singer Joel Madden, who along with twin brother Benj writes the group’s songs, credits Eric Valentine, the producer of “The Young & the Hopeless,” with helping to expand the group’s musical horizons. “He challenged me to write different songs than just a bunch of songs that were kind of the same thing,” Joel Madden said. “He was like, ‘Why don’t you try writing some songs that you wouldn’t… Read more »

When radio programmers have hammered the final nail in the coffin of the Used’s “Buried Myself Alive,” the band will move on to “Blue and Yellow,” the fourth single from its self-titled album. The track is the group’s most melancholy and melodic. With its understated piano, vulnerable vocals and trickling, undistorted guitar, “Blue and Yellow” sounds like a relationship song, and it kind of is, but not of the boy-wants-girl variety. “It’s a song about me and [frontman] Bert McCracken’s friendship,” guitarist Quinn Allman explained. “When the band started to really pick up and people started to really get interested,… Read more »