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The Classics According to Keith - The Legend of Billie Jean

  EVERY TIME I DIE frontman KEITH BUCKLEY waxes cinematic on the more important films of our time—sort of.   THE LEGEND OF BILLIE JEAN (1985) STARS: Helen Slater, Christian Slater, Lisa Simpson’s voice THE PLOT: Hey, 1980s! Remember that movie about that hot babe who shaved her head and went on the lam? Hey […]

Craig Owens: Microphone Psychology

When he’s fronting Chiodos, CRAIG OWENS seems larger than life. But even the most ebullient personalities want to dial things down a bit. That’s why Owens is unveiling CINEMATIC SUNRISE-along with a few other things. STORY: Mike Shea PHOTOS: Phil MucciAt the Atlanta Warped Tour date in July 2007, someone wanted to kill Craig Owens. […]

Get your own, personalized Say Anything song

Max Bemis, frontman of Say Anything, has announced that he is accepting fan submissions for personalized, full-length, acoustic songs. Fans are to submit one to two paragraphs about what the subject matter should be. If selected, Bemis will send a brand new song written on the topic within two to three days. Each song will […]

All Time Low announces fall tour dates with Mayday Parade, The Maine

All Time Low have announced a set of dates for their upcoming fall tour with Mayday Parade, The Maine and Every Avenue. The tour, entitled The Compromising of Integrity, Morality & Principles in Exchange for Money will give the band a brief break before kicking off in Norfolk, VA this October. Pre-sales for the tour […]

Be Your Own Pet break up

Nashville’s barely legal punks Be Your Own Pet announced today on their MySpace page that their scheduled UK tour will be their last as a band. From their blog entry: To all of our fans, We are sad to bring you the news that our upcoming shows in the UK (dates […]

The Used's Chadam project makes it to video

The Used‘s mascot, Chadam, has been getting the video treatment from artist Alex Pardee for the past year. According to Pardee in an e-mail he sent AP, "Chadam lives as the ‘chosen one’ in the hyper-stylized and exaggerated metropolitan island city of Vulture. His power of imagination is strong enough to physically change his environment […]

The Fully Down break up

Canadian rock band the Fully Down have decided to break up at the end of this summer. The band, whose most recent output was 2005’s Fearless Records released Don’t Get Lost In A Movement, posted the announcement on their MySpace blog, in part reading: "As some of you may have heard, we’ve decided to […]

These Arms Are Snakes release album details

These Arms Are Snakes personally describe themselves as, “Four men with a chronic black cloud overhead; bitter, bummed out, and bored.” With their latest album, Tail Swallower & Dove, they prove just that. The 10 tracks on the Suicide Squeeze release features the band’s very own Chris Common(drums, percussion) as producer and engineer straight from […]

Norma Jean stream The Anti-Mother

Influential Christian metalcore act Norma Jean are now streaming their entire new record, The Anti-Mother, on their MySpace page. The album hits on Aug. 5 via Solid State, and is the follow-up to their 2006 release, Redeemer.