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Last year on this day… Staind was #1 on Billboard’s Active Rock survey with “Lowest In Me,” the lead single from the band’s “Confessions Of The Fallen.” In ’12, after seven LPs in fourteen years, Staind announced they would be going on hiatus. Lewis then embarked on a solo Country career. Meanwhile, guitarist Mike Mushok joined former Metallica…

Offspring and Pennywise will headline Punk In The Park, a pairing of music craft beer tasting, in San Diego on November 16th. The Offspring is often credited (alongside bands like Pennywise), for reviving mainstream interest in Punk Rock in the 1990s, They have sold more than 40 million records. The band will release its eleventh album…

Pierce The Veil sits atop Billboard’s Alternative Airplay chart (dated 8/5). After 28 weeks on the chart “Emergency Contact” finally makes it to #1. The song is from Pierce The Veil’s fifth album, “The Jaws Of Life.” The set debuted at #1 on the Top Hard Rock Albums chart selling 112,000 equivalent album units to date.

“On our upcoming album, we have dared ourselves to make the most lyrically raw and sonically heavy album of our career explained singer Leigh Kakaty. “‘What Remains‘ sets the tone of what is to come.” Formed in ’01, Pop Evil has released seven studio albums. “Over the years, I’ve been faced with torment; departures, failures, and uphill…

Linkin Park’s lawyers have filed a motion to dismiss Kyle Christner’s lawsuit against the band seeking credit and unpaid royalties. The bassist claims he collaborated on and recorded numerous songs with Linkin Park in ‘99. In a motion filed Tuesday, Linkin’ Park’s legal team cited a number of “defects” with Christner’s lawsuit, most notably that the statute…

While Metallica’s “72 Seasons” rules the U.K. Album Chart, it will debut at #2 on the Billboard 200 (dated April 29th). Selling 146,000 equivalent album units in the U.S. in its first week of release the set marks the band’s 12th Top 10-charting album. In the U.K., Metallica’s eleventh studio effort outsold the rest of…