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6/1 Godsmack’s “Truth” is #1 on Billboard’s Mainstream Rock chart. The track, from the band’s eighth album, “Lighting Up The Sky,” is their 13th song to top the survey.  6/1 Guns N’ Roses guitarist, Slash, debuts at # 1 on Billboard‘s Blues Albums chart with “Orgy Of The Damned.”  It’s also #2 on the Top…

Seether’s “Judas Mind” is #1 on Billboard’s Mainstream Rock Songs chart (dated September 14th).It’s also the lead single from the band’s ninth studio effort, “The Surface Seems So Far.” It’s also the lead single from the band’s ninth studio effort, “The Surface Seems So Far.” “‘Judas Mind‘ is a song about reaching an understanding that there are bad…

P.O.D. is back with “Afraid To Die” featuring Jinger vocalist Tatiana Shmayluk. “This is P.O.D. hitting the human core of our existence and dealing with love, fear, integrity, and most of all, family and friends.” offered guitarist Marcos Curiel. “It’s ultimately an abundance of love and life,” The collaboration resulted from the P.O.D./Jinger ’22 tour. Previously, P.O.D. released the official music video for…

On this day twenty-nine years ago… The Rock And Roll Hall of Fame opens. The night before Bruce Springsteen, Chuck Berry and Jerry Lee Lewis performed. Soul Asylum backed Iggy Pop (on “Back Door Man”) and Lou Reed (for “Sweet Jane”). Jerry Lee (with help from Springsteen & The E Street Band) delivered “Whole Lotta…

Mark Tremonti has confirmed that the sixth (as yet untitled) set from his solo band Tremonti will drop January 9th.  Tremonti’s first solo effort “All I Was,” released in ’12, marked his singing debut.  “I wasn’t a good singer. But I wanted to be,” Tremonti said later. “As a new frontman you have to throw yourself to…

Jay Weinberg’s abrupt departure from Slipknot last year left some scars. So, what happened when Weiberg got bounced? It is incredibly difficult for a musician to lose his friends (and musical family) in one fell swoop. Working through it is a process. “Before I speak on it, it’s important for me to do the right…