If you are, then make sure to check out some of the music videos and tunes posted on AFGM over the last week. Anyways, here's what's been making [AFGM] headlines:
First off, its a bummer but it has be said. Its a little damper on my day that Gwar will press on with one less member:
"It is with a sense of profound loss and tragedy that the members of GWAR must announce the passing of their long time guitarist and beloved friend Cory Smoot, also known to thousands of metal fans worldwide as Flattus Maximus. Cory was found deceased this morning as the band prepared for a border crossing. There is no word as to the cause of death and the members of Gwar are completely shocked and devastated that this has occurred." -David Brockie (aka Oderus Urungus)
Regardless, the Gwar camp has decided to push on and continue the tour and play their Edmonton show as planned. You can read the full article here.
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Canada's Structures is gearing up for a U.S. tour, supporting their latest album "Divided By" with notable acts Born of Osiris and Veil of Maya.
Current dates are as follows:
FRI 11/18 - Dayton, OH @ The Attic
SAT 11/19 - Louisville, KY @ Expo Five
SUN 11/20 - Cleveland, OH @ Peabodys
TUE 11/22 - Grand Rapids, MI @ The Intersection
WED 11/23 - Indianapolis, IN @ Emerson Theatre
SAT 11/26 - Detroit, MI @ Harpos
SUN 11/27 - Pittsburgh, PA @ Altar Bar
MON 11/28 - Philadelphia, PA @ First Unitarian Church
TUE 11/29 - Syracuse, NY @ Lost Horizon
WED 11/30 - Danbury, CT @ Tuxedo Junction
THU 12/01 - Manchester, NH @ Rocko's
FRI 12/02 - Springfield, VA @ Jaxx
SAT 12/03 - Greensboro, NC @ Greene Street
SUN 12/04 - Douglasville, GA @ 7 Venue
TUE 12/06 - Pensacola, FL @ American Legion
WED 12/07 - Tampa, FL @ Orpheum
THU 12/08 - Birmingham, AL @ Matthews Bar & Grill
SAT 12/10 - New Orleans, LA @ The Cypress
SUN 12/11 - Houston, TX @ The Warehouse
MON 12/12 - Austin, TX @ Antone's
Pick up the tickets most likely at Ticketmaster or your local ticket shops.
(Tunnel Vision)
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Down is reportedly back in the studio and frontman Phil is starting to lay down vocal tracks for the albums.
"We're going to do four EPs, and they'll all be different. We have many elements to our sound, so each one will have its own characteristics. Like, for example, this one we're writing right now and are about to start recording will be really hard, with heavy Down stuff. Then we'll have a mellow one, then a doom one — you know, slower and doomy stuff. A little bit of everything." -Kirk Windstein (guitars)
Why the band chose to release four EPs instead of a full album?
Kirk said, "The record industry sucks so bad. Nobody buys anything. We're trying to do something different, making it cheaper to buy. People want stuff for free! So six songs, it's cheaper to buy. Same thing for downloading; it will be cheaper to download. Nobody wants to go to the record store and buy stuff anymore. So we're just trying to mix it up and do something different. It will be released on physical EP and digitally as well." -Kirk Windstein (guitars)
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Aerosmith lead vocalist Steven Tyler has reportedly been injecting some of his own cash into the developmen of a gell that simulates real vocal chords in the human body. Yes, I am confused as much as you all are as well. Here is an idea of how the gel is to work on someone with damaged or overused chords:
"Doctors inject it directly into the vocal cord area, where it bonds with the existing membrane. Once in place, it responds to breath and muscle tension by vibrating at up to 200 times a second, just like a real vocal cord. The scientists rearranged the molecules in the gel — a type of polyethylene glycol, a compound sometimes found in skin creams — to get it to vibrate at the right speed." -Theweek.com
You can read the rest of the article here
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Sevendust have announced a string of Midwest/East Coast shows with support from bands Seven Day Sonnet and Eye Empire.
(Photo by Jeremy Adamo)
The dates (for now) are as follows:
11/22 Pensacola, FL – Vinyl Music Hall
11/23 St. Petersburg, FL – Jannus Landing
11/26 Charlotte, NC – Amos’ Southend
11/29 Dayton, OH – McGuffy’s House of Rock
11/30 Traverse City, MI – Ground Zero
12/02 Detroit, MI – Harpos Concert Theatre
12/03 Flint, MI – The Machine Shop
12/04 Joliet, IL – Mojoes
12/05 St. Paul, MN – Myth
12/07 Wichita, KS – The Cotillion
12/10 Milwaukee, WI – The Rave
Pick up the tickets most likely at Ticketmaster or your local ticket shops.
(Splinter)
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The Devin Townsend Project will be hauling ass and beards in December for a smaller North American tour being dubbed as “The Bearded And The Bald Tour“:
Sevendust have announced a string of Midwest/East Coast shows with support from bands Seven Day Sonnet and Eye Empire.
The dates (for now) are as follows:
11/22 Pensacola, FL – Vinyl Music Hall
11/23 St. Petersburg, FL – Jannus Landing
11/26 Charlotte, NC – Amos’ Southend
11/29 Dayton, OH – McGuffy’s House of Rock
11/30 Traverse City, MI – Ground Zero
12/02 Detroit, MI – Harpos Concert Theatre
12/03 Flint, MI – The Machine Shop
12/04 Joliet, IL – Mojoes
12/05 St. Paul, MN – Myth
12/07 Wichita, KS – The Cotillion
12/10 Milwaukee, WI – The Rave
Pick up the tickets most likely at Ticketmaster or your local ticket shops.
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The Devin Townsend Project will be hauling ass and beards in December for a smaller North American tour being dubbed as “The Bearded And The Bald Tour“:
You can pick up the tickets from the link provided in the poster or head to your local Ticketmaster outlet.
(Juular)
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Unfortunately for country fans, Keith Urban has been forced to cancel almost all upcoming performances in preparation for a throat operation.
(Photo taken by Handout/Getty Images North America)
The country musician has developed a polyp on his vocal chords. His publicist confirmed in a press release Thursday that Keith will get the growth surgically removed in late November.
Although the procedure has been reffered to as minor, Keith is under strict orders for complete vocal rest following the operation. After that has ended, the musician will have to refrain from performing for an unknown amount of time.
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"11.8% of men and 14% of women said they would not date the opposite sex if they were Nickelback fans."
Nickelback is considered one of the top sexual turn offs, for both men and women alike, according to tastebuds.fm. For those of you unaware, Tastebuds.fm is a free dating and social networking website which matches people based on their tastes in music.
Here's how their results turned out for other music turn offs:
Top 20 turn-off acts for men were:
1. Nickelback
2. Justin Bieber
3. Lady Gaga
4. Coldplay
5. U2
6. Lil Wayne
7. Creed
8. Ke$ha
9. Britney Spears
10. Black Eyed Peas
11. Dave Matthews Band
12. Oasis
13. Mumford & Sons
14. Kings Of Leon
15. Eminem
16. Kanye West
17. Linkin Park
18. 50 Cent
19. Metallica
20. Rihanna
For women:
1. Nickelback
2. Justin Bieber
3. Lady Gaga
4. Katy Perry
5. Ke$ha
6. Taylor Swift
7. Coldplay
8. Creed
9. Rihanna
10. Miley Cyrus
11. U2
12. Britney Spears
13. Lil Wayne
14. Nicki Minaj
15. Rebecca Black
16. Insane Clown Posse
17. Dave Matthews Band
18. Black Eyed Peas
19. Selena Gomez
20. James Blunt
So for single ladies and men, make sure to avoid that awkward Nickelback conversation and head over to tastebuds.fm to see what its all about.
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Fryday would not be complete without some new music/videos for you to enjoy and rock your face off to. So in light of this:
Bury Your Dead dropped their new music video entitled "The Sirens of Titan":
Megadeth have also dropped their new music video entitled "Public Enemy No. 1":
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