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RIP Paul Gray 1972 - 2010

According to the Associated Press, the body Slipknot bassist Paul Gray was discovered this morning (May 24) in a room in the Town Plaza hotel in the band's home town of Des Moines, Iowa. He was 38 years old. No further details are available at this time, although local police say they intend to carry out an autopsy to determine the cause of his death tomorrow (Tuesday, May 25). Prior to his death, Gray had been working on an album with HAIL!, a metal supergroup featuring former Judas Priest fron

Published: 2010-05-24 Provider: Kerrang!

The Mission District announce headline tour

Former K! Introducing stars The Mission District are currently our on the road in the UK supporting Elliot Minor. The band have announce their own headline shows for September. Dates are as follows: September 15 Manchester, Roadhouse 16 Newcastle, Academy 2 17 Glasgow, King Tut's 20 Bristol, Academy 2 21 Birmingham, Academy 2 24 Guilford, Boiler Room 25 Colchester, The Twist 26 Nottingham, The basement 27 Liverpool, The Masque 29 Cardiff, Barfly 30 London, Barfly Tickets are on sale now from www

Published: 2009-07-02 Provider: Kerrang!

Funeral For A Friend to release new fan-funded EP

Funeral For A Friend will release a new EP later this summer funded entirely by fan donations. The Welsh rockers have teamed up with Pledge Music for their new, as-yet-untitled EP, and, in exchange for a small donation, not only will you help FFAF to record and release their new EP, you can also nab yourself anything from Funeral T-shirts to singing gang vocals on the record, to the band giving you an exclusive acoustic performance in your own living room! Full information here: www.pledgemusic.

Published: 2010-05-04 Provider: Kerrang!

Alkaline Trio men go solo

Alkaline Trio vocalist/bassist Dan Andriano has started a new solo-project called Emergency Room. Andriano will debut his new tunes out on the road in the US next month for a series of dates including shows with former labelmates The Get Up Kids "I've been working on a lot of new songs and I'm pretty excited to get out and play them," he says. "And yes, I'll probably be playing a couple Alkaline Trio songs. Maybe someday this will become a band, I do not know. What I do know is that for these sh

Published: 2009-09-22 Provider: Kerrang!

Five Finger Death Punch in earthquake scare

Five Finger Death Punch guitarist Zoltan Bathory has told Kerrang! of how the band found themselves in the middle of an earthquake which hit Japan on August 10. "It measured 6.9 on the Richter Scale,” explains Bathory. “We were staying on the fortieth floor of our hotel or something like that, and let me tell you, it was like a fucking rodeo in there! "It's actually kind of funny because at the time I was sitting in my room with the owner of my amplifier company, and when the room started shakin

Published: 2009-08-14 Provider: Kerrang!

Blink 182 begin rehearsals

Blink 182 have begun rehearsals for their reformation tour. According to a blog post by singer/bassist Mark Hoppus the band - complted by singer/guitarist Tom DeLonge and drummer Travis Barker - are itching to get out on the road again. ''Good day today," wrote Hoppus. "Started tracking the new Motion City Soundtrack record, and then four hours of Blink 182 rehearsal. "It was the first time the three of us have played our instruments together in the same room in a long time," he continued. "We s

Published: 2009-04-17 Provider: Kerrang!