
Jon Bon Jovi: "I can't afford to smoke"Bon Jovi frontman Jon Bon Jovi has told Kerrang!'s sister magazine, Q, that he's given up smoking because he can't afford it. "I swore off them before [our current] tour and I'm happy to say I haven't picked them up," he said. "I quit because I tried to get life insurance and the price [for a smoker] was so ridiculous it was enough to piss you off and just throw them in the garbage." Bon Jovi will take up a 12 night residency at London's O2 Arena next month. If your band would like to support th
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Publicado: 2010-05-28 Proveedor: Kerrang!
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Against Me! name new albumFlorida political punks Against Me! have completed work on White Crosses, the follow-up to their critically acclaimed 2007 album, New Wave. The band finished tracking the album this past Saturday (October 17) in LA with producer Butch Vig (Nirvana, Garbage, Green Day). White Crosses, which is the first Against Me! album to feature new drummer George Rebelo (formerly of Hot Water Music), will be released in the UK through Warner Bros in early 2010.
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Publicado: 2009-10-22 Proveedor: Kerrang!
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Green Day to record power pop albumGreen Day frontman Billie Joe Armstrong has hinted that the follow-up to their multi-million selling 2004 release American Idiot could be a power-pop album. "I really like fucking with arrangements and I always try to look at the possibilities of how you write power-pop music," Armstrong told US magazine Alternative Press. "You know, it's like, how do you take something and try to expand on the idea of what is supposed to be three-chord mayhem? I'm pushing myself to be progressive in songwriting and being a songwriter." The band are currently holed up in a Los Angeles studio with producer Butch Vig (Nirvana, Garbage, Against Me!). Armstrong revealed that the songwriting is proving to be a "painstaking process". "I'm allowing time for the process to happen naturally without having to force it," Armstrong told AP. "That is a painstaking process, let me tell you! For a bunch of guys that are ADHD [Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder], it's hard to have patience!" The as-yet-untitled album will be released next summer.
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Publicado: 2008-12-05 Proveedor: Kerrang!
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