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Adler's Appetite for Europe

Glorified Guns N’ Roses tribute band, led by former drummer, Steven Adler, Adler’s Appetite have confirmed a European tour for 2011.

For those that don’t know, Adler’s Appetite are a little like the other GNR tribute act out there, but instead of being led by the former ginger singer, this one’s led by the former ginger drummer (is he ginger? He has weird hair regardless).

If you want to check out a glorified Guns N’ Roses tribute band destroy old classics on stage, I’d recommend seeing Guns N’ Roses Adler’s Appetite. Maybe they’re good actually… Dates after the jump.

BulletDeth for myTallica Trivium

The Virginian-Pilot recently conducted an interview with David Ellefson of Megadeth.  When asked about the new generation of bands, Ellefson commented that he thinks Bullet For My Valentine and Trivium are the Megadeth and Metallica of today (which, BTW, in case you hadn’t realised, is the reason for my stupid title).

Normally I’d try to say something funny at this point (and fail), but luckily Ellefson has already done it for me. No need for me to make jokes, just read that again. Trivium? Bullet for my Valentine? Metallica? LOL.

Check out more information on the interview here.

Evanescence drummer is modest

And by modest, I mean not at all. Evanescence drummer, Will Hunt, was recently interviewed and asked of his opinion on the band’s new material. Apparently, surprise surprise, he thinks it’s great. An excerpt of what he says can be found below.

“Honestly, I think it’s amazing. I think she’s taken some real big risks. As artists, I think it’s important that we challenge ourselves to find new ground. If you look at any band in history who’s done really well, they continue to reinvent themselves and be relevant. It’s always going to sound like Evanescence, ’cause it’s Amy Lee singing, but the vehicle for that voice can be different and still be Evanescence. I think people are gonna be pleasantly surprised, because all the really cool elements, the things people love about the Evanescence of the past are still there. But there are new colors in the pattern. There’s a lot of cool new things going on, both electronically and futuristically. I think she’s doing something that’s very special and hasn’t been done before. I’m a supporter, I think it’s killer. It’s really good.”

He’s probably lying though, because “great” and “Evanescence” together are a complete paradox. Besides, apart from being Black Label Society’s drummer, who is anyways? He must be like the 34th drummer for Evanescence.

More over at Blabbermouth.

Weezer begged to break up

Frustrated fans of alternative rock group, Weezer, have offered the band $10 million, urging them to ‘take our money and disappear’.

Why? Because apparently fans haven’t been happy with the band’s newest releases. Personally, I was disappointed the moment someone told me Weezer were good and I checked them out to find that, they are not. But hey, that’s me.

Drummer, Patrick Wilson responded to the fundraising campaign, saying via his Twitter account that ‘if they can make it [$]20[million], we’ll do the ‘deluxe break-up’. So far, the campaign has $9,999,689 to go, so I think you might be waiting a while for that 20 million Patrick.

In my opinion, this is just stupid. What a waste of cash and time. Don’t want to hear new Weezer music? Then don’t. No one’s making you. That said, I can only hope someone takes up a similar campaign for Linkin Park. That would be money put to better use.

Read more here.

Alter Bridge stream new album

I know what you’re thinking. You’re thinking “what will Alter Bridge‘s new album sound like? Will it be any good?”. Well fear not, because the band have made their entire album, AB III (named after Korn’s new album I presume), available for streaming. No longer will you have to waste your time searching for torrents, downloading the album, deleting the album… because it’s now available at the click of a play button. Amazing right?

If you can’t be bothered to listen to the album right now, don’t worry, because the band have taken the time to tell you what it sounds like. Apparently it’s the “darkest” record yet, it’s the best, it’s the heaviest, it’s the most diverse and musically accomplished. Actually I’m not sure if they said all of those things, but that’s normally what bands say about every album they release.

Listen to the entire album here.