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In a new interview with Metal Pilgrim, VOIVOD drummer Michel “Away” Langevin spoke about the progress of the songwriting sessions for the band’s follow-up to 2018’s “The Wake” album. He said (see video below): “Luckily, early this year, in January and February, we did some sessions where we recorded improvisations and bits of songs — new songs. So we worked on these templates the whole year. Now it’s just a matter of getting to Snake‘s [singer Denis Belanger] new studio and jam together and morph it into VOIVOD material. But I really doubt that it’s gonna come out before end of 2021 or early 2022. That’s realistic. Especially if we focus on learning specific albums [for possible upcoming live streams]. Let’s say we dec...

In a new interview with Tom Power, host of “Q” on Canada’s CBC Radio One, SMASHING PUMPKINS frontman Billy Corgan was asked why he interacts so much with his fans on Instagram. He responded (see video below): “Well, on a very kind of simple level, as someone who’s been portrayed by the media in a particular way, what I heard over and over through the years was, ‘Wow! You’re not the person that I read about.'” Pressed about how he has been portrayed, Billy said: “I don’t know… Pick your… Crazy, insane, tyrant — a lot of things. Now, are some of those things aspects of my character? I can say so. But I don’t think you can be a successful artist for 30 years if you’re insane. Clickbait articles — a lot of stuff like that....

Drum Workshop Inc. (DW) recently announced the addition of a Dave Grohl ICON snare drum to the coveted line. The limited-edition drum recognizes his celebrated drumming career, as well as his long-standing connection with both the legendary Sound City recording studio in Los Angeles, and his beloved Studio 606, where the sacred Sound City console now resides. Grohl‘s love of Sound City began when he recorded at the storied studio with NIRVANA on their breakthrough release “Nevermind”. More recently, Grohl produced, directed and narrated the award-winning documentary of the same name. The wood inlay artwork adorning the Dave Grohl ICON snare includes the rock visionary’s stylized silhouette, his forearm feather tattoos and fitting tribute to both aforementioned recor...

David Lee Roth spoke to Richard Bienstock of Variety about his recent decision to launch The Roth Project, a new online comic narrated by the legendary VAN HALEN singer, with music from John 5 on guitar and bass, Greg Bissonette on drums, Brett Tuggle on keyboards, and Luis Conte on percussion. The 17-chapter comic also includes five songs Roth co-wrote with John 5 and recorded several years ago at Henson Recording Studios in Hollywood, California: “Giddy Up”, “Somewhere Over The Rainbow Bar And Grill”, “Alligator Pants”, “Lo-Rez Sunset” and “Manda Bala”. “My intention was to release the rest of the songs Drake-style, single by single,” Roth said. “That affords a great focus on the individualized tracks, most of ...