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1.   Gotye – Somebody That I Used To Know

2.   Dead Sara – Weatherman

3.   Fun. – We Are Young

4.   Korn – Fall Back

5.   Soundgarden – Live To Rise

6.   The Black Keys – Gold On The Ceiling

7.   Godsmack – Rocky Mountain Way

8.   P.O.D. – Lost In Forever

9.   Everlast – I Get By

10. Rush – Headlong Flight

1.  Mona – Shooting The Moon

2.  Korn – Way Too Far

3.  Fun. -We Are Young

4.  Gotye – Somebody That I Used To Know

5.  Dead Sara – Weatherman

6.  Everlast – I Get By

7.  The Parlor Mob- Fall Back

8.  Foo Fighters – A Matter of Time

9.  Mutemath – Allies

10. KO – Capable

1.  The Downtown Fiction – I Just Wanna Run

2.   My Darkest Day – Casual Sex

3.   All American Rejects – Beekeeper’s Daughter

4.   Shinedown – Bully

5.   Icon for Hire – Make A Move

6.   12 Stones – Infected

7.   Mutemath – Allies

8.   Mona – Shooting The Moon

9.   Go Radio – Rolling In The Deep

10.  Everlast – I Get By

Korn frontman Jonathan Davis was interviewed recently by Radio Metal, and discussed the band’s reasons for making its latest album, The Path of Totality, as well as what it says about the band’s future direction and more.

Says Davis, “For us as a band, it’s just all really about innovating and trying to do different things. When we did the Korn III record, that was also an experiment to see what it’d be like working with Ross [Robinson, producer] again. We’ve always experimented.”

From a technical standpoint, The Path of Totality represented a major challenge, according to the vocalist; he recalls, “We had no clue about what we were doing. That was something that hadn’t been done before. It was a big huge learning curve. That’s why we had asked the producer to mix the album with our engineer and he taught Bud [engineer Jim “Bud” Monti] all kind of stuff and Bud taught him all kinds of stuff so we were exchanging information and getting together and making the thing work.”

Regarding fans’ response, he says, “There’s a lot of closed-minded metal purists that would hate something because it’s not true to metal or whatever, but Korn has never been a metal band, dude. We’re not a metal band. We’ve always been looked as as what they called the nu-metal thing. But we’ve always been the black sheep and we never fitted into that kind of thing so… We’re always ever evolving, and we always piss fans off and we’re gaining other fans and it is how it is. And I love them all, I even love the ones that hate on us, because if they take the time out to go and say that they hate us, it means that they care.”

Still, he remains open to changing the band’s sound again going forward, saying, “I think that since we did this record it wouldn’t be necessary to do another dubstep album, so it’s on to the next thing. Our records are always kind of different, so I think we’ll take what we’ve learned from this, and there might be subtle influences here and there, but I think overall the next Korn album will be different from the last one.”

The Path of Totality is available now; click here to get it!

1.   Shinedown – Bully

2.   Icon for Hire – Make a Move

3.   Everlast – Little Miss America

4.   Bush – Baby Come Home

5.   My Darkest Day – Casual Sex

6.   The Black Keys – Lonely Boy

7.   All American Rejects – Beekeeper’s Daughter

8.   Korn – Narcissistic Cannibal

9.   Crossfade – Prove You Wrong

10. Avenged Sevenfold – Buried Alive

1.  Narcissistic Cannibal – Korn

2.   Make a Move – Icon for Hire

3.   Shinedown – Bully

4.   Buried Alive – Avenged Sevenfold

5.   Lonely Boy – The Black Keys

6.  Crossfade – Prove You Wrong

7.   Little Miss America – Everlast

8.   Monarchy of Roses – Red Hot Chili Peppers

9.   Van Halen – Tattoo

10. Seether – No Resolution

These are the 11 best and brightest rock tunes of 2011. You listened, you voted, we listened, and here you are:

11.  Bayside – Sick, Sick, Sick
10. My Darkest Day – Porn Star Dancing
9.    Red Light King – Old Man
8.    RHCP – The Adventures of Raindance Maggie
7.    Nickelback – When We Stand Together
6.    Egypt Central – White Rabbit
5.    Awolnation – Sail
4.   Disturbed – The Animal
3.   Blink-182 – Up All Night
2.   Foster The People – Pumped Up Kicks
1.   Foo Fighters – Rope

Sounds like all the recent stories of a new Van Halen album and tour are true!

In November the band reportedly signed on with legendary producer Jimmy Iovine’s label Interscope Records, with news of a potential tour and new album (along with a hefty merchandising deal), and on Monday VH sent out an official announcement via their website.

The message is simple and to the point – a mix of classic hits “Jump,” “Panama,” and “Hot For Teacher” with images of the band rehearsing starts playing, and a ticker at the bottom announces the 2012 tour. Tickets begin going on sale January 10th (actual dates hadn’t been announced as of press time, but we’ll keep you updated).

The band, comprised of singer David Lee Roth, guitarist Eddie Van Halen, drummer Alex Van Halen and bassist Wolfgang Van Halen, are also reportedly releasing an a new album, but no details on the new disc have been revealed as of yet – UNLESS that image above is the new album cover and it’s set for a February 7 release. Otherwise that’s when the tour kicks off.

The band was rumored to play last month’s Grammy Awards Nominations concert, but that turned out to be false. Maybe they’ll show up and perform at the actual Grammys instead.

Check out the video below…

1.   Black Keys – Lonely Boy

2.   Chevelle – Face to the Floor

3.   Red Hot Chili Peppers – Monarchy of Roses

4.   Coldplay – Paradise

5.  Korn – Narcissistic Cannibal

6.   Linkin Park – Wretches and Kings

7.   Staind – Eyes Wide Open

8.  Everlast – Little Miss America

9.   Blink 182 – After Midnight

10.  Rise Against – Satellite

The Buzz and Presidente Tribute Series lights up your KISSmas season.

This Friday night, December 9th Almost KISS at the Caribbean Saloon, St Thomas. And Saturday December 10th at Handlebar in San Juan.

Both shows are free. That’s right! No cover charge. But there will be plenty of  ice cold Presidente and Presidente Lights on special all night long.

1.  Chevelle – Face To The Floor

2.  Blink 182 – After Midnight

3.  Nickelback – Bottoms Up

4.  Red Hot Chili Peppers – Monarchy Of Roses

5.  Black Keys – Lonely Boy

6.  Madina Lake – Superstar

7.  Uncrowned – Remember Your Ghost

8.  Rise Against – Satellite

9.  Nickelback – When We Stand Together

10. Awolnation – Sail

1.  Nickelback – Bottoms Up

2.  Madina Lake – Superstar

3.  Chevelle – Face To The Floor

4.  Blink 182 – After Midnight

5.  Awolnation – Sail

6.  Emphatic – Get Paid

7.  Rev Theory – The Fire

8.  The Black Keys – Lonely Boy

9.  New Found Glory – Radiosurgery

10. Red Hot Chili Peppers – Monarchy Of Roses

Billy Corgan and his current Smashing Pumpkins explain why they only feel the need to play certain older songs and why they won’t “sell out” like other band’s from the 90′s have.

For several years The Smashing Pumpkins have baffled fans and outsiders alike through moves like unexpected lineup changes and their reticence to play more than a few classic tunes at concerts.

In the band’s recent backstage sitdown at London’s O2 Academy, Billy Corgan and crew addressed many of those topics. Corgan’s thoughts on the current version of the band seemed to point to what was missing in previous incarnations: “I think this particular lineup of the band is very good for who we need to be today — which is nimble, quick, very diverse. We play a progressive style, we’re very consistent, we get a long very well, we like working together, we have common musical goals and I think we have a very bright future.”

1.  Awolnation – Sail

2.  New Found Glory – Radiosurgery

3.  Madina Lake – Hey Superstar

4.  Theory Of A Deadman – The Bitch Came Back

5.  Nickelback – Bottoms Up

6.  Rev Theory – The Fire

7.  Blink 182- After Midnight

8.  Foster The People – Pumped Up Kicks

9.  Emphatic – Get Paid

10. Chevelle – Face To The Floor