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Meet The Record Life – the brainchild of 21 year old Jakob Johnson.   With a sound influenced in equal parts by his so-called Record Life of listening and playing, Jake’s audacious bow represents a marriage of his own musical influences, from Queen’s operatic scope (”Alone In The Atmosphere”), the Beatles’ harmonic [...]

MARILYN MANSON RELEASES “WE’RE FROM AMERICA” FROM
THE HIGH END OF LOW
Marilyn Manson’s anticipated reunion with longtime friend and foil Twiggy Ramirez inches closer with the release of “We’re From America,” the first listen from the forthcoming The High End of Low. Available as a free download March 27th, exclusively on MarilynManson.com, the song will be available [...]

Hollywood hair metal dreamers Steel Panther have launched an all out attack on the pop mainstream with their newest video “Death to All But Metal”. Asserting their alpha male dominance with plenty of hairspray, spandex, and sick stage moves, Steel Panther have taken shots against anyone NOT flying the hair metal flag.

It’s not summer until the Vans Warped Tour® Presented by AT&T begins.  The annual punk rock extravaganza celebrates its 15th anniversary this year, and organizers are promising the most memorable jaunt yet for North America’s longest-running touring festival. The 46-date tour commences June 26 in Pomona, CA and finishes August 23 in Carson, CA [...]

Stage dive into spring with the Jägermeister Music Tour! Jägermeister is teaming up with legendary American punk band, Pennywise and dub rock trio, Pepper for this year’s spring Jägermeister Music Tour. The tour kicks off on April 13th in Seattle, Washington.

U2.com today confirms that the U2 360° tour will open at the Nou Camp Stadium in Barcelona on 30th June. The U2 360° Tour is sponsored by BlackBerry® and it is the band’s first stadium outing since the Vertigo Tour 05/06 and follows the release of their acclaimed album, No Line [...]

ROCKERS RISE AGAINST TO CREATE AND DEBUT NEW SONG EXCLUSIVELY IN GUITAR HERO® WORLD TOUR
Previously Unreleased Single “Death Blossoms” and Two of the Band’s Smash Hits  To Be Released As Downloadable Content on March 12th
Rise Against to Rock with Guitar Hero® Fans as Part of Latest Xbox LIVE® Game with [...]

No Line On The Horizon, the new album from U2 featuring the single “Get On Your Boots” is in stores now.

 These Green Eyes, fresh off the Atticus tour, have decided to celebrate the coming Holidays with a cover of The Kinks “Father Christmas.” The track can be heard exclusively on AbsolutePunk.net, but will be made available to the public to download for one day only (Tuesday 12/23) on LiveDaily.com. For a [...]

As an early holiday present to their fans, The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus are offering a free download of their brand new song “Pen and Paper” on their official fan group site. The Florida melodic-rockers posted this bulletin on their MySpace today:
“Want an early present? Have you been good? Then mosey on over to The Alliance [...]