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Sweethead

An all-star hard rock and roll unit shaped in 2008 by vocalist Serrina Sims and Queens from the Rock Age, AN IDEAL Circle, and Failure guitarist Troy Vehicle Leeuwen, Los Angeles-based Sweethead also features the skills of bassist Eddie Nappi (Attractive) and drummer Norm Stop (Plexi), both of whom also …

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Zwan

Following dissolution from the Smashing Pumpkins in December 2000 and a short stint moonlighting with New Purchase, Billy Corgan quietly come up with his first official post-Pumpkins task in late 2001, a quartet referred to as Zwan. And in addition, Corgan opted to enlist on drums his longtime musical foil …

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Jimmy Chamberlin

As the propulsive engine driving the Smashing Pumpkins, Jimmy Chamberlin earned respect among the most popular, influential drummers from the ’90s. Though it certainly helped to truly have a vocalist/songwriter of Billy Corgan’s caliber fronting the group, the need for Chamberlin’s drumming in the Pumpkins’ music can’t be understated. His …

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Anyone

Nearly all Roadrunner Information roster is made up of rock acts (Slipknot, Machine Mind, etc.), however the Huntington Seaside, CA, trio Anyone can be an exception towards the rule making use of their Jane’s Craving/Faith No Even more/Tool crossbreed. Originally founded in 1995 because the group Sylvia (never to become …

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Daredevils

A few years after Epitaph honcho Brett Gurewitz exited Poor Religious beliefs, he formed the Daredevils with guitarist Gore Verbinski (the tiny Kings), journeyman drummer Josh Freese (the Vandals, Devo, Paul Westerberg, Wayne Kramer), and bassist Dean Opseth (Medication). Formed using the intention release a several two-song singles, the Daredevils …

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God Fires Man

A FRESH York four-piece rock-band that featured users of Errortype: 11, Training, Homosexual for Johnny Depp, Into Another, and Going for walks Concert, God Fires Guy formed in 2006. Their preliminary launch, an internet-only five-track CD-EP was effective plenty of to warrant a tour from the U.K. early in 2007. …

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A Perfect Circle

Formed by Device vocalist Maynard Wayne Keenan and previous Device guitar tech Billy Howerdel, AN IDEAL Circle can be an extension from the alt-metal-fused-with-art rock and roll design popularized by Device in the first to mid-’90s. While much like Tool in strength and melancholy, AN IDEAL Circle is much less …

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Maynard James Keenan

Like the past due Ian Curtis of Joy Division and Robert Smith from the Cure, Maynard James Keenan (vocals) of Tool isn’t afraid to unseal the hidden miseries of everyday existence. Given birth to and elevated in Ravenna, OH, Keenan became a member of the Military in 1982. Keenan went …

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Institute

Distort Yourself, Institute’s Sept 2005 debut, marked Gavin Rossdale’s go back to rock and roll, while he hadn’t been heard from very much since Bush’s 2001 recording, Golden Condition. The project combined his famously gravelly vocals with guitarist Chris Traynor (Orange 9mm, latter-day Helmet) and bassist Cache Tolman (CIV, Competitor …

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Puscifer

While one may imagine Maynard James Keenan could have more than enough going to keep him busy being a frontman using the groupings Tool and AN IDEAL Group, in 2007 he made a decision to record an album under just one more name: Puscifer. Described by Keenan as “the area …

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