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The Beatles top most influential poll

webmaster@atlantasrockstation.com — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 15:40:00 GMT

Beatles fight off tough competition to cement their place as the most influential band of the last half century

Music has evolved tremendously over the last half century ' from the swinging 60s to the electric 80s. Despite this, a recent survey by Zippo found that acclaimed rock idols, the Beatles, continue to withstand the test of time ' taking poll position as the most influential band of the last half century, even though 50 years have passed since they turned pro.

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Alice in Chains Follow-Up Album Likely, Says Frontman

webmaster@atlantasrockstation.com — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 14:49:00 GMT

Alice in Chains hasn't started writing or set firm recording plans for a followup to 2009's "Black Gives Way to Blue," the group's first new release in 14 years. But as the group prepares to embark on its fall BlackDiamondSkye tour, singer and guitarist William DuVall tells Billboard.com he can't imagine that there won't be another album.

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'Loud Flash' British Punk on Paper exhibition to open

webmaster@atlantasrockstation.com — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 16:09:00 GMT

Haunch of Venison will host Loud Flash: British Punk on Paper, a unique exhibition of posters from the mid to late 1970s curated by the artist and designer Toby Mott.

More than any movement before or since, punk was defined by the poster. Excluded from TV and daytime radio, struggling to be heard in the mainstream press, posters provided an effective ' and virtually free ' means for bands to reach the public. Mott's collection, which also incorporates fanzines, flyers and other ephemera, delivers a gripping snapshot of the Britain of that time, a country rife with divisions which was slowly awakening to the reality of its reduced status in the post-war world.

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Bon Jovi are releasing a career-spanning greatest hits compilation

webmaster@atlantasrockstation.com — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 16:07:00 GMT

Music icons Bon Jovi are releasing a career-spanning greatest hits compilation November 9th on Mercury Records.

Bon Jovi GREATEST HITS will transport listeners through the band's worldwide monster hits of the past and offer a bridge to the future with the debut of four brand new tracks.

'Music marks milestones in all our lives,' notes frontman Jon Bon Jovi. 'These songs have stood the test of time and they remind us all where we came from, even as we keep our eyes towards the future.'

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Meat Loaf announces UK tour and ticket details

webmaster@atlantasrockstation.com — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 16:48:00 GMT

Meat Loaf has announced a new UK tour to take place this winter.

Called the Hang Cool Tour, the dates will kick off in Cardiff at the end of November.

Meat Loaf plays:

Cardiff CIA (November 29)

Bournemouth BIC (December

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Robert Plant feels disconnected from heavy rock

webmaster@atlantasrockstation.com — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 15:32:00 GMT

Former Led Zeppelin front man Robert Plant has said that he feels disconnected from heavy rock after a Them Crooked Vultures show.

Speaking to The Independent, Plant said his ears 'bled for two days' after watching his former bandmate John Paul Jones' new band Them Crooked Vultures at the Royal Albert Hall.

' feel so far away from heavy rock now,' he explained. 't's quite odd, how mine and John's paths seem to have crossed over ' we've sort of gone into each others' worlds a bit."

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Sammy Hagar on Sharing Chickenfoot Drummer with Chili Peppers, Autobiography

webmaster@atlantasrockstation.com — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 14:54:00 GMT

Chickenfoot is four songs and "seven pieces of new music" into its second album, according to frontman Sammy Hagar. But he acknowledges there's some concern about keeping that not-so-old gang of theirs together.

The challenge is drummer Chad Smith and his regular gig with the Red Hot Chili Peppers, who are currently writing for the follow-up to 2006's "Stadium Arcadium." "Once they start recording, Chad's never going to be able to get a break," Hagar tells Billboard.com. "If he does, he'll get a couple weeks here, a couple days there, which is not really enough to devote to Chickenfoot. And when they're done with [the album] they're gonna go on the road for a year and a half. So we either have to get a new drummer or wait for Chad...which is unfair to Chickenfoot. It's too good a band."

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Jack Osbourne to direct music video for Ozzy

webmaster@atlantasrockstation.com — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 18:59:00 GMT

Jack 'Son Of Ozzy' Osbourne is directing the music video to his father's song 'Life Won't Wait'.

The clip, according to Jack, is 'very reflective. It features a lot of flashbacks, which are dad's, and they take you from the 50s, 60s, 70s, 80s, 90s and the present day.'

According to Ozzy, the song is a 'simple song' that is saying 'whatever you've gotta do, get it done, because when you look at the big picture, life is over in no time at all.'

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U2 Mosco gig shut down by Amnesty International activists

webmaster@atlantasrockstation.com — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 14:54:00 GMT

On Wednesday night, the eve of U2's first ever show in the Russian capitol of Moscow, Russian police detained activists from Amnesty International who were gathering signatures and handing out leaflets.

Amnesty weren't the only organisation kicked out of the venue, U2's own charity, the ONE campaign which raises awareness on AIDS were also shut down.

't is sad that in Russia - which is considered a civilised country - the collection of petition signatures so worries the authorities,' head of Amnesty International's Moscow office Sergei Nikitin said to AFP. 'You get the impression that the authorities are afraid of their own citizens.'

' don't know if Bono knows about what happened to us,' he said, noting that Bono was one of the organisations chief campaigners.

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Don Henley Airs Conservative Views on Copyright Law

webmaster@atlantasrockstation.com — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 16:03:00 GMT

Earlier this month Don Henley settled his lawsuit against U.S. Senate candidate Chuck DeVore, a California Republican, for the politician's unauthorized use of "The Boys of Summer" and "All She Wants to Do Is Dance" in YouTube campaign videos. DeVore apologized, paid an undisclosed sum and said in a statement: "The court’s ruling in this case...

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