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DROWNING POOL To Perform With 82-Year-Old 'America's Got Talent' Contestant At CHICAGO OPEN AIR

Texas heavy rockers DROWNING POOL recently surged to viral status after 82-year-old Navy veteran and aerospace manager John Hetlinger performed his favorite karaoke track — DROWNING POOL's hit song "Bodies" — on the popular NBC competition show "America's Got Talent", surprising and charming viewers...

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Watch DEFTONES Frontman Perform Inside Icelandic Volcano

DEFTONES frontman Chino Moreno played a special solo acoustic set inside an Icelandic volcano on Saturday, June 18. The intimate show took place during Iceland's Secret Solstice festival, where DEFTONES headlined a bill that included 177 acts. Moreno was picked to play "Secret Solstice Presents Insi...

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CHINO MORENO On What Makes DEFTONES Albums Sound So Original (Video)

DEFTONES frontman Chino Moreno was interviewed by Kerrang! Radio at this year's edition of the Download festival, which was held June 10-12 at Donington Park in Leicestershire, United Kingdom. You can now watch the chat below. Asked about rumors of internal strife within DEFTONES after guitarist Ste...

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DEFTONES Frontman CHINO MORENO To Play Historic Show Inside A Volcano

Iceland's Secret Solstice festival has unveiled an incredibly impressive lineup this year featuring 177 acts, including DEFTONES who are scheduled to headline the main event. However, the alt-metal band's lead signer will also wow a handful of guests at a hyper-special side event with an acoustic se...

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DEFTONES Frontman CHINO MORENO's SAUDADE Project Planning To Release More Music

DEFTONES singer Chino Moreno has told TeamRock that his new band SAUDADE has a number of new songs in various stages of completion. The ethereal outfit also includes BAD BRAINS guitarist Dr. Know, BAD BRAINS/CRO-MAGS drummer Mackie Jayson, jazz keyboardist John Medeski and bassist Chuck Doom, who al...

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82-Year-Old 'Bodies' Singer Talks About His New Fame After Auditioning For 'America's Got Talent'

82-year-old John Hetlinger, who became a viral video sensation this week when he appeared on the NBC series "America's Got Talent" and belted out the DROWNING POOL classic "Bodies", tells KUSA that he was surprised by the reaction to his performance. "I didn't know two and a half thousand in the aud...

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SERGIO VEGA On Perception That STEPHEN CARPENTER is Most 'Metal' Member Of DEFTONES: 'It's Not True'

Lorenzo Gandolfi of Chitarre.com recently conducted an interview with DEFTONES bassist Sergio Vega. You can now watch the chat below. A couple of excerpts follow (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On DEFTONES guitarist Stephen Carpenter's recent comments in which he expressed being unhappy with the...

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DROWNING POOL Wants To Jam With 82-Year-Old 'Bodies' Singer

According to The Pulse Of Radio, DROWNING POOL guitarist CJ Pierce told Loudwire that the band is trying to contact 82-year-old John Hetlinger and invite him to one of their shows. Hetlinger became a viral video sensation this week when he appeared on the NBC series "America's Got Talent" and belted...

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Will "Eros" ever surface? Throwing fans a tease last year from the mythic album-in-waiting, the DEFTONES continue to leave a question mark hovering over its uncertain release. Instead, they pick up where they left off with 2012's evolved "Koi No Yokan" by firing a bullet strike at number two on the...

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DEFTONES Drummer On Late Bassist CHI CHENG: 'I Miss That Dude More Than Anything'

DEFTONES drummer Abe Cunningham has dismissed rumors that Stephen Carpenter might leave the band, after the guitarist made comments in which he expressed being unhappy with the direction of the group's new album, "Gore". "Stephen has been on a media blackout since 2000," Cunningham told the Broward...

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DEFTONES Writing Process Is 'An In-The-Moment Sort Of Experience'

DEFTONES frontman Chino Moreno was interviewed on the April 18 edition of "Whiplash", the new KLOS radio show hosted by Full Metal Jackie. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On why DEFTONES' new album, "Gore", was delayed by several months: Chino: "Oh,...

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DEFTONES' 'Gore' Lands At No. 2 On BILLBOARD Chart

DEFTONES' eighth studio album, titled "Gore", debuted at No. 2 on The Billboard 200, having shifted 71,000 equivalent album units in the week ending April 14. It is the band's highest-charting effort since their self-titled fourth album bowed and peaked at No. 2 in 2003. The Billboard 200 chart rank...

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DEFTONES: Behind-The-Scenes Footage From Making Of 'Prayers/Triangles' Video

Behind-the-scenes footage from the making of "Prayers/Triangles", the new Charles Bergquist-directed video from the California-based rock band DEFTONES, can be seen below. The track is taken from the group's eighth studio album, titled "Gore", which was released on April 8 via Warner Bros. Records....

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Video: DEFTONES Perform On 'Jimmy Kimmel Live!'

DEFTONES was the musical guest on last night's (Tuesday, April 12) episode of "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" The band played several songs on the show's outdoor stage in front of a standing-room-only crowd. Video footage of the "Hearts/Wires" and "Prayers/Triangles" performances can be seen below. Both tracks...

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Video Premiere: DEFTONES' 'Prayers/Triangles'

"Prayers/Triangles", the new Charles Bergquist-directed video from the California-based rock band DEFTONES, can be seen below. The track is taken from the group's eighth studio album, titled "Gore", which was released on April 8 via Warner Bros. Records. The CD was produced by Matt Hyde and DEFTONES...