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MUDVAYNE, TAPROOT, ADEMA Among Acts Confirmed For California's SMOKEOUT FESTIVAL

MUDVAYNE, TAPROOT, ADEMA, THE USED, KUSH PROJECT, FINCH, 3RD STRIKE, and POISON THE WELL are among the artists confirmed to appear at this year's installment of the Smokeout Festival, which is scheduled to take place on November 23 at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum in Los Angeles, California. For...
October 24, 2002
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40 BELOW SUMMER To Open For MUDVAYNE

40 BELOW SUMMER will be filling the main support slot on part of MUDVAYNE's upcoming headlining tour. So far the following dates have been announced: Oct. 26 - Elizabeth, NJ - Rexplex Oct. 27 - Hartford, CT - Webster Theater Oct. 29 - Allentown, PA - Crocodile Rock Oct. 31 - Norfolk, VA - Norva ...
October 22, 2002
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DEFTONES In Talks With SYSTEM OF A DOWN Manager

DEFTONES are in talks with SYSTEM OF A DOWN/TAPROOT manager David Benveniste about representing the group following their split with longtime manager Warren Entner last month, according to Hits Daily Double. Also in the running for the position are Arthur Spivak (TORI AMOS, QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE,...
October 18, 2002
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TAPROOT, DEADSY, DREDG: Initial Dates Announced

TAPROOT have announced the first set of dates for their upcoming tour with DREDG and DEADSY. They are as follows: Aug. 13 - Henderson, NV - The Castle Aug. 14 - Tempe, AZ - Bash On Ash Aug. 15 - Albuquerque, NM - Sunshine Theatre Aug. 19 - New Orleans, LA - House Of Blues ...
July 25, 2002
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TAPROOT To Support PITCHSHIFTER In UK

TAPROOT will support PITCHSHIFTER at select dates on their upcoming UK tour. For a complete list of scheduled shows, visit PITCHSHIFTER's official web site at this location. In other news, TAPROOT are planning to shoot the video for their new single "Poem" on August 8th and 9th in Los Angeles, Calif...
July 24, 2002
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TAPROOT's STEPHEN RICHARDS: New Material Is Very Different From First Album

TAPROOT frontman Stephen Richards recently spoke to Rolling Stone magazine about the progress of the group's sophomore CD, tentatively titled Welcome, which is currently being recorded with producer Toby Wright (i.e. ALICE IN CHAINS, SOULFLY) for a late August/early September release through Velvet...
March 7, 2002
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Mankind

Not much to say here. Like RELATIVE ASH, SLAVES ON DOPE and PRIMER 55, Detroit's FACTORY 81 are a faceless, generic nu-metal band who possess neither the songwriting ability nor the ingenuity to compete with the big boys, coming across instead like a bad copy of the kind of DEFTONES / LIMP BIZKIT /...
December 17, 2001
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Gift

A longtime underground favorite, Detroit's TAPROOT garnered a substantial amount of publicity last year when they were publicly scorned by LIMP BIZKIT's Fred Durst for having skipped out on a deal with his Interscope-distributed imprint in favor of a new label set up by their Velvet Hammer managemen...
December 17, 2001
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Archive News Nov 05, 2001

Los Angeles' MEDICATION, featuring former MACHINE HEAD / SOULFLY guitarist Logan Mader, ex-UGLY KID JOE / LIFE OF AGONY vocalist Whitfield Crane, ex-ADAYINTHELIFE guitarist Blunt and SOULFLY drummer Roy Mayorga, have refuted the recent reports of Mayorga leaving the band in order to rejoin SOULFL...
November 5, 2001
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Archive News Aug 27, 2001 - update 2

The UK's KILL II THIS have been dropped by Visible Noise Records and have parted ways with singer Matt Pollock. In an e-mail sent by Visible Noise MD Julie Weir to Steve Braund of Amplify This web 'zine, it was revealed that the budget required for the recording of a new album could not ...
August 27, 2001
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Archive News Jun 12, 2001

SEPULTURA bassist Paulo Jr., guitarist Andreas Kisser and drummer Igor Cavalera travelled from their home town of São Paulo, Brazil to Rio De Janeiro yesterday, June 11th, to take part in a songwriting collaboration with the 'carioca band' O RAPPA for the latter band's upcoming live album. Here is J...
June 12, 2001
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Archive News Apr 13, 2001 - update 2

STONE TEMPLE PILOTS and LIVE will headline this year's Rolling Rock Town Fair, set for August 4th in the brewery's home base of Latrobe, Pennsylvania. DEFTONES, INCUBUS, and OLEANDER will also be on the bill for the event, to be held at the Westmoreland County Fairgrounds, about an hour east of Pitt...
April 13, 2001
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Archive News Mar 26, 2001

COAL CHAMBER are reportedly still seeking a producer to collaborate with on their forthcoming third full-length effort after having failed to come to an agreement with some of their top choices for the job, a list that included Ulrich Wild (i.e. STATIC-X, TAPROOT) and Jason Bieler (SW1TCHED, NONPOIN...
March 26, 2001
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Archive News Mar 12, 2001 - update 1

The official line-up for this years Ozzfest has now been announced. It is as follows: ... Main Stage: BLACK SABBATH MARILYN MANSON SLIPKNOT PAPA ROACH LINKIN PARK CRAZYTOWN &nbsp Second and Third Stages: DISTURBED MUDVAYNE COLD TAPROOT UNION UNDERGROUND NONPOINT BLACK LABEL SOCIETY AMERICAN HEAD...
March 12, 2001
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Archive News Mar 08, 2001 - update 2

TAPROOT are tentatively set to take some time off in April/May to continue writing new material for their next album, which they hope to begin recording shortly after their Ozzfest stint ends later in the summer. Among the tracks set to appear on TAPROOT's sophomore offering for Velvet Hammer / Atla...
March 8, 2001