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Cocaine Moustache: The Band's Do's and Don'ts Guide -- Exclusive

Posted on Feb 22nd 2012 4:00PM by Carlos Ramirez Comments

Adrenaline PR

Formed in 2009, Cocaine Moustache creates the kind of party-fueled jams that are worthy of their ballsy band name. The Vancouver, BC's quintet's motto says it all: "We don't believe in heaven! We don't believe in hell! We believe in drinking and we do it well!"

After joining forces with Juno Award winning engineer Rob Shallcross (Fear Factory, Strapping Young Lad) in 2010, Cocaine Moustache just released 'On the Mirror,' their debut album.

To help celebrate the new album, Cocaine Moustache has sent Noisecreep a set of do's and don'ts that the band lives by. Think of it as a sort of survival guide for the rest of 2012.

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Five Albums That Changed My Life: Joe Haley of Psycroptic

Posted on Feb 22nd 2012 3:00PM by Carlos Ramirez Comments

Nuclear Blast

Tasmanian technical death metal maestros Psycroptic just released 'The Inherited Repression,' their fifth studio album. Where many of their peers in the tech-metal community sacrifice good, old-fashioned songwriting smarts to frenzied arrangement patterns, Psycroptic never let the guitar and drum acrobatics get in the way of the actual songs.

"'The Inherited Repression' is quite different from anything we have done in terms of songwriting and structure, and we spent a lot longer writing and demoing the songs before we recorded it, which you can tell. It's a very dynamic album - the fast elements faster, the slow elements slower, and a lot of light and dark binding it together," says Psycroptic guitarist/producer Joe Haley.

With the new album in stores, Noisecreep asked Haley to take part in our 'Five Albums That Changed My Life' series.

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Journey Drummer Deen Castronovo Ordered to Anger Management

Posted on Feb 22nd 2012 2:30PM by The Associated Press Comments

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DALLAS, Ore. (AP) -- Drummer Deen Castronovo from the rock group Journey was sentenced to 80 hours of community service in Oregon and ordered to attend anger-management classes for a domestic violence dispute.

The Statesman Journal reported the sentence Wednesday based on court documents from a diversion agreement.

The 47-year-old was arrested Jan. 20 after a dispute in West Salem with a woman and charged with recklessly endangering another person, interfering with making a police report, criminal mischief and harassment.

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The Darkness Rock Los Angeles: They Came, They Conquered

Posted on Feb 22nd 2012 1:30PM by Chris Epting Comments

Charles Epting

Since reforming last March, British glam rock stalwarts The Darkness have been on a tear. After blitzing through Europe last summer and fall delivering explosive shows at many of the big festivals (including a headlining appearance at Sonisphere in Madrid), the band toured Japan before hitting North American shores.

The group's sold-out show at the House of Blues in Hollywood this past Sunday, Feb. 19, was a testament to the band's legacy. Transforming the venue into a joyous, raucous, rollicking English-pub, the adoring crowd sang along with the band's trademark catchy, anthemic choruses and hung on every move of limber lead singer, Justin Hawkins (who wore an assortment of colorful leather jumpsuits throughout the night that harkened back to the Bowie-Mott the Hoople-Marc Bolan era, circa 1973). It was a raise-the-rafters love affair between band and fans that easily could have gone all night.

The nearly two-hour, 21-song set featured all of their debut album, 'Permission to Land' (from 2003), some selections from 2005's 'One Way Ticket to Hell... and Back' along with new songs and a killer cover of Radiohead's 'Street Spirit (Fade Out).'

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Thrice Farewell Tour Dates

Posted on Feb 22nd 2012 12:30PM by Carlos Ramirez Comments

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Thrice just released the dates for their farewell spring tour. After 13 years together, the post-hardcore favorites will begin their final tour together on May 4 in San Diego, Calif. The tour spans major cities in North America and is set to wrap with a hometown two-night stand at House of Blues in Anaheim followed by the final show in Los Angeles at Club Nokia. In November 2011 Thrice announced that the band would be taking an indefinite hiatus following the spring tour.

A limited number of tickets have been held for Thrice fans and will be available through an exclusive Ducat King presale that begins Thursday, Feb. 23 at 12:00PM local. To buy tickets: http://thrice.ducatking.com. Tickets for the general public will go on sale Thursday, March 1 at 12:00PM local time.

Supporting Thrice on all dates will be Animals As Leaders with more information including the announcement of additional support bands and details of commemorative merchandise available at the shows will be announced in the coming weeks.

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Soulfly's Max Cavalera Recovering From Bout With Bell's Palsy

Posted on Feb 22nd 2012 12:00PM by Carlos Ramirez Comments

Roadrunner Records

Soulfly frontman Max Cavalera is recovering from a bout with Bell's Palsy, a temporary condition that is a form of facial paralysis resulting from a dysfunction of the cranial nerve VII (the facial nerve) that results in the inability to control facial muscles on the affected side.

Cavalera, 42, was diagnosed with a case of Bell's Palsy last week upon his return from Australia. He consulted a doctor and was put on a course of antibiotics and is improving greatly and is expected to make a full recovery imminently. He thanks fans for their concern and well wishes and wanted his supporters to know that he is okay, since the condition manifests in the face and he ultimately didn't want fans to worry.

Of his recent illness, Max said, "I woke up one morning after coming home from Australia and the whole room was spinning. I looked at Gloria and said, 'There's something wrong here.' She said, 'Your face looks weird.' I went to the mirror and couldn't move half of my face. We thought I was having a stroke, so we rushed to the hospital. I learned my condition was called Bell's Palsy but I'd never heard of that. It's a f---ng weird disease. My right eye won't blink, and half of my face feels like I've been punched by Mike Tyson! It hurts like hell. Anyway, I am leaving for Brazil. The show must go on and this Bell's Palsy ain't gonna stop a metalhead from his duties. I hope I'll be ok and thanks to all the fans concerned with me. Stay Metal."

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Rudy Sarzo Recalls Randy Rhoads at Rock 'n' Roll Fantasy Camp Finale

Posted on Feb 22nd 2012 11:00AM by Chris Epting Comments

Charles Epting

At the rollicking finale of the Rock and Roll Fantasy Camp at the Whiskey a Go Go on the Sunset Strip, the mood was high. After all, after almost a week's worth of rehearsing with the likes of Lita Ford, Steve Vai, and Zakk Wylde, who wouldn't be fired up?

Fantasy Camp founder David Fishof told Noisecreep he'd never seen the kind of results that this camp session produced. "It was incredible. The way these players all came together - it's a level of musicianship I've never seen before at the camp. People are leaving the camp much better than they entered it, but with people like Steve Vai helping out, what do you expect? I have seen a lot in 15 years but have never been this blown away."

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