Hi Guys,
It looks like it's going to be one hell of a year for Rock 'n Roll!!!
I've been battling to keep all the new albums’ release dates straight. [try saying that 3 times fast...]
So in the interest of keeping you all as clever and up-to-the-minute as I am ;), I’ve compiled a list of the 2011 releases by some of the better-known Rock bands...
Already Released
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| Radiohead, The King of Limbs |
Foo Fighters have yet another album on the shelves after releasing singles almost EVERY year for their 15-odd years of existence. Apparently
Dave Grohl (the ante-mortem Nirvana drummer) has set-up a “Nirvana family reunion” by getting
Nevermind producer, Butch Vic and ex-Nirvana bassist, Krist Novoselic, in on the new album.
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| Foo Fighters, Wasting Light |
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| R.E.M, Collapse into Now |
Since seeing
Panic! At the Disco live in South Africa, I know
The Mamma & The Drummer both like the band. I’ve never really paid much attention to them though…
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| Panic! at the Disco, Vices & Virtues |
Pearl Jam frontman
Eddie Vedder has his solo contribution,
Ukulele Songs, on offer together with the
On Ten Legs Live album. Will be interesting to see which racks up the most sales hits.
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| Pearl Jam, Live on 10 Legs (Live Album) |
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Queens of the Stone Age, Queens of the Stone Age
(Re-Release of their 1998 Debut Album)
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| Rise Against, Endgame |
High School garage band,
Sum 41, with such a provocative title? Have the ‘boys’ grown a pair? Will they live up to what they are promising? I’m definitely intrigued…
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| Sum 41, Screaming Bloody Murder |
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| Adelitas Way, Home School Valedictorian |
Def Leppard? Seriously? Didn’t they die from old age a few years ago?
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| Def Leppard, Mirrorball (Live Album) |
Tom Morello, acclaimed guitarist from both,
Rage Against the Machine and
Audioslave, is yet another artist that has a breakaway album on offer. Riff-master extraordinaire that he is - I will definitely be adding this one to my collection!
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| Tom Morello, Union Town (EP) |
Ah! The new Seether. I’ve listened to it, and deemed it worthy (well, kinda, anyways) of a full album review. This will be coming up next, so keep an eye out…
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| Seether, Holding Onto Strings Better Left to Fray |
Can’t wait to get my grubby paws on the new
Black Stone Cherry! No one does ‘Southern Rock’ better or heavier for that matter… I just hope it’s closer to the first album than the second.
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| Black Stone Cherry, Between the Devil & the Deep Blue Sea |
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| Dave Matthews Band, Live at Wrigley Field |
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| Death Cab for Cutie, Codes and Keys |
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| My Morning Jacket, Circuital |
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| Eddie Vedder, Ukulele Songs |
The
Arctic Monkeys’ new one is their “…heaviest album ever…”
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| Arctic Monkeys, Suck it and See |
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| OK Go, 180/365 (Live Album) |
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June 28, 2011
I heard the new Limp Bizkit single, “Shotgun” on the radio yesterday… Sounds allot like, Break Stuff and Nookie off the Significant other. Me likes!
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| Limp Bizkit, Gold Cobra |
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| Queensryche, Dedicated to Chaos |
July 12, 2011
Another yet unreleased album of which I’ve heard the 1
st singe is the new one by
Incubus, called
Surface to air. [Check it out here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bmVEqeZ_7sc&feature=player_embedded (skip to about 2:00 to hear the track)]
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| Incubus, If Not Now, When? |
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| Theory of a Deadman, The Truth Is... |
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July 19, 2011
3 Doors Down have a new one coming soon – The Muppet will love this…
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| 3 Doors Down, Time of My Life |
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| 311, Universal Pulse |
August 2, 2011
I’m very interested to hear what Puddle of Mudd will put on their covers album. Hopefully they don’t fall into the same trap Sum 41, Chris Cornell and Seether did by trying to bring tired, old, and nasty ’80’s pop songs back to life
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| Puddle of Mudd, re:(disc)overed (Covers Album) |
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August 23, 2011
Dave Navarro and his backing band Jane’s Addiction also have a new one coming up.
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| Jane's Addiction, The Great Escape Artist |
August 30, 2011
Red Hot Chilli Peppers are back again, with a new guitarist, again. But that doesn’t matter, because apparently Flea has been taking music theory classes at the University of Southern California. Seriously, as if he needs it.
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| Red Hot Chili Peppers, I'm With You |
November 1,2011
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| Cage the Elephant, Thank You Happy Birthday |
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| Cake, Showroom of Compassion |
Release Date Unknown
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| Bush, Everything Always Now |
Blink-182 has come back from “indefinite hiatus”. [that’s a “break-up” to us, non-PR, folk] It's been 7 years and most of their followers have since left High School; I hope they have too…
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| Blink 182, TBA |
This is my singe most anticipated album of the year! I’m positively salivating at the thought of brand new Chevelle! I’ll certainly be keeping an eye out for this one…
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| Chevelle, TBA |
Hopefully the Coldplay tour to SA later this year will be cancelled due to a lack of interest, which means they won’t get the opportunity to play any of their newly plagiarized singles live in this country. This, in return, will give the inhabitants of this country the opportunity to ignore the new album all together. Man, I despise them!
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| Coldplay, TBA |
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| GreenDay, Awesome as F**k (Live Album) |
Gwen Stefani is back with No Doubt, and she's as HOT as ever... oh, yes, and they’ve put out an album. I wonder if she’s going to make her band members dress up like Japanese Manga characters too ?
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| No Doubt, TBA |
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| Pennywise, TBA |
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Them Crooked Vultures, TBA |
Eccentric, wine making, Maynard James Keenan, has taken some time out of his very busy schedule to craft yet another album for Tool. Another Must Have for this year.
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| Tool, TBA |
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| Velvet Revolver, TBA |
Rumor has it...
Metallica is keen to start writing music again. In a recent interview, drummer, Lars Ulrich, is quoted to say that the Godfathers of modern metal are keen to get back in studio in order to release an all new album this year. That is, if the cash-machine that is Metallica can get their massive marketing campaign off the ground in time for Christmas.
Also rumored to bring out a new album called
Songs Of Ascent, is the self-proclaimed "
Best Band in the World". U2. Honestly, who cares what the new album's name is - I challenge you to hum 1 tune off their last album...
If you're into the heavier stuff, [like The Monger is] follow this link for a list of Metal releases:
Some highlights from the dark-side:
June 21, 2011
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| In Flames - Sounds Of A Playground Fading |
July 12, 2011
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Megadeth - Peace Sells...But Who's Buying (Re-Release) |
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| Sepultura - Kairos |
August 9, 2011
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| Trivium - In Waves |
September 13, 2011
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| Dream Theater - A Dramatic Turn Of Events |
September 27, 2011
Machine Head - TBA
Sadly, no news from
Slipknot or
System of a Down who are both over due for a new album... Especially since it's rumored that
Slipknot has found a new bassist in
Donnie Steele, a original member of the band. A spectacular line-up none the less.
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