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Billy Corgan, the last of the Smashing Pumpkins, recently held open auditions for drummers looking to join his band. The response was so huge he's possibly holding another round in May. But 12 drummers were selected for round 1 of "Be a Smashing Pumpkin" drums edition including, as you can see in the picture above, John Dolmayan of System of a Down. Dolmayan's… Read More

Coachella is a three-day festival which means there are more videos of the performances courtesy of Pitchfork. You'll see performances by Fleet Foxes, The Killers, M.I.A., and a massive laser light show by The Chemical Brothers. Click the pic to take yourself to Indio and the bands that played there on Saturday. Read More

Here's the one thing that sucks about just starting a rock music blog. All the amazing festivals that happen in the summertime aren't attended by me because of the fact that no one knows the RiO!B yet so press passes are hard to come by. But one day when we make it big (and we will...somehow) we'll happily bring you videos and twitter postings from the festivals.
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So I'm over at Hype Machine updating my playlist and I come across this band out of NYC called The Ropes. I click the little play button by their song "Be My Gun" and I am officially… Read More

Behold the brand new Rock it Out! Band of the Week. They hail from Chicago, IL and they are I Fight Dragons.
These guys create a type of rock that makes you long for your old Nintendo console. As a matter of fact they label their music as NES Rock. Take comfort in the fact that these indie rock superheroes are making music for you to listen to so your world can be saved. Click their Justice… Read More

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Attention Rock Nation! My good friends, The Pennyroyals, have released new music on their Myspace page and it rocks! Click on their fine looking picture to hear five brand new songs from their upcoming debut album that you can throw your rock horns up to. Show them some love since they were kind enough to do an interview on the Rock it Out! Blog which you can see in the interviews section of the site.… Read More

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Who would have thought that the Arctic Monkeys would have had a fan in Diddy? Who would have thought that Diddy would have hosted the Arctic Monkeys in Miami? Who would have thought that Diddy would declare himself a member of the Arctic Monkeys? And who would have thought that this would all be caught on video? Check it out!