The Rock Dose in association with Total Assault PR and Green Day is proud to present this contest for chance to enter and possibly win a Mike Dirnt signature Squier Precision Bass guitar from Green Day. That’s not the only prize though. Along with the bass guitar is a 1 of 3000 limited edition CD/Vinyl art book of the new album 21st Century Breakdown. It comes with the album on cd and 3 10″ vinyl records of the album and a 60 page album art book. Contest ends May 28th.

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Here is the new video from the All American Rejects, titled Wind Blows. Wind Blows comes off of their latest release, The World Comes Down, available now.

Bob Dylan has set a great line-up for his 2009 summer tour, draggin’ along Willie Nelson and John Mellencamp. I’m sure he didn’t have to twist their arms too hard to get them to come along. This is the second time Mellencamp and Nelson have done a ballpark tour with Dylan. Ticket prices are $67.50 and children under 14 get in free with an adult ticket holder! For more information visit BobDylan.com. Bob Dylan releases his newest album, Together Through Life, tomorrow April 28th. You can view the video for the song”Beyond Here Lies Nothing at Amazon.com. Tour dates after the fold.

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Here is the new video from Green Day called Know Your Enemy from their upcoming 21st Century Breakdown album. Meh, it sounds like so many other Green Day songs…

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A lot of bands are looking to bring something different to their live shows. Lately a lot of bands are planning on playing the entire track list of one of their classic albums, live. I don’t know if it’s to build hype and sell tickets or just to keep things kind of interesting. Whatever the reasoning behind it, I love it and think it’s a great idea. Metal icons Slayer did it with Reign In Blood as well as NWOBHM pioneers, Judas Priest are planning on doing it with British Steel. Mastodon are playing their new album Crack The Skye in it’s entirety, which is an amazing album that should surely be a classic 20 years from now. Hell, it’s already a classic in my opinion.

The latest band to propose the idea is Aerosmith with their 1975 classic album, Toys In The Attic. No solid details have been released or even talked about really. According to Gibson.com guitarist Joe Perry mentioned to VH1 radio’s Dave Basner, that he’d love to play the album in it’s entirety on their upcoming tour with ZZ Top. Tyler still has the pipes and I would love to see that happen. Toys In The Attic has gone platinum 8 times since it’s release 34 years ago.

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I heard Seether’s Cover of Wham’s Careless Whispers a few weeks ago and then was reminded again about it by Musicgoat.com. I heard it again on the radio today and I don’t feel ashamed at all when I sing along to…Seether’s version. I probably heard this a thousand times coming from my sister’s room in the early 80’s. Seether make it, well, sound like Seether covering Aha. Is it better than the original? Well, I can’t really say that I liked the original, but this one works for me. This isn;t the best quality sound but it will give you the gist of it. You can find this single on iTunes and such. Enjoy.

Endless Hallway are streaming their new album Autonomy Games on Rapsody right now. Endless Hallway are currently on tour and will be on tour with Vast, starting on May 15th. Your dates after the fold.

I had a chance to check out Endless Hallway last week. Unfortunately I showed up way too early and couldn’t sit through the first three bands and left after the second song of the second band. I don’t remember the name of the band but all I could think of was the line from Sublime’s song Garden Grove, where he’s talking about why his “Soul is unsound” and says “Sittin’ Through a Shitty Band,”. I just couldn’t stick around and I might have missed a good show, considering that I’m not familiar with these guys so I can really say anything negative about them. Here are the tour dates.

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Braveword.com is reporting that EMI may be facing legal action from one of their most profitable assets. Pink Floyd, I’m not sure which members are actually representing the band, are taking legal action claiming that EMI is “Miscalculating” their royalty payments.

The unprecedented legal claim is a glimpse at the fraught relationship between EMI, under the ownership of Guy Hands’s Terra Firma, and some of the label’s leading acts. The new owner’s arrival in 2007 was blamed for the departure of acts such as Radiohead and Paul McCartney.

The report also goes on to say that the legal action may have come about due to royalty payment negotiations that have been ongoing for the last couple of years since Hand’s acquisition of the company.

As far as my opinion on this matter goes, the record company owes their bands royalties from record sales. Regardless of cutting costs, the bands that already get royalty checks are due their money. I feel that they’ll have to find other ways to cut costs instead of ripping off the artists anymore than they already are.

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Green Day have announce a summer tour in support of their upcoming album 21st Century Breakdown.

Reprise Records’ Grammy®Award winning rock band Green Day have announced that they will hit the road for their first proper tour of the United States and Canada in more than three years beginning July 3^rd in Seattle, WA. The first leg of the tour will cross North America through the summer and finish up with two shows in Los Angeles on August 26^th.

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British rockers The Pretender have been around for over 30 years and have released 9 studio Albums to include 2008’s Break Up The Concrete. Though various line-up changes and even deaths may have plagued the band throughout the years, they have persevered and continued on despite sometimes being referred to as a Pretenders tribute band. Original members Pete Farndon and James Honeyman-Scott, both died of unfortunate drug related causes within a year of each other. They aren’t the first and only band to endure these perils of rock and roll, but nonetheless chose to carry on doing what they love.

If there’s one thing that legendary Pretender’s front woman Chrissie Hynde swears by, it’s a good Fender Telecaster. Now’s your chance to enter to win this one of a kind autographed guitar from LP33.tv and the Pretenders. You can enter once a day, so the more you come back–the better your chances. The contest ends on May 13th.

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