Rock News

The new single from Canada's Three Days Grace, called "Break," got off to an explosive start last week at rock radio, with 47 stations adding the track to their playlists and sending the song straight into the Top 20 on the chart. Although that bodes well for the band's upcoming album, Life Starts Now, frontman Adam Gontier told us that the quartet never lets sales or numbers interfere with their music: ["You know, to get caught up in numbers and all that stuff is really -- I mean, it really does take a toll after a while when you start worrying about just the business side of things and money and that sort of thing. So we really, really try not to worry about it too much. I mean, it's always nice to find out that you sold a few records the first week out, but it's not something that we've really focused on, you know, and got down if the numbers weren't great or whatever. We really do have a love for music and that's why we do it."]


Slipknot's self-titled 1999 major label debut gets a lavish 10th anniversary re-release on Wednesday (September 9th). The CD/DVD set features all new digipak packaging and a total of 25 songs, including the original album plus several previously unreleased cuts and demo tracks. The DVD portion of the set, created by percussionist Shawn "Clown" Crahan, contains behind-the-scenes and early live footage, along with Crahan's own commentary track. A "super deluxe" box set version of the re-release comes in packaging that resembles a safety deposit box, containing a T-shirt, patch, collectible cards, key chain, beanie and a note from singer Corey Taylor.


Hellyeah guitarist Tom Maxwell has told Noisecreep.com that the band will resume work on its sophomore album later this month, once singer Chad Gray and guitarist Greg Tribbett finish their current tour with their other group, Mudvayne. Maxwell said, "Me, Greg and Vinnie (Paul Abbott, drummer) recently got together first to see what direction we can take the record. The first week, we wrote five songs. It has a lot of continuity to the first record, but it's still a heavy, riff-driven sound. But hook after hook after hook is what I am after. I want every song to be undeniable."