Virgin Longtime A Perfect Circle drummer Josh Freese has announced his departure from the band. The group performed a handful of shows in 2011, but Freese was unable to accompany APC due to a scheduling conflict concerning Weezer , with whom Freese was touring member of from 2009-2012. Freese now seems to have other priorities, as he officially announced his exit from APC earlier today (Oct. 2). For those unfamiliar with the career of Josh Freese, he’s played drums for seemingly every band ever. Along with A Perfect Circle, Freese has played with acts such as Nine Inch Nails , the Offspring , Motley Crue , Paramore, the Vandals, Guns N’ Roses + many more. The prolific drummer has also appeared on nearly 400 albums. Along with Weezer, Freese currently drums for Devo and Sublime with Rome. Freese tweeted the following from his personal account: After 13 years, I’ve decided to leave @ aperfectcircle with no plans of returning. Apologies to those inquiring about the upcoming shows. — Josh Freese (@joshfreese) October 2, 2012 Jeff Friedl is A Perfect Circle’s current touring drummer and has also appeared live with one of Maynard James Keenan ‘s other musical endeavors, Puscifer . Both APC and Puscifer will be performing at Lollapalooza Brazil and Chile in 2013. [button href=”http://loudwire.com/a-perfect-circle-judith-top-21st-century-hard-rock-songs/” title=”A Perfect Circle: Top 21st Century Hard Rock Songs” align=”center”]
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A Perfect Circle Drummer Josh Freese Announces His Departure From Band
October 2nd, 2012 
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No Comments »Down Perform With Former Bassist Rex Brown in Dallas
September 19th, 2012 Metalkult Liz Ramanand, Loudwire / Ethan Miller, Getty Images Down and former bassist Rex Brown reunited onstage Tuesday night (Sept. 18) for the first time since the musician exited the band last year. The veteran rocker and longtime cohort of Down singer Phil Anselmo dating back to the Pantera years, came out to perform during the encore songs of ‘Stone the Crow’ and ‘Bury Me in Smoke’ during the group’s set in Dallas. (Watch footage below.) Brown first took leave from the band in 2009 while suffering from pancreatitis. Anselmo stated in an interview, “I gave it my all and I love Rex Brown with all of my f—ing heart and soul, but goddamnit he will not put down that f—ing bottle for any of us.” During his absence, the band had Patrick Bruders fill in for Brown and the bassist remained after Brown revealed his exit from the group last year. Brown later found a new musical home in a band called Kill Devil Hill . Down just released the first of four scheduled EPs yesterday. Dubbed ‘ Down IV Part 1 – The Purple EP ,’ the set has already spawned the single ‘ Witchtripper .’ ? Watch Rex Brown Play With Down [button href=”http://loudwire.com/down-iv-part-1-the-purple-ep-prize-pack/” title=”Next: Win a Down Prize Pack” align=”center”]
Posted in News Tags: down, first, four-scheduled, from-the-band, from-the-group, group, kill devil hill, rex brown, videos No Comments »Metallica’s James Hetfield Gets Silly-Stringed and Pied for Birthday Celebration
August 11th, 2012 Metalkult Metallica had a great time recently in Mexico City, and nowhere is that more evident than in the latest video the band has posted online from their adventures south of the border. The latest video compilation from the band begins with a meet-and-greet with some of their fans in which Kirk Hammett and Robert Trujillo get to hear exactly how much the music means from some of their fans. The
Posted in News Tags: a-great-time, adventures, fans, from-the-band, hear-exactly, latest, latest-video, mexico, mexico-city, posted-online, robert-trujillo, the-border-, their-fans No Comments »Hatebreed Furious After CNN Mistakenly Labels Them a White Power Band
August 8th, 2012 Metalkult Hatebreed are expressing their outrage via Twitter after a CNN opinion piece written by Lonnie Nasatir included them in a list of white power bands. Following an outpouring of protests from the band and their fans, Hatebreed’s name has since been removed from the article. The piece about the white power music subculture was written in response to the weekend massacre at a Sikh temple in Wisconsin. Wade Page, who
Posted in News Tags: are-expressing, article, band, cnn, from-the-band, power-music, protests-from, removed-from, the-weekend, their-outrage, weekend, white, wisconsin- No Comments »Motorhead Prep Second Volume of ‘The World Is Ours’ Concert Collection
July 21st, 2012 Metalkult When Motorhead say “The World Is Ours,’ they mean it. Earlier this year, the group issued ‘The World Is Ours: Everywhere Further Than Everyplace Else.’ The disc was meant to showcase their live prowess, and they used an especially solid performance from Santiago, Chile. Now comes word from the band’s website that ‘The World Is Ours – Vol 2′ is in the works. This effort, subtitled ‘Anyplace Crazy As Anywhere
Posted in News Tags: band, effort, everyplace, from-the-band, group, live, live-prowess, santiago, showcase-their, the-works, works, world, year No Comments »New Incarnation of Queensryche Allowed to Keep Using Band Name
July 17th, 2012 Metalkult The legal battle between Queensryche and ousted singer Geoff Tate continues. Tate sought a preliminary injunction to keep Queensryche from touring and operating under the band name, but the injunction was denied on July 13. The request is part of a lawsuit filed in Washington state court,with Tate claiming he was illegally fired from the band, among other things. AGPS Management senior manager Glen Parrish spoke to Billboard about the
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