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Just like most people, Danko Jones has good days and bad days on the job. The nights his eponymous band are going to spend opening for Clutch are definitely a bonus. "I'm a huge Clutch fan," Jones told Noisecreep via telephone from his Toronto home...

"Along with the TiVo, the iPod is the greatest invention of the 21st century," Dream Theater drummer Mike Portnoy told Noisecreep. "I remember a time not too long ago that when I'd leave to go on tour, I'd have to pack giant CD folders with 100s of CDs to keep me company on the road ...

It's been a tough five years for Fireball Ministry vocalist/guitarist Rev. James A. Rota II. But he's very excited that 'Fireball Ministry,' their fourth album, is slated for release March 16. "It's been a while," Rota told Noisecreep with a chuckle...

Fu Manchu guitarist Bob Balch has launched the educational and entertaining website, PlayThisRiff.com, which offers music lessons to fans by the very artists who perform the songs! "I started PlayThisRiff.com because I wanted to see a website that featured HD videos of actual touring musicians showing others how to play," Balch told Noisecreep...

Most see Bam Margera as a suburban daredevil from 'Jackass,' but Margera is also a director beyond just capturing stunts on film. He's done some films -- they're on DVD -- but he's also done a good share of music videos for bands like Clutch, HIM and Turbonegro...

A 'supergroup' is a clichéd, hackneyed term in rock lore, but for the Company Band drummer Jess Margera, it's not such a bad thing. In fact, as a longtime fan of the musicians he is currently seated amongst, it's actually a badge of honor. "It's ...

With most of the members of the Company Band doing double duty in successful, touring bands -- like CKY, Clutch, Fu Manchu and Fireball Ministry -- it's hard to pull off a project such as this without sacrificing time in the other, main projects...

Some days, writing an intro to this column is easy. Other days, I struggle. Today, there's more than a few topics swimming around in my head I want to talk about. But which one? Do I tell you about today's podcast taping, with Guy Kozowyk from the Red Chord...

Wherever that hellion known as MTV personality Bam Margera goes, something -- be it music, life-threatening stunts, trouble or other assorted forms of jackassery -- is bound to follow. In the Company Band's case, hanging out at Bam's house turned out to be a very, very good thing...

According to a variety of news sources -- reports Noisecreep was able to independently verify through a number of sources -- seminal Washington, D.C. post-hardcore outfit Jawbox are reuniting, just in time for the Nov. 23 reissue of the band's 1994 major label debut 'For Your Own Special Sweetheart...