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UMe Johnny Depp has plenty of friends in the rock world, and in a recent interview with U.K. newspaper The Sun, shock-rock king Alice Cooper said he wants to tour with the actor. "If you really want to go out on tour, let me know and you can come with us," Cooper said...

Drive A might be a young band, but their work ethic is steeped in the old school idea that a loyal fanbase is built on the road, and not on MySpace. The road warriors started out on the infamous clubs that line Hollywood, Calif.'s Sunset Boulevard...

At the Soundawn, 'Shifting' (Lifeforce): This Italian troupe plays with textures and alterna-core on 'Shifting,' making them as ripe for the Warped Tour as they would be for Ozzfest, to place them in an American context. Bullet for My Valentine, 'Fever' (Jive): The Welsh blokes have skyrocketed in recent years, thanks to adept riff displays that fall somewhere along the spectrum between Avenged S

The lucky few who make it far on 'American Idol' usually leave the show with an established fan base to support a solo career. While not all 'Idol' alums are solo stars, most go this route. Then there's Carly Smithson, a season seven contestant who is now the lead singer of rock outfit We Are the Fallen...

There have been a few 'American Idol' alums that chose rock over pop. Daughtry immediately comes to mind, and now you can add Carly Smithson to the list. The singer is now fronting rock act We Are the Fallen. Her band will release its debut album May 11...

What do you get when you cross former members of Evanescence with a past 'American Idol' contestant? We Are the Fallen, of course. Featuring Carly Smithson on vocals, We Are the Fallen released a remastered version of their debut single, 'Bury Me Alive,' featuring an orchestral outro last month...

California's Dommin have landed a couple of coveted opening tours to coincide with the release of their album, 'Love Is Gone,' on Roadrunner. The lovelorn rockers just kicked off a month-long stint in Europe again with Italy's Lacuna Coil that began in Holland on Feb...

Elizabethan poet Thomas Dekker was known for his declaration, "Oh what a heaven love is/Oh what a hell." Those outside of the academic community would be happy to credit HIM vocalist Ville Valo for coining the phrase. Lovelorn, darkly romantic and utterly gothic words and music abound -- and really, would you expect anything less...

"We've always been playing with contradictions and the yin yang of pop and rock 'n roll," HIM frontman Ville Valo told Noisecreep. With the new album, 'Screamworks: Love in Theory and Practice,' Valo says the combo is delightfully peculiar and beguiling...

Ville Valo personally designed HIM's iconic heartagram symbol -- it meshes the heart and a pentagram and is the perfect visual representation of the band's lovelorn sound -- has enraptured the underground music scene. Fans and fellow musicians who are also fans of the band sport tattoos of the symbol, and that's something that flatters Valo incredibly...