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See who's on board and what special shows are planned.

Taproot announced recently that Dave Coughlin will be replacing Nick Fredell as the band's drummer. The announcement came just as the band revealed more U.S. tour dates for the end of this summer. Taproot has already posted pictures of new drummer Coughlin posing with fans (seen above) on the band's Facebook page.

Victory Records Michigan based rockers Taproot are hitting the road for one more round of dates performing their debut album 'Gift' for their devoted fans, starting off with a June 21 stop in Toledo, Ohio. The added dates will finish up the group's headlining tour...

Taproot will release their sixth full length album, 'The Episodes,' on April 10. The forthcoming effort is produced by Tim Palatan who previously worked with the band on 2010's 'Plead the Fifth' album. Nearly six years in the making, 'The Episodes' is a complex concept album, a first for the Michigan band...

It is shaping up to be quite a busy fall touring season for rock and metal bands. Taproot -- who exploded onto the scene in 2000 thanks to an indirect boost from a little tiff with Limp Bizkit's Fred Durst -- are taking to the road to support their new album, 'Plead the Fifth...

"Van Halen's the reason I started playing guitar." Mike DeWolf let's that fact out like it's a guarded secret. The Taproot guitarist doesn't like to share his so-called guilty pleasures. "I like obscure glam. The Bulletboys, Dangerous Toys," DeWolf admits...

If you think Taproot's new album 'Plead the Fifth' sounds a little like Alice in Chains, you wouldn't be alone. In fact, Taproot guitiarst Mike DeWolf says he hears the similarities too -- not a shock since just about every guy in the band is a major AIC fan...

"There's no finish line really," says Taproot guitarist Michael DeWolf of the band's current career trajectory. Five albums in and DeWolf admits every day is a struggle for survival. "It's always trying for this or striving for that. It's always going to be there; a struggle I guess to some extent, or especially with the state we're being in right now as far as the music industry .

The first video from Taproot's fifth album, 'Plead the Fifth,' 'Fractured (Everything I Said Was True)' has grabbed the attention of many, gaining the hard rock act new admirers. All this isn't surprising, with the timeless theme of brokenness and recovery in the song and video, as well as the infectious chorus...

Michigan hard rockers Taproot are following up 'Our Long Road Home' with their Victory Records debut, 'Plead the Fifth,' which will drop on May 11. Word is the album draws from the band's hugely successful debut, 'Gift,' which put them on the metal map...