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B4 Alternative Playlist 10-25-2012
1) Rev Theory - Guilty By Design
2) The Super Fuzz - This Is Your Life
3) Rob Zombie - Superbeast
4) Mushroomhead - Solitaire/Unraveling
5) Clutch - The Devil & Me
6) Powerman 5000 - V Is For Vampire
7) Wednesday 13 - Calling All Corpses
8) Static X - Push It
9) Korn - Get Up
10) Stone Sour - Absolute Zero
11) Stone Sour - Tired
12) Stone Sour - Ru486
13) Monster Mash
14) Warren Zevon - Werewolves of London
15) Marilyn Manson - Rock is Dead
16) ICP - Zombie Slide
17) Mudvayne - Dull Boy
18) Hank Williams III - 3 Shades of Black
19) Duran Duran - Hungary Like The Wolf

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The B4 Alternative Reminisced on Good Times and Bad Times of the Year 2011 and counted down the Top 30 Song releases of the year according to the B4 Alternative.

Here is the countdown and be sure to catch the Encore to hear the awesome playlist!

THE B4 ALTERNATIVE’S TOP 30 SONGS OF 2011
In 2011 we saw a ton of CD’s arrive on the shelves at the various locations you would take a gander to find new music. This is a list of the BEST in my opinion. I’m not going by album titles; rather I went with the best 30 songs that came out this year, and they may or may not have had major radio play. The amount of major radio play did not factor into my list at all. It’s a list of top 30 songs that I based off of how enjoyable the song was to myself.
Again, this is all strictly in my opinion. It didn’t matter if it was played a billion times on the radio, or if it got one spin on the air. It didn’t matter if it was the number one song on iTunes, or if it didn’t even get released on iTunes (of course these days, if you’re not releasing your music on iTunes, you’re either just plain stupid or have been living under a rock for the past decade.). It’s just simply the top 30 songs that stood out to me from the past year.
30. Dropkick Murphies - Going out in Style
29. Social Distortion – Machine Gun Blues
28. Lee DeWyze – Never There
27. Pitbull – Give Me Everything (Feat. Ne-Yo, Afrojack, & Nayer)
26. Kottonmouth Kings - Kalifornia
25. Chickenfoot – Last Temptation
24. Black Stone Cherry – Blame it on the Boom Boom
23. “Weird Al” Yankovic – Party in the CIA
22. Aaron Lewis – Country Boy
21. Rev Theory - Hangman
20. Powerman 5000 – Electric Avenue
19. Wednesday 13 – Calling All Corpses
18. Nickelback – Bottoms Up
17. Sixx A.M. – Lies of the Beautiful People
16. Saliva - Badass
15. The Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band – Never Lookin’ Back
14. Toby Keith – Red Solo Cup
13. Tom Morrello: The Nightwatchman – World Wide Rebel Songs
12. Seether – Country Song
11. Staind – Not Again
10. Foo Fighters - Rope
9. 311 – Sunset in July
8. Wayne Static – Assassins of Youth
7. Theory of a Deadman – Lowlife
6. Red Hot Chili Peppers – Monarchy of Roses
5. Hank 3 – C.O.A.B.
4. Five Finger Death Punch – The Pride
3. Duran Duran - All You Need Is Now
2. Limp Bizkit - Gold Cobra
1. Korn f. Skrillex - Get Up!

ROCK REPORT 09-22-11

Stone Sour frontman Corey Taylor says that the band’s next project is not only starting to look like a concept album, but that it may be a double album as well. A concept double album?
Stone Sour looks to join the ranks of bands like Smashing Pumpkins and Coheed and Cambria as they gear up to release a two-disc concept album. In a recent interview Corey Taylor told Artisan News about Stone Sour’s upcoming record:
“The thing I can say is that it’s like little bits and pieces of the first three albums, but it’s very dark. I’ve got a story…it’s almost a concept album that I’m writing right now — and it might turn into a double album.There’s a lot of really good material that we’re all kinda coming up with and I’m really excited to get in to the studio and see what happens.”

Korn had to put the breaks on the release of their dubstep EP a few months ago, and it may have been one of the best decisions they’ve ever made. After the success of the single ‘Get Up’, there is a renewed sense of interest in the band that wasn’t quite there during the release of their last album ‘Korn III: Remember Who You Are’. The project, now known as ‘The Path to Totality’, was expanded into a full-length album which is scheduled for release November 15th.
The band has also contributed the theme song, which at this point has no title, to the next installment in the popular video game franchise — Silent Hill.

Somewhat shockingly, R.E.M. has just revealed that they are breaking up after over 30 years of making music together.
The following statement was posted on the band’s website yesterday:
“To our Fans and Friends: As R.E.M., and as lifelong friends and co-conspirators, we have decided to call it a day as a band. We walk away with a great sense of gratitude, of finality, and of astonishment at all we have accomplished. To anyone who ever felt touched by our music, our deepest thanks for listening. R.E.M.”