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and most importantly…We’re Here!!!!!! (Thanks Andre!) Search: harddrive or harddrive radio. See exclusive Lou Brutus pictures! See all the killer interview videos, exclusive live acoustic performances you can only hear on the app, including some from hardDrive Live headliners Black Stone Cherry, Gemini Syndrome, Beware of Darkness and more! Miss the weekend edition of hardDrive? It’s on the app! Interact with other users, automatically connect to your other socials, it’s got cool features you are gonna love! You can read Dirt there every day, too! Get it NOW and tell your friends! ….Speaking Lou Brutus, he is on his way to Cadott for this weekend’s Rockfest and it’s gonna be a great weekend weather wise AND interview wise! Looking forward to presenting you with those in a couple of weeks here on hardDrive and the XL!….Meanwhile, bummed my phoner yesterday with Tim McIlrath of Rise Against had to be rescheduled ’til Monday. He was in a really bad cell phone area (yes, we have those!) and we couldn’t connect. But you should check out his EPK on the Alternative Press website!….Tomorrow night in Las Vegas, Soundgarden and Nine Inch Nails kick off their co-headlining tour. Wish I was gonna be there! Dang!….Foo Fighters members Dave Grohl and Pat Smear showed up on Wednesday night’s (July 16th) edition of The Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson to play drums and guitar respectively for singer Kristeen Young, who performed her new track “Pearl Of A Girl.” The pair didn’t just walk in off the street and decide to help out — Grohl also played drums and guitar on Young’s most recent album, The Knife Shift…..The Black Keys, Jack White and Linkin Park are among the handful of rock acts getting any sort of recognition this year from the MTV Video Music Awards. The nominations for the show were announced and typically leaned in the direction of pop, dance and urban music, with the exception of a handful of categories. Linkin Park’s “Until It’s Gone” and the Black Keys’ “Fever” are both competing in the Best Rock Video category, alongside Imagine Dragons‘ “Demons,” Arctic Monkeys‘ “Do I Wanna Know?” and Lorde‘s “Royals.” Elsewhere, 30 Seconds To Mars is nominated for Best Cinematography for its “City Of Angels” clip, while Jack White’s “Lazaretto” video earned a nod for Best Visual Effects….Our hearts and prayers go out to the victims’ families of the horrible crash in Ukraine of the Malaysian Air plane filled with nearly 300 people. With all the madness going on in the world, I wanted to share Eddie Vedder of Pearl Jam‘s comments on the band’s website. He was responding to the attacks directed against him over anti-war comments he made at a show in England last Friday (July 11th). Some claimed Vedder’s remarks accused Israel of warmongering over the current conflict with Palestine, while others supported the singer’s comments. Vedder wrote:“Most of us have heard John Lennon sing, ‘You may say I’m a dreamer… but I’m not the only one.’ And some of us, after another morning dose of news coverage full of death and destruction, feel the need to reach out to others to see if we are not alone in our outrage. With about a dozen assorted ongoing conflicts in the news everyday, and with the stories becoming more horrific, the level of sadness becomes unbearable. And what becomes of our planet when that sadness becomes apathy? Because we feel helpless. And we turn our heads and turn the page. Currently, I’m full of hope. That hope springs from the multitudes of people that our band has been fortunate enough to play for night after night here in Europe. To see flags of so many different nations, and to have these huge crowds gathered peacefully and joyfully is the exact inspiration behind the words I felt the need to emphatically relay. When attempting to make a plea for more peace in the world at a rock concert, we are reflecting the feelings of all those we have come in contact with so we may all have a better understanding of each other. That’s not something I’m going to stop anytime soon. Call me naïve. I’d rather be naïve, heartfelt and hopeful than resigned to say nothing for fear of misinterpretation and retribution. The majority of humans on this planet are more consumed by the pursuit of love, health, family, food and shelter than any kind of war. War hurts. It hurts no matter which sides the bombs are falling on. With all the global achievements in modern technology, enhanced communication and information devices, cracking the human genome, land rovers on Mars etc., do we really have to resign ourselves to the devastating reality that conflict will be resolved with bombs, murder and acts of barbarism? We are such a remarkable species. Capable of creating beauty. Capable of awe-inspiring advancements. We must be capable of resolving conflicts without bloodshed. I don’t know how to reconcile the peaceful rainbow of flags we see each night at our concerts with the daily news of a dozen global conflicts and their horrific consequences. I don’t know how to process the feeling of guilt and complicity when I hear about the deaths of a civilian family from a U.S. drone strike. But I know that we can’t let the sadness turn into apathy. And I do know we are better off when we reach out to each other. ‘I hope someday you’ll join us…’ ‘Won’t you listen to what the man said.’ “…..Celebrating birthdays this weekend: Daron Malakian of System of a Down is 39, Aaron Gillespie (ex-Underoath) is 31 and Nelson Mandela was born on this day in 1918. On Saturday, Queen guitarist Brian May is 67 and Machine Head’s singer/guitarist Rob Flynn is 46. Sunday, Chris Cornell of Soundgarden turns 50! Pearl Jam’s guitarist Stone Gossard is 48 and Wolfmother’s Andrew Stockdale will be 38.