Ever wondered what the leading causes of death for popular musicians were? Or how their average age at death compares to that of your normal joe? Well, this rather morbid list breaks down an average age comparison at time of death, the leading causes (in specific figures) for famous musician deaths, and lists the musicians in a chart chronicling their name, age at death and cause of death.

Amongst those listed are Raybeez (Warzone), Cliff Burton (Metallica), Joey Ramone, Bon Scott (AC/DC), Jason Thirsk (Pennywise) and many more. Interestingly, suicide and drug overdose were not the leading causes, based on the list’s research of 321 deaths. You can check out the entire list here.
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Mike Park has released a cover of the Operation Ivy classic, "Crowd." Mike explained:

Well, actually it's an old song. Years ago, I got asked to contribute a song for an Operation Ivy tribute record for a Japanese record label. Earlier today I was organizing the basement at work and came upon a copy of the song. It had been so long since I listened, so I threw it in the cd player and GEEZ is that really me singing such gruff punk vocals. Ouch, that's got to hurt the vocal chords.

But anyways, I like this a lot. I had forgotten this even existed, so I thought I'd share it with you. Feel free to download and share with friends. Hope you enjoy.

You can check out "The Crowd" on his myspace page.

Mike released his last solo album, North Hangook Falling in 2005.
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The Almost, the rock-focused side project which features Aaron Gillespie of Underoath recently revealed some information about their forthcoming debut.

Notably, Gillespie was able to enlist the services of Jeremy Enigk, the vocalist from both Sunny Day Real Estate, The Fire Theft, and most recently his own solo project which released World Waits. Enigk will also soon join Brand New for their upcoming UK tour.

As for the record itself, Aaron explained the sound and need for a side project:

I wrote all the songs last year when Underoath was in the studio doing ‘Define the Great Line,’ I’d do all the drums, then have a three-week to a month lull between doing drums and singing. I got so bored, so I wrote these 11 songs.

I wouldn’t try to put something like this on an Underoath record because it doesn’t really fit that niche. It’s just rock tunes — pretty structured rock tunes, which doesn’t really work for Underoath, because Underoath is an unstructured/moment kind of thing. This is more Foo Fighters-esque.

Besides Enigk, Aaron has also enlisted Starting Line’s Kenny Vasoli to contribute bass The record, titled Southern Weather is due out April 3rd. The band will also be supporting the album on this summers Warped Tour.
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Yo La Tengo have announced their upcoming tour plans in support of I Am Not Afraid of You and I WIll Beat Your Ass. The album was voted one of the best of 2006 by the staff here at Punknews.org.

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Holland's Heideroosjes have posted a new "teaser" of material from their new album, Chapter Eight: The Golden State. The 15 track record is due out on I Scream and is due out March 9th, 2007.

You can check out the teaser, which includes bits of three new tracks on their myspace page.
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Secondhand Serenade have posted a new track from their upcoming album, Awake. The self-released record is set to be reissued via Glassnote/East/West on February 6th and will include two previously unreleased tracks, “Take Me With You” and “It’s Not Over.”

You can check out “Take Me With You” on their purevolume page and “It’s Not Over” on their myspace page.
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The Portuguese hardcore band, Devil In Me, have debuted the title track from their forthcoming album, Brothers In Arms. The album was recorded and produced by Miguel Marques (Easyway, TwentyInchBurial, More Than A Thousand) at Generator Studio and mastered by Alan Douches (Misfits, Madball, Sick Of It All, Bad Brains, Sepultura, Snapcase, H2O, Strike Anywhere) at West West Side Music Studio, in New York. The album is the follow up to 2006’s Born To Lose is scheduled for a March release.

Featuring 12 new songs plus a version of “God’s Gonna Cut You Down”, a traditional American song popularized by the late Johnny Cash, the album features guest appearances from Lou Koller and Craig Setari (Sick Of It All), Martijn (No Turning Back), Richie (For The Glory) and Tiago Afonso (Easyway).

You can check the music on their myspace page“.
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New Jersey-based melodic hardcore act Cash In have posted a new track from an upcoming split. The split is the first new release since the band’s Eric Rachel produced debut, Revolution Summer. You can check it out on their myspace page.

Front Page, also of New Jersey, have posted a new track from their upcoming split with an unnamed group. The album follows their 2006 EP, This Is Our Year.. You can check out the song on their myspace page.

Kings to You have posted up two brand new tracks from their upcoming album, the Antidote. You can check them out on their myspace page.
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