Activision has released the full track listing for “Guitar Hero: World Tour,” the sixth installment in the popular “rhythm game” franchise. The game is due out October 26th, and will include drums and a microphone to complement the existing guitar and bass peripherals.

The game is due out October 26th and includes 86 songs from 311, 30 Seconds to Mars, Blink-182, Interpol, Jane’s Addiction, Jimmy Eat World, The Mars Volta, Muse, NOFX, No Doubt, The Living End, Sex Pistols, Smashing Pumpkins, Rise Against, System of a Down, Sublime, Tool and many more.

Along with the bundled songs, the game will feature it’s own online store allowing people to purchase other tracks.

No word on what secret message will accompany the scoring of 1,000,000 points.
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New Found Glory has joined Epitaph Records. The long-running pop-punk outfit will be releasing their next full length in February. As reported earlier, the band has been working on the new studio album with producer Mark Hoppus of Blink-182.

The band most recently released Tip of the Iceberg / Takin’ It Ova!.
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With the XM and Sirius merger in full swing, the first casualties of the partnership are starting to appear. First on the chopping block are the two punk rock satellite stations, Fungus 53 and Sirius Punk which are both being replaced with an 24 hour a day station dedicated to Australian hard rock act AC/DC.

Both stations provided a mixture of vintage and recent punk rock, with Sirius promising acts like “Sex Pistols, Ramones, Misfits, Black Flag, The Clash, Circle Jerks, Dead Kennedys, Suicidal Tendencies, Pennywise, Fugazi and many more” while Fungus 53 hosted shows DJ-ed by Rancid, Joe Sib’s Complete Control Radio and others.

NOFX’s Fat Mike even weighed in on the station, noting: “I hate the radio but I like Fungus/The only punk rock station, it’s humongous.” in their song, “Fungus” which appeared on the April 2005 7-inch in their monthly series.

If you want to get in touch with Fungus to ask about the switch, you can reach them here.
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Though the future looked bleak after the departure of longtime guitarist Kris Norris last week, Darkest Hour has apparently recruited a new guitarist, Mike “Lonestar” Carrigan, and have already planned studio time to record their next full length.

The band explained the choice:

We are excited to work with Brian again. He has been a long time friend and supporter of the band ever since its very first shows in 1995. When we recorded Mark of the Judas with him in 2000, it helped solidify our sound and define us as a band. Eight years later its time to do it again. With all the scars of our past to guide us, we look towards a new future.

The band is set to enter the studio in November for a planned 2009 release. The band released Deliver Us in 2007.
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The Undertones‘ classic single “Teenage Kicks” is celebrating its 30th anniversary this month. The 1978 track will be commemorated with a number of releases and events. A special digital single is being released that will feature the song, an unreleased live version and the original promotional video. This will be followed by a limited edition 7″ of the original four-track single with a fold out poster booklet. Furthermore the band will release The Undertones – An Anthology on September 22, 2008, featuring 56 songs, 27 of which are previously unreleased demos, live recordings, studio sessions and rehearsal tracks. The cover art can be previewed here.

Also on the 22nd the band, which now features vocalist Paul McLoone, will perform a headlining show at Dingwalls in London. The band last released the full length Dig Yourself Deep in October 2007.
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Haifa, Israel’s Useless ID have posted the first video from their forthcoming album. The record is titled The Lost Broken Bones and is due out October 18, 2008.

Later this month, the band is headed off to tour Japan and China.

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Gothenburg, Sweden’s the Haunted have launched a full album stream of their forthcoming full length. The record is titled Versus and is due out October 14, 2008.

You can check it out on their myspace page.
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hellogoodbye have announced a fall tour with special guests Ace Enders And A Million Different People and Never Shout Never. The Drive-Thru Records act continues to support their 2006 album, Zombies! Aliens! Vampires! Dinosaurs!.

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Dillinger Four have posted a new song from their forthcoming full length. The record is titled Civil War and is due out October 14, 2008.

You can check it out here.
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Copeland have a new song available for streaming. The song comes from You Are My Sunshine and the record is due out October 14, 2008. It is the follow-up to Dressed Up & in Line which was released in 2007.

You can find the song on their myspace page.
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Michael Pietsch, Publisher of Little, Brown and Company, announced today that Bob Mould, founder of the pioneering American punk band Hüsker Dü, will write his memoir for publication in autumn 2010. Michael Azerrad, author of the bestselling Our Band Could Be Your Life and Come As You Are: The Story of Nirvana will collaborate with Mould to tell the full story of his life and career.

The memoir will, for the first time ever, delve deeply into Mould’s life as a musician. He will also tell the story of his other lives, including his internal struggle with his sexuality, the coming-out process, and his subsequent embrace of, and service to, the LGBT community; his work as a creative consultant / director in the world of pro wrestling; his work as a record producer, including seminal projects by Soul Asylum and Magnapop; and his foray into electronic / dance music, including the popular BLOWOFF club events held nationwide.
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