The presidential election is just around the corner. If the election happened today, who would you cast your vote for?
| John McCain (R) | | 60% |
| Barack Obama (D) | | 16% |
| It's not worth my gas money to drive to a polling station to vote for either of them | | 23% |
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Tom Morello is planning to release a second solo album under his Nightwatchman moniker later this summer. The Rage Against the Machine guitarist is among a slew of A-list modern rockers who have recently put out solo sets.
| Rage/Audioslave's Tom Morello | | 12% |
| Weezer's Rivers Cuomo | | 3% |
| Former Soundgarden/Audioslave singer Chris Cornell | | 37% |
| System of a Down's Serj Tankian | | 32% |
| Ex-Bush frontman Gavin Rossdale | | 15% |
Four acts have already been confirmed for the Voodoo Music Experience that happens every October in New Orleans. More acts are to be named this summer.
| Nine Inch Nails | | 53% |
| Stone Temple Pilots | | 41% |
| REM | | 5% |
| The Neville Brothers | | 1% |
Stone Temple Pilots recently revealed that it would hit the studio to record a new album once its tour wraps in November. So far, STP have unveiled more than 40 North American dates.
| I'll drive wherever to see them and definitely get the CD! | | 25% |
| Not worth the drive, but will check out the CD. | | 17% |
| I'll download a few tracks, but I really don't care. | | 4% |
| Velvet Revolver was better and STP should have stayed inactive. | | 13% |
| Scott Wieland will get all strung out again and STP will wither away once more. | | 40% |
| Disturbed's "Liberate" | | 16% |
| Filter's "Hey Man, Nice Shot" | | 4% |
| Godsmack's "Awake" | | 12% |
| Rage Against the Machine's "Killing in the Name Of" | | 16% |
| Drowning Pool "Bodies" | | 52% |
Fall Out Boy bassist Pete Wentz recently signed on to co-host a Chicago fundraiser to support presidential candidate Barack Obama in his run for the White House. He joins fellow rockers like Foo Fighters (who threw their weight behind John Kerry in the last presidential election) and Eddie Vedder (who backed Ralph Nader in the 2000 campaign) in using their celebrity status to rally voters behind a candidate.
| I think it's good for rockers to use their celebrity status to rally behind candidates they believe in. | | 24% |
| They should stick to music. Honestly, I don't think it helps the candidates' campaigns. | | 53% |
| Either way, it helps young people become involved in the election process. | | 23% |
There are plenty of well known artists that are expexted to release new CDs in 2008.
| Lenny Kravitz | | 1% |
| The Offspring | | 18% |
| Metallica | | 51% |
| AC/DC | | 21% |
| Weezer | | 9% |
In the 80's, the format battle was between VHS & BETAMAX. Today, a format war is back with HD DVD, Blu-Ray, and DVD Upscaling players. But which is the best to invest in this holiday season?
| Blu-Ray | | 43% |
| HD DVD | | 45% |
| DVD Upscaling | | 12% |
With Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock, the latest installment of the popular video game, fans get to shred along to their favorite rock anthems and even battle head-to-head against legends like Rage Against the Machine's Tom Morello and Velvet Revolver's Slash.
| "Miss Murder" by AFI | | 12% |
| "One" by Metallica | | 40% |
| "Bulls on Parade" by Rage Against the Machine | | 28% |
| "Even Flow" by Pearl Jam | | 14% |
| "Sabotage" by Beastie Boys | | 7% |
Kurt Cobain's widow, Courtney Love, recently sold the rights to Heavier Than Heaven, the Charles R. Cross biography about the late Nirvana frontman, to Universal Pictures. Now the company is planning to make a dramatic feature about the troubled life of Cobain. Love will serve as a co-executive producer on the as-yet-untitled flick, which also does not yet have a release date.
| Definitely! | | 42% |
| No, thanks. Cobain's legacy is best left to the music he made. | | 22% |
| Maybe I'll check it out on DVD. | | 36% |
With the rule of eligibility being 25 years after the release of an act's first album or single, modern-rock acts are finally starting to make their way into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland. U2 were inducted in 2005, R.E.M. got in this past March and the Beastie Boys have just been nominated to enter in 2008. Meanwhile, a slew of big bands that got started in the '80s like Red Hot Chili Peppers and Metallica look like shoo-ins in the coming few years, while '90s groups like Nirvana, Pearl Jam and Green Day should all have a good shot, as well. That raises the question about modern-rock acts who have primarily made their mark in the last decade:
| Linkin Park | | 23% |
| System of a Down | | 14% |
| Nickelback | | 36% |
| Papa Roach | | 11% |
| Kid Rock | | 16% |
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