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Dr. Manhattan part ways with drummer

Tim Karan on 4/30/09 @ 8:44 PM

Dr. Manhattan drummer, Nick Vombrack, calls it quits after four years with the band. His last show is May 17th at The Roller Rink in their home state of Illinois.

Vomabrack said, "There is no bad blood between me and the Dr. Manhattan boys. There's no tension. This is all a positive thing. This is a decision that I made on the welfare of my own self and for the band as well. I didn't want anything I wanted to do with my life hold the band back from touring and working as hard as they could because that's what this band does. Its a non-stop machine of touring, touring, touring... I decided to stop off of it and the guys are very supportive."

Check out the video below for scenarios for his departure and the full farewell message.

Dr. Manhattan's Jam Dreams will be out this summer on Vagrant.

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Portugal. The Man to release acoustic record

Julie Nguyen on 4/30/09 @ 8:40 PM

Portugal. The Man announced via Twitter that they are finishing the "acoustic partner" to their upcoming record.

The Satanic Satanist is due July 1, 2009 on Equal Visions. The release date for the acoustic record is unknown.

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Valencia debut video for "The Good Life" online

Ben Sailer on 4/30/09 @ 8:10 PM

Valencia's latest video for "The Good Life," has found its way online.

The song is off the pop-rock act's sophomore full-length, We All Need A Reason To Believe, which came out last summer.

Guitarist JD Perry recently commented on an altercation with police that occurred while on the Bamboozle Roadshow; more about that story can be found over on Punknews.org and here at the link.

You can stream the video below:

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This Is Hell and Trustkill go separate ways

Brian Shultz on 4/30/09 @ 7:45 PM

This Is Hell have reportedly parted ways with Trustkill Records.

The band released two full-lengths with the label, 2006's Sundowning and 2008's Misfortunes.

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This Just In: Green Day are still a punk band

In case you may have forgotten, Green Day are still a punk band. In a recent interview with MTV, frontman Billie Joe Armstrong says that even after selling over a million copies of 2005's brilliant American Idiot, being a punk band is "still ground zero" for the band. He also speaks in depth about their upcoming record 21st Century Breakdown.

You can check out the entire interview here.

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