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Shinedown are catching a bit of a breather at the moment, but singer Brent Smith and guitarist Zach Myers of the always generous band are filling the time by giving fans not one but two collections of acoustic covers. Here, Loudwire is proud to exclusively bring you the video for their rendition of Bon Jovi's 'Wanted Dead or Alive' (watch above).

The Night of the Living Dreads Tour rolled through the Yakima Valley Sundome last week on Nov. 5 with performances from Scar the Martyr, Rob Zombie and Korn. Part way through Rob Zombie's set, the band decided to take a request from the crowd. Just about every song and band imaginable began being yelled out. Guitarist John 5 and Zombie listened to their fans and decided to bust the request for Met

It's a pretty defeating feeling when you see all these kids laying waste to an instrument at such a young age while all you can do is watch in awe. Here we have another kid who might be able to light a fire under your keister with his impressive guitar playing.

Musical talent runs deep in the Draiman family tree. While most rock fans are familiar with David Draiman's work as the frontman for Disturbed and Device, his younger brother Ben is also a talented musician and songwriter. Ben recently paid homage to his brother with a recording of his version of the Disturbed song ‘Stricken.’ Check it out above.

On October 29, Seether will release a double-disc hits collection called 'Seether 2002-2013'. Not only will the discs contain Seether's best work, but a couple new songs and a Veruca Salt cover of 'Seether' are also included. Take a listen to the new song 'Safe To Say I've Had Enough' and the 'Seether' cover right here at 97rockonline.com.

There's a whole lot of fun that comes with recording a covers disc and Halestorm are letting that enjoyment spill over into the artwork for their new 'ReAniMate 2.0: The CoVeRs eP.

It takes a talented group of musicians to properly cover Tool. When that group is made up of kids still packing school lunches, it is even more impressive.

Black Label Society have unveiled the video for 'Ain't No Sunshine When She's Gone,' a cover of the classic Bill Withers song. It's from the live CD 'Unblackened,' due out on Sept. 24. A live DVD, also called 'Unblackened,' but with a slightly different track listing, comes out the same day.

The 2013 Benton Franklin Fair & Rodeo kicked off Monday night with the always exciting demolition derby and continued Tuesday with a kick ass rock 'n roll show featuring Theory of a Deadman. I hope you didn't miss it, but if you were unfortunate enough to be there or you just want to relive some of the show, check out this video I took of TOAD performing the Alice In Chains classic 'Got Me Wro

Modern music's living contradiction, Maynard James Keenan, has delivered another bizarre piece of art with a video for Puscifer's cover of the Queen classic 'Bohemian Rhapsody.' Having superimposed his head, along with the head of iconic drag queen Dina Martina, onto characters from black and while films, 'Bohemian Rhapsody' proves to be maniacally hilarious.

Just when we thought America's favorite video game, 'Super Mario Bros.,' couldn't get any better -- enter YouTube's 311Erock, aka rocker Eric Calderone. In this video, Eric shows us that not all metal riffs and/or tones are used for moshing, horror movies and making parents angry.

Nirvana, Sublime, Led Zeppelin, Nickelback, and even Metallica are just a few of the bands that 'Twinkle Twinkle Little Rock Star' have taken songs from and rerecorded into lullabies. Now Slayer has joined the ranks.