R.E.M., Screaming Trees, Tuatara supergroup joined by Pearl Jam’s Mike McCready, reveal double album

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Pearl Jam’s Mike McCready is all about supergroups nowadays – after last year we were telling you about a supergroup planned with former Guns’n’Roses bandmember Duff McKagan, now, he joined instrumental group Tuatara, consisting of R.E.M. and Screaming Trees members among others. Together, they have unveiled the band’s upcoming double album: “Underworld”. No bonus points for title originality. The group was formed back in 1996 by R.E.M. guitarist Peter Buck, drummer Barrett Martin of the Screaming Trees,…

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Testament guitarist working on Planetary Coalition album

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Testament guitarist and Alex Skolnick is “immersed in global rhythms,” writing his first acoustic album with Planetary Coalition, his new, very ambitious project – an album which is set to hit the stores in Spring 2014. A flavored collection of musicians from all over the world, Planetary Collection is his newest side project, a World Music-Art-Ecology-Architecture project which kick started at Union Square in June 2012, at the annual Make Music New York Festival. Their…

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