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Metal on the rocks?
System of a Down, Saliva, Chevelle, and Taproot try to put the hard stuff on top again
by SEAN RICHARDSON

Local Anesthesia: Hole in our soul
The music community's devastating loss
by BOB GULLA
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On last fall's MTV2 tour headlined by the Vines, it was another band from overseas that stole the show during the Providence stop at Lupo's Heartbreak Hotel. While Vines frontman Craig Nicholls was working himself into one of his now-notorious frenzies backstage, the four neo-hippies in the Music were throttling the crowd with turgid Zeppelin riffery that was set to limber dance rhythms and topped off with a vocalist who could do Robert Plant without sounding like just another Coverdale clone. This is what Whitesnake might have sounded like if they'd had any idea what made Zeppelin tick. The Music's homonymous Capitol debut hits shelves this Tuesday, and the band is already out showcasing the material on a tour that lands at the Paradise (617-423-NEXT) in Boston, on Saturday -- after which they jump on as the opening band for Coldplay's big US tour, which makes its only New England stop at the Oakdale Theatre (203-265-1501) in Wallingford, Connecticut, next Thursday, February 27.

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