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Myspace Music Presents Transmissions Featuring Chicago Punk Band Alkaline Trio

Exclusive Content Will Be Available Free For Download And Includes A Cover Of The Cure’s “Cut Here”

MySpace Music the world’s premier music community, is proud to announce that one of the biggest names in punk rock, Alkaline Trio, will take part in the ninth installment of MySpace Transmissions, going live today on www.myspace.com/transmissions.

Alkaline Trio is Matt Skiba (guitar/vocals), Derek Grant (drums), and Dan Andriano (bass). Emerging from the working class suburbs of Chicago in 1996, Alkaline Trio’s career was propelled by the 2003 release of Good Mourning, their first full-length of the current lineup, which was met with critical praise. The band has since led the charge in defining a genre of music, selling nearly a million records and continuing to maintain a rabid fan base. The band’s latest album Agony & Irony was recorded in Los Angeles with producer Josh Abraham (Linkin Park, Slayer, Unwritten Law). The Cure has
always been one of Alkaline Trio’s favorite bands and their cover of the 2001 Cure song “Cut Here” was inspired by seeing their heroes play a MySpace Secret Show the night prior to their Transmissions session.

MySpace Transmissions is a music program that empowers top recording artists with a new platform to create and distribute exclusive video content and audio content, which is available for a limited time free download. MySpace Transmissions underscores the company’s commitment to building unique music programming and business models that benefit labels, bands, and fans.

The songs for the Alkaline Trio session are:

“Over And Out”
“Love Love Kiss Kiss”
“Emma”
“Cut Here”

Users will be able to add the content to their profiles and virally share the artists’ videos throughout the network. MySpace Transmissions represents a progressive music model that truly encourages artists and labels to generate revenue while still maintaining an organic and intimate connection with their fans.

MySpace Music centers around the more than five million major, indie, and unsigned artists that use their MySpace Music profiles to communicate and intimately connect with fans and friends. Each music profile empowers artists to upload video content, blog, post tour dates, lyrics, and make their music available to fans for stream or download. As one of the most popular and most trafficked music platforms in the world, MySpace Music has evolved into an offline experience by connecting bands and fans around the world through various concert series and live events including Secret Shows,
MySpaceLIVE!, Front to Back, The Release and The List.