DAYS OF THE NEW frontman Travis Meeks, who is in the process of completing a month-long stint in a California rehabilitation center for treatment of a crystal methamphetamine addiction, recently spoke to Rolling Stone about his audition for VELVET REVOLVER, the new band formed by former GUNS N' ROSES members Slash, Duff McKagan and Matt ...
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The following item comes to us courtesy of antiMUSIC: "As we reported last week, GUNS N' ROSES bassist Tommy Stinson, in an interview with Billboard.com, eluded that the long awaited GUNS N' ROSES album 'Chinese Democracy' may see the light of day this year. We can now report that GUNS N' ROSES frontman ...
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"Led Zeppelin DVD" achieved by far the highest-ever first-week and single-week sales for a music DVD, its 120,000 SoundScan figure doubling the previous sales record set by PAUL MCCARTNEY's "Back In The U.S." "How The West Was Won" is LED ZEPPELIN's first #1 Billboard album since their final studio album of all-new material, 1979's "In ...
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LED ZEPPELIN's new live three-CD set, "How the West Was Won", will debut at #1 on next week's Billboard albums chart, having sold more than 150,000 copies, according to SoundScan. The package features songs recorded during four 1972 concerts in California. The two-disc DVD released the same day, "Led Zeppelin", sailed to the top slot ...
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Jimmy Page, guitarist for LED ZEPPELIN, chatted with NPR to promote the band's new album and DVD. Page talked about his early session work, the skills of late drummer John Bonham, his thoughts on the "heavy metal" tag the band was the first to receive, and more. Listen to the 21-minute interview, which includes clips ...
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LED ZEPPELIN are on track to have the No. 1 album in the U.S. next week, with "How The West Was Won" reportedly outselling its nearest rock rival, EVANESCENCE's "Fallen" (No. 3), by nearly 2 to 1. 50 CENT's "Get Rich Or Die Tryin'" landed at No. 2, according to early reports. The triple live ...
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Former LED ZEPPELIN guitarist Jimmy Page recently told Launch that work on the new ZEPPELIN DVD and live album have kept him so busy that he hasn't discussed a reunion with singer Robert Plant or bassist-keyboardist John Paul Jones. "The members of the group have not discussed, if you can believe this...with all the other ...
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TYPE O NEGATIVE drummer Johnny Kelly will perform with his LED ZEPPELIN cover band, EARL'S COURT, Saturday night (May 31) at Peggy's in Bay Ridge (Brooklyn), New York. As previously reported, TYPE O NEGATIVE will be playing a special FREE show at New York City's legendary CBGBs on Friday, June 13. Door will open at ...
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HitsDailyDouble.com reports that according to early reports from national accounts, LED ZEPPELIN's new three-CD package of live recordings from two Southern California concerts in 1972, "How the West Was Won", will easily sell 100,000 and may go as high as 120,000 for the week. That figure should be enough to challenge STAIND and the DEFTONES ...
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Surviving LED ZEPPELIN members Jimmy Page, Robert Plant and John Paul Jones attended the New York screening of the double-disc "Led Zeppelin DVD" at Loew's 34th Street Theatre in Manhattan on the night of its May 27 release to retail. Check out pictures from Wire Image. Released by Atlantic Records, the DVD and ...
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