According to Hits Daily Double, Rick Rubin finalized a deal with Warner Bros. Records to house American Recordings — home to veteran Los Angeles thrashers SLAYER — last Wednesday (Feb. 9). Sources inside Warner Music Group say that U.S. head of Warner Music Group, Lyor Cohen, was taking bows while holding court at the Beverly ...
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Swedish "death 'n' roll" band HEARSE, featuring former ARCH ENEMY singer Johan Liiva, have posted the following message on their web site: "Puuuhhh! The recording of HEARSE's third album is finally finished! It actually begun feeling like a DEF LEPPARD recording lasting forever! It doesn't sound like a DEF LEPPARD recording though, we're happy to ...
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According to a posting on the RUSH fan site Power Windows, RUSH bassist/vocalist Geddy Lee confirmed that RUSH filmed their Sep. 24, 2004 show "as a historical record of this tour." A recent article in FOH Online, however, makes it seem that a great deal of cost and effort went into the recording ...
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The New York Post is reporting that Rick Rubin has signed a deal with Warner Bros. Records to house American Recordings — home to veteran Los Angeles thrashers SLAYER. This brings American back to its former home, following stops at Columbia and Island Def Jam. It also reconnects Rubin with Lyor Cohen, who inked American ...
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Cameron Edney of the Yahoo! group Inside_Out666 recently conducted an interview with KISS guitarist Tommy Thayer. A transcript of the interview follow: Inside_Out666: I'd like to start by talking a bit about BLACK 'N BLUE. Can you tell us how the band formed? Tommy Thayer: "BLACK 'N BLUE formed in Portland, OR in ...
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The complete track listing has been revealed for EVERGREY's forthcoming live album, "A Night To Remember", due on March 14 via InsideOut Music. "A Night To Remember" was recorded on October 9, 2004 in Gothenburg, Sweden. A live DVD was filmed the same night with 15 hi-def cameras by video producer Patrick Ullaeus (LACUNA COIL, ...
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KISS guitarist Tommy Thayer has posted the following message on his web site: 'We've been very busy finishing the upcoming KISS 'Rock The Nation Live!' DVD set. I feel we've captured the excitement and intensity of the 2004 stage show and tour in a big way. "Shot in hi-def, the DVD will include many KISS ...
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The North American edition of DEF LEPPARD's new "Best Of" compilation album is now scheduled for May 17. This release will be slightly different than the version that was issued in the rest of the world in October 2004. To reflect the fact that it's a different release, there are some changes in the track ...
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DEF LEPPARD have confirmed the track listing for their upcoming "covers" album, tentatively due before the end of the year. A posting on the group's web site reads as follows: "For a long while, the stories and rumors have been going round about DEF LEPPARD recording an album full of cover songs. While we can ...
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MelodicRock.com has published the track listing for the as-yet-untitled DEF LEPPARD covers album, tentatively due in late 2005. It is as follows (original artist in brackets): 01. Waterloo Sunset (KINKS) 02. 21st Century Boy (T-REX) 03. Little Bit of Love (FREE) 04. Drive In Saturday (DAVID BOWIE) 05. Street Life (ROXY MUSIC) 06. ...
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NINE INCH NAILS and COLDPLAY will headline the sixth Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival, to be held April 30-May 1 at the Empire Polo Field in Indio, California, according to Billboard.com. The fest will also feature reunion performances by pioneering rock acts GANG OF FOUR, THE COCTEAU TWINS and BAUHAUS, as well as the ...
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According to a posting on The Def Leppard Satellite Of Love, DEF LEPPARD frontman Joe Elliott is scheduled to make an Irish TV appearance on RTE Two's "The Last Broadcast" on Saturday, January 29 at 11:05 p.m. local time. The 90-minute show is hosted by Dave Fanning. ...
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Former THE ALMIGHTY frontman Ricky Warwick has changed the projected title of his new solo album to "Love Many Trust Few" from the previously announced "Even Now". "The album had been going under the title 'Even Now' but on reflection and living with it for a while, I felt it wasn't quite the title I ...
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Mavrix Photo recently photographed DEF LEPPARD drummer Rick Allen as spent time with his daughter Lauren Shane in Malibu, California. Check out the pictures at this location. As previously reported, VH1's DEF LEPPARD biopic, "Hysteria: The Def Leppard Story", is scheduled for a Region 1 (North America) DVD release on January 25 for ...
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DRY KILL LOGIC will be supporting HED P.E. on the following dates in February Feb. 03 - The Blue Cat Bellefontaine, OH Feb. 04 - The Agora Theatre Cleveland, OH Feb. 05 - Harpo¹s Detroit, MI Feb. 08 - Planet Rock Battle Creek, MI Feb. 09 - Clearwater Theatre W. ...
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DEF LEPPARD frontman Joe Elliott was among the "close friends, family and peers" that showed up at CHI in West Hollywood, California Sunday night (Jan. 16) to wish KID ROCK a happy birthday. Check out a photo of Elliott, Rock and N'SYNC singer/solo artist Justin Timberlake at this location. ...
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Sheffield Today reports: It is a home fit for a rock star — but it has cost DEF LEPPARD rocker Rick Savage a cool £1 million to get it that way. More familiar with legions of heavy metal fans across the globe as a man who puts rhythm into one of the world's ...
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According to a posting on the DEF LEPPARD fan site Satellite of Love, Classic Rock Newswire has reported that DEF LEPPARD will tour with Canadian singer BRYAN ADAMS this summer. No further information is currently available. As previously reported, VH1 DEF LEPPARD biopic, "Hysteria: The Def Leppard Story", is scheduled for a Region ...
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Guitarist Vivian Campbell's (DEF LEPPARD, ex-WHITESNAKE) web site has been updated with the following message: "On January 5, 2005, [DEF LEPPARD members] Joe [Elliott], Phil [Collen] and Vivian were on 'Jonesy's Jukebox', an L.A. radio show with the SEX PISTOLS' Steve Jones. The two-hour program featured songs from THE CYBERNAUTS, Phil's new band ...
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DEF LEPPARD/ex-WHITESNAKE guitarist Vivian Campbell makes a guest appearance on the seven-song CD from New York-based female singer/songwriter CASH CASIA, entitled "From the Mouth of Babes". Campbell's contribution comes in the form of a guitar lead in the CD's closing cut, "Without Love", according to CASIA's web site. A 41-second audio sample of ...
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DEF LEPPARD members Joe Elliott (vocals), Vivian Campbell (guitar) and Phil Collen (guitar) will be making an appearance at Steve Jones' "Jonesy's Jukebox" radio show on L.A.'s Indie 103.1 station today (Jan. 5) between noon and 2:00 p.m. PST (3:00-5:00 p.m. EST). Jones, guitarist with the SEX PISTOLS, has been a friend of Vivian's ever ...
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A promotional DVD of the RIVERDOGS, featuring DEF LEPPARD/ex-DIO guitarist Vivian Campbell, is currently available for order via the group's official web site. The disc features interviews, studio/rehearsal footage, and clips of the reunion shows the band did in Southern California last summer. The site also offers a re-release of the much sought-after ...
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DEF LEPPARD frontman Joe Elliott joined singer Emm Gryner at her show at the Olympia Theatre in Dublin last week for a duet on LEPPARD's "Pour Some Sugar On Me". Halfway through the song, Joe walked on and joined in until the end, according to a posting on DEF LEPPARD's web site. Says Joe, "We ...
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DEF LEPPARD frontman Joe Elliott has reportedly contributed substantially to the BBC3 documentary "The Story Of Bohemian Rhapsody", which is scheduled to air this weekend. In the documentary, which is dedicated entirely to QUEEN's magnum opus song, Joe talks about how when was working in a factory in Sheffield, he heard "Bohemian Rhapsody" and dreamed ...
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According to Amazon.com, the VH1 DEF LEPPARD biopic, "Hysteria: The Def Leppard Story", is scheduled for a Region 1 (North America) DVD release on January 25, 2005 for $17.49. The 89-minute DVD is being issued by Paramount Home Video and is rated R. Amazon.com will be taking preorders for the DVD until the ...
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DEF LEPPARD performed the track "Two Steps Behind" last Saturday (Nov. 27) on "50 Years Of Rock/Love Songs", a German TV show that also included appearances by such artists as JOE COCKER, ROBIN GIBB, URIAH HEEP, EUROPE, THE CURE and many more. Footage of the show will be available on the group's official web site ...
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Former THE ALMIGHTY frontman Ricky Warwick has set "Even Now" as the title of his upcoming solo album, tentatively due in April 2005. The follow-up to "Tattoos and Alibis" is being recorded at Joe Elliott's (DEF LEPPARD) Joe's Garage studio in Dublin, and will feature guest appearances by Vivian Campbell (DEF LEPPARD), Ciaran McGoldrick (SIC), ...
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DEF LEPPARD singer Joe Elliott made a surprise appearance with THE SENSATIONAL ALEX HARVEY BAND Sunday night (Nov. 21) at the Boardwalk in Sheffield, U.K. During the encore, the band and Joe performed "Boston Tea Party" from the 1976 THE SENSATIONAL ALEX HARVEY BAND album "The Sensational Alex Harvey Band Stories". The song was recorded ...
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IRON MAIDEN frontman Bruce Dickinson will be hosting a new BBC Radio 2 series, called "Masters of Rock", beginning this Thursday (Nov. 25) at 21:00 GMT. The show topics that are said to be included in the series are as follows: Week 1: KISS-tory Week 2: Ian Gillan's (DEEP PURPLE) solo career Week 3: Blues ...
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DEF LEPPARD bassist Rick Savage has told Sheffield Today that the future of the band's reently completed covers album is uncertain. "It started out as a bit of a laugh and started taking on a life of itself," he said. "It is something we always wanted to do and had not really had the time. ...
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