METALLICA drummer Lars Ulrich has penned the foreword to the book "Life on Planet Rock" (cover) by music journalist Lonn Friend, due on July 11 via Morgan Road Books. As executive editor of the seminal rock magazine RIP from 1987 to its demise in 1994, Friend found himself at the very center of ...
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Ellen Gager of Revue magazine recently conducted an interview with Rob Zombie. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: Revue: What can fans expect from your upcoming "American Witch" tour with ANTHRAX? Is it gonna be classic, full-blown ROB ZOMBIE chaos with the intricate staging, or more scaled down, like some of ...
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STRAPPING YOUNG LAD drummer Gene Hoglan has rejected reports that the band will split up shortly after completing their current second-stage slot at this year's Ozzfest. In a recent interview with Finland's Imperiumi webzine, STRAPPING YOUNG LAD mastermind Devin Townsend revealed that the band's upcoming album, "The New Black", will likely be their ...
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Niko Kaartinen of Finland's Imperiumi webzine recently conducted an interview with STRAPPING YOUNG LAD mastermind Devin Townsend. A few excerpts from the chat follow (translated from Finnish by Mike Portnoy forum member "tommidt"): Imperiumi: "The New Black" is STRAPPING YOUNG LAD's fifth and final record for Century Media. Is this the last record ...
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British black metallers ANAAL NATHRAKH will release their third full-length album, "Eschaton", on October 16 via Season of Mist. The CD will include guest appearances by Shane Embury (NAPALM DEATH) and Attila Csihar (MAYHEM). Songtitles set to appear on the CD include "Bellum Onium Contra Omnes" and the epic "When The Lion Devours Both Dragon ...
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Brian Galvin, owner of the Kiss Coffeehouse — which opened on June 27 in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina — has sent the following message to KISS' official web site, KissOnline.com: "I want to thank everyone who came out for the grand opening of the world's first Kiss Coffeehouse in Myrtle Beach! It was a thrill ...
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Chicago-based prog-metal band CONGLOMERATORZ have released their new album, entitled "Naturally Heavy", through Nanofusion Music. The 14-song CD is described in a press release as "pure ultraistic progressively aggressive music that is opening narrow minds throughout the music industry. Lay your ears to rest by enjoying this multi-verse of mixed sounds that only this trio ...
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According to a posting on KISS' official web site, Paul Stanley and Gene Simmons taped an interview with reporter Eriko Tamurasome (photo) for "Eigo de Shaberanaito", a popular Japanese TV program that teaches English while entertaining their audiences (a so-called "edutainment" show). The episode of "Eigo de Shaberanaito" featuring Paul and Gene will ...
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KISS have added a second show at the Chumash Casino Resort in Santa Barbara County in California on July 28. The band will also perform at the same venue on July 26. Much like the Palms show back in 2003, the two intimate, no-frills concerts will allow KISS to flex its musical muscle! "It's a ...
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Writer/photographer John Harrell recently conducted an interview with KISS guitarist Tommy Thayer for a cover story in the Japanese magazine Burrn! An excerpt from the third part of the chat follows: Burrn!: Your sound is pretty close to Ace's. Did you keep his same setups and guitars? Thayer: "No, but I've used the same guitar/amp ...
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A one-minute video report on Tuesday night's (June 27) opening of the Kiss Coffehouse in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina has been posted online at WIStv.com (disable pop-up blocker). Bandmates Paul Stanley and Gene Simmons, sans the trademark makeup, greeted a crowd of hundreds to mark the grand opening in this beach town, according ...
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The Associated Press is reporting that KISS bassist/vocalist Gene Simmons and a former girlfriend have settled a defamation lawsuit in which she said he made her sound like a "sex-addicted nymphomaniac" during a documentary shown on VH1. The settlement, announced Wednesday (June 28), said the "amicable resolution" of Georgeann Walsh Ward's lawsuit over the way ...
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KISS guitarist Tommy Thayer attended the third annual Shaun Micheel Make-A-Wish Golf Classic, taking place June 25-26, 2006 at Ridgeway Country Club in Memphis, Tennessee. Tommy brought in a signed Paul Stanley Silvertone guitar for the auction set up by his good friend, top golfer Shaun Micheel, who happens to be a big KISS fan ...
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KISS' official web site, KissOnline.com, has been updated with a number of photos from yesterday's opening of the Kiss Coffeehouse in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. Check them out at this location. According to Dawn Bryant of MyrtleBeachOnline.com, KISS bandmembers Paul Stanley and Gene Simmons caused chaos by their mere presence at ...
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According to FOXNews.com, former KISS manager and longtime fugitive Jesse Hilsen testified for the first time Monday (June 26) in Manhattan Family Court in response to charges that he failed to pay support to his ex-wife, Rita Hilsen, and their two children. Under questioning from his ex-wife's attorney, Jacqueline Bukowski, Hilsen invoked his ...
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NEIL TURBIN'S DEATHRIDERS, the new band fronted by original ANTHRAX vocalist Neil Turbin, have been confirmed for the Burning Star Festival, set to take place August 5-6 at The Jumping Turtle in San Marcos, CA. The festival billing is now shaping up as follows: Saturday, August 5, 2006: HELSTAR NEIL TURBIN'S DEATHRIDERS (9:30 p.m.) CAGE ...
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Writer/photographer John Harrell recently conducted an interview with KISS guitarist Tommy Thayer for a cover story in the Japanese magazine Burrn! An excerpt from the second part of the chat follows: Burrn!: How long have you known Gene Simmons? Tommy: "I've known Gene for almost 25 years. The first time I actually met him I ...
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A 19-minute audio interview with Sharon Osbourne, conducted on Wednesday, June 21 by "The BJ Shea Morning Experience" on the Seattle station 99.9 KISW, has been posted online at this location. During the interview, Sharon talks about the upcoming Ozzfest 2006 tour; Gene Simmons; her sex life with Ozzy; Billy Corgan; and her ...
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To coincide with KISS' tour of Japan in July, the Japanese record company will once again re-release several KISS albums. Scheduled for July 12 are all '70s albums (excluding the four solo albums) in the carboard mini-LP-like sleeve jackets (the discs are the remastered versions from '97), like they've done before in Japan. In other ...
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On July 26, KISS will play the 1,300-seat theater at the Chumash Casino Resort, the hottest new Casino in California! Much like the Palms show back in 2003, the intimate, no-frills concert will allow KISS to flex its musical muscle! "It's a chance for us to just show people who and what we are musically," ...
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While KISS sit on their archives, yet another professionally filmed show from the 1970s surfaced this weekend, Detroit Cobo Hall, Jan. 29, 1977. With the original 3/4" master from this incomplete recording recently having been sold on eBay for $5,000, the material has materialized in a variety of forums in an attempt to keep bootleggers ...
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According to a posting on the KISS FAQ web site, two new "old" demos from KISS bassist/vocalist Gene Simmons have recently surfaced. "Street Legal" and "Something Wicked (This Way Comes)" probably date from the 1988-90 period and were recorded at Artisan Sound in Hollywood. "Something Wicked (This Way Comes)" was the title of ...
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Writer/photographer John Harrell recently conducted an interview with KISS guitarist Tommy Thayer for a cover story in the Japanese magazine Burrn! An excerpt from the chat follows: Burrn!: Do the fans hassle you about being in Ace's makeup? Tommy: "The vast majority of the people see KISS up there and a lot of the younger ...
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Peter Walsh of the U.K.'s Norwich Evening News is reporting that a Norfolk teenage guitar sensation is due to meet rock legend Gene Simmons when he visits the United States later this summer with his band. Oli Brown, lead singer and guitarist with BLUE EVOLUTION, shot to fame when he was plucked from ...
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MOTÖRHEAD will get the royal treatment this Saturday, June 24 with the "Headbanger's Ball" thirty-minute "Stage Fright" special. Culled from the spectacular DVD of the same title (released earlier this year on SPV), the program contains a healthy selection of MOTÖRHEAD favorites along with some backstage interview footage of Lemmy and the band. "Stage Fright" ...
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The first-ever official KISS Coffeehouse is to open on Tuesday, June 27 at Broadway at the Beach in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. The grand opening will be attended by KISS members Paul Stanley and Gene Simmons, who are scheduled to cut the ribbon. If you are coming out to the Grand Opening of the KISS ...
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Writer/photographer John Harrell recently conducted an interview with KISS frontman Paul Stanley for a cover story in the Japanese magazine Burrn! A few excerpts from part three of the chat follow: Burrn!: In talking about songwriting you have written some killer songs. I remember something that Eddie Van Halen told me once that the hardest ...
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Writer/photographer John Harrell recently conducted an interview with KISS frontman Paul Stanley for a cover story in the Japanese magazine Burrn! A few excerpts from part two of the chat follow: Burrn!: So life is exciting to you. You've got a new beautiful wife, baby on the way, new solo record, your first one since ...
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KISS' official web site has been updated with photos from frontman Paul Stanley's art gallery show Wednesday night (June 14) at Célébrités Galleries in Maui, Hawaii. VH1 filmed the exhibition and here you can see Paul with the VH1 staff as well as his fans. The art show was a huge success, with ...
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Writer/photographer John Harrell recently conducted an interview with KISS frontman Paul Stanley for a cover story in the Japanese magazine Burrn! A few excerpts from the chat follow: Burrn!: How have you been? I know you've had hip replacement surgery, you got married and now have a child on the way; all kind of great ...
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