Former HANOI ROCKS guitarist Andy McCoy's first-ever art exhibition will be held at Kaapelitehdas in Helsinki, Finland from Thursday, May 27 to Sunday, May 30 (open each day from 1:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m.). In addition to the collection of Andy's own paintings, there will be photographs of Andy from the last 20-plus years from ...
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Atlanta-based post-hardcore rockers NORMA JEAN have revealed the cover art for their upcoming fifth album, "Meridional", in a unique way — with an intense, self-generated video that also debuts a snippet of a new song. The clip, which debuted on AOL's Noisecreep, can now be viewed below. "We take a lot of pride in all ...
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Veteran rockers THE CULT have scheduled the following dates: May 03 - Auckland, New Zealand, Trusts Stadium May 05 - Brisbane, Australia, Tivoli Theatre May 06 - Sydney, Australia, Big Top Luna Park May 08 - Melbourne, Australia, Palais Theatre May 09 - Melbourne, Australia, Palais Theatre May 10 - Adelaide, Australia, Thebarton Theatre May ...
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HELMET has set "Seeing Eye Dog" as the title of its new album, due on June 22 via Work Song, the label imprint shared by singer/songwriter Joe Henry and HELMET mainman Page Hamilton's manager. Regarding the musical direction of the new CD, Hamilton tells AOL's Noisecreep, "It's a cool album. I'm really into ...
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To celebrate the 20th year of HELMET, guitarist/vocalist Page Hamilton is working on an art project called "Close To Home", where he has invited fans worldwide to own one of 200 original art pieces in an exclusive collection. Buyers pick the song featured on the piece, and Hamilton augments the canvas based on their choice. ...
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Diskant.dk conducted an interview with guitarist Bob Balch of off the Southern California heavy fuzz rock band FU MANCHU on February 21, 2010 in Malmö, Sweden. You can watch the chat in two parts below. FU MANCHU's eleventh full-length album, "Signs of Infinite Power", was released on October 20, 2009 via Century ...
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HAIL! — the supergroup featuring David Ellefson (MEGADETH), Mike Portnoy (DREAM THEATER), Andreas Kisser (SEPULTURA) and Tim "Ripper" Owens (JUDAS PRIEST, YNGWIE MALMSTEEN, ICED EARTH) — has been confirmed for this year's Rock in Rio Madrid festival, which will take place over two six days — June 4-5, June 10-12 and June 14 — at ...
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Former HANOI ROCKS guitarist Andy McCoy will take part in an acoustic performance on April 3 at Vastavirta Club in Tampere, Finland. The show is called "Andy McCoy Acoustically And Exclusively". In other news, McCoy's art exhibition will be held the last week of May at Cable Factory in Helsinki, Finland. In addition to Andy's ...
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THE CULT will perform its classic album "Love" in its entirety during its tour of Australia and New Zealand in May. "The band is redefining the live album experience with the 'Love Live Tour'; nothing is comparable to witnessing THE CULT fully engaged in the live creation of arguably their seminal album," stated THE CULT ...
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Rock fans across the country will now have access to America's premiere destination rock festival when MÖTLEY CRÜE and SIXX: A.M.'s Nikki Sixx hosts his nationally syndicated Premiere Radio Networks show, "Sixx Sense", from this year's Rock On The Range. The rock icon — who headlined last year' s festival — will set-up a backstage ...
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Rock House has uploaded video footage of David Ellefson (MEGADETH) and Andreas Kisser (SEPULTURA) discussing their side project HAIL! before the band's January 2010 performance at B.B. King Blues Club & Grill in New York City. Watch the clip below. In a recent interview with D.X. Ferris of the Cleveland Scene, HAIL! vocalist ...
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Atlanta-based post-hardcore rockers NORMA JEAN are back in the studio this month to record their fifth studio album and debut for new record label, Razor & Tie. The currently untitled LP will be released this summer, and is being recorded in Atlanta, Georgia at Glow in the Dark Studios with producer Jeremy Griffith. A new ...
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HAIL! — the supergroup featuring David Ellefson (MEGADETH), Mike Portnoy (DREAM THEATER), Andreas Kisser (SEPULTURA) and Tim "Ripper" Owens (JUDAS PRIEST, YNGWIE MALMSTEEN, ICED EARTH) — will perform at this year's Rock In Rio Lisbon festival on Saturday, May 29 in Lisbon, Portugal. Commented Kisser: "Rock In Rio is an enormous event that started in ...
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Veteran rockers THE CULT have finished recording four new songs at a Los Angeles-area studio with producer Chris Goss (MASTERS OF REALITY, KYUSS, QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE) for a brand new EP, to be released this summer. More details will be revealed soon. Affliction Clothing's web channel "Affliction Vision" sent OZZY OSBOURNE/ex-ROB ZOMBIE bassist ...
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A new video message from former HANOI ROCKS guitarist Andy McCoy can be viewed below. In the four-minute clip, McCoy talks about his upcoming plans, including an art exhibition, his side project GREASE HELMET (which features members of AMORPHIS) and a new solo album. McCoy previously stated about his upcoming solo CD, "It will be ...
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Fan-filmed video footage of THE CULT's February 19, 2010 performance at the Musink tattoo convention and music festival at the OC Fair & Event Center in Costa Mesa, California can be viewed below. The setlist was as follows: 01. L'il Devil 02. Electric Ocean 03. Rain 04. Sweet Soul Sister 05. Revolution 06. The Witch ...
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Australian metallers FIVE STAR PRISON CELL will enter Sing Sing South Studios in Melbourne on March 1 to begin recording their third album, entitled "Matriarch". The band states, "We are very excited and sincerely feel this is our strongest work to date. The group adds, "This album has been two years in the making, from ...
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Mike Hsu of the Worcester/Boston, Massachusetts radio station WAAF conducted an interview with MEGADETH/HAIL! bassist David Ellefson in late January before HAIL!'s two-date U.S. East Coast mini-tour. The chat is now available for streaming using the audio player below. (Note: This interview was conducted two weeks before Ellefson officially rejoined MEGADETH as the band's new ...
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Powerhouse American vocalist Tim "Ripper" Owens (YNGWIE MALMSTEEN, BEYOND FEAR, ex-JUDAS PRIEST, ICED EARTH) has told D.X. Ferris of the Cleveland Scene that bassist David Ellefson's recent return to MEGADETH may force HAIL! — which also features SEPULTURA guitarist Andreas Kisser and DREAM THEATER drummer Mike Portnoy — to go on hiatus. "It ...
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Guitarist Scott Waldrop of TWISTED TOWER DIRE has released the following statement regarding he passing of the band's former singer, Anthony "Tony" Taylor: "As many of you already know, our former vocalist Tony Taylor passed last Saturday [February 6] night in a motorcycle accident. I'm still having trouble believing it. He and I wrote a ...
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More than 38 bands will once again come together to celebrate rock at the fourth annual Rock On The Range, set for May 22 and 23 at Columbus Crew Stadium in Columbus, Ohio. The lineup includes first-timer "Rangers" ROB ZOMBIE, GODSMACK (in their first announced show of 2010), the return of LIMP BIZKIT and the ...
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Former TWISTED TOWER DIRE vocalist Anthony "Tony" Taylor was killed in a motorcycle accident this past Saturday night (February 6) in North Naples, Florida. He was 42 years old. According to NaplesNews.com, Taylor was driving a 1996 Harley Davidson east on Nighthawk Drive approaching the end of the road around 11:00 p.m. Due ...
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Fan-filmed video footage of Atlanta-based post-hardcore rockers NORMA JEAN performing a brand new song, tentatively titled "Kill More Presidents", on November 21, 2009 at the White Rabbit in San Antonio, Texas can be viewed below. NORMA JEAN recently inked a deal with Razor & Tie. The band is headlining the "Explosions 2009" U.S. tour in ...
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A charity auction for DEFTONES bassist Chi Cheng has just been launched at this location. Chi has been in a semi-conscious state since being involved in a horrific accident in November 2008, and his family has accumulated an overwhelming amount of medical bills that insurance does not entirely cover. It is DEFTONES' mission ...
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A new FU MANCHU track, "Gargantuan March", is available for streaming on GuitarWorld.com. The song comes off the Southern California heavy fuzz rock band's eleventh full-length album, "Signs of Infinite Power", which is scheduled for release on October 20, 2009 via Century Media Records. Recorded at Maple Studios in Santa Ana, California by ...
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"Revisions", the new album from Woodstock, New York progressive rockers 3, will be aired in its entirety tonight (Friday, October 16) at 9:00 p.m. EST on the South Orange, New Jersey radio station 89.5 FM WSOU. Listeners outside the New York City/North Jersey area can hear the program live via the Internet at
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Zach Redrup of U.K.'s Dead Press! conducted an interview with vocalist Karl Schubach of Milwaukee, Wisconsin's metalcore act MISERY SIGNALS on September 27, 2009 when the band played Manchester, England. The chat is now available for streaming below. "Controller", the third full-length album from MISERY SIGNALS, sold around 2,900 copies in the United States in ...
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To mark the 20-year anniversary of HELMET, lead singer/guitarist Page Hamilton has constructed a highly personalized project of contemporary art for believers worldwide. "Close to Home" is an unprecedented venture into the fine art world for the band, combining handwritten lyrics, graphic art and paint into one massive canvas series consisting of 200 drafts only. ...
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Austria's Stormbringer.at webzine conducted an interview with vocalist Karl Schubach of Milwaukee, Wisconsin's metalcore act MISERY SIGNALS on September 14, 2009 when the band played Vienna's Viper Room. Watch the chat below. "Controller", the third full-length album from MISERY SIGNALS, sold around 2,900 copies in the United States in its first week of ...
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A new FU MANCHU track, "Bionic Astronautics", is available for streaming on AOL Music's Noisecreep. The song comes off the Southern California heavy fuzz rock band's eleventh full-length album, "Signs of Infinite Power", which is scheduled for release on October 20, 2009 via Century Media Records. Recorded at Maple Studios in Santa Ana, ...
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