SUPERJOINT RITUAL guitarist Jimmy Bower recently spoke to the Ozzfest Unofficial Updates web site about a number of different topics, including DAMAGEPLAN, heroin addiction and Ozzfest. What follows are several excerpts from that interview: On the fight between DOWN and ADEMA at Ozzfest 2002: Jimmy Bower: "This guy came to our bus, guy ...
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Massachusetts-based thrash metal quintet SHADOWS FALL have set "The War Within" as the title of their fourth full-length release, tentatively scheduled for an early September release through Century Media Records. The new album, produced again by Zeuss (HATEBREED) at Planet Z Studios in Massachusetts, will feature the tracks "The Power Of I & I" and ...
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New Orleans sludge-meisters CROWBAR and Danish thrashers HATESPHERE will be teaming up for a European tour beginning in late June. Confirmed dates are as follows: Jun. 25 – Köln, GER - Underground Jun. 26 - Pressure Fest (no HATESPHERE) Jun. 27 – Tilburg, NETH – 013 Jun. 28 - Hamburg, GER – Knust Jun. 29 ...
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DOKKEN have finalized the track listing for their new album, "Hell To Pay", due on July 13 through Sanctuary Records. As previously reported, the recording line-up on "Hell To Pay" is as follows: Don Dokken (vocals), Jon Levin (guitar, ex-WARLOCK), Barry Sparks (bass, TED NUGENT, YNGWIE MALMSTEEN, MSG) and Mick Brown (drums). "Hell To Pay" ...
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Sanctuary Records has pushed back the projected release date of DOKKEN's new album, "Hell To Pay", to July 13. No reason was given for the delay. The recording line-up on "Hell To Pay" (view cover here) is as follows: Don Dokken (vocals), Jon Levin (guitar, ex-WARLOCK), Barry Sparks (bass, TED NUGENT, YNGWIE MALMSTEEN, ...
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MelodicRock.com recently caught up with DOKKEN guitarist Jon Levin (ex-WARLOCK) for a quick update on the band's upcoming album, "Hell To Pay". "Jon is extremely happy with the result, as is Don apparently," according to a post on the site. "He says 'Hell To Pay' is much closer to what DOKKEN used to be and ...
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The cover artwork for DOKKEN's new album, "Hell To Pay", has been posted online at this location. The follow-up to 2002's "Long Way Home", "Hell To Pay" is tentatively scheduled for release on May 18 through Sanctuary Records. The CD is expected to feature the lineup of Don Dokken (vocals), Barry Sparks (bass, ...
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Veteran rocker Richie Scarlet (MOUNTAIN, ACE FREHLEY BAND, FREHLEY'S COMET, SEBASTIAN BACH & FRIENDS) will be playing bass for UFO on their U.S. tour starting on April 22 at Jaxx in Springfield, West Virginia. Scarlet will be filling in for Pete Way, who was apparently unable to re-enter the country in time for the tour ...
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Former LAST CRACK vocalist Shawn Brown was named the first Madison Area Music Awards "Best Male Vocalist" during the March 28 ceremony at the Orpheum Theatre in Madison, Wisconsin. In addition, Brown's band DRIVER 13 (web site) were honored in the "Best Metal Album" category for their "Until the End of Time" release. ...
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BLACK HALOS and AMERICAN DOG are among the latest bands confirmed for the Serie Z Festival 2004, set to take place August 27-28 Jerez de la Frontera, Cadiz, Spain. Other bands scheduled to perform at the festival include SKID ROW, ORQUESTA DEL DESIERTO (featuring HERMANO's Dandy Brown and FATSO JETSON's Mario Lalli), SLADE and MOTHER ...
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New Orleans sludge-meisters CROWBAR have announced more dates as part of their upcoming European tour. They are as follows: Jun. 25 – Koln, GER - Underground Jun. 26 – Herne, GER - Pressure Fest Jun. 27 – Tilburg, NETH - 013 Jun. 28 – Hamburg, GER - Knust Jun. 29 – Salzgitter, GER - Forellenhof ...
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MACHINE HEAD frontman Robert Flynn has posted the following message to the band's official web site: "Hails and salutations fuckers! "The release of our new record, 'Through The Ashes Of Empires' (from here on out referred to as 'TTAOE') is less than a month away! The new, exclusive track, 'Seasons Wither' is mixed, mastered and ...
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More dates have been released for EXODUS' forthcoming U.S. headlining tour, which is scheduled to kick off in early April. They are as follows: Apr. 10 - Colorado Springs, CO @ 32 Bleu Apr. 11 - Denver, CO @ Whiskey Bill's Apr. 14 - Minneapolis, MN @ Ascot Room Apr. 15 - Milwaukee, WI @ ...
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New Orleans sludge-meisters CROWBAR have recruited former BLACK LABEL SOCIETY bassist Steve Gibb as their new guitarist. "I'm really stoked and so is Steve," CROWBAR frontman Kirk Windstein writes on the band's web site. "He's a great guy. I've been knowing him for about four years now, and it looks like he'll be in it ...
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Frankie Banali's (ex-QUIET RIOT, W.A.S.P.) official web site has posted a photo of some of the artists that attended the Randy Rhoads Hollywood's RockWalk induction ceremony on Thursday, March 18. Posing for the group shot were Banali, Yngwie Malmsteen, John5 (MARILYN MANSON), Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne, Zakk Wylde (OZZY OSBOURNE, BLACK LABEL SOCIETY), Nuno Bettencourt ...
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Legendary OZZY OSBOURNE guitarist Randy Rhoads' induction into Hollywood's RockWalk earlier today turned downright embarrassing when the bronze bust unveiled during the ceremony and later installed along the RockWalk posthumous inductee wall displayed the guitarist's often-misspelled last name as "Rhodes" (an error that has since apparently been corrected). Check out photos from Getty Images:
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MÖTLEY CRÜE/BRIDES OF DESTRUCTION bassist Nikki Sixx will be a guest on CNBC's "Dennis Miller" this Friday, March 19. Check your local listings for air times. BRIDES OF DESTRUCTION's debut album, "Here Come The Brides", came out last week through Sanctuary Records via Sixx's company 12-11 Productions. The band, who recently filmed a ...
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The previously published list of songs that was alleged to be the track listing for DEF LEPPARD's upcoming CD of classic British rock covers has been exposed as a hoax. The track listing, which originally appeared on the MelodicRock.com web site on March 12, has been designed to spell out "This Is Bullshit" ...
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BRIDES OF DESTRUCTION, the new band featuring MÖTLEY CRÜE bassist Nikki Sixx, L.A. GUNS guitarist Tracii Guns, vocalist London LeGrand, and drummer Scot Coogan (ex-PAUL GILBERT, ONI LOGAN/ROWAN ROBERTSON, SINÉAD O'CONNOR), took part in a photo session at a private studio in Los Angeles Tuesday (March 16). Check out the results from Wire ...
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DOKKEN have set a May 18 release date through Sanctuary Records for their new album, "Hell To Pay". The follow-up to 2002's "Long Way Home" is expected to feature the lineup of Don Dokken (vocals), Barry Sparks (bass, TED NUGENT, YNGWIE MALMSTEEN, MSG), Mick Brown (drums) and John Devin (guitar, ex-DORO). No further information is ...
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BRIDES OF DESTRUCTION, the new band featuring MÖTLEY CRÜE bassist Nikki Sixx, L.A. GUNS guitarist Tracii Guns, vocalist London LeGrand, and drummer Scot Coogan (ex-PAUL GILBERT, ONI LOGAN/ROWAN ROBERTSON, SINÉAD O'CONNOR), will be performing the track "Don't Care" live on CBS' "The Late Late Show With Craig Kilborn" this Monday, March 15. "Don't Care" is ...
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DEVILDRIVER, the new band fronted by former COAL CHAMBER singer Dez Fafara, will be filming a video for the track "Nothing's Wrong?" in late March/early April at Velvet Jones in the group's hometown of Santa Barbara. DEVILDRIVER's first video, for the track "I Could Care Less", was directed by P.R. Brown (JERRY CANTRELL, KILLSWITCH ENGAGE) ...
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QUEENSRŸCHE have set an April 20 release date through Sanctuary Records for their new DVD, "The Art of Live". "The Art of Live" was filmed in summer and fall 2003 on QUEENSRŸCHE's tour promoting the Sanctuary studio album "Tribe". The summer tour was a co-headlining run with DREAM THEATER. Vocalist Geoff Tate, guitarist Michael Wilton, ...
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BRIDES OF DESTRUCTION, the new band featuring MÖTLEY CRÜE bassist Nikki Sixx, L.A. GUNS guitarist Tracii Guns, vocalist London LeGrand, and drummer Scot Coogan (ex-PAUL GILBERT, ONI LOGAN/ROWAN ROBERTSON, SINÉAD O'CONNOR), have posted a full-length MP3 of their current single, "Shut The Fuck Up", at this location. "Shut The Fuck Up" is taken ...
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AUDIOSLAVE have been tapped to contribute a track to "Sly 2K", a SLY AND THE FAMILY STONE tribute album due out this spring, according to Rolling Stone magazine. The disc is being produced by Nile Rodgers (DURAN DURAN, DAVID BOWIE) and is set to include additional cuts by BECK, MOBY, THE ROOTS, LENNY KRAVITZ, MAROON ...
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DOKKEN bassist Barry Sparks (TED NUGENT, YNGWIE MALMSTEEN, MSG) will be participating in an online chat at the group's official web site (via the main page of the forum/message board) this Monday, February 23 at 9:00 EST / 6:00 p.m. PST. As previously reported, DOKKEN have set "Hell To Pay" as the title ...
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The initial pressing of BRIDES OF DESTRUCTION's debut CD, "Here Come The Brides", will include as a bonus a 12-minute 40-second QuickTime interview with the members of the group. It can be previewed here. "Here Come The Brides" (out in Japan through Universal Records since December 25) is due on March 9 through ...
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DOKKEN have set "Hell To Pay" as the title of their new album, tentatively due in late April. The follow-up to 2002's "Long Way Home" is expected to feature the lineup of Don Dokken (vocals), Barry Sparks (bass, TED NUGENT, YNGWIE MALMSTEEN, MSG), Mick Brown (drums) and John Levin (guitar, ex-WARLOCK). No further information is ...
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Ozzy Osbourne will live another nine years before "biting the dust," according to a magazine report. In the Blender magazine article "When Will Your Favorite Rock Star Die?", out on newsstands next week, gerontologist Dr. David Demko attempts to project the death dates of musicians, based on their lifestyles. Whitney Houston gains five for being ...
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BRIDES OF DESTRUCTION, the new band featuring MÖTLEY CRÜE bassist Nikki Sixx, L.A. GUNS guitarist Tracii Guns, vocalist London LeGrand, and drummer Scot Coogan (ex-PAUL GILBERT, ONI LOGAN/ROWAN ROBERTSON, SINÉAD O'CONNOR), filmed a video for the track "Shut The Fuck Up" on Monday (Feb. 9) with director Paul Brown. Described by Guns as "insane," the ...
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