MÖTLEY CRÜE bassist Nikki Sixx has posted the following message to the "Rock 'n' Roll Diary" section of CRÜE's official web site: "My partnership with Dragonfly clothing is up and I will be announcing in the next 30 days my new partner for N.Sixx clothing. I had a good run with Dragonfly and learned a ...
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According to www.black-sabbath.com, the release date for the much-anticipated eight-disc BLACK SABBATH box set, "Black Box: The Complete Original Black Sabbath (1970-1978)", has been pushed back to April 27. The final box art can be viewed at this location. Retailing for $99.98, "Black Box: The Complete Original Black Sabbath (1970-1978)" will ...
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MÖTLEY CRÜE singer Vince Neil performed a solo headlining set at the B.B. King Blues Club in New York City on Wednesday (Feb. 4). Check out pictures from Film Magic. When asked by Rock Confidential recently about the current status of MÖTLEY CRÜE, Neil said, "I was on the phone with [bassist] Nikki ...
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CANNIBAL CORPSE bassist Alex Webster has posted the following message on the band's official web site: "Hello everyone, this Alex from CANNIBAL here with an update on our video shoot for the song 'Decency Defied'. "We shot the video on Jan. 25th, 2004 at St. Petersburg Florida's Club Venom. We want to say an extra ...
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Geffen Records is currently hosting a short video clip of LO-PRO on the road with STAIND. Check out the two-minute, 20-second clip at the following locations: Real Media: High-Speed, Low-Speed Windows Media: High-Speed, Low-Speed LO-PRO is the new project featuring former ULTRASPANK members Pete Murray (vocals) and ...
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ADLER'S APPETITE (formerly SUKI JONES), the new band featuring ex-GUNS N' ROSES drummer Steven Adler, RATT/ex-LOVE/HATE singer Jizzy Pearl, ex-SLASH'S SNAKEPIT guitarist Keri Kelli, FASTER PUSSYCAT guitarist Brent Muscat, and ex-VINCE NEIL/RATT bassist Robbie Crane, have lined up the following tour dates in February: Feb. 19 - Little Rock, AR @ TBA Feb. 20 - ...
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CAMP FREDDY, the Los Angeles-based "jam" band consisting of JANE'S ADDICTION guitarist Dave Navarro, former THE CULT touring bassist Billy Morrison (on guitar), ex-GUNS N' ROSES/THE CULT drummer Matt Sorum, bassist Scott Ford, and vocalist Donovan Leitch (the son of 1960s U.K. folk-rock icon Donovan), entered a Los Angeles studio last week to begin recording ...
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ANTHRAX have announced the list of winning tracks to be recorded for the group's collection of Joey Belladonna/Neil Turbin-era songs sung by current vocalist John Bush, dubbed "Metallum Maximum Aeturnum". The songs, which were selected by the fans via the band's official homepage as part of ANTHRAX's 20th Anniversary Celebration, are as follows: 01. Anthrax ...
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The March 2004 issue of Guitar World magazine includes a list of the 100 greatest heavy metal guitarists as selected by the magazine's staff. "This is not a list that ranks who can play the fastest or with the most taste, feeling or technique (although many players on our list have all of those arrows ...
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CLUTCH will release a new record, entitled "Blast Tyrant", on the newly formed DRT label on March 30. The new record is the follow up to their critically acclaimed 2001 release, "Pure Rock Fury". Lead singer Neil Fallon explains how the record came together: "One of our approaches for 'Blast Tyrant' was to keep in ...
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ANTHRAX have launched a contest to allow 25 "lucky winners" (each winner gets to bring one guest) to see "metal history get made" on Monday, January 26 as the band record a collection of Joey Belladonna/Neil Turbin-era songs sung by current vocalist John Bush, dubbed "Metallum Maximum Aeturnum". The recording sessions will take place at ...
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Earache Records has posted a preview of the upcoming DEICIDE DVD, "Behind the Scars - Under The Skin Of Deicide", to be released with the special edition of the group's new album, "Scars Of The Crucifix". Check it out here (Quicktime required). "Scars Of The Crucifix" was recorded at Morrisound Studios in Tampa, ...
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Former MÖTLEY CRÜE singer Vince Neil, MOTÖRHEAD bassist/vocalist Ian "Lemmy" Kilmister and BIOHAZARD frontman Evan Seinfeld were among the hard rock/heavy metal celebrities attending the AVN Adult Entertainment Expo 2004 at Sands Expo Center in Las Vegas January 8-11. Check out pictures from AVN.com: Vince Neil + fiancée Leah: Photo#1, Photo#2, ...
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A brand new CANNIBAL CORPSE track, titled "Cyanide Assassin", has been posted online in MP3 format at this location. "Cyanide Assassin" comes off CANNIBAL CORPSE's forthcoming CD, "The Wretched Spawn", due on February 24 through Metal Blade Records. The follow-up to 2002's "Gore Obsessed", "The Wretched Spawn" was recorded at Sonic Ranch studios ...
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Veteran death metallers CANNIBAL CORPSE will shortly begin filming a video for the track "Decency Defiled" off their forthcoming CD, "The Wretched Spawn", due on February 24 through Metal Blade Records. The follow-up to 2002's "Gore Obsessed", "The Wretched Spawn" was recorded at Sonic Ranch studios in Tornillo, Texas with producer Neil Kernon (NEVERMORE, JUDAS ...
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BRIDES OF DESTRUCTION bassist Nikki Sixx (of MÖTLEY CRÜE) fame and guitarist Tracii Guns recently spoke to Pitriff.com about the much-rumored CRÜE reunion/farewell tour and the early lineup changes that plagued BRIDES OF DESTRUCTION before the group settled into their current four-man format. Regarding the possibility of a MÖTLEY CRÜE tour in light ...
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After 15 years in the business as one of the reigning heavyweight champs of death metal, Florida's legendary DEICIDE have shot their very first music video. For this historic occasion, the band chose to immortalize the title track off their forthcoming Earache Records debut, "Scars Of The Crucifix" — a song which brutally sums up ...
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The title track to DEICIDE's forthcoming album, "Scars Of The Crucifix", has been posted online at the Earache Records web site at this location. The complete lyrics to the song can be viewed here. "Scars Of The Crucifix" (view cover here) was recorded at Morrisound Studios in Tampa, Florida ...
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MÖTLEY CRÜE/BRIDES OF DESTRUCTION bassist Nikki Sixx has posted the following message to the "Rock'n'Roll Diary" section of CRÜE's official web site: "First, I'd like to say happy holidays to all rock 'n' roll fans across the planet..... "Xmas is upon us, but no rest for the wicked. One last dirty deed needed to be ...
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EXHUMED have been added to the forthcoming North American tour featuring headliners CANNIBAL CORPSE and special guests HYPOCRISY and VILE, according to an online posting by the CANNIBAL CORPSE webmaster. The tour — CANNIBAL CORPSE's first in support of their upcoming "The Wretched Spawn" CD — will kick off on February 14 and ...
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The newly launched Rounder Books will in May release "Rhythm & Light", a photography volume focusing on RUSH drummer Neil Peart, according to Billboard.com. The drummer's own "Ghost Rider: Travels on the Healing Road" was published in 2002 by ECW Press. In other news, RUSH have revealed plans to mark their 30th anniversary year by ...
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Laurel J. Sweet of the Boston Herald is reporting that GREAT WHITE singer Jack Russell was "relieved" to be spared criminal culpability for the fourth deadliest fire in U.S. history, but remains tormented by his role in rock 'n' roll infamy, his lawyer said. "Jack is still agonizing over this," attorney Neil Philbin said yesterday ...
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A "jam band" consisting of Keri Kelli (ex-SLASH'S SNAKEPIT), George Lynch (ex-DOKKEN), Robbie Crane (ex-VINCE NEIL, RATT), and Sean Crosby and Chad Stewart from FASTER PUSSYCAT will play a set during the New Year's Eve show at Live in Las Vegas, Nevada headlined by ADLER'S APPETITE, the new group headed up by ex-GUNS N' ROSES ...
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WHITESNAKE frontman David Coverdale recently commented on his former bandmates' decision to use the "classic WHITESNAKE" banner for their new project, M3. M3, who feature in their ranks Bernie Marsden (guitar, ex-WHITESNAKE), Micky Moody (guitar, ex-WHITESNAKE), Neil Murray (ex-WHITESNAKE, BLACK SABBATH), Tony Martin (vocals, ex-BLACK SABBATH), Jimmy Copley (drums, ex-PAUL RODGERS, GILLAN, BECK), and Mark ...
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Neil Elkes of Evening Mail is reporting that Ozzy Osbourne is among the celebrities competing for the "Brummie of the Year" award. Creator Jon Bounds said the award was created to honor Birmingham, England-born and -bred icons who epitomize the down-to-earth qualities of the city. He said: "The one thing that the people of Birmingham ...
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Ex-SLASH'S SNAKEPIT guitarist Keri Kelli has dismissed as "false" the rumors that he was fired by L.A. GUNS as the group's touring guitarist after he engaged in "several drunken outbursts on the L.A. GUNS/BLACK N' BLUE tour." In a press release announcing his departure from L.A. GUNS, Kelli attributed the split to scheduling conflicts with ...
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ADLER'S APPETITE (formerly SUKI JONES), the new band featuring ex-GUNS N' ROSES drummer Steven Adler, RATT/ex-LOVE/HATE singer Jizzy Pearl, ex-SLASH'S SNAKEPIT guitarist Keri Kelli, FASTER PUSSYCAT guitarist Brent Muscat, and ex-VINCE NEIL/RATT bassist Robbie Crane, have lined up the following shows during December: Dec. 19 - Dayton, OH @ Hara Arena (w/ JACKYL) Dec. 20 ...
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San Francisco power/thrash metallers IMAGIKA will enter Prairie Sun studios in Cotati, California to finish tracking their fourth album, tentatively due in early 2004 through an as-yet-undisclosed label. "All new vocal tracks and bass will be laid down," reads a post on the band's web site. "There's also going to be some more guitar since ...
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ANTHRAX will record their upcoming shows in Chicago (Dec. 5), Flint (Dec. 6) and Cleveland (Dec. 7) for a live CD/DVD that will accompany the group's previously announced collection of Joey Belladonna/Neil Turbin-era songs sung by current vocalist John Bush. As previously reported, the studio portion of the set, dubbed "Metallum Maximus Aeternus", will be ...
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Producer J.C. Calciano is accepting submissions for "Vince Neil's Rocktails", a HD TV pilot a la "Red Shoe Diaries" hosted by MÖTLEY CRÜE singer Vince Neil and directed by Mindy Debaise. Shoot starts Dec. 6 in L.A. and Las Vegas, Nevada. Credit, meals, and travel & lodging (if required) provided. There is pay. Breakdown: Males ...
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