Playboy.com has teamed up with Ozzfest to present "The Girls of Ozzfest" — a collection of nude photos and videos from "sexy metal maidens from the summer's most extreme tour." Check out the first contestant — Daniella from Sacramento, California — at this location (IMPORTANT NOTE: includes nudity). As previously reported, throughout the ...
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The "Cort and Fatboy" show on 101 KUFO (Portland, Oregon) talked to Mike McCready from PEARL JAM about his ordeal with Crohn's Disease and the band's benefit show in Portland. Also discussed was the city of Seattle's attempt to turn the group's rehearsal/headquarters into a dump, the vetting process to get a song on a ...
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Paul Cashmere of Undercover News reports that VAN HALEN guitarist Eddie Van Halen debuted some new music at the House of Petals in Los Angeles this week. Van Halen played Wednesday night (July 19) jamming with Patrick Leonard (on keyboards). Leonard is best known for his songwriting and production work with MADONNA. Undercover ...
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QUEENSRŸCHE's official web site has been updated with the following message: "Word from the Campaign is that there are a lot of projects going on while the band's touring in support of 'Operation: Mindcrime II'. For example... while the band has been on the road they have been busy writing new material for the next ...
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Acclaimed artist Timothy Bradstreet, who was responsible for the artwork for the new IRON MAIDEN album, "A Matter of Life and Death", has posted the following message on his official blog: "If you'd have told me back in 1985 that I'd one day be doing an album cover for IRON MAIDEN, ...
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The makers of "Get Thrashed", the much-anticipated documentary profiling the thrash metal scene of the early Eighties and its impact on the music scene, have posted a 93-second video clip featuring former MEGADETH bassist David Ellefson talking about the early days of MEGADETH when SLAYER guitarist Kerry King was helping them out with live performances. ...
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IRON MAIDEN frontman Bruce Dickinson will return to BBC Radio 2 on Thursday, July 13 at 21:00 (U.K. time) for the fifth installment of the "Masters Of Rock" series. Over the course of six weeks, Bruce will be playing classic rock from the likes of AC/DC, HEART, BLACK CROWES, CHEAP TRICK and VAN HALEN, to ...
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Mick Stingley of Metal Edge magazine recently conducted an interview with guitarist Zakk Wylde (BLACK LABEL SOCIETY, OZZY OSBOURNE). A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: Metal Edge: It's been a while since you and Ozzy wrote together. Zakk: "Well, we didn't… With the last album [2001's 'Down to Earth'], I didn't even write ...
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World Entertainment News Network is reporting that Sammy Hagar fears a VAN HALEN reunion will never happen because former bandmate Eddie Van Halen needs "an overhaul". Hagar singer still tours with former VAN HALEN bandmate Michael Anthony and speaks regularly to Alex Van Halen, but he rarely talks to guitarist Eddie — and fears he ...
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Kay Hanley of The Phoenix recently spoke to singer Gary Cherone about the upcomining EXTREME reunion shows and Gary's time with VAN HALEN. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: The Phoenix: It seems like the [EXTREME] break-up was pretty acrimonious, from what I've read and heard. How did you guys bury ...
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NWOBHM (New Wave of British Heavy Metal) legends DIAMOND HEAD, one of the most influential British rock bands of the past 25 years, have uploaded audio samples from their newly released live album, "It's Electric", at their official web site. "It's Electric" (Secret Records) was recorded at London's Astoria theatre on November 4, ...
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After nine albums, countless world tours and more than a dozen years of leading their scene, FU MANCHU — perhaps the definitive Southern California hard rock band of the last decade — have signed a worldwide recording agreement with The Century Family. Their tenth, as-yet-untitled album will surface in early 2007 on Century Media Records ...
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MTV.com reports: Wearing a vintage WHO T-shirt, PEARL JAM singer Eddie Vedder took time out from his band's show Saturday night (June 24) at U.S. Bank Arena in Cincinnati to pay homage to the 11 fans who were trampled to death at the venue (then named Riverfront Coliseum) before a WHO concert in ...
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Former MÖTLEY CRÜE frontman John Corabi has signed with the New York-based literary agency Fletcher Parry to shop his autobiography for publication. The firm has repped books by Paul McCartney and Ali G, among other entertainment personalities. The as-yet untitled autobiography, co-authored with biographer Jake Brown, is scheduled for release sometime in the summer of ...
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Eddie and Alex Van Halen joined country artist Kenny Chesney on stage during his Saturday, June 17 appearance at the Home Depot Center in Carson, CA. They performed two songs — "Jump" and "You Really Got Me" — with Kenny handling the lead vocals in the former and lead guitarist Clayton Mitchell singing the latter. ...
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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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Eddie and Alex Van Halen joined country artist Kenny Chesney on stage during his Saturday, June 17 appearance at the Home Depot Center in Carson, CA. They reportedly performed two songs — "Jump" and "You Really Got Me" — with Kenny handling the lead vocals in the former and lead guitarist Clayton Mitchell singing the ...
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British glam veterans WRATHCHILD are tipped to return later this year with a brand new singer. The band who released three albums in the 1980s — "Stakk Attakk", "The Biz Suxx" and "Delirium" — have long hinted at reforming and indeed late last year it was reported that the group were rehearsing with three quarters ...
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Ozzfest's official web site, Ozzfest.com, has been updated with photos of a number of contestants taking part in the nationwide search for the first-ever Miss Ozzfest. Check them out at this location. Throughout the summer, Ozzfest fans will take matters into their own hands, voting for their favorite entrants at Ozzfest.com. All entries ...
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According to MJI Interactive, PEARL JAM's Eddie Vedder and QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE's Josh Homme reportedly have teamed up with THE STROKES to record a cover of soul legend MARVIN GAYE's classic hit "Mercy Mercy Me". The tune features Vedder singing with THE STROKES' Julian Casablancas, and Homme playing drums alongside STROKES stickman Fabrizio ...
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On top of helping Ozzy Osbourne write songs for his next record, guitarist Zakk Wylde is putting the finishing touches on "Shot To Hell", his first BLACK LABEL SOCIETY album for Roadrunner Records. Produced by Zakk and Michael Beinhorn (OZZY, KORN, SOUNDGARDEN), and recorded with longtime pals Craig Nunenmacher (drums) and John "J.D." DeServio (bass), ...
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According to Danny Glessner of the San Antonio Express-News, many reports from VAN HALEN's 2004 reunion tour suggested guitar legend Eddie Van Halen was out of sorts due to a storm of recent troubles including cancer, divorce and reports of heavy drinking. Whatever the problems, the tour was not resting well with VAN ...
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NWOBHM (New Wave of British Heavy Metal) legends DIAMOND HEAD, one of the most influential British rock bands of the past 25 years, have posted the following message on their official web site. "We have had some great gigs recently, and those that haven't managed to see us will soon have the chance of getting ...
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Legendary New York hardcore/metal act LEEWAY have lined up the following dates during the coming weeks: Jun. 04 - Farmingdale, NY @ Club Loaded/Crazy Donkey Jun. 17 - New London, CT @ Club Hypnotiq (w/ MADBALL) Jun. 18 - New York, NY @ CBGB Jun. 23 - Stuttgart/Backnang, GER @ Backnanger Strassenfest Jun. 24 - ...
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VAN HALEN and THE OTHER HALF bandmates Sammy Hagar and Michael Anthony were guests of the "Mark and Brian" show on 95.5 KLOS-FM in Los Angeles on Friday, June 2, 2006. Listen to a replay of the show at this location (Windows Media). Hagar recently told EastValleytribune.com that he's looking forward ...
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Rock royalty received the ultimate form of flattery as some of today's hottest rock acts honored legendary bands KISS, QUEEN, DEF LEPPARD and JUDAS PRIEST at VH1's first annual "VH1 Rock Honors" Thursday night (May 25). Taped at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, "VH1 Rock Honors", which premieres Wednesday, May 31 at ...
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A five-minute audio interview with PEARL JAM guitarist Mike McCready, conducted earlier this month by Steve Black of Detroit's WRIF 101.1 FM, has been posted online at this location (Windows Media). As previously reported, PEARL JAM have created a video for "Life Wasted", the second single from the band's self-titled new album. This ...
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Ozzfest.com has announced more stops in their nationwide search for the first-ever Miss Ozzfest. Ozzfest emcee Big Dave (well-known for his role in MTV's "Battle for Ozzfest") and professional Ozzfest party guy, Eddie, embarked on a nationwide trek last Friday (May 19), personally visiting 19 of the festival's 26 markets to stage events ...
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Prior to the release of their upcoming live DVD, DIAMOND HEAD will issue a new live album, entitled "It's Electric", through Secret Records on June 26. The album was recorded at London's Astoria theatre on November 4, 2005, and features a mixture of classic tracks and new material. It is the second DIAMOND HEAD album ...
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The Associated Press is reporting that PEARL JAM's new Seattle headquarters could face demolition because of the city's plans to build a dump. "We hadn't even finished unpacking and moving into our new space when we heard about the city's waste management site," spokeswoman Nicole Vandenberg said Saturday in an e-mail to The Associated Press ...
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