Professionally filmed video footage of METAL CHURCH performing the classic song "Gods of Wrath" at the Wacken Open Air 2005 festival in Wacken, Germany can be viewed below. METAL CHURCH's latest album, "A Light in the Dark", was released in June 2006 via SPV. The CD includes a new version of the classic "Watch the ...
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Mikkel Elbech of the Danish music magazine Gaffa recently conducted an interview with GUNS N' ROSES guitarist Ron "Bumblefoot" Thal. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: Gaffa: Can you describe the transition from being a solo musician to quite suddenly being a member of GN'R, playing venues for thousands upon thousands of people? ...
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Gino Alache of Rockumradio.com conducted an interview with former GUNS N' ROSES drummer Steven Adler last night (Tuesday, September 18) prior to ADLER'S APPETITE's concert in Lima, Peru. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: On how he's being treated by the American music press: "[The American press is] disrespectul. American people ...
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An audio interview with former GUNS N' ROSES drummer Steven Adler conducted on Monday, September 10 by Gino Alache of Rockum Radio's "Breakin the Rock" (broadcasting out of Lima, Peru) is available for download at this location. With the big "Appetite For Destruction" 20th anniversary show behind him, Adler recently told Billboard.com that ...
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METAL CHURCH frontman Ronny Munroe has lined up the following dates with his solo project: Sep. 19 - Fat City - San Francisco, CA Sep. 20 - Club Vegas - Salt Lake City, UT Sep. 22 - Paladino's – Tarzana, CA Sep. 29 - Studio Seven – Seattle, WA (w/ LILLAIN AXE) Due to so ...
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Glam-Metal.com recently conducted an interview with VELVET REVOLVER/ex-GUNS N' ROSES guitarist Slash. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: Glam-Metal.com: A couple weeks ago I was at the 20-year anniversary show [of "Appetite for Destruction"] with ADLER'S APPETITE at the Key Club in Hollywood. Duff and Izzy came out and played and ...
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The new book "Reckless Road and the Making of Appetite for Destruction" by Marc Canter — an amateur photographer and owner of L.A.'s famed Canter's Deli — documents GUNS N' ROSES' early years via never-before-seen photos and lots of memorabilia. Canter witnessed the creation of GUNS N' ROSES and photographed every gig the band played ...
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Former GUNS N' ROSES and current VELVET REVOLVER guitarist Slash has spoken out about the recent GUNS N' ROSES near-reunion that took place at the Key Club in Hollywood, California and his reasons for not participating in it. Speaking to Mark the Shark of the TK101 radio station in Florida, Slash stated about the July ...
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METAL CHURCH frontman Ronny Munroe has posted three solo tracks from the "Internal Quest" demo on his MySpace page. Check out the songs "How Many Lives", "Always" and "Desperate Man" at this location. Munroe has finalized the lineup for his solo project. He has recruited his former ROTTWEILLER bandmates Rick Van Zandt on ...
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As part of Rolling Stone magazine's ongoing tribute to GUNS N' ROSES' legendary debut LP "Appetite for Destruction" (which was released 20 years ago last month), the RollingStone.com web site has been updated with footage of six early GUNS N' ROSES performances. Watch the video material at this location. The six featured clips ...
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WashingtonPost.com recently conducted an interview with VELVET REVOLVER/ex-STONE TEMPLE PILOTS singer Scott Weiland. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: WashingtonPost.com: It's interesting to hear you say that you're not afraid to throw your influences into an album, because STONE TEMPLE PILOTS were slagged for being a copycat grunge band — a ...
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Gary Graff of Billboard.com reports: With the big "Appetite For Destruction" 20th anniversary show behind him, original GUNS N' ROSES drummer Steven Adler is looking forward to taking his ADLER'S APPETITE band worldwide. But he's also holding out hope for a blowout reunion bash with his former bandmates. "I believe I made it ...
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"The Classic Metal Show" conducted an interview with ex-ADLER'S APPETITE vocalist Sheldon Tarsha Saturday night (July 28) just prior to his show at the Roxy; playing head-to-head against Steven Adler's show the same night where GUNS N' ROSES members Duff McKagan and Izzy Stradlin popped up on stage to peform with ADLER'S APPETITE. A couple ...
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Former GUNS N' ROSES members Izzy Stradlin (guitar) and Duff McKagan (bass) joined ex-GN'R drummer Steven Adler and his ADLER'S APPETITE band for a couple of "Appetite for Destruction" numbers during ADLER'S APPETITE's headlining appearance at the Key Club in West Hollywood, California Saturday night (July 28). Although Slash did make it to the venue ...
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Rolling Stone magazine will honor the twentieth anniversary of "Appetite for Destruction" by looking back at the sex, drugs and Aqua Net that went into the making of GUNS N' ROSES' legendary debut. Click here for an excerpt of Brian Hiatt's cover story, and here for a photo gallery ...
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METAL CHURCH frontman Ronny Munroe joined JON OLIVA'S PAIN on stage at Bay Area Rock Fest on May 5, 2007 in San Francisco for a rendition of the SAVATAGE classic "Hall of the Mountain King". Watch video footage of this classic performance below. Bay Area Rock Fest was a two-day progressive rock and metal festival ...
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Rolling Stone magazine will honor the twentieth anniversary of "Appetite for Destruction" by looking back at the sex, drugs and Aqua Net that went into the making of GUNS N' ROSES' legendary debut. Check out the cover of the magazine's next issue at RollingStone.com. As previously reported, ex-GUNS N' ROSES guitarist Izzy Stradlin ...
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Ex-GUNS N' ROSES guitarist Izzy Stradlin has confirmed via his official web site that he "may" join his former GN'R bandmate Steven Adler at the Key Club in Hollywood on Saturday, July 28 to mark the 20th anniversary of the band's album "Appetite for Destruction". Adler stated in a recent interview that GUNS N' ROSES' ...
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TMZ.com reports that VELVET REVOLVER/ex-GUNS N' ROSES guitarist Slash celebrated his birthday last night (Monday, July 23) at Hyde in Hollywood, California. TMZ.com cameras were at the Sunset Blvd. club as the usually top-hatted musician arrived after dinner with former bandmate Steven Adler at Mr. Chow. Watch video footage at this location. Adler ...
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Former GUNS N' ROSES drummer Steven Adler's MySpace page has been updated with the following interview with Adler: Q: So what's been goin' on, Steven? Steven: Well, Rocklahoma was awesome! I played there that Thursday night and that Saturday afternoon, for like eight songs all together. It was cool playing for people who ...
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GuitarWorld.com reports: Fans pining for a reunion of the classic GUNS N' ROSES lineup (or, for that matter, the release of the long-awaited "Chinese Democracy", from the current lineup) probably shouldn't hold their breath for, well, either at this point. But if original GUNS drummer Steven Adler is to be believed, there is ...
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METAL CHURCH frontman Ronny Munroe will perform an acoustic set of some of his new songs from his upcoming solo effort as well as select METAL CHURCH tracks on July 14 at Kimo's in San Francisco. He will joined at the show by Dennis Turner, his longtime friend, co-writer and guitar player from FAR CRY. ...
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Former GUNS N' ROSES guitarist Izzy Stradlin has posted the following message on his fan site, ChopAway.com: "I've been painting since January, acrylic to canvas, lots of different things, and I have five paintings I wanted to share with fans. I'm gonna send you rough photos, unclipped or cut. I was thinking of ...
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Former GUNS N' ROSES guitarist Izzy Stradlin's new album, "Miami", is now available for purchase via iTunes. No CDs will be made available in stores. The album's 11 songs were recorded at Criteria Studios in Miami, Florida. "Miami" track listing: 01. TJ 02. Buildings In The Sky 03. Let Go 04. JR's Song 05. Partly ...
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Former GUNS N' ROSES guitarist Izzy Stradlin has revealed the track listing of his new album, "Miami", which is due later this month or in early June. The album's 11 songs were recorded at Criteria Studios in Miami, Florida. The effort will be simultaneously released through iTunes in Canada, the U.S., Japan, Australia and Europe. ...
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Former GUNS N' ROSES guitarist Izzy Stradlin's official web site, ChopAway.com, has been updated with the following message: "Izzy Stradlin would like to inform all fans that a new album is on the way. Expect to see 'Miami' cropping up on iTunes sometime between May and June 2007. "The album, featuring 11 tracks ...
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METAL CHURCH singer Ronny Munroe has finalized the lineup for his solo project. He has recruited his former ROTTWEILLER bandmates Rick Van Zandt on guitar, Izzy Rehaume on bass and Doug Marapodi on drums along with Q-5/TKO/NIGHTSHADE guitarist Rick Pierce. Ronny is currently working on demo songs for his new CD, tentatively due later in ...
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Former GUNS N' ROSES guitarist Izzy Stradlin recently spoke to PlaylistMag.com about TuneCore, the company which made it possible for Izzy to digitally release his back catalog of albums. "I've done licensing deals in Japan and Europe, but I've never been able to get my music out globally so everyone could get it," ...
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Former GUNS N' ROSES drummer Steven Adler's official MySpace page has been updated with a brand new Adler interview, conducted on January 13, 2007. Read on: Steven: I saw Axl, talked with him from, shit, what was it? 10 or 12 at night to 8 in the morning, we talked. We resolved a ...
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TributeAlbums.com has just released a promotional video clip in support of its latest release, "Chinese Hypocrisy - N' International Tribute to Guns N' Roses". The clip can be seen at YouTube.com. Much like its official GUNS N' ROSES counterpart, "Chinese Hypocrisy" features very few members of the original GUNS N' ROSES...No Slash. No ...
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