According to Billboard.com, Columbia/Legacy will on September 18 reissue ALICE IN CHAINS' "MTV Unplugged" album featuring a DVD with tracks and extras that did not appear on the original home video version. The session, taped in April 1996, features the unaired songs "Frogs", "Angry Chair" and "The Killer Is Me". ALICE IN CHAINS ...
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Tara Hagan of Ontario, Canada's The Sarnia Observer reports that this past weekend's Sarnia Bayfest — which featured performances by AEROSMITH and NICKELBACK, among others — was undoubtedly the biggest yet, so it's no surprise that it came with a hefty price tag. Organizer Michele Stokley said total costs to stage the event ...
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ALICE IN CHAINS will perform four special acoustic-only shows during the coming months. These AIC "The Acoustic Hour" dates will feature just ALICE performing some of their most loved songs unplugged. The lucky cities that will be hosting these shows are Milwaukee, WI (The Rave) on August 31; St. Louis, MO (Pageant) on September 1; ...
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Michael Senft of The Arizona Republic recently conducted an interview with DREAM THEATER drummer Mike Portnoy. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: The Arizona Republic: You just moved to Roadrunner Records from Atlantic. Portnoy: We were with Atlantic/Elektra for 15 years, a seven-album deal we signed in 1991. They kept picking ...
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VELVET REVOLVER and ALICE IN CHAINS will team up for a North American tour beginning early August. Confirmed dates so far are as follows: Aug. 05 - Baltimore, MD, Pimlico Race Course Aug. 06 - Verona, NY, Turning Stone Resort & Casino Aug. 08 - Sturgis, SD, Buffalo Chip Campground Aug. 11 - Montreal, QC, ...
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Drummer Brian Vodinh of Knoxville, Tennessee's 10 YEARS has issued the following update: "I would like to begin this update by saying that [producer] Rick Parashar [PEARL JAM, NICKELBACK, ALICE IN CHAINS, ROB ZOMBIE] is the man. He's a musical genius and has brought an element to our creations that is exactly what we have ...
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Way Too Loud! recently conducted an interview with ALL THAT REMAINS singer Phil Labonte. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: Way Too Loud!: You've said at one point in time that ALL THAT REMAINS plays metalcore. Do you think you still play it, or do you think that you've changed into ...
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Christa Titus of Blistering.com recently conducted an interview with DREAM THEATER drummer Mike Portnoy. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: Blistering.com: What made you decide to go with Roadrunner? Mike Portnoy: After spending 15 years with the Atlantic Group and Elektra, we had gotten a taste of the ups and downs ...
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VELVET REVOLVER and ALICE IN CHAINS will team up for a North American tour beginning early August. Confirmed dates so far are as follows: Aug. 05 - Baltimore, MD @ Pimlico Race Course Aug. 06 - Verona, NY @ Turning Stone Resort & Casino Aug. 08 - Sturgis, SD @ Buffalo Chip Campground Aug. 11 ...
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In a recent interview conducted by Greg Maki of Live-Metal.net, SEEMLESS singer Jesse Leach (formerly of KILLSWITCH ENGAGE) and drummer Derek Kerswill discussed the uncertainty of the music industry today. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: Live-Metal.net: What do you think needs to happen or change? Jesse Leach: We're trying to ...
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Several performance clips from the 2007 edition of "VH1 Rock Honors" have surfaced on YouTube: OZZY OSBOURNE – "I Don't Wanna Stop": Video QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE – "Paranoid" (BLACK SABBATH): Video ALICE IN CHAINS with GRETCHEN WILSON – "Barracuda" (HEART): Video "VH1 Rock Honors" was taped on ...
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In "Talking Metal"'s 150th episode, coverage of the 2007 edition of "VH1 Rock Honors" continues with an audio broadcast of Ozzy Osbourne's "Rock Honors" press conference. It also features a post-show wrap-up from the VH1 Save the Music Rock Honors after-party, complete with an interview hosts Mark Strigl and John Ostronomy conducted with Casey Chaos ...
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Several interview segments with Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne in connection with the second annual "VH1 Rock Honors" show, which was taped on May 12 at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, are available at this location. This year's celebration honored the music and influence of OZZY OSBOURNE, GENESIS, HEART and ZZ ...
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Knoxville, Tennessee's 10 YEARS has posted a demo version of a new track, entitled "All Your Lies", on its MySpace page. "[This] is just one of the many, many [new] songs that we have kicking around right now," explained drummer Brian Vodinh. "Since there are so many amazing and dedicated 10 YEARS fans ...
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Classic Rock Revisited has posted a review of the second annual "VH1 Rock Honors" show, which was taped on May 12 at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas. Read it at this location. This year's celebration honored the music and influence of OZZY OSBOURNE, GENESIS, HEART and ZZ TOP. These honorees ...
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Glam-Metal.com has posted a review of the second annual "VH1 Rock Honors" show, which was taped Saturday night (Saturday, May 12) at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas. Read it in two parts: Part#1, Part#2. This year's celebration honored the music and influence of OZZY OSBOURNE, GENESIS, HEART and ...
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A three-minute video clip of ALICE IN CHAINS and Ozzy Osbourne talking to the media in the press room at the second annual "VH1 Rock Honors", which was taped Saturday night (Saturday, May 12) at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, has been posted at YouTube. This year's celebration honored the ...
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ALICE IN CHAINS and QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE are among the artists who performed tribute sets at the second annual "VH1 Rock Honors", which was taped last night (Saturday, May 12) at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas. This year's celebration honors the music and influence of OZZY OSBOURNE, GENESIS, HEART and ...
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Launch Radio Networks reports: QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE are finally setting up some U.S. shows after mapping out a number of European dates. Three of the four are radio festivals, while the final one is a headlining show at the Murat Egyptian Room in Indianapolis on August 4. The other shows take place in ...
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Blasting-Zone.com recently conducted an in-depth interview with TYPE O NEGATIVE keyboardist Josh Silver. Several excerpts follow: Blasting-Zone.com: What ultimately prompted the group to not re-sign with Roadrunner Records? Josh: "Well, it's pretty simple. They made us an offer we could easily refuse. It wasn't that we weren't interested. It seemed more like…groups like ...
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ALICE IN CHAINS has commenced the songwriting process for a new studio album. In an online posting by The Baldy — whose job is "to travel the world with ALICE IN CHAINS and send photos, videos and blog entries back to [the webmasters] at AliceInChains.com" — he writes, "I've been [in Los Angeles] for five ...
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One of ALICE IN CHAINS' best-known tracks, "Rooster", will be featured on the Thursday, April 26 episode of "Supernatural". The show airs nationally on the CW. Check your local listings to find out exactly when you should tune in and watch it. ALICE IN CHAINS has been added to the list of artists who will ...
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Morley Seaver of CausticTruths.com recently conducted an interview with DREAM THEATER drummer Mike Portnoy. A few excerpts from the chat follow: On the group's songwriting: "I don't know if we've ever had one song that could really sum up what DREAM THEATER is about because there are so many sides to the band. ...
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ALICE IN CHAINS and QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE have been added to the list of artists who will take the stage for tribute performances at the second annual "VH1 Rock Honors". This year's celebration will honor the music and influence of OZZY OSBOURNE, GENESIS, HEART and ZZ TOP. These honorees will perform live, along ...
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Mark Wrigley of OneMetal.com recently conducted an interview with 36 CRAZYFISTS guitarist Steve Holt. A couple of excerpts follow: OneMetal.com: In terms of your current record, Roadrunner decided not to release it in the States, what was the story behind that? Steve Holt: They had just signed like MEGADETH and HATEBREED, and a ...
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A biography of MÖTLEY CRÜE drummer Tommy Lee, which originally aired on the A&E network, is available for streaming in its entirety at www.tommylee.tv. Tommy released his third solo project, "Tommyland: The Ride", in August 2005. Lee's previous solo outings were 1999's "Methods of Mayhem" and 2002's "Never A Dull Moment". Lee released ...
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Bam Margera ("Jackass", "Viva La Bam") has been tapped to host "VH1 Rock Honors". The second annual show, which pays homage to the legends who influenced the sound of rock, will honor OZZY OSBOURNE, GENESIS, HEART, and ZZ TOP. These honorees will perform live, along with tribute bands NICKELBACK, GRETCHEN WILSON and KEANE, on Saturday, ...
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Be wary of what you read in band biographies. I hate to pick on any single band too much, as every act wants to present its music in the best light possible, but in the case of Tennessee's THE SHOWDOWN, there is a little too much hyperbole and not nearly enough fact. And for Christ's ...
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DEVIN TOWNSEND BAND drummer Ryan Van Poederooyen has issued the following update: "We got another full length MP3 for you all to check out from TERROR SYNDROME [Ryan's solo project]. "'Riot of Red' has just been posted on our TERROR SYNDROME MySpace page. It's a thrashy, in-your-face, catchy metal tune and it features ...
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Simon Milburn of Australia's The Metal Forge recently conducted an interview with CHIMAIRA guitarist Rob Arnold. A few excerpts from the chat follow: On the response to their 2005 album, "Chimaira": "It seems like people's attention spans nowadays are less than maybe they used to be in the days of METALLICA and stuff ...
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