KISS guitarist Ace Frehley, former GUNS N' ROSES axeman Slash and JANE'S ADDICTION six-stringer Dave Navarro will be performing at San Diego's Street Scene 2002 festival on Saturday, September 7th as part of the JIMI HENDRIX TRIBUTE, according to the event's official web site. The tribute will be anchored by the BAND OF ...
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VOIVOD are tentatively planning on releasing their next studio effort on March 4th, 2003, according to former METALLICA bassist Jason Newsted, who will play bass on and co-produce the album. Vocalist Snake (a.k.a. Denis Belanger), drummer Away (a.k.a. Michel Langevin) and guitarist Piggy (a.k.a. Denis D'Amour) are currently composing and demoing the material for the ...
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LED ZEPPELIN fans shouldn't hold their breath for a much-rumored reunion, representatives of the three surviving ZEPPELINites have told The Toronto Sun. Despite last week's Launch report claiming a reunion "could well be in the offing" for 2003, according to "sources inside band management," there are no concrete plans for the guitarist Jimmy Page, vocalist ...
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Last weekend's Champlain Valley Exposition fair in Vermont was fined $5,000 for violation of Essex Junction's noise ordinance after former VAN HALEN singer DAVE LEE ROTH's performance there was deemed "too loud" by the local officials. Essex Police Chief David Demag said there were 32 calls complaining about the noise at Sunday night's show, according ...
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Los Angeles – Lions Gate Films has secured rights from Andy Gould of The Firm to musical superstar/filmmaker Rob Zombie's controversial horror film House of 1000 Corpses, it was announced today by Tom Ortenberg, president of Lions Gate Films Releasing. The film will be released theatrically in the first quarter of 2003. ...
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A reunion of ex-LED ZEPPELIN singer Robert Plant, guitarist Jimmy Page, and bassist John Paul Jones is a strong possibility for 2003, sources in the band's management have told Launch. Page is currently working on a DVD set of unreleased live performance footage and other video material, due next year. Plant, on the other hand, ...
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Helen of Troy, the much-anticipated collaboration between AC/DC singer Brian Johnson and the Sarasota Ballet has been postponed until November, with a production of Swan Lake replacing the show during its originally-announced late March slot. According to the Sarasota Herald Tribune, the ballet has cited fund-raising problems for the postponement of the $1.2 million production, ...
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According to www.ozzyhead.com, the case against Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne brought on by former Ozzy bandmembers Bob Daisley and Lee Kerslake in a long-running dispute over royalties and proper credits on 1980's Blizzard Of Ozz and 1981's Diary Of A Madman was "thrown out of court" yesterday, August 19th. The web site cites ...
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PAPA WHEELIE, the "stoner punk metal" crew consisting of former METALLICA bassist Jason Newsted (a.k.a. Jaylor) on guitar/vocals, Steven Wiig (a.k.a. Swiiglor) on drums and Joe Ledesma (a.k.a. Joefus) on bass, will be the final band to play at Nadine's Wild Weekend on August 25th. The closing-night party will take place at San Francisco's Bottom ...
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SILVERCHAIR frontman Daniel Johns will appear on the syndicated radio program Rockline on Monday, August 26th. Johns will be introducing some older SILVERCHAIR songs plus some songs from the new album Diorama. He will also field questions for 90 minutes live on air from Los Angeles where he is currently receiving medical treatment for his ...
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The following article appeared in today's edition of the New York Post: In an emotional deathbed vow, big-hearted rocker OZZY OSBOURNE kissed a single mom stricken with cancer and told her he'd fund every need of her teenage son, family members said yesterday. Osbourne and his wife, Sharon, made their dramatic promise exactly one week ...
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Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne are opening their hearts and wallets to their daughter's best friend — who lost his mom to the same cancer Sharon is battling, according to the New York Post. Robert Marcato's mom, Regan, died last week at 36 of colon cancer. Now Ozzy and Sharon will "adopt" Robert, pay for his ...
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BIOHAZARD drummer Danny Schuler will be handling the drumming duties during an upcoming recording session by AMONG THIEVES, which is scheduled to begin on August 26th at Water Music studio in Hoboken, New Jersey with legendary producer Michael Barbiero (i.e. METALLICA, GUNS 'N ROSES, BLUES TRAVELER, LIFE OF AGONY, LOSTPROPHETS). Three songs will be tracked ...
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Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne are scheduled to go to trial in Los Angeles on February 18th, 2003 in their long-running dispute with former bandmembers Bob Daisley and Lee Kerslake. Bassist Daisley and drummer Kerslake, who recorded 1980's Blizzard Of Ozz and 1981's Diary Of A Madman, have been suing the Osbournes for 20 years regarding ...
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In an interview with Britain's Kerrang! magazine, SLAYER guitarist Kerry King has once again commented on several delicate topics, including the departure of former drummer Paul Bostaph, the "war of words" with MACHINE HEAD mainman Robert Flynn, and King's appearance in the recent SUM 41 video for the track "What We're All About". Here are ...
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Oakland, California's SCORCHED-EARTH POLICY are completing work on a six-song recording containing five new originals and a cover of "Don't Let it Bring You Down", which will appear on a forthcoming NEIL YOUNG tribute album. In the meantime, the group have lined up the following gigs during August: Aug. 08 – San Jose, CA @ ...
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Finland's CHILDREN OF BODOM, featuring SINERGY guitarist Alexi Laiho on guitar/vocals, have pushed back the tentative release date of their new single, "You're Better Off Dead", to August, most likely through Spinefarm Records. Also included on the CD will be the group's cover of THE RAMONES classic "Somebody Put Something In My Drink". "People think ...
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New York's AMONG THIEVES, featuring former LIFE OF AGONY bassist Alan Robert and ex-AGNOSTIC FRONT drummer Will Shepler, will enter Water Music studio in Hoboken, New Jersey during September to record a three-song demo with legendary producer Michael Barbiero (i.e. METALLICA, GUNS 'N ROSES, BLUES TRAVELER, LIFE OF AGONY, LOSTPROPHETS). The cuts set to be ...
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A fire that erupted from a stage monitor during DOWN's set in Mansfield, Massachusetts last week was filmed and audio recorded by Thom Panunzio and the Record Plant Mobile team, who were taping the July 16-17 Ozzfest 2002 shows for Ozzfest 2002: The Live Album, due out on CD via Columbia Records next month. DOWN ...
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The most celebrated line-up of the San Francisco Bay Area thrash act VIO-LENCE, including current MACHINE HEAD frontman Robert Flynn, performed an impromptu two-song set at the wedding reception of bassist Deen Dell, who tied the knot with longtime girlfriend Nikki this past Saturday in Sonoma, California. According to an eyewitness, Flynn, Dell, guitarist Phil ...
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STAR ONE, the project led by AYREON mastermind Arjen Lucassen (ex-BODINE, VENGEANCE), will embark on a short European tour in late September/early October. Dubbed Intergalactic Space Crusaders, the tour will cover Holland, Germany, France and Belgium will feature renditions of STAR ONE and AYREON material. The nine musicians that will reportedly partake in the festivities ...
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ANDREW WK was joined by Kelly Osbourne for a rendition of "She Is Beautiful" at the Ozzfest stop in Holmdel, New Jersey on Friday, July 19th. The performance was recorded for the forthcoming Ozzfest 2002 live album, which is due next month on Columbia Records. Earlier in the week, two days of mobile recording at ...
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Former MACHINE HEAD guitarist Ahrue Luster has teamed up with current COAL CHAMBER bassist Nadja Peulen in a brand new Los Angeles-based project, BLABBERMOUTH.NET can exclusively reveal. While no official word has yet come down on the matter, it is also believed that Luster has held discussions with ex-GODSMACK sticksman Tommy Stewart about possibly joining ...
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Helen of Troy, an action-filled love story/musical based on Greek mythology that features brand new material composed by AC/DC frontman Brian Johnson, is scheduled to premier at the Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall in Sarasota, Florida during the week of March 20-25, 2003. As previously reported, Johnson is working with British composer Brendan Healy and ...
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Former LED ZEPPELIN frontman Robert Plant is genuinely pleased with the way Dolly Parton's rendition of LED ZEPPELIN's "Stairway To Heaven" turned out on her latest album Halos & Horns. "You know, the thing is that she's not wailing—she's keeping it within the genre, and she's a good singer," Plant told Launch. "Maybe she didn't ...
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Although former LED ZEPPELIN frontman Robert Plant seems open to the possibility of putting out another album with PAGE AND PLANT, his collaboration with ex-ZEP guitarist Jimmy Page, a reunion with the band's bass player, John Paul Jones, remains much more unlikely. "My relationship with 'Jonesy' is hampered by one misinterpreted word, and that was ...
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Former LED ZEPPELIN frontman Robert Plant believes that the group did nothing wrong last fall when they licensed the ZEP classic "Rock And Roll" last fall to Cadillac for a TV commercial campaign for a reportedly "ridiculous" amount of money. "I think that's appropriate," Plant told Launch. "I don't know how people view it, but ...
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SLAYER guitarist Kerry King has responded to MACHINE HEAD frontman Robert Flynn's accusations that the bald six-stringer looks light RIGHT SAID FRED's Richard Fairbrass. "I don't have a problem with Robb," King told Britain's Kerrang! magazine. "Let him talk some more if he's got stupid shit like that to say. He'll bury himself. ...
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Former LED ZEPPELIN lead singer Robert Plant was photographed by Canadian rock artist Bryan Adams for an upcoming Cadillac ad. The ad will extend Cadillac's image makeover, which began earlier this year with the use of ZEPPELIN's classic "Rock and Roll" as the soundtrack to television spots featuring various models of the General Motors brand's ...
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Former OZZY OSBOURNE bassist Bob Daisley is continuing his fight in the court of public opinion over the fact that OZZY's early solo albums were recently re-issued with re-recorded bass and drum tracks courtesy of current OSBOURNE bassist Robert Trujillo and drummer Mike Bordin. Speaking to Chart Attack, Daisley acknowledged being responsible for all of ...
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