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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Former LED ZEPPELIN frontman Robert Plant will be featured on an episode of VH1's Storytellers that premieres Sunday, July 14th at 9:00 PM EST (to be repeated several times that week). Expect some ZEPPELIN favorites, songs from his upcoming Dreamland disc and the tales behind them. Meanwhile, VH1 Classic will air a video special hosted ...
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The following press release comes to us courtesy of www.gibson.com: Rudolph Schenker and Matthias Jabs, rhythm and lead guitarists for German rock band THE SCORPIONS, made an impromptu visit to Gibson USA in Nashville on Monday, June 17th. In town for a Tuesday show, Schenker and Jabs were excited to see the changes ...
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Despite the public uproar that followed the announcement that some of Ozzy Osbourne's early solo albums would be re-issued with re-recorded bass and drum tracks courtesy of current Osbourne bassist Robert Trujillo and drummer Mike Bordin, Osbourne's wife/manager Sharon continues to maintain that fans of her husband's music do not care about the contributions from ...
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MACHINE HEAD frontman Robert Flynn has slammed SLAYER guitarist Kerry King over the latter's incessant public criticisms of MACHINE HEAD's recent recorded output during various interviews conducted by King over the last several months. In the latest diary entry posted at the group's official web site (www.machinehead1.com), Flynn makes it clear that whatever ...
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Deborah Bonham, kid sister of the legendary LED ZEPPELIN drummer John Bonham, has made her latest CD, entitled Old Hyde, available via Amazon.com. Featuring performances by Mick Fleetwood, Deborah's nephew Jason Bonham, Dougie Boyle (ex-ROBERT PLANT solo band), Robbie Blunt (ex-ROBERT PLANT solo band) and Robbie Mcintosh (ex-PRETENDERS/PAUL MCCARTNEY), the package comes with a three-song ...
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Former LED ZEPPELIN frontman Robert Plant has accused LIMP BIZKIT and PUDDLE OF MUDD of "smothering" the ZEPPELIN classic "Thank You" after Fred Durst and Wes Scantlin teamed up with Jimmy Page to cover the song at the European Music Awards earlier this year, according to Worldpop. In an exclusive chat with Worldpop, Plant declared, ...
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Former LED ZEPPELIN frontman Robert Plant and guitarist Jimmy Page have been hinting towards the possibility of a live ZEPPELIN compilation surfacing sometime before the end of the year. However, no official announcement has yet been made on the matter. In related news, former LED ZEPPELIN bassist John Paul Jones in a recent interview published ...
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Fans of STRYPER and the Christian metal scene will be happy to hear former Enigma/Capitol Recording artists BARREN CROSS will be playing a one-time reunion show (their first live appearance in over eight years) in Southern California this August at a festival called Extreme Mardi Gras. Also scheduled to appear at the event are BLISSED, ...
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Sweden's THE HELLACOPTERS, featuring former ENTOMBED drummer Nicke Andersson (now going by the name Nick Royale) on guitar/vocals, have entered the studio with producer Chips K. (i.e. THE NOMADS, SATOR, THE TURPENTINES) to record their as-yet-untitled new CD, due later in the year. According to drummer Robert Eriksson, "a total of 20 brand new killer ...
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As first reported here on May 21st, MACHINE HEAD have officially recruited VIO-LENCE/TECHNOCRACY axeman Phil Demmel to fill in for recently-departed Ahrue Luster, who left the group due to "creative differences". Demmel, a former bandmate of MACHINE HEAD frontman Robert Flynn during the classic VIO-LENCE days, will join Flynn, drummer Dave McClain and ...
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Acclaimed British producer Andy Sneap (i.e. MACHINE HEAD, STUCK MOJO, SKINLAB, NEVERMORE, etc.) posted the following update via his web site at www.andysneap.com: "Things, as usual, have been pretty relentless. I've taken some time off this last month due to being totally exhausted with the work schedule over the last 6 months. "The ...
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Former LED ZEPPELIN frontman Robert Plant and guitarist Jimmy Page have reportedly given "thumbs up" to Dolly Parton's bluegrass cover of "Stairway To Heaven", which is featured on Parton's upcoming album, Halos And Horns. Dolly's version of the classic rock anthem was changed to incorporate her own ad-libs, which required her to get approval from ...
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JOE SATRIANI will release his new studio album, entitled Strange Beautiful Music, on June 25th through Epic Records. Guests on the album include Robert Fripp, Matt Bissonette and Jeff Campitelli. Tracks include: "Chords Of Life", "You Saved My Life" and "Sleep Walk". Following the release, JOE's Beautiful Summer Tour will begin in Europe during July, ...
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MACHINE HEAD are strongly rumored to have selected TECHNOCRACY/VIO-LENCE guitarist Phil Demmel as the temporary replacement for Ahrue Luster, who recently left the group due to "creative differences". Demmel, a former bandmate of MACHINE HEAD frontman Robert Flynn during the classic VIO-LENCE days, will reportedly join Flynn, drummer Dave McClain and bassist Adam Duce on ...
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