Former GUNS N' ROSES drummer Steven Adler was recently interviewed for the VH1 documentary covering the early days of GUNS N' ROSES, tentatively set to air Wednesday, June 16, 2004. Check out pictures of Adler and the VH1 crew, taken on the day the interview was conducted, at this location. As previously reported, ...
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Alice Cooper will be interviewed on the "The Best Damn Sports Show" this Thursday, May 27 on Fox Sports channel by Tom Arnold, John Salley, Chris Rose and Brian Bosworth. Known to be an avid golfer, Alice is no stranger to the sports world and catching up on all of the latest sporting news with ...
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Los Angeles, California's DOWNSET have reportedly postponed their previously announced mini-tour due to the worsening health of vocalist Rey Orepeza's mother. The affected dates are as follows: May 21 - Seattle, WA @ Graceland May 23 - Portland, OR @ Roseland May 24 - Boise, ID @ The Venue May 25 - Salt Lake City, ...
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Hits Daily Double reports: "Amid ongoing Atlantic-Elektra roster cuts, money-minting rockers METALLICA choose to leave, causing a stir by opting out of the new WMG East Coast order and heading for Tom Whalley's Warner Bros. How did they pull it off? Buzzers buzzing that the band’s tactics involved telling Edgar Bronfman Jr. and Lyor Cohen ...
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U.P.O. guitarist Chris Weber was reportedly interviewed for the upcoming VH1 documentary covering the early days of GUNS N' ROSES, tentatively set to air Wednesday, June 16, 2004. Weber, a former bandmate of GNR singer Axl Rose from from his pre-GUNS N' ROSES group, HOLLYWOOD ROSE, had sued Axl in 1998 claiming that he co-wrote ...
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Former WHITESNAKE and current M3 guitarist Bernie Marsden has posted the following message on his official web site: "I do apologise for the long delay to you all. No excuses, just pressure of work and forgetting! Pressure — I play the guitar for a living, what kind of pressure is that? "The BIG BOY BLUE ...
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Los Angeles, California's DOWNSET will embark a mini-tour before joining up with the Projekt Revolution tour in July. Joining DOWNSET will be HEMLOCK and DROWN MARY. The tour will kick off May 21 in Seattle, WA. Confirmed dates so far are as follows: May 21 - Seattle, WA @ Graceland May 23 - Portland, OR ...
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PROFESSIONAL MURDER MUSIC are currently finishing up work on a collection of acoustic recordings and cover versions for release later in the year. Guitarist Tom Logan commented on the project's progress via the following update on the band's official Discussion Forum: "The 'acoustic'/covers project is well under way. Drums are tracked, bass is ...
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Los Angeles, California's DOWNSET have been confirmed for the second stage on this year's Projekt Revolution tour, featuring headliners LINKIN PARK alongside KORN, SNOOP DOGG, THE USED and LESS THAN JAKE. The Projekt Revolution tour will kick off July 23 in Cincinnati and hit 32 North American stops this summer. Last year the tour featured ...
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The projected air date of the upcoming VH1 documentary covering the early days of GUNS N' ROSES has been changed to Wednesday, June 16, 2004, informed sources have told BLABBERMOUTH.NET. The "Behind the Music"-style show, which will feature contributions from original members Slash (guitars) and Steven Adler (drums), will be followed by "The Making of ...
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DRAGONLAND, the Gothenburg, Sweden-based melodic metal sextet, have set "Starfall" as the title of their third album, tentatively due in October through Century Media Records. The recording of the follow-up to 2002's "Holy War" will take place at Tom Englund's (EVERGREY) Division One Studios in Sweden beginning on June 1. Englund will handle the production ...
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EXODUS members Tom Hunting (drums) and Gary Holt (guitar) recently spoke to Get Ready To ROCK! about the band's comeback release, "Tempo of the Damned" and the 12-year absence from the recording studio that preceded it. Asked what took them so long to record a new studio album, Hunting said, "We were pretty much a ...
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LOW AS I have been confirmed as the opening band for PISSING RAZORS on their tour of the Midwest, which is scheduled to kick off Tuesday (May 11) in Bozeman, MT. Formerly known as MINDFOLD, LOW AS I recently completed work on their debut album, "Shot Heard Around The World", with producer Tom Tatman (STONE ...
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Guitar World magazine and premier guitar-makers Fender Musical Instrument Corporation are offering fans a chance to design their "dream" guitar and have it judged by three true hard rock icons: BLACK SABBATH's Tony Iommi (No. 1 on Guitar World's list of the greatest metal guitarists), AEROSMITH's Joe Perry and RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE/AUDIOSLAVE's Tom Morello. ...
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The upcoming VH1 documentary covering the early days of GUNS N' ROSES is tentatively set to premier Sunday, June 20, 2004, informed sources have told BLABBERMOUTH.NET. The "Behind the Music"-style show, which will feature contributions from original members Slash (guitars) and Steven Adler (drums), will be followed by "The Making of Velvet Revolver", a behind-the-scenes ...
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Former GUNS N' ROSES bassist Duff McKagan has declined to participate in the upcoming VH1 documentary covering the early days of GUNS N' ROSES, BLABBERMOUTH.NET has exclusively learned. McKagan's non-participation in the "Behind the Music"-style show leaves Slash (guitars) and Steven Adler (drums) as the only original members of the group who have opted to ...
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Due to problems with his health, longtime CRYSTAL BALL keyboardist/guitarist Tom Graber has been forced to leave the band. The remaining guys are urgently looking for a replacement. Interested musicians can contact the group at [email protected] or 0041 14 282 13 01 (answering machine). CRYSTAL BALL's fourth full-length album, "Hellvetia", was released in November through ...
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Pennsylvanian death metallers MAUSOLEUM will enter the studio in June to begin recording "Back From the Funeral", the follow-up to their 2003 debut on Razorback Records, "Cadaveric Displays of Ghoulish Ghastliness". A late 2004 release is expected. In other news, MAUSOLEUM will be contributing a song to the soundtrack of "The Brainiac", starring actors Lisa ...
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Former LIEGE LORD axeman Paul Nelson will be joining legendary blues guitarist Johnny Winter on a tour of California and Arizona in support of "I'm a Bluesman", Winter's first CD in eight years. Confirmed dates are as follows: May 16 - Phoenix, AZ @ The Rhythm Room May 18 - Santa Ana, CA @ Galaxy ...
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VH1 is reportedly working on a "Behind the Music"-style documentary covering the early days of GUNS N' ROSES. Among the people that are set to contribute to the project are original members Slash, Duff McKagan and Steven Adler, plus Tom Zutaut (former A&R executive at Geffen Records), Josh Richman (video director), Teddy Andreadis (keyboard player), ...
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Harry "Tyrant" Conklin has left the ranks of Arizona metallers BALLISTIC due to his inability to tour at this time. "Musically, we were all getting along great, in fact, couldn't be better," said mainman Tom Gattis (DEUCE, TENSION, WARDOG) in a statement. "But unfortunately non-musical circumstances have made it impossible for Harry to travel with ...
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AUDIOSLAVE/ex-RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE guitarist Tom Morello's political folk alter ego THE NIGHTWATCHMAN have lined up a special Los Angeles May Day eve performance at Spaceland in Silverlake, California on Friday, April 30. For advance ticket information, go to www.clubspaceland.com or call 323-661-4380. In related news, you can now download AUDIOSLAVE ringtones, including "What You ...
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ANDREW W.K. will be playing drums in the band TO LIVE AND SHAVE IN L.A. on their upcoming fall tour beginning in September. "It is an honor that I've been looking forward to for many years," Andrew said in a recent online posting. "I am SO excited, I can't even begin to tell you. The ...
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The makers of "Get Thrashed", the upcoming documentary profiling the thrash metal scene of the early Eighties and its impact on the music scene, have posted a third preview clip via the project's official web site. The third clip features guitarist Scott Ian (ANTHRAX, ex-S.O.D.) sharing an interesting story about the first time ANTHRAX played ...
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PUMMEL, the new Long Island, New York-based band featuring drummer Dave Culross (MALEVOLENT CREATION, ex-SUFFOCATION) and ex-IRON LUNG/SOCIAL DISEASE guitarist Frank Maggio, will be performing at Ritual in Levittown, New York on Sunday, April 18. Also appearing will be LOCKDOWN and HARLEY'S WAR. The quintet, whose lineup is completed by vocalist Tom Bush, bassistMark Astrin ...
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In an exclusive interview with ElectricBasement.com, EXODUS guitarist Gary Holt explained how vocalist Paul Baloff's death caused the band to rethink their ways and get to work on a new album, the recently released "Tempo of the Damned" (Nuclear Blast). "Fourth-fifths of the band — myself included — were fucked up all the time and ...
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NBC's Matt Lauer talked with authors Max Wallace and Ian Halperin and Tom Grant about their new book "Love and Death: The Murder of Kurt Cobain", where they allege Courtney Love had a part in the death of her NIRVANA husband. Watch the interview that aired on Monday morning's "Today" at MSN.com. ...
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In a recent sit-down interview with the Sarasota Herald-Tribune, PRO-PAIN founder, frontman, singer and bassist Gary Meskil and guitarist Tom Klimchuck explained their advantageous beginning courtesy of Energy Records' founder. "He was worth half a billion dollars … he owns chains of corporate lawyers, and they all specialize in medical malpractice," Meskil said. ...
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A special two-hour "Dateline NBC" airing this Friday (April 2) at 8 p.m. ET/PT will reportedly attempt to explore what really happened to NIRVANA singer Kurt Cobain ten years after his apparent suicide. The show is expected to include interviews with Courtney Love's father, Hank Harrison, and Tom Grant, the well-known Los Angeles private investigator ...
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