GUNS N' ROSES keyboardist Dizzy Reed and BUCKCHERRY frontman Josh Todd have recorded new material for the soundtrack to the film "Still Life". Director Joel Miller told Sp1at.com, "Dizzy and Josh Todd are going to be doing the soundtrack. It will all be original material as well." Joel Miller also added, "In the ...
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In a recent interview with Sp1at.com, VELVET REVOLVER drummer Matt Sorum (ex-GUNS N' ROSES, THE CULT) was asked if VR had recorded any new material. He replied, "We actually just recorded a new song this week for an upcoming major motion picture release that you will be hearing about shortly." When asked to ...
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Henning Pauly, the mastermind behind the FRAMESHIFT progressive rock project, has responded to former SKID ROW singer Sebastian Bach's accusations that Bach wasn't properly credited for his contributions to the recently issued "Frameshift — An Absence of Empathy" CD. In a May 2 posting on his official web site, Bach claimed that hired ...
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HindustanTimes.com is reporting that MEGADETH, STEVE VAI and BILLY SHEEHAN are among the musicians that are scheduled to perform in India before the end of the year. "The artists have confirmed their tours around the end of the year and Delhi will certainly be part of the plan for some of these stars. Plans are ...
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DISTURBED frontman David Draiman, former ALICE IN CHAINS guitarist Jerry Cantrell and Rob Zombie were among the musicians that jammed with CAMP FREDDY at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino's 10th Anniversary Weekend in Las Vegas, Nevada on Saturday (April 30). Check out pictures from Wire Image. CAMP FREDDY — the Los Angeles-based ...
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Former SKID ROW frontman Sebastian Bach is involved in a legal dispute over the songwriting credits to the recently released FRAMESHIFT album, the progressive rock project written and produced by Henning Pauly of CHAIN. A posting on Bach's official web site reads as follows: "Hello all. I am happy to say that 'Frameshift 2: An ...
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Former SAIGON KICK vocalist Matt Kramer has posted the following message on his official web site: "Just got off a plane from Albuquerque, New Mexico, where I performed as a guest of my friend Litefoot, and was the first live set I've done in almost 2 years, to a totally rocking, frenzied Native American crowd, ...
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Launch Radio Networks reports: Though it's been common knowledge for several weeks, VELVET REVOLVER has officially announced its participation in Ozzfest 2005. The quintet will play the final seven dates of the 26-city tour beginning on August 23, taking over IRON MAIDEN's slot on the Ozzfest mainstage. VELVET REVOLVER drummer Matt Sorum told Launch he's ...
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Buzzville Records has set a June 20 release date for the self-titled debut album from "heavy southern rawkers" ARTIMUS PYLEDRIVER. The album was produced by the band together with Matt Washburn and Dave Angstrom (of SUPAFUZZ and HERMANO fame). "Artimus Pyledriver" track listing: 01. Swamp Devil 02. Dixie Fight Song 03. Ride On 04. Dirt ...
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Vocalist/guitarist Matt Difabio of the Philadelphia-based metallers SINGLE BULLET THEORY has issued the following update on the band's current activities: "SINGLE BULLET THEORY is currently in 'write mode.' We have three [new] songs done at this point ('Dawn of Inequity', 'Letting Go' and 'The Me I Used to know') and are churning out some of ...
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Orange County-based quintet EYES OF FIRE have posted two songs from their upcoming sophomore album at their official web site. "They are unmastered and the final product will have slightly different production qualities than what you hear now," reads a post on the group's web site. Check out the tracks "Blood (This Consumes You)" (
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COVENANCE is the name of a brand-new band formed by ex-DYING FETUS singer Vince Matthews and former MISERY INDEX members Matt Byers (drums) and Bruce Greig (also ex-DYING FETUS). The group, whose sound is being described as "melodic, brutal death metal" and unlike that of either DYING FETUS or MISERY INDEX, have just completed work ...
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VELVET REVOLVER have added several dates to their North American headlining tour, spanning from an Aug. 11 performance in Mt. Pleasant, Mich., through an Aug. 21 stop in Tucson, Ariz. These shows apparently will overlap with the band's previously announced Ozzfest stint, which drummer Matt Sorum had told Launch Radio Networks would begin Aug. 16 ...
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U.K. death metallers AKERCOCKE have officially announced the addition of former BERZERKER guitarist Matt Wilcock to the group's ranks. "After surviving his recent Satanic baptism with great aplomb at a one-off show in Hamburg, Mr. Wilcock was offered the position, which he duly accepted," according to a press release. "The Satanic death metallers are currently ...
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According to a post on Velvet-Revolver.com, VELVET REVOLVER frontman Scott Weiland will be the musical performer on NBC's "Last Call with Carson Daly" on May 9. No further information is currently available. VELVET REVOLVER resumed the Electric Wonderland tour last week, with dates booked through May 25. VELVET REVOLVER drummer Matt Sorum recently ...
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MUDVAYNE's "Lost and Found" sold 151,559 copies in the United States in its first week of release to land at position No. 2 on next week's The Billboard 200 chart. The follow-up to 2002's gold-certified "The End of All Things to Come", "Lost and Found" was recorded at The Plant studio in Sausalito, California with ...
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Former JANE'S ADDICTION/RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS guitarist Dave Navarro has told MTV.com that he has been making the rounds at the major labels to discuss the future of his THE PANIC CHANNEL and CAMP FREDDY projects, which he would like to see released sometime this fall. The guitarist has a pre-existing relationship with ...
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THE ESOTERIC, the Lawrence, KS-based outfit featuring current and former members of COALESCE, TODAY IS THE DAY and REGGIE AND THE FULL EFFECT, have completed work on the video for "Ram-Faced Boy", taken from the upcoming CD "With the Sureness Of Sleepwalking". Check out the clip at this location. The "Ram-Faced Boy" video ...
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MUDVAYNE signed copies of their new album, "Lost and Found", on Tuesday (April 12) at Virgin Megastore in New York City. Check out pictures from Film Magic and LFI. The follow-up to 2002's gold-certified "The End of All Things to Come", "Lost and Found" was recorded at The Plant studio in ...
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Reunited San Francisco Bay Area thrashers DEFIANCE are currently looking for a drummer to join the group in the studio for some session work this summer. "While we would really like Matt [Vander Ende] to continue to work with us, it is looking more and more like we need to recruit a local talent for ...
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Guitarist Dave Navarro (ex-JANE'S ADDICTION, RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS) is in the process of finishing up his guitar parts for the upcoming CAMP FREDDY full-length debut with producer Mike Clink (GUNS N' ROSES, METALLICA). "The album is coming along, slowly but surely," Navarro writes on his web site. "It is hard nailing so many artists ...
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MUDVAYNE's "Lost and Found" is on track to sell around 100,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release, according to Hits Daily Double. The follow-up to 2002's gold-certified "The End of All Things to Come", "Lost and Found" was recorded at The Plant studio in Sausalito, California with producer Dave Fortman ...
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VELVET REVOLVER fan site Velvet-Revolver.com has uploaded video footage of the band performing their latest single, "Dirty Little Thing", on "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" on Thursday (April 7). Check it out at this location. VELVET REVOLVER resume the Electric Wonderland tour on April 12 in Chula Vista, California, with dates booked ...
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Germany's Lifeforce Records has been on a roll this past year or so, quickly becoming one of the world's premier metalcore labels. Lifeforce has released a slew of quality albums by bands like CIPHER SYSTEM, DEADSOIL, BY NIGHT, and HEROD. If you can't get enough of groups that love to mix hardcore with death and ...
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MEGADETH mainman Dave Mustaine has checked in from Japan, where the group are currently touring in support of their latest release, "The System Has Failed": "This has by far been one of the best trips to Japan that I have done ever regarding seeing old friends. Nori, and Kaori met us in Fukuoka and we ...
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CAMP FREDDY, the Los Angeles-based "jam" band consisting of JANE'S ADDICTION guitarist Dave Navarro, former THE CULT touring bassist Billy Morrison (on guitar), VELVET REVOLVER/ex-GUNS N' ROSES drummer Matt Sorum, and singer Donovan Leitch (the son of 1960s U.K. folk-rock icon Donovan), have been invited to take part in the 10-year birthday celebrations for the ...
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Neal Morse's (ex-SPOCK'S BEARD) web site has been updated with the following message: "YELLOW MATTER CUSTARD (Mike Portnoy, Neal Morse, Paul Gilbert and Matt Bissonette) has been captured on DVD. Very cool. It's been Mike Portnoy's dream all his life to be in a BEATLES cover band. (Who would've ever figured that?) Finally it came ...
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VELVET REVOLVER will perform their new single, "Dirty Little Thing", from their platinum-selling debut, "Contraband", on Thursday (April 7) on "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno". In other news, VELVET REVOLVER bassist Duff McKagan told the North County Times about a recent interview when a journalist asked about an Associated Press story that ...
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Launch Radio Networks reports: VELVET REVOLVER drummer Matt Sorum said there's been little adjustment needed in making the jump from clubs and theatres to arena-sized venues on the band's current Electric Wonderland tour. "The stage is a little bigger, but it feels pretty much the same to me," he said. "I mean, I'm not too ...
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Launch Radio Networks reports: VELVET REVOLVER has a dirty little secret about its latest single, "Dirty Little Thing": the group members didn't want to release it as a single. In fact, the song's video, which depicts a train flying through the world and picking up people, was conceived for "Sucker Train Blues", which was the ...
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