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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Swedish melodic metal outfit EVERGREY will release their new album, "The Inner Circle", on April 27 through InsideOut Music America. The follow-up to 2003's "Recreation Day", "The Inner Circle" sees EVERGREY intensifying their musical ability with the utilization of a string quartet, courtesy of the Gothenburg Symphonic Orchestra, as well as handling all of the ...
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KISS bassist Gene Simmons recently spoke to Canada's Globe And Mail about his upcoming solo album, "Asshole", and his philosophy on life. The following are some of the highlights of that interview: On the album title, "Asshole": Gene Simmons: "For a while, I thought I would be respectable. But then I thought, nah. I think ...
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Norway's SOLEFALD have posted a video for the track "Mont Blanc Providence Crow" at this location. The clip was helmed by the young French-British director Tom Costigan and features footage from Paris, Manchester, Bergen and Oslo. "Mont Blanc Providence Crow" (mp3) comes off SOLEFALD's 2003 release, "In Harmonia Universali", which was ...
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PECCATUM, the Norwegian band featuring former EMPEROR frontman Ihsahn and his wife Ihriel, will release their new album, "Lost In Reverie", in Europe on April 19 through Mnemosyne Productions/Voices Music and Entertainment. A North American release through The End Records will follow on May 25. The follow-up to 2001's "Amor Fati" was recorded and mixed ...
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Bay Area prog-rockers ENCHANT recorded a double live CD and a full-length DVD on March 13 at I-Musicast in Oakland, California. According to Eric of VOX TEMPUS (web site), "the performance, over two hours long, featured selections from all seven of the band's studio albums. Fans flew in from as far as Germany ...
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The official German web site of KISS drummer Eric Singer has uploaded photos of Eric's brand-new touring kit which he will utilize on the group's upcoming tour of Australia. Mike Farriss (Artist Relations Director) and Tony Lecroix (Repair Specialist) at Pearl Drums in Nashville, Tennessee "made it possible for Eric to have a new custom ...
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AEROSMITH fan site Aeroforceone.com has posted video footage of bassist Tom Hamilton talking about the group's "Honkin' On Bobo" album and accompanying tour, as well as a video clip of the band rehearsing for the trek. Check it out: Hamilton (High-Speed, Low-Speed), Rehearsal (High-Speed, Low-Speed). "Honkin' On ...
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AUDIOSLAVE guitarist Tom Morello has told MTV.com that the band have completed between 20 and 25 songs for the follow-up to their acclaimed 2002 self-titled debut (which has sold over 2 million copies). "The songs are heading in some places where none of the four of us have ever gone in our careers before," Morello ...
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German power metallers GRAVE DIGGER will reportedly be teaming up with BALLISTIC, the new band featuring former DEUCE / TENSION / WARDOG mainman Tom Gattis, along with JAG PANZER members Harry "The Tyrant" Conklin (vocals) and Rikard Stjernquist (drums), for a one-off show at The Mason Jar in Phoenix, Arizona on Sunday, June 6. As ...
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Up until this point, Germany's PRIMAL FEAR have almost (but not quite) appeared as foolhardy and out-of-touch as fancy-dressing fellow countrymen RUNNING WILD — selling themselves on a truckload of pub metal riffs, with their sole redeeming factor standing tall at the front of the stage in the shape of former GAMMA RAY warbler Ralf ...
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AEROSMITH bassist Tom Hamilton and drummer Joey Kramer participated in a three-song blues jam with James Montgomery and Johnny A. at the sold-out Regent Theatre in Boston on Friday (Feb. 27), according to the Boston Globe. The proceeds of the nearly five-hour show went to benefit the Middlesex Human Service Agency, whose clinical director, Bob ...
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TWISTED SISTER frontman Dee Snider has responded to producer Tom Werman's assertion that TS didn't "know what they were doing" during the making of the band's "Stay Hungry" album (which Werman produced). Speaking to Kate Abbott of iBerkshires.com in early February about his lifetime career as a heavy metal producer with 13 platinum and 10 ...
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LIFE OF AGONY drummer Sal Abruscato is auctioning off a Yamaha drum kit on eBay. Described by Sal as "one of my favorite kits of all time," the kit is "a Yamaha Maple Custom Kit signed by all the original members of LIFE OF AGONY including myself," said Abruscato. "This kit was used on the ...
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BALLISTIC's main songwriter/guitarist Tom Gattis has posted several pictures from the group's first show/rehearsal with their new singer, JAG PANZER frontman Harry "The Tyrant" Conklin. Check them out here. Says Tom: " It wasn't so much a gig but a rehearsal — Harry's first time jamming with us. [He had been] 'in the ...
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The Axis of Justice Concert Series, featuring acoustic performances by AUDIOSLAVE/ex-RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE guitarist Tom Morello's political folk alter ego THE NIGHTWATCHMAN, Serj Tankian of SYSTEM OF A DOWN, Wayne Kramer, Boots Riley of THE COUP, and special guests, will take place March 31, 2004 at the Troubadour (9081 Santa Monica Blvd.) in Hollywood, ...
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AUDIOSLAVE/ex-RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE guitarist Tom Morello's political folk alter ego THE NIGHTWATCHMAN will be performing a couple of songs at the Boycott Taco Bell Rally that is happening March 5 at the Taco Bell Headquarters in Irvine, California. THE NIGHTWATCHMAN will be performing around 1:00 p.m. For more information on the boycott, go to ...
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According to Inside Out Records, Swedish progressive dark metallers EVERGREY have been confirmed as the openers for the upcoming ICED EARTH/CHILDREN OF BODOM North American Tour. Although Jon Schaffer's (ICED EARTH) back injury may affect the confirmed dates, the current itinerary is as follows: Apr. 18 - Newport Music Hall – Columbus, OH Apr. 19 ...
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Bay Area prog-rockers ENCHANT will be recording a double live CD and a full-length DVD on March 13 at I-Musicast in Oakland, California. The band will be playing more than two hours' worth of material spanning their entire catalog. In addition, they are going to be filming fan interviews for inclusion on the DVD. Tickets ...
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German power metallers PRIMAL FEAR have been confirmed to headline this year's Wacken Roadshow beginning in mid-April. Joining them on the tour will be FREEDOM CALL, METALIUM and DARK AGE. The tour dates are as follows: Apr. 20 - Gothenburg, SWE - Musikens Hus Apr. 21 - Stockholm, SWE - Klubben Apr. 22 - Malmö, ...
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PECCATUM, the Norwegian band featuring former EMPEROR frontman Ihsahn and his wife Ihriel, will release their new album, "Lost In Reverie", through Mnemosyne Records during the coming weeks. The follow-up to 2001's "Amor Fati" was recorded and mixed at Symphonique studio and was produced and engineered by Ihriel and Ihsahn. Mastering duties were handled at ...
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Former NOTHINGFACE guitarist Tom Maxwell and drummer Tommy Sickles have announced the formation of COLDWHITECHRIST with bassist Jerry Montano (DEADLIGHTS, DANZIG). Tom Maxwell explains, "After Ozzfest, Tommy and I decided to start a project with our longtime friends Jerry and Chad Gray (MUDVAYNE). We began recording demos with Drew Mazurek (LINKIN PARK, GWAR, NOTHINGFACE), and ...
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Former NIRVANA drummer/current FOO FIGHTERS frontman Dave Grohl has responded to Zakk Wylde's infamous 2001 quote in which the OZZY OSBOURNE guitarist threatened to "kick [Grohl's] ass" because he wrote this cheese-dick song for OZZ that Zakk had to play on during the recording sessions for OSBOURNE's "Down To Earth" CD. In the November 2001 ...
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JAG PANZER frontman Harry "The Tyrant" Conklin will be joining BALLISTIC for upcoming live shows and studio activities. Harry will continue as the lead singer for JAG PANZER, but from now on he will also be a full member of BALLISTIC. The following is an official statement on the matter from BALLISTIC's main songwriter/guitarist Tom ...
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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 the first preview clip via the project's official web site. The first clip features Zetro Souza (vocals), Gary Holt (guitar) and Tom Hunting (drums) from EXODUS talking about the ...
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Kate Abbott of iBerkshires.com reports that Tom Werman left his lifetime career as a heavy metal producer with 13 platinum and 10 gold records to his credit (including those by MÖTLEY CRÜE and TWISTED SISTER), to open Stonover Bed and Breakfast with his wife, Susan, in July 2002. Judging by their first year of business, ...
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EXODUS drummer Tom Hunting recently spoke to Denmark's Metal Reference about the group's upcoming DVD, tentatively due before the end of the year. "It's gonna contain everything," he said. "It's gonna be a full chronological history of the band. You know from the early days and some live footage and some footage from ...
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