Patrick Douglas of The Culture Shock recently conducted an interview with POISON frontman Bret Michaels. A few excerpts from the chat follow: The Culture Shock: What's the biggest difference for you guys as a touring band, as POISON today, in comparison to 20 years ago, as far as taking the show on the ...
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The first glimpse at the upcoming multi-instrument video game Rock Band has been posted at YouTube. Check out a rendition of GUNS N' ROSES' "Welcome to the Jungle" at this location. The game will feature additional tracks from the QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE, BLACK SABBATH, NIRVANA, WEEZER and many more. Expected in ...
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Low-quality, fan-filmed video footage of METALLICA performing a new track, tentatively dubbed "The Other New Song", during their appearance Friday night (June 29) at the Bilbao BBK Live festival in in Bilbao, Spain has been posted at YouTube. METALLICA previously played the same track live on August 15, 2006 at Seoul Olympic Main ...
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METALLICA kicked off its "Sick of the Studio '07" tour earlier tonight (Thursday, June 28) in Lisbon, Portugal at the Super Bock Super Rock festival. The band's setlist was as follows: 01. Creeping Death 02. For Whom The Bell Tolls 03. Ride The Lightning 04. Disposable Heroes 05. The Unforgiven 06. ...And Justice For All ...
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A partial setlist has been revealed for METALLICA's "Sick of the Studio '07" tour, which is scheduled to kick off tonight (Thursday, June 28) in Lisbon, Portugal at the Super Bock Super Rock festival. The band is said to have rehearsed the following songs for the trek: "No Leaf Clover" (James Hetfield only) "Orion" "Fade ...
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Berklee Today recently conducted an interview with DREAM THEATER drummer Mike Portnoy, guitarist John Petrucci and bassist John Myung. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: Berklee Today: Tell me about the band's writing process. John Petrucci: For the past few albums, we've set up in the studio in a circle so ...
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Britain's BRING ME THE HORIZON will embark on a headlining tour of the U.K. in November/December. Confirmed dates are as follows: Nov. 22 - Cleethorpes - The Pier Nov. 23 - Newport – TJ's Nov. 24 - Birmingham - Academy Nov. 25 - Bristol - Academy Nov. 26 - Liverpool - Academy Nov. 27 - ...
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Launch Radio Networks reports: LINKIN PARK vocalist Chester Bennington has put his solo plans aside for the moment to focus on his main band. Reports that Bennington was working on an album of his own first surfaced nearly two years ago, with the singer later telling MTV.com that he had up to three separate projects ...
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METALLICA has posted the following message on its web site: "Another one of those well-kept METALLICA 'secrets' that you guys have been chatting about for weeks now is indeed confirmed. We are honored to be playing at the Live Earth concert in London at Wembley Stadium on July 7th along with the RED HOT CHILI ...
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Launch Radio Networks reports: POISON lead singer Bret Michaels is seemingly everywhere these days, with the recently released "Poison'd" — which features the band's interpretations of such classic tracks as ALICE COOPER's "I Never Cry" and THE ROLLING STONES' "Dead Flowers" — available in record stores; a 55-date POISON summer tour; his own VH1 reality ...
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BLACK SABBATH, KISS, MÖTLEY CRÜE, SCORPIONS and MOTÖRHEAD are among the artists that are featured on "Classic School of Rock", a 37-song compilation containing classic tracks from the "greatest bands from the decade of stonewashed denim, leather pants and hair-metal." Released yesterday in the U.K. via UMTV, the album will be followed a week later ...
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Video footage of Canadian metal legends ANVIL performing at L'Amour in Staten Island, New York on June 2, 2007 has been posted on YouTube. ANVIL last year re-teamed with producer Chris Tsangarides for the first time since 1983's classic "Forged in Fire" album to record their new CD. The recording sessions took place ...
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San Francisco act SLEEPYTIME GORILLA MUSEUM has posted the video for its song "Helpless Corpses Enactment" online at YouTube. The track comes off the group's forthcoming album, "In Glorious Times", due on May 29 via The End Records. The clip was helmed by acclaimed New York director Adam Feinstein (HOODWINK, SAY YOU LOVE ...
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Colonel Angus of Wormwood Chronicles recently conducted an interview with MACHINE HEAD guitarist Phil Demmel. A few excerpts from the chat follow: Wormwood Chronicles: You're not a political band but a couple of the tracks on the new CD ["The Blackening"] are very political. Was the current political climate in the U.S. the ...
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Canadian metal veterans ANVIL last year re-teamed with producer Chris Tsangarides for the first time since 1983's classic "Forged in Fire" album to record their new CD. The recording sessions took place at Tsangarides' Dump Studios in England and were filmed for an upcoming feature drama-documentary covering ANVIL's return to the metal scene. The group's ...
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Less than two weeks after exiting EVANESCENCE in very acrimonius circumstances, drummer Rocky Gray is auctioning several gold and platinum EVANESCENCE plaques via eBay. "Just kinda cleanin' house a little bit," Gray explained regarding his decision to part with the items. For a list of all the EVANESCENCE plaques that Rocky is selling, click
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Jed Gottlieb of BostonHerald.com recenty conducted a short interview with legendary heavy metal vocalist Ronnie James Dio (BLACK SABBATH, DIO, RAINBOW, HEAVEN AND HELL). BostonHerald.com: When you joined SABBATH did you do anything to foster a devilish reputation like sleep in a coffin or drink blood? Dio: I've always tried to be a ...
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Morley Seaver of CausticTruths.com recently conducted an interview with former MEGADETH guitarist Marty Friedman: On his new solo album, "Loudspeaker": Marty: "Over the last three years or so I have been extremely active in the public eye in Japan, but outside of Japan many of my longtime fans were certainly wondering if I ...
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Ben Edmonds of Malaysia's The Star Online recently conducted an interview with MEGADETH mainman Dave Mustaine. A few excerpts follow: On touring with HEAVEN AND HELL (which is actually the version of BLACK SABBATH featuring singer Ronnie James Dio): "A lot of people thought this package would attract a BLACK SABBATH audience with ...
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Former MINISTRY/NINE INCH NAILS member Martin Atkins has just completed his book on touring. According to a press release, "Tour:Smart" is "the first real book on touring." Atkins has been a member of KILLING JOKE, PUBLIC IMAGE LTD., MINISTRY, NINE INCH NAILS, PIGFACE and has run his own label Invisible Records for almost 19 years. ...
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According to KHTV Little Rock, Amy Lee, the 25-year-old lead singer of EVANESCENCE, got married to her therapist fiance, Josh Hartzler, 28, this past weekend. Amy's father, John Lee, confirmed to Evanescencefan.net that his daughter and Hartzler were married on Sunday (May 6) in a very private ceremony. John said of the wedding, ...
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Former EVANESCENCE keyboard player David Hodges — who recorded most of the group's breakthrough album, "Fallen", with Ben Moody and Amy Lee but left in 2002 before the CD was released — has jumped to Amy Lee's defense in response to the comments made by the group's former guitarist, John LeCompt, following his less-than-amicable departure ...
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BBC News reports that a film first made as a podcast by three "bored" friends is about to be released on DVD for UK-wide distribution. "Legalize Murder" (trailer) — a comedy about a "black metal" band — was made for £1,000 by Joseph Salerno, Nick Warden and Phillip Adams, from Pembrokeshire. ...
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Polish label MetalruleZ Productions will release a VENOM tribute album, entitled "Gods of Goats", on May 14. The track listing for the CD is as follows: 661. MACHETAZO - "Black Metal" 662. STURMGEWEHR666 - "In League with Satan" 663. HANGMAN - "Raise the Dead" 664. EMPHERIS - "Lady Lust" 665. CREMASTER - "Acid Queen" 666. ...
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A new 15-minute short "documentary" on the SPINAL TAP reunion has been posted online at this location. According to Cinematical.com, the band who made monumental music achievements with their amps that go to the rockin' number 11, is now reuniting to help save the world and fight climate change. Last the ...
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Norwegian death metallers BLOOD RED THRONE have completed work on their new album, due on June 25 via Earache Records. Tchort of BLOOD RED THRONE states: "Yet another tough birth is over and the BLOOD RED THRONE crew is proud to announce its newest album is born! People familiar with the band and its past ...
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The Washington Post's Express recently conducted an interview with NOVEMBERS DOOM frontman Paul Kuhr. A couple of excerpts follow: "Eight years ago I was diagnosed with spinal stenosis, which is a degenerative spine disease," Kuhr said. "Basically, the spine is breaking down and collapsing on the nerves in the spinal chord, so it ...
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Jake Coyle of News.com.au reports: SPINAL TAP is back, to help save the world from global warming. If only they were clear on exactly what that was. The mock heavy metal group immortalized in the 1984 mockumentary "This is Spinal Tap" will reunite for a performance at Wembley Stadium in London as part ...
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On May 29, renowned bassist and legendary PRIMUS frontman Les Claypool will release "Fancy" (Prawn Song), his first solo live concert DVD from his 2006 summer tour with his latest group of accomplished players. A major market tour commences May 23 in Minneapolis and wraps July 14 at the All Good Music Festival in Masontown, ...
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