According to The Pulse of Radio, ALTER BRIDGE will release two different versions of an upcoming concert DVD titled "Live In Amsterdam". The first version will be released on August 4 and will be a single-disc set sold exclusively at dates on this summer's CREED reunion tour. A second edition is tentatively scheduled to arrive ...
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Edmonton, Alberta, Canada-based female-fronted hard rockers THE ORDER OF CHAOS will release their debut independent album on June 5. The CD was produced by Kevin Hoskin and co-produced and mixed by Bill Kennedy, who has worked with such acts as MEGADETH, TESTAMENT, NINE INCH NAILS, MARILYN MANSON and MORBID ANGEL. It is currently being mastered ...
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Australian retro-rock combo WOLFMOTHER will support AC/DC on their upcoming tour of Australia. The Australian/New Zealand dates are as follows: Jan. 30 - Wellington, New Zealand - [to be announced] (no WOLFMOTHER) Feb. 06 - Auckland, New Zealand - [to be announced] (no WOLFMOTHER) Feb. 11 - Melbourne, Australia - Etihad Stadium Feb. 18 - ...
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On May 6, Greg Gutfeld of Fox News' "Red Eye" show conducted an interview with CREED members Scott Stapp and Mark Tremonti about their decision to reunite. Watch the five-minute chat below. As previously reported, ALTER BRIDGE singer Myles Kennedy has posted a message online in which he said that the band will carry on, ...
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Longtime Chicago radio personality Cara Carriveau of "Cara's Basement" conducted an interview with CREED members Scott Stapp and Mark Tremonti about their decision to reunite. Listen to the chat using the player below (click on "Creed is back!" in the menu on the right). As previously reported, ALTER BRIDGE singer Myles Kennedy has posted a ...
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Drummer Scott Phillips of the reunited CREED was interviewed on the April 29, 2009 edition of "The BS" (The Buckethead Show) on Orlando, Florida's Real Radio 104.1. The chat is now available for download as an MP3 audio file at this location (15 MB). As previously reported, ALTER BRIDGE singer Myles Kennedy has ...
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Guitarist Alex Grossi (ADLER'S APPETITE, ex-QUIET RIOT) will take part in first annual Paul Reed Smith "Road Show. He says, "I am extremely excited to announce that this summer in between tour dates I will be joining Paul Reed Smith himself as part of his 'Road Show.' I have been with the company for 10 ...
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Singer Myles Kennedy has shot down reports that the newly announced reunion of CREED will effectively put an end to ALTER BRIDGE, the band he formed with then-former CREED members, guitarist Mark Tremonti, drummer Scott Phillips and bassist Brian Marshall. Kennedy says, "Many of you are wondering how this CREED reunion tour will affect the ...
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The Pulse of Radio reports: WOLFMOTHER frontman Andrew Stockdale spoke with Spinner.com about the breakup of the original trio last year, which led him to keep the name but assemble an all-new lineup. Stockdale explained, "Our collective vision might not have been as big as what we became," adding that his ex-bandmates gave him the ...
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FYImusic.ca reports: When APRIL WINE was inducted into the Canadian Music Industry Hall of Fame last week, they did so without veteran drummer Jerry Mercer and he's not happy about the situation. Mercer, who had been with the veteran Canadian rock band for 36 years, left the group in November after conflicts with ...
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A "teaser" video for CREED's upcoming reunion tour, which is expected to kick off this summer, can be viewed below. Meanwhile, fans can sign up for the band's new mailing list at CreedOfficial.com. Sources reported last year that there were "significant dollars" on the table for a CREED trek, although a spokesperson for ...
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SUN GODS IN EXILE, a new "heavy Southern rawk" band featuring members of Boston's CORTEZ and Maine's doom giants OCEAN, has inked a deal with Detroit's Small Stone Records. The group's debut album, titled "Black Light, White Lines", was tracked at Mad Oak Studios in Allston, Massachusetts with engineer Benny Groto, who has previously worked ...
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According to The Pulse of Radio, ALTER BRIDGE announced on Tuesday (February 17) that the band has begun working on its new album, tentatively titled "Alter Bridge III". No other info as far as a release date, producer or studio has been revealed. In the meantime, ALTER BRIDGE singer Myles Kennedy and guitarist Mark Tremonti ...
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EMI has set a February 23 release date for the first batch of SAXON reissues covering the albums "Saxon", "Wheels Of Steel" and "Strong Arm Of The Law". * "Saxon": Originally released in 1979, SAXON's self-titled debut, widely regarded as the first LP to be issued by a New Wave Of British Heavy Metal band, ...
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Vocalist Myles Kennedy of ALTER BRIDGE has confirmed that he played several tracks with the instrumental members of LED ZEPPELIN as part of an audition process for a proposed world tour. Although names such as Jack White, Chris Cornell, Dave Grohl, and Steven Tyler had surfaced as possible vocalists for the new project, rumors have ...
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Original KISS drummer Peter Criss co-stars in a movie called "Frame of Mind" alongside Chris Noth ("Law & Order", "Sex and the City") and Vince Curatola ("The Sopranos"). The film, which will be released on DVD on February 24, was shot entirely in Carlstadt, New Jersey and was directed by Charles Evans, who co-wrote the ...
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Despite published reports to the contrary Jimmy Page, John Paul Jones and Jason Bonham have no plans to record and tour together. Earlier today (Wednesday, January 7), MusicRadar spoke exclusively with Peter Mensch, Jimmy Page's manager, who stated categorically, "LED ZEPPELIN are over! If you didn't see them in 2007 [when they played ...
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Former AUDIOSLAVE/SOUNDGARDEN singer Chris Cornell has been celebrating the return of his guitar collection after winning a recent court action against ex-wife Susan Silver. "Speaking of guitars," he writes in his most recent blog entry at ChrisCornell.com, " I was just dusting off the 15 or so guitars that I recently had returned to me ...
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According to the The Canadian Press, Canadian rockers APRIL WINE will be inducted into the Canadian Music Industry Hall of Fame next year. The group will receive the honor, as well as a Lifetime Achievement Award, at the Canadian Radio Music Awards on March 13 in Toronto, organizers announced Monday. The awards are ...
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Mike Snider of USA Today conducted an interview with METALLICA drummer Lars Ulrich and guitarist Kirk Hammett, as well as Activision lead designer Alan Flores, about the upcoming Guitar Hero: Metallica game, due early in 2009. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Q: How did this game come about? Flores: ...
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The new lineup of TYKETTO — featuring Danny Vaughn (vocals), Jimi Kennedy (bass) and Michael Clayton (drums) alongside the group's latest additions, PJ Zitarosa (guitar and vocals) and Bobby Lynch (keyboards and vocals) — has announced the dates for its "Around The World In 18 Days" tour: Jan. 15 - Bar A - Lake Como, ...
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According to Achilles Last Stand, the January 2009 issue of UK's Uncut magazine features LED ZEPPELIN guitar legend Jimmy Page on the cover. "The Real Jimmy Page" is a celebration of the life and music LED ZEPPELIN's great guitar wizard, with insights from Robert Plant, John Paul Jones, Jeff Beck, Paul Rodgers and ...
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The Pulse of Radio reports that CREED is officially working on the details for a 2009 reunion tour, according to Billboard.com. Sources have reported that there are "significant dollars" on the table for a CREED trek, although a spokesperson for Wind-Up said, "There have been some talks, but it would be premature to comment on ...
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Spawned from the ashes of the rock band ROAD CLOSED, VIVISECT is a thrash/death/progressive metal band based out of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Through many style and lineup changes, VIVISECT has now found a solid lineup and have slowly come into their own sound. Fusing influences from such bands as SLAYER, THINE EYES BLEED, PANTERA, TESTAMENT, ...
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According to ChartAttack.com, APRIL WINE had to cancel a Halifax performance when frontman Myles Goodwin was hospitalized on Friday (November 28). The 60-year-old collapsed and hit his head shortly after he arrived at the airport in Montreal. Guitarist Brian Greenway, who was travelling with Goodwin, told CBC News that his colleague seemed to ...
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Austrian heavy 'zine Stormbringer.at conducted an interview with vocalist Myles Kennedy and guitarist Mark Tremonti of ALTER BRIDGE prior to the band's November 27, 2008 concert in Vienna, Austria. Watch the 13-minute chat below. Mark Tremonti recently spoke with Music Radar about the possibility of his former band CREED reuniting next year if ...
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SUN GODS IN EXILE, a new "heavy Southern rawk" band featuring members of Boston's CORTEZ and Maine's doom giants OCEAN, is about to enter the studio to begin work on its debut CD. The effort will be tracked at Mad Oak Studios in Allston, Massachusetts with engineer Benny Groto, who has previously worked with ROADSAW, ...
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According to the Robert Plant Newswire, former LED ZEPPELIN singer Robert Plant confirmed to the Birmingham Evening Mail on November 6 that he would not be joining guitarist Jimmy Page, bassist John Paul Jones and drummer Jason Bonham on the road for the proposed ZEPPELIN reunion tour. He said it was partly because ...
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A spokesperson for LED ZEPPELIN guitarist Jimmy Page has told RollingStone.com that a new band featuring Page, bassist John Paul Jones and drummer Jason Bonham would not go by the name LED ZEPPELIN. The three musicians have confirmed that they are contemplating going on the road without ZEPPELIN singer Robert Plant, and have ...
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According to The Pulse of Radio, ALTER BRIDGE guitarist Mark Tremonti spoke with Music Radar about the possibility of his former band CREED reuniting next year if ALTER BRIDGE singer Myles Kennedy goes on tour with the instrumental members of LED ZEPPELIN, as has been heavily rumored. First, regarding Kennedy's chances, Tremonti said, ...
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