DEF LEPPARD guitarist Vivian Campbell has posted the following message on the band's official web site: "Just a brief update from life in the trenches. Contrary to what I'm sure most of you believed when previously told, we are actually well ensconced in working on the new LEPPARD album and have been for some time. ...
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DEF LEPPARD has set "Sparkle Lounge" as the working title of its new studio album, the group's guitarist Phil Collen revealed in a brand new interview with Classic Rock Revisited. According to Collen, the CD is being recorded at singer Joe Elliott's house in Dublin, Ireland with Ronan McHugh co-producing the effort alongside ...
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Jeb Wright of Classic Rock Revisited recently conducted an interview with legendary heavy metal drummerVinny Appice (HEAVEN AND HELL, BLACK SABBATH, DIO). A few excerpts from the chat follow: Classic Rock Revisited: Have you [HEAVEN AND HELL] started actual rehearsals yet? Vinny: We just started [February 19]. On the first day we were ...
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DEF LEPPARD frontman Joe Elliott has posted the following message on the group's official web site: "Let's talk a little about the next album. We've been writing while on tour, really. At most shows, we did have this room set up backstage that we called the 'Sparkle Lounge,' where we were trying new ideas out, ...
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Blasting-Zone.com recently conducted an in-depth interview with legendary drummer Vinny Appice (HEAVEN AND HELL, BLACK SABBATH, DIO). Several excerpts follow: Blasting-Zone.com: How did you originally become involved with BLACK SABBATH? Vinny Appice: "That was in '79. BLACK SABBATH had just done the 'Heaven and Hell' album and were on tour with (original drummer) ...
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Mike Osegueda of McClatchy Newspapers (MCT) recently conducted an interview with LAMB OF GOD bassist John Campbell. A few excerpts from the chat follow: McClatchy Newspapers: I read that when you guys went to Australia and Japan and all that stuff, it went over really well; did you expect such a big interest ...
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The web site of French news magazine L'Express has a short clip of GUNS N' ROSES performing "Knockin' On Heaven's Door" at the Rodeo Drive's Walk of Style ceremony on February 8 in Beverly Hills, California. Watch it at LExpress.fr. The event was a star-studded gala honoring Donatella and the late Gianni Versace. ...
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Sascha Campbell of Canada's Imprint newspaper recently conducted an interview with CRADLE OF FILTH guitarist Paul Allender. A few excerpts from the chat follow: On touring: "[Being on the road] is brilliant. I love it. I've done it so much that being on tour is like second nature. It's like a completely different ...
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Melissa Ruggieri of TimesDispatch.com reports: Chris Adler planned his special outfit for [Sunday night's] Grammy Awards a little more than a week ago "a patch for the hole in the butt of these jeans that I'm wearing right now." Adler is the drummer for LAMB OF GOD, the Richmond-based heavy-metal quintet that landed ...
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GUNS N' ROSES brought down the house at the Rodeo Drive's Walk of Style ceremony on Thursday night in Beverly Hills, Calif. The event was a star-studded gala honoring Donatella and the late Gianni Versace. A wall-to-wall A-List, including Jennifer Lopez, Cindy Crawford, Ashton Kutcher, Sharon Stone, Quincy Jones, Naomi Campbell, Elton John (who also ...
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Montreal-based NEURAXIS has announced that it has parted ways with vocalist Ian Campbell. The band comments: "We thank Ian for his help and dedication to the band and we wish him the best." NEURAXIS has confirmed that Alex Leblanc (ATHERETIC, POINT BLANK RAGE) will be taking care of vocal duties for NEURAXIS on the following ...
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DEF LEPPARD members Joe Elliott, Vivian Campbell and Phil Collen have revealed their New Year's resolutions via the following holiday messages on the band's web site: Joe: "My New Year's resolutions? Phew! Guess you have to make them..... Stop biting my nails, don't drink as much, watch my football team win the premiership... No, seriously, ...
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According to a posting on KISS guitarist Tommy Thayer's official web site, Tommy had the pleasure of meeting golf's 2005 U.S. Open champion, Michael Campbell, this weekend. Michael, who is from New Zealand and a massive KISS fan, invited Tommy and his wife Amber to dinner Sunday night after his final round at Tiger Wood's ...
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MOTÖRHEAD guitarist Phil Campbell joined TOOL on stage for the song "Sober" during the latter band's headlining performance Monday night (Dec. 4) at the Arena in Leipzig, Germany. Campbell reportedly made a similar appearance at TOOL's gig in Cardiff, U.K. on November 30. It is not presently known if Phil will perform with TOOL at ...
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DEF LEPPARD guitarist Vivian Campbell is among the stars who appear on a 22-minute DVD which is being shipped by Studio City, California-based record company the Jewish Music Group to the U.S Military in Iraq. The DVD is being sent along with several hundred CDs featuring 12 cuts plus one hidden track. The accompanying booklet ...
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DEF LEPPARD guitarist Vivian Campbell has posted the following message on teh band's official web site: "It's that time again. I really have very mixed feelings about that time. I'm referring, of course, to the end of the tour. On the one hand, it's essential to go home — especially as a parent. But there ...
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DEF LEPPARD guitarist Vivian Campbell ahs posted the following message on the band's official web site: "Hello again, and my apologies for not writing more frequently. It seems that there's just not enough hours in the day to get done all the things that need be done. This is most likely due to the fact ...
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ROCK STAR SUPERNOVA, the band featuring Tommy Lee (MÖTLEY CRÜE), Jason Newsted (VOIVOD, ex-METALLICA) and Gilby Clarke (ex-GUNS N' ROSES) and vocalist Lukas Rossi, will release its self-titled debut album on November 21 via Burnett/Epic Records. The track listing for the effort is as follows: 01. It's On 02. Leave the Lights On 03. Be ...
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An interview with ROCK STAR SUPERNOVA's Tommy Lee and Lukas Rossi will air this weekend on "CD USA", an American music television show airing exclusively on The 101 network available only to customers of DirecTV. Beginning on Saturday, October 28 at 6:00 p.m. ET on DirecTV channels 101, 334, 580 and 800. The interview repeats ...
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Global Television today announced that Sony BMG Music (Canada) Inc. recording artists Lukas Rossi and Gilby Clarke of all-star band ROCK STAR SUPERNOVA will be on hand to rock the Canadian television industry — and fans nationwide — as featured musical guests at the 21st annual Gemini Awards, broadcast direct from The River Rock ...
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Dr. Abner Mality from Wormwood Chronicles webzine recently conducted an interview with LAMB OF GOD bassist John Campbell. A few excerpts follow: Wormwood Chronicles: You've gone out of your way to say that the lyrics on "Sacrament" were a lot less political than on "Ashes of the Wake". Things in the world seem ...
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Danish death metal band KOLDBORN has issued the following update: "We are at the moment rehearsing for our next shows here in sweet ol' Denmark which will take place in Copenhagen at The Rock on October 27 and Odense at Rytmeposten on December 8. Those of you who saw the last shows might have noticed ...
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THE CHELSEA SMILES, the band featuring Todd Youth (ex-MURPHYS LAW, D-GENERATION, DANZIG), will release its full-length debut, "Thirty Six Hours Later", on November 7 via Acetate Records. A few songs from the CD can be previewed at the group's MySpace page. Todd Youth also played guitar for MOTÖRHEAD back in 2003 when Phil ...
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According to a posting on DEF LEPPARD's official web site, Manuel Dopico, a well-known singer from Spain, is using the video for his new single, "Quiero Despertar", to pay tribute to DEF LEPPARD using two very subtle references. At the start of the clip, you will see an "Adrenalize" LP (signed by LEPPARD guitarist Vivian ...
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Alan Sculley of the Asbury Park Press recently conducted an interview with LAMB OF GOD bassist John Campbell. A few excerpts from the chat follow: On the band's beginnings: "We started this in 1994 doing heavy metal when definitely metal was not big-time stuff. We've always played kind of mathy, weird metal, not ...
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Orias of TheEndlessFeed.com recently conducted an interview with LAMB OF GOD bassist John Campbell. An excerpt from the chat follows: TheEndlessFeed.com: What has it been like going from clubs to arenas? What's it like playing to so many different kinds of people all at once? John Campbell: It's been a slow build-up. Both ...
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MOTÖRHEAD frontman Lemmy Kilmister will appear on the popular nationally syndicated motorsports radio series "SpeedFreaks" this Sunday, September 10. More information is available at www.speedfreaks.tv. As previously reported, MOTÖRHEAD's video for the song "Be My Baby" has been posted online at this location (Real Media). The track comes off the band's ...
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MOTÖRHEAD's video for the song "Be My Baby" has been posted online at this location (Real Media). The track comes off the band's brand new CD, "Kiss of Death", which has entered the national album charts in the following countries: Germany: #4 Norway: #9 Sweden: #13 Austria: #20 Switzerland: #26 U.K.: #45 Denmark: ...
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MOTÖRHEAD's brand new CD, "Kiss of Death", has entered the national album charts in the following countries: Germany: #4 Norway: #9 Sweden: #13 Austria: #20 Switzerland: #26 U.K.: #45 Denmark: #53 "Kiss of Death" was recorded at the Paramount studios in Los Angeles with Cameron Webb, who also worked with the group on their last ...
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MOTÖRHEAD's "Kiss Of Death" has entered the Norwegian album chart at position No. 9. According to a representative for the band's record label, a recent MOTÖRHEAD resurgence in Norway has led to twice as many copies of "Kiss of Death" being shipped compared its predecessor, "Inferno". As previously reported, "Kiss Of Death" debuted on the ...
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