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GREAT WHITE Nightclub Fire: Judge Dismisses State, Fire Marshal From Civil Suit
The Associated Press is reporting that a federal judge has dismissed the state of Rhode Island and the state Fire Marshal from a civil complaint stemming from The Station nightclub fire. U.S. District Judge Ronald Lagueux says Fire Marshal Irving Owens and the state are both protected from liability...November 18, 2005
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RUSH Members Seeking Millions Over New Year's Scuffle
John Henderson of the Naples Daily News has issued the following report: Members of the internationally known rock group RUSH are seeking "tens of millions of dollars" in federal court from Collier County Sheriff's Office deputies and the Naples hotel where their lead guitarist was involved in a New...November 11, 2005
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Judge Dismisses Three Defendants In GREAT WHITE Nightclub Case
The Associated Press has issued the following report: A federal judge dismissed an insurance company and two other defendants from a civil lawsuit brought by survivors of a deadly 2003 nightclub fire and by relatives of those who died. U.S. District Judge Ronald Lagueux on Wednesday agreed to drop E...November 10, 2005
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Ex-KISS Manager Pleads Guilty To Not Paying Child Support
According to The New York Times, former KISS manager Jesse Hilsen pleaded guilty Monday (Oct. 31) to a federal misdemeanor charge that he failed to pay child support. Hilsen, 65, has been in prison for the past year and three months awaiting trial on charges that he failed to pay support to his ...November 1, 2005
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Bassist HANK III: 'I Don't Know What's Up With SUPERJOINT RITUAL Right Now'
Ellen Gager of Midwest Excess recently conducted an interview with SUPERJOINT RITUAL bassist Hank Williams III. A couple of excerpts from the interview follow: Midwest Excess: So are you a Bush supporter? Hank Williams III: "They didn't want my vote from the time I was doing federal probation for fi...October 26, 2005
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RUSH Guitarist Facing Countersuits In Scuffle With Deputies
The Associated Press has issued the following report: Two deputies who arrested a founder of the Canadian rock trio RUSH have sued, claiming the guitarist attacked them as they tried to force his son to leave a hotel during a New Year's Eve party. Lawyers representing the Ritz-Carlton in Naples and...October 2, 2005
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GREAT WHITE: Lawyers In Nightclub Fire Case Want Foam Testing To Proceed
The Associated Press has issued the following report: The legal battle over soundproofing foam blamed in a deadly nightclub fire resumed Friday with lawyers for the families of fire victims renewing their request to test the foam recovered from the club's wreckage. Pyrotechnics lit during a February...September 30, 2005
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GREAT WHITE Fire: Owners of Station Nightclub Announce Bankruptcy Filing
The Associated Press has issued the following report: The owners of a nightclub where 100 people died in a 2003 fire announced Friday (Sept. 23) that they and their company, DERCO LLC, have filed for bankruptcy. Jeffrey and Michael Derderian, owners of The Station nightclub in West Warwick, said in...September 23, 2005
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HENDRIX Heirs File Second Lawsuit Against PURPLE HAZE RECORDS
Margo Whitmire of Billboard.com is reporting that Seattle-based Experience Hendrix filed a second suit yesterday (Sept. 12) against Purple Haze Records to stop the marketing and sales of all unauthorized Jimi Hendrix recordings through the U.K. indie label. In February, the High Court of Justice in...September 13, 2005
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AXL ROSE Slams SLASH And DUFF For Filing 'Baseless Lawsuits' And 'Spreading Untruths'
MTV.com is reporting that GUNS N' ROSES frontman Axl Rose has fired back at his former bandmates Slash and Duff McKagan, through his attorney. Last week, Slash and Duff filed a federal lawsuit against the singer, charging that Rose transferred the publishing rights to the band's back catalog without...August 29, 2005
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Booking Agent Responds To BYZANTINE's Internet 'Threat'
Booking agent Jeffrey Churchwell of Digger International has issued a response to a scathing statement posted by the band BYZANTINE (via their guitarist, Tony Rorhbough) on their official web site in which they appeared to encourage their fans to physically assault Churchwell over the removal of BYZ...August 29, 2005
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GREAT WHITE Fire: Judge Sets Trial Date For Nightclub Owners
The Associated Press has issued the following report: The owners of a nightclub where 100 people were killed in a 2003 fire are scheduled to go to trial Sept. 30 to determine whether they are able to pay tens of thousands of dollars to the families of workers killed in the blaze, a judge said ...August 23, 2005
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SLASH, DUFF Sue AXL Over GUNS N' ROSES Publishing Royalties
MTV.com is reporting that former GUNS N' ROSES members Slash and Duff McKagan filed a federal lawsuit in Los Angeles on Wednesday (Aug. 17) against Axl Rose, accusing the GN'R frontman of changing the publisher of the group's copyrighted songs without their consent and pocketing the royalties. The l...August 22, 2005
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SLIPKNOT Threaten To Sue BURGER KING Over 'Lookalike, Soundalike' Band COQ ROQ
The Smoking Gun has issued the following report: Claiming that its image and persona have been hijacked as part of a marketing campaign for Burger King's new chicken fries, the costumed heavy metal band SLIPKNOT is threatening the fast food giant with legal action. In an August 4 letter [which can b...August 17, 2005
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Former THE CULT Guitarist To Join KORN Frontman In Horror Film
According to a posting at Bloody-Disgusting.com, former THE CULT guitarist Billy Duffy is in talks to lay down some heavy guitar work on the soundtrack of "Sin-Jin Smyth". The film — which follows two federal marshals assigned to a midnight prisoner transfer (over Halloween weekend) of a mysterious...August 4, 2005
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