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MEGADETH Drummer Comments On Latest GRAMMY Nomination

MEGADETH drummer Shawn Drover has commented on the band's latest nomination in the "Best Metal Performance" category at the 53rd annual Grammy Awards, which will be held on Sunday, February 13, 2011 at Staples Center in Los Angeles. "Best Metal Performance" nominees: * IRON MAIDEN - "El Dorado" (fro...

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MEGADETH Drummer SHAWN DROVER Interviewed By BAY AREA ROCKS (Video)

Bassy Stacy of BayAreaRocks.com conducted an interview with MEGADETH drummer Shawn Drover on August 31, 2010 at the Cow Palace in San Francisco, California during the "American Carnage" tour with SLAYER and TESTAMENT. You can now watch the chat below. MEGADETH will headline six festival shows in New...

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'Music As A Weapon V': First Tour Dates Announced

In what promises to be the hottest tour of winter 2011, KORN and DISTURBED, two of rock's biggest acts, are teaming up to co-headline next year's "Monster Energy Music As A Weapon V" tour. Support on the trek will come from SEVENDUST and IN THIS MOMENT. The first dates have been announced and are as...

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STEVE 'ZETRO' SOUZA's AC/DZ To Perform Live For First Time This Weekend

AC/DZ, the San Francisco Bay Area-based AC/DC tribute band formed by legendary thrash singer Steve "Zetro" Souza (TENET, DUBLIN DEATH PATROL, EXODUS, LEGACY) and executive producer Walter Morgan (organizer of the Thrash Of The Titans 2001 benefit concert),will make its live debut this Saturday, Nov...

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MEGADETH Drummer Schedules Australian In-Store Appearance

MEGADETH drummer Shawn Drover will make a special in-store appearance at Pony Music in Hallam, Australia on Thursday, December 16 at 8 p.m. The event is presented by ddrum. MEGADETH will headline six festival shows in New Zealand and Australia during December 10-19 as part of "No Sleep Til", a touri...

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Ex-TESTAMENT/FORBIDDEN Guitarist GLEN ALVELAIS Relaunching BIZARRO Project

San Francisco, California-based guitarist Glen Alvelais (LD/50, TESTAMENT, FORBIDDEN) has issued the following update: "LD/50 has finished playing a handful of shows in both California and Nevada. The response from the people that seen us was very positive. This is just the beginning for LD/50 and w...

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GLEN SOBEL, DEREK RODDY At LAGUNA DRUMFEST 2010; Video Footage Available

Professionally shot video footage of Glen Sobel (IMPELLITTERI, SIXX: A.M., VIVIAN CAMPBELL) and Derek Roddy (HATE ETERNAL, NILE, TODAY IS THE DAY) performing at Laguna Drumfest 2010 can be viewed below. Headlined by Sobel and Roddy, the third edition of the drumfest took place in Torreon, Mexico on...

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MEGADETH's DROVER Interviewed On 'The Metal File'; Seminole Drum-Clinic Footage Available

MEGADETH drummer Shawn Drover was interviewed for this week's "The Metal File" podcast from Montreal's CHOM-FM. You can stream the show using the audio player below. Also available is video footage of Drover's November 11, 2010 free drum clinic at Seminole Music & Sound in Seminole, Florida. MEG...

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ROB HALFORD: 'When I Get Back To My Own Bed, That's A Vacation'

Darryl Sterdan of the QMI Agency recently conducted an interview with JUDAS PRIEST frontman Rob Halford. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Q: Do you never go on vacation? Halford: When I get back to my own bed, that's a vacation. But in all honestly, I can't remember the last ...

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Benefit Concert To Help Pay For Funeral Expenses For FALLING TO PIECES Singer

A benefit concert to raise money to help pay for funeral expenses for Nicci DeSoto (a.k.a. Nicci Acevedo) — the 25-year-old lead vocalist of the Livermore, California thrash/metalcore act FALLING TO PIECES who was killed this past weekend in a motorcycle accident — will be held on Friday, November 1...

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Former DEICIDE Members To Record New AMON Album

Former DEICIDE members Eric Hoffmann (guitar) and Brian Hoffman (guitar) have resurrected their pre-DEICIDE band AMON with Jesse "Jecheal" Jolly (PROMETHEAN HORDE, DIABOLIC, SUCCESS WILL WRITE APOCALYPSE ACROSS THE SKY, AFTER DEATH) on vocals/bass and and Mike Petrak (LEPROSY, SUCCESS WILL WRITE APO...

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MEGADETH Members Discuss 20th Anniversary Of 'Rust In Peace' (Video)

Video footage of MEGADETH members Shawn Drover (drums) and Chris Broderick (guitar) talking about the 20th anniversary of the band's classic "Rust In Peace" album can be viewed below. MEGADETH's "Rust In Peace Live" CD — which captures the final night of the band's historic month-long "Rust In Peace...

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Drummer GLEN SOBEL Releases Footage From VASCO ROSSI Tour

Drummer Glen Sobel (IMPELLITTERI, SIXX: A.M., VIVIAN CAMPBELL) has posted video footage of his recent tour stint with Italian superstar Vasco Rossi. Sobel was was filling in for Matt Laug (SLASH'S SNAKEPIT, ALICE COOPER) who had to sit out due to a minor muscular injury. The five-week tour included...

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MEGADETH Drummer: 'I Envision Next Year We'll Be Recording A New Record'

Crypt Magazine recently conducted an interview with MEGADETH drummer Shawn Drover. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Crypt Magazine: Do you have plans for the next record yet? Drover: Yeah, we're certainly talking about it. Right now we're in tour mode, but we're starting to discuss o...

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MEGADETH Drummer Interviewed By METAL ASSAULT

On October 21, Aniruddh "Andrew" Bansal of Metal Assault conducted an interview with MEGADETH drummer Shawn Drover at the Gibson Amphitheater in Universal City, California as part of the Jägermeister Music Tour with SLAYER and ANTHRAX. You can now watch the chat below. SLAYER guitarist Kerry King jo...