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Watch DISTURBED Perform In Reading, Pennsylvania

Fan-filmed video footage of DISTURBED's October 9 performance at the Santander Arena Reading, Pennsylvania can be seen below. As previously reported, DISTURBED's sixth studio album, "Immortalized ", was officially certified gold on September 23 by the RIAA (Recording Industry Association of America)...

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MICHAEL WILTON: QUEENSRŸCHE Has Gone 'Full Circle'

Jeb Wright of Classic Rock Revisited recently conducted an interview with QUEENSRŸCHE guitarist Michael Wilton. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Classic Rock Revisited: I have done many interviews with QUEENSRŸCHE but they have all been with Geoff Tate. I was inspired to talk to you...

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DISTURBED Didn't Have To Get Permission From Anybody To Cover 'The Sound Of Silence'

Jon Smith of the X96 radio station conducted an interview with DISTURBED frontman David Draiman before the band's September 27 concert at Maverik Center in Salt Lake City, Utah. You can now watch the chat below. Asked if DISTURBED had to get permission from Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel to record a c...

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QUIET RIOT Announces New Vocalist SEANN NICOLS

QUIET RIOT has announced Seann Nicols (formerly of ADLER'S APPETITE) as its new vocalist starting in 2017. QUIET RIOT is currently in the studio with Seann recording its forthcoming full-length album of all new material, to be released on Frontiers Music Srl in early 2017. They will also be releasin...

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PHILIP ANSELMO's DOWN And SUPERJOINT Bandmate Says He 'Did The Right Thing By Apologizing' For 'Dimebash' Incident

Philip Anselmo's DOWN and SUPERJOINT bandmate Jimmy Bower (pictured) says that the former PANTERA frontman "did the right thing by apologizing sincerely" after being filmed earlier in the year giving a Nazi salute and shouting "white power" at a California concert. Anselmo performed the PANTERA clas...

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RAMONES To Have Street Named After Them Unveiled This Month

An intersection in Forest Hills, New York will be officially renamed "The Ramones Way" as a memorial to the legendary punk band. It the intersection of 67th Avenue and 110th Street, right in front of Forest Hills High School, where the band's original lineup met and would later become inductees into...

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DISTURBED Frontman Says People Are Too Quick To Demonize Music Streaming Services

DISTURBED singer David Draiman, who has been a vocal supporter of Spotify for years, says that people are too quick to demonize streaming services for the paltry payments they pay out to music rightsholders. The most popular subscription service, Spotify reportedly has more than 100 million users, 4...

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JOE LYNN TURNER's 'The Sessions' To Include Guest Appearances By DEF LEPPARD, WHITESNAKE Members

Vocalist Joe Lynn Turner, best known for fronting Ritchie Blackmore's RAINBOW during that band's creative peak in the 1980s and later as the frontman for Yngwie Malmsteen, has been called The Man With The Golden Voice, and it's easy to understand why; nearly everything Turner records sounds blessed...

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DISTURBED's 'Immortalized' Certified Gold In U.S.

DISTURBED's sixth studio album, "Immortalized ", was officially certified gold on September 23 by the RIAA (Recording Industry Association of America) for sales of more than 500,000 copies. The certification came seven months after RIAA started including on-demand audio and video streams and a track...

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SEVEN: 'Fight' Video Released

"Fight", the new video from U.K./Swedish melodic rockers SEVEN, can be seen below. The song, which was co-written by well-known songwriter Jeff Paris (MR. BIG, VIXEN, Y&T, Paul Stanley),is taken from SEVEN's new album, "Shattered", which was released on September 23 by U.K. label Escape Music L...

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NIKKI SIXX Shares Thoughts On America's Heroin Epidemic: 'People Don't Know What They're Getting, And They're Dying'

During the September 13 edition of his "Sixx Sense" radio show, MÖTLEY CRÜE bassist Nikki Sixx — who struggled with substance abuse throughout his early and mid-career and was even supposedly declared clinically dead after a heroin overdose in 1987 made his heart stop for two minutes — shared his th...

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STATUS QUO Manager Says RICK PARFITT 'Died' For Several Minutes Following His Heart Attack

STATUS QUO has announced that guitarist Rick Parfitt has been ordered to rest for the remainder of the year at the very least following on from his heart attack and associated complications following a QUO show in Turkey on June 14. This means, of course, that he will be unable to take part in the ....

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GEOFF TATE Joined By BLAZE BAYLEY, TIM 'RIPPER' OWENS In OPERATION: MINDCRIME's 'Taking On The World' Video

"Taking On The World", the new video from OPERATION: MINDCRIME, the band led by former QUEENSRŸCHE singer Geoff Tate, can be seen below. The song, which was co-written by MEGADETH bassist David Ellefson and features guest appearances by Blaze Bayley (IRON MAIDEN) and Tim "Ripper" Owens (JUDAS PRIEST...

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CHRIS SLADE Talks About His Role In AC/DC (Video)

A new two-minute video clip in which AC/DC drummer Chris Slade talks about playing with the band can be seen below. Says Slade: "AC/DC is like a… It's an institution, for a start. The fans feel a part of the family, and that's a good feeling. It's a really good feeling. "My role in AC/DC ...

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New LEMMY Tribute Record Features Members Of WOLF, DENATA And SEANCE

Swedish paleontology professor and heavy metal aficionado Mats E. Eriksson named a fossil worm, Kalloprion Kilmisteri, in honor of Lemmy Kilmister in 2006. Now — ten years later — the fossil has come to brutal sonic life with the aid of prolific Swedish metal musicians, notably members of WOLF, DENA...