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OZZY OSBOURNE, KISS, KORN, ROB ZOMBIE, SLAYER Set For CHICAGO OPEN AIR Festival

The second annual Chicago Open Air will bring together an all-star lineup of rock's top artists on Friday, July 14, Saturday, July 15 and Sunday, July 16 at Toyota Park in Bridgeview, Illinois, just outside Chicago. The three-day music, craft beer and Gourmet Man Food festival will feature over 40 p...

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Ex-SLIPKNOT Drummer JOEY JORDISON: 'I'm Literally Stronger Than I've Ever Been In My Life'

Neomedia Group recently conducted an interview with former SLIPKNOT and current VIMIC and SINSAENUM drummer Joey Jordison. You can listen to the full chat below. A few excerpts follow (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On how he recovered from acute transverse myelitis, an inflammation of the spinal...

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JOEY JORDISON Still Doesn't Know Why He Was Fired From SLIPKNOT

Ex-SLIPKNOT drummer Joey Jordison says that only one member of his former band visited him in the hospital while he was battling a rare disease of the nervous system which left him unable to play the drums properly. Jordison and the members of SLIPKNOT had been silent and evasive about the reasons f...

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Watch DISTURBED Perform CHIPMUNKS-Style Version Of 'Immortalized'

On January 10, DISTURBED warmed up for the Glasgow show on the band's current European tour by playing a fun ALVIN AND THE CHIPMUNKS-style version of "Immortalized", the title track of DISTURBED's chart-topping 2015 album. Check out video footage of the backstage performance below. ALVIN AND THE CHI...

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PHILIP ANSELMO Blasts 'Phonies' In Music Business Who 'Pretend To Be Perfect'

Former PANTERA frontman Philip Anselmo has blasted "phonies" in the music business "who pretend to be perfect" while suggesting he was racist because a video surfaced of him last year giving the right-arm salute and yelling a white-supremacist slogan at a California concert. Anselmo performed the PA...

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DISTURBED Releases 'Immortalized' Performance Video

DISTURBED's video for the title track of the band's 2015 comeback album, "Immortalized", can be seen below. The clip was filmed in several venues across North America, Australia, and New Zealand in late 2016. DISTURBED was the most played act of 2016 at the Active Rock radio format, according to ind...

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Video: JOEY JORDISON's VIMIC Performs In San Antonio, Texas

Fan-filmed video footage of VIMIC's December 30 performance at the Aztec Theater in San Antonio, Texas as the support act for HELLYEAH can be seen below. VIMIC is the new band featuring former SLIPKNOT drummer Joey Jordison alongside singer Kalen Chase Musmecci, who has toured with KORN as a backing...

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STEVE HARRIS Says BRITISH LION Is 'Getting Heavier And Heavier'

Sam Sheppard of Mammoth Metal TV recently conducted an interview with IRON MAIDEN and BRITISH LION bassist Steve Harris. You can listen to the full chat below. A few excerpts follow (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On if any of the songs from BRITISH LION's 2012 self-titled debut album were writte...

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Video: JOEY JORDISON's VIMIC Performs In Janesville, Wisconsin

Fan-filmed video footage of VIMIC's December 27 performance at The Back Bar in Janesville, Wisconsin can be seen below. VIMIC is the new band featuring former SLIPKNOT drummer Joey Jordison alongside singer Kalen Chase Musmecci, who has toured with KORN as a backing vocalist and percussionist, and J...

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STATUS QUO Manager: RICK PARFITT 'Was The Ultimate Rocker And Lived The Dream'

STATUS QUO manager Simon Porter has released the following extended statement regarding the passing of the band's guitarist Rick Parfitt: "On behalf of family, band, management, crew, Rick's many friends and, not least, QUO's huge army of fans, I would like to thank everyone who has sent messages of...

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STATUS QUO Guitarist RICK PARFITT Dead At 68

Guitarist Rick Parfitt of veteran British rockers STATUS QUO died earlier today (Saturday, December 24). He was 68 years old. The Parfitt family and the STATUS QUO manager, Simon Porter, have released the following joint statement regarding the matter: "We are truly devastated to have to announce th...

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SCORPIONS, METAL BLADE RECORDS, Rainbow Bar & Grill To Be Inducted Into 'Hall Of Heavy Metal History'

Metal Blade Records, SCORPIONS and the Rainbow Bar & Grill have joined the list of metal royalty who will be inducted into the 2017 Hall Of Heavy Metal History next month. The all-star induction ceremony will take place on Wednesday, January 18, 2017 at the Anaheim Expo Center in Anaheim, Califo...

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DISTURBED's Musical Direction On Next Album 'Can't Be Forced'

While they were in Australia on their recent tour, DISTURBED guitarist Dan Donegan and drummer Mike Wengren answered a bunch of fan-submitted questions for Maniacs TV. Check out the question-and-answer session in two parts below. Asked about DISTURBED's plans for the follow-up to last year's "Immort...

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PHILIP ANSELMO Calls Out ROBB FLYNN And SCOTT IAN, Says 'Racist' Accusations Are 'Infuriating'

Former PANTERA frontman Philip Anselmo has blasted MACHINE HEAD's Robb Flynn and ANTHRAX's Scott Ian for suggesting he was racist after a video surfaced of him earlier in the year giving the right-arm salute and yelling a white-supremacist slogan at a California concert. Anselmo performed the PANTER...

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First Embedded Anti-Theft Device For Musical Instruments To Be Introduced AT NAMM 2017

GearSecure, a newly launched company from Los Angeles, California, will introduce at NAMM 2017 patented technology designed to be the first embedded anti-theft device for musical instruments and other assorted gear. The technology provides a bridge between RFID and GPS technology providing help in i...