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KIRK WINDSTEIN Explains Delay In Recording DOWN Covers EP, Says New Album Of Original Material Will Happen 'At Some Point'

DOWN guitarist Kirk Windstein spoke to Pierre Gutiérrez of Rock Talks about the status of the band's long-discussed EP of "obscure" cover songs. He said (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): "We have been talking about this for a long time. What's been happening is DOWN is kind of now as it started,...

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FOREIGNER Announces 'The Best Of Foreigner 4 Live: The Las Vegas Edition' Vinyl Set

"Waiting For A Girl Like You", "Urgent", "Break It Up", "Juke Box Hero". FOREIGNER's timeless anthems continue to rock the charts, with ten multi-platinum albums, sixteen Top 30 hits and album sales now exceeding 80 million copies. Now, as part of the 40th-anniversary celebration of the groundbreaki...

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DEF LEPPARD Releases Lyric Video For New Single 'Take What You Want'

The official lyric for DEF LEPPARD's new single, "Take What You Want", can be seen below. It is the second single from DEF LEPPARD's upcoming album, "Diamond Star Halos", which will arrive on May 27 via UMe. The follow-up to 2015's self-titled LP is available for pre-order now in multiple configurat...

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LED ZEPPELIN's 'Five Glorious Nights' Book Celebrating Appearance At Earls Court To Be Re-Released With Extra Pages

Rufus Publications has announced the re-release of the "Led Zeppelin Five Glorious Nights" book by Dave Lewis. In May 1975, LED ZEPPELIN performed five momentous concerts at the Earls Court Arena in London to a combined audience of 85,000 fans. It found the band at the peak of their powers, slaying...

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PAUL STANLEY Wonders If ELON MUSK Could Have Solved World Hunger Instead of Buying Twitter

KISS frontman Paul Stanley has publicly questioned whether Elon Musk could have helped end world hunger with the $44 billion he bid to purchase Twitter. If the deal officially goes through, it will make Musk — the Tesla and SpaceX founder and the world's richest man — the new owner of the social med...

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STAIND Announces September 2022 U.S. Tour Dates

STAIND has announced a dozen headline shows for this September. The 12-date run will kick off on September 8 in Niagara Falls, New York and conclude on September 24 in Shawnee, Oklahoma. Tickets will go on sale to the general public this Friday, April 29. Tour dates: Sep. 08 - Niagara Falls, NY @ Se...

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SULLY ERNA Opens Up About 'Gnarly' Battle With COVID-19, Says GODSMACK's Next Album Might Be Band's Last

Prior to GODSMACK's headlining performance at WJRR's Earthday Birthday 28 on Saturday, April 23 in Orlando, Florida, frontman Sully Erna opened up to Pat Lynch and Taco Bob from 101.1 WJRR about his recent battle with COVID-19, the disease caused by the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus. He said (as transcribe...

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LAMB OF GOD's JOHN CAMPBELL To Miss Next Couple Of Shows; PHIL DEMMEL To Step In

LAMB OF GOD bassist John Campbell will miss the next couple of shows on the band's "The Metal Tour Of The Year" in order to "take care a family matter back home." He will be temporarily replaced by former MACHINE HEAD and current VIO-LENCE guitarist Phil Demmel, who previously stepped in for LAMB OF...

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Watch: LAMB OF GOD Performs Without Singer RANDY BLYTHE And Bassist JOHN CAMPBELL At Green Bay Concert

LAMB OF GOD performed without singer Randy Blythe and bassist John Campbell at the band's concert Friday night (April 22) in Green Bay, Wisconsin. The show at the Resch Center was part of "The Metal Tour Of The Year" with MEGADETH, TRIVIUM and IN FLAMES, which kicked off on April 9 in Las Vegas, Nev...

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OZZY OSBOURNE 'Couldn't Understand' What LEMMY Was Trying To Tell Him The Morning MOTÖRHEAD Legend Died

Ozzy Osbourne has told Classic Rock in a new interview that he spoke to Ian "Lemmy" Kilmister on the morning that the iconic MOTÖRHEAD frontman passed away. Lemmy, who celebrated his 70th birthday on December 24, 2015, learned two days later that he was afflicted with an aggressive form of cancer. H...

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JEFF WATERS Says Touring Will Be ANNIHILATOR's Focus: 'With 17 Records And 175 Songs, I Think I've Done My Time'

By David E. Gehlke Having relocated to the United Kingdom from his native Ottawa, Canada in 2018, ANNIHILATOR mainman Jeff Waters effectively went to where all the action is for his band. ANNIHILATOR has been a European tour and festival mainstay since the 1990s, with Waters's brand of off-beat, tec...

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DEF LEPPARD Releases New Single 'Take What You Want'

The official visualizer for DEF LEPPARD's new single, "Take What You Want", can be seen below. It is the second single from DEF LEPPARD's upcoming album, "Diamond Star Halos", which will arrive on May 27 via UMe. The follow-up to 2015's self-titled LP is available for pre-order now in multiple confi...

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PHIL DEMMEL Says 'It Was Kind Of Hard' For BOBBY GUSTAFSON To Be Involved In New VIO-LENCE EP

By David E. Gehlke VIO-LENCE quietly, if not unceremoniously, bowed out in 1993 after the less-than-enthusiastic response to "Nothing To Gain". The album was perpetually delayed under a fog of creative squabbles and record company issues — usual roadblocks for the San Francisco Bay Area thrash bands...

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AARON LEWIS Tells His Fans Not To Believe The 'Propaganda Machine', Insists He Is Speaking 'The Truth'

STAIND frontman Aaron Lewis has once again attacked the national news media, telling his fans at a recent concert that they should "stop listening to the bought-and-paid-for propaganda machine." The 50-year-old Lewis, an outspoken conservative rocker who reinvented himself as a solo country artist i...

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CROWBAR's KIRK WINDSTEIN: 'I Don't Like The Term 'Sludge''

By David E. Gehlke Perhaps the most palatable of the New Orleans sludge metal bands (see: ACID BATH, EYEHATEGOD, SOILENT GREEN),CROWBAR has been guided by the steady hand of vocalist/guitarist Kirk Windstein since 1990. Since then, their sound has been embodied by slow, simmering riffs and the coar...