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GODSMACK Extends Summer Tour Again

Launch Radio Networks reports: GODSMACK has again extended its summer tour, with the new dates beginning on July 28 in Alpine, California and ending, at least for now, on August 22 in Syracuse, New York. As with the rest of the band's live work throughout the past year, GODSMACK will play a mix of i...

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GODSMACK: Sturgis Motorcycle Rally Performance To Be Filmed For Upcoming DVD

GODSMACK has been confirmed as one of the headliners of the 2007 Sturgis Motorcycle Rally, set to take place August 6-12 in Sturgis, South Dakota. GODSMACK's performance, which is scheduled for August 7 in the Glencoe Camp Ground, will be filmed using a 19-camera crew for an upcoming DVD. A three-mi...

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UGLY Signs To ROCK RIDGE MUSIC

Detroit-based rock four-piece UGLY has signed with Rock Ridge Music to release its self-titled album on October 9. Born from the blue-collar smoke stacks of Detroit, Michigan, UGLY is stitched from the same thread as infamous Detroit rockers such as IGGY POP, ALICE COOPER, TED NUGENT and KID ROCK. H...

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GODSMACK Frontman Selling Custom Chopper

GODSMACK frontman Sully Erna has issued the following update: "I've decided to part with my beautiful 2003 H&L Custom Chopper that was filmed for the 'Speak' video on MTV. This bike has been featured in several bike magazines and can also be seen in GODSMACK's 'Changes' DVD. I am in the process...

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MELIAH RAGE: Live Dates Announced

Boston metallers MELIAH RAGE have scheduled the following dates: Jul. 21 - Snowbound Club - Winchendon, MA Aug. 24 - Good Times Emporium Rock Club - Somerville, MA Oct. 20 - Mark's Showplace - Bedford, NH (w/ OVERKILL) MELIAH RAGE guitarist Anthony Nichols has been busy writing music for the band's...

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GODSMACK: Puerto Rico Show Cancelled

GODSMACK has cancelled its previously announced July 14, 2007 concert at Coliseo de Puerto Rico in Hato Rey, Puerto Rico "due to scheduling conflicts." A three-minute audio interview with GODSMACK drummer Shannon Larkin, conducted earlier this month by Anne Carlini of Detroit's WRIF 101.1 FM, has be...

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PRIMER 55 Signs With CRASH MUSIC

Crash Music has announced the signing of PRIMER 55. The label will release a two-disc digipack constisting of an audio CD featuring a collection of unreleased tracks and a DVD of rare concert footage. Guitarist Bobby Burns (currently the bassist in SOULFLY) had the following to say on signing with C...

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SOIL Begins Writing New Material

SOIL guitarist Shaun Glass has issued the following update: "Well, we're pretty much done touring after 13 months for [the latest SOIL album] 'True Self'. We finally all agreed we have done all we can on the touring front for this album (STAIND world tour, main stage at Download 2006, [dates with] G...

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ALICE COOPER Replaces ROB ZOMBIE On HEAVEN AND HELL Tour

ALICE COOPER appears to have replaced ROB ZOMBIE on the upcoming HEAVEN AND HELL tour, which also features QUEENSRŸCHE in the opening slot. However, it is not presently clear if ALICE COOPER will play all the shows on the trek or if he will only be added to select gigs. So far the following dates .....

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ANOTHER ANIMAL: First Single Announced

ANOTHER ANIMAL, the new band featuring GODSMACK members Shannon Larkin (drums),Robbie Merrill (bass) and Tony Rombola (guitar),alongside vocalist Whitfield Crane (UGLY KID JOE, LIFE OF AGONY, MEDICATION) and DROPBOX guitarist Lee Richards, will release its long-awaited debut album in September via...

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GODSMACK, EXTREME's GARY CHERONE To Pay Tribute To Late BOSTON Singer

Michael Marotta of BostonHerald.com reports: Looks as if the original members of BOSTON are coming together to pay tribute to the band’s singer, Brad Delp, who committed suicide in March. The "Come Together" tribute concert is slated for Aug. 19 at the Bank of America Pavilion with a tentative lineu...

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GODSMACK Crew Member Saves Drowning Woman

A quick-thinking GODSMACK crew member saved the life of a woman who appeared to be drowning in the Milwaukee River. John Jagielski was outside of The Riverside Theater Tuesday morning (June 12) when he heard people yelling and pointing into the water. The theater's security and other bystanders were...

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OZZFEST 2007: More Than 428,000 Tickets Given Away So Far

When Sharon and Ozzy Osbourne and the world's largest live music company, Live Nation, announced in February their plans to stage the 2007 Ozzfest as a free show, some industry people said it would never work. Today Ozzfest yet again has made history, as the fans clearly have spoken. Over the past f...

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GODSMACK: New Audio Interview With SHANNON LARKIN Available

A three-minute audio interview with GODSMACK drummer Shannon Larkin, conducted earlier this month by Anne Carlini of Detroit's WRIF 101.1 FM, has been posted online at this location (Windows Media). GODSMACK will release a 10th anniversary box set later this year. The Boston band — currently on a th...

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MEGAFORCE RECORDS Founders Talk About Wanting To Sign MEGADETH In Early '80s

The makers of "Get Thrashed: The Story of Thrash Metal", the much-anticipated documentary profiling the thrash metal scene of the early Eighties and its impact on the music scene, have posted a video clip of Jon and Marsha Zazula, founders of Megaforce Records, talking about how they wanted to sign...