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STORMTROOPERS OF DEATH To Release 'Rise Of The Infidels'

Megaforce Records and metal/hardcore pioneers S.O.D. will release "Rise of the Infidels" on August 21, 2007. It is an extended EP (perhaps the longest in the music biz) with four unreleased S.O.D. songs, plus a live concert from Seattle is included. One of the crucial bands in the musical chain link...

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DON DOKKEN, NEVERMORE's STEVE SMYTH Confirmed For ULI JON ROTH's SKY ACADEMY

Don Dokken and NEVERMORE/ex-TESTAMENT guitarist Steve Smyth have been confirmed as guests at this year's Uli Jon Roth Sky Academy seminar and concerts. Set to take place August 22-26 at Musician's Institute in Los Angeles, the concept of Sky Academy was conceived by Uli. He wanted a medium to teach...

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TONY IOMMI: 'I Wish I'd Been Right-Handed Sometimes'

Vassil Varbanov of Bulgaria's Tangra Mega Rock recently conducted an interview with legendary heavy metal guitarist Tony Iommi (BLACK SABBATH, HEAVEN AND HELL). A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: Tangra Mega Rock: Mentioning solo recordings, let's talk a bit about your solo career. The inter...

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SCRAP METAL To Headline MelodicRockFest

Some of the biggest names in the melodic rock world will converge on South Bend, Indiana on October 6 for a very special one-night-only performance to mark the 10th anniversary of popular rock music web site MelodicRock.com. The MelodicRockFest headliner will be SCRAP METAL, the Nashville-based all-...

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MOTÖRHEAD's LEMMY On Using Viagra, JIMI HENDRIX And Growing Old

Stephen Dalton of Times Online recently conducted an interview with MOTÖRHEAD frontman Lemmy Kilmister. A few excerpts from the chat follow: Onkeeping MOTÖRHEAD's primal, bass-driven sound steady and constant: "We make the same kind of music because we like it. What the f*** other reason is there fo...

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Report: Ruling Freezes Brother Out Of JIMI HENDRIX's Estate

Washington's The Bellingham Herald reports that the state Supreme Court on Wednesday declined to review the King County Superior Court case in which Jimi Hendrix's half-brother Leon Hendrix challenged his father's will leaving control of the multimillion-dollar estate to his stepsister, Janie Hendri...

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California Biographer To Show Rare JIMI HENDRIX Clips

According to San Rafael, California's Marin Independent-Journal, Jimi Hendrix biographer Steven Roby of San Rafael will show rare video and audio from his 40-year collection of Hendrix artifacts and memorabilia from 6 to 9 p.m. June 16 at Revolution 9, a retail shop, art gallery and writing center i...

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ULI JON ROTH Jams With SMASHING PUMPKINS At ROCK AM RING; Video Available

Video footage of legendary guitarist Uli Jon Roth's (ex-SCORPIONS) jam with the SMASHING PUMPKINS at the Rock am Ring festival on Saturday, June 2 in Nürburgring, Germany has been posted at YouTube in three parts: Part#1, Part#2, Part#3. SMASHING PUMPKINS frontman Billy Corgan makes an appearance on...

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JIMI HENDRIX Family Back In Court Over 'Publicity Rights'

Mike Lewis of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer reports: Competing Jimi Hendrix family factions squared off again Tuesday, this time in federal appeals court over a technical legal fight over who, if anyone, owns the "publicity rights" associated with the long-dead rock star. Under questioning from a t...

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'27 Heaven' Rock Musical/Satirical Play To Begin Open-Ended NYC Run This Week

After a triumphant national tour playing to sold-out audiences and standing ovations, the producers of "27 Heaven", a rock musical/satirical play about the conversations in heaven between four of the world's greatest rock stars who all died at the age of 27 — Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Jim Morrison...

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The Night JIMI HENDRIX Played Tribute To THE BEATLES

NME.com reports that Jimi Hendrix made a public display of his admiration for THE BEATLES when their seminal classic "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" was released during the "Summer of Love" in 1967. Purchasing the record on the day of its release, he performed the title track just two days l...

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EXPERIENCE HENDRIX Wins U.K. Court Appeal

According to Earvolution, Experience Hendrix scored a victory in the U.K. courts. The music company had been battling attorney John Hillman over some claims of ownership interest in Jimi Hendrix's music. The company, formed by Jimi's father, says the Court of Appeal in London has now upheld a 2006 d...

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Former MOTÖRHEAD Guitarist EDDIE CLARKE To Issue 'Anthology'

On July 16, Sanctuary Records will release "Fast Eddie Clarke – Anthology" on the Castle Music label. Primarily known as one third of the classic MOTÖRHEAD line-up who recorded the perennial speed metal classic "Ace of Spades", guitarist Fast Eddie Clarke has enjoyed a career in the hard-rockin' fas...

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Reporter Trades for Piece of JIMI HENDRIX's House In World Series Of Poker Quest

On Monday (May 21),Aaron Todd completed his third transaction in his quest to trade his way from a sixty-cent check to an entry in the World Series of Poker, trading an ABA basketball signed by the 1975-76 Indiana Pacers for two small pieces of a house that Jimi Hendrix lived in from ages 10-13. .....

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JIMI HENDRIX U.K. Exhibition Launched

According to NME.com, Jimi Hendrix's legendary Woodstock performance of the "Star Spangled Banner" will be the focus of a special art exhibition. The late guitar star features in a giant digital projection at the Baltic Centre For Contemporary Art in Gateshead, England. Entitled "Star Spangled Banne...