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DEF LEPPARD Bassist Ties The Knot

Sheffield Today is reporting that two members of multi-million-selling Sheffield band DEF LEPPARD have gotten hitched in a matter of weeks. Bass player Rick Savage was the latest to get married — the bells having barely stopped ringing after band frontman Joe Elliott married his girlfriend Kristine...

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Iraqi Heavy Metal Band ACRASSICAUDA Forced Out By Radical Islamists

Popbitch.com is reporting that the Iraqi metal band ACRASSICAUDA have fled to Jordan after threats by radical Islamists in Iraq, prompting the web site to remark, "So U.S. and U.K.: well done for the new, free, liberal Iraq." Back in August, The Wall Street Journal published an article describing AC...

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DREAM THEATER Keyboardist Forges His Own Path On Latest Solo Album

In a brand-new interview with the Get Ready To ROCK! web site, DREAM THEATER keyboardist Jordan Rudess was asked how easy it was to escape the DREAM THEATER "web" while composing the material for his latest solo album, "Rhythm of Time". "Well, I believe that I am a very established composer," Jordan...

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DREAM THEATER Keyboardist To Perform At Berklee College of Music

RUDESS MORGENSTEIN PROJECT, the band featuring DREAM THEATER's Jordan Rudess on keyboards and Rod Morgenstein (ex-WINGER, DIXIE DREGS) on drums, will be performing at the Berklee College of Music in Boston, MA on August 5. The concert will be held at the Berklee Performance Center and starts at 8:15...

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SALEM, ORPHANED LAND Confirmed For Israel's METALIST FESTIVAL

SALEM and ORPHANED LAND are among the latest bands confirmed for have been confirmed for the second annual Metalist Festival, set to be held August 26, 2004 at the Hangar 11 venue in Tel-aviv, Israel. The complete list of bands confirmed for the festival is as follows: BEHEMOTH EVERGREY SALEM ORPHAN...

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DREAM THEATER Keyboardist To Present KEY FEST

Jordan Rudess, keyboardist for leading progressive rock band DREAM THEATER and solo artist on the Magna Carta roster, will be presenting Key Fest, a full day of keyboard appreciation on July 25 at the White Plains Performing Arts Center, located at 11 City Place in White Plains, New York. Events: a...

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Remembering The St. Louis GUNS N' ROSES Riot

Jordan Harper of The Riverfront Times writes: This Friday, July 2, marks the thirteenth anniversary of the St. Louis GUNS N' ROSES riot. We'll not soon forget the smoke and shame, broadcast to the world on CNN, when Axl Rose jumped into the crowd to battle a man with a camera before leaping back ons...

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Producer: Mixing New DREAM THEATER Live DVD Is A 'Ball-Breaker'

Veteran producer Kevin Shirley (IRON MAIDEN, DREAM THEATER) has posted the following update on his web site: "Spent the week mixing the stereo mixes of the 3-hour long DREAM THEATER show from the Budokan in Tokyo for their forthcoming DVD, and it's a real ball-breaker to do. It's so complicated and...

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Christian Organization Tries To Shut Down Missouri Heavy Metal Festival

Jeremiah Tucker of Missouri's The Joplin Globe reports that despite a week of setbacks, Zombie Fest III — a heavy-metal music festival set for today and Sunday — will continue as planned, though in a different location. The event was originally scheduled to be held in the Cesspool, a music venue loc...

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DREAM THEATER's RUDESS, YES' WAKEMAN To Perform Together

DREAM THEATER's Jordan Rudess and YES legend Rick Wakeman will be performing together tonight, May 18h at the Moog Fest. The event will be held at B.B. King's in New York City. As previously reported, Jordan Rudess and Richard Lainhart, synthesist extraordinaire, will be performing live online on Su...

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DREAM THEATER: 'Keyboard Anthology' Due In Early July

A "Dream Theater Keyboard Anthology" book is tentatively scheduled to be released in early July by Warner Publishing. The book will contain accurate notation of many of DREAM THEATER's greatest keyboard moments. More details will be made available soon. In other DREAM THEATER-related news, the compl...

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DREAM THEATER Keyboardist To Perform Live Online

DREAM THEATER keyboardist Jordan Rudess and Richard Lainhart, synthesist extraordinaire, will be performing live online on Sunday, May 23, at 1 PM Eastern Daylight Savings Time, to honor American maverick inventor Bob Moog on his 70th birthday. 50 years ago, Moog began developing electronic instrume...

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DREAM THEATER: 'An Evening with John Petrucci and Jordan Rudess' To Be Re-Released

On May 18, 2004, "An Evening With John Petrucci and Jordan Rudess" will be re-released by Favored Nations. The re-release will feature new artwork and three bonus tracks. The live album contains original material from the DREAM THEATER guitarist and keyboardist's semi-acoustic show at the Helen Haye...

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OPETH Mainman Talks About Drummer's Anxiety Attacks, DEVILDRIVER Controversy

OPETH main songwriter and guitarist Mikael Åkerfeldt recently spoke to MetalReview.com about the drummer Martin Lopez's anxiety attacks, which caused him to miss a few dates on the band's recent North American tour. "We had to cancel a few shows and we feel very bad about that so we decided we were...

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DREAM THEATER: JORDAN RUDESS Video Interview Posted Online

While on tour with DREAM THEATER in Germany last month, keyboardist Jordan Rudess took some time to do a video interview with Ricky Garcia of Jemfest TV. You can view the interview in Real Media format at this location. DREAM THEATER will kick off their U.S. tour on March 2 in Seattle, Washington. ....