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Stick with What You Know: Live in Europe

PAT TRAVERS is a guitar hero that doesn't get mentioned enough in conversations about the great axe-swingers who came of age in the 1970s. The Toronto-born TRAVERS made some sizzling hard rock with albums like 1978's "Heat in the Street", 1979's smash hit "Live! Go for what you Know" (hence, the new...
September 8, 2008
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HURTLOCKER Rejoined By Singer; New Bassist Announced

Chicago's HURTLOCKER has been rejoined by vocalist Grant Belcher. In addition, the band has recruited a new bassist in the shape of Pat Neary (formerly of THE WAKING). The group says, "We have started to write some new songs which we will be demoing out for Napalm [Records] in the very near future."...
August 31, 2008
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EXTREME: More European Tour Dates Announced

Reunited Boston hard rockers EXTREME have scheduled the following European tour dates: Sep. 13 - Milan, Italy - Rock of Ages Festival Oct. 29 - Lisbon, Portugal - Coliseum Oct. 31 - Madrid, Spain - La Riviera Nov. 01 - Bilbao, Spain - Rockstar Nov. 03 - Tilburg, Netherlands - O13 Nov. 04 - Paris, .....
August 26, 2008
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GAGGLE OF COCKS Signs With SCREAMING FERRET WRECKORDS

GAGGLE OF COCKS has had its debut album, "American Trash", released worldwide via Screaming Ferret Wreckords. The band is comprised of guitarist/vocalist Pat Harrington, bassist Freddy Villano and newest addition, drummer John Macaluso. Harrington played in SLUNT (Repossession Records) with former M...
August 21, 2008
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EXTREME: 'Saudades De Rock' First-Week Sales Revealed

"Saudades de Rock", the new album from reunited Boston hard rockers EXTREME, sold 6,500 copies in the United States in its first week of release to debut at position No. 78 on The Billboard 200 chart. The CD recently entered the UK chart at position No. 80. The band's first studio album in thirteen...
August 20, 2008
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SLIPKNOT Frontman Rejects Blame In Sword Slaying

SLIPKNOT frontman Corey Taylor has spoken exclusively to Blender magazine regarding reports that the schoolboy who stabbed a fellow student to death with a sword in South Africa Monday morning (August 18) wore a mask that resembled the one worn by Taylor. Eighteen-year-old Morné Harmse slashed the n...
August 20, 2008
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EXTREME Interviewed At ROCKLAHOMA; Video Available

Gus Griesinger of Glam-Metal.com conducted an interview with reunited Boston hard rockers EXTREME at this year's Rocklahoma festival, which was held July 9-13 in Pryor, Oklahoma. Watch the nine-minute chat below. "Saudades de Rock", the new album from EXTREME, recently entered the UK chart at positi...
August 15, 2008
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TESLA Premieres Two New Songs On Sacramento's KRXQ 98 ROCK; Video Available

TESLA members Jeff Keith (lead vocals),Frank Hannon (guitar) and Brian Wheat (bass) were interviewed by Pat Martin of Sacramento's KRXQ 98 Rock on August 8, 2008. The chat, which includes audio previews of two new TESLA songs, can be viewed in four parts below. TESLA will guest on the nationally sy...
August 13, 2008
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EXTREME: New York City Footage Posted Online

Fan-filmed video footage of reunited Boston hard rockers EXTREME's August 4, 2008 concert at The Fillmore NY @ Irving Plaza in New York City can be viewed below (clips uploaded by YouTube user "oneshot73"). "Saudades de Rock", the new album from EXTREME, has entered the UK chart at position No. 80....
August 7, 2008
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EXTREME: 'Saudades De Rock' Lands On UK Chart

"Saudades de Rock", the new album from reunited Boston hard rockers EXTREME, has entered the UK chart at position No. 80. EXTREME will embark on a UK tour in November. Confirmed dates are as follows: Nov. 11 - Cambridge, UK - Corn Exchange Nov. 12 - Norwich, UK - Norwich UEA Nov. 14 - Leeds, ...
August 6, 2008
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KATAKLYSM, DYING FETUS, ELUVEITIE, KEEP OF KALESSIN Dates Announced

The first set of headlining dates from Canadian hyper-blasters KATAKLYSM has been announced. Dubbed the second annual Death By Decibels tour, this year's installment will also feature DYING FETUS, ELUVEITIE and KEEP OF KALESSIN. Additional shows, including dates in Canada with special guest ARSIS, w...
July 31, 2008
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NEVERMORE To Play Upcoming Shows As Four-Piece

Jorge Ciudad of Chile's Revista Bulldozer conducted an interview with NEVERMORE guitarrist Jeff Loomis this past Monday (July 28). A couple of excerpts from the chat follow. On his forthcoming solo debut, "Zero Order Phase": Loomis: "I wanted to do something like this for a really long time, since I...
July 30, 2008
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EXTREME Singer: 'We're Back Together After 13 Years Because Of New Music'

Jed Gottlieb of BostonHerald.com recently conducted an interview with reunited Boston hard rockers EXTREME. A couple of excerpts from the chant follow. On the band's upcoming tour: Gary Cherone (vocals): "We're back together after 13 years because of new music, so we'll be playing a lot of it. But n...
July 30, 2008
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Reunited ICON Rejoined By Original Drummer PAT DIXON

Reactivated '80s hard rockers ICON — featuring original guitarists Dan Wexler and John Aquilino — have parted ways with drummer Bruce Stoddard and have replaced him with the group's original skinsman, Pat Dixon. ICON's "1984: Live Bootleg" will be released on DVD for the first time on August 5 throu...
July 29, 2008
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KATAKLYSM: 'Summer Slaughter' Tour Video Report Part 2 Available

Guitarist Jean-Francois Dagenais of the Canadian extreme metal band KATAKLYSM has posted the second video report from the Summer Slaughter tour, also featuring THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER, VADER, CRYPTOPSY, THE FACELESS, DESPISED ICON, ABORTED, BORN OF OSIRIS, PSYCROPTIC and WHITECHAPEL. Watch the 10-mi...
July 28, 2008