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SLASH Issues Update On VELVET REVOLVER, Solo Album

VELVET REVOLVER/ex-GUNS N' ROSES guitarist Slash has issued the following update: "I don't know how I'm supposed to wait until next year to put out [my recently completed solo] record! It is so fucking cool and I am so anxious to get it out already. We start mixing soon and that will be that, ready...

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WOLFMOTHER Frontman Talks SLASH Collaboration

WOLFMOTHER frontman Andrew Stockdale recently spoke to Artisan News Service about his collaboration with Slash on a song that will likely appear on the former GUNS N' ROSES guitarist's upcoming solo album. "Well, he just reached out," Stockdale explained when asked how the collaboration came about....

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ARKAEA/FEAR FACTORY Members To Guest On FULL METAL JACKIE's Radio Show

ARKAEA/FEAR FACTORY members Christian Olde Wolbers (guitar) and Raymond Herrera (drums) will be the featured guests on this weekend's (August 6-8) edition of Full Metal Jackie's nationally syndicated radio show. To see a full list of stations carrying the program and when it airs, go to FullMetalJac...

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ARKAEA Films 'Gone Tomorrow' Video

ARKAEA — the new band featuring FEAR FACTORY members Christian Olde Wolbers (guitar) and Raymond Herrera (drums) — recently filmed a video for the song "Gone Tomorrow" with Dale "Rage" Resteghini (HATEBREED, TRIVIUM, MUDVAYNE) and Dan Dobi (BLEEDING THROUGH, CANNIBAL CORPSE, WARBRINGER) at the helm....

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ARKAEA: 'Years In The Darkness' First-Week Sales Revealed

"Years In The Darkness", the debut album from ARKAEA — the new band featuring FEAR FACTORY members Christian Olde Wolbers (guitar) and Raymond Herrera (drums) — sold 980 copies in the United States in its first week of release, according to Nielsen SoundScan. (Note: Internet/digital sales **ARE** in...

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Former SOUNDGARDEN Guitarist Discusses Possible Reunion

Greg Prato (MySpace page) of RollingStone.com recently conducted an interview with former SOUNDGARDEN guitarist Kim Thayil. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. RollingStone.com: What have you been up to since SOUNDGARDEN's split? Thayil: Mostly I've done session stuff with friends now a...

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RAYMOND HERRERA Talks FEAR FACTORY Legal Dispute, ARKAEA Debut; Audio Available

Rock My Monkey recently conducted an hour-long interview with ARKAEA/FEAR FACTORY drummer Raymond Herrera. The chat is now available for streaming and/or download at this location. ARKAEA — the new band featuring Herrera and FEAR FACTORY guitarist Christian Olde Wolbers (guitar) — released its debut...

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SLASH Issues Update On Solo Record

VELVET REVOLVER/ex-GUNS N' ROSES guitarist Slash has issued the following update: "It has been a pretty productive summer so far. My [solo] record should be done next month and the recording has gone smoothly and sounds fucking great. "Steven Adler [ex-GUNS N' ROSES drummer] played on the first of t...

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CHRIS CORNELL: Pro-Shot Footage Of OPTIMUS ALIVE! 09 Performance Available

Portuguese TV channel SIC aired professionally filmed video footage of former SOUNDGARDEN/AUDIOSLAVE singer Chris Cornell's performance at the Optimus Alive! 09 festival, which was held July 9-11, 2009 at Passeio Marítimo de Algés in Oeiras, Portugal. Watch the clips below. Cornell told RollingStone...

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STEVEN ADLER's Guest Appearance On SLASH's Solo Album To Be Recorded Next Week

According to a posting on Slash's Twitter account, the guitarist's former GUNS N' ROSES bandmate Steven Adler will play on Slash's forthcoming solo album. Adler is scheduled to lay down his drum track sometime next week. Slash has been recording his solo CD with former NINE INCH NAILS drummer Josh F...

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SOUNDGARDEN B-Sides Collection, Box Set May See Light Of Day

Ex-SOUNDGARDEN singer Chris Cornell has told RollingStone.com that he and his former bandmates have been talking — not about touring or recording, but about the group's legacy. "The only thing that we have talked about is trying to put together an album of B sides and maybe a box set with some unrel...

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ARKAEA: Another New Song Posted Online

ARKAEA — the new band featuring FEAR FACTORY members Christian Olde Wolbers (guitar) and Raymond Herrera (drums) — is currently streaming a new track, "Awakening", on the group's MySpace page. The song comes off ARKAEA's debut album, "Years In The Darkness", which will be released in Europe through...

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CHRIS CORNELL Pays Tribute To MICHAEL JACKSON At Sweden's PEACE & LOVE Festival

Fan-filmed video footage of former SOUNDGARDEN/AUDIOSLAVE singer Chris Cornell performing a cover version of MICHAEL JACKSON's "Billie Jean" on June 27, 2009 at the Peace & Love festival in Borlänge, Sweden can be viewed below. Cornell, who recorded a cover of "Billie Jean" on his 2007 solo albu...

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Bassist Allegedly Shoots Down SOUNDGARDEN Reunion Rumors

The Pulse of Radio reports: Ex-SOUNDGARDEN bassist Ben Shepherd allegedly commented on recent rumors that the band was planning to reunite through a text sent to a reader of music industry news site The Daily Swarm. Speculation about a reunion got kicked up a notch last week thanks to an interview i...

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Handwritten Lyrics By Late AC/DC Frontman Sell For $35,000

A pair of handwritten lyric notebooks (see photo below) by late AC/DC frontman Bon Scott, dating from the late 1970s, was among an array of 300 musical items that went under the hammer at a Christie's pop memorabilia auction on June 22 in New York. A description of the item reads as follows: "A pair...