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DREAM THEATER Drummer: 'It's Impossible To Please Everybody'

Spiritech of Australia's PyroMusic.net recently conducted an interview with DREAM THEATER drummer Mike Portnoy. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. PyroMusic.net: How has the touring for the new record been going? Mike Portnoy: So far, so good. All the touring we did this summer was tot...

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Former IRON MAIDEN Guitarist To Open New Rock School

SaffronWaldenReporter.co.uk reports: Budding young musicians are being invited to come along to the opening of a new branch of Clive's Easylearn Pop Music School. Saffron Walden-based musician, former IRON MAIDEN guitarist Dennis Stratton, who played on the first IRON MAIDEN album, will be present t...

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MONSTER MAGNET Members To Hit The Road With RIOTGOD

The best of New Jersey rock is hitting the road in October for the first of what will be many upcoming shows. RIOTGOD and FRIENDS OF BILL WILSON team up for tour. RIOTGOD's members — drummer Bob Pantella (MONSTER MAGNET, CYCLE OF PAIN, ATOMIC BITCHWAX, RAGING SLAB),bassist Jim Baglino (MONSTER MAGN...

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SLIPKNOT's CLOWN Books His First Gallery Showing

Sophia Ahmad of DesMoinesRegister.com reports that SLIPKNOT percussionist Shawn "Clown" Crahan will make his contemporary art debut and celebrate his birthday September 24 7 p.m.-midnight at the Hotel Kirkwood in Des Moines, Iowa. The show will feature Crahan's acrylic on canvas paintings, framed ph...

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ICON-EIGHT EP Available For Free Download

Misantrof, the "anti" label headed by CARPATHIAN FOREST bass player Daniel Vrangsinn, has added ICON-EIGHT's 2006 EP, "Thrash The Moment", to its list of releases, all of which, in keeping with the label's policy, are available for free download. The four-track EP, along with the artwork, can be dow...

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ORPHANED LAND: 'ORwarriOR' Audio Teaser Posted Online; New Video Interview Available

The first audio teaser for "ORwarriOR", the long-awaited new album from Israel's progressive folk metal masters ORPHANED LAND, is available for streaming on the band's official web site. ORPHANED LAND vocalist Kobi Farhi was interviewed by the Orphaned Disciples web site at last month's Brutal Assau...

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Autographed Bass Auctioned To Help DEFTONES Member

A bass guitar autographed by members of RUSH, DEFTONES, GREEN DAY and others is being auctioned to raise money for DEFTONES bassist Chi Cheng, who remains in a semi-conscious state 10 months after being gravely injured in a car crash in Northern California. The 2001 Fender Precision bass has been si...

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MASTERPLAN, THRESHOLD, U.D.O., DELAIN Members Confirmed For 'Christmas Metal Symphony'

Jorn Lande (MASTERPLAN),Damian Wilson (THRESHOLD),Udo Dirkschneider (U.D.O., ACCEPT),Mats Levén (THERION, YNGWIE MALMSTEEN) and Charlotte Wessels (DELAIN) are among the guest vocalists who will participate in the second "Christmas Metal Symphony" show, set to take place on Sunday, December 20, 20...

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THE BOOZEHOUNDZ: Hometown Performance Footage Available

Video footage of a recent hometown performance by THE BOOZEHOUNDZ — the Topeka, Arkansas-based "drinking, good-time original/cover band" featuring James King (ORIGIN, VIRAL LOAD, UNMERCIFUL),Derek Ingmann (COVENENCE, UNMERCIFUL, DISKREET) and Chris Wilson (TROGLODYTE, GORNOGRAPHY, JESUS CORPUS) — c...

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METALLICA, KORN, SLIPKNOT, MACHINE HEAD Members Join Forces To Record 'A Song For Chi'

KORN bassist Reginald "Fieldy" Arvizu has joined forces with members of METALLICA, SLIPKNOT, MACHINE HEAD, DISTURBED, KILLSWITCH ENGAGE and HATEBREED to record an instrumental song to benefit DEFTONES bassist Chi Cheng. As some of you may know, Cheng is currently in a semi-conscious state following...

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VELVET REVOLVER Guitarist DAVE KUSHNER Receives 2009 EMMY Nomination

Acclaimed guitarist/songwriter Dave Kushner (VELVET REVOLVER) has received a 2009 Emmy nomination for "Outstanding Main Title Theme Music" for the title track from the FX television series "Sons Of Anarchy". Kushner collaborated with award-winning producer and songwriter Bob Thiele Jr. on the music....

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THE CRYING SPELL, FACELESS Added To LAYNE STALEY Eighth Annual Tribute & Benefit Concert

THE CRYING SPELL and FACELESS have been confirmed for the eighth annual Layne Staley Tribute & Benefit Concert, set to take place on August 22, 2009 at Showbox Market in Seattle Washington. The event will be headlined by a solo acoustic performance by Eddie Kowalczyk, widely known as the lead si...

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THE DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN Bassist Interviewed By Poland's GUITARIST Magazine

Marcin Kaminski of Poland's Guitarist magazine conducted an interview with THE DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN bassist Liam Wilson at this year's Knock Out festival, which was held on July 11-12, 2009 in Krakow, Poland. Watch the chat in two parts below. THE DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN recently inked a deal with Se...

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THE DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN Issues Post-European Tour Update

THE DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN frontman Greg Puciato has issued the following update: "We just wrapped up a quick two weeks of European shows, starting in Long Island and finishing up in Finland. Every show was invigorating for us, including a lot of places we haven't played in a really long time. "Our p...

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Former MEGADETH Guitarist JEFF YOUNG To Release AEROSMITH Cover

The first single from former MEGADETH guitarist Jeff Young's debut solo album, "Equilibrium", is a powerful-yet-tender remake of a song from AEROSMITH's 1974 "Get Your Wings" LP, entitled "Seasons of Wither". According to a posting on Young's MySpace page, "Jeff is joined on this stripped-down rendi...