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Former RIP Editor LONN FRIEND To Guest On 'The Classic Metal Show' This Weekend

Lonn Friend, the former editor of RIP magazine, will be the special guest of "The Classic Metal Show" (web site) this Saturday (November 25) between 9:00 p.m. and 3:00 a.m. (EST). Friend will be discussing his book "Life On Planet Rock", which was published in July through Morgan Road Books. As exec...

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Former RIP Editor LONN FRIEND To Guest On KNAC.COM

Lonn Friend, the former editor of RIP magazine and former editor-in-chief of KNAC.COM, will be the returning special guest of the Junkman on KNAC.COM Monday, November 20 at 3:00 p.m. PST. Friend will be discussing his book "Life On Planet Rock" as well as his days as the editor-in-chief at KNAC.COM...

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NIRVANA Bassist Comes Out Of Retirement

Former NIRVANA bassist Krist Novoselic is coming out of retirement to play bass on the first tour in more than a decade by influential punk group FLIPPER. Novoselic, who played in various groups after NIRVANA's 1994 demise, put music on the shelf in recent years to concentrate on local politics in W...

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KORN To Release First-Ever Acoustic Album In February

According to AlbumVote.co.uk, KORN will release its first-ever acoustic album early next year. The group will issue a live "MTV Unplugged" LP through Virgin Records on Monday, February 19 in the United Kingdom. The California-based band will join a legendary list of artists to release live albums fo...

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METALLICA, AC/DC, BLACK SABBATH Albums Make TIME Magazine's 'All-Time 100'

METALLICA's "Master of Puppets", AC/DC's "Back in Black", BLACK SABBATH's "Paranoid", LED ZEPPELIN's "IV" and NIRVANA's "Nevermind" are among the "all-time 100 albums," according to the editors of Time magazine. "We researched and listened and agonized until we had a list of the greatest and most in...

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UNLEASHED Frontman: 'We Are A Band For The Future Of Death Metal'

Voices from the Darkside recently conducted an interview with UNLEASHED vocalist/bassist Johnny Hedlund. A few excerpts from the question-and-answer session follow: Voices from the Darkside: I read in another interview with you where you said death metal is not something you can do casually and that...

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THE CULT Frontman Doesn't Rule Out Possibility Of New Album

Wade Tatangelo of McClatchy Newspapers recently conducted an interview with THE CULT frontman Ian Astbury. A few excerpts from the chat follow: On the band's decision to go on hiatus in the mid-1990s: "I just wasn't feeling it. After 12 years I was done, spent, burnt out, exhausted, at the end of my...

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TOOL Credits Grunge Scene For Band's Success

Launch Radio Networks reports: TOOL may be one of the most recognizable names on the rock scene today, but that wasn't always the case. The band began on the West Coast in the early '90s, but it took the success of Seattle's grunge scene to make TOOL the international success that it is today. Launc...

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NIRVANA Music To Start Showing Up In Commercials, TV Shows

Launch Radio Networks reports: NIRVANA's music will soon begin showing up in commercials and television programs, thanks to Courtney Love's recent decision to sell a portion of the rights to the band's catalog. According to Forbes, four NIRVANA songs will be heard in an upcoming episode of "CSI: Mia...

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NIRVANA: 'Live! Tonight! Sold Out!' DVD Trailer Available

A trailer for the upcoming NIRVANA concert DVD "Live! Tonight! Sold Out!" has been posted online at YouTube.com. "Live! Tonight! Sold Out!" will make its DVD debut November 7 — 12 years after it was originally issued on VHS. The Geffen Records release was conceived by Kurt Cobain as a way to antholo...

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LED ZEPPELIN Rocks The Cradle (Gently)

According to TheCelebrityCafe.com, Baby Rock Records has set an October 31 release date for "Lullaby Renditions of Led Zeppelin", a collection of some of LED ZEPPELIN's biggest classics made into mellow lullabies for the kiddies. Baby Rock Records' "Rockabye Baby!" series of albums that transform th...

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'80s NYC Metal Contenders IDLE THREAT Considering Reunion

IDLE THREAT recorded two massively popular demos in the mid-to-late '80s ("Idle Threat" and "Boxxer's Revenge") and were regarded by many luminaries as "the next big thing" out of New York City at the time. "Boxxer's Revenge" was produced by NUCLEAR ASSAULT vocalist/guitarist John Connelly and the b...

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KURT COBAIN Is The Top Earning Dead Celebrity

Reuters reports that rock 'n' roll legend Elvis Presley ceded his crown to NIRVANA lead singer Kurt Cobain on Forbes.com's list as the top-earning dead celebrity. The list, published on Tuesday, said grunge rocker Cobain earned $50 million between October 2005 and October 2006. Presley wound up in t...

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MUSHROOMHEAD's Top Ten Essential Albums Revealed

ARTISTdirect News recently asked the members of Cleveland's MUSHROOMHEAD to pick their ten all-time essential albums and got a list that any self-respecting hard rock fan should print out and take to the nearest record store immediately — assuming you don't already own every one of these classics: 0...

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ILL NINO Schedules 'Rockline' Appearance

ILL NINO and RA will be the featured guests on the nationally syndicated radio show "Rockline" airing Monday, November 13. The live show begins at 8:30 p.m. PT / 11:30 p.m. ET, and fans are encouraged to call in with questions during the program at (800) 344-ROCK (7625). To find a station near you,...