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VAN HALEN 1981 Live Footage Posted To Promote Classic Rock Auctions

To promote their melodic rock/heavy metal-themed auctions, eBay seller EliteWorks has posted a long-lost VAN HALEN TV interview from 1981 which includes professionally shot live footage from the band's "Fair Warning" tour. The segment shows the group at the absolute peak of its live powers and perfe...

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'Mean Deviation' The Prog Metal 'Bible'; Free Sample Chapter Available

Bazillion Points is offering a free download extract of "Chapter 5. Passing the Threshold" from the newly-released and already acclaimed book "Mean Deviation: Four Decades of Progressive Heavy Metal" by Jeff Wagner. The PDF download is available at this location. After tracing the origins of progres...

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GUNS N' ROSES: Sydney Footage Available

Fan-filmed video footage of GUNS N' ROSES' December 4, 2010 concert at the Sydney Olympic Park in Sydney, Australia can be viewed below. Check out photos from Getty Images. GUNS N' ROSES guitarist Ron "Bumblefoot" Thal recently threw cold water on remarks by fellow GUNS axeman D.J. Ashba, who was qu...

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GUNS N' ROSES Guitarist BUMBLEFOOT Performs With FOZZY In Sydney (Video)

GUNS N' ROSES guitarist Ron "Bumblefoot" Thal joined FOZZY on stage this past Friday (December 3) at The Factory in Sydney, Australia to perform the DIO classic "Stand Up And Shout". Fan-fimed video footage of his appearance can be viewed below. FOZZY is the band featuring WWE wrestling superstar Ch...

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AURORA BOREALIS: More Video Footage From The Studio Posted Online

Maryland-based death/black metallers AURORA BOREALIS recently entered Nightsky Studios to begin recording their sixth album, "Timeline: The Beginning And End Of Everything", for a tentative early 2011 release. The CD, which is being produced by the band's guitarist/vocalist Ron Vento, will mark the...

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'The Eric Carr Story' Book Now Available

Greg Prato, the author of such books as "Grunge Is Dead: The Oral History Of Seattle Rock Music", "Touched By Magic: The Tommy Bolin Story" and "A Devil On One Shoulder And An Angel On The Other: The Story Of Shannon Hoon And Blind Melon", has a new title that is now available for purchase. ...

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VINNIE PAUL, JIMMY CRESPO, PAUL SHORTINO Perform With SIN CITY SINNERS (Video)

Vinnie Paul Abbott (HELLYEAH, PANTERA),Jimmy Crespo (AEROSMITH) and Paul Shortino (QUIET RIOT, ROUGH CUTT) are among the guest musicians who performed with SIN CITY SINNERS on Saturday, November 27 at Chrome (inside Santa Fe Station) in Las Vegas, Nevada as part of a benefit concert for cystic fibr...

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BUMBLEFOOT Drummer DENNIS LEEFLANG Joins TED POLEY's Solo Band

Drummer Dennis Leeflang has joined vocalist Ted Poley's (DANGER DANGER) solo touring band. Leeflang most recently toured with the '80s hard rock queen, Lita Ford, in the summer and fall of 2009 all over Europe and the United States, playing such prestigious events such as the Bang Your Head!!! and G...

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GUNS N' ROSES Members Schedule Australian In-Store Appearance

GUNS N' ROSES members Dizzy Reed (keyboards),Ron "Bumblefoot" Thal (guitar) and D.J. Ashba (guitar) will make an in-store appearance at Billy Hyde Music in the Northern Beaches suburb of Sydney, Mona Vale, Australia this Friday, December 3 at 4:00 p.m. Billy Hyde Music Northern Beaches 55 Bassett S...

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VINNY APPICE Remembers RONNIE JAMES DIO In New Interview

Sea Of Tranquility recently conducted an interview with legendary drummer Vinny Appice (HEAVEN & HELL, BLACK SABBATH, DIO). A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Sea Of Tranquility: Ronnie's [James Dio] passing has been hard on the entire hard rock and metal community, probably more s...

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GUNS N' ROSES Guitarist D.J. ASHBA Performs National Anthem At KANSAS CITY CHIEFS Game (Video)

GUNS N' ROSES guitarist D.J. Ashba performed the national anthem during the Arizona Cardinals at Kansas City Chiefs NFL football game on Sunday, November 21 at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City, Missouri. Watch video footage of the performance below. Although it took more than a decade — 13 years, to...

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GUNS N' ROSES Guitarist BUMBLEFOOT To Jam With FOZZY At Sydney Concert

GUNS N' ROSES guitarist Ron "Bumblefoot" Thal will be a special guest jamming some tunes with FOZZY at the band's December 3 concert at The Factory in Sydney, Australia. FOZZY is the band featuring WWE wrestling superstar Chris Jericho and STUCK MOJO mastermind Rich "The Duke" Ward. The group will r...

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BLOTTED SCIENCE Drummer CHARLIE ZELENY's DREAM THEATER Audition Videos Available

Drummer Charlie Zeleny (BEHOLD... THE ARCTOPUS, BLOTTED SCIENCE) has uploaded video footage of him playing along to three DREAM THEATER songs as part of the audition process for DT's drummer slot left vacant by the recent departure of Mike Portnoy. Zeleny's performance footage of the following track...

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RETRO GRAVE Confirmed For DAYS OF THE DOOMED FEST

RETRO GRAVE, the project led by former TROUBLE drummer Jeff "Oly" Olson, has been confirmed for the Days Of The Doomed Fest, set to take place June 17-18, 2011 at The P.L.A.V. in Kenosha, Wisconsin. Commented Olson: "I'm very excited to play for our friends in the Midwest for the Days Of The Doomed...

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THE GATES OF SLUMBER Pulls Out Of DAYS OF THE DOOMED FEST; LAS CRUCES, IRON MAN Step In

Due to "upcoming tour committments," THE GATES OF SLUMBER has been forced to pull out of the Days Of The Doomed Fest, set to take place June 17-18, 2011 at The P.L.A.V. in Kenosha, Wisconsin. Meanwhile, doom veterans LAS CRUCES and IRON MAN have been added to the bill. The Days Of The Doomed Fest .....