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SAMMY HAGAR Answers Fan-Submitted Questions In Google+ Hangout (Video)

Sammy Hagar answered fan-submitted questions this past Tuesday, September 24 as part of a live Google+ Hangout event. You can now watch the question-and-answer session below. Hagar's first-ever rock collaborations album, "Sammy Hagar And Friends", is likely to sell between 13,000 and 15,000 copies i...

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SAMMY HAGAR's 'Friends' Album Projected To Sell 13K-15K First Week

Sammy Hagar's first-ever rock collaborations album, "Sammy Hagar And Friends", is likely to sell between 13,000 and 15,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release, according to industry web site Hits Daily Double. The estimate was based on one-day sales reports compiled after the re...

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SLAYER Is 'Definitely Working On New Music'

Mitchell Peters of Billboard.biz recently conducted an interview with Scott Sokol, SLAYER's booking agent at Pinnacle Entertainment for the past 15 years. Asked if there were ever discussions about taking a break from touring after the May 2013 death of SLAYER guitarist Jeff Hanneman, Sokol said: "I...

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THE PRETTY RECKLESS Signs With RAZOR & TIE

Razor & Tie has announced the signing of the New York-based band THE PRETTY RECKLESS. The group is currently working on its forthcoming studio album, which is due out in 2014. Universal will release the new record in Canada anda release partner for the rest of the world will be announced soon. T...

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AC/DC Singer On STING's 'The Last Ship; Audio Snippet Available

AC/DC frontman Brian Johnson makes a guest appearance on "The Last Ship", a soundtrack primarily featuring Sting for a Broadway production of the same name. Johnson can be heard on the song "Sky Hooks and Tartan Paint", which is one of eight bonus tracks on the super deluxe edition of the album. A 9...

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KORN Guitarist's LOVE & DEATH Interviewed By IN THE NOW MAGAZINE (Video)

In The Now Magazine conducted an interview with the LOVE & DEATH, the band led by KORN guitarist Brian "Head" Welch, at the Aftershock festival, which took place September 14-15 at Discovery Park in Sacramento, California. You can now watch the chat below. LOVE & DEATH's debut album, "Betwee...

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GRAHAM BONNET Talks ALCATRAZZ, RAINBOW And Working With YNGWIE MALMSTEEN

Greg Prato of Songfacts recently conducted an interview with legendary rock singer Graham Bonnet (RAINBOW, MICHAEL SCHENKER GROUP, ALCATRAZZ). A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Songfacts: What are you currently doing musically? Graham Bonnet: Well, at the moment, Mandy Wheatcroft, who...

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JOE PERRY, STEVE VAI, MICHAEL ANTHONY To Take Part In 'The Ultimate Musician's Fantasy Camp'

Rock 'N' Roll Fantasy Camp has announced its first ever partnership with Guitar Player magazine! The Ultimate Musician's Fantasy Camp is geared towards guitar fanatics of all levels to jam next to extraordinary guitar players. All levels of player are welcome. Drummers, bassists, keyboard players an...

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DEVILMENT Featuring CRADLE OF FILTH Singer Recording Debut Album

Ipswich, Suffolk, U.K.-based band DEVILMENT, featuring vocalist Dani "Filth" Davey of British extreme metallers CRADLE OF FILTH, has entered Grindstone Studios with producer Scott Atkins to begin recording its debut album for a 2014 release. Comments DEVILMENT: "The work reconvenes in a few weeks ti...

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SEVENTH KEY: 'I Will Survive' Details Revealed

Fans of melodic, progressive hard rock have been waiting a long time for this: "I Will Survive", the new album by SEVENTH KEY, and the first new CD of studio recordings since 2004's "The Raging Fire". Spearheaded by longtime KANSAS bassist/vocalist Billy Greer and guitarist/keyboardist Mike Slamer (...

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SAMMY HAGAR: 'Bad On Fords And Chevrolets' Song Available For Streaming

The song "Bad On Fords and Chevrolets" from Sammy Hagar's first-ever rock collaborations album, "Sammy Hagar And Friends", can be streamed at Billboard.com. "Sammy Hagar And Friends" is set for release by Frontiers Records on September 24 in North America, September 29 in the U.K., and September 27...

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Video: ARMORED SAINT Performs At Benefit Concert For Former SOUND BARRIER Drummer

Fan-filmed video footage of ARMORED SAINT's August 16 performance at Paladino's in Reseda, California at a benefit show for drummer Dave Brown (ex-SOUND BARRIER, MASI, TOTAL ECLIPSE),who is battling cancer, can be seen below. Also scheduled to appear on the bill were DC4 (featuring Jeff Duncan of A...

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SAMMY HAGAR Talks About Creation Of 'Friends' Album (Video)

A five-minute clip in which legendary rocker Sammy Hagar talks about the creation of his first-ever rock collaborations album, "Sammy Hagar And Friends", can be seen below. Hagar enlisted three legendary musicians — Toby Keith, Mickey Hart and Taj Mahal — to round out the final three tracks on "Samm...

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ARMORED SAINT To Perform At Tonight's Benefit For Ex-SOUND BARRIER Drummer

Paladino's in Reseda, California will host a benefit show this Friday, August 16 for drummer Dave Brown (ex-SOUND BARRIER, MASI, TOTAL ECLIPSE) who is battling cancer. Scheduled to appear are ARMORED SAINT, DC4 (featuring Jeff Duncan of ARMORED SAINT and ODIN and Rowan Robertson, formerly of DIO),a...

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BRIAN 'HEAD' WELCH's LOVE & DEATH: 'Meltdown' Video Released

The video for the song "Meltdown" from LOVE & DEATH, the band led by KORN guitarist Brian "Head" Welch, can be seen below. LOVE & DEATH's debut album, "Between Here & Lost", will be re-released on September 24 as a "deluxe" edition containing a brand new track, "Empty", along with remixe...