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JIMI HENDRIX Statue Saved After Planning Blunder

Jon Land of 24dash.com reports that a memorial to rock legend Jimi Hendrix has been saved after winning the approval of councillors on the Isle of Wight. The bronze statue (photo) was erected at Dimbola Lodge Museum, Freshwater Bay, to coincide with last year's Isle of Wight Festival. However, it fa...

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DEEP PURPLE Drummer To Perform With Italian Guitarist MATT FILIPPINI

DEEP PURPLE drummer Ian Paice will join Italian guitarist Matt Filippini for five dates in Italy and Spain during January/February. Performing with Paice and Filippini will be singer Roberto Tiranti from LABYRINTH and Alessandro Del Vecchio from EDGE OF FOREVER. According to Matt, "These shows are g...

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DEF LEPPARD Guitarist PHIL COLLEN Pays Tribute To JIMI HENDRIX

DEF LEPPARD guitarist Phil Collen recently spoke to Classic Rock magazine (web site) for its latest issue in which the stars of rock (plus some assorted rock-loving comedians, sportmen, MPs and other riff raff) nominate their "rock icons." The following is Collen's explanation for why Jimi Hendrix b...

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Did JIMI HENDRIX Record Psychedelic Version Of Welsh National Anthem?

Sam Burson of the Western Mail reports that a dusty old eight-track tape found after the sale of a former recording studio is believed to have a recording of Jimi Hendrix playing the Welsh national anthem. The guitar legend, who made a fine art out of coaxing national anthems from his heavily distor...

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YNGWIE MALMSTEEN: Video Footage From Finnish Press Conference Posted Online

Video footage of legendary Swedish guitarist Yngwie Malmsteen's December 14, 2006 press conference in Helsinki, Finland has been posted online at this location. Photos taken at Yngwie's gig on December 15, 2006 at Teatria in Oulu, Finland are available at Mesta.net (courtesy of Jouni Hirn). As previ...

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ROB ZOMBIE Guitarist JOHN 5: 'ROB HALFORD Changed Heavy Metal'

In a recent issue of Classic Rock magazine, ROB ZOMBIE/ex-MARILYN MANSON guitarist John 5, who played with JUDAS PRIEST frontman Rob Halford in the ill-fated TWO project, spoke about his first experience meeting Halford and his impressions of The Metal God, both from the perspective of a metal fan a...

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DEFTONES in 'Total Control' Of OCTANE On SIRIUS SATELLITE RADIO

DEFTONES members Chino Moreno and Abe Cunningham will be in "Total Control" of Octane on Sirius Satellite Radio on Wednesday, December 20 at 6:00 p.m. ET as they pick out, play and talk about some of their favorite songs from BAD BRAINS, JIMI HENDRIX, SEPULTURA, FUGAZI, DANZIG, TEAM SLEEP, SLAYER, G...

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SEBASTIAN BACH Says What SKID ROW Is Doing Now Is 'Confusing To The Public'

C. Harris-Nystrom of the Chico News and Review recently conducted an interview with former SKID ROW frontman Sebastian Bach. A few excerpts from the chat follow: Chico News and Review: You have a new album called "Angel Down" due sometime in the next year, correct? Sebastian Bach: Well, we now have...

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JIMI HENDRIX Guitar Auctioned For $168,000

Reuters reports that a Texas bookstore owner won the bidding for one of rock legend Jimi Hendrix's electric guitars — a 1968 Fender Stratocaster — for $168,000, the guitar's strap for $10,800 and a photograph of Hendrix and band members Noel Redding and Mitch Mitchell framed by two topless blondes f...

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ROB HALFORD, ROBERT PLANT, BON SCOTT, OZZY Are Among 'Heavy Metal's All-Time Top 100 Vocalists'

Rob Halford (JUDAS PRIEST),Robert Plant (LED ZEPPELIN) and Ronnie James Dio (DIO, BLACK SABBATH, RAINBOW) are among the singers who appear on Hit Parader magazine's (cover) list of "Heavy Metal's All-Time Top 100 Vocalists" (published in the November 2006 issue). Commented the editors of the magazi...

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JIMI HENDRIX Guitar Sold For $117,000

A Jimi Hendrix guitar sold for hundreds of thousands of pounds at an auction of rock memorabilia in London, according to News.com.au. A spokeswoman for promoter Magnum Communications said that a Fender Stratocaster guitar owned by Jimi Hendrix went for £60,000 (approximately $117,000). It was one of...

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Guitarist BERNIE TORME Discusses GMT Project

DioMessageBoard.com recently conducted an interview with Irish guitarist Bernie Torme (GILLAN, OZZY OSBOURNE) about his new band GUY-MCCOY-TORME (GMT),also featuring his old compadre from GILLAN, bassist John McCoy — who has worked with Joey Belladonna, SAMSON, and the UK SUB, among others — and dr...

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JIMI HENDRIX Isle of Wight Statue Tribute May Have To Be Removed

Clare Wall of Isle of Wight County Press reports: Planners will soon have to decide whether or not the Jimi Hendrix statue (photo) outside Dimbola Lodge, Freshwater, can stay. Managers of the attraction have advertised its planning application today (Friday, Nov. 24) to retain the bronze statue, its...

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BLACK SABBATH Guitarist's Limited-Edition GIBSON To Go On Display In Dublin

BLACK SABBATH guitarist Tony Iommi has lent one of his guitars to the National Museum of Ireland in Dublin for a new exhibition called "RockChic: The Life and Times of the Electric Guitar 1931-2006". The exhibition will feature more than 100 legendary, vintage, rare and customized guitars, including...

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Sale Of JIMI HENDRIX Songs Blocked By Judge

United Press International reports that a strongly disputed $15 million sale of Jimi Hendrix's songs has been temporarily blocked by a New York judge. Manhattan Federal Court Judge Lewis Kaplan ruled that the multi-million dollar sale of song rights by former Hendrix manager Michael Jeffrey would re...