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SPINAL TAP: New 'Documentary' Released

A new 15-minute short "documentary" on the SPINAL TAP reunion has been posted online at this location. According to Cinematical.com, the band who made monumental music achievements with their amps that go to the rockin' number 11, is now reuniting to help save the world and fight climate change. Las...

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SAXON Drummer Looks Back On The Tour So Far

SAXON drummer Nigel Glockler has posted the following message on his web site: "It's April 26th, and I'm sitting in my hotel room in Vienna looking back on the tour so far. "It seems eons ago that we were in production rehearsals in Bad Soden, near Frankfurt — there were so many things to do ...

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SAXON Frontman Guests On Irish Puppet Show 'Podge And Rodge'; Video Available

Video footage of SAXON frontman Biff Byford's appearance on "The Podge and Rodge Show", an Irish adult comedy televised puppet show, has been posted at YouTube. SAXON has just released its "anti-gun-crime" single, "If I Was You", in the U.K. via SPV Records. All proceeds from the single will be spli...

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BLITZKRIEG Confirmed For Germany's WACKEN OPEN AIR Festival

NWOBHM (New Wave of British Heavy Metal) legends BLITZKRIEG have have been confirmed for this year's installment of the Wacken Open Air festival, set to take place August 2-4, 2007 in Wacken, Germany. The billing is now shaping up as follows (in alphabetical order): 1349 ALL THAT REMAINS AMORPHIS AN...

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MÖTLEY CRÜE, PAPA ROACH, BUCKCHERRY Confirmed For Switzerland's SPIRIT OF ROCK Festival

MÖTLEY CRÜE, PAPA ROACH and BUCKCHERRY have been confirmed for the Spirit of Rock 2007 festival, set to take place June 1-2 at Eishalle Deutweg in Winterthur, Switzerland. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: Friday, June 1: MÖTLEY CRÜE PAPA ROACH BUCKCHERRY Saturday, June 2: HEAVEN AND HE...

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SPINAL TAP Reunites To Save World From Global Warming

Jake Coyle of News.com.au reports: SPINAL TAP is back, to help save the world from global warming. If only they were clear on exactly what that was. The mock heavy metal group immortalized in the 1984 mockumentary "This is Spinal Tap" will reunite for a performance at Wembley Stadium in London as pa...

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Scotland's ATTICA RAGE Announces New Guitarist

Scottish metal band ATTICA RAGE has announced the addition of Stephen Bell of Coatbridge, Lanarkshire as the group's lead guitarist following the recent departure of Shaun Nelson. Singer Jonny Parr explains: "Shaun has had to take some time out for personal reasons for an indefinite period and we ha...

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ANIMAL ALPHA Confirmed For Germany's WACKEN OPEN AIR Festival

Norwegian punk rockers ANIMAL ALPHA have been confirmed for this year's installment of the Wacken Open Air festival, set to take place August 2-4, 2007 in Wacken, Germany. The billing is now shaping up as follows (in alphabetical order): 1349 ALL THAT REMAINS AMORPHIS ANIMAL ALPHA AS I LAY DYING BEL...

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DORO Celebrates 20 Years This Spring With 2-DVD Set And Tour

Locomotive Records celebrates two decades of DORO with the May 22 release of "20 Years: A Warrior Soul", a double-DVD visual treat filmed in state-of-the-art DVD9 format, plus bonus CD. The first disc is 90 minutes of behind-the-scenes documentary-styled concert footage of the "Metal Queen"'s triump...

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SAHG Confirmed For Germany's WACKEN OPEN AIR Festival

Norwegian heavy rockers SAHG, who feature in their ranks members of GORGOROTH, MANNGARD and AUDREY HORNE, have been confirmed for this year's installment of the Wacken Open Air festival, set to take place August 2-4, 2007 in Wacken, Germany. The billing is now shaping up as follows (in alphabetical...

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ROSE TATTOO Confirmed For Germany's WACKEN OPEN AIR Festival

Australian rock 'n' roll legends ROSE TATTOO have been confirmed for this year's installment of the Wacken Open Air festival, set to take place August 2-4, 2007 in Wacken, Germany. The billing is now shaping up as follows (in alphabetical order): 1349 ALL THAT REMAINS AMORPHIS AS I LAY DYING BELPHEG...

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POSSESSED To Reunite For This Year's WACKEN OPEN AIR Festival

Legendary San Francisco Bay Area metal band POSSESSED will reunite for an exclusive appearance at this year's installment of the Wacken Open Air festival, set to take place August 2-4, 2007 in Wacken, Germany. Also newly confirmed is AS I LAY DYING. The festival billing is now shaping up as follows...

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Former BUSH Frontman To Record Solo Album With Producer BOB ROCK

According to a posting on the unofficial Gavin Rossdale blog, the former BUSH/INSTITUTE frontman has sent out an e-mail to fan mailing list confirming that he is about to begin recording his first solo album with former BON JOVI and METALLICA producer Bob Rock. Gavin also revealed that former HELMET...

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SUBWAY TO SALLY Confirmed For Germany's WACKEN OPEN AIR Festival

German folk/medieval band SUBWAY TO SALLY has been confirmed for this year's installment of the Wacken Open Air festival, set to take place August 2-4, 2007 in Wacken, Germany. The billing is now shaping up as follows (in alphabetical order): 1349 ALL THAT REMAINS AMORPHIS BELPHEGOR BENEDICTUM BLACK...

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SAXON: Channel 4 Documentary 'Wasn't The Film We Or The Director Thought We Were Making'

British heavy metal veterans SAXON were the subject of this past Tuesday's (April 10) "Get Your Act Together with Harvey Goldsmith" documentary series on U.K.'s Channel 4 in which legendary Live Aid and Live 8 promoter Harvey Goldsmith attempted "to help revive the fortunes of six entertainment busi...