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RICKY WARWICK Is Looking Forward To 'Rockin' Out' With CIRCUS DIABLO

Former THE ALMIGHTY frontman Ricky Warwick has posted the following message regarding CIRCUS DIABLO, his new project featuring former THE CULT touring bassist Billy Morrison and THE CULT guitarist Billy Duffy, with help from VELVET REVOLVER drummer Matt Sorum. "Back when I was a kid, growing up in B...

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STRAPPING YOUNG LAD Guitarist: 'We Are Honored' To Play This Year's OZZFEST

STRAPPING YOUNG LAD guitarist Jed Simon has posted the following message on the band's official MySpace.com page: "I guess most of you know by now that we have Ozzfest this summer... so there is your big touring news! We are extremely excited and can't wait to blow the doors of stage two every day!...

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STRAPPING YOUNG LAD Begin Recording New Album

STRAPPING YOUNG LAD guitarist Jed Simon has issued the following update on the recording process for the group's follow-up to last year's "Alien": "Got most everything done on drums [on Tuesday, March 7]... Gene [Hoglan] will amaze you, as usual, with some sick drumming! [On Wednesday, March 8] we f...

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SEBASTIAN BACH Sings GWEN STEFANI's 'Hollaback Girl': Video Available

A video clip of former SKID ROW frontman Sebastian Bach performing a cover of GWEN STEFANI's "Hollaback Girl" on the set of the WB series "Gilmore Girls" has been posted online at YouTube.com. Bach plays Gill of the fictional band HEP ALIEN on the show, which is currently in its sixth season. Long ....

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GENE SIMMONS: ACE FREHLEY Is 'The Laziest, Most Self-Destructive Person I've Ever Met'

Britain's Uncut magazine (web site) recently conducted an interview with KISS mainmen Paul Stanley and Gene Simmons. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: Simmons: "What was the first sign that we'd made it? Simply, the girls. As soon as we'd started KISS, girls were turning up backstage and wa...

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STRAPPING YOUNG LAD Guitarist Checks In With Songwriting Update

STRAPPING YOUNG LAD guitarist Jed Simon has issued the following update on the songwriting process for the group's follow-up to last year's "Alien": "[The songwriting is] going great, got too many song ideas, haha! About 6 are complete, and the rest are very close... "Most of you probably know that...

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STRYPER To Perform At Finland's SAUNA OPEN AIR Festival

Reunited Christian hard rockers STRYPER will perform at the Sauna Open Air festival on June 9 in Tampere, Finland. They are also scheduled to play at Sweden Rock Festival in Sölvesborg, Sweden on June 10. As previously reported, STRYPER will be undertaking an acoustic tour of churches across the U.S...

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BIRDS OF PREY Finish Recording Debut Album

BIRDS OF PREY, the studio project featuring Erik Larson (ALAMABA THUNDERPUSSY) on guitars, Bo Leslie (THROTTLEROD) also on guitars, Summer Welch (BARONESS) on bass, Dave Witte (MUNICIPAL WASTE) on drums and Ben Hogg (BEATEN BACK TO PURE) on vocals, spent time at the Karma Productions studio in Richm...

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DEVIN TOWNSEND Says New STRAPPING YOUNG LAD Album Will Have 'Different Aesthetic'

Zoltan Koncsok of Metal Express Radio recently conducted an interview with STRAPPING YOUNG LAD mainman Devin Townsend. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: Metal Express Radio: [STRAPPING YOUNG LAD's] "Alien" was your most brutal album to date in my opinion. Where did all that aggression come...

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MANNGARD To Re-Release Debut Album Next Month

Norwegian extreme metallers MANNGARD will re-release their debut album, "Circling Buzzards", on February 20 in Europe and March 31 in the U.S. via Nocturnal Art Productions/Candlelight Records. The lyrical concept on "Circling Buzzards" is said to be inspired by the works of American novelist Willia...

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STRAPPING YOUNG LAD To Release New Album This Summer

STRAPPING YOUNG LAD drummer Gene Hoglan has posted the following message on the group's official web site: "We have just commenced writing for the follow-up to 'Alien'. We're only a week in, and we're already up to four wicked new tunes! I'm really psyched with the new stuff, hell, we all are. And J...

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Wake Pig

Not (thank the gods) the '80s delete-bin staple featuring ELP alumni Keith Emerson and Carl Palmer, this 3 is in fact a weird, proggy upstate New York band that pals around with COHEED AND CAMBRIA and gets compared to THE MARS VOLTA. Fans of either of these groups, PORCUPINE TREE, or the late and la...

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AEROSMITH Guitarist Enjoying Holiday In Vermont

Launch Radio Networks reports: While AEROSMITH is on a holiday break from its current North American tour, guitarist Joe Perry and his wife, Billie, are hunkered down at their new spread in Vermont. The farmhouse was built in 1790, and Perry told Launch it serves the couple's purposes well. "It's ou...

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Veteran Metal Producer ANDY SNEAP Reflects On Past Year

British producer extraordinaire (and former SABBAT guitarist) Andy "I Pissed On Colin Richardson's Hotel Room Desk" Sneap has posted the following message on his official web site: "Well, it's come to the end of the year and 2005 has been nothing but a blast. Great fun, good times and some killer al...

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More Musicians Pick Best Albums Of 2005

Roadrunner Records has posted a list of some of their artists' picks for the best albums of 2005. Check it out below: Acey Slade (MURDERDOLLS): 01. CHELSEA SMILES - Easy Ride EP 02. LARS FREDERICKSON AND THE BASTARDS - Viking 03. TURBONEGRO - Party Animals 04. SOCIAL DISTORTION - Sex, Love and Rock...