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AEROSMITH's JOE PERRY Announces More Book-Signing Appearances

AEROSMITH guitarist Joe Perry will sign copies of his memoir, "Rocks: My Life In And Out Of Aerosmith", at the following locations in October: Oct. 07 - New York, NY - Barnes & Noble @ Union Square Oct. 08 - Ridgewood, NJ - Bookends Oct. 09 - Brookline, MA - Brookline Booksmith @ The Coolidge .....

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METALLICA's 'Some Kind Of Monster' Movie To Be Released As 10th-Anniversary 2-Disc Blu-Ray Edition

METALLICA will release a tenth-anniversary 2-disc Blu-ray edition of its long-out-of-print, groundbreaking movie "Metallica: Some Kind Of Monster" on November 24. Originally released on July 9, 2004, "Metallica: Some Kind Of Monster" follows the band through three of the most turbulent years in thei...

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EXTREME's NUNO BETTENCOURT Gives UK's TOTAL GUITAR Magazine 'Tour' Of His Gear (Video)

Guitarist Nuno Bettencourt of Massachusetts hard rockers EXTREME recently gave UK's Total Guitar magazine a tour of his rig. Check it out below. Asked if EXTREME will follow the lead of other artists by releasing singles or EPs in the future instead of full-length albums, Bettencourt said at this pa...

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SLIPKNOT's COREY TAYLOR On 'Gray Chapter' Artwork: 'The Minute I Saw That Image, I Knew That It Was The Cover'

SLIPKNOT frontman Corey Taylor says that when he first saw the image that became the cover artwork for the band's long-awaited fifth album, ".5: The Gray Chapter", he was "so blown away" that he immediately knew SLIPKNOT had found what it was looking for. The ".5: The Gray Chapter" was designed by M...

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SLIPKNOT Struggled To Find 'Exact Wording' For New Album Dedication To Late Bassist

SLIPKNOT singer Corey Taylor says that the band wanted to pay tribute to its late bassist Paul Gray with the group's fifth studio album, ".5: The Gray Chapter", but struggled to get the right wording for the CD title. "We had a handful of [ideas] that we were kind of bandying about," Taylor told Mis...

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EXTREME/Ex-VAN HALEN Singer GARY CHERONE's HURTSMILE: New Song 'Rock N' Roll Cliché' Streaming

HURTSMILE, the band led by the third VAN HALEN frontman, Gary Cherone (also of EXTREME),who took over when Sammy Hagar left the group (or was fired, depending on whom you ask) in 1996, will release its sophomore album, "Retrogrenade", in North America on October 7 via Cherone's own Slipkid Records....

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DREAM THEATER: 'Strange Déjà Vu' Performance Clip From 'Breaking The Fourth Wall' DVD

Progressive metal giants will release "Breaking The Fourth Wall (Live From The Boston Opera House)", a live Blu-ray/DVD set of the band's one-of-a-kind performance from the Boston Opera House on March 25, 2014. Produced by the band's own John Petrucci, filmed and directed by Pierre and François La...

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HIM To Release Limited-Edition Box Set Plus Four Deluxe Titles

Finnish "love" metallers HIM will release a limited-edition box set, "Lashes To Ashes, Lust To Dust: A Vinyl Retrospective '96-'03", on November 25 via The End. The box set includes the rare debut 1996 EP "666 Ways To Love: Prologue" on 180-gram heavyweight vinyl for the first time ever, along with...

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COREY TAYLOR: SLIPKNOT 'Couldn't Find A Direction' Following PAUL GRAY's Death

SLIPKNOT frontman Corey Taylor says that the band had a hard time finding a "direction" in the four years since the passing of the group's bassist Paul Gray and credits the SLIPKNOT fans for helping the band get through the pain of losing one of its key members. "There were a handful of moments wher...

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COREY TAYLOR: SLIPKNOT Is Using Internet As Tool To Build Excitement For New Album

SLIPKNOT frontman Corey Taylor believes that the band has been able to successfully use the Internet to build anticipation for its long-awaited fifth studio album, ".5: The Gray Chapter", calling the process "a lost art" which not enough other artists are taking advantage of. Asked in a recent inter...

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COREY TAYLOR On ROBIN WILLIAMS: 'He Was One Of My Original Comic Heroes'

SLIPKNOT and STONE SOUR frontman Corey Taylor says that he was "heartbroken" when he found out that Robin Williams had died, calling the Oscar-winning actor and comedian "one of my original comic heroes." Williams' body was discovered on August 11 by an assistant in a bedroom at the actor's Californ...

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EXTREME/Ex-VAN HALEN Singer GARY CHERONE To Release New HURTSMILE Album 'Retrogrenade' Next Month

HURTSMILE, the band led by the third VAN HALEN frontman, Gary Cherone (also of EXTREME),who took over when Sammy Hagar left the group (or was fired, depending on whom you ask) in 1996, will release its sophomore album, "Retrogrenade", in North America on October 7 via Cherone's own Slipkid Records....

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W.A.S.P. Guitarist DOUGLAS BLAIR To Introduce SIGNAL2NOISE Project To Finnish Audiences

With the next W.A.S.P. release — tentatively titled "Golgotha" — and the band's subsequent tour slated for spring of 2015, Douglas Blair, the group's American lead guitarist, stands poised to finally introduce his long-mothballed "main" project, the aptly named power duo SIGNAL2NOISE, to Finnish aud...

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AEROSMITH's JOE PERRY: 'I Don't Know If It's Worth Going In And Sweating Blood Over A New Record'

In a brand new interview with Michael Christopher of Boston magazine, AEROSMITH guitarist Joe Perry was asked about his wavering stance in regards to new music and whether he thinks there will be another full-length album from the band anytime in the future. "With us being off the record label, we'r...

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SLIPKNOT To Tour North America With KORN, KING 810

SLIPKNOT has announced the next phase of its uncompromising history — the release of ".5: The Gray Chapter", the fifth studio album from the Grammy Award-winning group, which arrives on October 21. The band's North American "Prepare For Hell" tour, promoted exclusively by Live Nation, is set to kick...