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VAN HALEN, AEROSMITH Members Take Part In 'Stone Music Festival' Press Conference (Video)

VAN HALEN, AEROSMITH and Billy Joel are set to headline the Stone Music Festival at ANZ Stadium in Sydney, Australia this weekend. VAN HALEN lead singer David Lee Roth, Joel and members of AEROSMITH held a press conference at 11 a.m. local time today to discuss their appearance at the event. A video...

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VINCE NEIL On MÖTLEY CRÜE's Farewell Album, Tour: 'It's Time'

In a brand new interview with the QMI Agency, MÖTLEY CRÜE singer Vince Neil was asked about bassist Nikki Sixx's recent statement that the band's next studio album will likely be the last one and then they will do a farewell tour and call it quits. "We're going to put out ...

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CARCASS: First Official Photo Of New Lineup

The first official photo of the new lineup of reactivated British extreme metal legends CARCASS can be seen below (courtesy of Adrian Erlandsson of Murder Mile Studios). Joining guitarist Bill Steer and bassist/vocalist Jeff Walker in the band's current incarnation are new drummer Dan Wilding (ABORT...

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METALLICA Bassist: There Is A Certain Quality To 'Death Magnetic' That We Are Really Proud Of

Matthew Priest of What's On magazine recently conducted an interview with METALLICA bassist Robert Trujillo. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. What's On: METALLICA have been going for more than 30 years. Where does the motivation come from? Trujillo: As clichéd as it sounds. It's the...

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Wife Of IRON MAIDEN Drummer Due In Court On Domestic Battery Charge

According to BocaNewsNow.com, Rebecca McBrain — wife of IRON MAIDEN drummer Nicko McBrain — is due in court on May 3 to defend herself against allegations that she attempted to stab a man, then threw logs at him at her Boca Raton, Florida home. It is unclear if the man was Nicko. **UPDATE**: ...

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KINGS OF CHAOS Featuring Former GUNS N' ROSES, SKID ROW, DEEP PURPLE Members In Rehearsal Mode

KINGS OF CHAOS, the touring project featuring former GUNS N' ROSES members Matt Sorum, Gilby Clarke and Duff McKagan. along with former SKID ROW singer Sebastian Bach, DEF LEPPARD's Joe Elliott, Glenn Hughes from BLACK COUNTRY COMMUNION and DEEP PURPLE, and COLLECTIVE SOUL's Ed Roland, will make its...

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Video: New CARCASS Lineup Performs In Chile

The new lineup of reactivated British extreme metal legends CARCASS performed this past Saturday, April 13 at The Metal Fest at Movistar Arena in Santiago, Chile. Joining guitarist Bill Steer and bassist/vocalist Jeff Walker at the gig were new drummer Dan Wilding (ABORTED, TRIGGER THE BLOODSHED) an...

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Donkey Punch the Night

While most rock fans continue to kvetch at the lack of a new TOOL album (or even A PERFECT CIRCLE, for that matter),Maynard James Keenan continues to coddle his Id, Ego and Anima (to paraphrase the direct source) in his explorative outer refuge, PUSCIFER. What Maynard and his round robin supporting...

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Dutch prog rockers FOCUS may not be the first ensemble that leaps to mind when discussing the genre, just like NEKTAR, GENTLE GIANT and TANGERINE DREAM ominously seem to get cut from the thread once folks get stuck on immediate notables such as YES, EMERSON, LAKE AND PALMER, THE MOODY BLUES, KING CR...

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SIXX On MÖTLEY CRÜE's Farewell Album, Tour: We 'Want To Leave It In A Way That We Feel Proud'

In a brand new interview with MSN, MÖTLEY CRÜE bassist Nikki Sixx was asked about his recent statement that the band's next studio album will likely be the last one and then they will do a farewell tour and call it quits. "MÖTLEY CRÜE has been the core of our ...

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Hard Rock And Heavy Metal Musicians React To Passing Of DEFTONES Bassist

A number of hard rock and heavy metal musicians have taken to Twitter in response to the news that Chi Cheng, the bassist for the DEFTONES, died yesterday at the age of 42. Chi had been in a semi-comatose state for more than four years after being seriously injured in a car accident in November ...

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POSSESSED To Debut New Material During European Tour

California death metal pioneers will kick off their "European Seance" tour on April 19 at the Keep It True festival in in Lauda-Koenigshofen, Germany. The band will perform the first new POSSESSED material in 20 years, as well as classics from the "Seven Churches", "Beyond The Gates" and "Eyes Of Ho...

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MANOWAR To Release Live Album From 'The Lord Of Steel' World Tour

MANOWAR recently completed the second leg of "The Lord Of Steel World Tour" with shows in Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland and Russia. Leg 2 of the trek continued with a power-filled set, including songs from the brand new studio album, "The Lord Of Steel", and many other classic MANOWAR hymns. "The...

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KATAKLYSM: 'We Stand By MAX's Decision To Get Better And To Rise From His Demons'

Max Duhamel, drummer of the Montreal, Quebec, Canada-based death metal powerhouse KATAKLYSM, announced yesterday (Monday, April 8) that he was taking a break from the band to deal with issues related to alcohol abuse. The other members of KATAKYSM have since released the following statement regardin...

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PRETTY MAIDS: 'Motherland' First-Week Chart Positions Revealed

"Motherland", the new album from veteran Danish hard rockers PRETTY MAIDS, has registered the following first-week chart positions: Denmark: #3 Switzerland: #29 Germany: #71 "Motherland" was released on March 22 in Europe and March 26 in North America via Frontiers Records. After their successful an...