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FILTER Mainman: 'The Audience Has Decided That They're Not Going To Pay For Music Anymore'

South Africa's MusicReview recently conducted an interview with FILTER mainman Richard Patrick. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. MusicReview: [The new FILTER album] "The Trouble With Angels" was initially pencilled for a 2009 release, but only got released late last month. What was t...

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SEVENDUST Frontman Says He's Got No Beef With DEZ FAFARA, Former Guitarist SONNY MAYO

Brendan Crabb of Utopia.com.au recently conducted an interview with SEVENDUST frontman Lajon Witherspoon. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Utopia.com.au: Have you kept in touch with Sonny [Mayo, former SEVENDUST guitarist] since he [was kicked out of] the band? Lajon: You know what,...

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COREY TAYLOR's 'Seven Deadly Sins': Book Details Revealed

Da Capo Press has set a tentative March 1, 2011 release date for Corey Taylor's "Seven Deadly Sins" book. Taylor is the hard-living, hard-talking frontman of the bands SLIPKNOT and STONE SOUR. Renowned for his flamboyant and disturbing stage presence, Corey has lived it all. Starting in the early '9...

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TESLA Guitarist To Play 'Gypsy Highway' CD-Release Show

TESLA guitarist Frank Hannon will celebrate the release of his new solo album, "Gypsy Highway", with a special performance tonight (Saturday, September 4) at the El Dorado Saloon in El Dorado Hills, California. The all-ages acoustic part of the show will take place between 8 p.m. and 10 p.m. and wil...

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MLB Pitcher RANDY JOHNSON Photographs MEGADETH In Phoenix

Former Major League Baseball starting pitcher Randy Johnson traded in his baseball glove for a camera at MEGADETH's show at the Dodge Theatre in Phoenix, Arizona last Friday night (August 27). Johnson — one of the most dominant pitchers of his generation — was a special guest of MEGADETH at the "Ame...

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BEN MOODY: The Truth About Why I Left EVANESCENCE And Formed WE ARE THE FALLEN

EVANESCENCE co-founder Ben Moody (guitar),who last year formed a soundalike band called WE ARE THE FALLEN with other former EVANESCENCE members (John LeCompt on guitar and Rocky Gray on drums) along with "American Idol" powerhouse vocalist Carly Smithson and bassist Marty O'Brien (DISTURBED, KELLY...

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CARCASS: Pro-Shot Footage From GRASPOP METAL MEETING Available

Professionally filmed video footage of CARCASS' performance at this year's Graspop Metal Meeting, which took place June 25-27 in Dessel, Belgium, can be viewed at this location. One of the clips is available below. CARCASS' current lineup: Bill Steer (FIREBIRD) - Vocals, Guitar Jeff Walker (BRUJERIA...

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Hindsight: Suffering Hour and Reason Revisited

Back when dinosaurs roamed the earth and there was no such thing as Pro Tools, bands used to routinely sound like truckloads of dogshit when they first tried to record something. The equipment they had at their disposal was usually old, broken, or worthless, and most of the players suffered from the...

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Addicted to Metal

If it's well played and written with sizeable hooks I'm usually a sucker for this good time traditional/power metal stuff, be it EDGUY, DREAM EVIL, FIREWIND, or, as recently noted, SABATON. In the case of "Addicted to Metal" by Germany's KISSIN' DYNAMITE the times are indeed good; the style a blend...

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Opinion: STEVEN TYLER Is 'Terrible Choice' For 'Idol'

According to The Pulse of Radio, entertainment industry web site The Wrap published an article on Thursday (August 19) making the case that AEROSMITH frontman Steven Tyler would be a "terrible choice" for a new judge on "American Idol". Writer Dominic Patten says in the piece that Tyler, who's rumor...

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SYMPHORCE: New Album Title, Artwork Unveiled

German melodic metallers SYMPHORCE, who feature in their ranks guitarist Cédric "Cede" Dupont and singer Andy B. Franck (BRAINSTORM),will release their new album, "Unrestricted", on September 24 via AFM Records. Check out the cover artwork below. Commented the band: "The [new SYMPHORCE] album recor...

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AEROSMITH, THE J. GEILS BAND Frontmen Reportedly Clashed Before Fenway Park Concert

According to The Boston Globe, the fact that AEROSMITH and THE J. GEILS BAND didn't perform a song together at yesterday's (Saturday, August 14) concert in Boston's famed Fenway Park might have to do with a last-minute feud between the bands' frontmen Steven Tyler and Peter Wolf. An unspecified "sou...

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VOLBEAT Guitarist Forced To Miss U.S. Shows

Danish metal rock 'n' rollers VOLBEAT have issued the following update: "To our U.S. fans: We'll be playing the first handful of our U.S. shows without Thomas [Bredahl] on guitar. Immigration is giving him a real hard time because of an incident concerning theft of a barstool back in the day. He was...

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OZZFEST 2010: Set Times For Kick-Off Show Revealed

Ozzfest is back and fans aren't the only ones excited about it — this year's performers are pumped up, as illustrated by the quotes below. Launching Saturday, August 14 in San Bernardino, California — the birthplace of the first Ozzfest in 1996 — this year's tour will include main stage artists OZZY...

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IN TWILIGHT'S EMBRACE: New Song Available for Streaming; Album Title Announced

"Slaves To Martyrdom", a brand new song by the Polish hardcore/metal act IN TWILIGHT'S EMBRACE, is available for streaming at the band's MySpace page. The track is the title cut of IN TWILIGHT'S EMBRACE's sophomore album, which will be released later this year via an as-yet-undetermined record label...