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PRIMORDIAL Frontman: 'We Stand Opposed' To Illegal Music Downloading

PRIMORDIAL frontman Alan "Nemtheanga" Averill has joined the downloading debate with a no-holds-barred attack on those who illegally take and share MP3s online. Speaking to the UK's Zero Tolerance magazine, he said, "The Internet is a great promotional tool on one hand, and bands can get their music...

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TOOL Frontman Questions RADIOHEAD Album Strategy

According to The Pulse of Radio, TOOL frontman Maynard James Keenan admitted to Spinner.com on Friday (November 16) that he's skeptical about RADIOHEAD's recent digital release of its new album, "In Rainbows". Keenan said that it was easy for a band as popular as RADIOHEAD to let its fans pay what t...

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MYTHIASIN: Tentative Album Title Revealed

Vocalist Rick Mythiasin (STEEL PROPHET, MYTHIASIN, ALL IN VEIN) has issued the following update: "Well, I've wrapped it up on tracking my vocals for the second time on our [MYTHIASIN] debut CD, I think it was a good idea re-track stuff, because it sounds so much better. Mark [Coglan] and Star [Cogla...

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TOOL Frontman Sounds Off On Illegal Downloading

During an interview with Australia's Beat magazine, Maynard James Keenan of TOOL, A PERFECT CIRCLE and PUSCIFER sounded off on illegal downloading, but not for selfish reasons. "I acknowledge I am one of the winners of the lottery," Keenan tells Nick Snelling. "Around the time NIRVANA came out, labe...

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TOOL: New Video Interview With MAYNARD JAMES KEENAN Posted Online

SuicideGirls.com recently conducted an exclusive interview with TOOL frontman Maynard James Keenan on Keenan's vineyard in Arizona. Watch the four-minute chat below. The debut album from Maynard's new band PUSCIFER, "V is for Vagina", sold 27,000 in the United States in the first week of release to...

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ANTHRAX Guitarist Performs With PEARL ADAY In England; Video Available

Video footage of ANTHRAX guitarist Scott Ian and Jim Wilson of MOTHER SUPERIOR performing alongside singer Pearl Aday — Ian's fiancée and daughter of legendary crooner Meat Loaf — on October 31, 2007 at the Metro Radio Arena in Newcastle, England can be viewed below. As previously reported, Ian, Ted...

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ALICE IN CHAINS, ANTHRAX Members Perform Acoustic PINK FLOYD Cover; Video Available

Video footage of ALICE IN CHAINS guitarist Jerry Cantrell, ANTHRAX axeman Scott Ian and singer Pearl Aday — Ian's fiancée and daughter of legendary crooner Meat Loaf — performing an acoustic cover of PINK FLOYD's "Wish You Were Here" on May 17, 2007 at the House of Blues in West Hollywood, Californi...

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RUSH: More Details Revealed About Forthcoming Documentary

Boutique distributor Grindstone Media is working on "Rush: The Documentary", the $1.5 million feature film produced and directed by Scot McFadyen and Sam Dunn — the creative team behind the 2005's "Metal: A Headbanger's Journey" — and executive produced by Grindstone president Paul Zimic. According...

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SCOTT IAN, TED NUGENT, JERRY CANTRELL Featured On PEARL EP; Audio Available

ANTHRAX guitarist Scott Ian, Ted Nugent and ALICE IN CHAINS guitarist Jerry Cantrell are among the guest musicians who appear on the new EP by PEARL, the band led by Pearl Aday — Ian's fiancée and daughter of legendary crooner Meat Loaf. The track listing for the self-titled effort — which was produ...

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'Huge' MAYNARD JAMES KEENAN Fan Gets 'V Is For Vagina' Tattoo; Video Available

A "huge" fan of TOOL frontman Maynard James Keenan purchased a copy of the debut album by Maynard's new band PUSCIFER, "V is for Vagina", on the day of its release and had its title promptly tattooed "in the most appropriate place." A three-and-a-half-minute video clip capturing all the action can b...

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SAVIOURS: 'The Making Of "Into Abaddon" Lunarcast (Episode 1)' Posted Online

Oakland, CA quartet SAVIOURS will unleash its sophomore full-length album, "Into Abaddon", on January 22, 2008 via New York City's Kemado Records. Episode one of an in-depth, behind-the-scenes look at the making of the band's new record has been posted online by Ground Control magazine. Check it out...

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TOOL Frontman Featured In 'Artist On Artist' Interview

TOOL frontman Maynard James Keenan took part in a MySpaceTV "Artist on Artist" interview with actor/writer/comedian Patton Oswalt. The pair discuss the psychological toll performing can take, origins (both real and fictional) of Keenan's new band PUSCIFER before they draw parallels between Maynard a...

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MAYNARD JAMES KEENAN Discusses PUSCIFER With 'Kevin & Bean'; Audio Available

Maynard James Keenan of TOOL and A PERFECT CIRCLE previewed his new band PUSCIFER during a phone call to "Kevin & Bean" of KROQ FM in Los Angeles the other day. Keenan talked about the songwriting process while writing for multiple bands, selling odd items on the band's web site to qualify for S...

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GHOST MACHINE Preparing To Record New Album

GHOST MACHINE, the band featuring FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH frontman Ivan Moody alongside ex-CLAY PEOPLE guitarist John Stevens and former MOTOGRATER drummer Chris "Crispy" Binns, is preparing to enter the studio to begin recording its third album, to be released in 2008. Commented Stevens: "The new C...

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TOOL Frontman Flashes His 'V' With Side Project

The Pulse of Radio reports: TOOL frontman Maynard James Keenan releases the debut album from his side project PUSCIFER, titled "V Is For Vagina", on Tuesday (October 30) through his own label. Although PUSCIFER has been around in one form or another since the early '90s, when a version of the outfit...