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DEEP PURPLE's IAN GILLAN: Video Clips From Solo Tour Available

Video clips of DEEP PURPLE frontman Ian Gillan performing on August 16 at the Town Ballroom in Buffalo, New York at the opening night of his "Gillan's Inn" solo tour have been posted online at YouTube.com. Check them out: "Smoke on the Water" (video) and "Bluesy Blue Sea" (video). Ian Gillan's ...

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Ex-KISS Guitarist BRUCE KULICK Offers Summer Update

Former KISS/current GRAND FUNK RAILROAD guitarist Bruce Kulick has posted a lengthy update on his official web site. An excerpt from his message follows: "GRAND FUNK RAILROAD has been keeping me busy as usual as it is the season for the band to get out touring every week. This summer we have had gre...

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SLIPKNOT Lyrics Linked To Grave Robbery

Jesse Truesdale of Bonner Springs, Kansas' The Chieftain reports that a note containing lyrics to the song "Surfacing" by SLIPKNOT was located near a grave that was found robbed Tuesday morning (August 15) at the Bonner Springs Cemetery. Kenneth Brooks, sexton of the cemetery, was working at about 1...

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SAMMY HAGAR: 'I Love Playing Music And I Love VAN HALEN'

Jeb Wright of Classic Rock Revisited recently conducted an interview with Sammy Hagar. An excerpt from the chat follows: Classic Rock Revisited: Tell me how it was touring with Michael Anthony? Sammy: It was awesome but it wore me out. If you listen to my voice then you can tell that I have ...

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BRUTAL TRUTH: 'Animal Kingdom' / 'Kill Trend Suicide' Reissue To Include Bonus Video Footage

Relapse Records has set an October 17 release date for the reissue of the post-Earache material from influential '90s extreme metallers BRUTAL TRUTH, "Sounds of the Animal Kingdom" (1997) and the preceding "Kill Trend Suicide" mini-CD (1996). According to a posting on the Relapse web site, "'Sounds....

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LACUNA COIL Checks In With OZZFEST Report

LACUNA COIL continues to mesmerize the masses on the main stage of this year's Ozzfest, further defining their status as one of today's premiere hard rock acts. The massive summer trek coincided with the release of the new single "Enjoy The Silence" (DEPECHE MODE cover),which is currently making bi...

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Sahg 1

If Norway's SAHG could keep the vibe they launch at the beginning of this lead-heavy album, they'd be serious Album of the Year contenders. It's a doomy, crushing SABBATH stomp with soaring melodic vocals and ponderous, coffin-lidded grooves, the kind of monumental doom birthed by "Children of the S...

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ARCH ENEMY Frontwoman Offers 'Screaming' Tips

ARCH ENEMY frontwoman Angela Gossow has posted the following message on her MySpace page: "This is for everybody who is sending me the 'screaming advice' requests. I hope you find some useful info here.. "My short-cut vocal advice: "Get some singing teaching/vocal coaching for the basics. i.e. breat...

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PLANET GEMINI: New Album To Feature Former BLACK SABBATH/DIO Drummer

Boston-based traditional doom metal band PLANET GEMINI, who recently tapped original TROUBLE drummer Jeff "Oly" Olson to play on its upcoming CD, has issued the following update: "In a previous press release, PLANET GEMINI announced that they would be working with Jeff 'Oly' Olson. While this projec...

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GENE SIMMONS' NO GOOD TV Withdraws Part Of IPO

According to KissKollector.com, financial experts wonder if Gene Simmons will be able to thrill Wall Street with NGTV's IPO (Initial Public Offering),after he "has thrilled rock fans for three decades as the lead singer of KISS." Turns out that NGTV (No Good TV) — with Gene as the chairman — withdr...

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BLACK SABBATH Drummer On Middle East: Pray PRESIDENT BUSH Will Preside With An Open Mind

BLACK SABBATH drummer Bill Ward has posted the following message on his official web site: "About the Middle East: It's plain, if we look at history, that bombing 'the enemy' (these days we can include missiles, also) will only unite a country or a city. "Bombing kills and maims and destroys materia...

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JEFF LABAR: 'I Don't Think CINDERELLA Will Ever Put Out Another Record'

As part of his month-long Bananiversary Celebration, rock 'n' roll comic C.C. Banana spoke to guitarist Jeff LaBar about the future of his bands CINDERELLA and NAKED BEGGARS. A few excerpts from the interview follow: C.C. Banana: We hear that there are certain legal complications preventing CINDEREL...

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WET ANIMAL To Film New Video At Free Chicago Concert

WET ANIMAL, the Illinois-based quartet featuring TROUBLE members Rick Wartell (guitar) and Jeff "Oly" Olson (drums),has announced two Chicago dates in early August. The band will try out new material they are currently writing for their second album, and will also play many favorites from their deb...

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ALICE COOPER Remembers SYD BARRETT

TheRockRadio.com has issued the following report: You might not think that the king of shock rock and Syd Barrett had much in common, but that's not the case. When the ALICE COOPER band was still making their name in Los Angeles in the late '60s, they were the house band at the Cheetah ...

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OZZY OSBOURNE Doesn't Rule Out Future BLACK SABBATH Activity

Ozzy Osbourne recently spoke to Paul Saitowitz of The Press-Enterprise about his participation in the 11th rendition of Ozzfest, the traveling metal circus helmed by his wife, Sharon. And though this is the first time he will not be included on all dates, hanging it up is the furthest thing from his...