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Irish Teenagers To Play DEEP PURPLE's 'Smoke' For New World Record

Brian Jaffray of Independent.ie reports: Where there is smoke there's fire and on Saturday night a group of Irish teenagers plan to blaze a trail into the Guinness Book of World records. The Offaly rockers will be joined by in excess of 2,000 heavy metal fans from all over Europe when they try ...

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SAMMY HAGAR Having Fun With His Fans

John Black of BostonNOW reports: Whether he's on stage making music or behind the bar making margaritas, there's one thing for certain about Sammy Hagar: He's having a blast. "If I have a genius for anything," Hagar says in a theatrically self-important voice that has him — and the interviewer — lau...

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DEEP PURPLE: 1987 'The Old Grey Whistle Test' Report Posted At YouTube

An eight-minute DEEP PURPLE report that aired on the '80s British BBC TV program "The Old Grey Whistle Test", featuring footage of the band's U.K. fans traveling to Paris in 1987 to see the group perform as well as a short interview with Roger Glover and Ritchie Blackmore, has been posted at YouTube...

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OZZY OSBOURNE: 'I Should Be Dead A Thousand Times'

Eddie Rowley of Ireland's Sunday World recently conducted an interview with Ozzy Osbourne. A few excerpts from the chat follow: On the December 2003 crash that almost ended his career...and his life: "When I had my motorcycle accident, believe it or not, I went on this incredible journey in my head...

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UNION: Rare Audio Recordings, Video Footage Posted Online

UNION, the now-defunct late '90s group formed by Bruce Kulick (GRAND FUNK RAILROAD, ex-KISS) and John Corabi (RATT, ex-MÖTLEY CRÜE) along with Brent Fitz and Jamie Hunting, has posted several rare recordings on its MySpace page, including covers of EDGAR WINTER GROUP's "Free Ride" and DEEP PURPLE's...

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MASTER Frontman: 'Drugs Are Great'

Germany's Metal1.info webzine recently conducted an interview with MASTER mastermind Paul Speckmann. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: Metal1.info: MASTER has very socio- and particularly America-critical lyrics which distinguish you from most of the other death metal bands, who have satani...

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DEEP PURPLE: Interview With IAN GILLAN To Air On CHOM 99.7 Tonight

Montreal radio station CHOM 99.7 will feature the music of DEEP PURPLE and an interview with the band's lead singer, Ian Gillan, tonight, June 13 at 10 p.m. To listen to the program live via the Internet, click here. Eagle Rock Entertainment, through two of its wholly-owned subsidiaries, has just re...

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The Golden Plague

Coming to you from Los Angeles, LIGHTNING SWORDS OF DEATH clearly have no qualms about keeping their old school influenced black metal punishment raw and cutting. The disc has nothing pretentious about it, nor does it come off as some veiled attempt to jump the black metal bandwagon. A spotty produc...

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SLASH: 'I Won't Let Any Smoking Ban Bother Me!'

Nathan Bevan of icWales.co.uk reports that former GUNS N' ROSES guitarist Slash has hit back at the prospect of a paltry £50 fine for breaking Wales's smoking ban. Slash was last night facing being one of the first in Wales to be prosecuted for breaking the ban — which came into effect a ...

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DEEP PURPLE To Appear On Swiss TV

According to The Highway Star, DEEP PURPLE will appear on Swiss TV tomorrow (June 9) on "Musicnight" at 22:45. The show will feature band's performance at the 2006 Montreux Jazz Festival, which is also being released now on DVD. Eagle Rock Entertainment, through two of its wholly-owned subsidiaries,...

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DEEP PURPLE's 'Smoke On The Water' Strikes World Record Chord

The Associated Press reports: More than 1,680 guitar players turned out, tuned up and took part in what organizers say was a world record rendition of DEEP PURPLE's "Smoke on the Water" — a song that was the first many of them ever learned. Some came from as far away as California and ...

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VOIVOD: 'Rrröööaaarrr' Reissue To Include PIGGY Audio Collage, Concert Footage From 1986

Canadian metal legends VOIVOD are finalizing plans to re-release their early back catalog. Drummer Michel "Away" Langevin said the band will start with 1986's "Rrröööaaarrr", the following year's "Killing Technology" and '88's "Dimension Hatröss". He said each LP will be remastered and upped with a...

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DEEP PURPLE Frontman To Perform With Orchestra In Greece

According to a posting on DEEP PURPLE frontman Ian Gillan's web site, Ian has signed up to do a concert in Thessaloniki, Greece on Saturday, June 30 (although the orchestra's site says June 29) with the Thessaloniki State Symphony Orchestra. The venue is an open-air theatre called Theatro Gis. It se...

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DEEP PURPLE: 'They All Came Down To Montreux' DVD/CD Release Detailed

Eagle Rock Entertainment, through two of its wholly-owned subsidiaries, will release on June 12 "They All Came Down To Montreux: Deep Purple Live At Montreux 2006" as a deluxe 187-minute two-DVD set (Eagle Eye Media, $19.98) and CD (Eagle Records, $13.98). Prebook date for both is May 18. On June 26...

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Horna/Behexen

At the risk of including overly used terms like "sick" and "necro" to describe this split release, there are honestly no better terms to use to describe this Finnish black metal behemoth. Fret not though, I'm saving "kvlt" to use in the next review of a worthy black metal release. But seriously folk...