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SOULFLY, Ex-STEREOMUD, STUCK MOJO Members Join Forces In LOVE SAID NO

LOVE SAID NO, the new band featuring Erik Rogers (vocals; STEREOMUD),Bobby Burns (bass; SOULFLY, PRIMER 55),Frank "Bud" Fontsere (drums; STUCK MOJO) and Billy Grey (guitar; SOUNDEVICE, FOZZY),has posted a track called "Right by Me" on its MySpace page. Also available is a video for the song direc...

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SOULFLY Bassist To Guest On Tonight's 'All Knowing Force'

SOULFLY bassist and frontman of the newly resurrected PRIMER 55 Bobby Burns will be the featured guest on the "All Knowing Force" web-based interview show tonight (Tuesday, June 26) at 10:00 p.m. EST. Bobby will be talking about SOULFLY as well as the reformation of PRIMER 55, which has just signed...

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PRIMER 55 Signs With CRASH MUSIC

Crash Music has announced the signing of PRIMER 55. The label will release a two-disc digipack constisting of an audio CD featuring a collection of unreleased tracks and a DVD of rare concert footage. Guitarist Bobby Burns (currently the bassist in SOULFLY) had the following to say on signing with C...

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ALETHEIAN Signs With IRONCLAD RECORDINGS

Lebanon, Pennsylvania-based metallers ALETHEIAN have inked a deal with Ironclad Recordings, the label formed by UNEARTH frontman Trevor Phipps. According to the band's official bio, ALETHEIAN is a central Pennsylvania-based metal band, formerly know as CRUTCH. The name change came when CRUTCH underw...

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Former WARLOCK Guitarist TOMMY BOLAN Announces California Clinics

Tommy Bolan, former WARLOCK lead guitarist and current N.Y.C. frontman, is scheduled to perform clinics at seven California Sam Ash locations. Tommy will be performing, discussing his gear, answering questions and giving away some freebie gear and swag. Tommy will also be demonstrating tips and tech...

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SOULFLY Mainman Discusses Upcoming Album

For the past month, SOULFLY mainman Max Cavalera has been holed up inside his home in Arizona writing songs for the band's next album, recording demos, and letting his creativity flow. The following question-and-answer session with Max was posted on the group's official web site, SoulflyWeb.com: Q:...

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KISS, DIO, TWISTED SISTER: More NAMM Appaearances Announced

Music Star Productions has announced several artist signings during the NAMM show (National Association of Music Merchants),which is being held January 18-21, 2007 the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, CA. Eric Singer (KISS, ALICE COOPER, ESP) and Bruce Kulick (KISS, GRAND FUNK RAILROAD) will a...

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SHANE GAALAAS Goes Solo With 'Live In Osaka'

Acclaimed Canadian drummer Shane Gaalaas (GLENN HUGHES, COSMOSQUAD, DIESEL MACHINE) has released his third solo album, "Live In Osaka", on the Japanese Big M.F. label. Featuring Gaalaas on guitar and lead vocals, Schon (guitar),Akihito Tokunaga (bass) and Kaichi Kurose (drums),"Live In Osaka" cont...

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PRIMER 55 Begins Writing New Material

According to a posting by SOULFLY bassist/ex-PRIMER 55 guitarist Bobby Burns on the PRIMER 55 MySpace page, PRIMER 55 has reformed and has begun writing material for a new album, tentatively due next year. "Jason Luttrell [vocals] and I are working on some new tunes we plan to start recording sessio...

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Former WARLOCK Guitarist Releases Instructional DVD

Tommy Bolan, former WARLOCK lead guitarist and current N.Y.C. frontman, is featured in the current issue of Guitar World magazine to promote Morley Pedals and his new metal instructional DVD through Music Star Productions. Check out the ad at this location. The "Tommy Bolan - Metal Primer" DVD is 90...

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TOOL Planning Summer Tour Around KEENAN's Wine Harvest

TOOL bassist Justin Chancellor has told MTV.com that the band are currently mapping an eight-week U.S. arena trek beginning in August that'll carry the group through the end of September. "People will be able to get tickets for that tour," he cracked. "Right now, we're basically doing a bit of a war...

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TOOL Frontman Puts Winery Business First

World Entertainment News Network is reporting that TOOL frontman Maynard James Keenan is planning his touring schedule around his new vineyard's harvesting and bottling because he insists on being part of the process. The eccentric rocker launched Merkin Vineyards in Sedona, Arizona last year and hi...

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ALICE IN CHAINS: U.S. Tour Dates Announced

MTV.com is reporting that the reunited ALICE IN CHAINS — guitarist Jerry Cantrell, bassist Mike Inez and drummer Sean Kinney, along with COMES WITH THE FALL frontman William DuVall — have booked five very intimate club dates that will act as a primer for the band's European festival tour, beginning...

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'Extreme Vocals Instructor' Helps SLIPKNOT, LAMB OF GOD Screamers Preserve Their Pipes

MTV.com has published an article on Melissa Cross, the self-proclaimed "Queen of Scream" who has developed a training program that teaches proper technique to a new breed of unrestrained rock singers — a list that includes SLIPKNOT's Corey Taylor, Randy Blythe of LAMB OF GOD and Keith Buckley from E...

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SOULFLY Bassist Offers Update On Side Project

PARIS IS BURNING, the band featuring SOULFLY bassist Bobby Burns on guitar/bass, Billy Keeton (ex-SKRAPE) on vocals and new addition Kobie Jackson (PRIMER 55, ALSTON) on guitar, have changed their name to KING STREET. "Having spent the last month in the studio, we wrapped up the first of many sessio...