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FU MANCHU: New Studio Album, 20th-Anniversary DVD Planned

Guitarist/vocalist Scott Hill of the Southern California fuzz-rock quartet FU MANCHU has issued the following update: "First off, we are playing a show at the Detroit Bar in Costa Mesa, California on Saturday, February 21. "We are writing the new record now. We have about 10 new songs. We hope to wr...

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MAYNARD KEENAN Answers Questions About PUSCIFER Live Debut; Video Available

A mock press conference-style question-and-answer session with TOOL vocalist Maynard James Keenan about the forthcoming live debut of his side act PUSCIFER in Las Vegas can be viewed below. The clip, which was produced by Mike King of Flea Circus Films in Los Angeles, is said to be "sort of a 'Dr. S...

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TOOL Frontman Starting Organic Market

The Pulse of Radio reports that TOOL frontman Maynard James Keenan plans on opening an organic market in Cornville, Arizona, that will include a commercial kitchen and a tasting room for the wines he produces in nearby Sedona. According to Spinner.com, Keenan is currently adding the new sections to...

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ISIS: New Album Title, Release Date Announced

ISIS, the innovative Los Angeles-by-way-of-Boston-based band, has set a May 5 release date for its much-anticipated new album, "Wavering Radiant" (Ipecac Recordings). The CD, produced by Joe Baressi (TOOL, QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE),will receive a limited-edition vinyl release on April 21. TOOL's Ada...

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Author Discusses 'The 100 Greatest Metal Guitarists' Book

Robert Gray of Ultimate-Guitar.com conducted an interview with British journalist/author Joel McIver. Topics of discussion included McIver's new book, "The 100 Greatest Metal Guitarists", DEICIDE frontman Glen Benton's foreword, the possibility of a DEICIDE autobiography, and plans to release a biog...

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BELIEVER: New Album Title Announced

Reactivated late '80s/early '90s technical-thrash metallers BELIEVER have set "Gabriel" as the title of their fourth album, due on March 17 via through KILLSWITCH ENGAGE frontman Howard Jones' new imprint label Cesspool Records via Metal Blade. The CD will feature guest appearances by Jones, Joe Ric...

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TOOL's MAYNARD JAMES KEENAN: Rocker, Winemaker

Aidin Vaziri of the San Francisco Chronicle recently conducted an interview with Maynard James Keenan, frontman for TOOL and A PERFECT CIRCLE and a wine connoisseur. San Francisco Chronicle: Didn't you plan A PERFECT CIRCLE's last tour around various wine regions? Maynard: No. But if we would go to...

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ANTHRAX To Play 'Red Bull Snowscrapers' Event In New York City

ANTHRAX will play at the Red Bull Snowscrapers event on February 15 at East River Park in New York City. The show starts at 3:00 p.m. and ANTHRAX goes on at 7:00 p.m. According to a posting on the Red Bull Snowboarding web site, the event will feature 16 of the world's best snowboarders, including ....

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LINKIN PARK Invites Fans To Spend Holidays On 'Road To Revolution'

LINKIN PARK is treating fans to a free holiday showing of the international broadcast version of their new concert DVD, "Road To Revolution - Live At Milton Keynes" (Machine Shop Recordings/Warner Bros. Records). The electrifying footage will stream for 24 hours beginning 12:01 a.m. on December 24 v...

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AC/DC Frontman Signs Book Deal To Release Collection Of Thoughts And Anecdotes

Gerry Galipault of HeraldTribune.com recently conducted an interview with AC/DC frontman Brian Johnson. A few excerpts from the chat follow below. On "Black Ice", AC/DC's first album in eight years, which sold nearly 800,000 copies in its debut week and has since topped 1.6 million in the United Sta...

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PUSCIFER: Third Las Vegas Show Announced

TOOL vocalist Maynard James Keenan recently set February 13 and February 14 as the dates for the live debut of his side act PUSCIFER in Las Vegas. Those shows sold out within an hour of their on sale this past weekend, and a third concert has now been announced. The additional gig will take place .....

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CONTRIVE Schedules Dates In Bangkok

Australia's CONTRIVE has confirmed the following shows in Bangkok, Thailand in February 2009. Feb. 07 - Demonster Concert @ Suksabai Bar, Bangkok, Thailand Feb. 08 - Immortal Bar, Bangkok, Thailand The band is close to completing pre-production on its forthcoming album, set for release in early 2009...

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JIMMY PAGE, JIMI HENDRIX, EDDIE VAN HALEN, STEVE VAI Among 'Chop Shop''s Top Guitarists

Envision Radio Networks' "Chop Shop" guitar show has announced "The Chop Shop's Top 100 Most Complete Guitar Players of All Time", a newly published list of the all-time greatest guitar players. Program host Steve Black (WRIF-FM) assembled a panel of music industry experts to help choose the list fe...

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Harpist Interviewed About Her Work On GN'R' 'Chinese Democracy'; Audio Available

Harpist Patti Hood, who makes a guest appearance on the new GUNS N' ROSES album "Chinese Democracy" (on the track "This I Love"),was recently interviewed by the GNRSource.com web site. You can now download the chat as an MP3 audio file at this location. Patti has recorded with YES lead vocalist Jon...

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Art of Extermination

I was not quite sure what to think of DEVAST's "Art of Extermination" upon the first few spins of the disc. Beyond any deep musical examination, it is intriguing to think that this kind of swirling tech-death savagery originated from North Africa of all places. But getting to the point, "Art of Exte...