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Former SCORPIONS Drummer Signs With DARK STAR RECORDS

Former SCORPIONS drummer Herman Rarebell (a.k.a. Herman Ze German) has inked a deal with Dark Star Records. His new solo album, "Take It As It Comes", is scheduled for release on March 23. Herman's audio book, "My Life As A Scorpion", will be included with the new CD as a special pre-order deal. "Ta...

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SLAYER, TESTAMENT, ARCH ENEMY, SCORPIONS Members To Take Part In 'NAMM Jam'

Revolver magazine will present the "Dean Guitars 2010 NAMM Jam" concert — featuring COLLECTIVE SOUL, L.A. GUNS, as well as members of SLAYER, ARCH ENEMY, TESTAMENT, and more — on January 15 at The Grove Of Anaheim in Southern California. Tickets for this special show, hosted by Vinnie Paul Abbott (P...

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MICHAEL SCHENKER: 'Instrumental Intensity' Compilation Due In January

Shrapnel Records has set a January 26, 2010 release date for "Instrumental Intensity", a new compilation from Michael Schenker (MICHAEL SCHENKER GROUP, UFO, SCORPIONS). "Instrumental Intensity" contains some of Michael Schenker's greatest instrumental recordings, culled from his many Shrapnel releas...

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First Official ULI JON ROTH Signature Sky Guitar To Be Unveiled At NAMM

The long-awaited first official Uli Jon Roth (ex-SCORPIONS) signature Sky Guitar will finally be unveiled at the winter NAMM show in Anaheim, California on January 14, 2010. There will be two different models on display, a six-string and a seven-string version. This limited edition will be super-cus...

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KORN, MEGADETH, SCORPIONS, TESTAMENT Members To Appear On DEAN's 'Live From NAMM' Webcast

Jose Mangin, on-air personality and program director for Sirius XM and guest host of MTV2's "Headbangers Ball", along with Metal Sanaz, who has risen to great popularity with nearly 1,000,000 dedicated fans on MySpace and has served as official host of MySpace: A Place For Metal, will host the 2010...

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SCORPIONS Guitarist Dresses Up As Santa, Joins MICHAEL SCHENKER On Stage In California

German guitar legend Michael Schenker was joined on stage at the Canyon Club in Agoura Hills, California December 26 by his equally iconic brother — SCORPIONS guitarist Rudolf Schenker (disguised in a Santa Claus costume!) — for a rousing rendition of the UFO classic "Doctor Doctor" during the openi...

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BRUCE KULICK To Guest On New AVANTASIA Album

Former KISS and current GRAND FUNK RAILROAD guitarist Brice Kulick has joined the list of guest musicians who will appear on the forthcoming release from EDGUY frontman Tobias Sammet's AVANTASIA project. Commented Tobias: "I met Bruce in 2008 in Los Angeles. KISS drummer Eric Singer (who has played...

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Former SUICIDAL TENDENCIES Bassist Speaks

Former SUICIDAL TENDENCIES bass player Bob Heathcote, who played on the "How Will I Laugh Tomorrow" album and appeared in the "Trip At The Brain" and "How Will I Laugh" videos with the band, was recently interviewed by the Suicidal Maniac blog. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Suicid...

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'Castle Stories' Book Featuring Stories About OZZY OSBOURNE, JUDAS PRIEST Now Available

"Castle Stories - A Rock n' Roll Scrapbook", a book about the now-defunct Castle Farms venue in Charlevoix, Michigan, contains lots of stories about shows by such artists as OZZY OSBOURNE, METALLICA, JUDAS PRIEST, SCORPIONS, DEF LEPPARD and WHITESNAKE, over 300 pictures and a story from ex-VIXEN dru...

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SCORPIONS To Present New Album In Moscow In March

According to Russia-InfoCentre, German hard rock veterans SCORPIONS will present their new album, "Sting In The Tail", for the first time in Moscow, Russia on March 18, 2010 at the sports palace Megasport on Khodynskoe Field. "At the Moscow concert lots of songs will be performed for the first time...

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DORO: New Munich Footage Posted Online

Video footage of DORO's December 15, 2009 performance at Backstage Werk in Munich, Germany can be viewed below (courtesy of "eblinternational"). "Fear No Evil", the new album from Pesch, was made available in North America on June 2 via AFM/Dismanic/Ryko Distribution. Released in Europe on January 3...

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ANDRÉ MATOS To Guest On New AVANTASIA Album

Brazilian singer André Matos (ex-ANGRA, SHAAMAN, VIPER) has joined the list of guest musicians who will appear on the forthcoming release from EDGUY frontman Tobias Sammet's AVANTASIA project. Tobias met André in 1999 when EDGUY supported ANGRA on a French tour, and he immediately invited his Brazil...

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EDGUY Frontman Discusses Forthcoming AVANTASIA Albums

Tobias Sammet's (EDGUY, AVANTASIA) official webmaster Harmon Caldwell recently conducted an interview with the German singer/songwriter about AVANTASIA's forthcoming "The Wicked Symphony" and "Angel Of Babylon" albums that will be released on April 3, 2010. The entire question-and-answer session is...

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SCORPIONS Guitarist: 'We're Going Back To The Roots Of The Band' On Upcoming CD

Polish web site Plejada conducted an interview with guitarist Rudolf Schenker and vocalist Klaus Meine of German hard rock veterans SCORPIONS when the band performed in Zabrze, Poland on December 5, 2009. Watch the chat below. SCORPIONS have set "Sting In The Tail" as the title of their new album, t...

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STRATOVARIUS' JENS JOHANSSON To Guest On AVANTASIA Album

Keyboardist Jens Johansson (STRATOVARIUS, DIO, YNGWIE MALMSTEEN) has joined the list of guest musicians who will appear on the forthcoming release from EDGUY frontman Tobias Sammet's AVANTASIA project. Commented Tobias: "I've known Jens for years now; there has always been a friendship between EDGUY...