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METALLICA Confirmed For LIVE EARTH Concert At London's Wembley Stadium

METALLICA has posted the following message on its web site: "Another one of those well-kept METALLICA 'secrets' that you guys have been chatting about for weeks now is indeed confirmed. We are honored to be playing at the Live Earth concert in London at Wembley Stadium on July 7th along with the RED...

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SEBASTIAN BACH Guitarist 'METAL' MIKE CHLASCIAK Checks In From Japan

Guitarist "Metal" Mike Chlasciak (HALFORD, PAINMUSEUM, SEBASTIAN BACH) has posted "part one" of his "Thunder In The East Tour Diary" at JacksonGuitars.com. An excerpt follows: "I guess it's safe to say that touring Japan is an experience like no other. Japan is a country that prides itself on punctu...

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METALLICA Begins Rehearsing For European Tour; Photos Available

METALLICA's official web site has been updated with the following message: "METALLICA returned to HQ this week after a short break to begin rehearsing for their 'Sick Of The Studio' tour. Yesterday, the winners from the 'Metallica: The Videos 1989-2004' DVD radio and online contests were treated to...

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DROWNING POOL To Testify To Congress In September

DROWNING POOL will reportedly to testify to Congress the second week of September about the plight of U.S. soldiers who have returned home from Iraq and Afghanistan to less-than-adequate medical and psychological treatment. The Texas-based band recently came back from a series of USO performances wi...

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QOTSA's JOEY CASTILLO: It's Scary Sometimes Being Mobbed By Fans

QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE drummer Joey Castillo tells Australia's Beat magazine he does worry about the huge mobs that surround the band when it hits the road. "We are around and surrounded by so many people so often," he explains after discussing the Virginia Tech atrocity. "And I hope we never have...

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DROWNING POOL To Testify To U.S. Congress

Dallas-based hard rock act DROWNING POOL has been gathering a prolific buzz about it recently throughout the online community in the political areas of the Internet, and from those who are concerned with issues that surround the American troops currently abroad. The band recently completed the USO t...

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VILE Guitarist: 'The End Of America Is Here'

Colin Davis of the Californian brutal death metallers VILE has posted the following message on the band's MySpace page: "It's time to gear up people, its time to gear up... "I do a lot of personal research about what is going on in this country and in the world right now. Thank God, ...

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OBITUARY Frontman Issues South American Tour Recap

Vocalist John Tardy of the Florida-based death metal legends OBITUARY has issued the following update: "South America was an absolute blast! We did play in Argentina once a long time ago, but Chile and Brazil were a first. We should have gotten down there a long time ago because our fans were comple...

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Humanity - Hour 1

When reviewing a new album by a band, especially an established one, the album is usually judged first on its own merits and then in the context of its previous work. With that in mind, it's quite easy to say that "Humanity - Hour 1" is probably the best SCORPIONS album since 1990's "Crazy World". ....

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U.S. Servicemen And Women Meet AEROSMITH While On Deployment

Pacific Daily News reports: While at sea, sailors and Marines aboard the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Nimitz were surprised by a visit from the legendary rock band AEROSMITH on May 30. "Hi everybody, this is AEROSMITH. Hope you guys are having fun and playing safe — and, always remember, 'Du...

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ION DISSONANCE: Another New Song Posted Online

Montreal-based quintet ION DISSONANCE is preparing to release its third album, "Minus the Herd", on June 5. To give fans a taste of the new CD, the band has posted another new song, entitled "Of Me...Nobody Is Safe", on its MySpace page. The follow-up to 2005's "Solace", "Minus the Herd" was produce...

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OZZY OSBOURNE: 'I Still Believe In Rock And Roll'

Details magazine recently conducted an interview with Ozzy Osbourne. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: On filming "The Osbournes": "There were shitloads of cameras everywhere. But I told them I've got to have a safe room. I've got to have a room where I can go and scratch my balls or pick m...

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Producer: OZZY OSBOURNE's 'Black Rain' Was Most Satisfying Project I Have Ever Worked On

Gerry Krochak of The Leader-Post reports: Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada native Kevin Churko made a record with the musical "Prince Of Darkness" . . . and lived to tell about it. "All I could think is, 'Please don't die in Ozzy Osbourne's house,' " the ridiculously talented producer/engineer/songwrite...

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ION DISSONANCE Releases Digital EP

Montreal-based quintet ION DISSONANCE is preparing to release its third album, "Minus the Herd", on June 5. To give fans a taste of the new CD, the band has released a digital EP, entitled "Prelude to the Herd", that is available now on iTunes. The track listing for the EP is as follows: 01. Kneel ....

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STRATOVARIUS Guitarist Checks In From Japan

Finnish melodic metallers STRATOVARIUS are in the middle of a Japanese headlining tour that is set to conclude on Friday, May 25 in Tokyo. The group's guitarist, Timo Tolkki, has checked in with the following update: "Things didnt start the smoothest way at the airport. After I entered the cockpit i...