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Report: Friends Puzzle Over Death Of QUIET RIOT's KEVIN DUBROW

Greg Burk of the Los Angeles Times reports: The life of QUIET RIOT singer Kevin DuBrow, who died at age 52 over the weekend in Las Vegas, had not been on a completely even keel after he'd broken up this month with his girlfriend of more than seven years, Las Vegas television personality ...

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HEAVEN AND HELL Drummer: This Was 'The Best Tour This Band Has Ever Done'

Legendary drummer Vinny Appice (HEAVEN AND HELL, DIO, BLACK SABBATH) has issued the following update: "Well, the HEAVEN AND HELL tour has finally ended after performing 98 shows in 98 cities in numerous countries around the world. Not bad! It was the best tour this band has ever done and just playin...

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NIGHTWISH Schedules Gothenburg Signing Session

Finnish/Swedish symphonic metallers NIGHTWISH will take part in a signing session at Media Markt in Gothenburg, Sweden on Friday, November 30 beginning at 5:30 p.m. NIGHTWISH will release a "platinum" edition of its latest album, "Dark Passion Play" (release date to be confirmed),which will include...

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NIGHTWISH: 'Platinum' Edition Of 'Dark Passion Play' To Include Five Bonus Tracks

Finnish/Swedish symphonic metallers NIGHTWISH will release a "platinum" edition of their latest album, "Dark Passion Play" (release date to be confirmed),which will include all 13 songs from the original version plus five bonus tracks: 01. Erämaan Viimeinen (new track) 02. The Escapist (new track)...

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NEVER ENOUGH Drummer Featured In New SIXX: A.M. Video

NEVER ENOUGH's Trevor Friedrich (ex-EIGHTEEN VISIONS) is the featured drummer in the new SIXX: A.M. video, "Accidents Can Happen". SIXX: A.M. is the new project from MÖTLEY CRÜE bassist Nikki Sixx and fellow musicians James Michael and D.J. Ashba. NEVER ENOUGH frontman Norman Matthews commented: "I'...

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HEAVEN AND HELL: Tokyo Press Conference Highlights Posted Online

A three-minute video clip containing highlights from HEAVEN AND HELL's October 19, 2007 press conference at the Hard Rock Café in Tokyo — taken during the group's "Ambassadors of Rock" tour of Japan — can be viewed below. An audio interview with legendary BLACK SABBATH/HEAVEN AND HELL guitarist Tony...

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SIXX: A.M.'s 'Life Is Beautiful' Added To Rotation On MTV2

After a successful run on MTV2's "Headbanger's Ball", SIXX: A.M.'s video for "Life is Beautiful" has been added to rotation on MTV2. SIXX: A.M. is the new band conceived by Nikki Sixx, bassist and founding member of MÖTLEY CRÜE. "Life is Beautiful" is the first single off "The Heroin Diaries: A Year...

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SIXX: A.M. Guitarist: Writing 'The Heroin Diaries' Songs Was Like Scoring A Movie

Amber Tomlinson of the Herald Journal reports: Most people's first response when looking at DJ Ashba (SIXX: A.M., ex-BEAUTIFUL CREATURES guitarist) is not thinking he is from Indiana. Ashba, who is covered in tattooos, wears rock star garb and sports numerous piercings, could be stereotyped as the a...

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DROWNING POOL Singer Checks In From The Road

DROWNING POOL frontman Ryan McCombs has posted the following message on the group's MySpace page: "You know, I'm pretty sure I should have something to blog but I just don't... "I could blog about what I've done the past couple of days, but who really gives a flying fuck snake about doing laundry or...

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THE DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN: XM And Sirius Satellite Radio Appearances Scheduled

Members of THE DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN will be guest DJ hosts at an "Ire Works" record-release party being held tonight (November 13) at Club Europa (98 Meserole Ave) in Brooklyn, NY. In between DEP playing cuts off of "Ire Works", there will be live performances from Relapse labelmates CAR BOMB and D...

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SOIL Bassist: We Are Flattered That DROWNING POOL Cover Our Songs Live

SOIL bassist Tim King has released a statement to BLABBERMOUTH.NET in response to DROWNING POOL's new single, "Enemy", which features lyrics that address the "scathing, underhanded" comments made by ex-SOIL singer Ryan McCombs' former bandmates following his transition to DROWNING POOL. Stated King:...

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ULVER: Video Interview With GARM Available

MetalKult.com has posted a 21-clip question-and-answer video interview with vocalist Kristoffer "Garm" Rygg from progressive Norwegian black metal group ULVER. The video was shot on September 20 in New York City, when Garm came to the States to promote his band's latest release, "Shadows of the Sun"...

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DROWNING POOL Singer Responds To 'Bitter' Ex-Bandmates With 'Enemy' Single

Composed of frustrated words from DROWNING POOL frontman Ryan McCombs, the resilient group's new single, "Enemy", is a long-overdue answer to bitter comments from McCombs' former bandmates in SOIL. After seven years, he parted ways with the group, eventually joining DROWNING POOL to take over the le...

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NIKKI SIXX: There Are No SIXX: A.M. Tour Plans At This Point

Despite a published report from earlier this week that suggested MÖTLEY CRÜE's Nikki Sixx would head out on the road in early February with his new side project, SIXX: A.M., no such plans exist at this time, according to the bassist. Writing to his MySpace page, Nikki says, "There has been a lot of...

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NIKKI SIXX Taking SIXX A.M. On Tour

The Pulse of Radio reports: MÖTLEY CRÜE bassist Nikki Sixx will head out on the road in early February with his new side project, SIXX A.M. According to Harddrive Radio, a tour will begin on February 1, although dates, cities and other acts on the bill have yet to be finalized. SIXX A.M. will be ...