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IRON MAIDEN's DICKINSON Sits Behind The Kit For AC/DC, DEEP PURPLE Classics
IRON MAIDEN frontman Bruce Dickinson made his final guest appearance with the TRIBUZY project (led by Brazilian musician Renato Tribuzy) at the third of three scheduled dates in Brazil on Sunday (Nov. 13) at the Chevrolet Hall in Belo Horizonte, Brazil. The following report was submitted to BLABBERM...November 14, 2005
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AMORPHIS: New Album Samples Posted Online
Audio samples from the upcoming AMORPHIS album, "Eclipse", have been posted online at the Nuclear Blast Musicshop. "Eclipse" is scheduled for release on February 10 via Nuclear Blast Records. The follow-up to last year's "Far from the Sun" was recorded at Sonic Pump studios in Helsinki with engineer...November 12, 2005
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DEEP PURPLE Classic Performed By 250 German Guitarists: Video Available
On Saturday November 5, the DEEP PURPLE classic "Smoke on the Water" was the focus of Germany's biggest TV show, "Wetten, Dass..?", on ZDF. 250 guitarists gathered in Mannheim, Germany to play the classic PURPLE riff together with German actor Uwe Ochsenknecht ("Das Boot", "Männer"). A video clip of...November 6, 2005
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Australian Guitarists Attempt To Break World Record With DEEP PURPLE's 'Smoke On The Water'
According to Australia's The Age, Melbourne guitarists will attempt to break an 11-year Guinness World Record on Sunday (Oct. 29) by playing the classic riff to DEEP PURPLE's "Smoke on the Water". To celebrate the Hard Rock Cafe's 10th birthday and raise funds for the Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre,...October 27, 2005
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ZAKK WYLDE: 'DIMEBAG Was My Partner In Six-String Crime'
Dave Wedge of the Boston Herald recently conducted a short interview with BLACK LABEL SOCIETY mainman Zakk Wylde. Read on: Herald: What was your relationship like with "Dimebag?" Wylde: "He was my partner in six-string crime. He was a beautiful guy. A BLACK LABEL guy. He was one of the most beautifu...October 25, 2005
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CRYPTOPSY Frontman Talks About Smoking 'Snake Ribs', Eating Worms
When original CRYPTOPSY vocalist Lord Worm recently rejoined the band, having left the Canadian death metal act in 1998, it also marked the return of one of metal's most bizarre frontmen. "I got my nickname Lord Worm a long time ago, before CRYPTOPSY existed," the vocalist tells the Swedish magazine...October 24, 2005
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Hellfire
As soon as the demonic yell of "Hellfire!" announces the beginning of 1349's third full-length album, something immediately tells you that Norway's upper-tier black metal horde has come of age. There's a confidence and stylistic presence on "Hellfire" that sets it apart from its worthy predecessors,...October 23, 2005
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DEEP PURPLE: German TV Appearances Announced
Acccording to a posting on the DEEP PURPLE fan site The Highway Star, PURPLE have lined up the following German TV appearances during November: November 11: Sat. 1's "Hit Giganten" (starting at 8:15 p.m.) The theme of the show is "the best rock songs". DEEP PURPLE will play "Black Night" and "Raptur...October 22, 2005
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DEEP PURPLE: 'Secret' Gig Setlist Revealed
DEEP PURPLE played a secret show at London's Hard Rock Café on October 10, 2005, partly to launch the new album, "Rapture of the Deep", and partly to celebrate the reopening of the venue which was gutted by fire some time ago. It was an invite-only do. The concert was reportedly filmed, but it is .....October 16, 2005
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DEEP PURPLE: 'Live in Concert 72/73' DVD Due This Fall
Eagle Rock Entertainment, the leading independent source for high-quality music audio/visual programming, this fall will release "Deep Purple: Live in Concert 72/73". This historically significant collection of vintage live footage of the classic lineup of one of the greatest heavy metal bands in ro...October 11, 2005
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Music From GENE SIMMONS' 'Rock School' To Be Released On Compilation CD
EMI U.K. has set an October 10 release date for "Rock School - Music from the First Series", a collection of original rock tracks featured in the hit TV show "Gene Simmons' Rock School" (called simply "Rock School" in the U.K.). "Rock School - Music from the First Series" (view cover here) track ...October 4, 2005
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SAXON Frontman Recalls Near-Fatal House Fire
SAXON frontman Biff Byford has posted the following message on the band's official web site: "Well, it's about time I said something! "First of all, I would like to say 'Thank you' to everybody who sent messages after the fire it was a bad period in our lives but you have to go on and ...October 3, 2005
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NIKKI SIXX to Fans: 'Thank You For The Greatest Tour I Can Ever Remember Being On'
MÖTLEY CRÜE bassist Nikki Sixx has posted the following message in his online diary (entry dated October 1, 2005): "Leaving for a show in El Paso in a few minutes and I thought about a song I wrote about my time there. I lived there as kid for a few years and wrote these lyrics ...October 3, 2005
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DEEP PURPLE Singer's 'Gillan's Inn' Album To Receive DualDisc Release
According to Deep-Purple.net, DEEP PURPLE frontman Ian Gillan's upcoming album "Gillan's Inn" — a celebration of Ian's 40th year on the road, featuring remakes of tracks spanning Ian's entire career — will be made available on the new DualDisc format; regular stereo CD on one side, DVD on the other....September 30, 2005
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VELVET REVOLVER Fill-In Drummer Says It Was 'An Honor And A Privilege' To Play With Band
Veteran rock drummer Brian Tichy (OZZY OSBOURNE, SLASH'S SNAKEPIT, PRIDE & GLORY, BILLY IDOL),who recently filled in for injured Matt Sorum on several VELVET REVOLVER headlining U.S. tour dates, has posted the following message on his official web site: "Slash, Duff, Dave, Scott and Matt ........September 27, 2005
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