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VOIVOD Featuring New Bassist DOMINIC 'ROCKY' LAROCHE: Fan-Filmed Footage Of HEAVY MONTREAL Performance

Fan-filmed video footage of VOIVOD's August 9 performance at the Heavy Montreal festival in Montreal, Quebec, Canada can be seen below. VOIVOD has tapped Dominic "Rocky" Laroche to play bass for the band following the departure of Jean-Yves Thériault (a.k.a. Blacky). Laroche, who has previously perf...

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KIX Guitarist Wanted To Keep Band's Spirit Alive On 'Rock Your Face Off'

Jason Price of Icon Vs. Icon recently conducted an interview with KIX guitarist Brian "Damage" Forsythe. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Icon Vs. Icon: KIX came out of the Baltimore music scene and had a lot of success locally as a bar band before branching out nationally. Was that...

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STEEL PANTHER's MICHAEL STARR Says Negotiations For TV Show Are Still Ongoing

Alex Obert of Journey Of A Frontman recently conducted an interview with singer Michael Starr (real name Ralph Saenz; ex-L.A. GUNS) of Los Angeles glam-metal jokesters STEEL PANTHER. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Journey Of A Frontman: What would you say are the best parts about b...

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RUDY SARZO Interviewed On 'Let There Be Talk' Podcast With Comedian DEAN DELRAY (Audio)

Bassist Rudy Sarzo, one of the most legendary and respected names in hard rock history — having played alongside Randy Rhoads in QUIET RIOT and OZZY OSBOURNE, as well as toured and/or recorded with WHITESNAKE, DIO, BLUE ÖYSTER CULT and now in Geoff Tate's QUEENSRŸCHE — was interviewed on episode 107...

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GHOST's Nameless Ghoul Speaks To Peru's ElCuartelDelMetal.net (Audio)

Peru's ElCuartelDelMetal.net recently conducted an interview with one of the Nameless Ghouls from Swedish occult rockers GHOST. You can now listen to the chat below. Asked if GHOST could one day exist without the outfits and the theatrical stage show, a Nameless Ghoul told Ghost Colombia in a separa...

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KID ROCK Blasts Legal Teams Involved In INSANE CLOWN POSSE Glass-Dildo Case

Detroit-based rocker Kid Rock, who was recently dragged into an ongoing sexual harassment lawsuit between the INSANE CLOWN POSSE and a former employee of their Psychopathic Records, has sent expletive-laced letters to the legal teams involved in the case, saying that he didn't know what they were ta...

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Ex-WHITESNAKE Guitarist BERNIE MARSDEN Talks To RockNLive About New Solo Album 'Shine'

RockNLive recently conducted an interview with former WHITESNAKE guitarist Bernie Marsden. You can now watch the chat below. Marsden will release his new solo album, "Shine", on August 18 via Provogue as a double-LP, CD and digital download. At a rough guesstimate, Marsden's name appears on a hundre...

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GHOST's Nameless Ghoul Speaks To Colombia's Rockombia.com (Audio)

Colombia's Rockombia.com recently conducted an interview with one of the Nameless Ghouls from Swedish occult rockers GHOST. You can now listen to the chat in five parts below. Asked if GHOST could one day exist without the outfits and the theatrical stage show, a Nameless Ghoul told Ghost Colombia i...

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ZAKK WYLDE, JAMES LABRIE, GEOFF TATE, DAVID ELLEFSON, VINNY APPICE To Take Part In 'Metal All Stars'

There have been quite a few unmistakable characters that heavy metal has given us over the years. On Tuesday, December 16, an impressive amount of these renowned names will unite as the Metal All Stars for a special one-off concert at O2 Academy Brixton in Londonn England. Tickets will go on general...

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SKID ROW's DAVE 'SNAKE' SABO: 'We're The Closest We've Been As A Band For A Long Time'

The Rockpit recently conducted an interview with SKID ROW guitarist Dave "Snake" Sabo. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. The Rockpit: It certainly seems like you are a happy band these days. Everyone seems to be getting on so well, and to see you guys playing out there, live, so ...

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COURTNEY LOVE Says KURT COBAIN Biopic Will Start Shooting Next Year

According to The Pulse Of Radio, Courtney Love recently revealed that a biopic on her late husband, Kurt Cobain, will go into production next year. No one has landed the lead role but Love has a few ideas on who could capture the essence of the former NIRVANA frontman. She told Inquirer Entertainmen...

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'Heavy Metal And Punk Fossils' Exhibition Opens In Norway

The exhibition "Heavy Metal And Punk Fossils" is now starting its tour around the natural history museums of the world, with first stop being the Natural History Museum in Oslo, where it can be seen from July 27. For this occasion, the exhibition has been given a complete graphical overhaul, and sev...

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DRAGONFORCE Talks 'Maximum Overload' Album In New Video Interview - Part 1

Part one of a new video interview with British epic power metallers DRAGONFORCE, about their new album, "Maximum Overload", can be seen below. "Maximum Overload" will be released on August 19 in North America via Metal Blade and August 18 in Europe through earMUSIC, the Hamburg, Germany-based intern...

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Fictional Heavy Metal Band MÜTTONGÜT Featured In GREYHOUND's 'Tour In Style' Commercial

Greyhound Lines, the largest North American intercity bus company, has released a new 60-second commercial in which a fictional heavy metal band selects a Greyhound bus as its touring vehicle of choice. Dubbed "Tour In Style", the spot features the members of the group MÜTTONGÜT politely and graciou...

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Former CATHEDRAL Guitarist's DEATH PENALTY To Release Debut Album In September

When all is said and done, the art of making people bang their heads comes down to one central component: the riff. The riff has been refined and redefined so many times over the last four decades that ownership of a guitar and half a brain should be all that's required to at least have ...