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DEF LEPPARD's JOE ELLIOTT Says Ideas Coming Together for New Album
DEF LEPPARD frontman Joe Elliott was recently asked by Noisecreep when fans can expect to hear new music from the group. "It's a case of like, if anybody's got any ideas, and I know they do because [bassist Rick Savage] already played me a couple of things," Elliott said. "I've played him a ...July 30, 2009
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HE IS LEGEND: 'It Hates You' First-Week Sales Revealed
"It Hates You", the third full-length album from the Wilmington, North Carolina post-hardcore band HE IS LEGEND, sold 3,800 copies in the United States in its first week of release to debut at position No. 126 on The Billboard 200 chart. he CD landed at position No. 4 on the Top New Artist Albums (H...July 29, 2009
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POISON Drummer, ODUM Frontman In Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Exhibition Video
In addition to his drumming duties in POISON, Rikki Rockett has another hobby that's not so usual among the mad and often controversial rock stars: a passion for jiu-jitsu. A vegan and animal-rights activist, Rockett holds a black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu. And shortly before hitting the road with...July 29, 2009
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DEF LEPPARD's ELLIOTT Clarifies POISON Potshots: 'My Belief Is That We're Better Than Them'
DEF LEPPARD frontman Joe Elliott has defended his band's decision to tour with POISON — a group that, just last year, he trashed in the media. Speaking to Noisecreep, Elliott explained, "I didn't say that [POISON's] music had no substance, I said that ours had more. That's a totally different thing....July 27, 2009
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IRON LAMB To Release EP Via NUCLEAR WINTER RECORDS
IRON LAMB — the new Stockholm, Sweden-based band formed by underground metal veterans Johan Wallin (GENERAL SURGERY, SCURVY, BOMBSTRIKE, ex-REPUGNANT),Grga Lindström (ex-REPUGNANT),Thomas Daun (DISMEMBER, ex-REPUGNANT, ex-INSISION) and Daniel Ekeroth (TYRANT, ex-INSISION, ex-DELLAMORTE, author of...July 23, 2009
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'METAL' MIKE CHLASCIAK: I 'No Longer Felt Comfortable' Being In SEBASTIAN BACH's Band
Guitarist "Metal" Mike Chlasciak (HALFORD, PAINMUSEUM) has released the following statement: "I would like to confirm that I am indeed no longer a sideman axe-slinger with [ex-SKID ROW] vocalist Sebastian Bach. My decision to depart is due to me feeling no longer comfortable on several professional...July 22, 2009
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EVERY TIME I DIE To Film 'Wanderlust' Video
Buffalo bruisers EVERY TIME I DIE will film a video for the track "Wanderlust" this coming weekend with director Chris Sims (PAPA ROACH, LAMB OF GOD, POISON THE WELL). The song comes off the band's new album, "New Junk Aesthetic", which is scheduled for release on September 15 via Epitaph Records. "...July 22, 2009
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IRON LAMB Schedules Live Debut
IRON LAMB — the new Stockholm, Sweden-based band formed by underground metal veterans Johan Wallin (GENERAL SURGERY, SCURVY, BOMBSTRIKE, ex-REPUGNANT),Grga Lindström (ex-REPUGNANT),Thomas Daun (DISMEMBER, ex-REPUGNANT, ex-INSISION) and Daniel Ekeroth (TYRANT, ex-INSISION, ex-DELLAMORTE, author of...July 22, 2009
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CHILDREN OF BODOM, DOKKEN Confirmed For Japan's LOUD PARK Festival
CHILDREN OF BODOM and DOKKEN have been confirmed for this year's installment of the Loud Park festival, set to take place October 17-18 at Makuhari Messe, a convention center in Japan located in the western region of Chiba Prefecture, close to Tokyo. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: Oc...July 21, 2009
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RICHIE KOTZEN To Release 'Peace Sign' In The Fall
Guitarist Richie Kotzen (ex-MR. BIG, POISON) will issue a new album called "Peace Sign" this fall. The exact release date for the effort will be announced soon. Richie Kotzen'd first-ever live DVD, "Bootlegged In Brazil", was released in Europe on December 5, 2008 via Frontiers Records. A perfect co...July 20, 2009
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NIKKI SIXX, BRET MICHAELS Featured In L.A. DODGERS' 'My Town' Campaign
MÖTLEY CRÜE bassist Nikki Sixx and POISON frontman Bret Michaels are among the celebrities whose faces can be seen on billboards around Los Angeles as part of the Los Angeles Dodgers' outdoor messaging campaign centered around the tagline "L.A. is my town." Other celebrities and movie characters who...July 18, 2009
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POISON Drummer Becomes First-Time Father
Congratulations are in order for POISON drummer Rikki Rockett and his wife Melanie Martel on the birth of their first child, Jude Aaron Rockett (see photo below). The baby boy was born July 14 at 4:31 a.m. He weighed in at seven pounds, four ounces and measured 21 inches long. POISON is currently on...July 16, 2009
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EVERY TIME I DIE: New Album Artwork, Track Listing Revealed
Buffalo bruisers EVERY TIME I DIE will release their fifth full-length album, "New Junk Aesthetic", on September 15 via Epitaph. The CD was recorded at an Anaheim, California studio with producer Steve Evetts (THE DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN, SEPULTURA, POISON THE WELL. The track listing for the CD is as...July 14, 2009
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Police Shuts Down Knoxville '10 For $10' Concert After Band, Crowd Turn On Bouncers
WBIR-TV, the NBC affiliate in Knoxville, Tennessee, reports that today's (Monday, July 13) "10 For $10" show at the city's Valarium venue — featuring POISON THE WELL, WAR OF AGES, TERROR, MADBALL and THIS IS HELL — was shut down after a fight broke out inside the concert and nearly a dozen people .....July 13, 2009
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Former DRIVE Singer DAVID TAYLOR Dead At 44
According to TheMusicsOver.com, David Taylor, the former lead vocalist for '80s hard rock band DRIVE, was killed in a road accident late last month. While driving along a San Antonio interstate on June 25, Taylor lost control of his vehicle after a tire blew out, causing him to crash. He was airlift...July 10, 2009
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