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IRON MAIDEN Bassist's English Country House On The Market For $11 Million

IRON MAIDEN bassist Steve Harris has put his English country house on the market for £6,750,000 (approximately $10,805,000). Check out photos of the home at PrimeLocation.com, Zoopla.co.uk. A description of the property reads as follows: "Approached via a pretty country lane and private gated entran...

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Music From Another Dimension!

After Steven Tyler hopped into the hot seat as Simon Cowell's replacement on "American Idol", the subsequent public venting by Joe Perry made the prospect of a new AEROSMITH album (much less an album of all originals) pretty damned slim. Of course, their British counterparts Mick Jagger and Keith Ri...

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DIO DISCIPLES: New Audio Interview, Performance Footage Posted Online

Drummer Simon Wright (AC/DC, DIO, DIO DISCIPLES, UFO, RHINO BUCKET) was interviewed on the latest edition of "Rich Davenport's Rock Show". The program can be streamed using the Mixcloud player below. (Note: The Wright interview begins around the 18-minute mark.) Fan-filmed video footage of DIO DISCI...

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IRON MAIDEN's ADRIAN SMITH Talks PRIMAL ROCK REBELLION In Audio Interview

Envision Radio Networks' "Hangar 19" recently conducted an interview with IRON MAIDEN and PRIMAL ROCK REBELLION guitarist Adrian Smith. You can now listen to the chat using the audio player below. PRIMAL ROCK REBELLION, the project featuring Smith and SIKTH frontman Mikee Goodman, released its debut...

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DIO DISCIPLES: Pro-Shot Footage From U.K.'s BLOODSTOCK OPEN AIR Festival

Professionally filmed video footage of DIO DISCIPLES' August 10 performance at this year's edition of the Bloodstock Open Air festival at Catton Park, Derbyshire in the United Kingdom can be seen below. DIO DISCIPLES is the project featuring former DIO members Simon Wright (drums),Craig Goldy (guit...

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MEMORY GARDEN Re-Signs With METAL BLADE RECORDS

Metal Blade Records has announced the signing of MEMORY GARDEN, the Sweden-based doom metal band featuring former ABSKTRAKT ALGEBRA and current WOLF guitarist Simon Johansson. The group has jst completed recordings its as-yet-untitled new album for an early 2013 release. The CD is being mixed by acc...

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STONE TEMPLE PILOTS Singer Engaged To Photographer JAMIE WACHTEL

According to RollingStone.com, former VELVET REVOLVER and current STONE TEMPLE PILOTS singer Scott Weiland is engaged to his girlfriend of one year, photographer Jamie Wachtel. It will be his third marriage. "I am incredibly happy," says Weiland. "She is incredibly beautiful in every aspect of the w...

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THRESHOLD, DARKWATER, Ex-PAIN OF SALVATION Members Join Forces In ALPHA FLOOD

Past and present members of FROST, PAIN OF SALVATION, THRESHOLD, DARKWATER and the Neal Morse band have joined forces in ALPHA FLOOD. The idea for this project originated in the mind of Dec Burke, former vocalist and guitar player of FROST and DARWIN'S RADIO. "I had the desire to form a band that wo...

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SOLDIERFIELD: 'Leave You In Dirt' Video Released

"Leave You In Dirt", the new video from U.K. metallers SOLDIERFIELD, can be seen below. The song comes off the band's debut EP, "Bury The Ones We Love", which was released on October 29 via Metalbox Recordings. Drawing on influences from across the rock and metal spectrum, SOLDIERFIELD released an e...

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EXXILES: Trailer For Debut Album Available

After Mauricio Bustamente left REIGN OF THE ARCHITECT, he started work on his new multinational project called EXXILES. According to a press release, the band's debut CD "will reflect how sometimes we are exile in life by simple or great things when we are betrayed by something we believed in. At th...

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NIKKI SIXX's 'The Heroin Diaries' To Be Turned Into Broadway Play

MÖTLEY CRÜE bassist Nikki Sixx's memoir, "The Heroin Diaries: A Year In The Life Of A Shattered Rock Star", is being turned into a Broadway play. Sixx writes on his Facebook page, "We’re getting pretty far down the road. We hope for a late 2013 or early 2014 for it to open." "The Heroin Diaries: ...

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JASON BONHAM Says BLACK COUNTRY COMMUNION Should Tour With Session Guitarist

Jeb Wright of Classic Rock Revisited recently conducted an interview with drummer Jason Bonham (LED ZEPPELIN, BLACK COUNTRY COMMUNION, JASON BONHAM'S LED ZEPPELIN EXPERIENCE). A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Classic Rock Revisited: I think as we get older and we realize the importan...

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DIO DISCIPLES Interviewed On 'Iron City Rocks' Podcast (Audio)

The latest installment of the "Iron City Rocks" podcast (web site) features an interview with DIO DISCIPLES — the project featuring former DIO members Simon Wright (drums),Craig Goldy (guitar) and Scott Warren (keyboards). The podcast is now available for streaming using the audio player below. "Ir...

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GEOFF TATE On QUEENSRŸCHE Split: 'I Was Blindsided And I Didn't See It Coming'

Jeb Wright of Classic Rock Revisited recently conducted an interview with QUEENSRŸCHE singer Geoff Tate. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Classic Rock Revisited: With all the BS going on with your former bandmates, a great middle finger gesture to them would be for you to collaborate...

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DIO DISCIPLES Performs At Ripper Owens Tap House; Video Available

Fan-filmed video footage of DIO DISCIPLES — the project featuring former DIO members Simon Wright (drums),Craig Goldy (guitar) and Scott Warren (keyboards) — performing on November 11 at Ripper Owens Tap House in Akron, Ohio can be seen below. The group, which pays tribute to legendary heavy metal...