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TED NUGENT Backs Plans To Cull Deer In Illinois Neighborhood

Rocker Ted Nugent has spoken to Joseph Ryan of the Daily Herald about his offer to personally take care of North Barrington, Illinois' deer population after residents in the Wynstone Estates complained that deer were tearing up their landscaping. Nugent first came on the scene when a local trustee p...

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MACHINE HEAD's ROBERT FLYNN Gets Dissed By SLAYER's KERRY KING

MACHINE HEAD frontman Robert Flynn has posted another installement in his online "diary" at the group's official web site. An excerpt from the entry follows: "Played in Paris with SLIPKNOT and SLAYER. MASTODON opened the show, which was really cool. Hung with them for a while, really nice guys, drin...

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Singer JAMES RIVERA Says There Will Be A New HELSTAR Album

DISTANT THUNDER/HELSTAR frontman James Rivera recently spoke to Denmark's Antenna webzine about HELSTAR's recent European tour and his plans for the two groups. An excerpt from the interview follows: Antenna: It hardly comes as any secret that the concept of DISTANT THUNDER is derived directly from...

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ENTOMBED, CROWBAR, PRO-PAIN, THE MIGHTY NIMBUS To Team Up For U.S. Tour

Candlelight Records, in cooperation with Metal Maniacs and Revolver magazines, has announced its first label tour for the United States. Set to kick off February 7 at B.B. King's in New York, the tour will feature Stockholm's ENTOMBED, New Orleans' CROWBAR with Florida-based PRO-PAIN and Minnesota's...

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VELVET REVOLVER: Tensions On The Road Run High

VELVET REVOLVER guitarist Dave Kushner recently told Entertainment Weekly (EW.com) that the group's decision to do away with their drug-fueled lifestyle of the past doesn't necessarily equal stability. "You don't need drugs and alcohol to have drama," said Kushner. "Sometimes the absence of it makes...

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Search Continues For Missing GUNS N' ROSES Fan

BBC News is reporting that police are continuing to investigate the disappearance of a rock fan in Chicago, two years after she had travelled to the city for a concert. Kirsty Omerod (photo),22, from Newport, U.K. had travelled to the American city in November 2002 to watch GUNS N' ROSES. ...

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Ex-WAYSTED Guitarist Explains His Recording Approach

Ex-WAYSTED guitarist Paul Chapman has fired back at his former bandmates over their claim that Chapman's slow way of working in the studio would have prevented the group's new album, "Back From the Dead", from ever coming out. Writing to his official web site, Chapman said, "After reading [new WAYST...

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JIMI HENDRIX, ACE FREHLEY Guitars To Be Moved As Part of HARD ROCK's 'Top Of The Rock' Program

Hard Rock International, one of the most globally-recognized music, entertainment and dining brands, with a network of 117 signature Hard Rock Cafes in 45 countries, has selected Panalpina Inc., one of the world's leading forwarding and logistics service providers, to move guitars once played by roc...

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Hard Rock Musicians To Perform At Christmas Charity Event

Current and former members of QUIET RIOT, ZEBRA, NIGHT RANGER, DIO, W.A.S.P., YNGWIE MALMSTEEN, ENUFF Z'NUFF, GEEZER and SAVATAGE are among the musicians scheduled to take part in the 8th annual Rock 4 X-MAS Christmas charity event held on December 4 at Wildwood Bowl in Riverhead, NY. The concert wi...

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VELVET REVOLVER Singer Gets Political: Is GEORGE BUSH A Fascist?

VELVET REVOLVER singer Scott Weiland has released the following political statement on the eve of the U.S. presidential elections: "Ever since the fall of the Soviet Union there has been a lack of a balance of power. This lacking has created an environment whereas any American president — or 'two' p...

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ANTHRAX Guitarist Talks Politics, Touring With DIO

ANTHRAX guitarist Scott Ian has posted another installment of his regular online column, dubbed "Alpha Mail". A couple of excerpts follow: On upcoming presidential elections: "There have been three televised debates between Kerry and Bush and Kerry has won all three. And don't just think I'm being p...

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SCOTT WEILAND Slams CLASSIC ROCK Magazine Writer

VELVET REVOLVER frontman Scott Weiland has posted the following message on the group's web site: "To Jeffy: Just when I thought it was safe to go back into the shark-infested waters of the once respected world of rock and roll journalism, I meet Jeffy. At the end of the interview, I give him a rare...

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THE GATHERING: Tribute/Benefit CD Details Revealed

More details have been revealed about the upcoming tribute CD to late Arnoudt Pieters, featuring a previously unreleased track by THE GATHERING. Pieters, a former drummer of the CORDS and TELEFUNK, died on July 31 unexpectedly in the U.K. where he and his family had just moved to. THE GATHERING's co...

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NEAERA To Defy Categorization On Upcoming CD

Münster, Germany-based metalcore act NEAERA will enter Stage One Studios in Bühne, Germany in November with producer Andy Classen to record their debut album, tentatively due in early 2005 through Metal Blade Records. "We have taken some time to once more go over one or two passages in the lyrics an...

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SLIPKNOT's CRAIG JONES To Sit Out Part Of European Tour

SLIPKNOT's "samples and media" guy, Craig Jones #133 (a.k.a. #5),has been forced to sit out the early portion of the group's current European tour due to a "medical emergency." The band's official statement on the matter reads as follows: "We've made it thru 10 years without a member of SLIPKNOT mi...