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AEROSMITH, MÖTLEY CRÜE: First U.S. Date Announced

Live Nation, the concert promotion company recently spun-off by radio giant Clear Channel, has confirmed via its web site that AEROSMITH and MÖTLEY CRÜE will be teaming up for a U.S. tour this fall. So far, only one date has been released: Saturday, September 23 at the Tweeter Center at the Waterfro...

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GENE SIMMONS Attends INDIANAPOLIS 500 Parade

KISS' official web site, KissOnline.com, has posted a photo of KISS bassist/vocalist Gene Simmons attending this past Saturday's (May 27) Indianapolis 500 parade. According to a posting on the site, Gene was well-received from the crowd of more than 300,000 as he waved and joked along the two-mile p...

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GORGOROTH: 'Ad Majorem Sathanas Gloriam' Cover Artwork Revealed

The cover artwork for GORGOROTH's new album, "Ad Majorem Sathanas Gloriam", has been posted online at this location. The CD is scheduled for release in Europe on June 19 via Regain Records and July 25 in the U.S. through Candlelight. Splitting studio time between Lydriket and Earshot Studios, GORGOR...

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EYES OF FIRE: 'It All Dies Today' Video To Receive 'Headbanger's Ball' Premiere

Orange County-based quintet EYES OF FIRE are currently annihilating crowds on the "One Nation Undivided" tour with ILL NINO, GOD FORBID, SILENT CIVILIAN and BLEED THE SKY. The Jagermeister-sponsored, 28-city major market assault, which kicked off on May 10 and runs through early June, is the group's...

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ALICE COOPER: More Details Revealed About North Dakota Honor

Rock icon Alice Cooper's six-month long North American tour just took a turn for the weird, as befitting a strange and illustrious career that has included accusations of throwing a live chicken into an audience at one of his shocking shows. A routine stop in Fargo, ND on May 15, 2006, has turned in...

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GREAT WHITE: Portraits Emerge Of Lives Lost In Second Day Of Nightclub Hearing

The Associated Press has issued the following report: Robert Reisner, the school bus driver who lived with his mother and was known as "Mr. Rob" to the students on his route, went to the concert. So did Scott Griffith, a California-born man and self-taught musician who headed out with a group of off...

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GODSMACK Drummer Explains New Album Title

In a recent interview with Live-Metal.net, GODSMACK drummer Shannon Larkin addressed the significance of the title of the band's new, chart-topping album "IV", the band's touring plans and more. Excerpts follow: Live-Metal.net: "Other than it obviously being the fourth GODSMACK album, is there any s...

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ANTHRAX Guitarist DAN SPITZ Says DIMEBAG Copied His Solos On 'Stomp 442'

Marko Syrjälä of Metal-Rules.com recently conducted an interview with ANTHRAX guitarist Dan Spitz. A few excerpts from the chat follow: Metal-Rules.com: [Did you fire] Joey [Belladonna, vocas] [in 1992] or did he [leave] by himself? Spitz: "We had just signed to Elektra, which was huge for us. Final...

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ZAKK WYLDE Hopes To Get New OZZY OSBOURNE Album Done In Time For OZZFEST

Guitar Player magazine (web site) recently conducted an exclusive interview with OZZY OSBOURNE guitarist/BLACK LABEL SOCIETY mainman Zakk Wylde for the cover story of its June 2006 issue. A few excerpts from the chat follow: Guitar Player: Now that Dime is gone, you're kind of "the guy." Zakk: "Ther...

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MASTODON: Cover Of METALLICA's 'Orion' Posted Online

MASTODON's cover of METALLICA's "Orion", which was recorded for the recently released Kerrang! magazine tribute to the METALLICA album "Master of Puppets", has been posted online at www.myspace.com/mastodon. Also available at the same location are pictures and videos from the recording sessions for...

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DEEP PURPLE Bassist Talks About Playing With IAN GILLAN At Royal Albert Hall

DEEP PURPLE bassist Roger Glover has posted the following message on his official web site: "Here we are in April and us usual I am surprised that the year is nearly a third over. Does everyone go through that? Then again, I have to acknowledge that I've been rather busy lately, to say ...

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The Ultimate Destroyer

You knew it would only get bloodier after Chicago's LAIR OF THE MINOTAUR (LOTM) hacked and stabbed with murderous metal rage and old school spirit on 2004's "Carnage". On "The Ultimate Destroyer", lyrical themes based on the savage end of Greek Mythology (with poetic license liberally taken) once ag...

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MASTODON Hope To Start Prog Revolution With 'Blood Mountain'

MTV.com is reporting that Atlanta-based metallers MASTODON are putting the finishing touches on their third album, "Blood Mountain", with Seattle-based producer Matt Bayles (ISIS, HORSE THE BAND). The CD will be mixed later in the month in New York by Rich Costey (AUDIOSLAVE, MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE). A...

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GODSMACK Drummer Talks About ANOTHER ANIMAL Side Project

Morley Seaver of antiMUSIC recently conducted an interview with GODSMACK drummer Shannon Larkin. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: antiMUSIC: The band has had great success with every release you've done. Is it difficult to think about if the record will live up to the lofty expectations of...

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ROSE TATTOO Guitarist Remembered As Loyal Mate At Sydney Funeral

The Sydney Morning Herald is reporting that musicians Angry Anderson, Jimmy Barnes and Jon Stevens were among the 150 friends and family who farewelled ROSE TATTOO guitarist Pete Wells at his Sydney funeral on Friday (March 31) Guests gathered at St Brendan's Church at Annandale, in Sydney's inner-w...