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SCORPIONS Frontman: 'We Wanted To Come Out With This Album With A Global Message'

Jeb Wright of Classic Rock Revisited recently conducted an interview with SCORPIONS frontman Klaus Meine. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: Classic Rock Revisited: "Humanity - Hour 1" shows the SCORPIONS moving in a modern direction. Your last album, "Unbreakable", had a classic SCORPIONS s...

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Former HELLOWEEN Singer Says New AVANTASIA Album Is 'My Type Of Material'

Former HELLOWEEN frontman Michael Kiske has commented on his guest appearance on the third installment of EDGUY singer Tobias Sammet's AVANTASIA project, entitled "Lost in Space Part 1 and Part 2". Asked what the AVANTASIA project has been like this time around, Kiske replied, "I like it this time a...

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ANGRA Guitarist Discusses Early Musical Influences

Mark Kirby of eJazzNews recently conducted an interview with ANGRA guitarist Kiko Loureiro. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: eJazzNews: What was your childhood like? What type of family did you come from — poor, middle class, upper class? Kiko Loureiro: I come from a middle class family. M...

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EUROPE To Perform At Stockholm Amusement Park

On Saturday, August 25, Swedish hard rockers EUROPE will perform two songs at the Gröna Lund amusement park in Stockholm. The event will be broadcast live on TV4's "Sommarkrysset" show beginning at 8:00 p.m. EUROPE's latest music video, "Always the Pretenders", can be viewed below. The song comes of...

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THE DOORS' ROBBY KRIEGER Added To ULI JON ROTH's Sky Academy Concerts

Robby Krieger, legendary guitarist and songwriter for THE DOORS, will appear on one of this year's SKY ACADEMY concert as a guest of honor to play with ULI JON ROTH & FRIENDS. According to a posting on Roth's web site, "Last year's inspiring jam session with Robby and Uli at the UCLA featured ex...

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EDGUY Frontman Undergoes Appendix Surgery

EDGUY/AVANTASIA frontman Tobias Sammet recently underwent appendix surgery and is currently recovering in a German hospital. Sammet has confirmed via his official web site that SCORPIONS guitarist Rudolf Schenker and rock legend Alice Cooper will appear on the third installment of his AVANTASIA proj...

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MICHAEL Vs. RUDOLF SCHENKER Fistfight Report Dismissed As 'Total Fabrication'

UFO fan site www.strangers-in-the-night.com recently conducted an interview with Alan Walsh — a longtime Michael Schenker (ex-UFO guitarist) fan and close friend of Michael — regarding the cancellation of Schenker's recent U.K. dates and Michael's current state of mind. A couple of excerpts from the...

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MICHAEL SCHENKER GROUP: Remaining Dates On U.K. Tour Officially Cancelled

Legendary guitarist Michael Schenker's (MICHAEL SCHENKER GROUP, UFO, SCORPIONS) MySpace page has been updated with the following message: "Due to various mitigating circumstances that have conspired to derail the [U.K.] tour, it has been officially confirmed by a source close to MICHAEL SCHENKER GRO...

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EDGUY Frontman Is 'Proud' To Have ALICE COOPER And RUDOLF SCHENKER On New AVANTASIA CD

EDGUY frontman Tobias Sammet has confirmed via his official web site that SCORPIONS guitarist Rudolf Schenker and rock legend Alice Cooper will appear on the third installment of his AVANTASIA project, entitled "Lost in Space Part 1 and Part 2" (the "Scarecrow" working title has now apparently been...

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AVANTASIA To Play Next Year's WACKEN OPEN AIR Festival

EDGUY frontman Tobias Sammet announced at a press conference at Wacken Open Air earlier today that his solo project AVANTASIA will perform at next year's installment of the festival, set to take place July 31 - August 2, 2008 in Wacken, Germany. Also scheduled to appear are IRON MAIDEN (headliners),...

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METALLICA, SLAYER, QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE Confirmed For 'Guitar Hero III'

METALLICA's "One", SLAYER's "Raining Blood" and QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE's "3's and 7's" are among the newly confirmed tracks for the upcoming Activision title Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock. As previously reported, former GUNS N' ROSES and current VELVET REVOLVER guitarist Slash will provide an or...

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SCORPIONS: Video Interview With RUDOLF SCHENKER Available

A video interview with SCORPIONS guitarist Rudolf Schenker conducted on June 30, 2007 at Arrow Rock Festival 2007 in Biddinghuizen, Holland has been posted online at Toazted.com. A new EPK (Electronic Press Kit) for SCORPIONS' latest album, "Humanity - Hour 1", has been posted at this location (Quic...

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SCORPIONS: More North American Tour Dates Announced

Veteran German hard rockers SCORPIONS have scheduled the following North American tour dates: Aug. 25 - Shawinigan, Canada @ Site du Festival d'été, Shawinigan-Sud Aug. 26 - Toronto, Canada @ Molson Amphitheatre Aug. 28 - Ottawa, Canada @ LeBreton Festival Park Aug. 30 - Montreal, Canada @ Vieux-Por...

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SIGGI SCHWARZ And MICHAEL SCHENKER To Release 'Live Together 2004' CD

Two of Germany's greatest guitarists — Siggi Schwarz and Michael Schenker (ex-UFO, SCORPIONS) — will release the "Live Together 2004" CD on August 28 via MVD Audio. According to a press release Schwarz and Schenker "get together for a run through some amazing covers (as well as some Schenker-penned...

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THANATOS Pulls Out Of Italy's SOUTHXTREEMNOISE Festival

Long-running Dutch death/thrash metal band THANATOS has issued the following update: "Unfortunately THANATOS will not play the Southxtreemnoise Fest in Naples, Italy on August 4th. "Since the organiser/promoter all of a sudden can not live up to the agreements made in the contract which was signed b...