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SEVENDUST Drummer Remembers DIMEBAG: Video Available

Thursday (December 8) marked the one year anniversary of the death of former PANTERA and DAMAGEPLAN guitarist "Dimebag" Darrell Abbott. Darrell, along with three other people, was viciously gunned down at a club in Ohio. Dimebag is missed by his fans and by his fellow bands. SEVENDUST's Morgan Rose,...

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MARILYN MANSON: 'Lest We Forget' Certified Gold

MARILYN MANSON's "best of" collection, "Lest We Forget", has been certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for shipments in excess of 500,000 copies. Manson recently told MTV.com that he's been writing and recording his still-untitled sixth LP in two different Californi...

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SEVENDUST To Perform On 'The Mancow Show'

SEVENDUST will be making two national radio appearances on Monday, October 24. That morning they'll appear live on "The Mancow Show" from the program's Chicago studio starting at 9:00 a.m. CT. They'll be performing three songs from their latest effort, "Next", and answering questions from host Manco...

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EYEHATEGOD And BYZANTINE Confirmed For TENNESSEE METAL & HARDCORE FESTIVAL

EYEHATEGOD and BYZANTINE are among the acts confirmed to appear at this year's edition of the Tennessee Metal & Hardcore Festival, set to be held Saturday, June 18 at the Kingsport Civic Auditorium in Kingsport, TN. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: ACCURSED DAWN AFTERNOON AT THE AU...

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SEVENDUST Dedicate 'Angel's Son' To DIMEBAG, Perform PANTERA Cover

SEVENDUST dedicated their song "Angel's Son" in memory of "Dimebag" Darrell Abbott, as well as the other victims of the Alrosa Villa shootings, during a headlining performance in Columbus Sunday (Dec. 12). Commented Adam Schneider of local radio station 99.7 The Blitz, "I have never heard a more pow...

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SEVENDUST's MORGAN ROSE Voted No. 1 Metal Drummer By MODERN DRUMMER Magazine

SEVENDUST's Morgan Rose was honored with the No. 1 Metal Drummer and No. 1 Recorded Performance awards by the Modern Drummer magazine, according to a posting on the group's web site. In other news, Red Sox center fielder Johnny Damon, who has seen the Atlanta-based band at gigs everywhere from Maine...

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SEVENDUST: Acoustic CD Details Revealed

SEVENDUST have finalized the track listing for their upcoming acoustic live live CD/DVD, "Southside Double-Wide Acoustic Live", due on May 4 through TVT Records. Recorded and filmed at The Georgia Theater in Athens, GA, the set contains many of the band's greatest hits, including "Bitch", "Too Close...

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SEVENDUST Singer: 'We're Still One Of The Heaviest-Hitting Bands Around'

SEVENDUST singer Lajon Witherspoon recently addressed complaints from some fans that his band failed to stay true to their heavy metal ethics by showing a more melodic dimension on their latest CD, "Seasons". Speaking to The Columbian, Witherspoon said, "People can say whatever, but SEVENDUST is sti...

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SEETHER Singer On EVANESCENCE's AMY LEE: 'We Are Together'

SEETHER singer and guitarist Shaun Morgan recently strolled down the red carpet at the American Music Awards with his girlfriend, EVANESCENCE singer Amy Lee, in full view of the media. Morgan told Launch why they took that stroll. "It was intended to lay some rumors to rest that involved Amy and I,...

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SEVENDUST Finalize Acoustic Tour Dates

SEVENDUST have finalized the dates for their 14-date acoustic tour in support of their upcoming album, "Seasons". The trek will kick off September 3 in Chicago, and each stop will also include a listening party for the new set and a Q&A with band members. The fan deemed to have asked the best qu...

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SEVENDUST Singer Says He Hopes BUSH Won't Get Re-Elected

SEVENDUST frontman Lajon Witherspoon recently shared his views on the war in Iraq with KNAC.com. "It's such a scary time right now. I'm not a hater, but with [President] Bush I can never understand what he's saying," he said. "He doesn't tell me very much. I just hate it though. I hate the fact that...

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Reward Offered For Clues In Shooting Death Of SEVENDUST Kin

Nashville Crime Stoppers is offering a reward of $1000 cash for clues called in to 74-CRIME that help solve this murder of twenty-three year old Reginald Witherspoon, brother of SEVENDUST frontman Lajon Witherspoon. On Saturday, November 9 2002, Reginald Witherspoon was shot to death in the Parkway...

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SEVENDUST's JOHN CONNOLLY: 'LAJON Is One Of The Strongest people I Know'

SEVENDUST guitarist John Connolly says that the group's singer, Lajon Witherspon, is handling the recent death of his brother, Reginald, extremely well and is being helped tremendously by the support of all the fans who have attended the band's shows in the past couple of weeks since they'd returned...

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SEVENDUST Resume Touring Following Family Shooting Death

SEVENDUST are set to resume their U.S. tour Thursday night (Nov. 14) in Syracuse, New York. The band missed dates when vocalist Lajon Witherspoon left to attend to family matters after the murder of his brother Reginald Witherspoon Saturday night (Nov. 9) in Nashville. ...

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SEVENDUST Family Shooting Death: The Official Police Account

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: The man fatally shot Saturday night in his car at the intersection of Neill Avenue and Smiley Street is identified as Reginald Witherspoon, 23, of Marina Street. The investigation indicates that Witherspoon pulled up to three young black men on Smiley Street at around 8:30 p.m...