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DEF LEPPARD Drummer On RAVEN DRUM FOUNDATION

Metal Edge correspondent Gail Flug spoke with DEF LEPPARD drummer Rick Allen about his side project, the Raven Drum Foundation, the California-based organization which encourages trauma survivors to heal healing through drum circles. A couple of excerpts follows. Metal Edge: How and when did you fin...

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THE ROTTED Announces New Bassist

The UK's THE ROTTED (formerly GOREROTTED) has issued the following update: "THE ROTTED are pleased to announce their new bassist as none other than The Reverend Trudgill, former frontman of eccentric British Metal loons SCREAMIN' DAEMON. The Church Of Daemonology founder has already played two festi...

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GREAT WHITE: 'Rockline' Appearance Available For Streaming

California rockers GREAT WHITE performed live on the nationally syndicated radio show "Rockline", hosted by Bob Coburn, on Wednesday, August 13. The program is now available for streaming at this location. Fan-filmed video footage of GREAT WHITE performing the song "Back to the Rhythm" on July 11, 2...

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NAPALM DEATH Completes Recording Drums For New Album

UK's legendary grindcore masters NAPALM DEATH are currently recording their new album, "Time Waits For No Slave", with producer Russ Russell. Drums have been tracked at Parlour Studios in Kettering and guitars, bass and vocals will be done at Foel Studios in Wales. The band will then return to Parlo...

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SLIPKNOT, LINKIN PARK Among MTV VMAs 'Best Rock Video' Nominees

SLIPKNOT and LINKIN PARK are among the nominees in the "Best Rock Video" category at this year's MTV Video Music Awards. The event, hosted by British comic and "Forgetting Sarah Marshall" co-star Russell Brand, will be broadcast live at 9 p.m. on September 7 from the legendary Paramount Pictures Stu...

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LOWBROW: More European Tour Details Available

The original lineup of the Florida-based death metal band LOWBROW will reunite for a European tour to take place between October 30 and November 9. The trek, which will conclude with an appearance at the Deathomania Festival in Adelsheim, Germany, will include support from BLOODWRAITH from Belgium a...

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DUSKMACHINE To Enter Studio In October

Guitarist Nikolai Wurk of DUSKMACHINE, the Canadian/German thrash metal band featuring PRIMAL FEAR/ex-ANNIHILATOR drummer Randy Black and former ANNIHILATOR bassist Russell Bergquist, has issued the following update: "I just wanted to give you a quick info about the status of our next album: so far,...

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POISON Singer BRET MICHAELS: 'I Don't Wanna Fight JOE ELLIOTT'

POISON singer Bret Michaels spoke to the nationally syndicated rock radio show "The Tour Bus" (web site) about his band's ongoing war of words with DEF LEPPARD singer Joe Elliott over Elliott's comments at a June 6 press conference at the Sweden Rock Festival, in which Joe said bands like POISON and...

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WARRANT: Clearfield Performance Footage Posted Online

Fan-filmed video footage of reunited '80s hard rockers WARRANT performing the song "I Saw Red" on August 1, 2008 at the Clearfield County Fair in Clearfield, Pennsylvania can be viewed below. WARRANT's tour with CINDERELLA, LYNCH MOB and LYNAM was cancelled after CINDERELLA frontman Tom Keifer's lef...

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THE SENSELESS Announces New Drummer

THE SENSELESS, the UK extreme project led by THE BERZERKER bassist Sam Bean, has tapped Leon Macey (MITHRAS) to lay down the drum tracks for the band's sophomore album, "The Floating World". "It was sad to let Fruity Loops go," said Sam, "but Leon can both outdrink and outgrind Fruity. I swore I'd n...

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PEARL JAM, NINE INCH NAILS, Others Press For Presidential Debate On New Orleans

The Pulse of Radio reports: A number of musical acts, including PEARL JAM, R.E.M., OK GO, NINE INCH NAILS main man Trent Reznor and Jackson Browne have united to try and persuade the Republican and Democratic candidates for President to have a debate in New Orleans about the restoration and recovery...

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NAPALM DEATH Bassist Checks In From The Studio

Bassist Shane Embury of the British grindcore pioneers NAPALM DEATH has issued the following update: "Well, today is the first day in the studio laying down drum tracks for our new album. After all the initial tuning and setting up of the drums, we managed to get four drum tracks down which is a gre...

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MÖTLEY CRÜE: Guitar Center Press Conference Highlights Available

MÖTLEY CRÜE held a press conference on July 31, 2008 to announce the launch of "Guitar Center On-Stage" — Your Chance To Make Rock History. Check out highlights from the event below. Photos can be found at Getty Images. Continuing its commitment to the support of aspiring artists, Guitar Center and...

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RIKKI ROCKETT To JOE ELLIOTT: 'You Need To Shut The F**k Up! No More Talkin' S**t'

POISON drummer Rikki Rockett has threatened DEF LEPPARD singer Joe Elliott with a beatdown following Elliott's recent onstage outburst in which Joe reportedly called Rockett a "fucking idiot [who has] never seen a good band before." In a brand new posting in the blog section of his MySpace page, Roc...

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MÖTLEY CRÜE Announces Partnership With GUITAR CENTER

Continuing its commitment to the support of aspiring artists, Guitar Center and MÖTLEY CRÜE announced today the launch of "Guitar Center On-Stage" — Your Chance To Make Rock History. "Guitar Center On-Stage" and the world's most notorious rock band will provide one up-and-coming band the ultimate, c...