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SUICIDAL TENDENCIES Confirmed For Australia's SOUNDWAVE FESTIVAL

Long-running Venice Beach thrash/punk band SUICIDAL TENDENCIES has been confirmed for Australia's Soundwave Festival 2007, which is set to kick off February 24 in Brisbane. Also scheduled to appear are DEFTONES, HATEBREED, EIGHTEEN VISIONS, (+44),THRICE, UNWRITTEN LAW and FLYLEAF, among others. The...

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Legendary Producer Teams With 'Ultimate KISS Fan' To Write/Record Tribute Song

Bob Brunson, the self-proclaimed "ultimate KISS fan" as seen on A&E's "Gene Simmons Family Jewels" program, has launched a fan-based songwriting project called "Friends With Painted Faces" and has enlisted Ron Nevison to produce. "KISS fans are extremely loyal, so there was certainly no shortage...

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'METAL' MIKE On GUNS N' ROSES Tour: 'It Felt Wonderful To Reach Over 700,000 People'

The fourth and last installment of guitarist "Metal" Mike Chlasciak's (HALFORD, PAINMUSEUM, SEBASTIAN BACH) diary from SEBASTIAN BACH's tour with GUNS N' ROSES has been posted online at www.jacksonguitars.com. An excerpt follows: "I have played four or five more shows on the off days from the GN'R t...

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SUPERCHRIST: 'Headbanger' Due This Spring

American heavy metal rockers SUPERCHRIST recently spent two weeks recording their fifth full-length album, entitled "Headbanger". Sessions took place in Manassas, Virginia, with engineer Matt Crooks (PHARAOH, TWISTED TOWER DIRE) manning the controls in his newly-renovated MCR Studios. Joining SUPERC...

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Ex-MEGADETH Guitarist MARTY FRIEDMAN: First European Solo Tour Dates Announced

Former MEGADETH guitarist Marty Friedman will embark on a European solo tour in April 2007. Joining Marty in his touring band will be guitarist Ron Jarzombek (WATCHTOWER),drummer Jeremy Colson and an as-yet-undetermined bassist. Confirmed dates so far are as follows: Apr. 01 - De Lantaarn - Hellend...

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KEEN OF THE CROW: Debut EP Out Now

KEEN OF THE CROW, the Southern California-based quintet featuring drummer Rhett Davis and bassist Justin Christian of renowned doom druids MORGION, has just released a three-song EP, entitled "Premonition", via Grau Records. Described as "a mixture of doom, death, and black metal yet eclectic in nat...

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SUICIDAL TENDENCIES: First Show Of 2007 Confirmed

Long-running Venice Beach thrash/punk band SUICIDAL TENDENCIES has announced its first live show of 2007 to coincide with the release of the group's as-yet-untitled new album. The band will be playing at the Artefact Festival in Strasbourg, France on April 29, 2007. More festival appearances will fo...

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GUNS N' ROSES Guitarist BUMBLEFOOT Discovers Pirate Metal Band SWASHBUCKLE

TalkingMetal.com has posted episode 116 of their "Talking Metal" podcast. In this episode, host Mark Strigl interviews SWASHBUCKLE, a pirate metal band "discovered" by GUNS N' ROSES guitarist Ron "Bumblefoot" Thal. Also interviewed is Q*Ball, president of SWASHBUCKLE's label, Bald Freak Records, and...

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Ex-MEGADETH Guitarist MARTY FRIEDMAN To Tour Europe In April

Former MEGADETH guitarist Marty Friedman's official web site has been updated with the following message: "As TV Tokyo's weekly 'Rock Fujiyama' [program featuring Marty] continues to score high in the ratings, Marty has now become a regular on Japan's NHK network as well. Aside from often appearing...

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SEBASTIAN BACH Guitarist METAL MIKE Reports On Madison Square Garden Show

The third installment of guitarist "Metal" Mike Chlasciak's (HALFORD, PAINMUSEUM, SEBASTIAN BACH) diary from the SEBASTIAN BACH tour with GUNS N' ROSES can now be found at this location. This special installment spotlights the November 10, 2006 date which found the tour at New York's legendary Madis...

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SEBASTIAN BACH: I'm Not This Crazy Drunk Guy You See On 'SuperGroup'

Darien Lomeli of the Chico Enterprise Record recently conducted an interview with former SKID ROW frontman Sebastian Bach. A few excerpts from the chat follow: On touring with GUNS N' ROSES: "For me, this whole tour is one gigantic highlight, because I have been trying to establish my name in the ey...

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GUNS N' ROSES Guitarist: 'Life's Too Damn Short To Be Upset About What You Don't Have'

GUNS N' ROSES guitarist Ron "Bumblefoot" Thal has issued a response to the news that the Italian GUNS N' ROSES fan site Gnronline.it has gone "on strike" to protest the lack of official information regarding the band and its long-awaited album, "Chinese Democracy". As previously reported, the Gnronl...

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Former EVANESCENCE Guitarist Destroys 'Fallen' Platinum Award; Video Available

A video has surfaced on YouTube this weekend that shows "American Idol" winner Kelly Clarkson riding in the back of a van with former EVANESCENCE guitarist Ben Moody and known adult filmmaker and singer for SOCIETY 1, Matt Zane, allegedly en route to "vandalize" EVANESCENCE singer Amy Lee's house. T...

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ROB ROCK To Enter Studio In January

Powerhouse heavy metal vocalist ROB ROCK (ex-IMPELLITTERI, DRIVER, JOSHUA) will enter the studio in January 2007 to begin recording his fourth solo album. "No album title has been decided yet but we are definitely planning a 2007 worldwide release," reads a posting on Rock's web site. "The songwriti...

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Photos From SLIPPED DISC In-Store Archives Posted Online

The makers of "Get Thrashed: The Story of Thrash Metal", the much-anticipated documentary profiling the thrash metal scene of the early Eighties and its impact on the music scene, have posted a gallery of Slipped Disc Records "in-store" archives, featuring photos of such artists as MEGADETH, SLAYER,...