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SOULFLY Frontman And Manager Are 'Very Loving People': New Bassist

Bobby Burns (PRIMER 55, BEAUTIFUL) has confirmed via on online posting that he is currently rehearsing with SOULFLY mainman Max Cavalera as the group's temporary bassist following the sudden departure of Marcello D. Rapp, drummer Roy Mayorga, and guitarist Mike Doling. The revamped band, who are com...

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DAVE LEE ROTH Postpones Remaining Tour Dates

Former VAN HALEN frontman Dave Lee Roth has postponed all his remaining concerts indefinitely. "It's due to medical reasons," Colyn Bohan, assistant to the vice president of Fantasma Productions, Roth's booking agency, told Southwest Florida's News-Press.com. Bohan would not discuss what is ailing t...

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Update: SOULFLY's New (Temporary?) Lineup Revealed

SOULFLY mainman Max Cavalera will be joined by guitarist Marc Rizzo (ex-ILL NINO),drummer Joe Nunez (who played on the group's "Primitive" release and subsequent world tour),and bassist Bobby Burns (ex-PRIMER 55 guitarist) at the group's live appearances in California and Arizona, scheduled to tak...

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Update: Florida Officials Trying To Prevent 'Suicide Show'

Tampa's Bay News 9 is reporting that controversy continues to surround a rock concert, in which a band is promoting a "live on stage" suicide at the State Theatre (photo) in St. Petersburg. On Thursday (September 18),the owner of the venue met with St. Petersburg police, who along with city leaders...

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Former ILL NINO Members Join Forces In CORETEZ

Former ILL NINO members Roger Vasquez (guitar) and Marc Rizzo (percussion) have joined forces in CORETEZ, a new project that is currently "experimenting and demoing songs" at Hell studios in New Jersey with producer Adam Hornyak. CORETEZ's music is "a mix with the new and the old," according to a po...

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Band's Plan For Onstage Suicide Is Investigated

An industrial rock band's claim that they will feature a "live suicide" onstage during a St. Petersburg gig next month has gotten the attention of the concert hall's owners and police, according to Mitch Stacy of the Associated Press. The Tampa group, HELL ON EARTH, said on their web site that a ter...

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Mother Admits She Removed GREAT WHITE Guitarist's Crosses From The Station Site

A woman who lost her daughter in The Station nightclub fire took responsibility Tuesday (September 16) for pulling crosses dedicated to GREAT WHITE guitarist Ty Longley from the site of the blaze, according to the Providence Journal. Diane Mattera, of Warwick, said she took Longley's crosses down be...

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'MTV2 Headbanger's Ball' CD Track Listing Announced

The complete track listing has been announced for the first-ever "MTV2 Headbanger's Ball" album, due on October 7 through Roadrunner Records. The "MTV2 Headbanger's Ball" album will feature 40 tracks on 2 CDs for the cost of just one. The first disc will feature "unit movers" from the hard rock scen...

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Money Talks

Following the reissue of the Californian speedcore merchants benchmark debut album "Convicted", there is some debate over whether that or follow-up "Money Talks" is the better of the two. Beyond the sonic rage factor to be taken into consideration, the artwork is certainly superior on 1987's "Money...

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40 BELOW SUMMER: Single Posted Online, Band To Tour With MUSHROOMHEAD

40 BELOW SUMMER's new single, "Self Medicate", is available for listening at this location. The band's new album, "The Mourning After", is set for an October 28 release through Razor & Tie Records. A video for the single is currently in the works, with a late September completion date planned. 4...

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Former MACHINE HEAD Guitarist Says His 'Dictatorship' Comment Was A Misquote

Former MACHINE HEAD guitarist Ahrue Luster (currently in ILL NINO) has released a statement in response to MACHINE HEAD drummer Dave McClain's post regarding Luster's previous characterization of the decision-making process in MH as "a Robb Flynn dictatorship." Speaking to Metal Hammer magazine for...

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MACHINE HEAD Drummer Slams Former Guitarist Over 'Dictatorship' Comment

MACHINE HEAD drummer Dave McClain has responded to the comments made by his former bandmate, guitarist Ahrue Luster (currently in ILL NINO),regarding the decision-making process in Luster's previous group. Speaking to Metal Hammer magazine for its current issue, Luster said, "I've known [the ILL NI...

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THUNDERSTONE Begin Mixing Sophomore Album

Finnish melodic power metallers THUNDERSTONE have commenced the mixing process for their sophomore album, "The Burning", at Finnvox Studios with Mikko Karmila (NIGHTWISH, CHILDREN OF BODOM). The follow-up to last year's "Thunderstone" was recorded at Sonic Pump Studios in Helsinki with producer/guit...

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AHRUE LUSTER: 'MACHINE HEAD Is A ROBB FLYNN Dictatorship!'

Former MACHINE HEAD and current ILL NINO guitarist Ahrue Luster recently spoke to Metal Hammer magazine about adjusting to his new gig after leaving his previous band. "I've known [the ILL NINO] guys a long time," said Luster. "MACHINE HEAD did two tours with them, and I actually had more fun hangin...

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Times Online: FRED DURST's Time Is Running Out

John Mulvey of Times Online reports that LIMP BIZKIT frontman "Fred Durst may not be as stupid as he looks, but as the wheels come off the nu-metal bandwagon, time is running out for its foremost figure. "When Fred Durst and his band LIMP BIZKIT were booed off stage at a Chicago festival in July, .....