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Report: Heavy Metal Adopts Political, Social Messages In New Millennium

Justin M. Norton of the Associated Press has issued the following report: Heavy metal singer Chris Barnes didn't know what people would think of the anti-war song "Amerika the Brutal" he wrote after his cousin deployed to Iraq in 2003. He heard a number of complaints — but also received supportive e...

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SCORPIONS To Release New Album Next May

Veteran German hard rockers SCORPIONS have posted the following message on their official web site: "We are looking forward to the Wacken [Open Air] show where we are going to play with our old friends, Michael [Schenker], Uli [Jon Roth] and Hermann [Rarebell]. This is going to be a very special eve...

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BRAND NEW SIN: Acoustic Version Of 'Crank It Up' Available On WWE.com

Yesterday, WWE.com — the official website of World Wrestling Entertainment, and one of the Internet's most popular destinations for young males — posted its first-ever exclusive live music stream, an acoustic performance by the New York-based rock band BRAND NEW SIN. The group recently joined WWE mu...

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BULLETBOYS 'Semi-Reunion' In The Works

As part of his month-long Bananiversary Celebration, rock 'n' roll comic C.C. Banana spoke with singer Marq Torien about the current state of the BULLETBOYS as well as Marq's recently completed new album. A few excerpts from the interview follow: C.C. Banana: What is the present status of the BULLET...

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A band of competent sidemen who had a shit-kickin' good time in the '70s without ever actually, you know, writing much of a song, CACTUS recently reunited to do more of the same. With SAVOY BROWN frontman Jimmy Kunes replacing the deceased Rusty Day, the core of the band — drummer Carmine Appice, ba...

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METALLICA Members Are Among 'The Biggest Wusses … Ever!'

METALLICA has made Blender magazine's list of the "The 25 Biggest Wusses … Ever!" The list, which was published in the magazine's July 200 issue, "salutes the most awesomely wimpy musicians of all time." In the short write-up explaining METALLICA's inclusion on the list, the Blender editors state, "...

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TRIVIUM Drummer: 'METALLICA Could Touch A Pile Of Junk And I'd Go Out And Buy It'

David Glessner of the San Antonio Express-News recently conducted an interview with TRIVIUM drummer Travis Smith. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: On the band's influences: "Everyone in the band is into metal, but everyone gets the melody from different influences like QUEEN, THE EAGLES an...

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ARCH ENEMY Singer Sounds Off On Vocal Technique, Early Influences And Being A Vegetarian

ARCH ENEMY frontwoman Angela Gossow has posted the following message on her official MySpace page: "I get so many wonderful messages every day it is almost overwhelming. I am sorry, but it is impossible to answer them all.. So I have collected the most frequently asked questions and will answer them...

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DISTURBED: New Audio Interview With DAN DONEGAN Posted Online

A five-minute audio interview with DISTURBED guitarist Dan Donegan, conducted earlier this month by Steve Black of Detroit's WRIF 101.1 FM, has been posted online at this location (Windows Media). The video for DISTURBED's cover of the GENESIS hit "Land Of Confusion", directed by renowned comic arti...

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NIKKI SIXX, DJ ASHBA Team Up To Launch FUNNY FARM Studios

According to a posting on former BEAUTIFUL CREATURES guitarist DJ Ashba's official web site, Ashba and MÖTLEY CRÜE bassist Nikki Sixx have teamed up as songwriting partners to launch Funny Farm Studios — an "amazing state-of-the-art facility which includes three full-service studios and an amazing p...

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DEF LEPPARD's PHIL COLLEN Is Latest PETA Celebrity Spokesperson

World Entertainment News Network is reporting that DEF LEPPARD guitarist Phil Collen is the latest celebrity spokesperson for animal rights group People For The Ethical Treatment Of Animals (PETA). Collen hasn't eaten meat for 20 years and several of his band members are vegetarians. Collen tells PE...

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NIKKI SIXX: 'What Doesn't Kill You Makes You Stronger'

MÖTLEY CRÜE bassist Nikki Sixx has posted the following message in his online diary: "I haven't had the heart to post for a long time. I think it's been pretty obvious why [referring to the fact that his wife, Donna, recently filed for divorce after nine years of marriage — Ed.]. I've just been focu...

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DISTURBED: 'Land Of Confusion' Video Available Online

The video for DISTURBED's cover of the GENESIS hit "Land Of Confusion", directed by renowned comic artist Todd McFarlane, has been posted online at Music.AOL.com. The memorable GENESIS clip used eerie puppets to poke fun at figures such as Ronald Reagan, and DISTURBED singer David Draiman told Launc...

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MANOWAR Singer's Hunting, Fishing DVD Emphasizes Conservation, Safety

Bowhunting, fishing, waterfowl, wild boars and conservation rarely meet in a single setting. But that is exactly what viewers of the new outdoors DVD, "Wild Life and Wild Times" experience. "The idea was to take a few years worth of outdoor adventures and condense into one fun, action packed and edu...

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METALLICA: All Nine 'Escape From The Studio '06' Concerts Available For Download

According to a posting on METALLICA's official web site, all nine shows from the band's recent European "Escape From The Studio '06" tour are now available for download via the LiveMetallica.com web site. "Check out Berlin with the first-ever performance of 'The New Song' or maybe Donington, which i...