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TOOL's MAYNARD JAMES KEENAN Welcomes Baby Daughter

Maynard James Keenan (TOOL, A PERFECT CIRCLE, PUSCIFER) and his wife welcomed a new daughter named Lei Li Agostina Maria on Friday, July 25 at 7:19 p.m. The baby weighed in at 7 pounds and measured 19 inches. The news was revealed via PUSCIFER's Instagram account earlier today. Keenan has an 18-year...

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LED ZEPPELIN Reissue Program Continues With Deluxe Editions Of 'Led Zeppelin IV' And 'Houses Of The Holy'

The LED ZEPPELIN reissue campaign got off to a remarkable start in June as deluxe editions of "Led Zeppelin", "Led Zeppelin II" and "Led Zeppelin III" debuted in the top 10 of The Billboard 200 chart. The albums achieved similar international success with debuts near the top of the charts in more th...

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TOOL Guitarist On Band's New Music: 'We're Always On An Experimental Path'

TOOL guitarist Adam Jones recently spoke to U.K.'s Metal Hammer magazine about the band's long-awaited follow-up to 2006's "10000 Days". Asked how the new material is coming along and what kind of direction it is taking, Jones said: "We're always on an experimental path. We never think about what wo...

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Drummer CHRIS SLADE: Why I Left AC/DC

During a recent interview with Music Radar, former AC/DC drummer Chris Slade spoke about his departure from the band before the recording sessions for 1995's "Ballbreaker". "I'd been doing demos [for what was to become 'Ballbreaker'] with the guys in London for two months," Slade explained. "Mal [AC...

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TOOL's ADAM JONES, DANNY CAREY Explain New Album Delay

TOOL guitarist Adam Jones and drummer Danny Carey have revealed to RollingStone.com that the band has more than enough musical ideas for a new studio album, including one track that is nearly complete. The song in question is at least 10 minutes long and it "goes through lots of changes and it's got...

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TONY IOMMI Says He Would Like To Collaborate With TOM JONES

Legendary BLACK SABBATH guitarist Tony Iommi says that he would "like to do something with" Welsh singer Tom Jones — 26 years after such a collaboration was the subject of an April Fool's joke perpetrated by a British magazine. The spoof news story, which was published in Kerrang!'s April 1988 issue...

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SLASH, MIKE SHINODA Appear In New Short Film 'The Distortion Of Sound'

According to The Pulse Of Radio, LINKIN PARK's Mike Shinoda and Slash are two of the musicians who appear in a new documentary short film called "The Distortion Of Sound". The film explores how changes in music delivery systems have led to a transformation of the audio experience itself, with digita...

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KILLSWITCH ENGAGE's JESSE LEACH Says He Has Started Taking Vocals Lessons Again

KILLSWITCH ENGAGE singer Jesse Leach was interviewed on the June 29 edition of "The Louvau Show" on the 93.9 KWSS radio station in Scottsdale, Arizona. You can now listen to the chat using the SoundCloud widget below. (Note: The Leach interview begins around the nine-minute mark.) Speaking about hav...

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Legendary FOREIGNER Singer LOU GRAMM Speaks To YGTV (Video)

Host Michelle Spaziano of YGTV recently conducted an interview with legendary FOREIGNER singer Lou Gramm. You can now watch the chat below. Gramm recently revealed that he will get together with FOREIGNER leader, guitarist Mick Jones, later in the year to write new songs that will be made available...

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DEVIL YOU KNOW's JOHN SANKEY Speaks To GetYourRockOut At U.K.'s SONISPHERE (Video)

Felicity Hall of GetYourRockOut conducted an interview with DEVIL YOU KNOW drummer John Sankey at the U.K. edition of the Sonisphere festival, which was held July 4-6 at Knebworth Park in Hertfordshire. You can now watch the chat below. DEVIL YOU KNOW is the creative union of Howard Jones (ex-KILLSW...

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AEROSMITH's JOE PERRY: 'I Had Great Hopes Of GUNS N' ROSES Carrying The Torch'

In a brand new interview with USA Today, AEROSMITH guitarist Joe Perry praised the support act on the band's "Let Rock Rule" tour, ex-GUNS N' ROSES guitarist Slash, whose former band was once tipped to follow in the footsteps of their Massachusetts hard rock heroes. "I had great hopes of GUNS N' ROS...

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MARTY FRIEDMAN: 'Hyper Doom' Video Released

"Hyper Doom", the new video from former MEGADETH guitarist Marty Friedman, can be seen below. The song is taken from Marty's new solo album, "Inferno", which sold around 2,100 copies in the United States in its first week of release to debut at position No. 186 on The Billboard 200 chart. The CD was...

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FOREIGNER's MICK JONES Working On Biography-Documentary

FOREIGNER is pretty busy right now performing to capacity crowds on "The Soundtrack Of Summer" tour with STYX, but that's not the only thing the band is working on. Guitarist Mick Jones told VH1 Radio Network's Dave Basner about a big project he is helping out with. "There's sort of a biography-docu...

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Ex-FOREIGNER Singer LOU GRAMM Says He Will Get Together With MICK JONES In September To Work On New Music

Co-founding FOREIGNER frontman Lou Gramm says that he will get together with the band's leader, guitarist Mick Jones, later in the year to write new songs that will be made available on the two musicians' upcoming solo albums, both of which are expected to surface in 2015. "Sometime in September, Mi...

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DEVIL YOU KNOW's HOWARD JONES Speaks To U.K.'s JÄGERMEISTER At SONISPHERE (Video)

Former KILLSWITCH ENGAGE and current DEVIL YOU KNOW frontman Howard Jones was interviewed by Jägermeister at the U.K. edition of the Sonisphere festival, which was held July 4-6 at Knebworth Park in Hertfordshire. You can now watch the chat below. DEVIL YOU KNOW is the creative union of Howard Jones...