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MEGADETH: 'We'll Be Back' Actor Says Making Video Was 'Unique' Experience

MEGADETH bassist James LoMenzo recently talked with Gustavo Marques de Andrade about his experience as an actor during the making of the band's latest music video, "We'll Be Back". Check out the short discussion below. "We'll Be Back" is taken from MEGADETH's sixteenth studio album, "The Sick, The D...

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DEAD KENNEDYS' Iconic Debut 'Fresh Fruit For Rotting Vegetables' Gets Remix Treatment

DEAD KENNEDYS' classic 1980 album "Fresh Fruit For Rotting Vegetables" has been remixed from the original multitrack tapes by Chris Lord-Alge (Chaka Khan, GREEN DAY, Bruce Springsteen). The band's debut album (original release date: September 2, 1980) is politically incendiary while also wholly musi...

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DAVID ELLEFSON And ADAM DUCE Jam Rock/Metal Classics With THE MERKINS At Northern California Bar: Photos, Video

David Ellefson (MEGADETH), Adam Duce (MACHINE HEAD), Phil Demmel (VIO-LENCE, MACHINE HEAD), Marta Demmel (BLEEDING THROUGH) and Wayne Lozinak (HATEBREED) are among the musicians who took part in a jam by the hard rock/heavy metal covers band THE MERKINS this past Sunday, July 3 at Dem...

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MEGADETH Releases Video Recap Of German Shows From Summer 2022 European Tour

An official video recap of MEGADETH's recent shows in Germany can be seen below. MEGADETH will release its highly anticipated sixteenth studio album, "The Sick, The Dying… And The Dead!", on September 2 via UMe. Featuring twelve new tracks, "The Sick, The Dying… And The Dead!" will be made available...

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SKID ROW's DAVE 'SNAKE' SABO Praises New Singer ERIK GRÖNWALL: 'It's So Exciting To See Where It's Going'

Dave "Snake" Sabo has praised SKID ROW's new singer Erik Grönwall, saying that the first song the band released with the ex-H.E.A.T. vocalist had received a much better response than he had anticipated. Grönwall, who auditioned for the competition show "Swedish Idol" back in 2009 by singing a cover...

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Watch: SEBASTIAN BACH Sings KISS's 'Watchin' You' With COUNT'S 77 In Las Vegas

Former SKID ROW singer Sebastian Bach joined COUNT'S 77 on stage this past Saturday, July 2 at Count's Vamp'd in Las Vegas, Nevada to perform a cover of the KISS classic "Watchin' You". Video of his appearance can be seen below (courtesy of Izzy Presley). COUNT'S 77 is fronted by Danny "The Count" K...

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Y&T's DAVE MENIKETTI Is 'Doing Well And Happy To Be Finally Finishing' Radiation Therapy Treatment In Prostate Cancer Battle

Y&T frontman Dave Meniketti, who went public with his prostate cancer battle in February, is continuing to undergo radiation therapy treatment. On Monday (July 4),he took to the band's social media to issue the following update on his condition: "Thought I'd chime in for a rare post on social m...

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DAVID LEE ROTH Is 'Holding Up' VAN HALEN Tribute Project, Says Radio Personality EDDIE TRUNK

David Lee Roth is the main reason the proposed all-star VAN HALEN tribute project has yet to move forward, according to SiriusXM radio personality Eddie Trunk. No progress has been reported on a possible VAN HALEN tribute concert since April when former METALLICA bassist Jason Newsted revealed to Th...

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JEFF KEITH Explains Why TESLA Decided To Perform New Single 'Time To Rock' Live Before Song's Official Release

In a new interview with the "Metal From The Inside" podcast, TESLA vocalist Jeff Keith discussed the band's decision to debut its new single, "Time To Rock" during a live performance in early June — weeks before the song's official release. "We wanted to play it live for our hometown crowd," he expl...

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Watch: GLENN TIPTON Rejoins JUDAS PRIEST On Stage At BARCELONA ROCK FEST

JUDAS PRIEST was rejoined by guitarist Glenn Tipton on stage during the band's concert Saturday night (July 2) at the Barcelona Rock Fest at the Parc de Can Zam in Santa Coloma de Gramenet, just twenty minutes from the center of Barcelona, Spain. As he has done a number of other times over the cours...

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Watch JOE LYNN TURNER Perform RAINBOW Classics At Finland's TUSKA Festival

Fan-filmed video of Joe Lynn Turner's July 2 performance at the Tuska festival in Helsinki, Finland can be seen below. A couple of years ago, Turner once again slammed his former bandmate Ritchie Blackmore for the guitarist's decision to go out and perform classic DEEP PURPLE and RAINBOW material wi...

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ABBA's BENNY ANDERSSON Covers FOO FIGHTERS' 'Learn To Fly' In Response To DAVE GROHL's T-Shirt

ABBA's Benny Andersson has shared a piano cover of FOO FIGHTERS' "Learn To Fly" in response to Dave Grohl wearing an ABBA shirt on stage at Glastonbury over the weekend. The FOO FIGHTERS frontman sported a black top that had the gold ABBA logo printed on it when he joined Paul McCartney during the l...

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MEGADETH's DAVE MUSTAINE Blasts 'Lazy' Bands Who Rely On Pre-Recorded Tracks During Live Performances

MEGADETH's Dave Mustaine has blasted "lazy" bands who rely on pre-recorded tracks during their live performances. In recent years, more and more bands have been given a pass for using backing tracks, drum triggers and other assorted technology that makes concerts more synthetic but also more consist...

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MEGADETH's DAVE MUSTAINE Says It Was 'Time' To 'Move On' From DAVID ELLEFSON

Dave Mustaine says that "there had been enough stuff that had led up to" his decision to fire bassist David Ellefson from MEGADETH last year. Ellefson's exit from the band came in May 2021, just days after sexually tinged messages and explicit video footage involving him were posted on Twitter. At t...

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If anyone is dishing out medals for commitment to the cause, MUNICIPAL WASTE should be near the front of the queue. For the last two decades, the Richmond, VA thrashers have stuck deliriously to their guns, toured anywhere and everywhere, and been widely hailed as a guaranteed good night out as a re...