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WARGASM To Perform Acoustic Set On WAAF's 'Bay State Rock'

Boston's legendary thrashers WARGASM will take part in a four-song acoustic performance on Sunday, August 31 on WAAF's "Bay State Rock" show with Carmelita. The performance will also include members of STEEL ASSASSIN and GOZU and will feature original WARGASM songs as well as NWOBHM classics. The pr...

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AEROSMITH Crowns 'Guitar Hero' Champion in Boston

Spin magazine reports: With the astounding score of 398,000, Eric Miller blew away his rivals on stage [Monday] night in Boston, winning the booty in the Guitar Hero: Aerosmith ROCKS the Hard Rock competition. His prize? One rather stylish motorcycle signed by AEROSMITH's Steve Tyler himself. But th...

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MACHINE HEAD: New Video Interview With DAVE MCCLAIN Available

Metal Til Death conducted an interview with MACHINE HEAD drummer Dave McClain on August 17 at the Nissan Pavilion in Bristow, Virginia (where the band was performing as part of the Rockstar Mayhem Energy Festival tour). Watch the chat in two parts below. McClain recently spoke to the Artisan News Se...

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BLACK LABEL SOCIETY Bassist Schedules Clinic Tour

John "JD" DeServio, renowned bass virtuoso for legendary hard-rock veterans BLACK LABEL SOCIETY and new personal project CYCLE OF PAIN on Reform Records, will take part in a free clinic tour for Sam Ash and Daddy's Junky Music stores. Known for his aggressive, versatile style of playing, DeServio wi...

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EXTREME: More European Tour Dates Announced

Reunited Boston hard rockers EXTREME have scheduled the following European tour dates: Sep. 13 - Milan, Italy - Rock of Ages Festival Oct. 29 - Lisbon, Portugal - Coliseum Oct. 31 - Madrid, Spain - La Riviera Nov. 01 - Bilbao, Spain - Rockstar Nov. 03 - Tilburg, Netherlands - O13 Nov. 04 - Paris, .....

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AEROSMITH Frontman Takes Part In 'Boston Rock Ride'; Video Available

AEROSMITH frontman Steven Tyler took part in the first annual Boston Rock Ride for on Sunday, August 24. Tyler headed up this 15-mile escorted charity ride of 1500 motorcyclists into downtown Boston. At the end of the ride, participants enjoyed live music, courtesy of ERNIE AND THE AUTOMATICS and le...

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JOHN 5: Footage From Hollywood Clinic Posted Online

GuitarCenterTV has posted video footage of ROB ZOMBIE/ex-MARILYN MANSON guitarist John 5's June 5, 2008 clinic in Hollywood, California. Check it out at this location. Fan-filmed video footage of the event can be viewed below. John 5 has scheduled the following East Coast clinics: Sep. 08 - Sam Ash...

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MACHINE HEAD Drummer On Touring With METALLICA: 'We Couldn't Be More Honored'

MACHINE HEAD drummer Dave McClain recently spoke to the Artisan News Service about the band's upcoming U.S. dates with METALLICA. "Holy crap. Touring with METALLICA in January," he said. "We went through, it's pretty well documented on our DVD, 'Elegies', when we were talking about where we were as...

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RAVAGE Rejoined By Bassist HOWIE SNOW

Boston metallers RAVAGE have been rejoined by bassist Howie Snow. Howie played on a track on the band's 2005 full-length release "Spectral Rider" and performed with the band at the Swordbrothers Festival in Andernach, Germany in 2006. Commented lead singer Al Ravage: "Howie is a great guy and a fant...

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STEVEN TYLER To Appear At 'Boston For Africa' Event

Join Steven Tyler and Boston sports champion athletes on Monday. August 25 at 7:00 p.m. at the Hard Rock Café in Boston's famed Quincy Market. The Hard Rock Café will host a four-hour event where 600 invited guests will mingle and enjoy light foods in a relaxed "biker fashion" evening enhanced by li...

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BOSTON: Tonight's Concert In Florida Cancelled

Classic rock legends BOSTON have issued the following statement: "Due to inclement weather caused by tropical storm Fay, the BOSTON concert scheduled for Friday, August 22, 2008 [at St. Augustine Amphitheatre in St. Augustine, Florida] has been cancelled. There is currently no make-up date for this...

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EXTREME: 'Saudades De Rock' First-Week Sales Revealed

"Saudades de Rock", the new album from reunited Boston hard rockers EXTREME, sold 6,500 copies in the United States in its first week of release to debut at position No. 78 on The Billboard 200 chart. The CD recently entered the UK chart at position No. 80. The band's first studio album in thirteen...

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Sheriff Tickets 24 At PROJEKT REVOLUTION Concert In Wisconsin

According to the Walworth County Sunday, the Walworth County Sheriff's Department wrote 24 citations at Saturday's (August 16) Projekt Revolution tour concert at Alpine Valley Music Theater in East Troy, Wisconsin. The show was the theater's last of the season. The show's main acts were LINKIN PARK...

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LINKIN PARK Covers GUNS N' ROSES 'Sweet Child O' Mine'; Video Available

Telling fans you can't always take yourselves so seriously, the members of LINKIN PARK put on blond wigs and performed the opening verse of the GUNS N' ROSES hit "Sweet Child O' Mine" at Alpine Valley in Wisconsin on Saturday (August 16) during their Projekt Revolution tour. Watch fan-filmed video f...

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AEROSMITH To Enter Studio In October

According to The Boston Globe, legendary rockers AEROSMITH are heading back to the studio in October and will hit the road next spring. In the meantime, drummer Joey Kramer is staying busy with bluesman James Montgomery, playing dates as the KRAMER/MONTGOMERY BAND. "James has been around as long as...