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DEF LEPPARD Singer To Launch His Own Beer

According to RTÉ, DEF LEPPARD singer Joe Elliott will officially launch his own beer in Dublin next week. Down 'n' Outz, which is named after Elliott's musical side project and is described as "a pilsner style" that has "a deep, rich malt character, with generous hop bitterness," will be launched on...

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DEF LEPPARD Singer To Address Controversial MÖTLEY CRÜE Comments On Tonight's 'Sixx Sense'

On tonight's (Friday, September 10) edition of "Sixx Sense", the new national radio program hosted by MÖTLEY CRÜE bassist Nikki Sixx, a part of last night's Joe Elliott (DEF LEPPARD) interview that you didn't hear will be aired. A couple years back Joe had some choice words about MÖTLEY CRÜE. Tonigh...

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SLAYER To Guest On NPR's 'Sound Opinions'

SLAYER members Dave Lombardo (drums) and Kerry King (guitar) were interviewed by Chicago music critics Jim Derogatis and Greg Kot for this weekend's edition of NPR's "Sound Opinions". Visit www.soundopinions.org to listen online and find out when the show airs near you. For the first time in its nea...

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CHESTER BENNINGTON, CHRIS CORNELL, SCOTT WEILAND On New SANTANA Album; Audio Samples

11 of the 12 tracks that are set to appear on Carlos Santana's "Guitar Heaven: The Greatest Guitar Classics Of All Time" album are available for streaming at Amazon.com. The longest-running, most successful partnership in the history of rock takes flight anew, as legendary Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame...

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VEGA Signs With FRONTIERS RECORDS

Frontiers Records has announced the signing of VEGA, the new U.K.-based melodic rock band featuring former KICK vocalist Nick Workman alongside the successful and respected songwriting partnership of Tom and James Martin (HOUSE OF LORDS, TED POLEY, KHYMERA, SUNSTORM) and drummer Dan Chantrey. Accord...

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SEBASTIAN BACH, JANI LANE, ERIC MARTIN, GEORGE LYNCH Featured On SIAM SHADE Tribute Album

According to TokyoHive, Sebastian Bach (ex-SKID ROW),Eric Martin (MR. BIG),John Corabi (ex-MÖTLEY CRÜE),Mike Vescera (ex-LOUDNESS, YNGWIE MALMSTEEN) and George Lynch (LYNCH MOB, ex-DOKKEN) are among the artists who are featured in a tribute album to one of the most popular Japanese rock groups, S...

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SLAYER Guitarist Interviewed On 107.7 THE BONE's 'Metal Zone'

"Metal Zone" host Nikki Blakk of the San Francisco, California radio station 107.7 The Bone conducted an interview with SLAYER guitarist Kerry King on August 31, 2010 when the band performed at the Cow Palace in San Francisco as part of the "American Carnage" tour with MEGADETH and TESTAMENT. Watch...

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SLAYER Drummers Come Together

Acclaimed metal drummers Dave Lombardo, Paul Bostaph and Jon Dette — each one of whom has sat behind the kit for SLAYER at one point or another during the band's nearly-30-year-long career — posed for a joint photo this past Monday (August 30) in Long Beach, California. Check it out below. SLAYER dr...

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AC/DC: 'The Ultimate Illustrated History' Book Due In October

Voyageur Press has set an October 15 release date for "AC/DC High-Voltage Rock 'N' Roll - The Ultimate Illustrated History", which follows the band from its roots in Sydney, Australia, to its most recent releases and sold-out world tours. No stone is left unturned, from the band's formation and earl...

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SLAYER Guitarist Schedules Sacramento Meet-And-Greet

SLAYER guitarist Kerry King will take part in a meet-and-greet and signing session tomorrow (Wednesday, September 1) at Skip's Music in Sacramento, California between 3:00 p.m. and 5:00 p.m. For more information, see the poster below. For the first time in its near-30-year history, SLAYER, the singl...

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CHILDREN OF BODOM Keyboardist Interviewed At U.K.'s BLOODSTOCK OPEN AIR Festival

ThrashHits.com conducted an interview with keyboardist Janne Wirman of Finnish metallers CHILDREN OF BODOM at this year's edition of the Bloodstock Open Air festival, which was held August 13-15, 2010 at Catton Hall in Derbyshire, United Kingdom. You can now watch the chat below. CHILDREN OF BODOM r...

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THE DAMNED THINGS Schedules U.K. Dates

THE DAMNED THINGS, the new band featuring members of FALL OUT BOY (Joe Trohman, Andy Hurley),ANTHRAX (Scott Ian, Rob Caggiano) and EVERY TIME I DIE (Keith Buckley, Josh Newton),has scheduled the following dates in the United Kingdom: Oct. 23 - Relentless Garage - London, UK Oct. 24 - Corporation -...

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MISERY INDEX To Team Up With GRAVE For European Tour

Baltimore, Maryland's MISERY INDEX and Sweden's GRAVE will team up for a four-week European co-headlining tour starting on November 1 in the Netherlands. Support on the trek will come from ARSIS, THE LAST FELONY and THE ROTTED. These European dates immediately follow MISERY INDEX's North American to...

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Take it as it Comes

With all due respect to Herman Rarebell for his prodigious drumming/songwriting contributions to so many classic SCORPIONS' songs, "Take it as it Comes" from his HERMAN ZE GERMAN project is a painfully generic and frequently awful hard rock/lite-metal album destined for eternal bargain bin status. I...

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CHILDREN OF BODOM On New Album: 'Expect Nothing Less Than The Perfect Storm'

Finnish metallers CHILDREN OF BODOM have entered Finland's Petrax Studios to begin work on their as-yet-untitled seventh studio album. The band has enlisted famed rock producer Matt Hyde (SLAYER, MONSTER MAGNET) to oversee the new recording and will remain in the studio through late September. The n...