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BLACK SABBATH's Touring Drummer TOMMY CLUFETOS Praises OZZY OSBOURNE's 'Charisma'

BLACK SABBATH's touring drummer Tommy Clufetos, who also plays in Ozzy Osbourne's backing band, pays tribute to rock's Prince Of Darkness in a new video teaser for "Memoirs Of A Madman", the singer's solo career retrospective that was released on October 7. Says Clufetos in the clip, which can be se...

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GUS G. Featuring JEFF SCOTT SOTO: Video Footage Of West Coast Tour Kick-Off

Joe Dolan of JoeDolanPR.com has uploaded video footage of Gus G. — well known in rock and metal circles for his work as Ozzy Osbourne's guitarist and as leader of his own band FIREWIND — performing on October 15 at the Whisky A Go Go in Hollywood, California. Check it out below. Gus ...

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ALICE COOPER Plays Impromptu Show At Nashville Bar; Video Available

Legendary rocker Alice Cooper played an impromptu after-party show last night (Wednesday, October 15) at Dan McGuinness, a bar in Nashville, Tennessee, after supporting MÖTLEY CRÜE earlier in the night at Bridgestone Arena. Alice invited fans via Twitter to the club, where he and his band proceeded...

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GUS G. Taps Singer JEFF SCOTT SOTO For West Coast Tour

Gus G. — well known in rock and metal circles for his work as Ozzy Osbourne's guitarist and as leader of his own band FIREWIND — has tapped Jeff Scott Soto (TALISMAN, TRANS-SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA, JOURNEY, YNGWIE MALMSTEEN) to sing for Gus' backing band on his North American West Coast tour, which kicks...

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MORBID ANGEL, Ex-DIVINE HERESY Members Join Forces In WESTFIELD MASSACRE

Former DIVINE HERESY members Tommy Vext and Tim Yeung have reunited in WESTFIELD MASSACRE, a brand new band also featuring guitarists Bill Hudson and Rick Di Marco. Former IN THIS MOMENT and SCAR THE MARTYR bassist Kyle Konkiel helped out during the pre-production process for WESTFIELD MASSACRE's de...

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KAMELOT: Behind-The-Scenes Footage From Haarlem Concert

Behind-the-scenes and performance footage from KAMELOT's August 29 performance at Patronaat in Haarlem, The Netherlands can be seen below. KAMELOT guitarist Thomas Youngblood and keyboardist Oliver Palotai spent time last month in the Stuttgart area of Germany "working on the final parts of the next...

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PAUL STANLEY: 'KISS Never Stops'

KISS members Paul Stanley and Tommy Thayer spoke to Artisan News at the September 21 event at the John Varvatos boutique in Hollywood where menswear designer John Varvatos and former BEATLES drummer and music icon Ringo Starr celebrated their #PEACEROCKS initiative. You can watch the report below. A...

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MÖTLEY CRÜE: Official 'The Final Tour' Program Unveiled

MÖTLEY CRÜE has posted "a couple of cell phone snaps" of the band's tour program for "The Final Tour", which kicked off at in early July and is scheduled to run through the end of 2015. Check them out below. Says MÖTLEY CRÜE bassist Nikki Sixx: "We've been asked for years from CrueHeads to do ...

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ALICE COOPER Guitarist NITA STRAUSS: 'ALICE Is A True Professional, True Performer In Every Sense Of The Word'

THE IRON MAIDENS guitarist Nita Strauss, who recently joined Alice Cooper's touring band, was, spoke to NI Rocks about the actual experience of performing with the legendary rocker. "There's definitely a lot going on," she said. "There's a lot going on visually and a lot going on musically. You defi...

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SONATA ARCTICA: Trailer For Re-Recorded, 15th-Anniversary Edition Of 'Ecliptica'

While on yet another successful world tour, this time to support their latest studio album, "Pariah's Child", Finnish melodic metal heroes SONATA ARCTICA swung by the studio to re-record their debut album "Ecliptica", which was released 15 years ago. This new version will be released on October 24 u...

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STRYPER Frontman Believes ROBERT SWEET's Playing Style Was Early Influence On MÖTLEY CRÜE's TOMMY LEE

In a brand new interview with The Aquarian Weekly, guitarist/vocalist Michael Sweet of Christian hard rockers STRYPER was asked if he thinks his and fellow STRYPER guitarist Oz Fox's characteristic harmonic double leads were influential to a lot of today's metal bands playing those types of guitars...

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BLACK SABBATH To Begin Work On New Studio Album Next Year

Heavy metal legends BLACK SABBATH will begin work on a new studio album in 2015, to be followed by one final tour. BLACK SABBATH guitarist Tony Iommi, who has battled cancer since 2012, recently hinted that the group's July 4 gig at London's Hyde Park could have been the band's last because the tour...

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RUSH's ALEX LIFESON Performs At 'Scott Medlock - Robby Krieger' All-Star Concert: ARTISAN NEWS Report

Alex Lifeson (RUSH),Alice Cooper, Tommy Thayer (KISS),Lita Ford and Sebastian Bach (SKID ROW) are among the musicians that performed at the all-star concert which capped off the Scott Medlock - Robby Krieger St. Jude Invitational golf classic benefiting St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. The e...

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OZZY OSBOURNE: New Trailer For 'Memoirs Of A Madman' CD, Two-Disc DVD

A new trailer for Ozzy Osbourne's upcoming Epic Records/Legacy Recordings "Memoirs Of A Madman" collections can be seen below. Due out October 7, "Memoirs Of A Madman" CD serves as a career-spanning audio release, featuring 17 of Ozzy's greatest hit singles compiled in one place for the first time i...

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ALEX LIFESON, ALICE COOPER, LITA FORD, SEBASTIAN BACH Perform At 'Scott Medlock - Robby Krieger' All-Star Concert (Video)

Alex Lifeson (RUSH),Alice Cooper, Tommy Thayer (KISS),Lita Ford and Sebastian Bach (SKID ROW) are among the musicians that performed at the all-star concert which capped off the Scott Medlock - Robby Krieger St. Jude Invitational golf classic benefiting St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. The e...