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BRET MICHAELS, TED NUGENT, BUCKCHERRY, SEVENDUST To Headline LACONIAFEST

Bret Michaels (POISON) will headline the very first LaconiaFest — the East Coast's only motorcycle music festival — set to take place June 11-19 in conjunction with the 93rd annual Laconia Motorcycle Week in Laconia, New Hampshire. The festival will include all-day food and drink, motocross stunt sh...

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DOPE Announces Dates For 'Die Mother F**ker Die' Reunion Tour

DOPE has announced the dates for its "Die Mother Fucker Die" U.S. reunion tour which will feature the band's classic lineup of Edsel Dope, Acey Slade, Virus and Racci Shay. This U.S. leg of the tour was successfully crowdfunded by the pre-order of the band's first-ever live album on DopeReunion.com....

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DEFTONES Guitarist STEPHEN CARPENTER Says He Is Happy With 'Gore'

DEFTONES singer Chino Moreno has once again dismissed rumors that Stephen Carpenter might leave the band, after the guitarist made comments in which he expressed being unhappy with the direction of the group's new album, "Gore". Now speaking with U.K.'s Kerrang! magazine, Moreno said about Carpenter...

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TOKYO BLADE's Classic 'Night Of The Blade' Lineup To Reunite For European Shows

British classic metal band TOKYO BLADE has announced the return of not one, but two vocalists who have formed part of the group's lineup in previous years. Vick Wright (1984-1985) and Chris Gillen (2008-2010) will rejoin the four original members Andy Boulton, Steve Pierce, John Wiggins and Andy Wri...

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DOPE To Release Live Album Featuring 'Old-School' Lineup

DOPE has launched a pre-order for the band's first-ever live album as part of the "Die Motherfucker Die" reunion tour campaign. The 21-track set was recorded in Russia and features the classic DOPE lineup of Edsel Dope, Acey Slade, Virus and Racci Shay. The live album celebrates the first time that...

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FILTER's RICHARD PATRICK: Why SCOTT WEILAND Passed Away

FILTER frontman Richard Patrick says that he was trying to help Scott Weiland when he publicly called out the former STONE TEMPLE PILOTS singer for abusing drugs a few months prior to Weiland's death. Patrick said in an interview last spring that STONE TEMPLE PILOTS fans were the "biggest enabler" f...

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OZZY OSBOURNE On LEMMY: 'The Industry Has Lost A Rock And Roll Hero' (Audio)

Ozzy Osbourne has paid tribute to iconic MOTÖRHEAD frontman Ian "Lemmy" Kilmister, saying that the music industry "has lost a rock and roll hero." During a December 29 appearance on Ozzy's Boneyard (SiriusXM channel 38),Ozzy said about Lemmy (hear audio below): "[MOTÖRHEAD and Ozzy's solo band] did...

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Toxicology Results Show SCOTT WEILAND Overdosed On Cocaine, Alcohol And Ecstasy

Toxicology tests have revealed Scott Weiland died of a toxic combination of drugs and alcohol. The Hennepin County Medical Examiner in Minneapolis, near where the former STONE TEMPLE PILOTS and VELVET REVOLVER singer died, says in a press release that Scott overdosed on cocaine, methylenedioxyamphet...

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SCOTT WEILAND's Ex-Wife On His Death: 'Don't Glorify This Tragedy'

Late STONE TEMPLE PILOTS singer Scott Weiland's ex-wife Mary Forsberg Weiland — who is the mother of his children, Noah, 15, and Lucy, 13 — has penned an open letter for Rolling Stone, in which she writes that her kids in fact "lost their father years ago" and "what they truly lost on ...

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SCOTT WEILAND's WILDABOUTS Bandmate Arrested For Cocaine Possession

According to StarTribune.com, detectives said a small quantity of cocaine was discovered in the bedroom of the tour bus where Scott Weiland was found dead Thursday night (December 3) in Bloomington, Minnesota. Another small amount of the same substance was found in an area of the bus occupied by Tom...

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SCOTT WEILAND's Wife: He Was Not Doing Drugs

Scott Weiland's wife has told TMZ.com that her husband was not doing drugs before he was found dead on his band's tour bus Thursday night (December 3). Jamie Weiland, who met Scott in 2011 on the set of his music video for "I'll Be Home For Christmas", one of the singles from his ...

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Ex-STONE TEMPLE PILOTS Singer SCOTT WEILAND Found Dead

**UPDATE #1**: Police audio recordings related to Scott Weiland's death have been posted on the MNPoliceClips.com web site. **UPDATE #2**: According to Billboard.com, the Bloomington, Minnesota Police Department issued a statement at 11:15 p.m. PT detailing the events as such: On December 3 at 8:22...

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DISTURBED Singer DAVID DRAIMAN's DEVICE Project Wasn't Given Its 'Due Time,' Says Guitarist VIRUS

Guitarist Andre "Virus" Karkos says that DEVICE wasn't given "the proper time and attention" it needed to grow into a successful band when DISTURBED frontman David Draiman abruptly pulled the plug on the project just before it was scheduled to embark on a major tour. David launched DEVICE in 2012 wi...

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MOTÖRHEAD's LEMMY KILMISTER To Receive 'Lifetime Achievement Award' At BASS PLAYER LIVE!

Bass Player magazine returns for its eighth year in Los Angeles with the premier live bass guitar event, Bass Player LIVE! 2015, on Saturday, November 7 and Sunday, November 8. SIR Studios, at 6465 Sunset Blvd. in Hollywood, will once again be the location for two days of exhibits by top gear manufa...

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UNDERØATH To Reunite For Performance At SELF HELP FESTIVAL

Christian metalcore act UNDERØATH will reunite for a performance at next year's edition of the Self Help Festival in California. The band's lineup for the show, which will take place on March 19, 2016 at the NOS Event Center, will consist of Aaron Gillespie (vocals/drums),Spencer Chamberlain (vocal...