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TWISTED SISTER's 'We're Not Gonna Take It' Used In Commercial For Hotel Chain

Mt. Vernon recently produced a 30-second spot for hotel chain Extended Stay America. The campaign was designed around TWISTED SISTER's 1984 signature tune "We're Not Gonna Take It" and was shot in April in Torrance, California. You can now watch the commercial at this location. "We're Not Gonna Take...

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PHIL LYNOTT's Mother Objects To MITT ROMNEY Using THIN LIZZY Music

According to Guardian.co.uk, the mother of the late THIN LIZZY frontman Phil Lynott has objected to the Mitt Romney campaign using the band's music at last week's Republican National Convention. Philomena Lynott, 81, said her son would not have approved of the Republicans playing the THIN LIZZY clas...

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SEBASTIAN BACH Says His Autobiography Comments Did Not Refer To MÖTLEY CRÜE's 'The Dirt'

Former SKID ROW frontman Sebastian Bach told Billboard.com in a recent interview that he was approached to write a memoir, which he predicted could "make the dirt look clean." The Billboard.com writer, Gary Graff, took Sebastian's comment to mean that the singer's autobiography would top MÖTLEY CRÜE...

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CRASHDÏET: New Video Footage From The Studio

Swedish glam rockers CRASHDÏET recently spent time at Kingside Studios outside Stockholm, Sweden with producer Otto Wellton recording the follow-up to 2010's "Generation Wild" album for a tentative January 2013 release. A new clip from the studio can be seen below. The new CD can be preordered at th...

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DEE SNIDER To Be Joined By RUDY SARZO, BOB KULICK For 'Rock Of Vegas' Performance

TWISTED SISTER frontman Dee Snider will headline the "Rock Of Vegas" summer concert series with a free show at 9 p.m. Saturday on the Third Street Stage at the Fremont Street Experience in Las Vegas, Nevada. He will be joined by Grammy-winning producer/guitarist Bob Kulick and legendary heavy metal...

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SUFFOCATION, ZEBRA To Be Inducted Into LONG ISLAND MUSIC HALL OF FAME

New York death metal veterans SUFFOCATION and hard rockers ZEBRA are among the inductees for this year's class of the Long Island Music Hall Of Fame. TWISTED SISTER frontman Dee Snider will receive the Harry Chapin Award at the event, which will be held on October 18 at The Paramount in Huntington,...

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SEVEN KINGDOMS: 'The Fire Is Mine' Track Listing Revealed

Florida-based, female-fronted power metallers SEVEN KINGDOMS will release their third album, "The Fire Is Mine", on October 9 via Nightmare Records. The CD was recorded in May at Morrisound Studios in Tampa, Florida with legendary producer Jim Morris (ICED EARTH, OBITUARY, JON OLIVA'S PAIN, JAG PANZ...

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DEVILDRIVER/COAL CHAMBER Frontman Completes Recording Song For Cancer-Stricken Sister

DEVILDRIVER and COAL CHAMBER frontman Dez Fafara (pictured below) has recorded a benefit song for his sister Kerri, who has been diagnosed with breast cancer. Entitled "Dark Meadowlark", the track was produced by Greg Weiss (DEVILDRIVER) and is currently being mixed by Logan Mader (SOULFLY, GOJIRA,...

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TWISTED SISTER's DEE SNIDER: Hour-Long Video Interview Posted Online

Toazted conducted an interview with TWISTED SISTER frontman Dee Snider at this year's Graspop Metal Meeting, which took place June 22-24 in Dessel, Belgium. You can now watch the entire one-hour chat below. In a recent interview with Metalshrine, Snider was asked about the possibility of TWISTED SIS...

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EVANESCENCE Singer Says Being Band Leader 'Has Never Been Easy'

Althought EVANESCENCE's early commercial success was an amazingly fulfilling experience, the band's lead singer, Amy Lee, is quick to point out that it did come with some drawbacks. "The success has been a wonderful thing, and I wouldn't want to change it," Lee tells The Dedham Transcript. "But I wa...

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TWISTED SISTER Frontman: 'I Have No Other Choice Than To Vote For OBAMA'

TWISTED SISTER frontman Dee Snider, who recently slammed presumptive Vice Presidential candidate Rep. Paul Ryan using the band's 1984 signature tune "We're Not Gonna Take It" at a recent rally, has posted the following message on Twitlonger.com, a related Twitter site that allows one to send tweets...

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CHTHONIC Bassist Subject Of 'Set Fire To The Island' Photo Book

Having been chosen as one of FHM’s 100 Sexiest Women In The World for four consecutive years, and one of the Hottest Chicks In Metal by the U.S.-based Revolver magazine, Doris Yeh, the bassist of Taiwanese heavy metal band CHTHONIC, now represents almost 100 pages of her unique sexiness with photos...

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TWISTED SISTER Frontman Slams PAUL RYAN For Using 'We're Not Gonna Take It'

According to Talking Points Memo, TWISTED SISTER frontman Dee Snider has slammed Paul Ryan, who was tapped last week to run for vice president on the Republican ticket alongside presumptive presidential nominee Mitt Romney, for using the band's 1984 hit "We're Not Gonna Take It" as intro music at a...

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CRASHDÏET In Hollywood; Video Interview, Performance Footage Available

Argentinean rock journalist Lucas H. Gordon, who currently resides in Hollywood, California, conducted an interview with vocalist Simon "Simme" Cruz of Swedish glam rockers CRASHDÏET when the band played at the Whisky A Go Go in Hollywood, California on August 15. You can now watch the chat below. A...

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SISTER SIN: 'Now And Forever' Track Listing Revealed

"Now And Forever", the third album from Swedish female-fronted heavy rockers SISTER SIN, will be released on October 23 via Victory Records. The CD was recorded at Standstraight Studios in Stockholm with producer Chris Snyder and was mixed by Cameron Webb (MOTÖRHEAD, SOCIAL DISTORTION, DANZIG). "Now...