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HENRY ROLLINS: New Audio Interview Posted Online

Punk rock icon Henry Rollins was a guest on "The Woody Show" on San Francisco's KITS Live 105. Listen to the chat at this location. Rollins wrote in a recent online posting, "The good folks at IFC have asked if I would do three 'Live & Uncut' specials for 2008. Some of you ...

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THE RED CHORD, THROUGH THE EYES OF THE DEAD Interview, Performance Footage Available

Metal Injection, the video-on-demand website, has posted interviews and live footage featuring THE RED CHORD, THROUGH THE EYES OF THE DEAD, ALL SHALL PERISH and DESPISED ICON from their recent tour this past summer. Check it out at this location. "The footage is part of Metal Injection's 2007 Archiv...

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GENE SIMMONS Says Son Has 'Usurped' His 'Throne' As The Ultimate Alpha-Male

BuddyTV.com reports: Rock icon and reality star Gene Simmons has a tremendous effect on women. By his own count, he claims to have slept with more than 4800 women. Nowadays, however, it seems the ladies have set their eyes on another Simmons, and it's none other than Nick Tweed-Simmons, Gene's teena...

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HENRY ROLLINS Travels To Pakistan

Punk rock icon Henry Rollins has issued the following update: "I finished work on 'Ice 44' (or whatever the film will eventually be called) on December 20th and the next day left town for Islamabad, Pakistan. Why did I go there? A couple of reasons: I am curious and at the end of 2006, when ...

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MISERY INDEX To Enter Studio In May

Baltimore, Maryland death metal/grind outfit MISERY INDEX will enter the studio in May to record a new full-length CD for a fall release via Relapse Records. CONVERGE guitarist Kurt Ballou will engineer and produce the effort at his Godcity studios in Massachusetts. MISERY INDEX recently posted a ne...

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PAUL STANLEY: 'When I Paint, The Options Are Limitless'

Richard Clough of the Los Angeles Business Journal recently spoke to KISS frontman Paul Stanley about Paul's new career as a painter, putting acrylic on canvas in a private studio next to the pool behind his posh Beverly Hills home. Since exhibiting his work through the Wentworth Gallery chain in Fe...

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INDIANAPOLIS METAL FEST To Be Hosted By MISTRESS JULIYA

Promoter Rob Mason has announced that former "Uranium" VJ Mistress Juliya will host the second annual Indianapolis Metal Fest, scheduled to take place September 26-27, 2008. According to a press release, "Juliya rose to fame as the premier goddess of all things rock. As the sexy face of Fuse TV and...

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AEROSMITH: 'Greatest Hits' Reaches 11-Million Mark

AEROSMITH's "Greatest Hits" collection was certified 11-times-platinum on December 13, 2007 by the RIAA (Recording Industry Association of America) for sales in excess of 11 million copies in the United States. Released in 1980, "Greatest Hits" is AEROSMITH's first standard "greatest hits" compilati...

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QUEEN And PAUL RODGERS To Rush Commercial Release Of 'Say It's Not True'

Having originally issued the track as a free download for World Aids Day (December 1) to support Nelson Mandela's 46664 HIV AIDS campaign, rock group QUEEN and Paul Rodgers are responding to public demand to make their newly recorded song "Say It's Not True" available as a commercial CD single relea...

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WHITESNAKE Confirmed For New Zealand's ROCK2WGTN Festival

Legendary rock icon David Coverdale, the former lead singer with DEEP PURPLE, will bring his band WHITESNAKE to New Zealand for the first time when they perform at the upcoming Rock2Wgtn music festival, which is scheduled to take place March 22-23 at Westpac Stadium in Wellington, New Zealand. Also...

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SUICIDE SILENCE: 'The Cleansing' To Receive European Release In February

Riverside, California-based quintet SUICIDE SILENCE will release its debut album, "The Cleansing", in Europe on February 18 via Century Media Records. The CD, which came out in the U.S. in September, entered the The Billboard 200 chart at #94 (with first-week sales of 7,100),which marks the highest...

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DIMEBAG's 'Dime ML War Camo' Now Available From DEAN GUITARS

Dean Guitars has announced the release of the Dime ML War Camo, an American-made production piece of an ML that late PANTERA/DAMAGEPLAN guitarist "Dimebag" Darrell Abbott modded out prior to his death. Most recognizable is the famous Dime 333 symbol. Thirty years ago, Dean rocked the guitar world wi...

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PAUL STANLEY Schedules New York Art Exhibitions

Wentworth Gallery, one of the nation’s leading fine art retailers, will present two new art exhibitions by artist and rock icon Paul Stanley. The KISS frontman will present his work at two special appearances at the Wentworth Galleries on January 4 and January 5 in Garden City, New York. Both appear...

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SUICIDE SILENCE To Embark On 'Santa Slays' Tour

SUICIDE SILENCE kicks off the holiday season headlining the Santa Slays tour, which also features THE FACELESS, LIGHT THIS CITY and OBLIGE. This week-long run of California dates launches on December 26 and culminates with a massive New Year's Eve show at Soma in San Diego. Commented vocalist Mitch...

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VENGEFUL Begins Recording New Album

VENGEFUL, the Montreal-based band featuring current and former members of ATHERETIC and MINDS alongside the session drummer for DESPISED ICON, has issued the following update: "We are entering the studio with Bart (QUO VADIS) today to record our second album. That is almost exactly two years after t...