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BRUCE KULICK To Appear At KISS EXPO In Peru
Vaderetro Producciones has announced that former KISS and current GRAND FUNK RAILROAD guitarist Bruce Kulick will appear in the Peruvian KISS Expo in Lima on December 16. Bruce will be playing with the local Peruvian band TRAFICO. In other news, ESP (ERIC SINGER PROJECT) — the band featuring Kulick,...October 25, 2006
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TROUBLE To Hit The Road, Film New Live DVD
Chicago doom metal legends TROUBLE have issued the following update: "After many unpredictable setbacks, we now have release dates for most of the TROUBLE catalog. 'Psalm 9' and 'The Skull' will be released worldwide on October 24, 2006, with added footage from those eras. The new CD, 'Simple Mind C...October 23, 2006
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AEROSMITH Guitarist Comments On CHUCK BERRY Jam
AEROSMITH guitarist Joe Perry joined Chuck Berry on stage in a surprise appearance at Chuck Berry's 80th birthday celebration at Blueberry Hill nightclub last Wednesday night (Oct. 18) in St. Louis. Commented Perry: "We walked into Chuck's dressing room, he was sitting down listening to the CARDINAL...October 23, 2006
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GEORGE LYNCH, VINNY APPICE, TONY FRANKLIN Featured On LANA LANE's 'Gemini' Covers Album
Symphonic rock vocalist Lana Lane and her keyboardist / producer / husband Erik Norlander have just completed a pair of covers albums for release this winter. It has been a tradition in Japan for the two to release a Lana Lane "specialty album" every two years. They started with the "Lana Lane Balla...October 22, 2006
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CKY Frontman Working On 'Brutal' WORLD UNDER BLOOD Project
CKY guitarist/vocalist Deron Miller has sent the following updated to BLABBERMOUTH.NET: "After CKY's last tour of Europe, I came home with some time off. I got together with 'the cyclone' drummer Tim Yeung [VITAL REMAINS, HATE ETERNAL] and we're heading into the studio October 27 here in L.A. with p...October 22, 2006
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AEROSMITH Guitarist Performs At CHUCK BERRY's 80th Birthday Celebration
According to MontereyHerald.com, AEROSMITH guitarist Joe Perry joined Chuck Berry on stage in a surprise appearance at Chuck Berry's 80th birthday celebration at Blueberry Hill nightclub Wednesday night in St. Louis. Berry, the duck-walking, guitar-playing rock legend who defined the music's joy and...October 21, 2006
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SOILWORK Frontman Discusses Plans For New Album
SOILWORK frontman Björn Strid recently spoke to Rockdetector.com's Welsh interviewer Anthony Morgan. Topics of discussion included the group's inaugural decade in the music industry, guitarist Peter Wichers' departure last Christmas and their search for a replacement, working with Devin Townsend, th...October 19, 2006
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Ex-ICED EARTH Drummer: JON SCHAFFER Is 'A Really Hard-Working And Dedicated Guy'
Chad Bowar of HeavyMetal.About.com recently conducted an interview with acclaimed drummer Richard Christy (ex-ICED EARTH, DEATH, LEASH LAW, CONTROL DENIED). A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: HeavyMetal.About.com: It's been about two years since you've been with ["The Howard Stern Show"] ful...October 17, 2006
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The Scattering of Ashes
Usually, throwing a whole shitload of genres together and trying to make them stick is a fool's errand. You either come across as a needlessly showoffy musical dilettante, being difficult for its own sake, or you just make a big unlistenable mess with something to alienate everyone. That's why it's...October 16, 2006
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JANI LANE: 'I Am No Longer In WARRANT And Have Not Been For 2 1/2 Years'
Former WARRANT frontman Jani Lane has posted the following message on his official web site: "Hey, guys — I have been busy, busy, busy! First let me start off by introducing you to my new band. On guitar, Dario Lorina — he is a wunderkind at the tender age of 17. He hails from Las ...October 15, 2006
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TROUBLE: New Album Release Date Announced
Escapi Music has set a February 20, 2007 release date for the long-awaited new studio album from the legendary Chicago doomsters TROUBLE, entitled "Simple Mind Condition". The follow-up to 1995's "Plastic Green Head" was produced by Vinny Wojno (KREATOR, MACHINE HEAD) and features vocalist Eric Wagn...October 9, 2006
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Out In the Cold
Jack Frost's talents are undisputed. His tenure in SEVEN WITCHES and his all-too-brief time in SAVATAGE were proof enough of the man's guitar prowess, and his last solo record, the raucous 2004 outing "Raise Your Fist To Metal", was a fun smorgasbord of different styles and vocalists held together b...October 9, 2006
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AEROSMITH Guitarist Says ROLLING STONES Comparisons 'Used To Annoy Us'
Natalie Nichols of Los Angeles CityBeat recently conducted an interview with AEROSMITH guitarist Joe Perry. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: Los Angeles CityBeat: AEROSMITH began in the classic rock era, but you have also found popularity in more recent years. Do those audiences mix easily...October 5, 2006
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ENDORPHINS: Debut Album Delayed
The release date of ENDORPHINS' first full-length album, "Where Evil Lies" (Urgent Music Records),has been pushed back to November 14 from the previously announced October 10. The delay was caused by "some unforeseen issues that needed to be resolved," according to the Toronto-based metal band. "Wh...October 3, 2006
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TESTAMENT's CHUCK And ERIC Talk About CLIFF BURTON's Death: Video Available
The makers of "Get Thrashed: The Story of Thrash Metal", the much-anticipated documentary profiling the thrash metal scene of the early Eighties and its impact on the music scene, have posted a 45-second video clip featuring Eric Peterson and Chuck Billy from TESTAMENT discussing getting signed, aud...September 30, 2006