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PAUL STANLEY Joins 'NOH8' Campaign

KISS guitarist/vocalist Paul Stanley has joined the "NOH8" campaign, started by American fashion photographer Adam Bouska as a response to Proposition 8, the notorious initiative that passed in 2008 and banned same-sex marriage in California. The "NOH8" campaign is a silent protest made up of photog...

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SEPULTURA Taps Producer ROY Z. For New Album

Brazilian/American thrashers SEPULTURA have tapped Roy Z. (JUDAS PRIEST, HALFORD, BRUCE DICKINSON, HELLOWEEN) to produce their new album, tentatively due in early 2011 via Nuclear Blast Records. The CD will once again be recorded at Trama Studios in São Paulo, Brazil. The second and third in a serie...

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JEFF SCOTT SOTO: I Don't Know What It's Like To Work 'With' YNGWIE MALMSTEEN

Metal Shrine recently conducted an interview with legendary hard rock singer Jeff Scott Soto (TALISMAN, JOURNEY, YNGWIE MALMSTEEN). A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Metal Shrine: When did you realize for the first time, that a professional singer was what you wanted to be? Jeff Scott...

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SEPULTURA To Perform Entire 'Arise' Album At São Paulo Concert

Brazilian/American thrashers SEPULTURA will perform their classic 1991 album, "Arise", in its entirety during the group's headlining performance at the 16-year anniversary of the Manifesto Bar in São Paulo, Brazil on Saturday, December 11. SEPULTURA's current lineup includes only two of the four ban...

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Ex-MEGADETH Guitarist MARTY FRIEDMAN To Play Two More Shows With Taiwanese Singer A-MEI

Former MEGADETH guitarist Marty Friedman's performance with conductor Yukata Sado and the spectacular Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra was filmed last night and will be broadcast in Japan on February 20 at 9 a.m. on TV Asahi, and rebroadcast on February 26 and February 27 on TV Asahi (BS). Those of you...

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ALICE COOPER, PAUL STANLEY, GLENN HUGHES Featured On PUSHKING Album

Eagle Rock Entertainment will deliver to the masses Russia's premiere rock band PUSHKING. Their CD, "The World As We Love It", will hit the shelves on February 1. [MSRP $13.98] This new album is a 19-track celebration, composed of re-recorded selections from PUSHKING's catalogue featuring some very...

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BLACK LABEL SOCIETY Guitarist Says People Take The Band's Image Too Seriously

Brandon Marshall of Sonic Excess recently conducted an interview with BLACK LABEL SOCIETY guitarist Nick Catanese. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Sonic Excess: What is so appealing about the motorcycle club culture, and why has BLACK LABEL SOCIETY adopted the imagery? Nick: That's...

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SLASH, DAVE NAVARRO, GENE SIMMONS Featured In Anti-Bullying PSA

Slash (VELVET REVOLVER, ex-GUNS N' ROSES) and Dave Navarro (JANE'S ADDICTION, RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS) and Gene Simmons (KISS) recently joined the NOH8 campaign to remind everyone that bullying often starts with a joke. The anti-bullying PSA (public-service announcement) below addresses the issues of...

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MARTY FRIEDMAN To Perform With TOKYO PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA

Former MEGADETH guitarist Marty Friedman will perform with the Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra on November 25. The performance will be broadcast in early 2011 on TV Asahi's "Daimei no nai Ongakukai". This is the third time Marty has appeared with the Philharmonic as a soloist; the first time he perform...

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DEF LEPPARD Guitarist PHIL COLLEN To Take Part In GUITAR CENTER's 'Sessions' Event

DEF LEPPARD guitarist Phil Collen will take part in a special in-store event called "Sessions" on Friday, December 3 at Guitar Center in Hollywood, California. Phil will demonstrate some of his techniques, play some music from DEF LEPPARD, MAN RAZE and CYBERNAUTS and hold a question-and-answer sessi...

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DEF LEPPARD Guitarist To Guest On 'Late Night With Jimmy Fallon'

DEF LEPPARD guitarist Phil Collen will sit in with Jimmy Fallon's house band THE ROOTS for the entire show on this coming Friday night's (November 12) edition of NBC-TV's "Late Night With Jimmy Fallon". The program will air at 12:35 a.m. ET (technically early Saturday morning, November 13). Collen a...

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PAUL STANLEY Interviewed At FREEDOM AWARDS (Video)

KISS guitarist/vocalist Paul Stanley and his wife, Erin Sutton, atended the 2010 Freedom Awards in Los Angeles on November 7. A short interview with Stanley conducted at the event by Real TV Films can be viewed below. More than 27 million people are trapped in slavery throughout the world today. Bu...

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Ex-MEGADETH Guitarist MARTY FRIEDMAN To Appear In New Japanese Movie

Former MEGADETH guitarist Marty Friedman has just completed filming for the upcoming Japanese movie "Maebashi Visual Kei". Due in Japan in early 2011, the film was directed by Otsuru Gitan and is described as "a dramatic and moving look inside the trials and tribulations of a fictitious Visual Kei b...

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AC/DC: 'The Ultimate Illustrated History' Book Author Interviewed

Voyageur Press has has just released "AC/DC High-Voltage Rock 'N' Roll - The Ultimate Illustrated History", which follows the band from its roots in Sydney, Australia, to its most recent releases and sold-out world tours. No stone is left unturned, from the band's formation and early gigs on the clu...

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SEPULTURA: Footage From The Studio Posted Online

The first in a series of video clips featuring footage from the writing sessions for SEPULTURA's next studio album can be viewed below. SEPULTURA debuted a brand new song from its upcoming album during its appearance this past night (October 17) at the Fúria Festival at HSBC Brasil in São Paulo, Bra...