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LED ZEPPELIN To Be Inducted Into UK MUSIC HALL OF FAME

Australian retro-rockers WOLFMOTHER will perform a tribute to LED ZEPPELIN at the upcoming UK Music Hall of Fame ceremony, according to Undercover News. Whether they will play a ZEPPELIN tune or one of their own remains unclear. LED ZEPPELIN is set to be inducted into the UK Music Hall of Fame in No...

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MIKE PATTON Hates WOLFMOTHER: Video Available

MJI Interactive reports: WOLFMOTHER have won over lots of new fans this year, but apparently Mike Patton isn't one of them. "Are you hearing this shit?" the former FAITH NO MORE singer exclaimed while listening to the band during an interview held backstage at this year's Lollapalooza festival. "For...

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MISFITS Announce FIEND FEST 2006 North American Tour

MISFITS will embark on the Fiend Fest 2006 tour beginning on October 13 and running through November 5. "The MISFITS will headline as Jerry Only (vocals, bass),Dez Cadena (guitar; ex-BLACK FLAG) and Robo (drums) shred through a complete set of MISFITS classics old and new," reads a posting on the g...

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WOLFMOTHER Goes Back On The Prowl Next Month

Launch Radio Networks reports: WOLFMOTHER has put together another North American tour that will begin on September 9 in Brooklyn, New York and finish up on September 30 at the Download Festival in San Francisco. The trek will also encompass both versions of the Virgin Festival in Canada and the U.S...

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METALLICA's HAMMETT: DRAGONFORCE Are 'Fastest Guitar Players I Think I've Ever Seen'

Steve Baltin of AOL Music recently asked METALLICA guitarist Kirk Hammett which new guitarists have impressed him of late. "I really like this absurd band called DRAGONFORCE," Kirk said. "Those are the fastest guitar players I think I've ever seen. They're like Yngwie [Malmsteen] on steroids. No, th...

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WOLFMOTHER Drummer Says Their '70s Rock Sound Is 'Not Intentional'

Popworld.com recently conducted an interview with drummer Myles Heskett of the Australian trio WOLFMOTHER. A couple of excerpts from the interview follow: Popworld.com: Have you always had the sound you have now? Myles: "No. It's really funny 'cos everyone always compares us to LED ZEPPELIN and BLAC...

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WOLFMOTHER To Rumble With Cast Of MTV's 'Jackass' For Video Shoot

Aussie rock trio WOLFMOTHER will be joined by Johnny Knoxville, Bam Margera, Wee Man, Preston Lacy, and Dave England (better know as the dudes from "Jackass") while filming WOLFMOTHER's video for "The Joker And The Thief" in their native Australia. The second single from the band's self-titled debut...

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IRON MAIDEN Frontman To Host New 'Masters Of Rock' Series

IRON MAIDEN frontman Bruce Dickinson will return to BBC Radio 2 on Thursday, July 13 at 21:00 (U.K. time) for the fifth installment of the "Masters Of Rock" series. Over the course of six weeks, Bruce will be playing classic rock from the likes of AC/DC, HEART, BLACK CROWES, CHEAP TRICK and VAN HALE...

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MEGADETH, ROB ZOMBIE, AUDIOSLAVE Featured On 'FlatOut 2' Soundtrack

MEGADETH, ROB ZOMBIE, AUDIOSLAVE, PAPA ROACH, and MÖTLEY CRÜE are among the artists who have contributed previously released tracks to the soundtrack for the upcoming videogame "FlatOut 2", which is is scheduled for release on the Xbox, PlayStation 2, and the PC this August. The full soundtrack is a...

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ROB ZOMBIE, H.I.M. Perform At KROQ's WEENIE ROAST: Photos Available

ROB ZOMBIE, H.I.M., AFI and WOLFMOTHER were among the performers at KROQ's annual Weenie Roast on May 13 at the Verizon Wireless Amphitheater in Irvine, California. Check out pictures from Wire Image, Film Magic. ...

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SLASH Addresses GUNS N' ROSES Rumors, Talks About Upcoming VELVET REVOLVER Album

VELVET REVOLVER/ex-GUNS N' ROSES guitarist Slash joined VR/ex-GNR drummer Matt Sorum this past Saturday, May 13, as a guest on Camp Freddy Radio. During the two-hour show, Slash addressed a number of topics, including the rumors that he was rejoining GUNS N' ROSES, Axl Rose's claim that Slash made a...

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OBSESSION, KILL CHEERLEADER Audio Interviews Posted Online

TalkingMetal.com has posted episode 62 of their "Talking Metal" podcast. This episode features interviews hosts Mark Strigl and John Ostronomy conducted with Ethan Deth of KILL CHEERLEADER and Scott Boland of OBSESSION. Interview topics include Spinerazor Records, KILL CHEERLEADER's association with...

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SoundScan Report: TOOL, PEARL JAM, WOLFMOTHER, REBEL MEETS REBEL, MINISTRY

The following are notable heavy metal/hard rock U.S. sales debuts for the week ending May 7, 2006, as reported by Nielsen SoundScan (all figures are rounded to the nearest thousand, except numbers under 1,000, which are rounded to the nearest hundred; The Billboard 200 chart position included, where...

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TOOL, PEARL JAM To Top Next Week's BILLBOARD Album Chart

Hits Daily Double is reporting that TOOL's "10,000 Days" looks poised to sell in the 600,000 range after a tremendous first-day start, according to retailers around the country. This is roughly in line with the first-week performance of the band's last album, "Lateralus", which shifted 555,000 copie...

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Wolfmother

A dollop of SABBATH riffing, a whole slopload of ZEP crunge and yowling about mystical bullshit and evil women, and just the right amount of greasy white boy funk, DEEP PURPLE organ noodling, and wide-eyed top-of-the-mountain pseudo-serious bare-chested shaman posturing. That's the formula for the b...