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CORNERSTONE: New MP3 Samples Posted Online
Three short soundclips from the forthcoming CORNERSTONE album, "Once Upon Our Yesterdays", have been posted online in MP3 format at this location. The tracks available for preview are "Once Upon Our Yesterdays", "When the Hammer Falls", and "Welcome to Forever". CORNERSTONE, the project featuring RO...September 29, 2003
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GREAT WHITE Singer Chats With Q101's MANCOW: Audio Available
GREAT WHITE frontman Jack Russell recently phoned into "Mancow's Morning Madhouse" on Chicago's Q101. Jack talked about touring to raise money for victims of The Station nightclub fire in Rhode Island, the feeling he went through on the most horrific night of his life, the details of the disastrous...September 18, 2003
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BILLY CORGAN Turns Poetic
Billy Corgan will give a multi-media performance of his poetry to kick off the Poetry Center of Chicago's thirty-first annual Reading Series on September 17, according to Rolling Stone. The ZWAN frontman joins a list of Poetry Center readers that has, over the years, included Saul Bellow, Margaret A...September 11, 2003
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DEF LEPPARD Percussionist Leads Drum Circle In Thousand Oaks
Sue Davis of InsideVC.com reports that DEF LEPPARD drummer "Rick Allen knows the healing power of drums and came to share it in Conejo Valley on Sunday afternoon [September 7]. "Allen's nonprofit organization, Raven Drum Foundation, sponsored a drum circle at Chumash Interpretive Center in Thousand...September 8, 2003
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GREAT WHITE Benefit Concert In Virginia Cancelled
Jay Nedry, owner of Jaxx nightclub in West Springfield, Virginia cancelled the GREAT WHITE show scheduled for Friday, September 5. Nedry states that it is due to cash flow problems. Citing recent losses, plus having rent and taxes due, Nedry has no means to keep the show alive. Both the band's agent...September 4, 2003
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DEF LEPPARD Fan Convention To Be Held In The Spring
A DEF LEPPARD Fan Convention, dubbed Lepcon, will be held in the spring of 2004 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Lepcon is a non-profit event with all proceeds directly benefiting the Raven Drum Foundation, a non-profit organization founded by DEF LEPPARD drummer Rick Allen. Among the activities planned are fa...September 2, 2003
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CORNERSTONE: New Album Details Revealed
CORNERSTONE, the project featuring ROYAL HUNT bassist Steen Mogensen and ex-RAINBOW/current YNGWIE MALMSTEEN vocalist Doogie White, have completed work on their third album, "Once Upon Our Yesterdays", due on November 3 through Massacre Records. The following is the complete track listing for the al...September 1, 2003
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AUTOPSY To Issue Posthumous Live CD
New Jersey's Necroharmonic Records have announced plans to release a live album from long-defunct death/gore metal pioneers AUTOPSY, entitled "Dead As Fuck". Also coming soon from the label is an ABSCESS compilation CD, entitled "Thirst for Blood... Hunger for Flesh". ABSCESS feature in their ranks...September 1, 2003
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Review: DEF LEPPARD Warms Up Crowd Of All Ages At The Fairgrounds
Kat Main of Pennsylvania's The Express-Times reports that "Eighties rock icons DEF LEPPARD proved that their music is the rock of ages Tuesday night [August 26] at the Allentown Fairgrounds. "Playing for crowds of mothers, fathers, grandparents and children, the band — even though a little long in t...August 27, 2003
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SUPERJOINT RITUAL Frontman Sacrifices His Health For Metal
SUPERJOINT RITUAL frontman Philip Anselmo has posted the following tour report on the band's official web site: "August 20th - I did my regular thing today with some extremely unimportant variations. Sharing a bed with a beautiful woman is absolutely some sweet perfection. Especially at night. Espec...August 23, 2003
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GREAT WHITE Singer Challenges KISS To Donate Money To THE STATION FAMILY FUND
GREAT WHITE frontman Jack Russell has called on more people to donate to The Station Family Fund, saying, "This is not a rock 'n' roll tragedy. It's an American tragedy." And he challenged other rock bands to help, singling out KISS, whose members have been quoted as saying that pyro displays are fi...August 21, 2003
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Federal Agency Fines GREAT WHITE, Club Owners For Safety Violations
Jack Russell Touring Inc., the corporate entity that handles business affairs for GREAT WHITE, faces a $7,000 fine by the federal agency that regulates workplace safety for failing to protect employees from fire hazards, according to the Providence Journal. In addition, The U.S. Occupational Safety...August 20, 2003
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NY Post: DEE SNIDER Pleads For Help In In-Law Slay
TWISTED SISTER frontman Dee Snider made a passionate plea for help to find the killer of his wife's brother yesterday, a day after the 34-year-old construction worker was gunned down in New York City. "We are hoping to get whoever did this. We have no idea why this would happen to him," Snider, 48,...August 20, 2003
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FIREHOUSE To Release 'Prime Time' In September
FIREHOUSE will issue their latest CD, "Prime Time", in Japan and Southeast Asia on September 18. The rest of the territories will receive the album in October. The lineup on "Prime Time" is as follows: CJ Snare - Vocals, Keys Bill Leverty - Guitar, Vocals Michael Foster - Drums, Percussion, Vocals D...August 19, 2003
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GREAT WHITE Unlikely To Be Indicted Over Rhode Island Concert Tragedy
Six months after the deadly West Warwick nightclub fire, state prosecutors are completing their investigation, according to a report published Sunday. Prosecutors are expected to seek involuntary manslaughter indictments against the nightclub's owners and a rock band's tour manager, the Boston Globe...August 18, 2003
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