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DAVID ELLEFSON Says He Got DAVE MUSTAINE's 'Blessing' In 2001 To Audition For METALLICA

MEGADETH's David Ellefson says that he got Dave Mustaine's "blessing" to audition for the bassist position in METALLICA after Jason Newsted left the band nearly 18 years ago. Newsted exited METALLICA in January 2001, after he clashed with James Hetfield over the release of an album by ECHOBRAIN, Jas...

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NIKKI SIXX Says MÖTLEY CRÜE's 'Anger' At KISS And TRAVIS SCOTT Was 'Misdirected'

Nikki Sixx says that he has "no problems" with KISS, less than a month after he called out the make-up-wearing rockers' "End Of The Road" farewell tour for allegedly ripping off production elements from MÖTLEY CRÜE's final trek. On February 17, Sixx posted a side-by-side photo comparison of him bein...

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MÖTLEY CRÜE's VINCE NEIL: 'Just Because We Stopped Touring Doesn't Mean We Broke Up'

Vince Neil says that MÖTLEY CRÜE is very much an active entity despite the fact that the band completed its final tour more than three years ago. "Just because we stopped touring doesn't mean we broke up," he told Finland's Kaaos TV in a new interview (hear audio below). "We just decided not to tour...

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RUSH: 'Wandering The Face Of The Earth: The Official Touring History' Book Due In October

Insight Editions has set an October 15 is release date for "Rush: Wandering The Face Of The Earth: The Official Touring History". The book includes a foreword from PRIMUS's Les Claypool, and an afterword by THE POLICE's Stewart Copeland. The 304-page hardcover was compiled by Skip Daly, a RUSH exper...

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NIKKI SIXX Says MÖTLEY CRÜE's 'The Dirt' Movie Is A 'Cautionary Tale'

MÖTLEY CRÜE and SIXX:A.M. bassist Nikki Sixx recently appeared on Virgin Radio UK's "Chris Evans Breakfast Show". The complete conversation can be streamed at this location (interview starts at the 4:40 mark). A few excepts follow (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On the debauchery captured in t...

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DEF LEPPARD Singer On ROCK HALL Induction: 'The Closer We Get To The Date, The More Exciting It Gets'

DEF LEPPARD singer Joe Elliott was recently interviewed on WFSB's "Better Connecticut" television show. You can now watch the chat below. Asked about DEF LEPPARD's upcoming induction into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame, Joe said: "Yeah, it's quite incredible. The closer we get to the date, the more...

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NIKKI SIXX Says MÖTLEY CRÜE's 'Live Wire' Is About Domestic Violence

While making the press rounds for MÖTLEY CRÜE's Netflix biopic "The Dirt", bassist Nikki Sixx talked about the lyrical inspiration for some of the band's earliest songs. "One thing that's important to me, and our fans know it, but people that don't know MOTLEY CRUE [may not], is we're very transpar...

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MEGADETH Teams Up With HEAVY METAL Magazine For 'Death By Design' 35th-Anniversary Graphic Novel

MEGADETH's 35th-anniversary greatest-hits compilation, "Warheads On Foreheads", will be accompanied by a 350-page graphic anthology, featuring comic book stories inspired by the songs on the album. The collaboration, titled "Death By Design", features stories written and illustrated by top talent fr...

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GEDDY LEE: 'I Never Had Any Musical Frustrations In RUSH'

Geddy Lee has told Premier Guitar in a new interview that he doesn't know what his next musical project is going to be. The RUSH bassist/vocalist, who recently released a book called "Geddy Lee's Big Beautiful Book Of Bass", explained: "I'm afraid I don't really have a plan at this stage. I don't kn...

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NIKKI SIXX Says He Doesn't Recall Rape Story In MÖTLEY CRÜE's 'The Dirt' Book: 'It's Possibly Greatly Embellished'

MÖTLEY CRÜE bassist Nikki Sixx has apologized for a story in the band's 2001 memoir "The Dirt" in which he describes a scene where he may have participated in a sexual assault during a party. In one of the book's most controversial tales, Sixx said he "pretty much" raped an intoxicated woman after h...

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NIKKI SIXX Wants People To Understand That 'Music Was The Main Driver' For MÖTLEY CRÜE

Nikki Sixx says that he hopes people will realize that "music was the main driver" for MÖTLEY CRÜE after watching the upcoming film adaptation of the band's biography, "The Dirt - Confessions Of The World's Most Notorious Rock Band". "The Dirt" will premiere on March 22. It was picked up by Netflix...

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MÖTLEY CRÜE Partners With GLOBAL MERCHANDISING SERVICES And EPIC RIGHTS For Worldwide Merchandise Program

MÖTLEY CRÜE has partnered with Global Merchandising Services and Epic Rights to develop and launch retail, licensing, and ecommerce programs for the iconic rock band. The announcement was jointly made today by Barry Drinkwater, group executive chairman of Global Merchandising and Dell Furano, CEO of...

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JAKE E. LEE's RED DRAGON CARTEL: Behind-The-Scenes Look At Making Of 'Patina'

"Patina", the second offering from Jake E. Lee's RED DRAGON CARTEL, was released in November, the band is currently on tour and fans could not be happier. But what actually went into writing and recording of "Patina"? The follow-up to RED DRAGON CARTEL's eponymous 2014 debut, "Patina" marks the grou...

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VAN HALEN's DAVID LEE ROTH Guests On 'The Joe Rogan Experience' (Video)

VAN HALEN singer David Lee Roth was a guest on this past Thursday's (February 28) episode of "The Joe Rogan Experience", the immensely popular podcast that consists of lengthy, laid-back conversation. As usual, the three-hour interview, which can be seen below, saw Roth talking almost entirely in r...

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Video: JAKE E. LEE's RED DRAGON CARTEL Performs At Whisky

Fan-filmed video footage of RED DRAGON CARTEL, the band led by former OZZY OSBOURNE and BADLANDS guitarist Jake E. Lee, performing on February 28 at the Whisky A Go Go in West Hollywood, California can be seen below. RED DRAGON CARTEL's sophomore album, "Patina", was released in November via Frontie...