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DOWN 'N OUTZ Films 'Overnight Angels' Video
DOWN 'N OUTZ — a project fronted by DEF LEPPARD's Joe Elliott, backed by THE QUIREBOYS and playing rare tracks connected only by MOTT THE HOOPLE — recently filmed a video for "Overnight Angels", the second radio single from the band's debut album, "My ReGeneration". DOWN 'N OUTZ recently parted ways...December 11, 2010
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GIRLSCHOOL Re-Recording Classic 'Hit And Run' Album
Veteran British female hard rockers GIRLSCHOOL are currently in the studio re-recording their classic 1981 album "Hit And Run". The new version of the LP will be released in 2011 to celebrate the album's 30th anniversary. "Hit And Run" was originally made available in March 1981, followed a short ti...December 10, 2010
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MR. BIG: Acoustic Performance Footage Of New Song
Video footage of Eric Martin and Billy Sheehan of the reunited MR. BIG performing an acoustic version of the song "Stranger In My Life" to an invited audience at the Yamaha / Planet Rock "Off The Record" event at London, England's Ronnie Scotts in November 2010 can be viewed below. "Stranger In My L...December 10, 2010
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WENDY DIO Donates More Than $100,000 To Cancer Research Program In Houston
According to 39 News, Wendy Dio, the widow and manager of legendary heavy metal singer Ronnie James Dio (BLACK SABBATH, HEAVEN & HELL, DIO, RAINBOW, ELF),was back in Houston, Texas on Wednesday (December 8) to present a $117,000 check to Ronnie's physician, Dr. Ajani, at M.D. Anderson Cancer Ce...December 8, 2010
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TONY IOMMI Recording Second Song For Armenian Fundraising Efforts
BLACK SABBATH/HEAVEN & HELL's Tony Iommi is currently laying down guitar on a second track to raise money to rebuild a music school in Armenia. He says, "I'm really excited with what we have produced." In an early 2010 interview, Iommi stated about his Armenian fundraising efforts, "We did an al...December 8, 2010
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GEEZER BUTLER Says BLACK SABBATH Reunion With OZZY Won't Happen Before 2012
AOL's Noisecreep recently conducted an interview with legendary heavy metal bassist Geezer Butler (HEAVEN & HELL, BLACK SABBATH). A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Noisecreep: The show [for HEAVEN & HELL's "Neon Nights" DVD] was filmed on July 30, 2009. How long after that did...December 8, 2010
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AXL ROSE Is 'Greatest Lead Singer Of All Time,' According To New Poll
GUNS N' ROSES frontman Axl Rose has been voted the greatest lead singer of all time by readers of MusicRadar.com, ahead of such legendary vocalists as Freddy Mercury, Robert Plant, Ronnie James Dio, John Lennon and Bruce Dickinson. MusicRadar.com says: "The public have spoken. Forget the caricature...December 8, 2010
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BLACK SABBATH's 'Live At Hammersmith Odeon' To Be Released On 3LP 180-Gram Vinyl
Heavy metal legends BLACK SABBATH have joined the club — Metal Club, that is. BLACK SABBATH's "Live At Hammersmith Odeon", a three-LP 180-gram vinyl with a triple gatefold packaging, will be released on January 11, 2011. This release will be limited to 3,000 numbered copies and is a Metal Club exclu...December 7, 2010
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Neon Nights: 30 Years of Heaven & Hell
It has been thirty years since the release of BLACK SABBATH's landmark album "Heaven and Hell", the first with vocalist Ronnie James Dio (RAINBOW, ELF, DIO) and a turning point in both the band's career and the direction that heavy metal would take in the '80s. The equally brilliant, heavier/darker...December 6, 2010
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Dio At Donington UK: Live 1983 & 1987
Another in what is sure to be a long line of posthumous recordings from the storied career of Ronnie James Dio, "Dio At Donington UK: Live 1983 & 1987" is a terrific performance document from DIO's performances at the Monsters of Rock festivals. Nothing shabby or thrown-together here, the two-di...December 6, 2010
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TWISTED SISTER Live In Chile: Video Footage, Photos Available
Fan-filmed video footage of TWISTED SISTER performing a cover version of the RAINBOW classic "Long Live Rock'n'Roll" as a tribute to Ronnie James Dio on December 1, 2010 at Teatro Caupolicán in Santiago, Chile can be viewed below. Check put photos at Wonemer.cl. TWISTED SISTER guitarist Jay Jay Fren...December 6, 2010
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WENDY DIO Says RONNIE JAMES DIO's Upcoming Autobiography Will Feature 'Great Stories'
"Rainbow In The Dark: The Autobiography Of Ronnie James Dio", the revealing memoir of the heavy metal master, will be published in the spring of 2012 via MTV Books. With nearly five decades of worldwide success and album sales in the tens of millions as the front man of ELF, RAINBOW, DIO, BLACK SABB...December 4, 2010
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VINNY APPICE Interviewed On CHOM-FM's 'The Metal File' (Audio)
Legendary drummer Vinny Appice (HEAVEN & HELL, BLACK SABBATH, DIO) was interviewed for on the latest edition of "The Metal File" podcast from Montreal's CHOM-FM. You can stream the show using the audio player below. Appice told "Metal Shop"'s Ralph Cartel in a recent new interview that he has la...December 3, 2010
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Last Song RONNIE JAMES DIO Worked On To See Light Of Day
A new song which legendary heavy metal singer Ronnie James Dio (HEAVEN & HELL, BLACK SABBATH, RAINBOW, DIO) nearly completed before his death will be released next year, according to former DIO member Craig Goldy. The guitarist tells U.K.'s Classic Rock magazine, "We were working on tracks for a...December 3, 2010
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RAINBOW: 'Down To Earth' Deluxe Edition Due In January
As one of the cornerstones of British rock, RAINBOW — led by the never-predictable but ever-astonishing guitarist Ritchie Blackmore — became synonymous with some of the most well regarded and popular charting rock songs of the Seventies and Eighties. From the mystic and quasi-religious "Stargazer" a...December 3, 2010
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