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DEF LEPPARD Still Planning To Release Covers Album

Launch Radio Networks reports: DEF LEPPARD's latest single, a cover of BADFINGER's "No Matter What", appears on the group's upcoming compilation, "Rock of Ages: The Definitive Collection". But it's also part of a larger project, an all-covers album that the group started working on in 2004. Frontman...

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STEVEN ADLER: Audio Interview Posted Online

Former GUNS N' ROSES and current ADLER'S APPETITE drummer Steven Adler recently spoke to Couzin Ed and Jacky Bam Bam of Philadelphia's 94.1 WYSP about VELVET REVOLVER and Adler dating Tommy Lee's sister back in the '80s. Listen to the interview at this location. ADLER'S APPETITE have reportedly recr...

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GEORGE LYNCH And JOHN SYKES To Team Up For U.S. Tour

Legendary guitarist George Lynch (DOKKEN, LYNCH MOB) will be going out on the road in June with John Sykes (THIN LIZZY, WHITESNAKE). Exact cities and dates will be announced soon. In other news, Lynch is hard at work designing his Randall signature amp. The hand-wired version will be unvieled in Ind...

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Fans Pay Tribute To THIN LIZZY In Belfast

BBC News is reporting that fans of Irish rock legends THIN LIZZY are set to pay tribute to the band at an event in Belfast. The mother of frontman Phil Lynott is in the city to attend a special concert and take part in a show on BBC Radio Ulster. Philomena Lynott campaigns ...

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What the Mind Perceives

This New Jersey death metal band has been busting its ass since 2000, releasing music, garnering press accolades and touring with no help from others. That changes now as Screaming Ferret steps in to reissue the band's 2003 album "What the Mind Perceives" to a worldwide audience. It's always nice to...

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SEVEN WITCHES: 'Big Change' Coming Next Week

SEVEN WITCHES guitarist Jack Frost (ex-SAVATAGE) has posted the following message on the band's official web site: "Hey brothers of metal. Well its time to give you a full update on the WITCHES, BRONX CASKET COMPANY, and my next solo CD, 'Out in The Cold'. Well, WITCHES will have a big change in the...

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DEF LEPPARD Guitarist Talks About Upcoming 'Covers' Album

DEF LEPPARD guitarist Phil Collen has told Billboard.com that the song list for the group's yet-to-be titled all-covers set has yet to be finalized, as the group decided to record more cuts than it originally planned. Collen admits that the idea for the project was first hatched years ago. "Joe [Ell...

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HEATHEN: More European Tour Dates Announced

Reunited San Francisco thrashers HEATHEN have added more European tour dates to their upcoming itinerary. Confirmed dates so far include: Jul. 02 – TBA - Bad Hersfeld, GER Jul. 9-10 - Headbangers Open Air 2005 - GER Jul. 14 - The Starz - Sint-Niklaas, BEL Jul. 15 - Ed & Rocco's – Geleen, NETH Ju...

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Former PENANCE Vocalist Seeks Musicians For New 'Doom' Band

Former PENANCE vocalist Brian "Butch" Balich is currently seeking musicians to form a new band. "Doom is what I love and that is what I am looking to continue to do," the singer writes in a press release. "[I] would like to find folks that would like to create music that combines heavy doom riffs .....

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SOUL SIRKUS: Live Video Clips Posted Online

SOUL SIRKUS, the new band featuring Neal Schon (JOURNEY) on guitar, Jeff Scott Soto (TALISMAN, YNGWIE MALMSTEEN) on vocals, Marco Mendoza (WHITESNAKE, THIN LIZZY) on bass and Virgil Donati (STEVE VAI, RING OF FIRE) on drums, have posted several live video clips recorded during the band's appearance...

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MSG Vocalist CHRIS LOGAN To Guest On LEGACY Album Re-Release

MICHAEL SCHENKER GROUP (MSG) singer Chris Logan has just finished tracking vocals for a bonus track to be featured on the new LEGACY album re-release. The tune is called "So Long". LEGACY features founding member Marten Andersson (LIZZY BORDEN, GEORGE LYNCH, STARWOOD) on bass and the world-renowned...

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LIZZY BORDEN Tribute Album Takes Shape

Metallicarchangel Records has secured the first seven bands for their upcoming LIZZY BORDEN tribute album, entitled "Baptized in Blood". Bands confirmed to appear on the CD so far (and the songs they are covering) are as follows: DEADLY BLESSING - "Notorious" ICARUS WITCH - "Rod of Iron" FAITH FACTO...

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VELVET REVOLVER Frontman Says He Doesn't Understand The 'Nu Metal Thing'

VELVET REVOLVER frontman Scott Weiland told U-Press Telegram in a recent interview that he initially resisted joining joining the group following his departure from STONE TEMPLE PILOTS. "I had really made up my mind before (VELVET REVOLVER) that I wasn't going to be involved with rock," Weiland reve...

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Stoned Council

Quite possibly the worst band I've heard this year, and that includes a lot of demo band CD-Rs, DOG FACED GODS seem to have been picked up mainly due to the novelty of their Native American heritage. I hate it when this sort of thing happens — it heaps undue attention upon a band not ...

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Concert Being Staged To Raise Funds For PHIL LYNOTT Statue

Eddie McIlwaine of The Belfast Telegraph has issued the following report: A concert to raise funds to put up a statue in Dublin to the late guitar legend Phil Lynott of THIN LIZZY is to be staged in the Spring and Airbrake Club at Ormeau Avenue, Belfast — at the special request of ...