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Ex-KISS Guitarist BRUCE KULICK Is 'Excited' About Reaction To UNION DVD

Former KISS/currenty GRAND FUNK RAILROAD guitarist Bruce Kulick has posted the following message on his official web site: "Hello everyone! Hope spring is treating everyone well. I know Los Angeles has finally dried out from all the rain this winter, if I can call it a winter. As you all know I have...

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SEVEN WITCHES Part Ways With SANCTUARY, Announce New Album Title

SEVEN WITCHES, the band featuring former SAVATAGE guitarist Jack Frost and HELSTAR singer James Rivera, have posted a message on their official web site regarding the band's upcoming activities and related projects. An excerpt from the update follows: "The band's contract with Sanctuary is up. They...

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GUITAR ONE Magazine Compiles List Of Greatest Guitar Recordings Of All Time

Guitar One magazine has put together the definitive guide to Greatest Guitar Recordings of All Time for their May issue, due on newsstands tomorrow. Along with his devoted team of editors, Guitar One's editor-in-chief Troy Nelson broke the list down into ten distinct genres: classic rock, modern roc...

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ALICE COOPER Guitarist And Bassist Offering Lessons While On Tour

Internet Musicians Group (IMG) has announced that the guitar lesson program, featuring ALICE COOPER guitarist Ryan Roxie and returning bass player Chuck Garric, will be offered to all for the entire duration of the new ALICE COOPER tour 2005. An excerpt from an IMG press release follows: "For those...

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TESTAMENT Guitarist PETERSON: ' I Woud Love To Write With ALEX SKOLNICK Again'

TESTAMENT guitarist Eric Peterson recently spoke to Sweden's Metalshrine.se about the new DRAGONLORD CD and TESTAMENT's upcoming reunion tour with guitarist Alex Skolnick, bassist Greg Christian and drummer Louie Clemente. A couple of excerpts from the interview follow: Metalshrine.se: How come you...

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TESTAMENT Frontman Comments On 'Reunion' Tour

TESTAMENT frontman Chuck Billy has issued the following statement regarding the band's upcoming "reunion" tour: "Well, it is really happening. Alex [Skolnick], Greg [Christian], Johnny [Tempesta], Eric [Peterson], me and Louie [Clemente], we are joining together to play some shows in Europe in May a...

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TED NUGENT Puts On Defense Against Racism Charges

John S. Hausman of The Muskegon Chronicle is reporting that Ted Nugent's testimony Tuesday (March 29) at the Muskegon trial of his lawsuit against Muskegon Summer Celebration over the festival's cancellation of his scheduled June 2003 concert focused on only one of his on-air uses of racial words, t...

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Classic TESTAMENT Lineup Confirmed For Pennsylvania's LOUDER HARDER FASTER Festival

TESTAMENT's classic lineup of Chuck Billy (vocals),Eric Peterson (guitar),Alex Skolnick (guitar),Greg Christian (bass) and Louie Clemente (drums) has been confirmed for the Louder Harder Faster festival, set to take place June 3-5 at the Crocodile Rock Cafe in Allentown, Pennsylvania. The festiva...

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MANIC MUSIC To Make Cancer Research Donation In CHUCK SCHULDINER's Name

Manic Music & Distribution (Candlelight's U.S. promotion/sales partner) will make its first donation to the American Cancer Society in the name of late DEATH/CONTROL DENIED mainman Chuck Schuldiner. The donation is from proceeds generated by direct sales made during the first quarter of 2005 of...

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MOONSKIN Singer Comments On CHUCK SCHULDINER 'Memorial' Song

Israeli "dark metallers" MOONSKIN wrote and recorded a special memorial song ("Embraced by Words") for late DEATH mainman Chuck Schuldiner for inclusion on "Unforgotten Past - A Tribute to Chuck Schuldiner", a tribute album recently released by the Chinese label Areadeath Productions. Commented MOON...

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METALLICA, JUDAS PRIEST, MEGADETH Members Pay Tribute To ANTHRAX

Metal musicians congratulate ANTHRAX on their 20th anniversary: MEGADETH's Dave Mustaine: "ANTHRAX is a band that I have always respected, that has always mattered and was very important to the American metal scene. As part of the 'big four' they were responsible for an enormous amount of the credit...

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ALICE COOPER: Drummer ERIC SINGER Rejoins The Fold

According to a post at SickthingsUK, drummer Eric Singer (KISS) has rejoined ALICE COOPER for the recording of his new album and upcoming tour. This now places ALICE's current band personnel at Ryan Roxie and Damon Johnson on guitar, Chuck Garric on bass and the returning Singer on drums. COOPER's n...

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TROUBLE: New CD Is 'Damn Heavy'

Legendary Chicago doomsters TROUBLE have posted the following message on their official web site: "The good news: TROUBLE has finally begun recording the new full-length CD and it's damn heavy. This thing sounds like they mean business. The guitars are bigger and badder than ever, the drums are huge...

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Transylvania 90210

In a stunted little cul-de-sac of the music world, occupied exclusively by zaftig, Myspace-addicted Goth chicks, overly-pierced zombie greasers and cowboy-hat-wearing ex-glammers gone horror punk, people like WEDNESDAY 13 reign supreme. This is a scene where third-string footnotes to history like BI...

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TESTAMENT: 'Reunion' Tour Dates Announced

TESTAMENT lead vocalist Chuck Billy and founding guitarist Eric Peterson will be joined by original guitar player Alex Skolnick and original bassist Greg Christian (HAVOCHATE) for a 10-date European run in May. Handling the drums on the upcoming trek will be either previous TESTAMENT drummer Johnny...