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MÖTLEY CRÜE's NIKKI SIXX Checks In From AEROSMITH Tour

MÖTLEY CRÜE bassist Nikki Sixx has checked in from the band's "The Route of All Evil" tour with fellow music veterans AEROSMITH with the following update: "We're in Darien Lake (where?) and leave after the show for [New York City]… my fave place as far as energy and people watching. Gonna be in the...

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THE ETERNAL Parts Ways With Bassist

Acclaimed Australian atmospheric/gothic/doom metal band THE ETERNAL have parted ways with bassist James Hunt. "It is with a heavy heart that I must announce my retirement from THE ETERNAL," Hunt writes in a statement. "For the last three years I have worked obsessively alongside Mark [Kelson, guitar...

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Japan Wins AIR GUITAR WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS; SENTENCED Guitarist Among Judges

Air Guitar World Championships took place in Club Teatria, Oulu, for the 11th time. Japan's strong presence produced a world champion and this year Ochi "Dainoji" Yosuke gets a chance to spread the gospel of air guitars. Yosuke outplayed the other skillful contestants with his simplistic but extreme...

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MARSHALL LAW To Re-Record 'Axis Of Power' Tracks With New Lineup

According to a posting on Rockdetector.com, long-running U.K. metallers MARSHALL LAW will scrap much of their recently recorded "Axis of Power" CD and will re-record the best tracks from it with the group's new lineup, featuring the group's latest addition, guitarist Dave Rothan. MARSHALL LAW vocali...

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MORDICHRIST Taps Former DYING FETUS Drummer For Debut CD

MORDICHRIST, the Swedish black metal band featuring DARK FUNERAL guitarist Chaq Mol, has tapped drummer Erik Sayenga (ex-DYING FETUS, WITCH-HUNT, LACERATION) to play on its upcoming full-length debut, tentatively due in early 2007 through Regain Records. As previously reported, MORDICHRIST has uploa...

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SILENT FORCE Frontman To Appear On GENIUS Rock Opera 'The Final Surprise'

D.C. Cooper (SILENT FORCE, ex-ROYAL HUNT) has joined a cast of singers who will appear on the third and final chapter of the GENIUS rock opera, entitled "The Final Surprise". D.C. will sing all the parts which were originally slated for the Mark Boals character. The former YNGWIE MALMSTEEN singer wi...

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DARK NEW DAY: New Video Posted Online

A video clip of DARK NEW DAY performing a new song, entitled "Storm", in late June at studio in Burbank, California has been posted online at this location (Windows Media). The track comes off the group's upcoming digital-EP release, "Black Porch Acoustic Sessions", due on September 5. Another track...

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TYR: 'Ragnarok' Track Listing Revealed; Audio Sample Available

Faroe Islands metallers TYR will release their third album, "Ragnarok", in Europe on September 25 via Napalm Records (October 10 in the U.S.). The follow-up to 2003's "Eric the Red" was recorded at Hansen studios in Ribe, Denmark and contains "more of the same, only better," according to the band. "...

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MÖTLEY CRÜE Bassist Travels The World For His New Clothing Line

MÖTLEY CRÜE bassist Nikki Sixx has posted the following message in his online diary: "I'm sitting in Muscat, Saudi Arabia at the airport as I write this. I woke up today in Jaipur, India, took a private plane to New Delhi (to get around the problems with heightened security from the recent terrorist...

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OCEAN TOMO AUCTIONS to Sell Rights to the Entire JIMI HENDRIX Catalog

Ocean Tomo Auctions, LLC, a division of the Chicago-based intellectual capital merchant banc, Ocean Tomo, today announced it has been retained by the administrator of the estate of Michael Frank Jeffery to sell their rights, title and interest in the entire Jimi Hendrix music catalog. The catalog wi...

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GUNS N' ROSES Singer Visits Cancer Charity

NME.com reports that GUNS N' ROSES singer Axl Rose made a surprise visit to the Teenage Cancer Trust Ward at the University College Hospital in London (photo). The singer had just completed GUNS N' ROSES' controversial European tour, culminating with a final date at Wembley Arena on July 30. Simon D...

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Is ROSE TATTOO Too Rock 'N' Roll For Australian Music Industry?

Patrick Donovan of The Age's "Sticky Carpet" (web site) has issued the following report: Are ROSE TATTOO too rock'n'roll for the Australian music industry? Seven members of the band — Angry Anderson, Geordie Leach, Ian Rilen, Rob Riley, Mick Cocks and the late Pete Wells and Dallas "Digger" Royal —...

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TED NUGENT: People Who Think Hunting Is Terrible Can Kiss My A**

Brent Frazee of The Mercury News reports that the first thing you have to know about Ted Nugent is that he isn't going to apologize to anyone for hunting. "I've got a message for all those people who think hunting is so terrible," he says. "They can kiss my (behind). "People will say ...

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MÖTLEY CRÜE's NIKKI SIXX: 'To Me, Fashion And Music Go Hand In Hand'

Leslie Earnest of the Los Angeles Times reports that former St. John Knits International Inc. executive Kelly Gray and MÖTLEY CRÜE bassist Nikki Sixx have joined forces to launch a line of men's clothing. Apparel from Newport Beach-based Royal Underground, whose clothing includes $100 T-shirts, $900...

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MÖTLEY CRÜE's NIKKI SIXX To Launch 'Royal Underground' Clothing Line

Women's Wear Daily reports that MÖTLEY CRÜE bassist Nikki Sixx is partnering with Kelly Gray, formerly the co-president and house model of St. John, to launch a label called Royal Underground that will comprise contemporary sportswear. "I don't think anyone else could have convinced me to get back i...