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SOILENT GREEN/CROWBAR Drummer Undergoes Prostatectomy

On August 13, SOILENT GREEN/CROWBAR drummer Tommy Buckley underwent a prostatectomy (an operation to remove the prostate gland and some of the tissue around it) after being diagnosed with prostate cancer. According to a posting on the SOILENT GREEN Facebook page, "The cancer was in a small part in h...

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'Louder Than Hell' Book Authors Interviewed On 'Rock Book Show' (Video)

Veteran rock journalists Jon Wiederhorn and Katherine Turman recently spoke to the "Rock Book Show" about their recently published book, "Louder Than Hell: The Definitive Oral History Of Metal". You can now watch the chat below. Emerging from the blues and psychedelic rock of the 1960s and '70s, hea...

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JOHN 5 Interviewed By MusikUniverse.net (Video)

MusikUniverse.net conducted an interview with ROB ZOMBIE guitarist John 5 (real name: John William Lowery) on August 10 at the Heavy MTL festival in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. You can now watch the chat below. Photos of the concert are available at this location. Rob Zombie's fifth album, "Venomous R...

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CARL PALMER Says He Turned Down Opportunity To Play With BLACK SABBATH

Carl Palmer, the rock percussionist and veteran of hit British rock bands — including EMERSON, LAKE & PALMER, ASIA, THE CRAZY WORLD OF ARTHUR BROWN and ATOMIC ROOSTER — says he turned down an opportunity to play with BLACK SABBATH when the heavy metal legends were looking for a drummer to replac...

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Previously Unheard GUNS N' ROSES Song Surfaces Online, Vanishes

According to The Pulse Of Radio, a previously unheard GUNS N' ROSES song called "Going Down" surfaced briefly on YouTube earlier this week before being quickly taken down. The track reportedly features bassist Tommy Stinson on lead vocals, although Axl Rose can be clearly heard doing background voca...

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Late WARRANT Singer's Ex-Wife BOBBIE BROWN Talks To Ontario's FM96 (Audio)

FM96, London, Ontario, Canada's Best Rock radio station, last week conducted an interview with actress, model, and glam rock icon Bobbie Brown. You can now listen to the chat using the SoundCloud widget below. Bobbie Brown's autobiographical tell-all "Dirty Rocker Boys: Love, And Lust On The Sunset...

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GLENN DANZIG: Democrats Are 'Fascists Disguised As Liberals'

Kory Grow of City Pages Minneapolis recently conducted an interview with Glenn Danzig. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. City Pages Minneapolis: You mentioned that [the DANZIG song] "Mother" was about the PMRC [Parents Music Resource Center; the American committee formed in 1985 with...

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BILL WARD Discusses Emotional Toll Of His Exit From BLACK SABBATH (Audio)

In a new text/audio feature by music writer Joel Gausten, legendary BLACK SABBATH drummer Bill Ward opens up about how his new fine art series, "Absence Of Corners", helped him deal with some of the intense emotions he felt after stepping away from the reunion of the original BLACK SABBATH lineup in...

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ROB ZOMBIE Guitarist JOHN 5 Interviewed By ConcertBlogger.com (Video)

Kristyn Clarke of ConcertBlogger.com conducted an interview with ROB ZOMBIE guitarist John 5 (real name: John William Lowery) on July 24 at the Bristow, Virginia stop of this summer's Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival. You can now watch the chat below. Rob Zombie's fifth album, "Venomous Rat Reg...

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TESLA: New Song 'Taste My Pain' Now Available Digitally

"Taste My Pain", a brand new song from California rockers TESLA, is now available on iTunes and Amazon. TESLA recorded "Taste My Pain" during a two-day (June 5-6) session at J Street Recorders in Sacramento, with plans to include it on a forthcoming album. The tune has all the bandmembers excited to...

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TESTAMENT: 'Dark Roots Of Thrash' DVD/2CD Detailed

"Dark Roots Of Thrash", a DVD/2CD release documenting Bay Area veterans TESTAMENT's sold-out headlining performance at the Paramount in Huntington, New York this past February, will be made available on October 11 (Europe) and October 15 (North America) via Nuclear Blast Records. "Dark Roots Of Thra...

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PARADISE LOST: 'Tragic Illusion 25 (The Rarities)' Cover Artwork, Track Listing Revealed

From the harrowing doom of their 1990 debut, "Lost Paradise", to 1991's genre-defining "Gothic", to 1995's break-out masterpiece "Draconian Times", to 1997's electronically tinged "One Second", to 2007's return to a heavier form "In Requiem", to last year's opus "Tragic Idol", British gothic metal p...

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BLACK SABBATH Drummer BILL WARD Talks To 'LA Radio Sessions' About Art Collection (Audio)

Legendary BLACK SABBATH drummer Bill Ward recently spoke to "LA Radio Sessions" about his groundbreaking collection of fine art created from rhythm. You can now listen to the chat using the audio player below. He's arguably one of the most discussed drummers in rock today. His presence behind the ki...

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BLACK SABBATH: Fan-Filmed Video Footage Of Mansfield Concert

Fan-filmed video footage of BLACK SABBATH's August 12 concert at Comcast Center in Mansfield, Massachusetts can be seen below. The band's setlist was as follows: 01. War Pigs 02. Into The Void 03. Under The Sun/Every Day Comes And Goes 04. Snowblind 05. Age Of Reason 06. Black Sabbath 07. Behind The...

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TESLA Guitarist DAVE RUDE Interviewed On 'The Signals Of Intuition' (Audio)

TESLA guitarist Dave Rude was interviewed on the August 13 edition of "The Signals Of Intuition" show on 99.1 CJAM-FM. Topics discussed include Dave's early musical influences and career, auditioning for TESLA, recording "Real To Reel", "Forevermore" and TESLA's upcoming material, as well his new so...