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GHOST Wants To Become 'A Full-Production Band'

WNOR FM99 conducted an interview with one of the Nameless Ghouls from the Swedish occult rock band GHOST at the Lunatic Luau '16 festival, which was held May 6 at Veterans United Home Loans Amphitheater in Virginia Beach, Virginia. You can now watch the chat below. Asked how big he envisions GHOST o...

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FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH: 'Our Job Is To Make People Happy'

WNOR FM99 conducted an interview with FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH drummer Jeremy Spencer and guitarist Jason Hook at the Lunatic Luau '16 festival, which was held May 6 at Veterans United Home Loans Amphitheater in Virginia Beach, Virginia. You can now watch the chat below. Speaking about taking meeting...

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Video: METALLICA's JAMES HETFIELD Sings Happy Birthday To WILLIE MAYS During Fourth Annual 'Metallica Night'

METALLICA guitarist James Hetfield sang happy birthday to San Francisco Giants legend Willie Mays during San Francisco Giants' fourth annual "Metallica Night", which was held Friday, May 6 at AT&T Park in San Francisco as the Giants took the field against the Colorado Rockies. Hetfield sang from...

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METALLICA's KIRK HAMMETT, ROBERT TRUJILLO Join Ocean Beach Cleanup

METALLICA guitarist Kirk Hammett and bassist Robert Trujillo, who are both avid surfers, took part in a cleanup earlier today at San Francisco's popular Ocean Beach as part of a photo op sponsored by the San Francisco Giants. Asked during an appearance at 2014's Surf Summit what the surf industry ca...

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BREAKING BENJAMIN, PAPA ROACH, ALTER BRIDGE, SEVENDUST Set For Next Year's SHIPROCKED Cruise

The initial band lineup has been announced for the eighth edition of ShipRocked, set for January 16-20, 2017 onboard Carnival Victory. Headliner BREAKING BENJAMIN will join PAPA ROACH, ALTER BRIDGE, SEVENDUST, POP EVIL, THE STOWAWAYS all-star band and more on The Ultimate Rock 'N' Roll Cruise as it...

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FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH's JASON HOOK Already Has Ideas For Three Or Four More Albums

On April 26, Shannon The Dude of Lousville, Kentucky's rock station 93.1 The Fox Rocks conducted an interview with FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH guitarist Jason Hook. You can now listen to the chat below. A couple of excerps follow (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On constantly working on new music: Hoo...

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N.W.A.'s MC REN To KISS's GENE SIMMONS: 'F**k Tha Police' Is More Rock And Roll Than 'Rock And Roll All Nite'

MC Ren of N.W.A. has slammed Gene Simmons for the negative comments the KISS bassist/vocalist made about the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame inducting rap artists. "That dude is real arrogant," the rapper told Rolling Stone. "It's like, how he's looking at us, how he know that people before him in rock ....

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METALLICA's LARS ULRICH: 'I Think It's Important For Everybody That Record Stores Survive'

METALLICA drummer Lars Ulrich recently spoke to BBC Radio 6 Music about the band's love of records and record stores. You can now listen to the chat using the widget below. A few excerpts follow (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On how he first got introduced to record stores: Lars: "I was born int...

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FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH Responds To Record-Company Lawsuit

In response to a recent lawsuit filed against the members of FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH by their label, Prospect Park LLC, the band has released the following statement: "Desperate people do desperate things. "We are saddened, but not surprised by the recent lawsuit filed by Prospect Park, LLC against...

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UNLOCKING THE TRUTH Releases 'Take Control' Video

"Take Control", the new video from UNLOCKING THE TRUTH — the heavy metal band from Flatbush, Brooklyn made up of three African-American boys, guitarist/vocalist Malcolm Brickhouse, bassist Alec Atkins and drummer Jarad Dawkins — can be seen below. Taken from UNLOCKING THE TRUTH's forthcoming debut f...

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TWISTED SISTER's JAY JAY FRENCH: 'I Was Only Offered Drugs One Time Backstage By A Roadie Of A Band'

Seb Di Gatto of "The Metal Gods Meltdown" recently conducted an interview with TWISTED SISTER guitarist Jay Jay French. You can now listen to the chat using the SoundCloud widget below. Asked if TWISTED SISTED has ever dabbled in devil worship, as they were accused of doing at the height of the 1980...

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Video: PAPA ROACH, TESLA, Y&T Members Perform At 'Rock For Reason' Benefit Concert

On April 15, Higher Purpose Events hosted "Rock For Reason", a benefit concert for The Boys And Girls Club Of Placer County. Higher Purpose Events and Pat Martin's All Stars brought together the musical talents of the following: * Jeff Keith, Brian Wheat and Frank Hannon of TESLA * Jacoby Shaddix an...

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Singer Of Tribute Band THUNDERSTRUCK Says He Also Auditioned For AC/DC

Story by April Rosequist The first thought running through Lee Robinson's mind when he was asked if he wanted to audition for AC/DC was that someone was playing an elaborate joke on him. Good ole boys from Butner, North Carolina just don't get called by booking agents in Los Angeles. "If it hadn't b...

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BRET MICHAELS, TED NUGENT, BUCKCHERRY, SEVENDUST To Headline LACONIAFEST

Bret Michaels (POISON) will headline the very first LaconiaFest — the East Coast's only motorcycle music festival — set to take place June 11-19 in conjunction with the 93rd annual Laconia Motorcycle Week in Laconia, New Hampshire. The festival will include all-day food and drink, motocross stunt sh...

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VINCE NEIL, BRET MICHAELS, KIX, YNGWIE MALMSTEEN Among Confirmed Acts For 'Hair Nation Festival'

SiriusXM's Hair Nation Festival is set for Saturday, September 17 at Irvine Meadows Amphitheatre in Irvine, California. Rock fans from around the globe are invited to re­live the filth of the Sunset Strip for one night only at SiriusXM's Hair Nation Festival. The current music lineup is as follows:...