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CAMP FREDDY Resume Work On Debut Album

CAMP FREDDY, the Los Angeles-based "jam" band consisting of JANE'S ADDICTION guitarist Dave Navarro, former THE CULT touring bassist Billy Morrison (on guitar),VELVET REVOLVER/ex-GUNS N' ROSES drummer Matt Sorum, and vocalist Donovan Leitch (the son of 1960s U.K. folk-rock icon Donovan),have resum...

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World's Largest Collection Of JIMI HENDRIX Memorabilia To Be Auctioned

The following press release was issued by the Prudent Press Agency: Jimi Hendrix is the ultimate rock icon — his influence still resonating throughout music, fashion and popular culture, nearly 35 years after his untimely death. In November Cooper Owen auctioned the first selection of lots from this...

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SLASH, JERRY CANTRELL, COURTNEY LOVE Jam With CAMP FREDDY In Hollywood

Slash (VELVET REVOLVER, ex-GUNS N' ROSES),Jerry Cantrell (ex-ALICE IN CHAINS),Courtney Love (HOLE) and Steve Jones (SEX PISTOLS) were among the special guests during CAMP FREDDY's benefit concert for Southeast Asia tsunami relief Thursday night (Jan. 27) at the Key club in Hollywood, California. C...

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Is There A Connection Between Heavy Metal Music And Violent Behavior?

Norway's Imhotep Zine recently asked more than 60 heavy metal and hard rock musicians to answer the following two questions related to last month's shooting death of PANTERA/DAMAGEPLAN guitarist "Dimebag" Darrell Abbott: 1) Can aggressive music led people to kill others? 2) Is there any connection b...

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DESPISED ICON Sign Worldwide Deal With CENTURY MEDIA RECORDS

After a lengthy bidding war, the Canadian deathcore six-piece DESPISED ICON have signed a worldwide deal with Century Media Records. The group’s brutal mixture of death metal and grindcore will quickly appeal to fans of such artists as DYING FETUS, NASUM and PREMONITIONS OF WAR, while still being ab...

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Ex-FORBIDDEN Guitarist: We Have The Illusion Of Freedom Of Choice In This Country

Former FORBIDDEN/MANMADEGOD and current SPIRALARMS guitarist Craig Locicero has posted the following message on the SPIRALARMS web site: "As I am sitting here typing this with my son on my lap, I can't help but having mixed emotions about the direction of this New Year. Not musically mind you, but w...

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New DARK TRANQUILLITY MP3 Posted; U.S. Tour Dates Announced

A brand-new DARK TRANQUILLITY track, entitled "Lost to Apathy", has been made available for download in MP3 format at this location. "Lost to Apathy" is the first single off the group's upcoming album, "Character", due on January 25 via Century Media Records. Shortly after the release of "Character"...

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IMPALED, CAPHARNAUM Confirmed For MARYLAND DEATH FEST 2005

IMPALED, CAPHARNAUM, GHOUL, VOMIT REMNANTS, ION DISSONANCE, PROPHECY, WARSCARS and SCREAMING AFTERBIRTH are the latest bands confirmed for Maryland Death Fest 2005, a two-day festival set to take place May 28-29 at the Thunderdome in Baltimore, MD. The complete list of acts scheduled to perform at t...

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NIRVANA-Inspired Documentary Receives DVD Release

Canadian NIRVANA fan and documentary filmmaker Steven James May has announced the release of his documentary, "The Nevermind Year", on DVD. Told from the perspective of aging NIRVANA fan, "The Nevermind Year" explores the relationship between the suicide of punk-rock icon Kurt Cobain, and May's own...

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GHOULUNATICS Name 10th Anniversary DVD

Montreal deathcore act GHOULUNATICS have set "Blood Curdling Years" as the title of their upcoming 10th anniversary DVD, tentatively due in early 2005. The disc will reportedly be about three hours long and will contain two full shows — including the band's appearance at the Trois-Rivieres Metalfest...

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ALICE COOPER's 'Monster Dog' To Be Released On DVD

The 1984 film "Monster Dog", starring Alice Cooper, will be released on DVD on February 15, 2005 via Eclectic DVD and Jef Films. "Monster Dog", directed by Clyde Anderson, stars Alice Cooper as Vince Roberts — known to the world as "Vince Raven," the rock icon. He's returning to his family home afte...

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CAMP FREDDY Announce Free Gig In Hollywood

CAMP FREDDY, the Los Angeles-based "jam" band featuring JANE'S ADDICTION guitarist Dave Navarro, former THE CULT touring bassist Billy Morrison (on guitar),ex-JANE'S ADDICTION drummer Stephen Perkins, and vocalist Donovan Leitch (the son of 1960s U.K. folk-rock icon Donovan),will play a free show...

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Future Of Club Where DIMEBAG Was Gunned Down Is Up In The Air

Jordan Gentile of The Other Paper reports: Even as they mourned the death of "Dimebag" Darrell Abbott last week, metal fans around Columbus, Ohio quietly began fretting about the future of another icon: the Alrosa Villa. They fear the nightclub that witnessed last week's shootings could soon fall vi...

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HAMMERFALL: New Album To Feature Appearance by VENOM Frontman

HAMMERFALL guitarist Oscar Dronjak has posted the following message on the group's official web site: "As promised, elesewhere on the site you will find the cover to our upcoming single 'Blood Bound', to be released worldwide at the end of January. Now, onto the details about the album. Here's the c...

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Buffalo DAMAGEPLAN Fans Stunned By DIMEBAG's Murder A Day After Local Show

Jeff Miers of The Buffalo News reports: When "Dimebag" Darrell Abbott rolled into Buffalo's Icon club Tuesday for a gig with his band, DAMAGEPLAN, the guitarist couldn't have known the show would be his last. Within 24 hours, the legendary musician would be dead, the victim of a crazed fan's deadly...