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Legendary BLACK SABBATH/WHITESNAKE Bassist Working With THE FLUFFY JACKETS

Legendary BLACK SABBATH/WHITESNAKE bassist Neil Murray is currently working with THE FLUFFY JACKETS to record their first demo, to be released independently in July. Neil Murray initially shot to fame in the late 1970s and 1980s as founding member of the successful band WHITESNAKE where he contribut...

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DEF LEPPARD Nearly Complete With 'Sparkly' New Album

Gary Graff of Billboard.com reports: DEF LEPPARD is "about 85, 90 percent finished" with its next album, which frontman Joe Elliott describes as "a very rock album" tentatively titled "Songs from the Sparkle Lounge". "I'm not gonna say it's radically different to anything we've ever done," Elliott t...

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AVENGER UK: Tour Dates Announced

AVENGER UK, the Newcastle, U.K.-based NWOBHM band formerly known as AVENGER, has scheduled the following dates: Jul. 06 - The Snooty Fox - Wakefield, Yorkshire, UK Jul. 07 - The Ship Inn - Great Yarmouth, UK Jul. 08 - The Ringside - Hull, Midlands, UK Jul. 12 - Headbangers Open Air Festival - Brande...

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SCRAP METAL To Headline MelodicRockFest

Some of the biggest names in the melodic rock world will converge on South Bend, Indiana on October 6 for a very special one-night-only performance to mark the 10th anniversary of popular rock music web site MelodicRock.com. The MelodicRockFest headliner will be SCRAP METAL, the Nashville-based all-...

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NEVERLAND: Audio Sample Featuring BLIND GUARDIAN Singer Posted Online

A new audio sample from NEVERLAND, the collaboration between Turkey's progressive power metal band DREAMTONE and Greek artist Iris Mavraki, has been posted on the NEVERLAND MySpace page. The song "To Lose the Sun", features Hansi Kürsch of BLIND GUARDIAN on lead vocals. This clip, along with two mor...

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EXODUS To Begin Recording This Weekend

Veteran San Francisco Bay Area metallers EXODUS will enter Sharkbite Studios (web site) in Oakland, California on Sunday, June 10 with producer Andy Sneap (MEGADETH, MACHINE HEAD, NEVERMORE, ARCH ENEMY) to begin recording their new album for a late 2007 release via Nuclear Blast Records. "Everyone a...

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EXODUS: More Tour Dates Announced

Veteran San Francisco Bay Area metallers EXODUS have lined up the following dates during August: Aug. 03 - Las Vegas, NV @ Jillians Aug. 04 - San Marcos, CA @ The Jumping Turtle Aug. 05 - Mexicali, Mexico @ El Jardin Sllencio Extreme Aug. 06 - Modesto, CA @ Fat Cat Music house Aug. 07 ...

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GRAHAM BONNET: ALCATRAZZ Tour Has Been Huge Success

The following message has been posted on the web site of legendary singer Graham Bonnet (RAINBOW, MICHAEL SCHENKER GROUP, ALCATRAZZ, IMPELLITTERI): "ALCATRAZZ is now touring Japan and has finished three shows in Tokyo/Osaka, and only the last gig in Sapporo is left now. Apparently the tour has been...

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Founding ALCATRAZZ Members Relaunch Band With New Guitarist

According to a posting on The Rainbow Fanclan Legacy web site, founding ALCATRAZZ members Jimmy Waldo (keyboards),Gary Shea (bass) and Jan Uvena (drums) have put together a new version of the group with guitarist Stig Mathisen. A vocalist for the band has not yet been announced. A message on the gr...

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GODSMACK To Release 10th Anniversary Box Set

Gary Graff of Billboard.com reports that GODSMACK will release a 10th anniversary box set later this year. The Boston band — currently on a theater run continuing to promote its 2006 release "IV" — plan to commemorate the 10-year celebration of their first album with a package that gathers together...

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Former EXTREME Guitarist Writing Songs With JOURNEY Legend STEVE PERRY

Former EXTREME and current SATELLITE PARTY guitarist Nuno Bettencourt has told The Boston Herald that he is writing material with legendary JOURNEY frontman Steve Perry. No further information is currently available. In other news, the original lineup of EXTREME — Gary Cherone (vocals, ex-VAN HALEN)...

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EXODUS Guitarist: 'This New Sh*t Is Aggressive With A Capital A'

EXODUS guitarist Gary Holt has issued the following update: "Just a quick word to let everyone know has been up! Rehearsing about seven hours a day right now, busting our asses as Mr. Sneap [British producer Andy Sneap] will arrive on June 3rd and into the studio we go. Eleven songs done as of now,...

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GRAVEYARD RODEO: More Original Members Sign On For Reunion Show

Original GRAVEYARD RODEO members Wayne "Doobie" Fabra (drums),Tommy Mesculine (bass),and Perry McAuley (vocals) have confirmed their participation in the band's reunion show that will take place at the Raise The Dead Festival II, slated for October 19, 2007 in New Orleans. Guitarist Gary Gennarro...

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GRAHAM BONNET Threatened With Lawsuit Over Use Of ALCATRAZZ Name

Former ALCATRAZZ members Jimmy Waldo (keyboards),Gary Shea (bass) and Jan Uvena (drums) have sent a "cease-and-desist" letter to the group's singer, Graham Bonnet, requesting that he stop calling his new band ALCATRAZZ in violation of their intellectual property rights. An excerpt from the letter,...

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PAUL STANLEY, SCOTT IAN, GLENN HUGHES To Take Part In Next ROCK 'N ROLL FANTASY CAMP

The next Rock 'n Roll Fantasy Camp (RRFC) will take place in New York City between August 30 and September 3 and will feature Paul Stanley (KISS),Ted Nugent, Bruce Kulick (KISS),Scott Ian (ANTHRAX),Kip Winger (WINGER),Alan White (YES) and Glenn Hughes (DEEP PURPLE),among others. Camp Highlights...