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DAVE GROHL Ties The Knot
People magazine reports that FOO FIGHTERS frontman Dave Grohl, 34, and former MTV producer Jordyn Blum (photo),27, wed at their Los Angeles home Aug. 2. Hundreds of guests, including label honcho Clive Davis and Grohl's former NIRVANA bandmate Krist Novoselic attended the nuptials. It is the first...August 9, 2003
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SAMMY HAGAR To Issue DVD In September
Former VAN HALEN frontman SAMMY HAGAR will be issuing a DVD titled "The Long Road To Cabo" on September 23 through Sanctuary. Over three hundred hours of material was shot and edited to create the final product, which is being described on Hagar's web site as "a combination of live concert performan...August 8, 2003
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SKID ROW Guitarist Recalls Battles With SEBASTIAN BACH Over Songwriting
SKID ROW guitarist Dave "Snake" Sabo recently spoke to Classic Rock Revisited about the difficulties of working with former vocalist Sebastian Bach during the singer's final years with the group. "[Bassist Rachel Bolan and I] started the band and we wrote at least 90% of the songs," Snake said. "We...August 4, 2003
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Not Your Typical 18-Year-Old: West Virginia Teenager Puts On SHADOWS FALL Gig
Justin McElroy of Huntington, West Virginia's The Herald-Dispatch is reporting that "the day of a typical 18-year-old on summer break probably begins sometime around noon with a hearty round of eating Doritos and watching reruns of 'The View', followed by more sleep, and maybe, just maybe, a journey...July 28, 2003
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OZZY OSBOURNE's Tour Manager Passes Away At OZZFEST Stop
Robert "Bobby" Thomson, longtime tour manager for Ozzy Osbourne, passed away in his sleep and was discovered Thursday morning (July 24) in his Detroit hotel room. He was in Detroit with Ozzfest. Thomson, 50, had been battling throat cancer for the last 18 months. Born in Wallyford, Scotland, Thomson...July 25, 2003
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SKINLAB Announce Plans To Go On Hiatus, Refuse To Call It A Split
Acclaimed San Francisco Bay Area metallers SKINLAB have released a statement Tuesday (July 22) saying that they are taking a "hiatus." "Today is a day that I thought would never come," frontman Steev Esquivel writes on the band's web site. "We want to let you all know that SKINLAB will be going on h...July 22, 2003
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DISILLUSION Experiencing Recording Delays
Leipzig, Germany-based metallers DISILLUSION are taking longer than expected to complete the recordings for their full-length debut, "Back To Times Of Splendor". "[The] recordings have now been going on for 11 weeks straight, which clearly exceeds our estimation," the band write on their official we...July 19, 2003
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CRISIS: More Live Dates Announced
CRISIS, the reformed group which up until recently performed and recorded in Los Angeles under the name SKULLSICK NATION, have lined up the following dates during July/August: Jul. 18 - Bourbon Street - Concord, CA Jul. 19 - Grass Valley Center for the Arts - Grass Valley, CA Jul. 20 - The Pound - S...July 17, 2003
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Western Catholic Reporter: Burning 'Violent' Heavy Metal Posters Cleanses Lives
Father Jacques Johnson of Canada's Western Catholic Reporter recounted a time many years ago when he received a call from a mother who asked him to come, as her six-year-old boy could not sleep because he was afraid of something. "I left the rectory and drove to the house and asked the mother what w...July 16, 2003
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KISS Guitarist Remembers His First Gig With The Group
KISS guitarist Tommy Thayer, who will continue to portray Ace Frehley's "Spaceman" character during the band's upcoming tour with AEROSMITH, recently spoke to Billboard magazine about his first "proper" gig with the group, which took place in February with the 60-piece Melbourne Symphony Orchestra —...July 14, 2003
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MOURNING BELOVETH, PENANCE Confirmed For Germany's Doom Shall Rise II Festival
MOURNING BELOVETH, PENANCE and COLD EMBRACE are among the bands that have been confirmed for the only European two-day doom metal festival, dubbed Doom Shall Rise II, to be held April 2-3, 2004 in Göppingen, Germany. The line-up so far: COLD EMBRACE (Germany) MOURNING BELOVETH (Ireland) NORTHWINDS (...July 14, 2003
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OZZ-Less-FEST Rocks On
Ching Lee of Appeal-Democrat reports that OZZY OSBOURNE's decision to avoid playing Wednesday (July 8) at Ozzfest's Marysville, California stop didn't dampen the spirits of the estimated 13,000 fans who began flooding the gates of the Sleep Train Amphitheatre before 9 a.m. Ozzy Osbourne, known to ma...July 10, 2003
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ONWARD Split Up!
Acclaimed power metallers ONWARD appear to have split up following a parting-of-the-ways with their label, Century Media Records. The following is the official statement on the matter from ONWARD guitarist Toby Knapp (as posted on the group's official web site): "Dear listeners, "In the last few yea...July 1, 2003
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KID ROCK Talks About His Visit To The Middle East
CNN aired an interview with Kid Rock on Friday after they were forced to delay the broadcast on Thursday. Rock talked to Wolf Blitzer about his visit to the Middle East to perform for U.S. troops, his support for the war, and whether that support had strained his relationship with singing partner Sh...June 29, 2003
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DAYS OF THE NEW Singer Enters Rehab
DAYS OF THE NEW frontman Travis Meeks is in the process of completing a month-long stint in a California rehabilitation center for treatment of a crystal methamphetamine addiction. Immediately following his July 1 release, he will return to his hometown of Louisville, Kentucky, where he is scheduled...June 24, 2003