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ALICE COOPER, ACE FREHLEY, CHAD SMITH To Perform At 'Supergroup' Benefit Concert

Alice Cooper will headline the second annual "Supergroup" benefit concert on April 26 at Berklee Performance Center in Boston, Massachusetts. Joining him for the 7:00 p.m. show will be guitarist Ace Frehley (ex-KISS),guitarist Ricky Byrd (ex-JOAN JETT AND THE BLACKHEARTS),drummer Chad Smith (RED H...

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Late ZIMMERS HOLE Guitarist Remembered

Victoria, British Columbia, Canada's newspaper Times Colonist has published a write-up on Chris Stanley (pictured below),a former member of ZIMMERS HOLE who passed away last month after years of increasingly critical health with cystic fibrosis. Read it at this location. According to ZIMMERS HOLE —...

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SIX FEET UNDER To Headline X-MAS FEST 09

Almost Famous, a booking agency based out of Belgium and Holland, has announced that Florida-based death metallers SIX FEET UNDER will headline the X-Mas Fest 09 in December. The rest of the lineup will be announced in the coming weeks, "but rest assured that it will be crushing!" says the agency. "...

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BRET MICHAELS' Autobiography Due In June

Gary Graff of Billboard.com reports that POISON frontman Bret Michaels will publish his autobiography, "Roses and Thorns: The Rock 'n' Roll Fantasy to My Reality" (Simon & Schuster),in June. "It will give people the untold story," Michaels tells Billboard.com. "It gives you the sex, the drugs,...

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IRON MAIDEN Manager Says Reports Of Bogota Riots Are 'Wildly Exaggerated'

IRON MAIDEN manager Rod Smallwood has dismissed as "wildly exaggerated" media reports of "riots" following the band's March 7 concert in Bogota, Colombia. The Latin American Herald Tribune reported that police in Bogota arrested 111 people during a riot sparked by crowds trying to get into the MAIDE...

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TARJA TURUNEN: 'Enough' Digital Single Artwork Unveiled

Spinefarm Records has just released a new digital single from former NIGHTWISH singer Tarja Turunen entitled "Enough". The single features the title track plus the bonus song "Wisdom Of Wind"; both cuts are brand new recordings, although it's yet to be determined if they will feature on the singer's...

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METALLICA Fan Appears On U.K. Quiz Show 'Mastermind'

A METALLICA fan by the name of Ian Volante appeared on the legendary U.K. quiz show "Mastermind", where contestants face an inquisition on their chosen specialized subject. Volante took his place in the "Mastermind" chair on March 6, 2009 to answer questions about METALLICA. Watch footage of his app...

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HOLY RAGE Featuring AL ATKINS: New Song Posted Online

HOLY RAGE (pictured below),the new band fronted by original JUDAS PRIEST singer Al Atkins, has posted a new track entitled "Give Them Hell" on the group's MySpace page. The track has already been aired in New York and the U.K. and has received "fantastic reviews and feedback," according to a postin...

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GRAHAM BONNET: New Video Interview Available

Legendary rock singer Graham Bonnet (RAINBOW, MSG, ALCATRAZZ) was interviewed by DSI Records following ALCATRAZZ's February 28, 2009 performance at Jaxx in Springfield, Virginia. Watch the chat in three parts below. ALCATRAZZ recently performed a handful of U.S. dates with SEVEN WITCHES and is curre...

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BIG NOIZE: Spanish Tour Dates Announced

BIG NOIZE, the band featuring vocalist Joe Lynn Turner (DEEP PURPLE, RAINBOW, YNGWIE MALMSTEEN),bassist Phil Soussan (OZZY OSBOURNE),guitarist Carlos Cavazo (QUIET RIOT) and drummer Simon Wright (DIO, AC/DC),will embark on a tour of Spain in May. Confirmed dates are as follows: May 21 - Madrid, S...

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GLENN DANZIG's 'Satanika' Coming To Big Screen

According to AMCtv.com, Glenn Danzig's (MISFITS, DANZIG) popular adult-oriented horror comic Satanika is coming to the big screen, courtesy of music video and feature helmer Thomas Mignone ("On the Doll"). Danzig, who has been publishing adult-oriented horror comics through his Verotik imprint since...

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RHINO BUCKET's 'The Hardest Town' Due In May

MVD Visual and Acetate Records will release RHINO BUCKET's new album, "The Hardest Town", on May 5. The CD was produced by Stefan Sigerson, who previously worked with RHINO BUCKET on its last album, "And Then It Got Ugly", in 2006. RHINO BUCKET's current recording lineup: Georg Dolivo - lead vocals/...

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SEVENTH ANGEL Signs With BOMBWORKS RECORDS

Bombworks Records has announced the signing of the reformed British metal band SEVENTH ANGEL. The group will enter Priory studios in Birmingham with Greg Chandler in late March to record its first album since the release of "Lament for the Weary". Entitled "The Dust of Years", the new CD will be mad...

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OBSIDIAN: More Footage From The Studio Posted Online

Dutch death/thrash metal act OBSIDIAN entered Excess studios in Rotterdam last August to begin recording the as-yet-untitled follow-up to 2007's "Emerging". The CD will feature nine brand new tracks and will be released later in the year via Rusty Cage Records. The band is keeping a studio diary at...

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SEVENTH ANGEL Preparing To Enter Studio

Reformed British metal band SEVENTH ANGEL has issued the following update: "We have signed for our third album with a label we will announce shortly and we are booked to record in a couple of weeks time at The Priory in Birmingham with Greg Chandler of ESOTERIC. The cover art will be provided by Mat...