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POISON Drummer To Perform With MELANIE MARTEL In Hollywood

POISON drummer Rikki Rockett will play percussion for his fiancée Melanie Martel this Friday night (February 8) at The Relax Bar (5511 Hollywood Blvd. @ Western) in Hollywood, California. The all-ages show has a capacity of 150 and is scheduled to begin at 10:00 p.m. For more information on Melanie...

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ONSLAUGHT Announces New Guitarist

Reactivated British thrashers ONSLAUGHT have confirmed the departure of guitarist Alan Jordan. A replacement axeman has already been recruited in the shape of "awesome new shredder" Andy Rosser-Davies. Commented ONSLAUGHT guitarist Nige Rockett: "Unfortunately, Al was unable to commit to any touring...

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ONSLAUGHT Guitarist ALAN JORDAN Quits

Guitarist Alan Jordan of the reactivated British thrashers ONSLAUGHT has released the following statement to BLABBERMOUTH.NET: "It is with immediate effect that I will no longer be a part of ONSLAUGHT. I had the best part of three very happy years with the band and recorded what I considered to be a...

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ONSLAUGHT Forced To Cancel Five Shows In Germany

Reactivated British thrashers ONSLAUGHT have been forced to cancel the final five shows of their current German tour with EKTOMORF due to what they claim were "continuing breaches of contract" by the tour's organizers. ONSLAUGHT singer Sy Keeler says in a statement: "The organization behind the tour...

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JANI LANE To Perform With HOOKERS N' BLOW At Pre-ROCK CITY NEWS Awards Party

Former WARRANT singer Jani Lane will join the guys in HOOKERS N' BLOW — featuring members of L.A. GUNS, GUNS N' ROSES and WHITE LION and RATT — at the Rock City News pre-awards show party on December 5 at Howl At The Moon at Universal CityWalk in Universal City, California. Also scheduled to appear...

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POISON Drummer: 'Let's Remember The Colossal Contributions That KEVIN DUBROW Made'

POISON drummer Rikki Rockett has released the following statement regarding the passing of QUIET RIOT singer Kevin DuBrow: "I have known Kevin DuBrow for close to 20 years or so. QUIET RIOT put metal on the radio in the early '80s in spite of the vanilla new wave surge of DURAN DURAN clones at the ....

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ONSLAUGHT Schedules European Assault

Reactivated British thrashers ONSLAUGHT will embark on a European headlining tour in late March. Support on the trek will come from Sweden's CARNAL FORGE, Greece's SUICIDAL ANGELS and one more as-yet-unconfirmed act. Commented ONSLAUGHT guitarist Nige Rockett: "This is gonna be a fucking awesome tou...

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ONSLAUGHT To Tour Europe With EKTOMORF

Guitarist Nige Rockett of of the reactivated British thrashers ONSLAUGHT has issued the following update: "Due to circumstances beyond our control, we sadly announce that the 'X-mass Festival Tour' scheduled for December has been postponed. However, the tour will now go ahead in January 2008 under t...

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ONSLAUGHT And BENEDICTION Will Not Appear At Germany's HELLFLAME Festival

Vocalist Sy Keeler of the reactivated British thrashers ONSLAUGHT has sent the following update to BLABBERMOUTH.NET: "ONSLAUGHT and BENEDICTION will not be appearing at the Hellflame - South Side of Hell festival in Lichtenfels Germany this Saturday, September 22. This was due to local government in...

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POISON Drummer To Appear At Pennsylvania's 'Puppy Mill Awareness Day'

POISON drummer Rikki Rockett and his fiancée, singer Melanie Martel, will be among the special guests at the Puppy Mill Awareness Day on Saturday, September 15 at Intercourse Community Park in Ronks, Pennsylvania. Puppy Mill Awareness Day (PMAD) is held every September in Lancaster County, Pennsylva...

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POISON Drummer To Perform With MELANIE MARTEL In California

POISON drummer Rikki Rockett will play percussion for his fiancée Melanie Martel tonight (Friday, September 7) at the Sweetwater Café (33310 Agua Dulce Canyon Rd.) in Agua Dulce, California. The unplugged show is scheduled to begin at 9:00 p.m. For more information on Melanie Martel, visit her MySpa...

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POISON Drummer's ROCKETT DRUM WORKS To Build Kits/Snares On The Road

Rockett Drum Works, the Southern California-based custom drum company founded by POISON drummer Rikki Rockett, will be accepting build orders for up to five drum kits and ten snare drums on the Rockett Drum Works Mobile Trailer on this final leg of the POISON tour. The Rockett Drum Works Mobile Trai...

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POISON Drummer To Perform With MELANIE MARTEL In Nashville

POISON drummer Rikki Rockett has posted the following message on his MySpace page: "I have a day off from POISON, so I will be playing percussion for the beautiful and talented Melanie Martel who will be performing at The Stage in Nashville on Tuesday, July 10th from 2:15 p.m till 6:16 p.m. "Melanie...

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RATT Drummer Talks About Reunion With STEPHEN PEARCY

RATT drummer Bobby Blotzer called KNAC.COM's Diana Deville from Birmingham, Alabama on Saturday, June 16 from the POISON tour. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: On how they go about picking the setlist: "That is an excellent question, because you have five guys who have completely different...

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ONSLAUGHT: 'Live Polish Assault 2007' DVD Sneak Preview Available

British thrash metal legends ONSLAUGHT will release their first live DVD, "Live Polish Assault 2007", in Europe on July 2 via Metal Mind Productions (July 16 in the U.S.). The disc will contain more than an hour of veritable thrash mayhem filmed during the band's gig on February 12, 2007 at the Stod...