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GILBY CLARKE To Undergo 'At Least One More Surgery' After Hit-And-Run Accident

Former GUNS N' ROSES guitarist Gilby Clarke's MySpace page has been updated with the following message: "Gilby is recovering now at the hospital from injuries he sustained in a hit-and-run accident on his motorcycle Sunday, January 10. He suffered three broken bones in his left foot/ankle and a brok...

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REX BROWN's 1988 PANTERA Bass Being Sold

Grinning Elk has "been honored" with the task of offering some of the bass guitars from the private collection of Rex Brown, bassist for PANTERA and DOWN. According to the company, this latest piece a "circa 1988 Charvel bass and is the one that started it all for Rex and PANTERA. This bass was play...

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Ex-GUNS N' ROSES Guitarist GILBY CLARKE Undergoes Surgery After Hit-And-Run Accident

Former GUNS N' ROSES guitarist Gilby Clarke underwent surgery earlier today to repair one of his legs after he was seriously injured in a hit-and-run motorcycle accident in Los Angeles on Sunday (January 10). Gilby's wife, Daniella Clarke, writes on her Twitter page, "My guy is out of surgery. One d...

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MACHINE HEAD Announces Dates In Japan, Australia

After storming across Europe, MACHINE HEAD's "The Black Procession" tour will hit Japan and Australia, putting an end to three incredible years of roadwork in support of the band's highly acclaimed, Grammy-nominated album "The Blackening". Continuing the assault with MACHINE HEAD are HATEBREED and B...

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SEBASTIAN BACH: 'The Music Industry's So Screwed Up'

Former SKID ROW singer Sebastian Bach was interviewed earlier this month on "The Paulie Z Show". The chat is now available for streaming using the audio player below. When asked about his current record-label situation, Bach said, "The music industry's so screwed up, I almost don't wanna even rely o...

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ROB HALFORD's Father Says Success Hasn't Changed His Son At All

Ben Lammas of Express & Star recently conducted separate interviews with JUDAS PRIEST frontman Rob Halford, Rob's sister Sue, his brother Nigel and Rob's parents Barrie and Joan (both of whom are in their 80s). A few excerpts follow below. On the possibility of a hometown performance — in Walsal...

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AC/DC: Bern Concert Sells Out Within Minutes

World Radio Switzerland reports that all 45,000 tickets for the much-anticipated concert by veteran rockers AC/DC in Bern, Switzerland this summer were snapped up in just 12 minutes. The concert will take place in the Stade de Suisse on June 8. Last time the group performed in Switzerland was at Zur...

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ANTHRAX Guitarist Discusses THE DAMNED THINGS Side Project

Robert Gray of Ultimate-Guitar.com recently conducted an interview with ANTHRAX guitarist Rob Caggiano. A few excerpts from the chat follow below. Ultimate-Guitar.com: Briefly, what is your view of the Dan Nelson [ANTHRAX singer 2007-2009] situation? To summarize? Caggiano: It just didn't work out....

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ARCH ENEMY Guitarist Is 'Looking Forward To Getting Into Creative Phase Of Writing' Again

Patrick Slevin of The Aquarian Weekly recently conducted an interview with ARCH ENEMY/CARCASS guitarist Michael Amott. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. The Aquarian Weekly: Regarding [ARCH ENEMY's] "The Root Of All Evil", when did the idea to re-record older material first come up? A...

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BOLT THROWER To Play Free Show In Holland

British extreme metal pioneers BOLT THROWER have issued the following update: "BOLT THROWER has always had a special bond with the Atak Club in Enschede, Holland. The small, 300-capacity club was one of the first to start booking extreme bands in the late '80s. It was famous for its out-of-control m...

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FULLFORCE Parts Ways With Bassist MAGNUS ROSÉN

FULLFORCE (now apparently written as one word),the new Swedish melodic metal project featuring Mike Andersson (CLOUDSCAPE, SILENT MEMORIAL, PLANET ALLIANCE) on vocals, Stefan Elmgren (HAMMERFALL) on guitar, Anders Johansson (HAMMERFALL, YNGWIE MALMSTEEN) on drums, and Carl-Johan Grimmark (NARNIA) o...

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Former AFTER FOREVER Singer's REVAMP Begins Recording Debut Album

Former AFTER FOREVER vocalist Floor Jansen's new project called REVAMP entered the studio earlier today (Sunday, January 3) to begin recording its debut album for a tentative May release. Jansen says, "Drummer Koen Herfst is in Germany now with [guitarist/producer] Waldemar Sorychta to record the dr...

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First Official ULI JON ROTH Signature Sky Guitar To Be Unveiled At NAMM

The long-awaited first official Uli Jon Roth (ex-SCORPIONS) signature Sky Guitar will finally be unveiled at the winter NAMM show in Anaheim, California on January 14, 2010. There will be two different models on display, a six-string and a seven-string version. This limited edition will be super-cus...

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ANVIL Frontman: 'We're Struggling The Same As We Always Have'

John Soeder of The Plain Dealer recently conducted an interview with guitarist/vocalist Steve "Lips" Kudlow of Canadian metal legends ANVIL. A few excerpts from the chat follow below. On ANVIL's "success" following the release of the band's hit documentary, "Anvil! The Story of Anvil": "By 'success,...

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MESHUGGAH Drummer Discusses Forthcoming 'Alive' DVD

Zooindustry recently conducted a short interview with drummer Tomas Haake of Swedish experimental extreme metallers MESHUGGAH. An excerpt from the chat follows below. Zooindustry: Without sounding presumptuous, what took so long to get that DVD "Alive" done ? Haake: To be honest, I'm not entirely su...