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SLASH Says Touring With AEROSMITH Has 'Really Upped' His Band's Game

During a brand new interview with Ultimate-Guitar.com, Slash was asked what has it been like touring with AEROSMITH on the "Let Rock Rule" tour. "We started in June and we're going until the middle of September," he replied. "It's been an amazing experience. Just being with a bunch of guys who you r...

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FOZZY's CHRIS JERICHO Speaks To SROmaginc.com (Audio)

SROmaginc.com recently conducted an interview with FOZZY singer and WWE wrestling superstar Chris Jericho. You can now listen to the chat in the YouTube clip below. FOZZY's new album, "Do You Wanna Start A War", sold around 5,600 copies in the United States in its first week of release to debut at p...

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WOVENWAR's NICK HIPA Interviewed On FULL METAL JACKIE's Radio Show (Audio)

WOVENWAR guitarist Nick Hipa was interviewed on the August 15-17 edition of Full Metal Jackie's nationally syndicated radio show. You can now listen to the chat using the Podbean widget below. To see a full list of stations carrying the program and when it airs, go to FullMetalJackieRadio.com. The s...

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MARTY FRIEDMAN: BABYMETAL 'Sounds Like MESHUGGAH With Japanese Pop On Top Of It'

Former MEGADETH guitarist Marty Friedman tells RollingStone.com that he is a huge fan of BABYMETAL, the offshoot of the Japanese pop idol group SAKURA GAKUIN that performs a distinctly Japanese mix of schoolgirl J-pop and heavy metal. Takayoshi Ohmura, the guitarist in Friedman's own solo band, is a...

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FLYING COLORS: 'Mask Machine' Video Released

FLYING COLORS — the band featuring Mike Portnoy (drums, vocals),Dave LaRue (bass),Neal Morse (keyboards, vocals),Casey McPherson (vocals, guitars) and Steve Morse (guitar) — will release its second album, "Second Nature", in Europe on September 29 via Mascot Label Group's Music Theories label. Th...

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JOE PERRY: First 'Rocks: My Life In And Out Of Aerosmith' Book-Signing Appearances Announced

AEROSMITH guitarist Joe Perry will release his long-awaited memoir, "Rocks: My Life In And Out Of Aerosmith", on October 7 via Simon & Schuster. Perry worked with author David Ritz, who has written books with B.B. King, Jerry Wexler and Bettye LaVette. In the tradition of the mega-bestseller "Li...

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FLOTSAM AND JETSAM's KELLY D. SMITH Interviewed By TotalRock At U.K.'s BLOODSTOCK OPEN AIR (Video)

Matt of TotalRock conducted an interview with drummer Kelly D. Smith Arizona metal veterans FLOTSAM AND JETSAM at this year's edition of the Bloodstock Open Air festival, which was held August 7-10 at Catton Hall, Walton-On-Trent, West Midlands, United Kingdom. You can now watch the chat below. FLOT...

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GWAR Returns To Live Stage At GWAR-B-Q; Video Footage Of Entire Set

The longest-tenured Beefcake The Mighty, Mike Bishop, served as GWAR's primary mouthpiece as Blothar when the band returned to the live stage yesterday (Saturday, August 16) at this year's edition of GWAR's annual GWAR-B-Q festival at Hadad's Lake in Richmond, Virginia. Also appearing on the bill we...

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CARCASS' BILL STEER Speaks To PLANETMOSH At U.K.'s BLOODSTOCK OPEN AIR (Audio)

PlanetMosh conducted an interview with guitarist Bill Steer of reactivated British extreme metal pioneers CARCASS at this year's edition of the Bloodstock Open Air festival, which was held August 7-10 at Catton Hall, Walton-On-Trent, West Midlands, United Kingdom. You can now listen to the chat usin...

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FLOTSAM AND JETSAM To Dig Into Vaults For Next Studio Album

Arizona metal veterans FLOTSAM AND JETSAM are preparing to enter the studio to begin work on a new album for a tentative early 2015 release. Asked by Felicity Hall of GetYourRockOut at last weekend's Bloodstock Open Air festival in the United Kingdom if the band has begun writing new material yet, F...

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CARCASS' JEFF WALKER Speaks To EQPTV At BLOODSTOCK OPEN AIR (Video)

Elliot Paisley of EQPTV conducted an interview with bassist/vocalist Jeff Walker of reactivated British extreme metal pioneers CARCASS at this year's edition of the Bloodstock Open Air festival, which was held August 7-10 at Catton Hall, Walton-On-Trent, West Midlands, United Kingdom. You can now wa...

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COAL CHAMBER To Enter Studio In October

On August 13, DEVILDRIVER and COAL CHAMBER frontman Dez Fafara called in to SiriusXM Liquid Metal (channel 40) and spoke with host Jose Mangin about COAL CHAMBER's just-announced deal with Napalm Records and the band's upcoming studio album. "Over the years we just started talking and hanging out, a...

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CARCASS Frontman Defends BABYMETAL Against Criticism From Metal Purists

British extreme metal pioneers CARCASS have defended BABYMETAL against the "gimmick" tag given to them by critics who liken them to the success of Swedish occult metallers GHOST. Established in 2010, BABYMETAL is the offshoot of the Japanese pop idol group SAKURA GAKUIN that performs a distinctly Ja...

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AVENGED SEVENFOLD's JOHNNY CHRIST Speaks To 97.1 THE EAGLE ROCKS (Audio)

Clo Raborn of the Dallas/Ft. Worth, Texas radio station 97.1 The Eagle Rocks recently conducted an interview with AVENGED SEVENFOLD bassist Johnny Christ. You can now listen to the chat below. AVENGED SEVENFOLD will reissue its breakthrough second album, "Waking The Fallen", in a new special edition...

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WOVENWAR's Debut Album Cracks U.S. Top 40

The self-titled debut album from WOVENWAR, the new band featuring the talents of Jordan Mancino (drums),Nick Hipa (guitar),Phil Sgrosso (guitar) and Josh Gilbert (bass) of San Diego, California based metal act AS I LAY DYING, and Shane Blay (vocals) of OH, SLEEPER, sold around 7,000 copies in the...