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KERI KELLI To Perform With SLASH On 'American Idol'

Keri Kelli (ALICE COOPER, VINCE NEIL, SLASH'S SNAKEPIT, SKID ROW, WARRANT, RATT) will join VELVET REVOLVER/ex-GUNS N' ROSES guitarist Slash for next week's "mentor" appearance on "Rock Week" on "American Idol". Slash wrote on his Twitter account, "I'm going to attempt to make 'Rock Week' on 'America...

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KORN Sticks To Basics At Tour Opener

According to The Pulse of Radio, KORN kicked off their first tour in more than a year on Saturday night (April 25) in Tucson, Arizona on what RollingStone.com described as a "nearly bare" stage with stripped-down production. The 14-song, 70-minute set focused heavily on singles and fan favorites, al...

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SLASH Approached For 'Rock Week' On 'American Idol'

According to The Pulse of Radio, Slash revealed on his Twitter account that he has been approached to mentor contestants during an upcoming "Rock Week" on "American Idol". The VELVET REVOLVER guitarist simply wrote, "'American Idol' has asked me to do the mentor bit for 'Rock Week'," with no mention...

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KROKUS' Official Song Of Ice Hockey World Championship Available For Streaming

Legendary Swiss hard rockers KROKUS recorded the official song of the Ice Hockey World Championship, which is being held between April 24 and May 10, 2009 in Zurich and Bern, Switzerland. Bassist (and producer) Chris Von Rohr and lead guitarist Fernando Von Arb wrote the track, entitled "Live For Th...

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Police Hunting AC/DC Ticket Counterfeiters After Birmingham Scam

U.K.'s Sunday Mercury reports: Police are hunting counterfeiters who left hundreds of fans out of pocket after selling them fake tickets for a sell-out AC/DC rock concert in Birmingham. Thunderstruck fans, some of them young children, were refused entry to the LG Arena at the NEC after box office of...

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SLASH Issues Solo Album Update

VELVET REVOLVER and ex-GUNS N' ROSES guitarist Slash has posted an update on the recording process for his new solo album, which he is tracking with former NINE INCH NAILS drummer Josh Freese and ex-JANE'S ADDICTION bassist Chris Chaney. Confirmed guest singers so far include Ozzy Osbourne and AVENG...

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AVENGED SEVENFOLD Slammed Again

The Pulse of Radio reports that AVENGED SEVENFOLD has been slammed in the press by another band for the second time this year. In a new interview with Metal Hammer magazine, guitarist Tim McTague of the Christian metal group UNDEROATH takes on the Southern California heavy rock act, saying, "People...

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LIBERTY N' JUSTICE Signs With RETROACTIVE RECORDS

Christian rockers LIBERTY N' JUSTICE have inked a deal with Retroactive Records for the release of their ninth studio album and fifth "all-star" project, "Light It Up" (formerly "The Cigar Chronicles"). Due in the fall, it will once again feature a plethora of "known" singers on the album's 14 track...

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THE DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN Frontman Talks Politics, Upcoming Studio Album

THE DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN frontman Greg Puciato has posted the following message on his MySpace page: "I'm gonna dive right into this. I hope you have about twenty minutes to kill. If you just wanna read some musical news and skip the rest go down to the bottom. "I just read a new gallop poll, ...

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Ex-MEGADETH, ALICE COOPER Members Film 'Northern Lights Orchestra' DVD; Video Available

Bassist David Ellefson (F5, ex-MEGADETH) performed with Northern Lights Orchestra in Phoenix, Arizona yesterday (Friday, April 17) at the Orpheum Theatre. The show was filmed for an upcoming DVD, entitled "The Spirit Of Christmas". Ellefson also played bass on the Northern Lights Orchestra album, wh...

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Mexico's MONTERREY METAL FEST IV To Be Held In September

The 2009 Monterrey Metal Fest IV will be held on Wednesday, September 16 at the Santa Lucia Arena in the city of Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico. The entrance to the festival will be limited to only 3,000 persons, with VIP tickets to be made available for purchase on June 15, 2009 via Super Boletos ti...

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JOE SATRIANI On COLDPLAY's GRAMMY Win: 'I Was Happy To Hear My Melody Being Celebrated'

Robert Gray of Ultimate-Guitar.com recently conducted an interview with guitarist Joe Satriani as part of a series entitled "Hit The Lights." Topics of discussion included CHICKENFOOT's formation, the group's debut album, "Soap On A Rope" and "Down the Drain", touring Europe, and the man's impending...

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UNEARTH Guitarist Teams Up With His Five-Year-Old Niece For 'I Want Candy' Video

Guitarist Ken Susi of New England metallers UNEARTH writes: "I recently wrote a song with my five-year-old niece [Alison] as a gift to her, and tons of people have told me that this song makes them soooo totally happy. So Tim [Timmi Dennesen] and [Anthony] Jarvis at Punchdance, who also loved the so...

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CANNABIS CORPSE Appears In 'In The Loop' Film

CANNABIS CORPSE, the Richmond, Virginia-based old-school death metal band featuring Philip "Landphil" Hall (guitar, bass) from MUNICIPAL WASTE, his brother Josh "HallHammer" Hall (drums) and Andy "Fossergrim" Horn (vocals),recently had a cameo role in Armando Iannucci political satire "In The Loop"...

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MELIAH RAGE: 'Hour Glass' Video Posted Online

Veteran Massachusetts metallers MELIAH RAGE recently shot a video for the song "Hour Glass", the first single off the band's upcoming album, "Masquerade". The clip, which was directed by Brad Piche and produced by Branden Maxham, is now available for viewing below. "Masquerade" will be released in l...