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OF MICE & MEN Speaks To MikeJamesRockShow.com In Cardiff (Video)

On April 23, MikeJamesRockShow.com conducted an interview with the California-based rock quintet OF MICE & MEN at The Great Hall in Cardiff, United Kingdom. You can now watch the chat below. OF MICE & MEN's third studio album, "Restoring Force", sold around 51,000 copies in the United States...

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DEF LEPPARD's JOE ELLIOTT Talks To ROCK N' LOAD About DOWN 'N' OUTZ

Rock N' Load online webzine recently spoke to DEF LEPPARD singer Joe Elliott about DOWN 'N' OUTZ's brand new album, "The Further Adventures Of…", which is the third instalment of the project fronted by Elliott and featuring tracks connected to MOTT THE HOOPLE. A couple of excerpts from the chat foll...

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WHITECHAPEL's 'Our Endless War' Cracks U.S. Top 10

"Our Endless War", the fifth full-length album from Knoxville, Tennessee metallers WHITECHAPEL, sold around 16,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release to debut at position No. 10 on The Billboard 200 chart. The self-titled fourth CD from WHITECHAPEL opened with around 9,200 unit...

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FOREIGNER Smashes Records With Six RIAA Gold And Platinum Certifications

With ten multi-platinum albums and sixteen Top 30 hits, FOREIGNER is universally hailed as one of the most popular rock acts in the world, with a formidable musical arsenal that continues to propel global album sales, now exceeding 80 million. This week, FOREIGNER celebrates another milestone as six...

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Public Memorial Service For ANTISEEN Guitarist JOE YOUNG To Be Held In Charlotte

A public memorial service for Joe Young, the guitarist and founding member of the Charlotte, North Carolina-based punk-rock band ANTISEEN, will be held on Sunday, May 18 at Tremont Music Hall in Charlotte at 3 p.m. Young died on April 30 at the age of 54. The cause of death has not yet been disclose...

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ANTISEEN Guitarist JOE YOUNG Dead At 54

Joe Young, the guitarist and founding member of the Charlotte, North Carolina-based punk-rock band ANTISEEN, died on April 30 at the age of 54. The cause of death has not yet been disclosed. Formed in 1983, ANTISEEN — which derived its name from a distortion of the phrase "anti-scene" — backed up no...

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Ex-AC/DC Drummer CHRIS SLADE Calls MALCOLM YOUNG 'Greatest Rhythm Guitarist Ever Born'

According to The Pulse Of Radio, former AC/DC drummer Chris Slade has commented on the recent news that the band's co-founder and rhythm guitarist, Malcolm Young, was stepping away from the group due to ill health. Slade told U.K.'s Rhythm magazine, "It’s terrible to hear about Malcolm. I knew he wa...

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DEF LEPPARD Singer JOE ELLIOTT's DOWN 'N' OUTZ: 'The Further Adventures Of…' Album Samples

On April 22, DOWN 'N' OUTZ released a brand new album "The Further Adventures Of…", which is the third instalment of the project fronted by DEF LEPPARD's lead singer Joe Elliott, and features tracks connected to MOTT THE HOOPLE. Audio samples of all the tracks that appear on the CD can be streamed i...

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MACHINE HEAD's ROBB FLYNN On Upcoming Album: I Don't Feel This Record Sounds Like 'The Blackening'

San Francisco Bay Area metallers MACHINE HEAD entered GREEN DAY's Oakland, California's JingleTown Recording compound on February 9 to begin recording their new album for a late 2014 release via Nuclear Blast Entertainment. Comments MACHINE HEAD frontman Robb Flynn in the latest installment of his o...

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MOTÖRHEAD's LEMMY Receives Award, ACE FREHLEY Performs At 'The Ox & The Loon' Event (Video)

MOTÖRHEAD's Lemmy Kilmister was presented with the John Entwistle Bass Legend Award and original KISS guitarist Ace Frehley performed last night (Thursday, April 24) at The Ox & The Loon event at the House Of Blues in West Hollywood, California. Tichy/Sutton Productions's first star-studded line...

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DEF LEPPARD's JOE ELLIOTT Talks Songwriting

Greg Prato of Songfacts recently conducted an interview with DEF LEPPARD singer Joe Elliott. An excerpt from the chat follows below. Songfacts: How do you write your best songs? Joe Elliott: To be quite honest, songs percolate in your head first, and normally when you're too far away from an instrum...

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CHANNEL ZERO's 'Kill All Kings' Album To Be Released Via METAL BLADE RECORDS

Metal Blade has inked a license deal with CNR Records for the brand new CHANNEL ZERO album, "Kill All Kings". The effort will be released by Metal Blade worldwide (except for the Benelux territories) on June 20 as a digipack CD and digital download. Formed in 1990, CHANNEL ZERO started has released...

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SAIGON KICK/Ex-SKID ROW Drummer PHIL VARONE Talks To SRO MAGAZINE INC. (Audio)

SRO Magazine Inc. writer Alicia Williams recently conducted an interview with former SKID ROW and current SAIGON KICK drummer Phil Varone. Varone spoke about past experiences with bands and musicians that he has played with, including SAIGON KICK, SKID ROW, PRUNELLA SCALES and MÖTLEY CRÜE singer Vin...

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'Rockers Against Trafficking' Benefit Concert Featuring STP, MEGADETH, Ex-SLAYER Members Raises Over $10,000

Veteran photographer Kevin Estrada's Rockers Against Trafficking benefit to help raise awareness of human trafficking on April 11 at Paladino's in Tarzana, California was an amazing success. All of the proceeds from the show will be used to rebuild the lives of these young victims with housing, medi...

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Video: DEF LEPPARD's PHIL COLLEN Visits Performing Arts High School In Santa Ana

The day after the big press conference announcing his band's summer tour with KISS, DEF LEPPARD guitarist Phil Collen paid a special visit to the Orange County High School for the Arts in Santa Ana, California. According to Ultimate Classic Rock, the program included an interview with Phil and then,...