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DAVID LEE ROTH's Letter To The Staff Of 'The Howard Stern Show'

The Village Voice has published what it claims is the letter former VAN HALEN frontman David Lee Roth wrote to the staff of "The Howard Stern Show" regarding his new appointment as Stern's morning-slot replacement in New York and six other cities beginning in early January. Read it at this location....
October 27, 2005
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BLOODSIMPLE To Open For DISTURBED On JÄGERMEISTER MUSIC TOUR's Second Leg

The ever-growing, ever-raging Jägermeister Music Tour is set to charge this fall. This time out, DISTURBED leads the assault. CORROSION OF CONFORMITY serves as direct support on the first leg of the tour and BLOODSIMPLE will do the honors on the second leg. Each night a Jägermeister-sponsored band w...
October 26, 2005
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AXL ROSE Is One Of 'Coolest Old People'

According to The Boston Globe, GUNS N' ROSES frontman Axl Rose was voted one of the world's ''Coolest Old People" by the teenage readers of ELLEgirl magazine. Rose ranked second on the list, which included such other celebrities as Madonna, Karl Lagerfeld, Mick Jagger, Clint Eastwood, Elvis Costello...
October 26, 2005
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DAVID LEE ROTH To Replace HOWARD STERN In January

MTV.com is reporting that former VAN HALEN frontman "Diamond" David Lee Roth will be taking his game to the morning airwaves as one of several celebrity talents recruited to replace satellite-bound shock jock Howard Stern beginning on January 3. Roth was a much-hyped mystery guest on Stern's nationw...
October 25, 2005
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ZAKK WYLDE: 'DIMEBAG Was My Partner In Six-String Crime'

Dave Wedge of the Boston Herald recently conducted a short interview with BLACK LABEL SOCIETY mainman Zakk Wylde. Read on: Herald: What was your relationship like with "Dimebag?" Wylde: "He was my partner in six-string crime. He was a beautiful guy. A BLACK LABEL guy. He was one of the most beautifu...
October 25, 2005
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AEROSMITH: JOEY KRAMER And Son To Perform On Upcoming Tour

According to the Boston Herald, on-the-mend AEROSMITH sticksman Joey Kramer won't entirely sit out the Boston Bad Boys' new tour that kicks off at the end of the month. The band's longtime drummer, who is recovering from rotator cuff surgery, will be performing with the group when they hit the road...
October 21, 2005
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Guitarist RON MARKS Talks About Playing With CELTIC FROST

Former CELTIC FROST/current SUBSONIC guitarist Ron Marks has announced the addition of second guitarist Brandon Park to the SUBSONIC touring lineup. "Within the first few minutes of the audition, it became obvious that he's more than talented enough to cut the gig and also offered the level of commi...
October 20, 2005
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YNGWIE MALMSTEEN: More U.S. Tour Dates Announced

Taking some time off after his last album "Attack!!", legendary Swedish guitarist YNGWIE MALMSTEEN emerged this year with not one but two new releases and has now added a national tour to his list of things to do for 2005. Revealing dates for a national routing that will take him from Jacksonville t...
October 18, 2005
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GREEN CARNATION Perform Entire 'Light Of Day, Day Of Darkness' Album At DAY OF THE EQUINOX

For the first time in three years, Norway's GREEN CARNATION played the entire one-track, 60+minute epic "Light of Day, Day of Darkness" to an enthusiastic crowd that gathered at this year's Day Of The Equinox festival on Friday October 14 in Toronto, Canada. The seven-piece outfit played a full 80-m...
October 17, 2005
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GODSMACK Manager Teams Up With IRVING AZOFF

According to The Boston Globe, GODSMACK manager Paul Geary of Global Artist Management is leaving his home state of Massachusetts and heading west, where he'll be working alongside music mogul Irving Azoff. The longtime manager of the EAGLES and, more recently, CHRISTINA AGUILERA and JEWEL, Azoff bo...
October 17, 2005
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THE DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN Announce North American Headlining Tour

THE DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN have announced a full North American headlining tour, their first since late 2004. The tour, in support of the band's breakthrough album "Miss Machine", begins November 6 in Ottawa at the Babylon Club and includes HELLA (through November 27),THE BRONX (November 28 onward),...
October 15, 2005
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AN*L C*NT Frontman SETH PUTNAM Discusses Overdose That Nearly Killed Him

In October, 2004, ANAL CUNT's Seth Putnam slipped into a coma after an overdose of Ambien sleeping pills. In an exlusive interview with the Boston Phoenix — his first and only interview since coming out of his coma — extreme metal's most notorious fuckup talks about what happened the night of his ov...
October 14, 2005
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GODSMACK Begin Recording New Album

GODSMACK have entered a studio to begin recording the follow-up to 2003's "Faceless" album. "The band began writing while on the road in 2004 and reconvened after the Rockin' the Corps show in California on April Fool's Day," reads a posting on the group's web site. "They chose to finish writing at...
October 12, 2005
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DEF LEPPARD Guitarist Releases Solo Album

Launch Radio Networks reports: DEF LEPPARD guitarist Vivian Campbell recently stepped away from the band to release a solo album called "Two Sides of If". It features him doing two things you probably haven't heard him do much before — singing lead, and playing blues-based guitar. Campbell told Laun...
October 11, 2005
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DEF LEPPARD Join Forces With WORLD HUNGER YEAR And GREATER BOSTON FOOD BANK

WHY (World Hunger Year) and the Greater Boston Food Bank will benefit from an upcoming concert by one of rock's biggest bands, DEF LEPPARD. On Tuesday, Oct. 11, DEF LEPPARD will perform at Agganis Arena in Boston, MA and concert-goers who bring food to the show will have the opportunity to exchange...
October 11, 2005