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VINNY APPICE 'Would Love' To Play With BLACK SABBATH Again: 'I'm Here For Them If They Need Me'

Fredrik Polback of classic rock program "Radio Fireball" (Twitter) in Jönköping, Sweden recently conducted an interview with legendary drummer Vinny Appice (BLACK SABBATH, HEAVEN & HELL, DIO, LAST IN LINE). A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. On Ronnie James Dio: Vinny: "We were lik...

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Sixth Annual REVOLVER GOLDEN GODS Awards Show To Air In May On VH1 CLASSIC

According to Billboard.com, the Revolver Golden Gods awards show presented by Epiphone, America's only hard-rock and heavy-metal awards show, will return to TV on Saturday, May 24 via VH1 Classic at 8 p.m. ET/PT, produced by Dick Clark Productions and Revolver magazine. The four-hour live show will...

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1976 was a momentous year in music. On one end of the spectrum, ABBA and WINGS delivered more sugar pops than Kellogg's. On the other, both the RAMONES and SEX PISTOLS were turning rock music on an ugly, though thrilling dime. On the brink of that punk insurgency, SIOUXSIE AND THE BANSHEES were help...

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SONATA ARCTICA: 'Love' Video Released

"Pariah's Child", the eighth studio album from Finnish melodic metallers SONATA ARCTICA, has registered the following first-week chart positions: Finland: #1 Switzerland: #13 Czech Republic: #16 Austria: #30 Germany: #31 Netherlands: #52 Spain: #78 UK: #127 Commented SONATA ARCTICA keyboardist Henri...

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NIGHTWISH's TUOMAS HOLOPAINEN: 'The Last Sled' Lyric Video

Tuomas Holopainen — the keyboardist and main songwriter of NIGHTWISH — spent most of 2013 writing and producing his solo album based on a graphic novel called "The Life And Times Of Scrooge McDuck", written and illustrated by Don Rosa. "Music Inspired By The Life And Times Of Scrooge - Written And P...

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KYNG's 'Burn The Serum' Full Album Premiere

"Burn The Serum", the new album from the Southern California rock trio KYNG, can be streamed in its entirety using the SoundCloud widget below. Due on April 15 through Razor & Tie, the CD was produced by Andrew Alekel (FOO FIGHTERS, NO DOUBT, QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE, CLUTCH) and James A. Rota (F...

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GREAT WHITE: Footage Of MONSTERS OF ROCK Performance

Fan-filmed video footage of GREAT WHITE performing the song "Shot In The Dark" on the Monsters Of Rock cruise, which sailed from Miami, Florida on March 29, can be seen below. GREAT WHITE is founder and lead guitarist Mark Kendall, Michael Lardie (keyboards, guitar),Audie Desbrow (drums),Scott Sny...

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BLACK SABBATH Touring Drummer TOMMY CLUFETOS: OZZY, TONY And GEEZER 'Rock Harder Than Any 20-Year-Olds I Know'

Jason Rockman, SLAVES ON DOPE singer and on-air announcer/host of "Amped With The Rockman" on the Montreal, Quebec, Canada radio station CHOM 97 7, conducted an interview with BLACK SABBATH's touring drummer Tommy Clufetos before the band's April 7 concert in Montreal. You can now watch the chat bel...

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CALIFORNIA BREED: 'Midnight Oil' Lyric Video Released

The official lyric video for the song "Midnight Oil" from CALIFORNIA BREED, the new band of 2014, built around the foundation of legendary vocalist-bassist Glenn Hughes, drummer extraordinaire Jason Bonham and 23-year-old newcomer guitarist-singer-songwriter Andrew Watt, can be seen below. Mixing ma...

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BLACK SABBATH: Video Footage, Photos Of Montreal Press Conference

BLACK SABBATH members Tony Iommi (guitar),Geezer Butler (bass) and Ozzy Osbourne (vocals) took part in a press conference yesterday (Monday, April 7) before their concert at Centre Bell in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Video footage of the question-and-answer session can be seen below (courtesy of CHOM...

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SATAN: North American Shows To Be Recorded For Possible Live Album

This Friday, April 11, New Wave Of British Heavy Metal legends SATAN will play their first-ever show in the USA. 34 years after the band's formation in Newcastle Upon Tyne, they will headline a three-band event in New York City to kick off the U.S East Coast leg of their "Live Sentence World Tour"....

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BLACK SABBATH Members Presented With Platinum Plaques For Canadian Sales of '13', 'Gathered' DVD

BLACK SABBATH members Tony Iommi (guitar),Geezer Butler (bass) and Ozzy Osbourne (vocals) were presented with platinum plaques by Universal in Montreal, Quebec earlier today (Monday, April 7) for Canadian sales of their 2013 comeback album, "13", (100,000 copies) and their live album and DVD/Blu-ra...

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SEBASTIAN BACH Says He 'Believed' In SKID ROW Song 'Youth Gone Wild' Before Anybody Else Did

Robert Cavuoto of Guitar International recently conducted an interview with former SKID ROW singer Sebastian Bach. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Guitar International: I really think that you took ["Give 'Em Hell"] a step above "Kicking & Screaming" with the writing. Was that a...

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FRANKIE BANALI: 'If I Am Guilty Of Anything, I Am Guilty Of Trying To Get It Right For QUIET RIOT'

Fan-filmed video footage of QUIET RIOT's March 31 performance on the Monsters Of Rock cruise can be seen below. QUIET RIOT's new lineup — featuring vocalist Jizzy Pearl (LOVE/HATE, L.A. GUNS, ADLER'S APPETITE, RATT) — made its live debut on New Year's Eve (December 31, 2013) at Twin Arrows Navajo Ca...

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BLACK SABBATH's TONY IOMMI On BILL WARD: 'One Day We May Play Together' Again

Legendary BLACK SABBATH guitarist Tony Iommi recently spoke to Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada's web site The Coast about the band's comeback album, "13", which was helmed by producer Rick Rubin. "I don't know if I have any ancient tone secrets," said Iommi. "But we basically went in and did it like th...