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MARS NEEDS WOMEN/OZONE MONDAY Singer Releases Solo Album

Main Man Records has just released the first solo album by MARS NEEDS WOMEN/OZONE MONDAY frontman Shawn Mars, entitled "Fabulous Disaster". In the mid-'90s, Shawn formed MARS NEEDS WOMEN, whose hard-rocking debut, "Sparking Ray Gun", was released through Warner Brothers. They toured nationally with...

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NAPALM DEATH Frontman To Guest On 'No Control Radio'

Vocalist Mark "Barney" Greenway of British grindcore pioneers NAPALM DEATH will guest on "No Control Radio" on KROX in Austin, Texas tonight (Friday, December 19) from 12:00 a.m. to 1:00 a.m. "No Control Radio" is on the air from 10:00 p.m. to 1:00 a.m., and Barney will be playing his picks (includi...

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ACHERON Issues Brazilian Tour Recap

ACHERON founder Vincent Crowley has issued the following update: "Last weekend was the GRAVE / ACHERON 2008 Brazilian assault. It did not start off too well. Kyle [Severn; INCANTATION, WOLFEN SOCIETY] and I had to deal with airline weather issues in Columbus, Ohio that delayed our flight to Newark,...

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URIAH HEEP Guitarist Issues Year-End Update

Guitarist Mick Box of legendary progressive rock veterans URIAH HEEP has issued the following update: "Well, here we are heading towards the festive holiday season once again after a year of many ups and downs. The release of [the new URIAH HEEP album] 'Wake The Sleeper' was a highlight after us wai...

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TANK: New Lineup Announced

The legendary British power metal mercenaries TANK have re-grouped and are ready for battle once more. The release of the "Dogs of War" boxed set last year on Metal Mind Productions was a great success, which led to the inevitable re-release of the entire back catalog. This has proven very popular w...

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JIMMY PAGE, JIMI HENDRIX, EDDIE VAN HALEN, STEVE VAI Among 'Chop Shop''s Top Guitarists

Envision Radio Networks' "Chop Shop" guitar show has announced "The Chop Shop's Top 100 Most Complete Guitar Players of All Time", a newly published list of the all-time greatest guitar players. Program host Steve Black (WRIF-FM) assembled a panel of music industry experts to help choose the list fe...

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NAPALM DEATH Bassist Explains Mexico City Cancellation

Bassist Shane Embury of British grindcore pioneers NAPALM DEATH has issued the following statement regarding the cancellation of the December 14, 2008 "Brufest" concert at El Rayo in Mexico City featuring BRUJERIA, NAPALM DEATH, BRUTAL TRUTH, OXIDISED RAZOR and INHARMONIOUS: "Well, by now you will k...

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BETWEEN THE BURIED AND ME Begins Writing New Material

Bassist Dan Briggs of the Raleigh, North Carolina-based progressive metalcore quintet BETWEEN THE BURIED AND ME has issued the following update: "As most of you know, we finished up our U.S. run for 'Colors' last weekend with four shows with some of our good North Carolina friends' bands. We then pr...

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ULI JON ROTH, MICK BOX, YNGWIE MALMSTEEN: Audio Interviews Available

Shockwaves/HardRadio Podcast #36 is available for download at this location (M4A file, 29 MB). Host Bob Nalbandian turns over the mic to John Strednansky as he interviews two historic guitar legends: former SCORPIONS guitar master Uli Jon Roth and founding URIAH HEEP guitarist Mick Box. The two disc...

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ACHERON To Team Up With PANDEMIA For European Tour

Underground metal madmen ACHERON will team up with Czech Republic's PANDEMIA for the Luciferion Europe Tour 2009. The first confirmed dates are as follows: Apr. 18 - Leeuwarden, Netherlands - Poppodiumromein- Death Fest Apr. 19 - Rotterdam, Netherlands - Baroeg (with LIVIDITY) Apr. 24 - Annaberg-Buc...

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GUNS N' ROSES, NEW YORK DOLLS Members Featured On 'Santa's Soundtrack'

Main Man Records is releasing a limited edition holiday record, "Santa's Soundtrack For The Happenin' Holidaze", with some of their usual roster of artists like FRANKENSTEIN 3000, "DERWOOD" ANDREWS (GENERATION X) and SHAWN MARS (MARS NEEDS WOMEN, OZONE MONDAY),as well as some new notable contributo...

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METALLICA, GUNS N' ROSES Among Rollng Stone's Top Album Covers Of 2008

METALLICA's "Death Magnetic" and GUNS N' ROSES' "Chinese Democracy" are among the Top 25 best album covers of 2008 as selected by the readers of Rolling Stone magazine. The Top 20 covers on the list are as follows: 01. THE KILLERS - Day & Age 02. THE MARS VOLTA - Bedlam In Goliath 03. FLEET ...

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Singer LONDON LEGRAND 'Would Love' To See BRIDES OF DESTRUCTION Reunion

Blogs N' Roses recently conducted an interview with SOULS OF WE/ex-BRIDES OF DESTRUCTION singer London LeGrand. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Blogs N' Roses: How did you and George [Lynch] decide to start [SOULS OF WE]? London: I was writing some stuff on the acoustic guitar for R...

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JUDAS PRIEST's HALFORD, TIPTON Guest On 'The Governor's Ball'; Audio Available

JUDAS PREST members Rob Halford and Glenn Tipton were interviewed for this week's edition of the "The Governor's Ball". You can download the program at this location. JUDAS PRIEST is nominated for two awards at for the 51th annual Grammy Awards, which will be held on Sunday, February 8, 2009 at Stap...

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MATT SORUM With STEVIE SALAS; Video Footage From CANADIAN ABORIGINAL MUSIC AWARDS Available

VELVET REVOLVER/ex-GUNS N' ROSES drummer Matt Sorum performed with guitarist Stevie Salas on November 28, 2008 at the Rogers Toronto Blue Jays Stadium as part of the Canadian Aboriginal Music Awards (where Salas was up for the Best International Album award for his "Be What It Is" effort). Fan-filme...