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BRUCE DICKINSON And RONNIE JAMES DIO Are Heavy Metal's Top Singers

Headbang, a Turkish rock and metal magazine which is sold as a Blue Jean magazine supplement, has published its list of top 30 heavy metal and hard rock vocalists of all time (as compiled by the magazine's writers). It is as follows: 01. Bruce Dickinson (IRON MAIDEN, BRUCE DICKINSON) 02. Ronnie Jame...

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W.A.S.P. To Play First-Ever Audience Request Set At U.K. HARD ROCK HELL Festival

The organizer of the U.K.'s Hard Rock Hell festival has revealed to Rock Radio that he has persuaded Blackie Lawless of W.A.S.P. to play the band's first-ever request-only set at this year's event, which is scheduled to take place in December at Pontins in Prestatyn, Wales. Promoter, organizer and d...

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'Women Of The Sunset Strip' To Premiere This Week

The 1980s were a decade of unprecedented decadence. Wall Street was booming, cocaine was the chic drug of choice, and L.A.'s notorious glam metal scene was in full swing on the Sunset Strip. Ruling that scene were the heavy hitting hair bands and the women who loved them. Narrated by former "Cherry...

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ISAAC JAMES Featuring Ex-STONE SOUR Drummer: New Song Posted Online

ISAAC JAMES, the Kansas City/Des Moines-based band featuring former STONE SOUR drummer Joel Ekman, has uploaded a clip of the unmastered version of the song "Hey" on MySpace. The track comes off the group's forthcoming five-song EP, "Too Much Horsepower", due later in the year. ISAAC JAMES is: Chris...

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W.A.S.P. Mainman Selling Malibu Home For $1.7 Million

According to the Los Angeles Times, W.A.S.P. frontman Blackie Lawless (real name: Steve Duren),has listed his Malibu, California home at $1,749,000. The house is a two-bedroom, one-bathroom retreat of 1,100 square feet that sits on almost 3 acres. The upgraded main house has an outdoor barbecue are...

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LONDON Reuniting For First Show In 21 Years

Hollywood '80s metal band LONDON — best known for its hilarious appearance in the Penelope Spheeris documentary film "Decline Of Western Civilization Part II: The Metal Years" (and whose former members include Nikki Sixx, Slash, Izzy Stradlin, Steven Adler, Blackie Lawless and Fred Coury) — will reu...

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GORGOROTH Members Inspire Belgian Artist

Belgian artist Peter Lathouwers recently completed a painting (see below) featuring bassist King ov Hell (real name: Tom Cato Visnes) and vocalist Gaahl (real name: Kristian Espedal) of the Norwegian black metal band GORGOROTH. Commented Lathouwers: "When certain musicians come together, magic happe...

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LONDON Frontman To Guest On WJCU 88.7 FM's 'Metal On Metal'

Vocalist Nadir D'Priest of the cult Hollywood band LONDON will be a special guest on Bill Peters' long-running "Metal on Metal" radio show on University Heights, Ohio's WJCU 88.7 FM tonight (Friday, January 9) at 9:00 p.m. EST. D'Priest will talk about the history of the band as well as its appearan...

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W.A.S.P.'s BLACKIE LAWLESS: 'God Help Us… God Bless America'

W.A.S.P. mainman Blackie Lawless has released the following message via the band's official web site, W.A.S.P. Nation: "'We the people of the United States.' These are the first seven words of the constitution of the United States of America. As I stood in the reception area of the Pentagon in Washi...

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BENEDICTUM To Utilize Stand-In Drummer For GIRLSCHOOL Tour

San Diego, California-based, female-fronted metallers BENEDICTUM have issued the following update. "We would like to announce that Blackie Sanchez will be playing drums on our tour with GIRLSCHOOL in October. Paul Courtois will not be able to make the tour due to personal obligations. We are really...

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LONDON: 'The Metal Years' Due Next Month

A collection of rare recordings from the cult Hollywood band LONDON, entitled "The Metal Years", is scheduled for release on September 30 via Cleopatra Records. Fresh off its appearance in the 1988 Penelope Spheeris film "The Decline Of Western Civilization: The Metal Years", Hollywood's own LONDON...

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W.A.S.P. Mainman Explains Spain, Portugal Cancellations

W.A.S.P. mainman Blackie Lawless has issued the following statement: "W.A.S.P. regret to announce that because of logistical and communication problems, the upcoming shows scheduled for Spain on July 25th in Lorca and Bilboa on the 26th have been cancelled. Originally, W.A.S.P. was scheduled to perf...

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MORBID ANGEL's DAVID VINCENT Arrested On Weapons Charges

Author and Metal Hammer reporter Joel McIver received an unexpected phone call in the evening of Tuesday, July 8 from MORBID ANGEL frontman David Vincent. "I was arrested in Italy today — and charged with a weapons offense," explained the furious singer. Vincent went on to explain that the veteran d...

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LORDI: A Conversation With A Monster

By Ryan Ogle By now, the dust kicked up from LORDI's 2006 Eurovision Song Contest victory and subsequent global domination is starting to settle a bit, but Finland's true (okay, costumed) monsters of rock are doing anything but. Taking little time to recuperate from the whirlwind that accompanied th...

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W.A.S.P.: New European Dates Announced

W.A.S.P. has scheduled the following European dates: Jun. 28 - Peace and Love Festival - Borlnge, Sweden Jul. 11 - Magic Circle Festival - Bad Arolsen, Germany Jul. 25 - Lorca Rock Festival - Lorca (Murcia),Spain Jul. 26 - [to be announced] - Bilbao, Spain Jul. 29 - Turku Festival - Turku, Finland...