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FEAR FACTORY, CHIMAIRA, VOLBEAT, HATEBREED Members Mourn Passing Of Music Industry Veteran SCOTT KOENIG

FEAR FACTORY guitarist Dino Cazares, CHIMAIRA frontman Mark Hunter and Monte Conner, the music industry veteran who signed FEAR FACTORY to Roadrunner Records, are among the notable figures who have paid tribute to Scott Koenig, former manager of BIOHAZARD and FEAR FACTORY, who died last Thursday (Oc...

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Longtime CIRCLE JERKS Bassist ZANDER SCHLOSS Announces Debut Solo Album, 'Song About Songs'

Longtime CIRCLE JERKS bassist Zander Schloss is starting a new chapter in his musical career with the release of his first solo recording, "Song About Songs", from Blind Owl Records. Along with the announcement, Schloss has shared the lead single and title track along with an accompanying music vide...

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KORN's MUNKY Shows Off His Double-Neck Guitar Signed By LED ZEPPELIN's JIMMY PAGE (Video)

AXS TV puts the spotlight on an eclectic array of passionate collectors and the incredible music items they hold dear in the all-new music memorabilia series "Rock My Collection". The series, which premiered on August 15, is produced by Critical Content, with executive producers Jenny Daly, Tom Form...

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Former ACCEPT Members UDO DIRKSCHNEIDER And PETER BALTES Cover AC/DC's 'Shoot To Thrill' With HOWLING GIANT

Nashville trio HOWLING GIANT, which features in its ranks bassist/vocalist Sebastian Baltes, son of former ACCEPT bassist Peter Baltes, has teamed up with Peter and fellow former ACCEPT member Udo Dirkschneider (vocals) to record a particularly heavy cover version of AC/DC's "Shoot To Thrill", to be...

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Watch ACE FREHLEY Perform In Boston

Fan-filmed video footage of Ace Frehley's September 21 performance at Leader Bank Pavilion in Boston, Massachusetts as the support act for Alice Cooper can be seen below. Ace's setlist was as follows: 01. Rocket Ride (KISS song) 02. Parasite (KISS song) 03. Strutter (KISS song) 04. She (KISS song) 0...

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ACE FREHLEY Kicks Off U.S. Tour With ALICE COOPER In Gilford, New Hampshire (Video)

Ace Frehley's U.S. tour as the support act for Alice Cooper launched last night (Saturday, September 18) at Bank of New Hampshire Pavilion in Gilford, New Hampshire. This is the first time the original KISS guitarist has hit the road since the pandemic. Ace's setlist was as follows: 01. Rocket Ride...

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BILLY TALENT Teams With WEEZER's RIVERS CUOMO On New Single 'End Of Me'

Juno Award-winning rockers BILLY TALENT have joined forces with Rivers Cuomo of WEEZER on their new single "End Of Me". The song is the latest new music from the band, following a string of recent hits that include the No. 1 singles "Reckless Paradise" and "I Beg to Differ (This Will Get Better)", a...

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Hear GHOST's Cover Version Of METALLICA's 'Enter Sandman'

GHOST's cover version of the METALLICA classic "Enter Sandman" can be streamed below. The track is taken from "The Metallica Blacklist", a four-hour, 53-song collection of the "Black Album" covers spanning an unbelievably vast range of genres, generations, cultures, continents and more, with each ar...

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EDDIE VAN HALEN In His Own Words: 'Eruption: Conversations' Book To Be Released In October

Hachette Books has set an October 5 the release date for the new 336-page hardcover book "Eruption: Conversations With Eddie Van Halen" by music journalists Brad Tolinski and Chris Gill. "Eruption" offers a new look at guitar legend Eddie Van Halen via a groundbreaking oral history composed of more...

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TRIXTER Guitarist STEVE BROWN Releases First Solo Single, 'Where Do We Run'

Veteran guitarist and singer-songwriter Steve Brown (TRIXTER, TOKYO MOTOR FIST, DEF LEPPARD, DENNIS DEYOUNG) has just dropped his inaugural solo single, "Where Do We Run". Not only does he shine with his lead vocal and melodic guitar playing, he also produced, engineered and mixed the track himself....

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New Music Memorabilia Series 'Rock My Collection' Launches On AXS TV

AXS TV puts the spotlight on an eclectic array of passionate collectors and the incredible music items they hold dear in the all-new music memorabilia series "Rock My Collection". The series, which premiered on Sunday, August 15, is produced by Critical Content, with executive producers Jenny Daly,...

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STONE SOUR Guitarist JOSH RAND: 'EDDIE VAN HALEN Was More Of An Influence On Me As A Keyboard Player'

In a recent interview with Guitarguitar, STONE SOUR's Josh Rand was asked if legendary VAN HALEN guitarist Eddie Van Halen was an influence on his playing. He said: "Well, here's the thing: not on guitar. Eddie Van Halen was more of an influence on me as a keyboard player, okay? [Laughs] Don't get m...

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RONNIE JAMES DIO Autobiography Will Soon Be Available In A Variety Of Languages

The long-awaited autobiography from heavy metal music icon Ronnie James Dio, the powerhouse voice of ELF, Ritchie Blackmore's RAINBOW, BLACK SABBATH and his longtime namesake band DIO, was recently by published by Permuted Press in the U.S. and Canada and Constable in the U.K. and is now set for pub...

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WHITESNAKE's DAVID COVERDALE Mourns Death Of Legendary Session Musician MICHAEL FINNIGAN

WHITESNAKE frontman David Coverdale has reacted to the passing of Michael Finnigan, an American keyboard player and vocalist who had worked primarily as a freelance studio and touring musician. According to CelebrityAccess, Finnigan succumbed to kidney cancer on Wednesday morning at Ceder Sinai Medi...

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NEAL SCHON On Upcoming JOURNEY Album: 'There's No Lack Of Guitar On This Record'

JOURNEY guitarist Neal Schon recently gave a college radio simulcast interview to WMSC and WNUW where he discussed the progress of the songwriting and recording sessions for the band's upcoming studio album. He said (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): "I learned how to play keyboards better than e...