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RUSH: Video Interview With ALEX LIFESON Available

According to RushIsABand.com, the Guitar Player TV web site has uploaded three clips of RUSH guitarist Alex Lifeson. The first is a four-and-a-half-minute sit-down interview where Alex talks about his favorite RUSH songs among other things. In the second video Alex introduces us to all the guitars h...

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DREAM THEATER Auctioning 'Dream Pod' For Charity

For the duration of its current North American tour, DREAM THEATER will be donating unique items for auction on eBay. 100% of the proceeds will benefit Camp Good Days. At this moment, the first item is ready to go up for auction here: a 30 GB iPod, loaded to the hilt with all ...

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MONSTER MAGNET Guitarist, FRANKENSTEIN 3000 Featured On RUSH Tribute CD

The complete track listing has been revealed for "Lush", a RUSH tribute coming out on Main Man Records at the end of August. "Lush" is described as "a loving recreation of RUSH's first album... back when John Rutsey was the drummer and they had greasy hair." The compilation will also include two bon...

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RUSH Guitarist Guests On New TILES Album

Guitarist Alex Lifeson of RUSH reunited with his old friend/producer Terry Brown for the first time in 25 years to work on a song for the forthcoming TILES CD, "Fly Paper". TILES guitarist Chris Herin provides a few details: "Terry had approached Alex about making a guest appearance — and played him...

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GODHEAD To Perform Acoustic Song On 'Spread Entertainment'

GODHEAD members Jason Miller (guitar, vocals) and Mike Miller (lead guitar) will appear on Dave Navarro's Internet TV show, Spread Entertainment, this Thursday, August 2 at 8:00 p.m. EST / 5:00 p.m. PST on Mania TV. Jason and Mike will perform an acoustic song. To watch the program, go to Maniatv.co...

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ENTOMBED Frontman: 'All The Biggest Leaders In The World Have Been Mentally Ill'

ENTOMBED vocalist L.G. Petrov, in the first of two interviews, recently spoke to Lucem Fero's Welsh interviewer Anthony Morgan. Topics of discussion included circumstances surrounding the delay of latest album "Serpent Saints", NAPALM DEATH, the welcomed return to raw aggression and how the internal...

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Classic JUDAS PRIEST, IRON MAIDEN, MOTÖRHEAD, SLAYER Tracks Featured On 'Heavy Metal Box'

According to Billboard.com, Rhino Records has set an October 2 release date for "Heavy Metal Box". The four-disc, 70-song set boasts classic tracks from IRON MAIDEN, JUDAS PRIEST, MOTÖRHEAD and SLAYER, among dozens of others. Arranged chronologically from 1968 to 1991, the compilation also boasts hi...

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SACRIFICE Frontman: 'This Will Be A Punishing Thrash Album'

Guitarist/vocalist Rob Urbinati of the reunited Canadian thrashers SACRIFICE has issued the following update: "People have been asking for an update... It's coming along slowly like every other SACRIFICE album. "We have been using 'Atrocity' as the tentative album title. "We have about five songs do...

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DOKKEN Guitarist Comments On ROCKLAHOMA, Upcoming East Coast Run

DOKKEN will embark on an East Coast beginning on July 26 at Meadowbrook Farms Musical Arts Center with POISON / RATT / VAINS OF JENNA in Gilford, NH; July 27 at Jaxx in Springfield, Virgina, with PRETTY BOY FLOYD; and July 28 at Mulcahy's in Wantagh, NY. DOKKEN guitarist Jon Levin stated about the g...

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BUCKETHEAD, RUSH Featured on CBS' Guitar Hero II Show; Trailer Available

This Sunday, July 29 at 12:00 p.m. ET/9:00 a.m. PT, CBS will show some of the best Guitar Hero II players in North America as they compete for a piece of the $90,000 prize pot at the WSVG Louisville circuit stop. At the WSVG, the top prizes aren't awarded to the players with only the ...

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RUSH Rolls Out New Songs On Tour

Michael Senft of The Arizona Republic recently conducted an interview with RUSH guitarist Alex Lifeson. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: The Arizona Republic: How is the tour going so far? Lifeson: It's going great — we've got one leg under our belt and we're now working our way down throu...

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GODHEAD To Release New Album In March

GODHEAD frontman Jason Miller has issued the following update: "We've just returned from a successful nine-week tour of the United States with AMERICAN HEAD CHARGE and now we're right back in the studio writing new songs. Over the next few months we'll be hard at work writing and recording the next...

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RUSH: RushCon 7 Convention To Be Held In September

According to the RUSH fan site Power Windows, RushCon 7 will take place September 21-23, with special events on both Wednesday, September 19 and Thursday, September 20. RushCon is North America's international RUSH fan convention — put on by RUSH fans for RUSH fans. The annual convention is held in...

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RUSH: More 'Snakes & Arrows' Concert Attendances Revealed

The following are some of the RUSH "Snakes & Arrows World Tour" concert attendances/grosses, as reported by Billboard magazine: Artist/Event: RUSH Date: June 23, 2007 City/State: Bristow, VA (Washington, DC area) Venue: Nissan Pavilion Capacity: 22,661 Attendance: 12,203 Gross Sales: $708,378 Av...

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DAATH Guitarist Checks In From OZZFEST

DAATH guitarist/synth player Eyal Levi has issued the following Ozzfest tour report: "I'm sitting here in Portland, Oregon. We have two days off, which is altogether too much for me. I absolutely hate more than one day off in a row and more than one day off every week and a half. I'm out here ...