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STRAPPING YOUNG LAD Drummer HOGLAN: The Genius That Is DEVIN TOWNSEND
STRAPPING YOUNG LAD drummer Gene Hoglan has posted the following report from the recording sessions for their new album, "The New Black", due in July via Century Media Records: "After those last few punishing rehearsals, where, I swear to god, I broke something (My back? My cloaca? My ass?),we pack...April 28, 2006
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KISS: Classic 1975 ACE FREHLEY Guitar Pick Sells For Over $1,000
Kiss Kollector magazine (web site) is working on an article for its May issue detailing KISS' first-ever tour of Europe, which took place in May/June of 1976. Apart from many never-before-published photos from those live shows, the magazine will also show a picture of one of the guitar picks that Ac...April 28, 2006
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AUDIOSLAVE Frontman Talks About His New Gig As Paris Restaurateur
Gene Stout of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer recently conducted an interview with AUDIOSLAVE/ex-SOUNDGARDEN frontman Chris Cornell. A few excerpts from the chat follow: On his pre-SOUNDGARDEN job as a fish handler for a Ballard, Washington seafood wholesaler: "I did it for years, from my early teens...April 20, 2006
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GENE SIMMONS To Launch 'Sexercise' Workout Video: Clip Available
"Extra" was at a recent casting call for KISS bassist/vocalist Gene Simmons' new workout video, "Sexercise" (sex + exercise = sexercise. Get it?). "The idea is to do something that makes you look sexy and is also a workout," Simmons explained, with his 13-year-old daughter, Sophie, sitting next to h...April 20, 2006
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STRAPPING YOUNG LAD: 'The New Black' Tentative Track Listing, Studio Report Available
Canadian extremists STRAPPING YOUNG LAD have set the tentative track listing for their new album, "The New Black", due in July 2006 via Century Media Records. The follow-up to last year's "Alien" was recorded at the Armoury and Profile studios in the band's hometown of Vancouver, British Columbia an...April 19, 2006
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KISS Members To Be Inducted Into LONG ISLAND MUSIC HALL OF FAME
Original KISS members Paul Stanley, Gene Simmons and Peter Criss will be among the first inductees in the Long Island Music Hall of Fame. Over the next two years the Hall will be honoring artists or groups that were either born on Long Island, or resided on Long Island for a significant portion of t...April 18, 2006
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GENE SIMMONS Desperate To Get His Hands On KISS COLA Bottle?
According to a posting at lKissNews.de, KISS bassist/vocalist Gene Simmons is desperately trying to get his hands on a French Kiss Cola bottle, which Coca Cola in France sent out to some people in the media for promotional purposes in a limited quantity (approximately 500 pieces). The bottle is one...April 10, 2006
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GENE SIMMONS' Longtime Lover To Publish 'Kiss And Tell' Book In May
According to KissKollector.com, KISS bassist/vocalist Gene Simmons' longtime girlfriend Shannon Tweed's long-awaited book "Kiss and Tell" is scheduled to be published in May 2006 via Phoenix Books. The list price for this 192-page hardcover book – with a foreword by Gene himself – is $ 24.95. Appara...April 7, 2006
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GENE SIMMONS: 'My Life Is An Open Book'
Rod Harmon of the Sarasota Herald-Tribune recently conducted an interview with KISS bassist/vocalist Gene Simmons. The question-and-answer session follows: Q: Why are you coming to [the Sarasota Film Festival], and what are you going to be doing once you get here? Gene: Well, first of all, "Funny Mo...April 6, 2006
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SHADOWS FALL Drummer Jams With DREAM THEATER In Connecticut
SHADOWS FALL drummer Jason Bittner has issued the following update: "Last Wednesday (March 29) Matt [Bachand, guitar], Jon [Donais, guitar] (and their ladies) and I headed out to Wallingford, CT to catch the DREAM THEATER 20th anniversary show!! As some of you might now, Mike Portnoy (DREAM THEATER...April 3, 2006
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JUDAS PRIEST Turn Down Reality TV Gig
Starpulse.com is reporting that JUDAS PRIEST have snubbed the opportunity to appear in a reality TV show because they fear it will cast a shadow over their other achievements. The British heavy metal legends weren't willing to risk being ridiculed, despite the success of shows such as "Rock School"...March 30, 2006
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KISS: Original Marvel Comics Super Special Painting To Be Auctioned
The original KISS cover art painting for Marvel Comics Super Special with graded CGC copy of the same issue is being auctioned off on eBay this Friday, March 31 beginning at 12:00 PST. Painted by Alan Weiss and Gray Morrow, this wonderful artwork, accomplished with mixed media, was used for the wrap...March 28, 2006
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MICHAEL ANGELO BATIO: New Audio Interview Posted Online
TalkingMetal.com has posted episode 53 of their "Talking Metal" podcast. The episode features a brand new interview hosts Mark Strigl and John Ostronomy conducted with legendary guitarist Michael Angelo Batio as well as an interview Ostronomy conducted with Yngwie Malmsteen last fall. In the intervi...March 28, 2006
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KISS Featured On 'Legends Of Heavy Metal & Rock' DVD Set
According to KissKollector.com, Icestorm Entertainment in Germany is releasing a three-DVD box/digipack on the history of heavy metal and rock, entitled "Legends of Heavy Metal & Rock". The 500-minute documentary features KISS, BON JOVI, POISON, DEF LEPPARD, DAMN YANKEES, SCORPIONS and others. K...March 27, 2006
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GENE SIMMONS To Wave Flag At Today's INDY Race In Miami
Sarah Talalay of Sun-Sentinel.com has issued the following report: NASCAR might be more fitting his KISS persona, but Gene Simmons is all about Indy these days. The KISS founder and his business partner, Richard Abramson, a veteran Hollywood marketer, film producer and talent manager, who together f...March 26, 2006
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