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STEEL PANTHER Featured In 'Musician Portrait Project' (Video)

Los Angeles glam-metal jokesters STEEL PANTHER are featured in the latest installment of the the Musician Portrait Project. Check it out below. The concept of the Musician Portrait Project is to display a moving portrait of various musicians. A new video will debut every Wednesday. Ultimately, the c...

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Former GUNS N' ROSES Drummer MATT SORUM's Concern For Adopted Bear

Rock legend and animal activist Matt Sorum is keeping tabs on a moon bear he's named Phoenix (pictured below) who has been treated by vets at a former Chinese bile farm. Phoenix has been rescued by animal welfare charity Animals Asia as part of the world's biggest bear rescue as they transform a one...

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PHIL RUDD Talks To New Zealand's THE ROCK FM About Solo Debut, New AC/DC Album (Audio)

Tracey Donaldson of The Rock FM radio station in New Zealand recently conducted an interview with AC/DC drummer Phil Rudd. You can now listen to the chat at this location. Rudd released a solo album, "Head Job", on August 29 via Universal Music Australia. The official lyric video for the CD's first...

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Guitarist EMIL WERSTLER Quits CHIMAIRA

Guitarist Emil Werstler has decided to leave CHIMAIRA after a three-year tenure with the band. Werstler spent the first few months playing bass for CHIMAIRA, but switched back to his original instrument in 2012 following the announcement that guitarists Rob Arnold and Matt DeVries were leaving the g...

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ACE FREHLEY Talks To Radio.com About 'Space Invader', Struggles With Sobriety And His Time In KISS

Original KISS guitarist Ace Frehley recently talked to Radio.com about his new album, "Space Invader", his cover of Steve Miller's "The Joker", the struggles of sobriety and his days in the "hottest band in the world." You can now watch the chat below. "Space Invader", the first new solo album from...

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MR. BIG Taps ACE FREHLEY Drummer MATT STARR For Upcoming Tour

MR. BIG recently announced that drummer Pat Torpey has been diagnosed with Parkinson's disease. The diagnosis has left him unable to perform his normal drumming duties on the band's upcoming world tour. He did complete all of the drumming on the upcoming eighth studio album, "…The Stories We Could T...

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ACE FREHLEY Interviewed On FOX 5 (Video)

Fox 5 co-anchor Steve Lacy recently conducted an interview with original KISS guitarist Ace Frehley. You can now watch the segment below. "Space Invader", the first new solo album from Frehley in five years, sold around 19,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release to land at posit...

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AVENGED SEVENFOLD Releases Original Cut Of 'Unholy Confessions' Video

Out now in stores is the special edition reissue of AVENGED SEVENFOLD's second album, "Waking The Fallen". The 2003 disc was the first to feature guitarist Synyster Gates and bassist Johnny Christ as full-fledged members, and its last independent release before signing a major deal with Warner Bros....

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ACE FREHLEY's 'Space Invader' Cracks U.S. Top 10

"Space Invader", the first new solo album from original KISS guitarist Ace Frehley in five years, sold around 19,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release to land at position No. 9 on The Billboard 200 chart. The CD arrived in stores on August 19 via Entertainment One Music (eOne...

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ACE FREHLEY Guests On 'Elliot In The Morning' (Audio)

Earlier this month, original KISS guitarist Ace Frehley was interviewed on "Elliot In The Morning", the morning radio talk show hosted by DJ Elliot Segal. You can listen to the chat in the YouTube clip below. "Space Invader", the first new solo album from Ace Frehley in five years, is likely to sell...

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PRONG: 'Remove, Separate Self' Video Released

Fresh off their European summer festival appearances, metal veterans PRONG are gearing up to hit the road this September in North America in support of their latest release, "Ruining Lives", which came out earlier this year via SPV/Steamhammer. The tour begins September 10 in Los Angeles, California...

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AC/DC's PHIL RUDD Talks To Australia's TRIPLE M About Solo Album 'Head Job' (Audio)

AC/DC drummer Phil Rudd and Allan Badger, who plays on Rudd's solo album, "Head Job", were interviewed last week on Australia's long-running rock station Triple M. You can now listen to the chat using the widget below. "Head Job" will be released on August 29 via Universal Music Australia. The offic...

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DRAGONFORCE Speaks To Italy's Metallus.it (Video)

Arianna G. of Italy's Metallus.it recently conducted an interview with Herman Li (guitar),Sam Totman (guitar) and Gee Anzalone (drums) of British epic power metallers DRAGONFORCE. You can now watch the chat below. DRAGONFORCE's new album, "Maximum Overload", was released on August 19 in North Ameri...

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ACE FREHLEY Talks To CHRIS JERICHO About 'Space Invader' Album (Audio)

Original KISS guitarist Ace Frehley was interviewed on the latest, hour-long episode of "Talk Is Jericho", the podcast of Chris Jericho, the world champion pro wrestler, actor, New York Times best-selling author and lead vocalist of the metal band FOZZY. You can now listen to the podcast at PodcastO...

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THE SKULL Featuring Former TROUBLE Members: 'For Those Which Are Asleep' Debut Due In November

THE SKULL — the new band featuring two original members of American doom metal legends TROUBLE, Eric Wagner (vocals) and Jeff "Oly" Olson (drums),alongside longtime TROUBLE bassist Ron Holzner, guitarist Lothar Keller (SACRED DAWN) and former PENTAGRAM guitarist Matt Goldsborough — will release its...