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MY RUIN To Release Live Album, DVD

Los Angeles-based hard rock band MY RUIN will release its first live album, "Alive On The Other Side", on September 22 in Europe on the group's own imprint label Rovena Recordings via Cargo Records. Recorded live at Rio's in Leeds, UK, "Alive On The Other Side" will come in digipack form and boast a...

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NEBULA To Support MONSTER MAGNET In Europe

Los Angeles rockers NEBULA have scheduled the following European tour dates: Headlining: Oct. 09 - London, UK @ The Underworld Oct. 10 - Sheffield, UK @ Corporation Oct. 11 - Dublin, Ireland @ [to be announced] Oct. 12 - Belfast, N. Ireland @ [to be announced] Oct. 13 - Birmingham, UK @ [to be annou...

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SLIPKNOT Percussionist On New CD: 'This Record Is A Bridge Over To Some Uncharted Territory'

ARTISTdirect recently conducted an interview with SLIPKNOT percussionist Shawn "Clown" Crahan. An excerpt from the chat follows. ARTISTdirect: It seems like "All Hope Is Gone" is another big step in SLIPKNOT's evolution. Would you say that's the case? Crahan: It was a pretty strange record cycle for...

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'Experience Hendrix' DVD RELEASE Features Guitar Greats In Concert Tribute To JIMI HENDRIX

Experience Hendrix is the continuing concert phenomenon that brings together contemporary guitar greats to celebrate the music and legacy of Jimi Hendrix. It is also the title of the first-ever DVD release that chronicles blazing concert performances by top name artists in tribute to Jimi Hendrix. "...

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MÖTLEY CRÜE: Guitar Center Press Conference Highlights Available

MÖTLEY CRÜE held a press conference on July 31, 2008 to announce the launch of "Guitar Center On-Stage" — Your Chance To Make Rock History. Check out highlights from the event below. Photos can be found at Getty Images. Continuing its commitment to the support of aspiring artists, Guitar Center and...

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MY RUIN: DVD 'Sneak Preview' Available

Los Angeles rockers MY RUIN will release their new album, "Throat Full of Heart", in the U.S. on August 19 through the band's imprint label Rovena Recordings via Redeye USA. The CD, which debuted earlier this year in Europe via Cargo Records UK, is the follow-up to 2005's "The Brutal Language". The...

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MÖTLEY CRÜE's MICK MARS: 'I Feel That I'm A Better Performer Now Than I Was' Before

ARTISTdirect recently conducted an interview with MÖTLEY CRÜE guitarist Mick Mars. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow. ARTISTdirect: Was the intention heading into this album to really get back to the sleaze that's been missing in music in recent years? Mars: Instead of us doing just another...

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MY RUIN Has A New Drummer

Los Angeles rockers MY RUIN have parted ways with drummer Marcelo Palomino and have replaced him with J.D. Flores (HEAVENLY TRIP TO HELL). Palomino, a former bandmate of MY RUIN singer Tairrie B. in MANHOLE and TURA SATANA, joined the band prior to its last UK tour. In a recent interview with Norway...

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MÖTLEY CRÜE Announces Partnership With GUITAR CENTER

Continuing its commitment to the support of aspiring artists, Guitar Center and MÖTLEY CRÜE announced today the launch of "Guitar Center On-Stage" — Your Chance To Make Rock History. "Guitar Center On-Stage" and the world's most notorious rock band will provide one up-and-coming band the ultimate, c...

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Former WHITE SPIRIT/TANK Drummer Dies

British drummer Graham Crallan, who played on WHITE SPIRIT's 1980 debut LP and TANK's 1985 release "Honour And Blood", passed away on July 27, 2008. No further details are available. According to AllMusic.com, WHITE SPIRIT is mostly remembered as the first appearance of guitarist Janick Gers, who la...

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ZACK DE LA ROCHA's ONE DAY AS A LION Cracks Billboard's Top 30

ONE DAY AS A LION, the project featuring Zack De La Rocha (vocalist for RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE) and Jon Theodore (former drummer of THE MARS VOLTA),has sold more than 17,000 copies of its eponymous debut EP (Anti Records) in the United States in its first week of release to debut at position No....

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NEBULA: 'Heavy Psych' EP Expanded

"Heavy Psych", the new EP from Los Angeles rockers NEBULA, has now been expanded to include six tracks and will be released initially in the U.S. through the band's own Salt Of The Earth Music. The track listing for the effort is as follows: 01. Pulse 02. The Dagger 03. Aphrodite 04. Dream Submarine...

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Krallice

Having discovered the harsh and unique guitar style of guitarist Mick Barr in a review of OCRILIM's "Annwn" (Hydra Head) on this very site, I was anxious to hear his work as part of experimental USBM act KRALLICE. His instrumental arrangements on "Annwn" are graceful in their acidic, yet oddly melod...

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GOJIRA Frontman Interviewed On 'Chaos With Full Metal Jackie'; Audio Available

Vocalist/guitarist Joe Duplantier of French progressive-extreme metallers GOJIRA was the featured guest on the July 13, 2008 edition of Indie 103.1 FM's specialty metal program "Chaos with Full Metal Jackie". The interview is now available for streaming at this location. GOJIRA has finalized the tra...

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GOJIRA: 'The Way Of All Flesh' Artwork, Track Listing Revealed

French progressive-extreme metal outfit GOJIRA has finalized the track listing and artwork for its new album, "The Way of All Flesh", which is scheduled for release on October 13 in Europe via Listenable Records and one day later in the U.S. through Prosthetic Records. The cover artwork (see below)...