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CHEAP TRICK Guitarist Jams With THE HEAVILS: Photos Available
CHEAP TRICK guitarist Rick Nielsen joined THE HEAVILS on stage during their gig at Davis Park in Rockford, IL on Sunday, May 30. Check out the pictures: Gallery#1, Gallery#2. THE HEAVILS released their sophomore album, "Heavilution", last month through Metal Blade Records. The follow-up to 2003's "T...June 6, 2004
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EXODUS' Tour Bus Catches Fire!
EXODUS guitarist Gary Holt has posted the following message on the band's web site: "Well, as some of you might of already heard yes our bus caught on fire somewhere between Rome and Bergamo Italy. I awoke to our driver shouting, 'Everybody off the bus, the bus is on fire!' and I ran like a ...June 4, 2004
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DEF LEPPARD Bassist: '70s Covers Album Due In September
DEF LEPPARD bassist Rick Savage has revealed to Hoover's Online that the group's latest project is a covers album of hits from the Seventies, tentatively due in September. "We are playing songs from all the great rock bands, including DAVID BOWIE and ROXY MUSIC," Savage said. "It originally was a bi...June 4, 2004
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DISTANT THUNDER: Debut Album Delayed
DISTANT THUNDER, the new band featuring former HELSTAR/DESTINY'S END and current SEVEN WITCHES frontman James Rivera, have had the release date of their debut album, "Welcome the End", pushed back to June 7 through Germany's Massacre Records. The CD was recorded at Spyder Studio in Houston, Texas an...May 27, 2004
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DISTANT THUNDER Confirmed For Germany's KEEP IT TRUE III Festival
DISTANT THUNDER, the new band featuring former HELSTAR/DESTINY'S END and current SEVEN WITCHES frontman James Rivera, have been confirmed for Germany's Keep It True III festival, set to be held November 6 in Lauda-Königshofen. In addition to performing several brand-new DISTANT THUNDER originals, th...May 27, 2004
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LEASH LAW Set U.S. Release Date For Debut Album
LEASH LAW, the new Florida-based group featuring vocalist Wade Black (ex-CRIMSON GLORY, SEVEN WITCHES),guitarist Rick Renstrom (ROB ROCK),drummer Richard Christy (ICED EARTH, ex-DEATH),bassist Stephen Elder (ROB ROCK),and guitarist Emo Mowery (TIWANAKU, ex-NOCTURNUS),have set a May 25 U.S. rele...May 19, 2004
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DISTANT THUNDER: Live Video Posted Online
DISTANT THUNDER, the new band featuring former HELSTAR/DESTINY'S END and current SEVEN WITCHES frontman James Rivera, filmed their May 15 appearance at Houston's F.B.I. Club for an upcoming DVD. In addition, the footage will be shown on Germany's Viva music channel at a later date. A video clip of t...May 19, 2004
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AMERICAN HEARTBREAK: New Album To Feature Guest Appearance By Ex-KIX Guitarist
AMERICAN HEARTBREAK, the San Francisco Bay Area band featuring former members of JETBOY, EXODUS and SAMIAM, are completing work on the follow-up to last year's "You Will Not Be Getting Paid" (Perris Records) for a late 2004 release through an as-yet-undetermined label. The band, who are currently un...May 18, 2004
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DREAM THEATER's RUDESS, YES' WAKEMAN To Perform Together
DREAM THEATER's Jordan Rudess and YES legend Rick Wakeman will be performing together tonight, May 18h at the Moog Fest. The event will be held at B.B. King's in New York City. As previously reported, Jordan Rudess and Richard Lainhart, synthesist extraordinaire, will be performing live online on Su...May 18, 2004
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TROUBLE: New Studio Album To Surface In Early 2005
Rick Wartell, guitarist for the reunited Chicago doom legends TROUBLE, has posted the following message on the group's official web site: "Hey, how the hell ya doin'? Just wanted to give you an update on where we are at this point. [Singer] Eric [Wagner] is in [San Francisco] with [producer] Vinny [...May 16, 2004
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Former MEGADETH Guitarist MARTY FRIEDMAN Comments On FOZZY Guest Appearance
Former MEGADETH guitarist Marty Friedman recently spent time at Heartbeat Studios in Tokyo, Japan laying down guitars on a special track to be mixed in 5.1 surround sound by legendary QUEEN producer Mack ("Another One Bites The Dust", "Dragon Attack", etc.) The tune will be available as a bonus trac...May 16, 2004
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STEVE VAI, TWISTED SISTER's J.J. FRENCH To Judge Guitar Face-Off
The New York Post's Page Six reports: "A gang of guitar gods has agreed to judge a photo search of America's greatest 'guitar face' — the musical mugging that some overexuberant ax-men do during a solo. The photos are being evaluated by Steve Vai, Hank Williams Jr., BILLY IDOL sideman Steve Stevens,...May 16, 2004
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WATCHTOWER: Brand-New Live Videos Posted Online
Progressive metal legends WATCHTOWER have posted two live videos from their May 1, 2004 appearance at the second annual Robb's Metal Works showcase in San Antonio, Texas. Check them out: Social Fears (11 MB – Windows Media) Control and Resistance (13 MB – Windows Media) Commented WATCHTOWER guitaris...May 12, 2004
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VH1 Counts Down '100 Most Metal Moments' In Five-Night Special
MOTÖRHEAD, W.A.S.P.'s Blackie Lawless, POISON's Bret Michaels, former SKID ROW frontman Sebastian Bach, ANTHRAX, L.A. GUNS, KISS, ex-MÖTLEY CRÜE singer Vince Neil, Ronnie James Dio and FASTER PUSSYCAT are among the artists featured in "100 Most Metal Moments", a VH1 special focusing on the "entertai...May 11, 2004
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SLIPKNOT: CHRIS FEHN, PAUL GRAY Interviews Posted Online
Several audio clips of SLIPKNOT members Chris Fehn (percussion) and Paul Gray (bass) talking about the group's much-anticipated third full-length album, "Vol. 3: (The Subliminal Verses)", have been posted online at the Toazted.com web site. Check them out here. "Vol. 3 (The Subliminal Verses)", whic...May 11, 2004
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