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Benefit Concert Featuring TWISTED SISTER, AC/DC's BRIAN JOHNSON To Be Recorded
A Musicians 4 Disaster Relief benefit concert featuring performances by AC/DC's Brian Johnson, TWISTED SISTER, and CHEAP TRICK's Robin Zander and Rick Nielsen will be recorded for a live CD to be sold immediately after the show. The concert, which will take place on February 5 in Orlando, Florida, i...January 27, 2005
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ALICE COOPER Performs 'School's Out' With Kids Of 'Rock School'
According to Newsday.com, ALICE COOPER performed his classic track "School's Out" with the kids of "Rock School", Don Argott's documentary about the Philadelphia after-school program that inspired Rick Linklater's popular 2003 movie, "School of Rock". The performance took place on Monday (Jan. 24) a...January 27, 2005
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EXODUS Announce New Singer
San Francisco Bay Area thrashers EXODUS have announced the addition of singer Rob Dukes (pictured here with EXODUS guitarist Rick Hunolt) to the group's ranks. "[Rob] has been absolutely crushing in practice and only gets stronger every day," guitarist Gary Holt writes in the group's official forum....January 26, 2005
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DEF LEPPARD Drummer Spends Day With Daughter: Photos Available
Mavrix Photo recently photographed DEF LEPPARD drummer Rick Allen as spent time with his daughter Lauren Shane in Malibu, California. Check out the pictures at this location. As previously reported, VH1's DEF LEPPARD biopic, "Hysteria: The Def Leppard Story", is scheduled for a Region 1 (North Ameri...January 25, 2005
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SLAYER, MACHINE HEAD, DAMAGEPLAN Members At NAMM: Photos Available
50 exclusive shots taken at this year's NAMM (National Association of Music Merchants) convention in Anaheim, California have been posted online at DirtJunior.com. Included in the gallery are pictures of DEATH ANGEL, SLAYER's Kerry King, MACHINE HEAD's Phil Demmel, former MEGADETH bassist David Elle...January 25, 2005
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Former DOKKEN Bassist Talks About Resurgence Of Rock
In a recent interview with ElectricBasement.com, former DOKKEN/DIO bassist Jeff Pilson talked about rock music's supposed resurgence. "I think it just comes down to the fact that noting has come along to takes its place yet. The MÖTLEY [CRÜE] thing you could kind of see coming. I think that there ha...January 24, 2005
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SYSTEM OF A DOWN Singer Says Band Went Through Troubled Times Last Year
SYSTEM OF A DOWN frontman Serj Tankian recently spoke to Australia's Beat magazine about the group's forthcoming album "Mesmerize/Hypnotize", which is currently being mixed at a Los Angeles studio by Andy Wallace (KORN, LIMP BIZKIT, DISTURBED, SEPULTURA). Asked what prompted the idea to release a do...January 23, 2005
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DEF LEPPARD Bassist Opens Door To His Multimillion Dollar Home
Sheffield Today reports: It is a home fit for a rock star — but it has cost DEF LEPPARD rocker Rick Savage a cool £1 million to get it that way. More familiar with legions of heavy metal fans across the globe as a man who puts rhythm into one of the world's ...January 18, 2005
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DAMAGEPLAN Shooting: What Happened The Night DIMEBAG Was Murdered?
The following story by John Futty was published in the January 16, 2005 edition of The Columbus Dispatch: His high-pitched scream spoke to all of the things William Wever couldn't say. "It was like he suddenly realized, 'I've got another man's blood on me,' " said his friend Crystal Levings, 25, of...January 16, 2005
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Club Where DIMEBAG Was Murdered Reopens With Benefit Concert
A sellout crowd of 700 marked the reopening of the Alrosa Villa club in Columbus, Ohio that was the scene of last month's shooting spree in which five people were killed, including former PANTERA guitarist "Dimebag" Darrell Abbott. The Alrosa Villa held a benefit concert and auction Friday night (Ja...January 15, 2005
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Founder Of Club Where DIMEBAG Was Murdered Dies At 91
The Associated Press is reporting that one month after a shooting at a nightclub left five dead including the gunman, the club's 91-year-old founder has died. Albert Cautela died Sunday at Riverside Methodist Hospital, said his son, Rick Cautela, owner of the Alrosa Villa. The elder Cautela had suff...January 11, 2005
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Alrosa Villa Owner: DIMEBAG's Murderer Was 'On A Mission'
The Associated Press is reporting that the nightclub where a gunman killed four people, including former PANTERA guitarist "Dimebag" Darrell Abbott, last month will reopen, the owner says. Rick Cautela told The Columbus Dispatch in Friday's editions that the Alrosa Villa would have stayed closed for...January 7, 2005
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FOZZY: U.K. Tour Dates Announced
FOZZY, the band featuring vocalist Chris Jericho (of WWE wrestling fame) and members of STUCK MOJO, have lined up the following U.K. dates in February: Feb. 10 - Rock City - Nottingham, UK Feb. 11 - Mean Fiddler - London, UK (+ free entry into Rock) (clubnight) Feb. 12 – Bierkeller - Manchester, UK...January 6, 2005
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It's Official: Club Where DIMEBAG Was Murdered To Reopen This Month
Alrosa Villa, the Columbus, Ohio nightclub that was the site of the deadly shootings last month which claimed the lives of DAMAGEPLAN/ex-PANTERA guitarist "Dimebag" Darrell Abbott and four others, will be reopening on January 14, 2005 with a benefit show for the victims' families. BOBAFLEX will be h...January 2, 2005
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SEBASTIAN BACH: Remembering DIMEBAG DARRELL
Former SKID ROW frontman Sebastian Bach has issued the following statement in memory of DAMAGEPLAN/ex-PANTERA guitarist "Dimebag" Darrell Abbott: "My relationship to this sick series of events goes way back, some 18 years. I joined a band from Detroit called MADAM X back in 1986 and the very first p...December 30, 2004