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Guitar Legend MAURIZIO SOLIERI To Open For DEEP PURPLE In Italy

Italian guitar legend Maurizio Solieri (VASCO ROSSI, STEVE ROGERS BAND) will be the opening act for the DEEP PURPLE concerts scheduled in Italy for December. Solieri, 56, will be promoting his new studio album, due in spring 2010. The guitar player is currently on hiatus from VASCO ROSSI's "Europe I...

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RONNIE JAMES DIO On The Future Of HEAVEN & HELL, DIO

Robert Gray of Ultimate-Guitar.com recently conducted an interview with legendary heavy metal vocalist Ronnie James Dio (HEAVEN & HELL, BLACK SABBATH, RAINBOW, DIO). A few excerpts from the chat follow below. Ultimate-Guitar.com: When you reunited with Tony [Iommi] and Geezer [Butler], were you...

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UFO Drummer ANDY PARKER: Second Part Of 'Noize In The Attic' Chat To Air This Week

UFO drummer Andy Parker was recently interviewed in Poughkeepsie, New York by the weekly two-hour classic hard rock and metal show "Noize In The Attic". In part 2 of the chat, he discusses the current state of the band and reminisces about their recording career. The second part of the interview wil...

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ALICE IN CHAINS Members Talk About Entertaining Wounded Warriors

Staff Sgt. Josh Hauser of Pentagon Channel's "Command Performance" conducted an interview with ALICE IN CHAINS on September 4, 2009 at the 9:30 Club in Washington, D.C. The bandmembers talked about entertaining wounded warriors and the Vietnam War influence of one of their songs. Watch the chat belo...

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DREAM THEATER Drummer Takes Prog-Rock Quiz

Planet Rock recently gave its listeners and web site readers the opportunity to pose prog questions to prog legend and DREAM THEATER drummer Mike Portnoy. The stickiest questions were posed to Mike just before he attended the Classic Rock Awards in London a couple of weeks ago (where the band won an...

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ACE FREHLEY To Jam At This Sunday's Battle Of The Bands For Rock 'N' Roll Fantasy Camp

Original KISS guitarist Ace Frehley will join this Sunday's Battle Of The Bands for Rock 'N' Roll Fantasy Camp's showcase finale of the graduates of the three-day camp. Frehley will hit stage and jam with the campers as they battle it out to be the top campers of 2009! Frehley will also be a headlin...

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RANDY RHOADS Web Site Endorsed By Late Guitarist's Family

RandyRhoads.us, the only web site endorsed by the Randy Rhoads family, is back online and it no longer requires a membership fee to access. There is a video from Randy's brother, Kelle, on the homepage welcoming you to the site. Former QUIET RIOT bassist Kelly Garni is the main contributor and share...

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Ex-HANOI ROCKS Guitarist's THE REAL MCCOY BAND: Finnish Dates Cancelled

THE REAL MCCOY BAND, the solo group of HANOI ROCKS guitarist/co-founder Andy McCoy, has cancelled the remaining dates on its Finnish tour after guitarist Chris Shiflett's (also of FOO FIGHTERS) "child contracted the swine influenza (H1N/09 virus) and Chris needs to fly back to U.S. immediately," acc...

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ALICE IN CHAINS To Guest On 'Later ... With Jools Holland' Tonight And Friday

ALICE IN CHAINS will perform the song "Check My Brain" on tonight's (Tuesday, November 10) edition of the iconic "Later ... With Jools Holland" BBC2 television show in the U.K. at 10:00 p.m. Then on Friday, November 13 at 11:35 p.m. on BBC2, AIC will perform "Lesson Learned", "Black Gives Way to Blu...

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CARMINE APPICE Schedules NYC Appearance

Legendary drummer Carmine Appice (SLAMM, VANILLA FUDGE, ROD STEWART, OZZY OSBOURNE, TED NUGENT) will make a special appearance at J&R Music and Computer World on Thursday, November 19, 2009 at 6:00 p.m. to celebrate the release of his latest GUITAR ZEUS album, "Conquering Heroes", with a short p...

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RONNIE JAMES DIO Raises Money For Dogs

Heavy metal legend Ronnie James Dio (HEAVEN & HELL, DIO, BLACK SABBATH, RAINBOW) was at the Brittany Foundation in Agua Dulce, California on Saturday, November 7 raising money to get his wife/manager Wendy Dio out of her cage. According to The Signal, twelve Brittany Foundation volunteers — incl...

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NEW YORK DOLLS Frontman Schedules 'An Evening With' Appearance In Trenton

David Johansen, who has enjoyed a prolific 35-year career, will perform a unique selection of songs at Patriots Theater at the Trenton War Memorial on November 25 at 7 p.m. as part of the "On Patriots Stage - The Kaplan Series." The special show, which has been titled "An Evening With David Johansen...

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ALICE IN CHAINS Interviewed By Norway's 'Lydverket'; Video Available

Kristin Winsents of the Norwegian broadcaster NRK's weekly pop music show "Lydverket" recently travelled to Seattle to interview ALICE IN CHAINS, NIRVANA "Bleach" producer Jack Endino and GRAND ARCHIVES, among others, for a feature story on the grunge scene (looking back on its rise in the early '90...

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RANDY RHOADS Documentary Maker Seeking Candid Photos

Director Peter M. Margolis of Dakota Pictures is rapidly approaching the final stages of editing and post-production on "Randy Rhoads: Last Train Home" (working title),the long-awaited documentary film on the life of celebrated rock guitarist Randy Rhoads (OZZY OSBOURNE, QUIET RIOT). Margolis is re...

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ANTHRAX Drummer Discusses 'Among The Living' Deluxe Edition

RevolverMag.com recently conducted an interview with ANTHRAX drummer Charlie Benante. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. RevolverMag.com: Why did you choose "Among the Living" out of all the albums from your catalog to get the deluxe treatment? Benante: For a while now, I've been wanti...