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PAUL STANLEY's Guitar Tech Talks To Gibson.com

Gibson.com's Sean McDevitt recently spoke to Francis Stueber about the maintenance of guitars for such heavyweights as Paul Stanley (KISS) and Kevin Cronin (REO SPEEDWAGON). "If Paul goes out of tune, it's not his fault, it's my fault," says Francis Stueber, referring matter-of-factly to one of his...

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SCORPIONS Interviewed By TV ANTENNA; Video Available

A nine-minute interview with SCORPIONS bassist Pawel Maciwoda and the rest of the band conducted by TV Antenna last month (September 2007) at Beacon Theater in New York City can be viewed below (Note: The Pawel portion of the interview was conducted in Maciwoda's mother tongue, Polish). As previousl...

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BLIND GUARDIAN, DIMMU BORGIR, EDGUY: Photos From NUCLEAR BLAST Festival Available

BLIND GUARDIAN, DIMMU BORGIR, SUBWAY TO SALLY, EDGUY and KATAKLYSM performed at the Nuclear Blast 20th anniversary festival on October 27, 2007 at the Hanns-Martin-Schleyerhalle in Stuttgart, Germany. Check out photos at Metalpics.ch. BLIND GUARDIAN will hold a signing session at a special premiere...

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AT THE GATES Frontman Discusses Reunion, Touring Plans

Earache Records recently caught up with vocalist Tomas Lindberg for a chat about the reformation of the legendary AT THE GATES. Read the brief question-and-answer session below: Q: Would you say that the reunion of AT THE GATES was in many ways inevitable, given that in many ways the band finished s...

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SLASH, POISON At 'Guitar Hero III' Launch Party; Video Available

KROQ 106.7 FM has posted an eight-minute video report from the launch party for the Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock video game, which took place Saturday night (October 27) on top of the Best Buy store in Los Angeles. POISON performed at the event, which was attended by former GUNS N' ROSES and cur...

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SCORPIONS: Footage From Korean Press Conference Available

Veteran German hard rockers SCORPIONS took part in a press conference during their recent visit to Korea as part of their "Humanity - Hour 1" world tour. Watch the three-minute clip below. As previously reported, SCORPIONS' concert at Wacken Open Air in Wacken, Germany on August 3, 2006 will be rele...

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'Metal That Sounds Like Other Metal': 'Volume VIII' And 'Volume IX' Posted Online

A registered YouTube user who goes by the name "BakNBlack" has posted the eighth and ninth in a series of clips featuring hard rock/heavy metal tracks that sound like songs by other artists. Says "BakNBlack": Y'ever hear a song and go, 'Man, that sounds just like...'? Well so did I. In fact, I found...

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PROTOTYPE Featured In 'Guitar Hero III' Video Game

Los Angeles-based progressive thrash metal band PROTOTYPE is featured in the new Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock video game with the song "The Way It Ends", taken from the group's latest album, "Continuum". Players are able to put their skills to the test, playing lead, rhythm or bass guitar on thi...

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BLIND GUARDIAN In South Africa; Photos Available

German power metallers BLIND GUARDIAN headlined the Nightfall Festival on Saturday, October 13 in Pretoria, South Africa. Other bands that performed at the event included AGRO, ANCIENT INFLUENCE, CHROMIUM, CONTRAST THE WATER, DEITY'S MUSE, L.A. COBRA, MANINSUIT, NEW BORN FIRE and SACRIFIST. Check ou...

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DOWN To Guest On SIRIUS SATELLITE's 'Hard Files'

DOWN members Rex Brown, Pepper Keenan and Kirk Windstein will guest on the "Hard Files" program on Sirius Satellite Radio's Hard Attack on Thursday (November 1) at 7:00 p.m. EST. Rebroadcasts: Fridays at noon ET, Saturdays at 3:00 p.m. ET and Sundays at 6:00 p.m. ET. Join Brown, Keenan, Windstein an...

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METALLICA Debuts BLUE ÖYSTER CULT Cover At Last Night's 'Bridge School Benefit' Concert

The setlist for METALLICA's acoustic performance Sunday night (October 28) at the 21st annual Bridge School Benefit at Shoreline Amphitheatre in Mountain View, California was as follows: 01. I Just Want To Celebrate (RARE EARTH) 02. Please Don't Judas Me (NAZARETH) 03. Veteran Of Psychic Wars (BLUE...

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METALLICA: Official 'Bridge School Benefit' Performance Highlights Posted Online

The official Metallica.com six-minute video clip containing highlights from METALLICA's acoustic performance Saturday night (October 27) at the 21st annual Bridge School Benefit at Shoreline Amphitheatre in Mountain View, California can be viewed below. Photos of the band's show can be found at Phot...

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POISON Performs At 'Guitar Hero III' Launch Party In L.A.; Photos Available

POISON performed play on top of the Best Buy store in Los Angeles last night (Saturday, October 27) as part of a launch party for the Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock video game. Also attending the event was former GUNS N' ROSES and current VELVET REVOLVER guitarist Slash. Check out pictures from

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DOWN: Photos From Last Night's Worcester Concert Posted Online

Photos of DOWN's October 27, 2007 concert at the Palladium in Worcester, Massachusetts can be viewed at TheMetalUnion.com. Synthesis.net has posted the second part of a video interview with DOWN members Kirk Windstein and Jimmy Bower conducted on September 29, 2007 at the Senator Theatre in Chico, C...

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Finland's WIDESCREEN MODE To Release 'Until The End' In November

Finnish metal/rock band WIDESCREEN MODE will release its debut album, "Until the End", on November 14 via Dark Sentiments and Playground Music Scandinavia. The official release party will be held on November 16 in Helsinki, Finland. WIDESCREEN MODE's first single "Everlasting Bomb" ruled the officia...