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DOKKEN Releases Music Video For 'Gypsy' Single From 'Heaven Comes Down' Album

Legendary American rockers DOKKEN will release their 13th studio album, "Heaven Comes Down", on October 27 via Silver Lining Music. The follow-up to 2012's "Broken Bones" was produced by Bill Palmer and Don Dokken and was mixed by Kevin Shirley (AEROSMITH, IRON MAIDEN). The official music video for...

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TED NUGENT Weighs In On JANN WENNER's Ouster From ROCK HALL Board: 'Adios, Mofo'

Ted Nugent has weighed in on recent controversial comments by Rolling Stone magazine founder Jann Wenner about black and female artists. In an interview with The New York Times interview, Wenner said he had not included any women in his upcoming book featuring interviews with legendary rock figures...

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MIKE MUSHOK Says DELEO Brothers Were Brought In To Write With STAIND For '14 Shades Of Grey' Album

In a new interview with Anne Erickson of Audio Ink Radio, STAIND guitarist Mike Mushok spoke about the twentieth anniversary of the band's fourth album, 2003's "14 Shades Of Grey". Reflecting on the making of the record, which was the follow-up to 2001's mega-selling "Break The Cycle", Mushok said:...

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THE OBSESSED Announces Official Release Date For 'Gilded Sorrow' Album

U.S. doom and heavy metal veterans THE OBSESSED will release their fifth studio album, "Gilded Sorrow", on February 16, 2024 via Ripple Music. Expanded to a four-piece with the addition of Jason Taylor on guitar, the music on the follow-up to 2017's "Sacred" is more aggressive, straightforward and d...

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SLAVES ON DOPE Singer Successfully Prank Calls DONALD TRUMP By Pretending To Be CLINT EASTWOOD

Jason Rockman, singer of the Canadian metal band SLAVES ON DOPE and host of Montreal's Énergie radio station, successfully prank called former U.S. president Donald Trump on Wednesday (September 13) by pretending to be iconic actor and director Clint Eastwood. According to CTV News, American journal...

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GEOFF TATE Says QUEENSRŸCHE 'Never Thought' That 'Silent Lucidity' Would Become Band's Biggest Hit

In a new interview with "Chaz & AJ In The Morning" show, which is heard on Connecticut's 99.1 PLR radio station, former QUEENSRŸCHE singer Geoff Tate spoke about the touching ballad "Silent Lucidity" which originally appeared on the band's triple-platinum-certified 1990 album "Empire". Asked if...

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Former POISON, MÖTLEY CRÜE And TWISTED SISTER Producer TOM WERMAN To Release 'Turn It Up!' Book In November

Jawbone Press has set a November 2023 release date for "Turn It Up! My Time Making Hit Records In The Glory Days Of Rock Music", the new book from legendary rock producer Tom Werman. Growing up in the Boston suburbs, Werman was deeply affected by pop music from a young age. He long dreamed of a care...

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See The Making Of FOO FIGHTERS' Line Of Pinball Machines

Stern Pinball, Inc. has released a new 10-minute video about the making of the new line of pinball machines celebrating and created in cooperation with Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame class of 2021 inductees FOO FIGHTERS. The FOO FIGHTERS pinball machines are available in Pro, Premium, and Limited Editi...

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SMASHING PUMPKINS To Recreate 'Siamese Dream' Release Event With '90s Tower Records Pop-Up And Performance

Continuing the 30th anniversary celebrations of their groundbreaking album "Siamese Dream", THE SMASHING PUMPKINS have teamed up with Tower Records to recreate their historical album release event in 1993 with a special Tower Records pop-up at Madame Zuzu's in Highland Park, Illinois. Beginning Sept...

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THE OBSESSED's New Album, 'Gilded Sorrow', To Arrive In February 2024

THE OBSESSED frontman Scott "Wino" Weinrich spoke to TotalRock's "Hobo On The Radio" show about his band's recently completed fifth studio album, "Gilded Sorrow", to be released early next year on Ripple Music. He said in part (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): "The new record is gonna be out on...

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Book About ICE-T's BODY COUNT To Arrive This Week

Ever hear about the all-black hardcore band that unleashed one of the greatest records of the '90s, and faced a censorship battle that went all the way to the president of the United States? Did you know that their record was pulled from stores, and remains banned to this day? And did you know that...

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JEFF BECERRA: 'POSSESSED Was The Very First Death Metal Band'

In a new interview with Jerry Kurunen of Finland's Rauta, POSSESSED frontman Jeff Becerra was asked if his band is rightfully credited with initially creating the term "death metal" in 1983. He said (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): "One hundred percent. I had the copyright in 1983. POSSESSED wa...

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FILTER's RICHARD PATRICK Opens Up About 'The Sad Part Of Being Famous'

In a new interview with Troy Culpan of May The Rock Be With You, FILTER frontman Richard Patrick spoke about the lyrical inspiration for his band's latest album, "The Algorithm". He said (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): "I have a take on the world. I guess if people were to pigeonhole me, they'...

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GREEN DAY Is Selling DONALD TRUMP Mugshot 'Nimrod' T-Shirt For Charity

Veteran pop-punkers GREEN DAY, who haven't shied away from taking bold, loud swipes at presidents they don't agree with in the past on albums such as 2004's "American Idiot" and 2009's "21st Century Breakdown", are selling a new piece of merchandise featuring the first mugshot of a former American p...

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TED NUGENT Claims He Has Been 'Kicked Off' Facebook

Outspoken conservative rocker Ted Nugent claims that he has been "banished" from Facebook. The 74-year-old musician, who has in the past used the Big Tech platforms to stoke conspiracy theories about the 2020 U.S. presidential election and the coronavirus pandemic, announced his Facebook ban in an I...