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CRETIN Sign With RELAPSE RECORDS
Bay Area grindcore trio CRETIN have inked a deal with Relapse Records. The band's first official release on the Relapse roster will be a split release with label-mates PIG DESTROYER, due out later this year. CRETIN is also rehearsing material for their first full-length album, slated for a late 2005...March 25, 2005
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METALLICA, JUDAS PRIEST, MEGADETH Members Pay Tribute To ANTHRAX
Metal musicians congratulate ANTHRAX on their 20th anniversary: MEGADETH's Dave Mustaine: "ANTHRAX is a band that I have always respected, that has always mattered and was very important to the American metal scene. As part of the 'big four' they were responsible for an enormous amount of the credit...March 24, 2005
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STRAPPING YOUNG LAD Guitarist Says The Group's New Album Sounds 'Completely Natural'
STRAPPING YOUNG LAD guitarist Jed Simon recently spoke to Blistering.com about the making of the group's latest CD, "Alien". A couple of excerpts from the interview follow: On how he would describe the new album: "It's pretty full-on. I guess that's a great way of describing 'Alien'! (Laughs) It's a...March 22, 2005
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DANKO JONES: More 'Magical World' Sessions Available For Streaming
Canadian rocker Danko Jones has uploaded six more sessions from his Swedish radio show, "The Magical World of Rock with Danko Jones", which was recently syndicated to both German and Canadian radio stations. The shows available for streaming via TheMagicalWorldOfRock.com are as follows: 01. Singers'...March 20, 2005
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Documentary Explores JIMI HENDRIX's Influence On Nashville
Tim Ghianni of Tennessean.com is reporting that fimmakers Dan Heller and Valerie Reynolds are currently working on a documentary exploring guitar legend Jimi Hendrix's time spent spent as part of the storied north Nashville R&B scene. They also want to find out the impact the innovative guitaris...March 19, 2005
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MSG Bassist To Appear On JEFF MARTIN And JACK FROST Solo Albums
MSG (MICHAEL SCHENKER GROUP) bassist Rev Jones' official web site has been updated with the following message: "Rev will be heading back into the studio in a couple of weeks to finish the Jeff Martin [RACER X, BADLANDS, MSG] album. Following that he will be heading to a studio in New Jersey to recor...March 18, 2005
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Welsh Heavy Metal Singer's Suicide Stuns Fans, Family Members
icWales is reporting that the suspected suicide of Welsh heavy metal band BLOOD RETCH's lead singer has stunned fans across the world. Talented Gareth Bonetto — whose stage name was Eddie Richards — was found hanged at his Yr Hendre home in Nantgarw, near Pontypridd, on Monday (March 14). The depres...March 17, 2005
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'KISS Cover To Cover' Artwork Posted Online
Lunar Moth Entertainment and TributeAlbums.com have unveiled the official cover art to "KISS Cover to Cover", the collection of songs that KISS themselves chose to cover during their career. "At TributeAlbums.com, we believe that presentation is everything," reads an official press release. "With th...March 8, 2005
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LED ZEPPELIN Sue Illinois Bar
Rob Olmstead of the Daily Herald is reporting that LED ZEPPELIN members Jimmy Page, Robert Plant, John Paul Jones and descendants of John Bonham filed suit for the unauthorized performance of ZEPPELIN's "Whole Lotta Love" at a Glendale Heights, Illinois bar. In reality, the legends of ZEPPELIN are p...March 8, 2005
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More Details Emerge About TRIPP EISEN's Arrest
Lauren Matthew of New Jersey's Old Bridge Suburban has revealed more information about former STATIC-X guitarist Tripp Eisen's arrest on charges that he sexually assaulted two minors, one of them a 14-year-old Sayreville girl in an Old Bridge parking lot. Eisen, whose real name is Tod Rex Salvador,...March 3, 2005
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SLASH's Top Hat Recovered?
A California man has apparently come forward claiming that he has the top hat that was allegedly stolen from guitarist Slash's (VELVET REVOLVER, ex-GUNS N' ROSES) limo that took him to the Grammy Awards on February 13 (as first reported by BLABBERMOUTH.NET on Feb. 20). The man claims that he bought...March 3, 2005
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DANKO JONES Announce First U.S. Tour
DANKO JONES, the Toronto-based power rock trio named after their charismatic frontman, have announced their first tour of the United States. The band recently signed to Razor & Tie in the U.S. and will be releasing their first album here, "We Sweat Blood", on April 19. DANKO JONES is already a s...March 2, 2005
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Leukemia-Stricken Youth's Greatest Wish: Meeting The OSBOURNES
Jenny Barkley of Ilinois' Paris Beacon News has issued the following report: Dreams are coming true for Jeremy Casas of Marshall. With the help of a woman who is inspired to bring excitement into the life of a sick child, he will soon meet Ozzy Osbourne and his wife Sharon in California. That ...February 28, 2005
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MEGADETH Mainman Refused Ex-PISTOLS Guitarist's Sexual Demands
ContactMusic.com is reporting that MEGADETH frontman Dave Mustaine was horrified when former SEX PISTOLS guitarist Steve Jones demanded sexual favours in return for his performance on the band's cover of "Anarchy In the U.K.". Jones originally demanded $100 and some "suction" (slang term for fellati...February 28, 2005
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STATIC-X Guitarist Is Believed To Have Met Teenage Victim Via Online Singles Community
STATIC-X guitarist Tripp Eisen (real name Tod Rex Salvador) is believed to have met the 14-year-old Sayreville, New Jersey girl he is accused of sexually assaulting in January on the web site FetischMusic.com (via their "Find-a-Freek" online singles community),where he used the screen name "grovery...February 28, 2005