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'The Birth of Grunge' Compilation Due In February

IGN Music reports: On February 7, 2006 Livewire Recordings will release "Sleepless In Seattle: The Birth of Grunge", a compilation of 20 rare recordings from some of the band responsible for setting the stage for the eventual emergence of the sub-genre of modern rock critics labeled "grunge." The se...

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AUDIOSLAVE Guitarist Plays Solo Show In Kenya

Launch Radio Networks reports: AUDIOSLAVE guitarist Tom Morello's solo alter ego, THE NIGHTWATCHMAN, was back on duty earlier this month for a show in Nairobi, Kenya, according to his publicist. Morello was visiting relatives in the African nation and hanging out at a local club called the Cork one...

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QUEENSRŸCHE: First Concert Of 2006 Announced

QUEENSRŸCHE are scheduled to perform at the Prairie Capital Convention Center in Springfield, Illinois on May 27, 2006, according to J.L. Bailey, president of Tel-Art Productions, who confirmed the band's appearance in an interview with The State Journal-Register. On Friday, representatives of QUEEN...

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Finland's SONATA ARCTICA To Return To North America For Headlining Tour

Finland's SONATA ARCTICA will be bringing their brand of high-speed, intricate, über-melodic heavy metal to the western side of the globe in support of their latest album, "Reckoning Night". From the rural wilds of a forested Finnish hamlet known as Kemi (population: 23,000),lead vocalist Tony Kakk...

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KORN: More Than 30% Of Sold Albums Included Bonus Disc

More than 30 percent of the 221,000 albums sold by KORN of their latest effort, "See You on the Other Side", in its first week of release, were of the album's deluxe edition encompassing a bonus disc with three previously unreleased new tracks ("It's Me Again", "Eaten Up Inside" and "Last Legal Drug...

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THE NEW YORK DOLLS To Enter Studio In January

On January 15, 2006, seminal lower-east side punk-rockers THE NEW YORK DOLLS will enter a hometown studio with producer Jack Douglas (AEROSMITH's "Toys in the Attic", JOHN LENNON, NEW YORK DOLLS' self-titled debut, etc.) to record their first album of entirely new material since their sophomore albu...

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Bronze Memorializes 'DIMEBAG' DARRELL

John Austin of the Fort Worth Star Telegram has issued the following report: Guitarist "Dimebag" Darrell Abbott now lies beneath the same sort of bronze tablet that marks the graves of Elvis Presley and Stevie Ray Vaughan. The Dalworthington Gardens resident, who helped found the heavy metal group P...

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TWISTED SISTER, SEVEN WITCHES, KING DIAMOND Members To Perform ROCK 4 XMAS Charity Concerts

Terry Ilous (XYZ),Jimmy Bain (DIO, RAINBOW),Richie Scarlet (MOUNTAIN),Chas West and Tony Catania (BONHAM),Ira Black (VICIOUS RUMORS, METAL CHURCH),Sam McCaslin (MICHAEL SHENKER GROUP),Eddie Ojeda (TWISTED SISTER),Jack Frost (SAVATAGE, SEVEN WITCHES) and Matt Thompson (KING DIAMOND) are among...

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STAIND Guitar Brings $4,850

A STAIND fan bid $4,850 to win an acoustic guitar owned by the band's frontman, Aaron Lewis, via an eBay charity auction to benefit the Longmeadow Educational Excellence Foundation. As part of the winning bid, Kelly Duluoz, a 32-year-old resident of Kent, Wash., will receive tickets and backstage pa...

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ANTHRAX's SCOTT IAN, BIOHAZARD's EVAN SEINFELD To Take Part In VH1's 'So Jewtastic'

ANTHRAX guitarist Scott Ian and BIOHAZARD frontman Evan Seinfeld are among the variety of music artists, TV and film stars, comedians, journalists and other celebrities who are scheduled to appear on VH1's "All Access Presents: So Jewtastic" — a celebration of everything you knew, and lots of stuff...

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Give Me the Fear

Produced by the same guy who brought you THE DARKNESS, and already hyped to the rafters by the ever-fickle U.K. press, London denimboys TOKYO DRAGONS are yet another band pulling the mirrored shades, leather vests, and moustaches so ironic they hurt, all in the name of "real rock and roll". The thin...

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ROADRUNNER VP Of A&R MONTE CONNER: 'Number One Thing I Look For Is Originality'

Monte Conner, Senior Vice President of A&R at Roadrunner Records, recently answered several fan questions regarding his career achievements and the newly released "Roadrunner United: The All Star Sessions" album celebrating the label's 25th anniversary. A couple of excerpts from the question-and...

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Rock And Roll Appraisal Event To Be Held At Hard Rock Casino Dec. 3 In Florida

On Saturday, December 3, in what could be music to many collectors' ears, Gary Sohmers, who appears as an appraiser in "Collectibles, Memorabilia, and Toys" on the Emmy-nominated hit PBS television program "Antiques Roadshow", holds court at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino from 11:00 a.m....

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GREAT WHITE Nightclub Fire: Prosecutors Deny Concealing Evidence

The Associated Press has issued the following report: State prosecutors on Monday (Nov. 21) rejected accusations that they concealed evidence from the grand jury that indicted three men in connection with a nightclub fire that killed 100 people, and said there was no reason to dismiss any of the cha...

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VAN HALEN Bassist's Signature BBQ Sauce To Be Featured At Hard Rock Cafes

For more than two decades, VAN HALEN bassist Michael Anthony has shown his ability to stimulate the senses with his ear-shattering bass lines and eye-catching stage antics. Now, the rock legend is tantalizing his fans' taste buds with the introduction of his tongue-sizzling signature line of Mad Ant...