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TWISTED SISTER To Release 'The Video Years' DVD In June

Big hair, big hits and even bigger riffs — the era of big metal returns as Rhino presents the DVD debut of hard-to-find and out-of-print video collections from one of the biggest-selling bands of the '80s: TWISTED SISTER. The DVD offers a clear digital picture along with Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround S...

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METALLICA Guitarist Cuts Asking Price Of Pacific Heights Mansion

According to The Wall Street Journal, METALLICA guitarist guitarist Kirk Hammett has cut the asking price of his Pacific Heights, California mansion to a mere $10.5 million from the $12.5 million he'd been seeking since 2005. The Georgian Mansion with 9,519 square feet, nine bedrooms, seven full bat...

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Ex-CRADLE OF FILTH Drummer's NEMHAIN Parts Ways With Guitarist

NEMHAIN, the British band featuring ex-CRADLE OF FILTH/AT THE GATES drummer Adrian Erlandsson and his wife, fetish model Morrigan Hel (a.k.a. Amber England),has issued the following update: "Unfortunately NEMHAIN and guitarist Sam Astley have parted ways. He was an integral part of the band and his...

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Former Assistant To MÖTLEY CRÜE's Manager Remembers Band's First Canadian Tour

Eric Greif, former assistant to MÖTLEY CRÜE's first manager Allan Coffman, recently gave an interview to SleazeRoxx.com in which he described in detail the band's first trip to Canada. "The tour was hysterical, ridiculous, dramatic and hilarious," Greif said. "The idea on paper was to get the guys o...

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ALL ENDS Featuring IN FLAMES Guitarist's Sister: 'Wasting Life' Video Available

ALL ENDS, the new Swedish band featuring Emma Gelotte (sister of IN FLAMES guitarist Björn Gelotte) and Tinna Karlsdotter on vocals, Fredrik Johansson (DIMENSION ZERO, IN FLAMES' "The Jester Race" album) and Peter Mårdklint (EMBRACED, TENEBRE) on guitar, along with Josef Skanås on drums, has posted...

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SALEM'S WYCH Singer Killed In Motorcycle Accident

Ron Johnson, lead singer of the metal band SALEM'S WYCH, died this past Monday (April 23) in Lima, Ohio from injuries sustained in a motorcycle accident. Johnson is survived by two children, life companion Cindy Ritchie, his mother, father and a sister. SALEM'S WYCH is known as one of the original '...

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DEE SNIDER's Son Is BAPTIZED BY FIRE

TWISTED SISTER frontman Dee Snider's son Jesse Blaze, who fronts a Long Island, New York-based rock band called BAPTIZED BY FIRE, was recently interviewed by VM Underground. Topics of discussion include the music industry, being Dee Snider's son, BAPTIZED BY FIRE, file sharing and more. Download the...

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RUDY SARZO To Play Bass For BLUE ÖYSTER CULT At HAWGS OF TEXAS Rally

Legendary heavy metal bassist Rudy Sarzo (OZZY OSBOURNE, QUIET RIOT, WHITESNAKE, DIO) has been tapped by Eric Bloom of BLUE ÖYSTER CULT to handle bass guitar duties for the band's April 28 concert at the Hawgs of Texas motorcycle rally in Lake Somerville, TX. Also scheduled to appear are QUIET RIOT...

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THE HAUNTED Frontman Comments On Virginia Tech Massacre

THE HAUNTED frontman Peter Dolving has posted the following message on his MySpace page: "Seems like the another dude lost it. The tragedy at Virginia Tech gets to me. But it gets to me on many levels. "Certainly the death of teachers and students is hard to grasp, 30 something people murdered in .....

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ROB ZOMBIE: I Didn't Choose 'Halloween', It Chose Me

Rob Zombie recently answered a number of fan-submitted questions regarding his upcoming remake of the 1978 horror classic "Halloween". "Halloween" is due in theaters on August 31, 2007. The movie is Zombie's third feature film as a director after 2003's "House of 1000 Corpses" and 2005's "The Devil'...

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TWISTED SISTER To Headline ROCKLAHOMA

Today heavy metal fans across the nation heard the news they've been hoping for from "House of Hair" nationally syndicated radio host and TWISTED SISTER frontman Dee Snider. "It is my distinct pleasure to announce that TWISTED SISTER will once again be involved with a show that will go down in histo...

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SEPULTURA Guitarist KISSER To Play Two Gigs With His 'First Band Ever'

SEPULTURA guitarist Andreas Kisser has issued the following update: "I'm going to do two gigs with old time friends, my first band ever, ESFINGE (SPHINX). We started in 1983, we all studied in the same school and had the same musical taste. We played from TWISTED SISTER to VENOM. It was a great way...

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ONE MAN ARMY AND THE UNDEAD QUARTET Added To GATES OF METALBÅTEN Festival

ONE MAN ARMY AND THE UNDEAD QUARTET, the Swedish band featuring former THE CROWN vocalist Johan Lindstrand, has replaced NAGLFAR on the billing of the Gates of Metalbåten festival, which is scheduled to take place April 26-27 on the Silja Festival ferry (which traffics the Baltic Sea between Stockho...

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WHITE LION Added To ROCKLAHOMA

WHITE LION has been confirmed for Rocklahoma, a three-day outdoor '80s hard rock festival, set to take place July 13-15, in Pryor, OK at the Pryor Festival Grounds. Also rumored to be appearing is TWISTED SISTER, although the band's participation has not yet been officially confirmed by the event or...

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GUY-MCCOY-TORME: U.K. Dates Announced

GUY-MCCOY-TORME (GMT),which features in its ranks Irish guitarist Bernie Torme (GILLAN, OZZY OSBOURNE),has lined up the following dates: Jul. 07 - The Pitz - Milton Keynes, UK Jul. 21 - Riga Club - Southend, UK Jul. 28 - The Rock & Blues Custom Show - Derbyshire, UK Aug. 11 - Rainbow Spirit En...