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METALLICA: 'The Simpsons' Guest Appearance To Air In September

According to a posting on METALLICA's official web site, METALLICA's much-anticipated appearance on "The Simpsons" will air as the program's season premiere on September 10, 2006 on the Fox network. Check local listings for channel and showtime in your area. The four members of METALLICA recorded th...

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HOURCAST To Hit The Road With 30 SECONDS TO MARS

After a successful series of live performances with SEVENDUST, Boston electronic rockers HOURCAST will join 30 SECONDS TO MARS on a nationwide U.S. tour for the duration of the summer. Newcomers on the hard rock scene, HOURCAST blend unique elements of computerized rock and heavy metal to create a u...

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MUSHROOMHEAD: New Track To Be Given Away With FYE Sampler

A demo version of a new MUSHROOMHEAD track, entitled "Burn", will be included on a FYE sampler to be given away exclusively with the purchase of two qualifying CDs at FYE stores starting today, June 26, 2006. It is limited to 25,000 copies and is being done in conjunction with Decibel magazine. More...

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MÖTLEY CRÜE: Fresh Insights On Band's Formation Revealed

After releasing five MÖTLEY CRÜE books exclusively through CafePress in April, publisher Chronological Crue now launches a brand-new interview with an instrumental figure in the formation of the world's most notorious rock band. John Crouch, dubbed "Stick" by the CRÜE members, opens up and tells how...

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DOKKEN To Open For SCORPIONS In California

DOKKEN will be the opening for the SCORPIONS on June 30 at the Pacific Amphitheatre in Costa Mesa, California. They will be replacing THIN LIZZY on the bill after LIZZY pulled out of the SCORPIONS tour due to scheduling conflicts. DOKKEN filmed their recent shows in Mexico and Greece for a bonus DVD...

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EUROPE Begin Recording Guitars For New Album

Reunited Swedish hard rockers EUROPE have commenced the recording sessions for the follow-up to 2004's "Start from the Dark", tentatively due this fall. The band have posted the following studio update on their official web site: "Last Sunday [June 18] John Levén finished his last bass track and lat...

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BON SCOTT, KURT COBAIN Are Among Rock Legends Who Are Exposed For Drug Orphans Charity

Daniel Ziffer of Australia's The Age reports: AC/DC's smiling frontman Bon Scott unzips his jeans to reveal a tattoo creeping across his groin [photo]. It's a blunt invitation to a photographic exhibition of rock stars including Kurt Cobain, Mick Jagger and Tex Perkins. The curator of The Kids are A...

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OH THE HORROR: Debut CD Now Available

Southern New Jersey-based five-piece OH THE HORROR have just released their debut CD, "Hands Pressed Against the Glass", through Play The Assassin Records. Drawing influences from bands like the DEFTONES, THE MARS VOLTA, GLASSJAW and RADIOHEAD, OH THE HORROR has sculpted their own version of hard ro...

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Author NEIL STRAUSS: 'I Don't Know If SLIPKNOT Stand For Something Bigger Than What They Are'

The new issue of the Swedish magazine Close-Up features an interview with the writer and author Neil Strauss who co-wrote several tell-all rock autobiographies including MÖTLEY CRÜE's "The Dirt" and MARILYN MANSON's "The Long Hard Road Out Of Hell". An excerpt from the chat follows: Close-Up: How im...

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NAPALM DEATH's New CD Is 'Surpassing Last Album For Heaviness, Speed And Diversity'

Bassist Shane Embury of the British extreme metal pioneers NAPALM DEATH has posted the following message on the band's official web site: "Still here at Foel studios in Wales [recording the new NAPALM DEATH album] and all's going extremely well. The songs are starting to take their shape and already...

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INCANTATION Announce New Album Title

Pennsylvania-based death metallers INCANTATION have set "Primordial Domination" as the title of their seventh album, to be released this fall on Ibex Moon Records with distribution through Megaforce/RED. "Primordial Domination" will be once again be engineered and produced at the Mars Recording comp...

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SLIPKNOT To Begin Writing New Material Later This Year

SLIPKNOT guitarist Mick Thomson has told Greg Prato of Billboard.com that the songwriting for the 2004's "Vol. 3: (The Subliminal Verses)" will begin later this year. "We're going to start getting back together and working on stuff," Thomson told Billboard.com. "The core that writes the songs tend t...

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DEF LEPPARD Frontman: 'We Have Half The Next Album Written'

Ari Bendersky of The Associated Press recently conducted a short interview with DEF LEPPARD frontman Joe Elliott: AP: Why now, after 25 years of playing hard rock, did you decide to cover the glam rock era of the '70s? Elliott: "People would ask if we're a heavy-metal band and we'd say, 'No, that's...

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MY RUIN Guitarist Loses Father To Cancer

Orange County's BLEED THE SKY have posted the following message on their official web site: "Our deepest sympathies go out to our good friend Mick Murphy of MY RUIN who lost his father to cancer [on Saturday, May 20]. We all know and respect Mick as hands down the best guitar player that we know ...

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SLIPKNOT Guitarist Talks About Upcoming DVD

SLIPKNOT guitarist Mick Thomson has revealed to Ultimate-Guitar.com that the band are assembling a new DVD. The band's latest DVD release was "Disasterpieces", and at the time it was a revolutionary experience. Thomson, who was out in Los Angeles wrapping up his five-city Ibanez guitar clinic tour,...