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IRON MAIDEN, DRAGONFORCE Songs Added To 'Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock'

IRON MAIDEN's "The Number of the Beast" and DRAGONFORCE's "Through the Fire and Flames" are among the latest confirmed tracks for the upcoming Activision title Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock. According to GameSpy, since the release of the first Guitar Hero game, DRAGONFORCE has consistently been o...

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GUNS N' ROSES' 'Appetite For Destruction' Honored By Rolling Stone Magazine

Rolling Stone magazine will honor the twentieth anniversary of "Appetite for Destruction" by looking back at the sex, drugs and Aqua Net that went into the making of GUNS N' ROSES' legendary debut. Check out the cover of the magazine's next issue at RollingStone.com. As previously reported, ex-GUNS...

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IZZY STRADLIN Says He 'May' Join ADLER To Celebrate 20th Anniversary Of GUNS N' ROSES Debut

Ex-GUNS N' ROSES guitarist Izzy Stradlin has confirmed via his official web site that he "may" join his former GN'R bandmate Steven Adler at the Key Club in Hollywood on Saturday, July 28 to mark the 20th anniversary of the band's album "Appetite for Destruction". Adler stated in a recent interview...

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SLASH, STEVEN ADLER Celebrate Guitarist's Birthday In Hollywood

TMZ.com reports that VELVET REVOLVER/ex-GUNS N' ROSES guitarist Slash celebrated his birthday last night (Monday, July 23) at Hyde in Hollywood, California. TMZ.com cameras were at the Sunset Blvd. club as the usually top-hatted musician arrived after dinner with former bandmate Steven Adler at Mr....

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SLASH Returns Guitar To Hard Rock Café

According to ContactMusic.com, VELVET REVOLVER guitarist Slash showed his gratitude at a recent Hard Rock dedication ceremony honouring his music — by returning a guitar he stole from the organization. The ex-GUNS N' ROSES rocker's career was celebrated at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Las Veg...

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STEVEN ADLER Discusses ROCKLAHOMA, Rumored Upcoming Jam With SLASH And IZZY

Former GUNS N' ROSES drummer Steven Adler's MySpace page has been updated with the following interview with Adler: Q: So what's been goin' on, Steven? Steven: Well, Rocklahoma was awesome! I played there that Thursday night and that Saturday afternoon, for like eight songs all together. It was cool...

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VINCE NEIL, ALICE COOPER, DEE SNIDER, DUFF MCKAGAN Featured In 'Rock Star Wives' Show

According to the New York Post, the E! Entertainment Television cable channel will air a 90-minute program today (Saturday, July 21) called "Rock Star Wives: The E! True Hollywood Story", which follows the everyday lives of several rock stars and their wives. Among the wives chronicled here, along w...

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Ex-Drummer On GUNS N' ROSES Reunion: 'Whatever the STONES Make When They Play, We'd Triple It'

GuitarWorld.com reports: Fans pining for a reunion of the classic GUNS N' ROSES lineup (or, for that matter, the release of the long-awaited "Chinese Democracy", from the current lineup) probably shouldn't hold their breath for, well, either at this point. But if original GUNS drummer Steven Adler i...

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NIKKI SIXX Launches 'The Heroin Diaries' With Press Conference, SIXX: A.M. Live Performance

Executives from MTV along with sister company Pocket Books (a division of Simon & Schuster) held a press conference Monday (July 16) in a new venue, Crash Mansion, in downtown Los Angeles to give the media and a few lucky fans a preview of Nikki Sixx's book and soundtrack CD, "The Heroin Diaries...

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MÖTLEY CRÜE Bassist Discusses 'Heroin Diaries' Book

VH1 Blog recently conducted an interview with MÖTLEY CRÜE bassist Nikki Sixx about Nikki's upcoming book "Heroin Diaries: A Year in the Life of a Shattered Rock Star", due September 18 via MTV/VH1 Pocket Books, a division of Simon & Schuster. "The Heroin Diaries: A Year in the Life of a Shattere...

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Libertad

How much more proof do we need that the new wave of "supergroups" — starting with AUDIOSLAVE and VELVET REVOLVER, moving onto ARMY OF ANYONE, and now culminating in the bottom-of-the-barrel likes of CIRCUS DIABLO — is now dead? "Libertad", the second album from VELVET REVOLVER, is a polished, profes...

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SLASH Set To Shred in GUITAR HERO III

According to RollingStone.com, former GUNS N' ROSES and current VELVET REVOLVER guitarist Slash will provide an original track for the upcoming Activision title Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock, as well as make an appearance in-game as a boss battle character. The legendary guitarist will not, howev...

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SLASH On 'Libertad', RICK RUBIN And AXL ROSE

Ultimate-Guitar.com recently conducted an interview with VELVET REVOLVER/ex-GUNS N' ROSES guitarist Slash. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: Ultimate-Guitar: The new record really solidifies the sound of the band. It's a huge leap forward from "Contraband". What did you do different this ti...

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Report: VELVET REVOLVER Rockers Enjoy Success, Soberly

Dean Goodman of Reuters reports: When a band sells 3 million copies of its first album, its members might expect to celebrate with a few drinks. In the case of VELVET REVOLVER, which comprises three well-heeled veterans of rock 'n' roll bad boys GUNS N' ROSES, the contents of a medium-sized distille...

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VELVET REVOLVER Bassist Talks 'Libertad', AXL ROSE

Nick Snelling of Australia's Beat magazine recently conducted an interview with VELVET REVOLVER/ex-GUNS N' ROSES bassist Duff McKagan. A few excerpts from the chat follow: On his statement after the release of "Contraband" that VELVET REVOLVER was the kind of act that would be releasing an album eve...