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SURVIVOR Singer JIMI JAMISON Dead At 63

SURVIVOR lead singer Jimi Jamison has died of an apparent heart attack. He was found at home around 1 a.m. Monday morning by his son. The musician was 63 years old. Jamison served as SURVIVOR's lead singer from 1984 until 1988, recording three albums with the band, 1984's "Vital Signs", 1986's "When...

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CINDERELLA's JEFF LABAR Talks To 93.3 WMMR's JACKY BAMBAM About Solo Album (Audio)

Jacky BamBam of Philadelphia's 93.3 WMMR radio station recently conducted an interview with CINDERELLA guitarist Jeff LaBar. You can now listen to the chat using the audio player below. LaBar's solo video for the song "No Strings" was directed by James Erdman and features drummer Matthew Arnn, Jeff'...

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SEBASTIAN BACH, JEFF SCOTT SOTO, BILLY IDOL, BILLY DUFFY Rock The Viper Room's 21st-Anniversary Jam

Sebastian Bach (SKID ROW),Jeff Scott Soto (TALISMAN, JOURNEY, YNGWIE MALMSTEEN),Billy Idol, Carla Harvey (BUTCHER BABIES),Billy Duffy (THE CULT) and Steve Stevens (BILLY IDOL) are among the musicians who took part in The Viper Room's 21st-anniversary all-star jam on August 16 in West Hollywood, C...

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JAKE E. LEE Reunites With Former BADLANDS Bassist GREG CHAISSON In RED DRAGON CARTEL

Bassist Ron Mancuso has decided to leave RED DRAGON CARTEL, the band led by former OZZY OSBOURNE and BADLANDS guitarist Jake E. Lee, in order to return to his production career. He will be replaced by none other than Lee's former BADLANDS bandmate Greg Chaisson. Chaisson filled in for Mancuso at RED...

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SLAYER Returns To Studio To Record New Album

SLAYER has returned to the studio to resume recording its new album for a tentative early 2015 release. The effort will make SLAYER history as it will be released on Nuclear Blast Records through the band's own label imprint, closing out a 28-year relationship with Rick Rubin and American Recordings...

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DAVE LOMBARDO: The Last Communication I Had With Members Of SLAYER

Former SLAYER and current PHILM drummer Dave Lombardo took part in a press conference in São Paulo earlier this month ahead of his Brazilian clinic tour. You can now listen to the question-and-answer session in the YouTube clip below (courtesy of Patricia Laroca of Rock na Mochila). Asked if still h...

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TESLA's KEITH, HANNON Speak To KidsInterviewBands.com (Video)

Piper of KidsInterviewBands.com conducted an interview with Jeff Keith and Frank Hannon of TESLA at the Newport Music Hall in Columbus, Ohio on August 15. You can now watch the chat below. TESLA's new studio album, "Simplicity", sold around 14,000 copies in the United States in its first week of rel...

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THE SKULL Featuring Former TROUBLE Members: 'For Those Which Are Asleep' Debut Due In November

THE SKULL — the new band featuring two original members of American doom metal legends TROUBLE, Eric Wagner (vocals) and Jeff "Oly" Olson (drums),alongside longtime TROUBLE bassist Ron Holzner, guitarist Lothar Keller (SACRED DAWN) and former PENTAGRAM guitarist Matt Goldsborough — will release its...

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Defunct Post-Metal Rock Band ISIS Changes Name Of Facebook Page After Being Mistaken For Terrorist Group

According to ABC News, defunct post-metal rock band ISIS has changed the name of its Facebook page from "ISIS" to "Isis the band" to avoid being confused with the militant Islamic group ISIS. The rockers, which have been inactive as a band for the past four years, recently began getting "off-color c...

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INDESTRUCTIBLE NOISE COMMAND To Release 'Black Hearse Serenade' In October

Extreme metal band INDESTRUCTIBLE NOISE COMMAND (I.N.C.) will release its new concept album, "Black Hearse Serenade", on October 21 via Ferocious Records (an affiliate of CDS Records, LLC). You can pre-order the album now at this location. The artwork for "Black Hearse Serenade" was illustrated by w...

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DAVE LOMBARDO: 'I Appreciate Certain Lineups And The Works That Some Of These Musicians Have Done Together'

Former SLAYER and current PHILM drummer Dave Lombardo was interviewed on the latest installment of Australia's "Blood, Sweat And Metal" podcast. You can now listen to the chat using the widget below. Asked to elaborate on his recent comment that the current SLAYER lineup is missing a "certain magic"...

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ANNIHILATOR Talks To France's TV ROCK LIVE (Video)

TV Rock Live conducted an interview with Jeff Waters and Dave Padden of Canadian metal veterans ANNIHILATOR at this year's Hellfest, which was held June 20-22 in Clisson, France. You can now watch the chat below. ANNIHILATOR's latest album, "Feast", was re-released as a limited edition featuring re-...

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MARTY FRIEDMAN: BABYMETAL 'Sounds Like MESHUGGAH With Japanese Pop On Top Of It'

Former MEGADETH guitarist Marty Friedman tells RollingStone.com that he is a huge fan of BABYMETAL, the offshoot of the Japanese pop idol group SAKURA GAKUIN that performs a distinctly Japanese mix of schoolgirl J-pop and heavy metal. Takayoshi Ohmura, the guitarist in Friedman's own solo band, is a...

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Reunited MORDRED Performs In Oakland; Video Available

Reunited late '80s/early '90s San Francisco Bay Area funk-metallers MORDRED played a warm-up show for their U.K. tour on August 16 at Leo's Music Club in Oakland, California. Video footage of the performance can be seen below (courtesy of Capital Chaos TV). MORDRED has just released a new single, "T...

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VINCE NEIL Compares Being On Stage To Driving At High Speed: 'It's Almost The Same Thing'

MÖTLEY CRÜE singer Vince Neil spoke to The Tampa Tribune about the band's decision to retire from the road after the completion of "The Final Tour", which ends in 2015. "We certainly lived the life and it was all there on the albums," Neil said. "This is a brotherhood that has had its ...