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Former ATLANTIC RECORDS Executive Who Signed SKID ROW, STONE TEMPLE PILOTS To Speak At 'Canadian Music Week'

Lava Records' Jason Flom, who signed SKID ROW, STONE TEMPLE PILOTS and TRANS-SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA during his tenure at Atlantic and is spearheading the GRETA VAN FLEET campaign on his current label, will be a featured guest at Canadian Music Week on Friday, May 11. "Jason Flom: A Lifetime In Music & J...

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SLIPKNOT's COREY TAYLOR Pays Musical Tribute To PAUL GRAY

Corey Taylor paid musical tribute to Paul Gray on what would have been the late SLIPKNOT bassist's 46th birthday by posting a video of the singer playing a short piece on his home piano. "Happy Birthday. #2," the SLIPKNOT frontman wrote in an accompanying caption on Sunday (April 8),referring to Gr...

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RISE AGAINST Announces North American 'Mourning In Amerika Tour' With AFI, ANTI-FLAG

RISE AGAINST will kick off its extensive North American "Mourning In Amerika Tour" with a headline performance at '77 Montréal punk festival on July 27. The run, produced by Live Nation, will include a show at Ford Amphitheater at Coney Island Boardwalk in New York City (August 1),a concert with FA...

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W.A.S.P. Releases 'Docter Rockter' Lyric Video

On February 2, W.A.S.P. released the critically acclaimed 25th anniversary edition "ReIdolized (The Soundtrack To The Crimson Idol)" of the band's iconic hit album "The Crimson Idol". The re-recordings of one of the best concept albums of all times tell the legendary story of Jonathan Aaron Steele,...

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SHOOTING STAR Founding Member VAN MCLAIN Dies After Long Illness

Van McLain, a founding member of the band SHOOTING STAR, passed away on March 2 from complications of West Nile virus in Kansas City, Missouri. SHOOTING STAR first came to prominence after a showcase gig in 1979 at the legendary New York City club CBGB, which landed the band a national management co...

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W.A.S.P. Releases 'Chainsaw Charlie' Video From 'ReIdolized (The Soundtrack To The Crimson Idol)'

In December 2017, W.A.S.P. successfully completed its "ReIdolized" tour supporting the 25th anniversary of the band's iconic hit album "The Crimson Idol". The legendary story of Jonathan Aaron Steele will finally be released in a re-recorded version and of the album with the four "missing" songs — a...

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Late SLIPKNOT Bassist's Family Gets Settlement In Overdose Lawsuit

According to The Des Moines Register, the wife and daughter of late SLIPKNOT bassist Paul Gray have obtained a settlement from health care providers who were blamed for his drug-overdose death. Gray was found dead on May 24, 2010 after overdosing on drugs in a hotel room in a suburb of Des Moines, I...

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LINKIN PARK Bassist Launches Podcast

According to The Pulse Of Radio, LINKIN PARK bassist Dave "Phoenix" Farrell has launched a new podcast called "Member Guest". Farrell is co-hosting the program alongside professional golfer Brendan Steele and Farrell's long-time friend Mark Fiore. The podcast's web site states: "We are experts at a...

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Vessel Of Light EP

It's been a while since we've seen Dan Lorenzo from HADES, NON-FICTION and THE CURSED, and while the metal underground continues to wallow in morbid fascination with anything containing a sludgy, doomy palette to it, he emerges with a timely new project. Bringing guitars, bass and songwriting to the...

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A PERFECT CIRCLE's BILLY HOWERDEL: 'We're Very Lucky That Fans Have Let Us Stay At This Level After Being Absent For A While'

A PERFECT CIRCLE guitarist Billy Howerdel was recently interviewed on "Whiplash", the KLOS radio show hosted by Full Metal Jackie. You can listen to the entire chat below. A few excerpts follow (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On how often he wrote music even while A PERFECT CIRCLE was inactive: B...

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LACUNA COIL's CRISTINA SCABBIA Says 'Nothing Stands In Our Way' Book Will Be 'Visually Stunning'

LACUNA COIL vocalist Cristina Scabbia was interviewed by Underground's Voice prior to the group's December 2 performance in Oporto, Portugal. The complete chat can be seen below. A few excerpts follow (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): On the group's forthcoming book, "Nothing Stands In Our Way",...

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LIFE OF AGONY Parts Ways With Drummer SAL ABRUSCATO

Drummer Sal Abruscato has "amicably" left LIFE OF AGONY, the band he was in, on and off, for the past two and a half decades. Abruscato seemingly alluded to his exit from LIFE OF AGONY in a December 19 post on his personal Facebook page. He wrote: "Sometimes you just have to let go and say goodbye t...

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W.A.S.P. To Release 'Reidolized (The Soundtrack To The Crimson Idol)' In February

This year marks the 25th anniversary of "The Crimson Idol" — the legendary story of Jonathan Aaron Steele, which was originally intended to be accompanied by a movie, with several hundred hours of film that were shot to create approximately 60 minutes of movie footage. The album is still considered...

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BILLY HOWERDEL: A PERFECT CIRCLE's Next Album Will Contain 'Some Of The Best Songs We've Ever Done'

A PERFECT CIRCLE guitarist Billy Howerdel says that the band's upcoming album contains "some of the best songs we've ever done." A week ago, A PERFECT CIRCLE released a new tune called "The Doomed". Aside from a sole studio track, "By And Down", released in 2013, and two new songs debuted on its tou...

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PAPA ROACH Releases 'Live At BBC Radio 1' EP

Following the arrival of "Crooked Teeth", which scored them their fourth consecutive Top 20 entry in the U.K., California rockers PAPA ROACH are celebrating their most successful album for years with the release of their rip-roaring live session on Daniel P. Carter's BBC Radio 1's "Rock Show" earli...