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RONNIE JAMES DIO's Encino Home Named 'Top L.A. Musician Mansion For Sale'

Ronnie James Dio's Encino, California home, which was put on the market last September, has been named LA Weekly's "Top L.A. Musician Mansion For Sale." According to Curbed Los Angeles, the house (see photos below) has five bedrooms and five bathrooms, has over 5,000 square feet of living space, and...

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QUEENSRŸCHE, DOKKEN, TESTAMENT, HEAVEN & HELL Members Perform At PHIL KENNEMORE Benefit Concert

Veteran California rockers Y&T organized a special New Year's Eve benefit concert for the band's original bassist Phil Kennemore who was recently diagnosed with metastatic cancer. The event was held on December 31 at the Avalon in Santa, Clara, California and featured guest appearances by member...

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RONNIE JAMES DIO's Widow Recounts His Final Days

Kory Grow of Revolver magazine recently conducted an interview with Wendy Dio, the widow and manager of legendary heavy metal singer Ronnie James Dio (BLACK SABBATH, HEAVEN & HELL, DIO, RAINBOW, ELF). A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Revolver: We were really honored to have [Ronn...

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ROCKTAIL THE BAND Pays Tribute To DIO (Video)

Video footage of ROCKTAIL THE BAND — an "association" of over 50 musicians from various bands in the vicinity of the German citiies of Celle, Hannover, Braunschweig and Bielefeld — performing a cover version of DIO's "Holy Diver" on December 18, 2010 at Cd-Kaserne in Celle, Germany can be viewed bel...

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CANCER BATS Talks Sports With THE SCORE (Video)

In the video clip below, The Score goes around the world with the guys from the Canadian punk/metal/hardcore band CANCER BATS — from Glasgow to Perth, it's all things sport on the global level. CANCER BATS's third studio album, "Bears, Mayors, Scraps & Bones", sold around 600 copies in the Unite...

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COREY TAYLOR Performs Solo In Tampa For New Year's Eve (Video)

SLIPKNOT/STONE SOUR singer Corey Taylor played a solo concert last night (December 31, 2010) at Carol Morsani Hall at The Straz Center in Tampa, Florida as the support act for STAIND frontman Aaron Lewis. Fan-filmed video footage of Taylor's performance can be viewed below. Taylor's satirical holida...

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TYPE O NEGATIVE Members Remember PETER STEELE In New Issue Of REVOLVER Magazine

Jon Wiederhorn of Revolver magazine recently sat down with TYPE O NEGATIVE members Josh Silver (keyboards),Johnny Kelly (drums) and Kenny Hickey (guitar) to remember the band's lost leader, Peter Steele, who died in April. An excerpt from the chat follows below. Revolver: A couple of years ago, Pet...

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Wife: PAUL GRAY 'Wasn't Just A Drug Addict'

Brenna Gray, the widow of SLIPKNOT bassist Paul Gray, has paid tribute to her late husband in the new issue of Revolver magazine, which remembers many of hard rock and metal's most dearly departed. Paul Gray's body was found on May 24 in a hotel room in a Des Moines, Iowa suburb. A coroner ruled ...

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VINCE NEIL Says He Was Visited By Deceased Daughter

MÖTLEY CRÜE singer Vince Neil appeared on the November 13, 2010 episode of Biography channel's "Celebrity Ghost Stories", the only TV show where celebrities share their real-life ghost experiences. You can now watch a part of the segement below. From official show description: "Spiraling into a deep...

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PAUL DI'ANNO: 'Anyone Who Slags Off On IRON MAIDEN, I'll Punch Them Out'

Rob Cavuoto of Guitar International recently conducted an interview with former IRON MAIDEN singer Paul Di'Anno. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Guitar International: When Bruce [Dickinson] left MAIDEN in 1993, were you a candidate to replace him? Paul Di'Anno: Not in a million year...

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WAR FROM A HARLOTS MOUTH: 'To Age And Obsolete' Video Released

"To Age And Obsolete", the new video from the German technical death metal outfit WAR FROM A HARLOTS MOUTH, can be viewed below. The song comes off the band's third album, "MMX", which was released last month through Lifeforce Records. "MMX" track listing: 01. Insomnia (2:34) 02. To Age And Obsolete...

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Drummer ALEX LANDENBURG: STRATOVARIUS Fans 'Accepted Me With Open Arms'

Alex Landenburg (AT VANCE, ANNIHILATOR, MEKONG DELTA),who just completed a European tour as the stand-in drummer for STRATOVARIUS after the band's regular drummer, Jörg Michael, was diagnosed with cancer and had his entire thyroid removed, has issued the following update: "I'd like to take the oppo...

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STRATOVARIUS' Cancer-Stricken Drummer: 'Let's Get Alive And Kicking Once Again'

STRATOVARIUS' German drummer Jörg Michael, who was was recently diagnosed with cancer and had his entire thyroid removed, has issued the following update: "I hope this message finds everybody well and everybody is in an easy-peasy Christmas mood already. "The first leg of the European tour with HELL...

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WAR FROM A HARLOTS MOUTH: DEFTONES Cover Posted Online

German technical death metal outfit WAR FROM A HARLOTS MOUTH has uploaded its cover version of DEFTONES' "Hexagram" to the official WAR FROM A HARLOTS MOUTH Facebook page. The song appears on the iTunes deluxe edition of WAR FROM A HARLOTS MOUTH's third album, "MMX", which was released last month th...

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WENDY DIO: New Video Interview Posted Online

Argentinean rock journalist Lucas H. Gordon, who currently resides in Hollywood, California, recently conducted an interview with Wendy Dio, the widow and manager of legendary heavy metal singer Ronnie James Dio (BLACK SABBATH, HEAVEN & HELL, DIO, RAINBOW, ELF). You can now watch the chat below....