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When Worlds Collide

In theory, each album should stand on its own without any external factors being weighed in. But there's something intangible that just grabs you when you're hearing the real thing. There's no “conviction" knob on a studio mixing board, but when it oozes from every pore of a record, you feel it, and...

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KISS Guitarist TOMMY THAYER Defends His Right To Wear SPACEMAN Makeup

KISS's official web site has been updated with a new question-and-answer session with guitarist Tommy Thayer. It follows here in its entirety: Q: Being a KISS fan yourself, what do you think of the "The Elder" album? Tommy: "I was never a fan of 'The Elder'. To be honest, by the time 'Dynasty' and '...

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STRAPPING YOUNG LAD Drummer HOGLAN: The Genius That Is DEVIN TOWNSEND

STRAPPING YOUNG LAD drummer Gene Hoglan has posted the following report from the recording sessions for their new album, "The New Black", due in July via Century Media Records: "After those last few punishing rehearsals, where, I swear to god, I broke something (My back? My cloaca? My ass?),we pack...

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KISS: Classic 1975 ACE FREHLEY Guitar Pick Sells For Over $1,000

Kiss Kollector magazine (web site) is working on an article for its May issue detailing KISS' first-ever tour of Europe, which took place in May/June of 1976. Apart from many never-before-published photos from those live shows, the magazine will also show a picture of one of the guitar picks that Ac...

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AUDIOSLAVE Frontman Talks About His New Gig As Paris Restaurateur

Gene Stout of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer recently conducted an interview with AUDIOSLAVE/ex-SOUNDGARDEN frontman Chris Cornell. A few excerpts from the chat follow: On his pre-SOUNDGARDEN job as a fish handler for a Ballard, Washington seafood wholesaler: "I did it for years, from my early teens...

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GENE SIMMONS To Launch 'Sexercise' Workout Video: Clip Available

"Extra" was at a recent casting call for KISS bassist/vocalist Gene Simmons' new workout video, "Sexercise" (sex + exercise = sexercise. Get it?). "The idea is to do something that makes you look sexy and is also a workout," Simmons explained, with his 13-year-old daughter, Sophie, sitting next to h...

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STRAPPING YOUNG LAD: 'The New Black' Tentative Track Listing, Studio Report Available

Canadian extremists STRAPPING YOUNG LAD have set the tentative track listing for their new album, "The New Black", due in July 2006 via Century Media Records. The follow-up to last year's "Alien" was recorded at the Armoury and Profile studios in the band's hometown of Vancouver, British Columbia an...

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KISS Members To Be Inducted Into LONG ISLAND MUSIC HALL OF FAME

Original KISS members Paul Stanley, Gene Simmons and Peter Criss will be among the first inductees in the Long Island Music Hall of Fame. Over the next two years the Hall will be honoring artists or groups that were either born on Long Island, or resided on Long Island for a significant portion of t...

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GENE SIMMONS Desperate To Get His Hands On KISS COLA Bottle?

According to a posting at lKissNews.de, KISS bassist/vocalist Gene Simmons is desperately trying to get his hands on a French Kiss Cola bottle, which Coca Cola in France sent out to some people in the media for promotional purposes in a limited quantity (approximately 500 pieces). The bottle is one...

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GENE SIMMONS' Longtime Lover To Publish 'Kiss And Tell' Book In May

According to KissKollector.com, KISS bassist/vocalist Gene Simmons' longtime girlfriend Shannon Tweed's long-awaited book "Kiss and Tell" is scheduled to be published in May 2006 via Phoenix Books. The list price for this 192-page hardcover book – with a foreword by Gene himself – is $ 24.95. Appara...

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GENE SIMMONS: 'My Life Is An Open Book'

Rod Harmon of the Sarasota Herald-Tribune recently conducted an interview with KISS bassist/vocalist Gene Simmons. The question-and-answer session follows: Q: Why are you coming to [the Sarasota Film Festival], and what are you going to be doing once you get here? Gene: Well, first of all, "Funny Mo...

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SHADOWS FALL Drummer Jams With DREAM THEATER In Connecticut

SHADOWS FALL drummer Jason Bittner has issued the following update: "Last Wednesday (March 29) Matt [Bachand, guitar], Jon [Donais, guitar] (and their ladies) and I headed out to Wallingford, CT to catch the DREAM THEATER 20th anniversary show!! As some of you might now, Mike Portnoy (DREAM THEATER...

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JUDAS PRIEST Turn Down Reality TV Gig

Starpulse.com is reporting that JUDAS PRIEST have snubbed the opportunity to appear in a reality TV show because they fear it will cast a shadow over their other achievements. The British heavy metal legends weren't willing to risk being ridiculed, despite the success of shows such as "Rock School"...

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KISS: Original Marvel Comics Super Special Painting To Be Auctioned

The original KISS cover art painting for Marvel Comics Super Special with graded CGC copy of the same issue is being auctioned off on eBay this Friday, March 31 beginning at 12:00 PST. Painted by Alan Weiss and Gray Morrow, this wonderful artwork, accomplished with mixed media, was used for the wrap...

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MICHAEL ANGELO BATIO: New Audio Interview Posted Online

TalkingMetal.com has posted episode 53 of their "Talking Metal" podcast. The episode features a brand new interview hosts Mark Strigl and John Ostronomy conducted with legendary guitarist Michael Angelo Batio as well as an interview Ostronomy conducted with Yngwie Malmsteen last fall. In the intervi...