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SLAYER Drummer DAVE LOMBARDO: 'I Don't Practice At Home'

The U.K.'s "best-selling drum magazine" Rhythm (web site) recently conducted an interview with SLAYER drummer Dave Lombardo. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: On training his left bass drum foot on his hi-hat: "IRON MAIDEN first did it in the song 'Ghenghis Khan' where the hi-hat is doing w...

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DOKKEN, KINGDOM COME To Team Up For 'Defenders Of Rock' European Tour

DOKKEN and KINGDOM COME will team up for the "Defenders of Rock" double-headliner tour between September 26 and October 22. So far only one date has been released: October 7 at the Z Rock 2007 festival at Maximes, Wigan, United Kingdom. Rhino Records last month revisited DOKKEN's early days with a p...

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AEROSMITH Offers Support For Bulgaria's 'I Don't Drive Drunk' Campaign

According to SofiaEcho.com, AEROSMITH is one of a number of Bulgarian and international celebrities who have offered their support for the "I Don't Drive Drunk" road safety campaign. D-2 rock band musicians supported the initiative and presented drivers in Sofia with information materials on the cam...

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BLACK SABBATH: Three Chapters From 'Sabbath Bloody Sabbath' Biography Available Online

Rockdetector.com, the world's biggest rock and metal database with over 56,000 band pages, is now hosting no less than three chapters of Garry Sharpe-Young's acclaimed BLACK SABBATH biography "Sabbath Bloody Sabbath" at this location. Described by Black-Sabbath.com as the "SABBATH bible," Garry's bo...

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Worldwide Response To ROCKLAHOMA 'Amazing'

Only one week after announcing plans for Rocklahoma, the largest '80s rock festival of its kind to ever be organized, an onslaught of fans worldwide have purchased tickets and made their plans to travel to Oklahoma. Fans from throughout Europe, Australia, South Africa, Canada and 32 states in the U....

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DOKKEN, HOUSE OF LORDS, KINGDOM COME Confirmed For U.K.'s Z ROCK Festival

DOKKEN, HOUSE OF LORDS and KINGDOM COME have been confirmed for the Z Rock 2007 festival, set to take place October 7 at Maximes, Wigan, United Kingdom. More acts will be announced over the coming weeks. Tickets will go on sale April 23 via various outlets. Z Rock 2007 tickets are priced at £45 adva...

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ZAKK WYLDE: 'I Don't Give A F**k About Being Famous'

Glam-Metal.com recently conducted an interview with BLACK LABEL SOCIETY mainman/OZZY OSBOURNE guitarist Zakk Wylde. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: Glam-Metal.com: The next Ozzy record, what were your contributions? Zakk: I wrote all the songs with Ozzy and everything like that, and Mike...

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POISON To Release Covers Album 'Poison'd' In June

POISON, one of rock's most iconic and enduring bands, has recorded a new album of cover songs, featuring many of their favorite rock classics. "Poison'd", the band's first new studio album since 2002, will be released June 5 on CD and digitally by EMI America Records/Capitol. Featuring POISON's orig...

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PAIN Mainman Discusses New Album; Video Available

A seven-minute video interview with PAIN leader Peter Tägtgren (also of HYPOCRISY) about the Swedish band's fifth full-length album, "Psalms of Extinction", has been posted online at this location (Windows Media). The video also includes a tour of Peter's legendary Abyss Studios where such acclaimed...

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GREAT WHITE Signs With FRONTIERS RECORDS

Frontiers Records has announced the signing of GREAT WHITE for the release of the band’s forthcoming 25th anniversary/reunion all-original studio album, tentatively due in August . The Southern California blues-rock band first took a bite out of the rock scene in 1984 and since then has achieved wor...

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LIBERTY N' JUSTICE: More Guest Singer Appearances Announced

Christian rockers LIBERTY N' JUSTICE, whose most recent release, "Soundtrack of a Soul", featured an all-star cast of guest musicians — including Mark Slaughter (SLAUGHTER),Sebastian Bach (SKID ROW),Stephen Pearcy (RATT) and Tony Harnell (TNT) — are back in the studio working on their follow-up ef...

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GLENN HUGHES: 'I Don't Bow Down To The God Of Money'

Music Street Journal recently conducted an interview with legendary vocalist/bassist Glenn Hughes (DEEP PURPLE, BLACK SABBATH, TRAPEZE). A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: Music Street Journal: Why now are you getting back to your funk roots? Glenn Hughes: People remember me from DEEP PURPLE...

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CIRCUS OF POWER Announces '20th Anniversary Show' In Los Angeles

CIRCUS OF POWER has announced a "20th anniversary show" in Los Angeles at The Knitting Factory on June 1. The concert will be the first in the L.A. area that the band has played since New Year's Eve 2000/2001 when they reunited for one night to play the Troubadour. In addition to Alex Mitchell (voca...

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POISON Frontman Schedules Solo Dates

POISON frontman Bret Michaels has announced the following solo dates: May 03 - Bentonville, Arkansas - Icehouse May 04 - Conway, Arkansas - Simon Park June 08 - Waukesha, Wisconsin - A Taste of Summer Michaels is currently working on a new solo album, due later in the year. Audio samples of the trac...

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DISILLUSION: 'Don't Go Any Further' Video To Be Shown At German Film Festivals

DISILLUSION's video for the song "Don't Go Any Further" off will be shown at two German film festivals in 2007. The first one is the EMAF – the European Media Art Festival in Osnabrück, taking place on April 25 -29. DISILLUSION's visual masterpiece will also be seen at the Internationale Kurzfilmtag...