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MÖTLEY CRÜE Guitarist: 'Prescription Drugs Were Killing Me'

MÖTLEY CRÜE guitarist Mick Mars spoke to Steve Black of Detroit's WRIF 101.1 FM earlier this month about the group's "Carnival of Sins" tour and his relationship with his CRÜE bandmates, among other topics. Asked for an update on his health [Mars suffers from a chronic degenerative illness called An...
July 27, 2005
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QUEEN + PAUL RODGERS Announce U.S. Dates

Legendary rock icons Brian May and Roger Taylor of QUEEN, and Paul Rodgers of BAD COMPANY and FREE, just off a sold-out, 32-date arena tour of Europe under the banner of QUEEN + PAUL RODGERS, are headed for the U.S. later this year. They will bring their acclaimed show to the U.S. for two rare ...
July 25, 2005
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Thor Against the World

One of those legendary 1980s types that no one you know actually seems to have ever have heard of, Jon Mikl Thor is some sort of Canadian bodybuilding heavy metal movie star. He's been working on a comeback for a few years now, releasing an album last year (the quasi-conceptual "Thor Vs. The Beastwo...
July 25, 2005
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JERRY CANTRELL To Team Up With WES SCANTLIN For 'Unplugged' Gig

Former ALICE IN CHAINS guitarist Jerry Cantrell will be teaming up with PUDDLE OF MUDD frontman Wes Scantlin for a rare "unplugged" performance on Sunday, July 31 at Rain at the Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas, Nevada. Cantrell recently told MTV.com that he has been working on his new solo album wi...
July 22, 2005
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MÖTLEY CRÜE's SIXX Calls TV Interviewer An 'A..Hole': Video Available

A disastrous interview with MÖTLEY CRÜE members Nikki Sixx (bass) and Mick Mars (guitar),which aired live on the Fox 2 TV network recently, has been posted online at this location (Windows Media). Sixx and Mars, who are introduced at the beginning of the interview as "two of the most popular member...
July 20, 2005
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GUNS N' ROSES Biographer: I Wrote This Book For Fans Who Believe In AXL ROSE

Sp1at.comrecently interviewed Paul Stenning, the author of the unofficial GUNS N' ROSES biography "The Band That Time Forgot". A couple of excerpts from the interview follow: Sp1at.com: Which former or current band members have you interviewed for the book? Did you ever try and speak to Axl? Paul St...
July 18, 2005
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Fiend Club Lounge

Live albums? Greatest-hits packages? Re-recorded "latest and greatest" cash grabs? Pffft. These are the tricks of rank amateurs. It takes a true metal marketing genius, one as cunning as he is shameless, one with absolutely no sense of "too much," to release an album of easy-listening Muzak renditio...
July 17, 2005
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SYSTEM OF A DOWN: 'Question!' Single To Go For Radio Adds This Week

SYSTEM OF A DOWN have selected "Question!" as the second single from their already platinum record, "Mezmerize". The album which was released on May 17, and debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard/SoundScan charts. "Question!" will go to radio on July 19, and follows the Top 5 smash, "B.Y.O.B." Lyrics and...
July 17, 2005
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CHEVELLE Drummer Says Bassist JOE LOEFFLER Didn't Like Touring

Launch Radio Networks reports: CHEVELLE drummer Sam Loeffler called Launch from the road to set the record straight on why he and singer/guitarist Pete Loeffler parted ways with their brother, bassist Joe Loeffler, two weeks ago. "Joe didn't like to be in a touring band," Sam said. "It's not a secre...
July 15, 2005
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MÖTLEY CRÜE's SIXX: 'It's Important For Us To Put A Great Record Out'

MÖTLEY CRÜE's 55-date North American summer expedition — with openers Sum 41, THE EXIES and SILVERTIDE — is set to kick off July 27 in Sacramento, California. Bassist Nikki Sixx told MTV.com that the second time around the continent's going to similar to their last outing. "We'd initially planned on...
July 15, 2005
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SYSTEM OF A DOWN To Auction Off 'B.Y.O.B.' Commando Uniform

Be the first — and only one — on your block to own one of the very uniforms worn by the army featured in SYSTEM OF A DOWN's celebrated video, "B.Y.O.B." The uniform is comprised of a one-piece black jumpsuit, black leather gloves, black military-style leather boots, a head rag, and the special visor...
July 12, 2005
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DON DOKKEN Says New DOKKEN Album Is Similar To 'Tooth And Nail'

Don Dokken (DOKKEN) has issued the following update: "Hi everyone, it has been a long time since I have posted a note. Since our European tour, I have been locked up in my studio writing for a new DOKKEN release: 'Lightning Strikes Again'. We have four songs left to write before we start recording....
July 11, 2005
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CHEVELLE: 'Irreconcilable Differences' Led To Bassist's Departure

CHEVELLE have issued a statement officially confirming the departure of bassist Joe Loeffler. The band had previously posted a message on their web site claiming that Joe had decided to "take a break to be home with family" while they head out on the road with 30 SECONDS TO MARS and TAPROOT. In thei...
July 11, 2005
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Heavy Metal Helps A Heavy Cause: Video Available

Mick Trevey of Wisconsin's WBAY-TV is reporting that heavy metal music set the stage Saturday (July 9) for a night of remembering a two-year-old girl who was killed by her 22-year-old stepfather because he got angry that she didn't clean her room. Friends of the toddler's biological father are tryin...
July 9, 2005
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Original JUDAS PRIEST Singer To Release New Version Of 'Victim Of Changes'

Original JUDAS PRIEST frontman Al Atkins recently returned to Madhat studios in England to record a new version of the PRIEST classic "Victim of Changes" — a track which he co-wrote when he sang for the group between 1969 and 1973. Al has recorded "Victim of Changes" three times on different albums...
July 7, 2005