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RUSH: 'Beyond The Lighted Stage' DVD Certified Double Platinum

The two-disc DVD release of the award-winning documentary about legendary Canadian trio RUSH, called "Rush: Beyond The Lighted Stage", has been certified double platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for shipments in excess of 100,000 copies. (Note: Due to the fact that the...

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RUSH Guitarist To Raise More Money For Kidney Foundation Of Canada

For the fifth consecutive year, RUSH guitarist Alex Lifeson will auction one of his original paintings on eBay to support The Kidney Foundation of Canada. "Alex is definitely a highlight for us," Tim Fox, who is the executive director of the New Brunswick-P.E.I. branch of The Kidney Foundation, tell...

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MIKE INEZ, BILLY SHEEHAN To Appear At BASS PLAYER LIVE!

Bass Player LIVE! is back to bring players, manufacturers, and artists together in an intimate environment for hands-on access to the latest instruments, equipment and instruction on playing technique and application. Special guest appearances and performances will include Victor Wooten, Billy Sheeh...

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RUSH: '2112 & Moving Pictures' DVD/Blu-Ray Due This Month

It's been a banner year for the award-winning "Classic Albums" series. The most recent editions explore ground-breaking releases by TOM PETTY AND THE HEARTBREAKERS and BLACK SABBATH. The latest edition tackles not one, but TWO epic albums from progressive rock powerhouse RUSH. "Rush: 2112 & Movi...

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ADLER'S APPETITE Forced To Cancel Iowa Concert

ADLER'S APPETITE — the band led by former GUNS N' ROSES drummer Steven Adler — was forced to cancel its performance last night (Sunday, September 5) at the Iron Horse Bike and Music Festival in Sabula, Iowa after "an over-excited fan jumped on [Adle following] the show [at The Canyon club in Agoura...

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Former WITH DEAD HANDS RISING Members Launch REAPING ASMODEIA

Former WITH DEAD HANDS RISING members Daniel Koppy and Alex Kelly are back in full effect with their new band REAPING ASMODEIA. The group is currently in pre-production for its as-yet-untitled full-length debut at Malice Studio in Minneapolis, Minnesota with engineer and producer Jon Kulkay (OF SALT...

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METALLICA, MACHINE HEAD, DEATH ANGEL, FORBIDDEN Members Celebrate Life Of DEBBIE ABONO

Members of METALLICA, MACHINE HEAD, DEATH ANGEL, FORBIDDEN, SKINLAB and D.R.I., as well as former members of EXODUS, OVERKILL, S.O.D., POSSESSED, SACRILEGE B.C. and STEREOMUD, are among the musicians who made an appearance at a special event to celebrate the life of Debbie Abono, a well-respected an...

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MAGNUS KARLSSON Lays Down Guitar Tracks On RALF SCHEEPERS Solo Album

Swedish guitarist Magnus Karlsson (PRIMAL FEAR, STARBREAKER, LAST TRIBE) has finished laying down his parts for the forthcoming solo album from Ralf Scheepers of German power metallers PRIMAL FEAR. According to a posting on the PRIMAL FEAR web site, "Magnus delivered his guitar parts on some songs o...

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DESPISED ICON Vocalist Interviewed At U.K.'s HEVY Festival

Corrosion TV conducted an interview with vocalist Alex Erian of Montreal, Quebec, Canada extreme metallers DESPISED ICON at the Hevy music festival, which was held August 6-8, 2010 in Kent, United Kingdom. You can now watch the chat below. DESPISED ICON announced in April that it was splitting up af...

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NEGLIGENCE: New Song Available For Streaming

"Mind Decay", a brand new song from Slovenian thrashers NEGLIGENCE, can be streamed at this location. The track comes off the band's sophomore album, "Coordinates Of Confusion", which will be released in Europe on October 11 (three days earlier in Germany) via Metal Blade Records. The CD was mixed b...

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RUSH Guitarist Talks Next Album With MusicRadar

MusicRadar.com recently conducted an interview with RUSH guitarist Alex Lifeson. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. MusicRadar.com: I find it a little surprising that RUSH would go on tour while in the middle of recording a new album. Lifeson: Well, we're not really in the middle. We w...

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Ex-GUNS N' ROSES Drummer STEVEN ADLER Interviewed On 'The Bob Rivers Show' (Audio)

Original GUNS N' ROSES and current ADLER'S APPETITE drummer Steven Adler talked about his tell-all autobiography, "My Appetite for Destruction: Sex, and Drugs, and Guns N' Roses", during an appearance this past week on the "The Bob Rivers Show" on Seattle, Washington's radio station 102.5 KZOK FM. T...

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POWERGLOVE: 'Saturday Morning Apocalypse' Morphing Album Art Unveiled

Video game metal masters POWERGLOVE will release their new album, "Saturday Morning Apocalypse", on September 28 via eOne Music. "'Saturday Morning Apocalypse' came out brighter and darker, faster and slower than our previous releases," says drummer Bassil Silver. This is POWERGLOVE's first record w...

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VH1 CLASSIC Celebrates Jewish New Year With 'RUSH Hashanah'

As summer comes to an end, VH1 Classic turns up the heat giving viewers 24 hours of RUSH for "Rush Hashanah." When sundown hits, RUSH comes out to play this Rosh Hashanah. VH1 Classic celebrates the Jewish New Year with "Rush Hashanah" starting at sundown on Wednesday, September 8 at 7 p.m. for 24 h...

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Ex-GUNS N' ROSES Drummer ADLER Interviewed On KISW's 'The BJ Shea Morning Experience' (Video)

Original GUNS N' ROSES and current ADLER'S APPETITE drummer Steven Adler talked about his tell-all autobiography, "My Appetite for Destruction: Sex, and Drugs, and Guns N' Roses", during an appearance this morning (Wednesday, August 25) on "The BJ Shea Morning Experience" show on the Seattle radio s...