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Finland's Premier Metal Record Label Gets Bought Out By Universal
Finland's Spin-Farm Oy, the parent company of Spinefarm Records, Spikefarm Records, Ranka Recordings, Odor, Freeride and Hawaii Sounds and the home to such acts as NIGHTWISH, THE BLACK LEAGUE and CHARON, among many others, has had a controlling interest in the firm bought by Universal Music. Accordi...April 2, 2002
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RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS To Receive Artist Contribution Award
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Multi-platinum selling musical artists RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS will be presented with the Artist Contribution Award at the second annual ESPN Action Sports & Music Awards Fueled by Mountain Dew, it was announced today by Ron Semiao, ESPN vice president, programming and manag...March 10, 2002
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California Supergroup Pick Working Name, Plot Recording/Gigging Schedule
The new rock supergroup featuring Neal Schon (guitar—JOURNEY),Sammy Hagar (vocals—ex-VAN HALEN),Deen Castronovo (drums—JOURNEY) and Michael Anthony (bass—VAN HALEN) have set PLANET US as the “working” name of the project, which recently laid down two original numbers with plans to track a full-len...February 27, 2002
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SLASH Denies Supergroup Involvement
Former GUNS N' ROSES guitarist Slash has NOT contributed to the two-song demo tape recently recorded by the superstar line-up of Neal Schon (guitar—JOURNEY),Sammy Hagar (vocals—ex-VAN HALEN),Deen Castronovo (drums—JOURNEY) and Michael Anthony (bass—VAN HALEN),despite a statement to the contrary p...February 23, 2002
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Former TWISTED SISTER Frontman Becomes Official Promo Voice Of MSNBC
Former TWISTED SISTER frontman Dee Snider is now the official promo voice of MSNBC. The raspy-voiced Snider has been doing voiceovers for the likes of Brian Williams, Ashleigh Banfield and Alan Keyes since last winter, according to an article published in the New York Observer. The Long Island-based...February 9, 2002
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ARK Enlist Former Warner Music Executive To Handle Group Affairs
ARK, who feature in their ranks former YNGWIE MALMSTEEN vocalist Jorn Lande, ex-CONCEPTION guitarist Tore Østby, former MALMSTEEN drummer John Macaluso, and ex-MALMSTEEN bassist Randy Coven, have enlisted Paul Ewing, former Vice President and Regional Director for Warner Music South East Asia for 18...February 3, 2002
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It's Official: ONE MINUTE SILENCE Part Ways With V2 Records
ONE MINUTE SILENCE manager Andy Farrow of Northern Music has confirmed to BLABBERMOUTH.NET that the band have in fact officially parted ways with V2 Records and are presently seeking a new record deal (as exclusively reported here on January 22nd). According to Farrow, “the band's option for their t...January 25, 2002
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Archive News Nov 23, 2001
Veteran German thrashers KREATOR will be recording a live CD and DVD on their upcoming European tour, according to an official statement posted at the group's web site. The album will reportedly include 24 songs from all periods of KREATOR's history, while the DVD will contain one professionally-...November 23, 2001
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Archive News Oct 30, 2001
ANTHRAX are rumored to be making an appearance on the Late Night With Jay Leno show this Wednesday, October 31st. In other ANTHRAX-related news, check out this humorous article from Lincoln Journal Star about an ANTHRAX fan whose “ANTHRAX” license plates have gotten him a heap of negative reactio...October 30, 2001
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Archive News Oct 26, 2001
German thrashers DESTRUCTION have officially confirmed the departure of drummer Sven Vormann, a move that was first reported here back on October 22nd. A replacement skinsman has already been found, but his identity has yet to be revealed. More details will be forthcoming in the next few days....October 26, 2001
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Archive News Oct 10, 2001
UK's KILL II THIS have officially replaced recently-departed vocalist Matt Pollock with ex-PROFANE (Manchester) frontman Phil Bretnall. According to an official statement from the band, “after loads of auditioning, we easily picked out Phil as a strong contender, so we put him through some more gru...October 10, 2001
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Archive News Oct 01, 2001
A Night Of Merry Mayhem tour, featuring OZZY OSBOURNE, ROB ZOMBIE, MUDVAYNE and SOIL, will have its inaugural date on October 31st in Tucson, Arizona, with the final show currently scheduled to take place on December 31st in Phoenix, Arizona. Here are the unofficial dates for the outing: ... Oct....October 1, 2001
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Archive News Sep 18, 2001
In what is yet another Roadrunner Records first, SLIPKNOT will be gracing the cover of the next issue of Rolling Stone magazine, which is due to hit the newsstands this Friday, September 21st. ENTOMBED's brand new studio opus, entitled Morning Star, will be released through Koch Entertainment in...September 18, 2001
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Archive News Sep 14, 2001 - update 2
FEAR FACTORY's Raymond Herrera speaks out: “What has happened here in the U.S. is a real tragedy to say the least, I have been lucky enough not to have any friends that I know of yet, that were in the flights that were taken over or in the World Trade Center buildings at the ...September 14, 2001
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Archive News Aug 03, 2001
Former METALLICA bassist Jason Newsted was interviewed by San Francisco Chronicle for an article that was published in the paper's July 31st edition, the online version of which is available for viewing at this location. Although the story's focus was primarily on the 38-year-old Newsted's brand n...August 3, 2001
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