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RUSH Drummer Featured On 'Burning For Buddy' DVD

Previously only available on VHS, the complete "Buddy Rich Memorial Scholarship Concerts" and "The Making of Burning for Buddy" videos are now available on DVD. "The Buddy Rich Memorial Scholarship Concerts" contains RUSH drummer Neil Peart performing three songs with the BUDDY RICH BAND at the Ritz...

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URIAH HEEP Signs With SANCTUARY RECORDS

U.K. hard rock legends URIAH HEEP have signed a new, exclusive worldwide recording deal with Sanctuary Records. The band will go into pre-production rehearsals in February. Recording sessions for the HEEP's 21st official studio album will take place during March/April with producer Mike Paxman. The...

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Vocalist STEVE WHITEMAN: KIX 'Is Still A Nice Big Cash Cow'

Blasting-Zone.com recently conducted an in-depth interview with FUNNY MONEY/ex-KIX frontman Steve Whiteman. Several excerpts follow: Blasting-Zone.com: How do you feel the music FUNNY MONEY creates compares to the music you recorded with KIX? Steve: "Well, initially, on all of the previous FUNNY MON...

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ATROCITY: 'Contaminated' Samples Available

Reunited Torrington, Connecticut-based thrash/hardcore act ATROCITY (not to be confused with the German band) have posted 30 second samples of every track off of the upcoming "Contaminated" CD, which features alternative recordings from the original "Infected" sessions. These samples are currently b...

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Legendary Ruthie's Inn Promoter WES ROBINSON Dead At 77

Wes Robinson (photo),founder of the legendary Ruthie's Inn on San Pablo Avenue in Berkeley, California — a mecca for San Francisco Bay Area thrash metal and punk acts in the 1980s (everyone from BAD BRAINS to SOCIAL DISTORTION, then later METALLICA, EXODUS, POSSESSED and DEATH ANGEL, played there)...

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AEROSMITH Donates Autographed Guitar For Charity

One of Boston's best loved bands, AEROSMITH, has donated an autographed guitar to raise money for The Angel Fund, an independent non-profit organization benefiting ALS research at the Cecil B. Day Neuromuscular Research Center run by Dr. Robert H. Brown, Jr. at the Massachusetts General Hospital. Th...

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STUCK MOJO Nominated For 'Anti-Idiotarian' Award

According to STUCK MOJO guitarist Rich Ward, the band was nominated by Little Green Footballs (LGF) — a principally political blog run by California web designer Charles Johnson — for an "Anti-Idiotarian" award, which honors "the person who best exemplified the constant uphill fight against moonbatt...

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NIGHTWISH Guitarist's BROTHER FIRETRIBE To Release New Single In January

BROTHER FIRETRIBE, the Finnish AOR/hard rock band featuring NIGHTWISH guitarist Emppu Vuorinen, will release a new single, "I Am Rock" (cover),in Finland on January 10, 2007 via Spinefarm Records. The complete track listing for the single is as follows: 01. I Am Rock 02. Love Goes Down (acoustic) 0...

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WARGASM Guitarist: The DVD Is 'Coming Along Slowly But Surely'

WARGASM guitarist Rich Spillberg has issued the following update via the band's official web site: "The DVD has been coming along slowly but surely. I actually got myself involved in producing another album, and that has been taking my time away from the 'GASM DVD, but I have recently started back i...

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STUCK MOJO Guitarist Interviewed By BEN BARRACK: Audio Available

STUCK MOJO guitarist Rich Ward was interviewed this past Christmas Eve (December 24) by Ben Barrack of KTEM 1400 in Austin, Texas. Listen to the hour-long program at this location (Note: Ward first appears around the 23-minute mark). Commented Ward: "[The interview] took place at eight o'clock on Su...

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STUCK MOJO Guitarist Talks To FOX NEWS RADIO; Audio Available

STUCK MOJO guitarist and songwriter Rich "Rick" Ward appeared on Fox News Radio Tuesday evening (December 19) on John Gibson's "The Big Story" to discuss the song/video "Open Season" from the new STUCK MOJO album "Southern Born Killers". The audio of the interview is available at this location. With...

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Reunited ATROCITY To Play First Show In March

Reunited Torrington, Connecticut-based thrash/hardcore act ATROCITY (not to be confused with the German band) will play their first show since the band's reunion earlier this year alongside NECRODEMON, CLOUDS TURNED BLACK and GODLESS RISING on March 4, 2007 in Winstead, CT Formed in early 1985 by Ro...

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RIK EMMETT: Limited-Edition Guitar Celebrates DEAN's 30-Year Anniversary

Celebrating its rich history of rock guitars, Dean Guitars has released a limited-edition Rik Emmett model, a white Dean V — one of Dean's most iconic pieces in its 30-year history. "Rik Emmett was the frontman and guitarist of the popular '80s Canada-based, three-piece rock band TRIUMPH," said Dean...

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FLAMETAL Signs With POWERSLAVE RECORDS

Hotly tipped San Francisco-based flamenco/metal hybrid band FLAMETAL, which features in its ranks current WHITESNAKE bassist Uriah Duffy, has inked a deal with Powerslave Records. The group's latest album, "The Elder", will be released in Japan on April 4, 2007 in an all-new edition, featuring all e...

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STUCK MOJO Guitarist To Appear on FOX RADIO NETWORK Tonight

STUCK MOJO guitarist and songwriter Rich "The Duke" Ward will appear on the Fox Radio Network (FNC) at approximately 7:10 p.m. EST this evening (Tuesday, December 19) on John Gibson's "The Big Story" to discuss the song/video "Open Season" from the new STUCK MOJO album "Southern Born Killers". To li...