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Ex-40 BELOW SUMMER Bassist Quits Touring/Performing Due To Hearing Loss
Former 40 BELOW SUMMER bassist Hector "Hook" Graziani has been forced to leave his new band BLACK MARKET HERO after losing "a big percentage" of his hearing through years of rehearsing and performing. His official statement on the matter reads as follows: "I never thought that this day would ever co...January 29, 2006
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MANOWAR Guitarist Injured In Motorcycle Accident
Karl Logan, lead guitarist of heavy metal powerhouse MANOWAR, was injured on Tuesday, January 24, 2006 in a motorcycle accident. Logan sustained severe injuries to his left arm, which will prevent him from performing for an as-yet-unknown period of time. "MANOWAR will have to reconsider all of our p...January 27, 2006
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SEVEN WITCHES Singer Regrets Not Auditioning For ANTHRAX
Chad Bowar of About Heavy Metal recently conducted an interview with SEVEN WITCHES/ex-HADES frontman Alan Tecchio. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: About Heavy Metal: Did the large number of lineup changes in the past give you any pause in joining [SEVEN WITCHES]? Alan: "Not really because...January 27, 2006
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JASON BITTNER Confirms SLIPKNOT's JORDISON Was Approached To Fill In For ANTHRAX's BENANTE
SHADOWS FALL drummer Jason Bittner has confirmed that ANTHRAX initially approached SLIPKNOT's Joey Jordison to fill in for Charlie Benante at the band's recent California shows before Bittner finally agreed to step in and do the dates himself (as first reported by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). Bittner joined A...January 26, 2006
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H.I.M., SLIPKNOT, SEPULTURA Members Cover TYPE O NEGATIVE: Audio Available
H.I.M. fan site H-I-M666 Club has uploaded an audio recording of H.I.M. frontman Ville Valo's rendition of the TYPE O NEGATIVE classic "Black No. 1", recorded live during the Roadrunner Records 25th anniversary concert on December 15, 2005 at the Nokia Theatre in New York City. Listen to it at this...January 25, 2006
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MANOWAR Bassist: 'We Care About Metal Fans More Than Anyone Else'
"We care about our bands, the quality of music and the metal fans more than anyone else!" — Joey DeMaio, MANOWAR bassist and President of Magic Circle Music. During MANOWAR's storied career, the band faced the trials and tribulations that confront musicians trying to make it in the music business. A...January 24, 2006
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Mean Streak (Re-Release)
If you are wanting a little background information San Francisco's Y&T, then read the review of 1982's "Black Tiger" first, so I don't have to repeat it here. "Mean Streak" is one of two seminal Y&T albums that have recently been digitally re-mastered and re-released on CD. Originally releas...January 23, 2006
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Black Tiger (Re-Release)
In the minds of some, San Francisco's Y&T will forever be remembered for 1985's quintessential '80s, pop-metal anthem "Summertime Girls". And that's a shame because prior to this leap into the commercial world, the band created some outstanding melodic, guitar-drenched, American hard rock and me...January 23, 2006
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Management: SLIPKNOT Drummer 'Not Available' To Fill In For ANTHRAX's BENANTE
A SLIPKNOT management representative has told BLABBERMOUTH.NET that SLIPKNOT drummer Joey Jordison "is not available" to fill in for ANTHRAX's Charlie Benante for the last couple of dates on ANTHRAX's U.S. tour while Benante and his wife await the birth of their first child. It is not presently clea...January 18, 2006
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SLIPKNOT's JORDISON To Play With ANTHRAX?
SLIPKNOT drummer Joey Jordison has reportedly been approached to fill in for ANTHRAX's Charlie Benante for the last couple of dates on ANTHRAX's U.S. tour while Benante and his wife await the birth of their first child. No further information is available at this time. Remaining ANTHRAX tour dates:...January 18, 2006
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KYUSS 'Reunion': Audio, Video Footage Posted Online
Audio and video footage taken at the Dec. 21, 2005 QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE gig at the Wiltern LG in Los Angeles, where John Garcia, singer of QOTSA frontman Josh Homme's previous troupe KYUSS, joined QUEENS on stage for three songs from their influential hard-rock band's catalog, has been posted onl...January 17, 2006
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New York's 3 To Be Joined By COHEED & CAMBRIA Drummer For Japanese Festival Appearance
Woodstock, NY-based post-metal band 3 will be joined by COHEED & CAMBRIA drummer Josh Eppard for their appearance at the the Independence-D Festival in Tokyo, Japan because the group's regular skinsman, Chris Gartmann, is unable to make the trip (reportedly "because of an unavoidable family comm...January 16, 2006
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H.I.M. Frontman: 'We Stand For Everything That SLIPKNOT Is Not'
ContactMusic.com is reporting that H.I.M. frontman Ville Valo has slammed his band's detractors as macho chauvinists living in the past. The Finnish rocker believes the reason why so many rock fans dislike H.I.M. is simply because they are afraid to embrace their feminine side. He says, "I can accep...January 10, 2006
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SLIPKNOT Frontman To Pay Tribute To TENACIOUS D At Des Moines Gig
According to The Des Moines Register, SLIPKNOT frontman Corey Taylor will return to the House of Bricks in Des Moines, Iowa on January 21 for another unusual show when he performs with Josh Brainard (ON A PALE HORSE, ex-SLIPKNOT) as part of AUSPICIOUS P, a tribute to Jack Black's comedy duo TENACIOU...January 9, 2006
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Wake Pig
Not (thank the gods) the '80s delete-bin staple featuring ELP alumni Keith Emerson and Carl Palmer, this 3 is in fact a weird, proggy upstate New York band that pals around with COHEED AND CAMBRIA and gets compared to THE MARS VOLTA. Fans of either of these groups, PORCUPINE TREE, or the late and la...January 9, 2006
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