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DOOGIE WHITE Comments On YNGWIE Tour, CORNERSTONE And Other Projects
CORNERSTONE, the project featuring ROYAL HUNT bassist Steen Mogensen and ex-RAINBOW/current YNGWIE MALMSTEEN vocalist Doogie White, have signed a Japanese record deal with Yamaha Communications. The group's recently completed third album, "Once Upon Our Yesterdays", will get a Japanese release on Ma...May 18, 2004
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DOWNSET Confirmed For PROJEKT REVOLUTION Tour
Los Angeles, California's DOWNSET have been confirmed for the second stage on this year's Projekt Revolution tour, featuring headliners LINKIN PARK alongside KORN, SNOOP DOGG, THE USED and LESS THAN JAKE. The Projekt Revolution tour will kick off July 23 in Cincinnati and hit 32 North American stops...May 16, 2004
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DEVOLVED Name New Album
Australian tech-metallers DEVOLVED have set "Calculated" as the title of their forthcoming album, tentatively due later in the year. The CD will feature 11 new tracks as well as two bonus tracks, one of which is a cover of METALLICA's classic "Battery". Samples from the new album are now available o...May 15, 2004
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RUSH Drummer Explains Reasons For Recording Cover EP
Canadian trio RUSH have confirmed plans to release an EP collection of covers of classics popularized by THE WHO, CREAM, BUFFALO SPRINGFIELD and THE YARDBIRDS. Due June 29 via Atlantic, the eight-track "Feedback" marks the first time the group has ever recorded material by other artists. "[Bassist]...May 15, 2004
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RUSH: All-Covers EP Due In June?
According to Barnes & Noble and Circuit City, RUSH will be releasing an eight-song, all-covers EP on June 29 through Atlantic Records. Titled "Feedback" (view cover here),the CD's complete track listing is as follows: 01. Summertime Blues (EDDIE COCHRAN) 02. Heart Full Of Soul (THE YARDBIRDS) 0...May 14, 2004
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GREEN CARNATION: 'Light of Day, Day of Darkness' Parts 2 & 3 On The Way?
GREEN CARNATION mastermind Tchort (a.k.a. Terje Vik Schei, ex-EMPEROR, SATYRICON, EINHERJER) has commenced the songwriting process for what might become "Light of Day, Day of Darkness" Part II and III. Commented Tchort: "I never thought about continuing on the path set with [2001's] 'Light of Day, D...May 13, 2004
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RUSH Speak To BILLBOARD Magazine: Interview Excerpts Posted Online
On the eve of RUSH's 30th anniversary tour that opens May 26 outside Nashville, the members of the group — Geddy Lee, Alex Lifeson and Neil Peart — opened up to Billboard magazine in a discussion of their three decades together. Peart, who has not given an interview in several years, responded to qu...May 12, 2004
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Report: New Trial Date Set In RUSH Guitarist's Battery Case
John Henderson of the Naples Daily News reports that a new trial date has been set in a battery case involving RUSH lead guitarist Alex Lifeson, and it falls right in the heart of the group's upcoming 30th anniversary tour. But Lifeson's (a.k.a. Alex Zivojinovich) defense attorney said he doesn't ex...May 12, 2004
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RUSH Drummer Inks Endorsement Deal With SABIAN Cymbals
Sabian, the world's leading cymbal manufacturer, has added legendary drummer Neil Peart of RUSH to its stellar line-up of artists who play Sabian cymbals, according to an official press release. Aside from switching exclusively to Sabian, Peart has also created his own signature line of Sabian cymba...May 7, 2004
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SWEDEN ROCK Festival Nearing Sell-Out
Last year, Sweden Rock festival sold out all the 15,000 two-day tickets two days before the first band took the stage. That was actually the first time ever the festival was sold out. This year the tickets will sell out much earlier. As of today, more than 13,000 of the 16,000 three-day tickets have...April 22, 2004
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Back To Times of Splendor
On the face of it, the industry-standard sleeve adorning "Back To Times of Splendor" (ghostly woman staring mournfully across arid landscape) does precious little to prepare you for the stupendously ambitious music that emanates from it. You also discover that the band is three essentially unknown g...April 2, 2004
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KISS, RUSH, JANE'S ADDICTION Members To Pay Tribute To Producer BOB EZRIN
KISS mainmen Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley, plus RUSH's Geddy Lee and JANE'S ADDICTION guitarist Dave Navarro will be among the rockers offering video testimonials directed at famed producer Bob Ezrin when he is inducted into the Canadian Music Hall Of Fame at this year's Juno ceremony. The Junos wi...March 30, 2004
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QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE To Enter Studio In April
QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE mainman Josh Homme has told MTV.com that he will return to the studio in April with the remaining QUEENS members — guitarist Troy Van Leeuwen and drummer Joey Castillo — to work on the band's next album. "I gotta be honest," he said. "I knew this [split with bassist Nick ...March 23, 2004
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Report: Formal Charges Filed Against RUSH Guitarist
Prosecutors in Southwest Florida have filed charges against RUSH guitarist Alex Lifeson related to an altercation he had with Collier County deputies at the Ritz Carlton in Naples, Florida on New Year's Eve, according to the Naples Daily News. The State Attorney's Office has filed two charges of bat...March 22, 2004
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SUICIDAL TENDENCIES Singer: Recovering From Back Surgery, No Timetable For Doing Shows
SUICIDAL TENDENCIES singer Mike Muir has posted the following message on the band's official web site: "As you are all probably aware, I had back surgery after the last tour. I've been doing what I need to be doing and been getting a 'lil better all the time. Thanx for all that have expressed concer...March 17, 2004
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