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DEF LEPPARD Guitarist Offers Holiday Treats To U.S. Soldiers In Iraq

DEF LEPPARD guitarist Vivian Campbell is among the stars who appear on a 22-minute DVD which is being shipped by Studio City, California-based record company the Jewish Music Group to the U.S Military in Iraq. The DVD is being sent along with several hundred CDs featuring 12 cuts plus one hidden tra...

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SEBASTIAN BACH: VELVET REVOLVER Can't Do 'Welcome To The Jungle' Because WEILAND Can't Sing It

Ross Raihala of TwinCities.com recently conducted an interview with former SKID ROW frontman Sebastian Bach. A few excerpts from the chat follows: On what it's like to be back playing arenas: "It was the most amazing thing for Axl to ask my band to join the tour. It's something I've waited for for ....

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HAMMERFALL Postpones Finnish Dates

Swedish melodic metallers HAMMERFALL have been forced to postpone their Finnish headlining shows (originally scheduled for early January) in order to allow singer Joacim Cans enough time to recover from an operation which he is due to undergo in December. Commented Cans: "After a couple of months of...

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HAMMERFALL Members Help Launch Studio At Children's Hospital

Stefan Elmgren (lead guitar) and Magnus Rosén (bass) of HAMMERFALL participated this morning (Tuesday) in the launch of a new music studio at Queen Silvia's children's hospital in Gothenburg, Sweden. More information (in Swedish),including a photo, can be found at Expressen.se. HAMMERFALL's new alb...

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BLITZKRIEG, SINNER, POWER QUEST Confirmed For U.K.'s BLOODSTOCK INDOOR FESTIVAL

NWOBHM (New Wave of British Heavy Metal) legends BLITZKRIEG, Germany's SINNER and Anglo-Italian melodic power metal band POWER QUEST have been confirmed for the Bloodstock Indoor Festival, set to take place Saturday, September 1, 2007 at the Derby Assembly Rooms, Market Square, Derby, England. For m...

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BRUCE DICKINSON's Son Joins London's OPHELIA As Band's New Singer

Austin Dickinson, son of IRON MAIDEN frontman Bruce Dickinson, has joined the West London, U.K.-based metal band OPHELIA as the group's new singer. The band's curent lineup consists of: John Pearson - Bass Jack Sinclair - Drums Jamie Dumas - Guitar Ned Chambers - Guitar Austin Dickinson - Vocals OPH...

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PAIN OF SALVATION: New Album Cover Artwork, Track Listing Revealed

Sweden's PAIN OF SALVATION has posted the following update on its official web site: "The long-awaited 'Scarsick' album is now done, and is expected to hit the stores late January 2007, just a few weeks before the European tour that will start mid-February. The album is (of course) a concept album,...

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MOUNTAIN Legend LESLIE WEST Teams Up With DEAN GUITARS

Rock legend Leslie West, from the band MOUNTAIN, has teamed up with Dean Guitars to create a Leslie West Signature Model — a custom, single cutaway, co-designed by West and company founder Dean B. Zelinsky. West's legend became synonymous with tone when he dialed a ton of it out of his Jr. for the c...

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SMASHING PUMPKINS Drummer Checks In From Studio

According to MTV.com, SMASHING PUMPKINS drummer Jimmy Chamberlin has updated fans of the reunited rockers on the progress of the band's comeback album in a post on the PUMPKINS' MySpace page. "We are moving along nicely in the studio," the drummer wrote. "[Mainman Billy Corgan] pulled off a magnific...

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LED ZEPPELIN's UK MUSIC HALL OF FAME Inducton To Air On VH1 This Weekend

The 2006 UK Music Hall Of Fame premieres on VH1 as a two-hour extravaganza on Saturday, November 25 9:00 p.m. Prince joined the inductees for this year's event — Brian Wilson, Dusty Springfield, LED ZEPPELIN, Rod Stewart, BON JOVI and James Brown in a star-studded evening full of musical legends. Th...

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ATOMKRAFT: Previously Unseen Video Footage Posted Online

Two new videos from British metal legends ATOMKRAFT have been posted on their YouTube web site. Both clips are montages from the band's storied career. A description of each video is as follows: "Foliage" (video): ATOMKRAFT was formed in 1979 by Tony "Demolition" Dolan, Steve White and Paul Spillett...

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BLUTESZORN: New Song Posted Online

Austrian black metal band BLUTESZORN has uploaded a song called "Queen of Dying Beauty" at this location. The track comes off the group's upcoming CD, tentatively due in February 2007. A total of eight tracks will appear on the as-yet-untitled album, which is currently being recorded by mainman Njor...

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BLACK SABBATH, GUNS N' ROSES Lyrics Banned In Iran

According to South Africa's Mail & Guardian Online, dozens of literary masterpieces and international bestsellers have been banned in Iran in a dramatic rise in censorship that has plunged the country's publishing industry into crisis. Among the forbidden items is a successful series of books fe...

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QUEEN's 'Greatest Hits I' Is U.K.'s Best-Selling Album Of All Time

According to The Rock Radio, "Greatest Hits I" by QUEEN is officially the best-selling album of all time in the U.K. The compilation, which was first released in 1981, has sold a staggering 5,407,587 copies and has spent a record 20 years in the album charts. Other artists in the top ten were ...

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BLITZKRIEG Confirmed For Italy's PLAY IT LOUD FESTIVAL

NWOBHM (New Wave of British Heavy Metal) legends BLITZKRIEG have been confirmed for the Play It Loud Festival, set to take place February 17, 2007 in Milan, Italy. Headlining the event will be RAVEN. BLITZKRIEG supported German metal queen DORO on her U.K. dates in early November. BLITZKRIEG's most...