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Concert Fundraiser Announced For Families Of Men Who Sacrificed Lives For DIMEBAG

DreamWeaver Entertainment will be hosting a charity fundraiser tribute concert for the families of the victims who sacrificed their lives for the safety of DAMAGEPLAN/ex-PANTERA guitarist "Dimebag" Darrell Abbott. The concert will take place on January 22, 2005 at The Royal Grove in Lincoln, Nebrask...

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IN FLAMES, NEUROSIS, SUICIDAL TENDENCIES Confirmed For France's FURY FEST

IN FLAMES, NEUROSIS, SUICIDAL TENDENCIES, 7 SECONDS, PAINT IT BLACK, BEHEMOTH and MAYHEM are the first bands confirmed for the 2005 edition of the Fury Fest, set to take place June 24-26 in Le Mans, France. The complete list of the 92 confirmed acts will be released in about two months. NEUROSIS' pe...

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Dallas Magazine Apologizes For Running DIMEBAG 'Casket' Photo

A weekly Dallas magazine has apologized to the friends and family members of late DAMAGEPLAN/ex-PANTERA guitarist "Dimebag" Darrell Abbott for running a photo on the cover of last week's issue of what appeared to be Dimebag lying in his casket prior to being buried. The following is Dallas Observer...

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ABORTED Complete Work On New Album

Belgian gory death metallers ABORTED have posted the following message on their web site: "The recordings [for the new album, 'The Archaic Abattoir'] are done and went splendid! It was an honour and pleasure to work with [producer] Tue Madsen and we are most satisfied with the work so far. We should...

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DIMEBAG Murder: Images From Home Video Posted Online

A slideshow containing blurry images from the home video filmed inside Columbus, Ohio's Alrosa Villa nightclub the night of the deadly shooting that claimed the life of DAMAGEPLAN/ex-PANTERA guitarist "Dimebag" Darrell Abbott has been posted online at this location. A News Channel 5 TV report contai...

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SODOM Confirmed For MINNEAPOLIS MAYHEM 2 Festival

Legendary German thrashers SODOM have been confirmed to perform at next year's Minneapolis Mayhem 2 festival, set to take place on May 7, 2005. This will be SODOM's only North American performance. Also scheduled to appear at the festival are Las Vegas, NV thrashers AVENGER OF BLOOD. More bands will...

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MACHINE HEAD's ROBERT FLYNN: 'Long Live DIMEBAG DARRELL In The Hearts Of Us All'

MACHINE HEAD frontman Robert Flynn has posted the following message in the "Forum" section of the band's official web site: "I still can't believe it. "To say that MACHINE HEAD were devastated... there aren't even words. We found out about this unbelievable event while in Zagreb, Serbia [sic]. The s...

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WOLF Guitarist/Vocalist OLSSON Gets 'Evil'

WOLF guitarist/vocalist Nick Olsson is playing the part of the "evil" priest Hanias in the musical "Jesus Christ Superstar" this fall, according to a posting on the group's web site. A photo of Olsson "all dressed up for mayhem" can be viewed at this location. "The show is going really well, with so...

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DAMAGEPLAN's Bodyguard Laid To Rest: Video Tribute Available

Brett Shipp of WFAA-TV reports: A Dallas native who died in the brutal nightclub shootings in Columbus, Ohio last week was laid to rest in Arkansas on Thursday. [Watch Brett's video report at this location] Jeff Thompson, lovingly referred to as "Mayhem", was by all accounts was a giant of a ...

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Roadies Offer Detailed Account Of DIMEBAG Shooting Incident

Karl Kuenning RFL of Roadie.net has issued the following report: "Today I was contacted by two local Columbus roadies that were both eyewitnesses to the DAMAGEPLAN shootings exactly one week ago tonight in Columbus Ohio at the Alrosa Villa club. They are members of the local stage crew in Columbus,...

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Funeral Services Set For DAMAGEPLAN's Bodyguard JEFFERY 'MAYHEM' THOMPSON

According to Jonesboro, Arkansas' KAIT-TV, funeral services are set for Thursday afternoon (Dec. 16) in Newport, AR for Region 8 native Jeffery Thompson, 40, who died December 8 at a nightclub shooting in Columbus, Ohio. The shooting, which also claimed the life of DAMAGEPLAN guitarist "Dimebag" Dar...

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Dallas Strip Club Mourns Loss Of DIMEBAG DARRELL

Sarah Hepola of the East Bay Express reports: It's nearly 6 p.m. outside the Clubhouse — Dallas' premier all-nude strip joint — and just in time for their nightly broadcast, two newscasters face the cameras: "Tonight a community gathers outside a local club to mourn the loss of metal legend 'Dimebag...

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TED NUGENT, ZZ TOP To Jam At Presidential Inaugural Ball

According to Launch Radio Networks, Ted Nugent is coming to town in January for the presidential inauguration. The Motor City Madman, now a resident of Crawford, Texas — where re-elected President George W. Bush also has a ranch — will perform along with ZZ TOP at the Texas State Society Black Tie &...

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DARRELL ABBOTT Memorial Fund Details

A memorial fund has been created to aid help cover bereavement and medical expenses for DAMAGEPLAN's head of security, Jeffrey "Mayhem" Thompson, and two other band employees injured in last week's shooting that resulted in the death of the group's guitarist, "Dimebag" Darrell Abbott. Checks can be...

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DAMAGEPLAN's Bodyguard 'MAYHEM' Mourned

Jeff Mosier of The Dallas Morning News reports: As "Mayhem MacGregor," Jeff Thompson was a fictional Scottish protector of the king and queen each spring at the Scarborough Faire Renaissance festival. As just plain Mayhem, the 40-year-old Deep Ellum fixture was more recently the bodyguard for heavy...