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Calling All Air Guitarists: VH1.com Launches 'Air to the Throne' Air Guitar Competition

Beginning today (April 12),VH1.com launches its online search for the top air guitarists in the country, challenging all wanna-be rock icons to its "Air to the Throne" air guitar competition. The champion will win a trip to the "VH1 Rock Honors" event in Las Vegas where he or she will perform on th...

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QUEEN's 'Stone Cold Classics' Hits Stores In Front of 'American Idol' Performances

The mighty legacy of rock band QUEEN is brought back to the fore for a fresh hearing in "Stone Cold Classics", a new CD collection of 12 of the band's biggest hits and timeless rock classics, with the additional bonus of two new live tracks performed by QUEEN + PAUL RODGERS, recorded during their fi...

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Terror For Sale

The last time I interviewed SOILWORK vocalist "Speed" Strid, he hadn't recorded this new TERROR 2000 album yet. I asked him if it was gonna be stressful or taxing to make another album so soon after "Stabbing the Drama", and he replied, more or less, that "we just have to get drunk and go make ...

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KISS, JUDAS PRIEST, DEF LEPPARD To Be Honored By VH1

According to The Associated Press, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame looks to be getting some competition. VH1 announced Thursday (April 6) that it will debut the "VH1 Rock Honors" next month to pay homage to the gods of hard rock. The inaugural honorees are KISS, QUEEN, DEF LEPPARD and JUDAS PRIEST. T...

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QUEEN Music To Be Performed On Next Week's 'American Idol'

The top eight "American Idol" finalists will perform their favorite songs by the British rock band QUEEN on next week's performance show, Tuesday, April 11 (8:00-9:00 p.m. ET live/PT tape delayed) on Fox. Earlier this week, the finalists had a chance to perform their songs with the legendary band at...

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KORN, DEFTONES, ROB ZOMBIE, SEVENDUST Concert Attendance Figures Revealed

The following are a few select recent heavy metal/hard rock concert attendance figures, as reported by Billboard magazine: Artist/Event: KORN, MUDVAYNE, 10 YEARS Venue: Cricket Arena City/State: Charlotte, N.C. Date: March 22, 2006 Gross Sales: $236,131 Attendance: 6,596 Capacity: 6,596 Artist/Event...

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SENATE Tap MARTYR Drummer For Debut CD

Canadian metallers SENATE have tapped MARTYR drummer Patrice Hamelin to play on their upcoming debut album, tentatively due later in the year. The CD will be recorded in June at Silo Studios in Hamilton, Ontario with producer Julius "Juice" Butty (ALEXISONFIRE, PROTEST THE HERO) and will contain the...

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NIGHTWISH Guitarist To Release BROTHER FIRETRIBE Debut

BROTHER FIRETRIBE, the Finnish AOR/hard rock band featuring NIGHTWISH guitarist Emppu Vuorinen, have inked a deal with Spinefarm Records. Unashamedly taking a bow to their influences from the '80s — VAN HALEN, JOURNEY and other chartbusters of old — BROTHER FIRETRIBE's sound features "killer vocal h...

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M.ILL.ION: Guitarist JONAS HERMANSSON Rejoins The Fold

Gothenburg, Sweden-based hard rockers M.ILL.ION have been rejoined by guitarist Jonas Hermansson. Commented founding member B.J Laneby: "It took only one rehearsal to understand that we belong together. All five of us in the same room create that special chemistry you can´t explain or buy for money....

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JUDAS PRIEST Frontman On Tomorrow's Gig At Royal Albert Hall: 'It's Just Incredible'

Garry Sharpe-Young of Rockdetector.com spoke to JUDAS PRIEST frontman Rob Halford this week about the group's appearance tomorrow (March 31) at the Royal Albert Hall in central London for a benefit gig in aid of the Teenage Cancer Trust. A few excerpts from the chat follow: Rockdetector.com: I can r...

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LED ZEPPELIN, VAN HALEN, GUNS N' ROSES Top Guitar Solo Poll

Britain's Telegraph.co.uk is reporting that LED ZEPPELIN's "Stairway to Heaven" has been voted the best guitar solo of all time. The anthem beat the likes of GUNS N' ROSES' "Paradise City" and JIMI HENDRIX's "Voodoo Child" to best air guitar moment. Despite never being released as a single, the 1971...

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GUNS N' ROSES: Second Oslo Date Added

GUNS N' ROSES have added a second date at the Spektrum in Oslo, Norway on July 8. The group's European schedule is now shaping up as follows: May 27 - Lisbon, POR @ Rock In Rio (Lisbon) May 28 - Madrid, SPA @ Juan Carlos I May 31 - Budapest, HUN @ Sportaréna Jun. 3-4 ...

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GUNS N' ROSES: Dutch Date Announced

GUNS N' ROSES will be playing the Goffertpark in Nijmegen, Holland on July 2. Support at the show will come from STONE SOUR and ALICE IN CHAINS. Tickets go on sale on this Saturday, March 25. The group's European schedule is now shaping up as follows: May 27 - Lisbon, POR @ Rock In Rio ...

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SLIPKNOT/LAMB OF GOD Vocal Coach MELISSA CROSS Talks To NPR: Audio Available

Voice coach Melissa Cross, the self-proclaimed "Queen of Scream" who has developed a training program that teaches proper technique to a new breed of unrestrained rock singers — a list that includes SLIPKNOT's Corey Taylor, Randy Blythe of LAMB OF GOD and Keith Buckley from EVERY TIME I DIE — talked...

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BETWEEN THE BURIED AND ME To Begin Recording Covers CD In April

Raleigh, North Carolina's BETWEEN THE BURIED AND ME will enter the studio in April with producer Jamie King (THROUGH THE EYES OF THE DEAD) to begin recording an album's worth of covers called "The Anatomy Of". The CD, which is scheduled for release in June through Victory Records, will feature the f...