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RUSH: 'Far Cry' Video Snippet Available

A teaser for RUSH's video for the band's new single, "Far Cry", directed by Chris Mills, can be seen at this location. The clip is expected to debut next week. According to Hits Daily Double, RUSH's "Snakes & Arrows" is poised to sell around 110,000 copies in the United States during its first ....

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VINCE NEIL's Bar's Outfits Sicken Florida Nurses

Jose Lambiet of Florida's PalmBeachPost.com reports that area nurses are up in arms over a yet-to-open West Palm Beach, FL bar fronted by wild rock star Vince Neil. Neil and his Clematis group plan to outfit barmaids and waitresses in sexy nurse's outfits. That has some real angels of mercy suggesti...

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RUSH: 'Snakes & Arrows' On Track To Debut At Billboard's No. 3

According to Hits Daily Double, RUSH's "Snakes & Arrows" is poised to sell around 110,000 copies in the United States during its first week of release to land at No. 3 on next week's The Billboard 200 chart. Def Jam Urban star NE-YO is on target to hit No. 1 with sales of around 250,000, ...

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Snakes & Arrows

I have a feeling that many RUSH fans felt the way I did when a sample of "Far Cry", the opening cut from the band's 18th studio album, surfaced online back in March. The big, crunching chords, melodic acoustic counterpoint, and epic feel all created an instant auditory flashback to the band's early...

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RUSH: 'Classic Rewind' SIRIUS Special Available

The Sirius Satellite Radio "Classic Rewind" RUSH special for the band's new album, "Snakes & Arrows", that aired on April 26 is now available for streaming, with all songs and commercials edited from the original broadcast, at this location. The FMQB "Inside Snakes & Arrows" special and the...

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GODSMACK Interview From VH1 'Rock Honors' 2006 Available Online

The latest episode of "Talking Metal", entitled "Best of VH1 Rock Honors 2006", features the podcast premiere of interviews host John Ostronomy conducted with GODSMACK and FOO FIGHTERS as well as "black carpet" interviews Ostronomy conducted with Ian Hill, K.K. Downing, and Scott Travis of JUDAS PRI...

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THE CLAY PEOPLE: 'Supersonic Overdrive' Video Posted Online

Albany, NY's THE CLAY PEOPLE has posted its video for the new song "Supersonic Overdrive" at YouTube. The track is the first single off the group's new album, "Waking the Dead", due on May 22 via Overit Records. The band spent about a year and a half recording and re-recording and mixing the ...

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ALICE COOPER Adds New Guitarist

According to ALICE COOPER fan site SickthingsUK, Cooper has recruited new guitarist Jason Hook. Jason has worked with many acts over the years, including BULLETBOYS, STEPHEN PEARCY (RATT),and VINCE NEIL. He also has a solo album out, called "Safety Dunce", which recently won the L.A. Music Award fo...

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THE HAUNTED Frontman Going To The Gay Sauna

THE HAUNTED frontman Peter Dolving has posted the following message on his MySpace page: "The Cockpit, Leeds — yes, it is a shit venue, with crap sound. But everyone who works there are fucking ace and the Leeds crowd is insane. One of the downsides of the place is the lack of showers. ...

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RUSH: New Video Interview With ALEX LIFESON Available

RUSH fan site RushIsABand.com has uploaded a six-and-a-half minute video interview with RUSH guitarist Alex Lifeson that was recently broadcast on Japanese TV. The questions are in Japanese, but the answers are in English. The rest of the footage consists of the music video for "The Trees". You can...

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Former Assistant To MÖTLEY CRÜE's Manager Remembers Band's First Canadian Tour

Eric Greif, former assistant to MÖTLEY CRÜE's first manager Allan Coffman, recently gave an interview to SleazeRoxx.com in which he described in detail the band's first trip to Canada. "The tour was hysterical, ridiculous, dramatic and hilarious," Greif said. "The idea on paper was to get the guys o...

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RUSH: Special 'Snakes & Arrows' $6.99 Promotion Announced

The Exchange, an independent music retailer with 20 stores in Cleveland and Pittsburgh, will participate in a special promotion with Anthem/Atlantic recording artists RUSH. RUSH's new "Snakes & Arrows" CD will be specially sale-priced for only $6.99 ($18.98 list price) at all Exchange locations...

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RUSH Frontman: 'At No Time Do We Feel Like We're Retired Or Not Functioning'

Gary Graff of Billboard magazine reports: Thirty-three years into its recording career, Canadian hard-rock trio RUSH is finding it easier to make music together. "You can argue that we don't have much to prove at this point," guitarist Alex Lifeson said. "We're in our 50s now. Geddy (Lee) and I have...

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USURPER To Tour Europe In The Fall

Chicago's USURPER has announced that it will be heading out to Europe once again for a two-week headlining tour. The trek, which will also include NOCTURNAL BREED (Norway),THE STONE (Serbia) and DECAYED (Portugal),will kick off October 25 in Hamburg, Germany and will run through November 10 in Ber...

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STATIC-X Recruits Former DANZIG Drummer

STATIC-X frontman Wayne Static has issued the following update from the road: "I want to thank everyone who's been coming out to the shows to support us. Almost every show has been sold out so far and we're having a lot of fun out here as usual. Nick [Oshiro, drums] has stayed on tour with ...