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FIREWIND Guitarist Talks About 'Allegiance' Album, Upcoming U.S. Tour

Metal Asylum recently conducted an interview with FIREWIND mainman and guitarist Gus G. A couple of excerpts follow: Metal Asylum: "Allegiance" is the fourth FIREWIND record and the lineup is on its third singer. Is changing vocalists something you would like to do? Gus: Well, we don't do it because...

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Reunited EXTREME To Play At New York City Benefit Concert

The original lineup of EXTREME will reunite for a benefit concert and auction in New York City in honor of music manager Steven Hoffman. Hoffman, who worked with RUSH, VAN HALEN and EXTREME, died of lung cancer in 2003. The event will take place on May 18 at the 450-capacity Canal Room, 285 West Bro...

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BAM MARGERA To Host 'VH1 Rock Honors'

Bam Margera ("Jackass", "Viva La Bam") has been tapped to host "VH1 Rock Honors". The second annual show, which pays homage to the legends who influenced the sound of rock, will honor OZZY OSBOURNE, GENESIS, HEART, and ZZ TOP. These honorees will perform live, along with tribute bands NICKELBACK, GR...

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AEROSMITH Guitarist Talks About Band's Longevity, Songwriting Process

Ken Sharp of Goldmine magazine recently conducted an interview with AEROSMITH guitarist Brad Whitford about the band's Rock and Roll Hall of Fame career. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: Goldmine: It's been over 30 years since AEROSMITH formed. Are you amazed that the band is still going s...

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VINNIE PAUL, KERRY KING, SCOTT IAN To Perform At LITTLE KIDS ROCK Benefit Concert

Little Kids Rock (LKR),an innovative non-profit music education program that provides free instruments and rock 'n' roll lessons to public schools, celebrated March's "Music in Our Schools" month by announcing today that it will be the sole beneficiary of the Six-String Masterpieces memorial tribut...

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LED ZEPPELIN World Tour Exhibition To Launch In Australia

Australia's ABC North Coast NSW reports: A series of photographs taken of LED ZEPPELIN's much-celebrated Sydney concert in the summer of 1972 by local photographer, Ted Harvey, has become the foundation of a Led Zeppelin World Tour exhibition. The exhibition, being launched at the Lismore Regional G...

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SCOTT WEILAND Issues Update On SOFTDRIVE RECORDS

VELVET REVOLVER frontman Scott Weiland's (ex-STONE TEMPLE PILOTS) has issued the following update on his record label, Softdrive Records: "Since I last spoke to you all, we have signed a new artist, SOMETHING TO BURN. This will be a great musical partnership. The band is very independent; they have...

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HENRY ROLLINS Gives A Guided Tour Of Washington D.C.'s Punk Underground

Never thought you'd live to see the day where you'd see a photo of Henry Rollins in a white smock and Häagen-Dazs t-shirt? Now better known as a muscle-bound fount of positive rage, back in the nascent days of the D.C. punk scene, Henry Rollins was a slim kid working 60-hour weeks at Häagen-Dazs sli...

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PORCUPINE TREE's WILSON Talks About Side-Project Featuring OPETH Mainman

PORCUPINE TREE mainman Steve Wilson recently spoke to MTV.com about his side-project with OPETH leader Mikael Åkerfeldt, which should surface sometime in 2008. "We've been talking about this literally since the day we met," Wilson explained. "The original idea was to collaborate together on somethin...

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OPETH Mainman Has 'Around A Dozen Of Song Ideas' For New Album

OPETH mainman Mikael Åkerfeldt has issued the following update: "Just a quick note to fill you (if you care) in on what's cooking and stuff....like that..... "Roundhouse/U.K. gig DVD: Well, the music is mixed and it sounds nothing less than awesome I must say. The film material is also edited and it...

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'Get Thrashed' Thrash Metal Documentary: East Coast Premiere Announced

"Get Thrashed: The Story of Thrash Metal", the much-anticipated documentary profiling the thrash metal scene of the early Eighties and its impact on the music scene, will have its East Coast premiere in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on Sunday, April 1 at 6:00 p.m. as part of the Backseat Film Festival....

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SCOTT WEILAND's SOFTDRIVE Label To Release THE ACTUAL's 'In Stitches'

Softdrive Records, the label headed up by VELVET REVOLVER frontman Scott Weiland's (ex-STONE TEMPLE PILOTS),will release the new album from the Los Angeles power trio THE ACTUAL, entitled "In Stitches", on May 29. THE ACTUAL features in its ranks singer Max Bernstein, who is the son of famed Pulitz...

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AEROSMITH To Play Las Vegas In April

AEROSMITH will headline this year's "A Concert For Lili Claire", which benefits the Lili Claire Foundation, on April 28 at the Mandalay Bay Events Center. Tickets are $85, $135 and $185 and are available at the venue box office and Ticketmaster outlets. AEROSMITH's European tour begins June 6 in Ran...

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AEROSMITH, MÖTLEY CRÜE, LED ZEPPELIN Members To Take Part In VH1 CLASSIC's Autism Campaign

Steven Tyler and Joe Perry of AEROSMITH, Roger Daltrey of THE WHO, Robert Plant of LED ZEPPELIN, Tommy Lee and Vince Neil of MÖTLEY CRÜE, Paul Stanley and Gene Simmons of KISS, Rob Halford of JUDAS PRIEST, Ronnie James Dio, and Dee Snider of TWISTED SISTER are among the classic rock legends featured...

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Ex-ADLER'S APPETITE Singer: 'Rock 'N' Roll Isn't About Being Responsible'

"The Classic Metal Show" recently spoke with ex-ADLER'S APPETITE vocalist Sheldon Tarsha about the group's aborted European tour that found Steven Adler allegedly leaving the band stranded. A partial transcript of the conversation follows: Sheldon Tarsha: We booked 50 shows in Europe, going back to...