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TOMMY BOLIN Book Author To Guest On KKFI 90.1 FM

Journalist Greg Prato, whose work has appeared in a variety of sites and magazines, including All Music Guide, Billboard.com, RollingStone.com, Record Collector, and Classic Rock, will be interviewed by Stormin' Norman of Kansas City's KKFI 90.1 FM on Monday, December 22 at 7:00 a.m. CST. Greg will...

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JIMMY PAGE, JIMI HENDRIX, EDDIE VAN HALEN, STEVE VAI Among 'Chop Shop''s Top Guitarists

Envision Radio Networks' "Chop Shop" guitar show has announced "The Chop Shop's Top 100 Most Complete Guitar Players of All Time", a newly published list of the all-time greatest guitar players. Program host Steve Black (WRIF-FM) assembled a panel of music industry experts to help choose the list fe...

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SIN CITY SINNERS To Perform With WARRANT, KEEL, BANG TANGO Members This Weekkend

On December 20, SIN CITY SINNERS — which consists of Brent Muscat (formerly of FASTER PUSSYCAT),Todd Kerns (AGE OF ELECTRIC),D (MARKY RAMONE BAND),and Rob Cournoyer (RAGING SLAB) — will begin a series of concerts at Ovation inside the Green Valley Ranch hotel in Las Vegas. The first show is a hol...

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Late DEEP PURPLE Guitarist TOMMY BOLIN: 'Touched By Magic' Book Available

To many, Tommy Bolin was the legitimate heir to Jimi Hendrix's rock guitar throne. Stints with the JAMES GANG and DEEP PURPLE — as well as solo albums and a groundbreaking release with jazz-rocker Billy Cobham — certainly proved that the adulation was rightly deserved. And with a techno-color fashio...

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AXL ROSE Takes Part In Another Online Chat, Says There Are 'No Plans' For GN'R Tour Right Now

Reclusive GUNS N' ROSES singer Axl Rose took part in yet another online chat Friday night (December 12),this time via the GUNS N' ROSES fan community ChineseDemocracy.com. BLABBERMOUTH.NET has compiled the most interesting bits from the question-and-answer session and is re-posting them here for yo...

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'Rock Gods: Forty Years Of Rock Photography' Book Featuring SLASH Introduction Out Now

Slash (VELVET REVOLVER, ex-GUNS N' ROSES) has written the introduction to "Rock Gods: Forty Years Of Rock Photography", a new book by renowned photographer Robert M. Knight. The 148-page hardcover book features over 200 full-color and black-and-white photographs. In 1968, a young photographer named...

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POISON's C.C. DEVILLE Tops GUITAR WORLD's List Of '100 Worst Guitar Solos'

Guitar World magazine has just published its picks for the "100 Worst Guitar Solos" on its web site, GuitarWorld.com. The list includes tracks by Jimmy Page, Jimi Hendrix, C.C. DeVille, Eric Clapton, George Harrison and more. Below is an excerpt of that post: "After two decades of kissing ass, Guita...

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BILLY CORGAN Says SMASHING PUMPKINS Won't Release Any More Albums

According to The Pulse of Radio, SMASHING PUMPKINS frontman Billy Corgan says the band will not release any more new albums, citing the lack of enthusiasm for their 2007 comeback effort, "Zeitgeist", as one of the reasons. In a new interview with the Chicago Tribune, Corgan said, "We're done with ('...

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PAUL WELLER Blasts LED ZEPPELIN Comeback

World Entertainment News Network reports that legendary British singer Paul Weller has slammed LED ZEPPELIN's comeback plans — and insisted he will never reform his old band THE JAM. ZEPPELIN members Jimmy Page, John Paul Jones and Jason Bonham announced in October that they plan to tour in 2009 wit...

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WIKIPEDIA Founder Considers Action Over SCORPIONS Image Ban

Antony Savvas of ComputerWeekly.com reports the the founder of Wikipedia has told Channel 4 News that he is considering challenging the decision to prevent UK users from viewing the image used on the cover of an album by German rock band the SCORPIONS of a naked pre-pubescent girl taken in 1976. Cri...

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MANDY LION: 'A Great Song Does Not Need To Get Pumped Up By Production'

Vocalist Mandy Lion (WWIII, WICKED ALLIANCE) recently answered a few fan-submitted questions. The question-and-answer session follows below. Q: I heard you have new music coming out soon.What is the new stuff like? Mandy: The new songs are much more raw. Raw in the way they are recorded. Raw in the...

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LED ZEPPELIN: 'Dancing Days' Book Due In February

A new book celebrates the most cherished hard rock band of all time, allowing its members to tell its own miraculous and compelling story. "Dancing Days: The Led Zeppelin Reader" — the latest title from Rock Reader Books — traces the history and evolution of one of the biggest selling and influentia...

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JEFF BECK Slams LED ZEPPELIN's Comeback Plans

According to Tiscali, rocker Jeff Beck has slammed LED ZEPPELIN's comeback plans — insisting it will be pointless without former lead singer Robert Plant. The 64-year-old legend — who played in cult act THE YARDBIRDS with LED ZEPPELIN guitarist Jimmy Page — praised the band's huge one-off concert at...

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LED ZEPPELIN's JIMMY PAGE, ROBERT PLANT Say Farewell To Drummer MICHAEL LEE

Lauren Pyrah of the UK's The Northern Echo reports: A rock legend was in the North-East yesterday to say farewell to one of the most talented drummers of his generation. More than 150 mourners, including LED ZEPPELIN's Jimmy Page, braved the arctic conditions to pay their respects to drummer Michael...

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Founding BUDGIE Member RAY PHILLIPS Working On Solo Debut

Musician Ray Phillips, probably best known for his role as a founding member of legendary Welsh rockers BUDGIE, is set to complete his very first solo album early next year. For Ray, a veteran to the music scene, it all began back in late 1967 in Cardiff, South Wales, when he and bassist vocalist Bu...