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HOD Bassist Leaves Band For Health Reasons
Vocalist Beer Reebs of Texas extremists HOD has issued the following update: "Our original bassist, Dirty Derrick, has been battling cancer and thus far has been successful. However, he was recently informed that it had come back in his liver and possibly his lungs and will begin treatment for it ag...November 12, 2009
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FEAR FACTORY: 'Mechanize' Track-By-Track Guide By BURTON C. BELL
FEAR FACTORY — the newly revamped band featuring original FF members Dino Cazares (guitar) and Burton C. Bell (vocals) alongside bassist Byron Stroud (who played on the last two FEAR FACTORY albums in addition to touring and recording with STRAPPING YOUNG LAD and ZIMMERS HOLE) and legendary drummer...November 10, 2009
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SAXON, CANCER BATS Members On BRUCE DICKINSON's Radio Show; Audio Available
SAXON's Biff Byford, CANCER BATS' Liam Cormier and RISE TO REMAIN's Austin Dickinson were guests on last night's (Friday, November 6) edition of IRON MAIDEN singer Bruce Dickinson's weekly BBC 6 Music radio program, dubbed "The Bruce Dickinson Friday Rock Show". According to posting on the program's...November 7, 2009
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DAVE MUSTAINE Issues 'Megadeth Radio' Update
MEGADETH's "predictably unpredictable" Artist Personal Experience radio station, "Megadeth Radio", officially launched late last month. The band's mainman, Dave Mustaine, has complete creative control in the programming of his 24-hour channel, which features interviews, news, personal commentary, an...November 5, 2009
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CANCER BATS: Performance Footage Of New Song Available
Video footage of Toronto, Canada's hardcore/metal band CANCER BATS performing a new song called "Darkness" on October 25, 2009 at Olympia Theatre in Dublin, Ireland can be viewed below. CANCER BATS has set "Bears, Mayors, Scraps And Bones" as the title of its new album, tentatively due in early 2010...October 31, 2009
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D.O.A. Founder Comments On CHUCK BISCUITS Death Hoax
Nick Patch of The Canadian Press reports: The founder of Vancouver punk group D.O.A. says that his former drummer, Chuck Biscuits, is alive and well and Internet reports of his death are part of a "cruel hoax." Joe Keithley told The Canadian Press on Friday that the drummer's brother contacted him a...October 31, 2009
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Updated: Former DANZIG Drummer CHUCK BISCUITS Victim Of Death Hoax
(Story last updated on October 30 at 4:35 a.m. EST) Legendary hard rock drummer Chuck Biscuits (born Charles Montgomery),whose lengthy résumé includes stints in such flagship underground acts as BLACK FLAG and SOCIAL DISTORTION, appears to have been the victim of a death hoax involving a Facebook p...October 29, 2009
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PETER CRISS Discusses Battle With Breast Cancer On 'Fox & Friends'; Video Available
Former KISS drummer Peter Criss was a guest on this morning's (Wednesday, October 28) edition of the "Fox & Friends" show on the Fox News Channel to talk about the stigma of being a man battling breast cancer. Watch video of his appearance below. While some men feel embarrassed because of "this...October 28, 2009
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PETER CRISS On Stigma Of Being A Man Battling Breast Cancer
Former KISS drummer Peter Criss recently spoke to Elizabeth Cohen of CNN out about the stigma of being a man battling breast cancer. Watch excerpts from their chat below. Criss, who discovered a lump in his left nipple in December 2007, told Reuters.com men need to get over their perception that bre...October 21, 2009
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RUSH Drummer Remembers BLUE CHEER's DICKIE PETERSON
RUSH drummer and BLUE CHEER fan Neil Peart wrote the following piece for RollingStone.com in memory of singer/bassist Dickie Peterson, who died after a battle with liver cancer on October 12: "In the summer of 1968, I was going on 16, living in a small Canadian city (St. Catharines, Ontario),and ha...October 21, 2009
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PETER CRISS Discusses Battle With Breast Cancer; Audio Available
After keeping his battle with the disease quiet for more a year, original KISS drummer Peter Criss recently spoke to Jane Pratt on Sirius XM's Jane Radio about how his rock career actually helped him discover he had breast cancer and why he decided to come forward to raise awareness of the disease....October 21, 2009
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MEGADETH Joined By LOUDNESS Guitarist At Osaka Concert; Audio Available
Akira Takasaki, guitarist for the Japanese heavy metal band LOUDNESS, joined MEGADETH on stage last night (Monday, October 19) to play "Symphony Of Destruction" for the group's encore song in Osaka, Japan. MEGADETH dedicated the track to LOUDNESS drummer Munetaka Higuchi, who died on November 30, 20...October 20, 2009
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PETER CRISS On Surviving Breast Cancer: I Am 'The Luckiest Man On The Planet'
Madison Park of CNN.com reports: A year after beating breast cancer, Peter Criss, a founding member of the rock band KISS, calls himself "the luckiest man on the planet." While some men feel embarrassed because of "this macho crap," Criss said surviving breast cancer — yes, men get it, too — was act...October 15, 2009
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ROBERT PLANT Campaigns For Cancer Treatment
LookToTheStars.org reports that former LED ZEPPELIN singer Robert Plant has given his support to a cancer charity campaigning for a new type of treatment to be made available in Britian. Killing Cancer is a charity that is aiming to raise £50m to fund further trials into Photodynamic Therapy, a trea...October 15, 2009
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EYEHATEGOD Frontman Interviewed On Baltimore's 98Rock
Kidd Christoff of Baltimore's 98Rock radio station recently conducted an interview with vocalist Mike Williams, vocalist for EYEHATEGOD, OUTLAW ORDER and ARSON ANTHEM and author of "Cancer as a Social Activity: Affirmations of World's End". The chat is now available for streaming below. Williams del...October 15, 2009
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