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BLACK SABBATH Guitarist Rocks The Cure
According to Underecover News, BLACK SABBATH's Tony Iommi is the latest big-name musician to get involved with Rock The Cure, a fund and awareness-raising charity that aims to help collect money through the online auctioning of personalized celebrity-designed Gibson guitars. The cause? To raise mone...March 20, 2005
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MÖTLEY CRÜE: MCFARLANE TOYS To Release Individual Figures
According to a posting at McFarlane.com, the MÖTLEY CRÜE deluxe boxed set McFarlane Toys released in November of 2004 was extremely popular with toy and CRÜE fans alike. So popular, in fact, it became hard to find pretty quickly. Now McFarlane Toys has decided to release each of the band members — V...March 18, 2005
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MÖTLEY CRÜE's MARS Says He Is 'Shocked' By Fan Response On Tour
MÖTLEY CRÜE guitarist Mick Mars spoke to the Las Vegas Mercury about the group's "Red, White, and Crüe 2005...Better Live Than Dead" tour, which hits Dallas, Texas' Nokia Live tonight (March 17). An excerpt from the interview follows: Las Vegas Mercury: Have you been surprised at the rabid response...March 17, 2005
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FOZZY To Open For MOTÖRHEAD In L.A.
FOZZY, the band featuring vocalist Chris Jericho (of WWE wrestling fame) and members of STUCK MOJO, have been confirmed to open for MOTÖRHEAD at their 30th anniversary show on Friday, April 1 at the Wiltern Theatre in Los Angeles, California. CORROSION OF CONFORMITY and ZEKE will also be on the bill...March 17, 2005
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DOKKEN Set Working Title For New Album
DOKKEN have set "Lightning Strikes Again" as the working title of their new studio album, tentatively due late summer via Sanctuary Records. The band will be filming their entire European tour for a special bonus DVD to be released with the new CD. In addition, frontman Don Dokken is in the middle o...March 17, 2005
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SLIPKNOT Guitarist: 'Winning A Grammy Doesn't Validate Our Existence'
SLIPKNOT guitarist Mick Thomson recently spoke to David Wedge of the Boston Herald about being nominated for a Grammy in the "Best Hard Rock" and "Best Metal" categories. "It would be something to sit on top of my television and joke about," said Thomson, also known as Number 7. "But I wouldn't be a...March 14, 2005
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ANAAL NATHRAKH Schedule BBC RADIO 1 Session
British black metal act ANAAL NATHRAKH will head to BBC Radio 1's Maida Vale studios on March 18 to record a set to be aired on the Radio 1 "Rock Show". To make the occasion particularly interesting, ANAAL NATHRAKH will, for the first time ever, be performing as a full band. The complete lineup for...March 9, 2005
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VIOLENT STORM Sign Taiwanese Record Deal
VIOLENT STORM, the new band formed by ex-YNGWIE MALMSTEEN/BLACKMORE'S NIGHT bassist Mick Cervino, have just signed a licensing deal with Rock Empire Music and Screaming Shout Records in Taiwan, republic of China. The group's debut album will be released in Taiwan on June 1. The Japanese release will...March 7, 2005
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TESLA Headline Benefit Concert For Fire Victims
Rock veterans TESLA headlined a sold out show this past Friday evening at the Providence Performing Arts Center which benefited survivors of the West Warwick Station nightclub fire of two years ago. The Station Family Fund, a non-profit organization founded by fire survivors and the Wake Up To Love...March 6, 2005
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CANDLEMASS: New Album Cover Posted Online
The cover artwork for the new CANDLEMASS album, simply entitled "Candlemass", has been posted online at this location. "Candlemass", due on May 2 via Nuclear Blast Records, was recorded in part at Polar studios (ABBA, GENESIS, LED ZEPPELIN) in Stockholm, Sweden and is said to be musically similar to...March 4, 2005
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FOZZY Frontman's XM SATELLITE Show To Debut This Weekend
FOZZY singer/WWE wrestling superstar Chris Jericho's XM Satellite Radio show is scheduled to debut on Channel 41, Da Boneyard, on Sunday, March 6 at 8 p.m. EST. "The Rock of Jericho" will be a weekly show that provides Chris the forum to play whatever he wants and showcase his "huge and sometimes ri...March 3, 2005
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MÖTLEY CRÜE's TOMMY LEE Says Touring Is Taking Its Toll On His Body
MÖTLEY CRÜE drummer Tommy Lee recently spoke to freelance writer Steve Knopper of Newsday about the group's "Red, White, and Crüe 2005...Better Live Than Dead" tour, which hits New York City's Madison Square Garden Thursday night (March 3). "My hands are actually disgusting — blood blisters and call...March 2, 2005
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DOKKEN: European Tour Dates Announced
DOKKEN will be touring Europe starting April 6 in Copenhagen. Prior to the start of the European trek, DOKKEN will be playing on March 19 at the 94 Rock's Blarney Bash at the NM State Fairgrounds in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Support at the show will come from L.A. GUNS. Upcoming DOKKEN shows: Mar. 19...February 28, 2005
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VH1 To Debut 'The Fabulous Life of Mötley Crüe' Next Week
On Wednesday, March 2 at 11:00 p.m. EST, VH1 will debut "The Fabulous Life of Mötley Crüe". An episode description on VH1's web site reads as follows: "In 1980, Tommy Lee, Nikki Sixx, Mick Mars and Vince Neil were just four guys living in a trashy apartment off the Sunset Strip. By 1987, they were ....February 23, 2005
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NIKKI SIXX Says HANOI ROCKS Guitarist ANDY MCCOY Is A 'Has-Been That Never Was'
MÖTLEY CRÜE bassist Nikki Sixx recently spoke to Wisconsin-Music.com about the group's "Red, White, and Crüe 2005...Better Live Than Dead" tour and their recent war of words with HANOI ROCKS over the title of the CRÜE's box set, "Music To Crash Your Car To, Volume 1", and the "The Dirt" autobiograph...February 23, 2005
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