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AEROSMITH Frontman Explains 'Scarf Around Microphone Stand' Trademark

In the "Ask Blender" section of the March 2007 issue of Blender magazine (web site),AEROSMITH frontman Steven Tyler was asked about his habit of tying a scarf around his microphone stand. That boho-chic look has lately been adopted by all sorts of pop stars, from Carrie Underwood to Lindsay Lohan....

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AEROSMITH Bassist Checks In From London

AEROSMITH bassist Tom Hamilton has issued the following update: "Just got back to the hotel after a gig at the Hard Rock in London. There were probably all of a hundred and fifty people there. A nice cozy club gig. Our equipment probably took up more space than the audience. "We've been in London fo...

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Indian Rock Band Wins Chance To Open For IRON MAIDEN

According to Cities.ExpressIndia.com, Delhi, India-based rock band FTN (F*** THE NAME) won the Hero Honda Campus Rock Idol in Pune on Sunday (Feb. 11) and will now perform the opening act for heavy metal band IRON MAIDEN in Bangalore on March 17. At the third Campus Rock Idol, a national-level event...

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IRON MAIDEN Announces First-Ever Appearance In India

Following their phenomenally successful new album and sold-out tour late last year of arenas around the world, IRON MAIDEN are announcing a series of headline stadium and festival appearances in March and June of this year. Always keen to take metal to new places, MAIDEN will for the first time ever...

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TESTAMENT Frontman Is Hoping To Record 'Really Brutal' New Album

Peter Atkinson of KNAC.COM recently conducted an interview with TESTAMENT frontman Chuck Billy. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: KNAC.COM: How was the first show with [drummer] Nick [Barker, ex-DIMMU BORGIR, CRADLE OF FILTH]? Billy: It went great. Sold-out show. A lot of energy. It was goo...

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ENSLAVED To Headline GREAT INDIAN ROCK FESTIVAL XI

Norway's ENSLAVED will headline the Great Indian Rock Festival XI on February 24-25 in New Delhi, India. The final list of bands scheduled to appear at the event is as follows: ENSLAVED BHAYANAK MAUT BOOMARANG SPLIT HALF STEP DOWN OUT OF THE BLUE DEMONIC RESURRECTION JOINT FAMILY MAGDALENE IIIRD SOV...

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ENSLAVED, KEEP OF KALESSIN Comment On Norwegian GRAMMY Nominations

Tough, uncompromising characters with superb (and eclectic) taste in music obviously make up this year's Spellemann metal jury. The news that three out of four nominations in the metal category — ENSLAVED for "Ruun", KEEP OF KALESSIN for "Armada" and BENEA REACH for "Monument Bineothan" — have sent...

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BLOODY PANDA Signs With LEVEL-PLANE RECORDS

Diverse indie label Level-Plane has announced the signing of New York doom act BLOODY PANDA. Driven by the mournful, melodic vocals of Japanese frontwoman Yoshiko Ohara, BLOODY PANDA's transcendent sound finds its roots in the dirge-like power of SWANS, the amplifier-worshipping textures of EARTH, a...

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Report: Bangalore Hits A DEEP PURPLE Patch

Ruma Singh of The Times of India reports: When Bangalore techie Mahesh Srinivas mentioned by chance that he'd been a DEEP PURPLE fan the last 30 years, he didn't expect to be roped in to help with the hospitality for the band's forthcoming visit to the city. Mahesh is part of a team ...

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A Royal Welcome For DEEP PURPLE In India

Madhavdas Gopalakrihsnan of TimesNow.tv reports: Purple is the color of royalty; and it's going to be a royal welcome all the way when rock band DEEP PURPLE arrive in Bangalore. The Taj Westend, where the band will be staying, has quite a spectacle planned for their guests — purple lights, purple dr...

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Review: Ex-IRON MAIDEN Singer 'Hollered Abuse' At 'Shocked' Indian Crowd

Manosh Das of The Times of India has issued the following report: Shillong heard. Shillong shuddered. For, the "music capital" of the North-East was just not prepared for Paul Di'Anno's version of hard rock. The former IRON MAIDEN vocalist hollered abuses and turned a relaxed Saturday evening [Nov....

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THE HAUNTED Frontman: 'About Socialist Libertarianism... Words Are Not Enough'

THE HAUNTED frontman Peter Dolving has posted the following message on his MySpace page: "I am slightly confused here. What is hard to grasp with the idea of an anarchist society? A social structure built on responsible individual action based in free will rather than that of the obligatory choicele...

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SEPULTURA Guitarist Guests On New BURNING IN HELL Album

SEPULTURA guitarist Andreas Kisser makes a guest appearance on the track "The Waterfalls" from Brazilian power/speed metal band BURNING IN HELL's second album, "Believe". Kisser previously completed a series of successful workshops throughout Brazil with BURNING IN HELL drummer Marcelo Moreira. In a...

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JUDAS PRIEST Frontman ROB HALFORD: Getting In The Halloween Mood

JUDAS PRIEST frontman Rob Halford has issued the first installment in what will apparently become regular monthly blog posts. It reads as follows: "Let's start with simple goings on. "I have returned from the U.K. to the U.S. for a bit of a break from the PRIEST 'Nostradamus' sessions. Actually, I a...

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KORN's JONATHAN DAVIS Bets On Acoustic Dates

KORN frontman Jonathan Davis recently told AOL Music that doing an acoustic AOL Sessions performance earlier this year had a profound effect on him and his band. "The AOL thing opened our eyes to so much different stuff," Davis told AOL Music. "When we did that, we were like, 'Oh, God, we can ...