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W.A.S.P. Cancels Summer Festival Appearances

W.A.S.P. has canceled its previously announced four festival appearances in June — including the Graspop Metal Meeting in Belgium and Hellfest in France — in order to complete work on its upcoming 25th-anniversary release, "Re-Idolized". Says W.A.S.P. in a statement: "The recording of the new album...

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W.A.S.P.: Watch Trailer For "Re-Idolized: The 25th Anniversary Of The Crimson Idol'

The first official trailer for W.A.S.P.'s upcoming 25th anniversary release "Re-Idolized" can be seen below. In 1992 W.A.S.P. released "The Crimson Idol". It's the story of Jonathan Aaron Steele, an abused child looking for love. Discovering music years later, he rises to international superstardom....

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Legendary Drummer Brothers CARMINE And VINNY APPICE To Release Collaborative Album In October

Legendary drummer brothers Carmine and Vinny Appice are recording their first-ever studio album together, to be released in October under the band name APPICE. "After decades in this crazy music business, we will sit down for the first time and record songs together for an amazing new studio album,"...

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Ex-W.A.S.P. Guitarist CHRIS HOLMES Films Sequel To Infamous Pool Interview, Says He's Been Sober For More Than 20 Years

Former W.A.S.P. guitarist Chris Holmes is perhaps best known for the infamous scene in the 1988 movie "The Decline Of Western Civilization Part II: The Metal Years" in which he was interviewed while floating in a swimming pool, fully clothed and visibly quite intoxicated while his mother sat poolsid...

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JUDAS PRIEST's ROB HALFORD Looks Back On PMRC: 'It Was An Unpleasant Time'

Patrick Prince of Goldmine magazine recently conducted an interview with JUDAS PRIEST frontman Rob Halford. An excerpt from the chat follows below. Goldmine: A lot of people, especially kids nowadays — and there are obviously kids into JUDAS PRIEST — they don't remember the PMRC. I liked how you gav...

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MUNICIPAL WASTE To Release 'Slime And Punishment' Album In June

Richmond, Virginia's MUNICIPAL WASTE will release its sixth album, "Slime And Punishment", on June 23 via Nuclear Blast Records. The first single from the disc, "Amateur Sketch", can be streamed below. Ryan Waste states: "We've been getting punished for the last five years by people asking for a new...

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METAL CHURCH Recruits Former W.A.S.P. Drummer STET HOWLAND

METAL CHURCH has recruited Stet Howland (ex-W.A.S.P.) to play drums for the band on all its summer shows. He joins the group as the replacement for Jeff Plate, who announced his departure from METAL CHURCH last month. Howland commented: "I was contacted by my good friend METAL CHURCH bass player Ste...

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Former W.A.S.P. Guitarist CHRIS HOLMES's MEAN MAN To Kick Off European Tour This Weekend

Former W.A.S.P. guitarist Chris Holmes will kick off the "Be Somebody" European tour with his band MEAN MAN on April 22 in Ostrava, Czech Republic. For now, the Czech Republic, Germany, Holland, U.K., Norway, Sweden and France are on the calendar, but be sure that a lot more tour dates will be added...

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Former VENOM Manager ERIC COOK Dies

Former VENOM manager Eric Cook has died. He was overseeing the band's affairs in the beginning and helped them get established in the '80s. Former VENOM and current VENOM INC. guitarist Jeff "Mantas' Dunn commented on Cook's passing. He wrote: "Today sees the end of an era. My good friend Eric Cook...

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Ready To Strike

KING KOBRA had the world to gain and had it, almost. The band had drumming veteran Carmine Appice for a leader. It had an arsenal buffered by fleeting future stars: guitarist Mick Sweda in BULLETBOYS, bassist Johnny Rod in W.A.S.P. and guitarist David Michael-Phillips (aka David Henzerling) who lat...

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KISS, TWISTED SISTER, Ex-BLACK SABBATH Members To Guest On BOB KULICK's Solo Album

Throughout his forty-year music career, Bob Kulick has worked with an astonishing array of artists: from Meat Loaf to MOTÖRHEAD. From KISS to Michael Bolton. W.A.S.P. to Diana Ross as well as legends such as Roger Daltrey, Alice Cooper, Lou Reed and Paul Stanley's first solo album and tour. After se...

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W.A.S.P. Announces 'Re-Idolized: The 25th Anniversary Of The Crimson Idol' European Tour

W.A.S.P. will celebrate the 25th anniversary of its classic fifth album, "The Crimson Idol", by releasing a re-recorded version of the LP along with a 50-minute DVD film of the album's story. In addition, the band will perform "The Crimson Idol" in its entirety — on a tour dubbed "Re-Idolized: The 2...

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DC4 Feat. ARMORED SAINT, Ex-DIO Members: Fifth Album Due This Summer

DC4 — the Los Angeles-based hard rock band featuring guitarist Rowan Robertson (ex-DIO) alongside brothers Jeff Duncan (ARMORED SAINT, ODIN) on lead vocals and guitar, Shawn Duncan (ODIN) on drums and Matt Duncan on bass — has inked a deal with HighVolMusic. The group's fifth album will be released...

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W.A.S.P. To Release Re-Recorded Version Of 'The Crimson Idol', Embark On 'Re-Idolized' Tour

W.A.S.P. will celebrate the 25th anniversary of its classic fifth album, "The Crimson Idol", by releasing a re-recorded version of the LP along with a 50-minute DVD film of the album's story. In addition, the band will perform "The Crimson Idol" in its entirety — on a tour dubbed "Re-Idolized: The 2...

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GHOST's Music And Image Are 'Very Much Written And Created From A Fan Perspective'

Tristeturno conducted an interview with one of the Nameless Ghouls from Swedish rockers GHOST when the band performed at the Hell & Heaven Festival in Mexico City this past July. You can now watch the chat below. Asked for his opinion on the current state of the metal scene, the Nameless Ghoul s...