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Former DEEP PURPLE Bassist's Tribute Shows Being Rescheduled

According to a posting on the Deep Purple Appreciation Society web site, former PURPLE bassist Nick Simper's previously announced tribute shows to DEEP PURPLE's original lineup — which were supposed to be held in Austria and Germany during November with the Austrian rock band NASTY HABITS — are in t...

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AIRBOURNE: Munich Footage Available

Video footage of AIRBOURNE's December 21, 2008 concert in Munich, Germany can be viewed below (clips uploaded by "eblinternational"). AIRBOURNE will be IRON MAIDEN frontman Bruce Dickinson's guests on January 2, 2009 during Bruce's weekly BBC 6 Music radio program, dubbed "The Bruce Dickinson Friday...

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DISTURBED, SLAYER, SOULFLY, TRIVIUM Members Remember DIMEBAG; Video Available

Austria's Mulatschag.TV has posted an eight-minute documentary on late PANTERA/DAMAGEPLAN guitarist "Dimebag" Darrell Abbott featuring interview clips with members of DISTURBED, SLAYER, TRIVIUM and SOULFLY. Watch the footage below. "Dimebag" Darrell Abbott was shot to death along with three others d...

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IAN GILLAN To Join PRAGUE PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA For 'Classics Play Rock' Concerts

According to a posting on The Deep Purple Appreciation Society web site, DEEP PURPLE frontman Ian Gillan will join the Prague Philharmonic Orchestra on September 4, 2009 in Graefenhainichen, Germany and September 5, 2009 in Magdeburg, Germany for a performance of PURPLE classics as part of the "Clas...

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ANTHRAX Guitarist Reveals Favorite Albums, Movies, Food Of 2008

ANTHRAX guitarist Scott Ian has posted the latest installment of his regular column on SuicideGirls.com called "Scott Ian's Food Coma" where he writes about his food and travel experiences. An excerpt from the column follows below. "I've been in the studio working on the new ANTHRAX album since Nove...

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AIRBOURNE: New Video Interview Available

Austrian heavy 'zine Stormbringer.at conducted an interview with David Roads and Justin Street of Australian hard rockers AIRBOURNE prior to the band's December 8, 2008 concert in Vienna, Austria. Watch the 15-minute chat below. AIRBOURNE will be IRON MAIDEN frontman Bruce Dickinson's guests on Janu...

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Guitarist BERNIE TORMÉ Interviewed For RANDY RHOADS Documentary

Guitarist Bernie Tormé (OZZY OSBOURNE, GILLAN, GUY-MCCOY-TORME) was recently interviewed by director Peter M. Margolis of Dakota Films for the upcoming long-awaited documentary film on the life of celebrated rock guitarist Randy Rhoads. Margolis and his team came to interview Tormé at his studio in...

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'Roadrunner United The Concert' DVD: First-Week Sales Revealed

The "Roadrunner United The Concert" DVD sold just under 2,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release to debut at position No. 32 on the Top Music Videos chart. The double-disc set hit shelves almost three years to the day after the now-legendary concert held at the Nokia Theater in...

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AIRBOURNE To Guest On BRUCE DICKINSON's Radio Show

Australian hard rockers AIRBOURNE will be IRON MAIDEN frontman Bruce Dickinson's guests on January 2, 2009 during Bruce's weekly BBC 6 Music radio program, dubbed "The Bruce Dickinson Friday Rock Show". Listen to the broadcast live via the Internet between 9:00 p.m. and 12:00 a.m. (midnight) U.K. ti...

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AIRBOURNE Discusses Songwriting Process For Next Album; Video Available

Metal Hammer TV has posted a three-minute interview with Australian hard rockers AIRBOURNE about the songwriting process for the band's next album. Watch the chat at this location. AIRBOURNE in September cancelled its participation in the "Volcom 2008" tour featuring MOTÖRHEAD, VALIENT THORR and YEA...

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Tweak'd Out, Strung Up...

Hey, Meteor City's back! Good to see the nameplate under new management, still flying the flag for the unrepentantly shaggy, heavy-lidded and riff-tastic. EIGHTEEN WHEELS BURNING is a hard-livin', hard-touring stoner rock band risen from the long-cold ashes of THE WANT, who did a record on Southern...

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Shogun

Far be it from me to defend the likes of a band who has achieved such a high level of success by doing little more than filtering the highlights of METALLICA's career into a watered-down glass of Kool-Aid for the metalcore kids to slurp down like they were rockin' it in Jonestown. On top of ...

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AIRBOURNE: New Video Interview With DAVID ROADS Available

Angel of Metal conducted an interview with rhythm guitarist David Roads of Australian hard rockers AIRBOURNE on November 8, 2008 at the Academy in Manchester, England. Watch the 10-minute chat below. AIRBOURNE in September cancelled its participation in the "Volcom 2008" tour featuring MOTÖRHEAD, VA...

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JUDAS PRIEST Guitarist On 'Nostradamus', Upcoming European Tour

Ian Harvey of UK's Shropshire Star recently conducted an interview with JUDAS PRIEST guitarist Glenn Tipton. A few excerpts from the chat follow below. On where the name of the upcoming European tour, "Priest Feast", came from: "We just thought it had got a nice ring to it. We'd just done the Metal...

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Portraits Of METALLICA, RUSH, BLACK SABBATH Drummers Featured In 'Cut To The Drummer'

Bill Ward (BLACK SABBATH),Ian Paice (DEEP PURPLE),Neil Peart (RUSH),Tommy Lee (MÖTLEY CRÜE) and Lars Ulrich (METALLICA) are among the drummers whose portraits are featured in Cut To The Drummer, an art show and drumming event in Toronto, Ontario, Canada in support of F.U.M.S. for the MS Society o...