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TOMMY BOLIN Book Author To Guest On 'Big Daddy In The Morning'

Greg Prato, author of the new book "Touched by Magic: The Tommy Bolin Story" — which is said to be the first book to focus entirely on the life story of guitarist Tommy Bolin — will be a special call-in guest this morning (Wednesday, December 24) at 8:15 a.m. CST on "Big Daddy in The ...

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APOCALYPTICA Calls Christmas In Finland 'Dark Period'

The Pulse of Radio reports: Christmas may be a time of celebration and joy for many people, but according to the members of APOCALYPTICA, that's not the case in their native Finland. The holiday comes during a period in which the northern country doesn't get any sunlight for up to four months, and A...

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ROBB FLYNN, COREY TAYLOR On BRUCE DICKINSON's Radio Show; Audio Available

SLIPKNOT/STONE SOUR vocalist Corey Taylor and MACHINE HEAD's Robb Flynn were IRON MAIDEN frontman Bruce Dickinson's guests on December 19 during Bruce's weekly BBC 6 Music radio program, dubbed "The Bruce Dickinson Friday Rock Show". The program is now available for streaming at BBC.co.uk. Taylor an...

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SLIPKNOT Frontman COREY TAYLOR Interviewed In Helsinki; Video Available

A seven-minute interview with SLIPKNOT frontman Corey Taylor conducted backstage on November 7, 2008 at Jäähalli in Helsinki, Finland can be viewed below. SLIPKNOT has garnered another Grammy nomination — this time for "Psychosocial", the first single from the band's latest album "All Hope Is Gone",...

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SLIPKNOT's 'All Hope Is Gone' Certified Gold In U.S.

SLIPKNOT's latest album, "All Hope Is Gone", was officially certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) on December 9, 2008 for shipments in excess of 500,000 copies. According to Nielsen SoundScan, the LP has shifted 592,000 units in the United States since its August 26...

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TOMMY BOLIN Book Author To Guest On KKFI 90.1 FM

Journalist Greg Prato, whose work has appeared in a variety of sites and magazines, including All Music Guide, Billboard.com, RollingStone.com, Record Collector, and Classic Rock, will be interviewed by Stormin' Norman of Kansas City's KKFI 90.1 FM on Monday, December 22 at 7:00 a.m. CST. Greg will...

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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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Late DEEP PURPLE Guitarist TOMMY BOLIN: 'Touched By Magic' Book Available

To many, Tommy Bolin was the legitimate heir to Jimi Hendrix's rock guitar throne. Stints with the JAMES GANG and DEEP PURPLE — as well as solo albums and a groundbreaking release with jazz-rocker Billy Cobham — certainly proved that the adulation was rightly deserved. And with a techno-color fashio...

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SLIPKNOT's CHRIS FEHN, SHAWN CRAHAN Interviewed In Scotland; Video Available

John Kilbride of Scotland Today conducted an interview with SLIPKNOT percussionists Chris Fehn and Shawn Crahan prior to the band's December 8, 2008 concert in Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom. Watch the 13-minute chat at this location. SLIPKNOT has garnered another Grammy nomination — this time fo...

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SLIPKNOT For U.K.'s DOWNLOAD Festival?

In this week's issue of U.K.'s Kerrang! magazine, SLIPKNOT frontman Corey Taylor reveals that the band has been approached to headline next year's Download festival. He says: "We've had an offer from Download but we've also got a few other options open to us at the moment. A couple of the guys in th...

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SLIPKNOT: 'Harddrive' Special Available Online

The weekly extreme rock series "Harddrive", hosted by Lou Brutus, aired a SLIPKNOT "All Hope is Gone World Tour" special from December 3 to December 6 on radio stations all across the country. The special featured exclusive live tracks from the band's current tour as well as candid interviews and ot...

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SLIPKNOT: Pro-Shot Paris Footage Available

Professionally filmed video footage of SLIPKNOT's November 2008 concert at Zenith in Pris, France can be viewed below. SLIPKNOT was honored in the UK-based magazine Total Guitar "reader awards" for the year 2008. The Iowa-based nine-piece won "Solo of the Year" and "Best Video" for "Psychosocial". J...

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GUNS N' ROSES: 'Chinese Democracy' Drops Out Of U.K. Top 10

GUNS N' ROSES' new album, "Chinese Democracy", dropped out of the U.K. Top 10 earlier today (Sunday, December 7),having landed at No. 11 in its second full week of release. The CD debuted at No. 2 in the U.K. after failing to outsell "Day & Age", the latest album from Las Vegas ...

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GUNS N' ROSES: 'Chinese Democracy' To Drop Out Of U.S. Top 10

According to Hits Daily Double, the companion web site of music industry tip sheet HITS, GUNS N' ROSES' long-awaited new album, "Chinese Democracy", will drop out of the Billboard Top 10 next week with second-week U.S. sales that are expected to fall below the 80,000 mark. "Chinese Democracy" sold 2...

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GUNS N' ROSES Out Of Ammo?

Keith Caulfield of Reuters/Billboard reports: [GUNS' N' ROSES long-awaited album] "Chinese Democracy" sold a modest 261,000 copies [in the United States in its first week of release]. The tally paled against those of the band's last studio efforts, "Use Your Illusion I" and "Use Your Illusion II", w...