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MALCOLM YOUNG Bashes Original AC/DC Singer DAVE EVANS In Never-Before-Published Interview: 'He Was So Bad'

The Coda Collection features seven hours of video documenting AC/DC's various eras in addition to an in-depth collection of essays, along with a never-before-published interview with the band's co-founder and driving force, the late Malcolm Young. In the newly unearthed interview, Young discusses gr...

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AMY LEE Says EVANESCENCE's Original Record Label Wanted To Turn Band Into 'Female LINKIN PARK'

EVANESCENCE singer Amy Lee spoke to Alternative Press about how the band's original record label Wind Up threatened not to release the group's debut album, "Fallen", if she and her bandmates didn't add a male voice to lead single "Bring Me To Life" to make it more palatable for radio. The album vers...

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DEE SNIDER To Guest On 'Celebrity Family Feud'

TWISTED SISTER singer Dee Snider and his family have just taped an appearance on ABC's "Celebrity Family Feud" TV show. On Sunday (March 28),Snider took to his Twitter to a share a photo from the taping, and he wrote: "Well, today was an interesting day...." He added in a separate tweet: "This was...

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SATYRICON To Release Remixed And Remastered Editions Of 'Dark Medieval Times' And 'The Shadowthrone'

SATYRICON's first album, "Dark Medieval Times", was released in the autumn of 1993 followed by its successor, "The Shadowthrone", only eight months later. These pioneering pieces of art marked a start of a black metal evolution and have influenced the genre ever since. Both records will now be relea...

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Watch MACHINE HEAD's ROBB FLYNN And JARED MACEACHERN Perform Entire 'The Blackening' Album

MACHINE HEAD's Robb Flynn and Jared MacEachern held the latest "Electric Happy Hour" on Friday, March 26 during which they performed their sixth album, 2007's "The Blackening", in its entirety. You can now watch the video below. Featured songs: 5:42 Clenching The Fists Of Dissent 14:23 Beautiful Mou...

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STRYPER's OZ FOX Is 'Doing Great' Three Weeks After Undergoing Brain Surgery

STRYPER guitarist Oz Fox is "doing great" less than a month after he underwent the first of his brain surgeries to treat one of the tumors that were found in his head nearly three years ago. STRYPER frontman Michael Sweet offered an update on Oz's condition during an interview with Talking Metal tha...

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SCORPIONS Were Forced To Abandon Plan To Work With Producer GREG FIDELMAN On New Album

SCORPIONS have abandoned their plans to work with producer Greg Fidelman on their new album. The German-Polish-Swedish hard rock legends spent the last few months recording the effort at Peppermint Park Studios in Hannover, Germany. Tentatively due later this year, the disc will mark SCORPIONS' firs...

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SLIPKNOT's CLOWN On Mask-Design Process: 'The Heaviest Part Of It Is In Your Own Brain'

SLIPKNOT percussionist M. Shawn "Clown" Crahan and Murphy Quint, the head distiller at Cedar Ridge Winery & Distillery, recently answered a number of questions submitted by members of the band's fan club, Outside The 9. Part one of the question-and-answer session can be seen below. Asked how "in...

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NEIL FALLON Talks About The 'Parallels' Between CLUTCH And RUSH

During an appearance on the latest episode of the "Hardcore Humanism With Dr. Mike" podcast, CLUTCH frontman Neil Fallon was asked if he would agree that there is something unique about the fervor of CLUTCH fans. He responded (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): "I would. And it's always hard for m...

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QUEEN's 'Bohemian Rhapsody' Reaches Rare RIAA Diamond Status With More Than 10 Million U.S. Sales / Stream Equivalents

More than four decades after its release, QUEEN's iconic "Bohemian Rhapsody" continues to reach new milestones. The iconic song has been officially certified diamond by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA),representing 10 million or more in sales and stream equivalents in the United...

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JASON NEWSTED Didn't Want To Leave METALLICA, Says Band's Onetime Therapist PHIL TOWLE

METALLICA's "performance coach" Phil Towle, a former psychotherapist who was brought into the picture in January 2001 to help James Hetfield, Kirk Hammett and Lars Ulrich repair their relationship with Jason Newsted, spoke to the METALLICA-centric podcast "...And Podcast For All!" about the bassist'...

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CANNIBAL CORPSE's GEORGE 'CORPSEGRINDER' FISHER Once Hung Out With CHER At Her House: 'She Was Super-Nice'

In a new interview with Metal Hammer magazine, CANNIBAL CORPSE frontman George "Corpsegrinder" Fisher revealed that he once got to hang out with the legendary singer-actress Cher at her Los Angeles mansion. He recalled: "Cher's son Elijah, who is in the band DEADSY, is a big CANNIBAL CORPSE fan, and...

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MONSTER MAGNET To Release Covers Album 'A Better Dystopia'

When psychedelic rock icons MONSTER MAGNET got off the plane in the USA after their "Powertrip" tour of Europe in February 2020, they already realized that they'd dodged a bullet. The band members were all healthy, despite having spent the last week of the month-long excursion gigging overseas, and...

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KISS's PAUL STANLEY Explains How He Came Up With Band's Name

In a recent interview with Australia's The Project, KISS frontman Paul Stanley was asked how he came up with the band's name nearly five decades ago. He responded (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): "I thought that it was something that would sound familiar no matter where you were in the world. I...

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AVENGED SEVENFOLD's 'Waking The Fallen' Certified Platinum In U.S.

AVENGED SEVENFOLD's sophomore album, 2003's "Waking The Fallen", was officially certified platinum on March 17 by the RIAA (Recording Industry Association of America) for sales in excess of one million copies. On the same day, the LP's lead single "Unholy Confessions" was certified gold for accumula...