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KISS' STANLEY: 'This Band Couldn't Be Here Today Had It Not Been For The Four Original Guys'

Dean Goodman of Reuters recently conducted an interview with KISS guitarist/vocalist Paul Stanley. A few excerpts from the chat follow below. Reuters: For years and years, you were adamant about not doing a follow-up to "Psycho Circus". what changed? Stanley: I think the band has become so, so stron...

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KISS Is 'Relieved' Former Drummer PETER CRISS Is Cancer-Free

The current members of KISS have released a statement in response to original KISS drummer's revelation that over the last year he's battled breast cancer. Now cancer-free, Criss posted a message on his web site to inform people about it and encourage men and women to get checked — just in time for...

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EYEHATEGOD Frontman To Release Limited-Edition Seven-Inch Single

Mike Williams, vocalist for EYEHATEGOD, OUTLAW ORDER and ARSON ANTHEM and author of "Cancer as a Social Activity: Affirmations of World's End", delivers anti-social misanthropic spoken-word and power electronics on a new limited-edition seven-inch single, available from Chrome Peeler Records. Side Z...

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METALLICA Soaking Up The Rays In Miami

U.K.'s The Sun has uploaded photos of METALLICA members James Hetfield and Kirk Hammett soaking up the rays on a Miami beach during a break on the band's current U.S. tour. A posting on the web site reads, "Hetfield showed off his abundantly-tattooed arms and strange choice of headwear as he dipped...

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CRO-MAGS Frontman JOHN JOSEPH To Release 'Meat Is For Pussies' Book

CRO-MAGS frontman John Joseph will release his second book, "Meat Is For Pussies", in December through Punkhouse.org. The book focuses on the importance of the vegetarian lifestyle that helped Joseph turn his life around. "I've been a vegetarian/vegan for close to 30 years," Joseph told Noisecreep....

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PETER CRISS Reveals He Was Diagnosed With Breast Cancer

Original KISS drummer Peter Criss has issued the following update: "In '08, I was diagnosed with breast cancer, but with (early detection) my great doctor Alex Swistel and staff and the Lord above, who always looks over me, I am cancer-free today!!! "I wanted to let you know men get it like women do...

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BELIEVER Releases Limited-Edition T-Shirt Benefitting Breast Cancer Research

October is Breast Cancer Awareness month and although there are more breast cancer survivors today than in the past due to numerous advances in science and medicine, many women still lose the fight. Approximately 180,000 (1 out of 8) women were diagnosed with breast cancer last year in the United St...

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METALLICA's 85-Year-Old Fan Meets Band, Gets Special Song Dedication

Margaret Priebe, the 85-year-old METALLICA fan who became a viral sensation after her story appeared in Thursday's St. Petersburg Times, was invited backstage for a meet-and-greet prior to the band's show last night (Saturday, October 3) at the St. Pete Times Forum in Tampa, Florida. Each member of...

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85-Year-Old METALLICA Fan Gets Backstage Pass To Meet Band

Sean Daly of the St. Petersburg Times reports: Margaret Priebe, 85 — a huge, if unlikely, fan of headbanging heroes METALLICA — became a viral sensation after her story appeared in Thursday's St. Petersburg Times. The Internet, from Fark to Twitter to Facebook, lit up with the Largo woman's story. A...

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85-Year-Old METALLICA Fan To Attend Tampa Concert With Her Son

St. Petersburg Times reports that Margaret Priebe is 85 years old and a huge METALLICA fan. She's going to the band's October 3 show at the St. Pete Times Forum in Tampa, Florida with her son, Jim Priebe. While Margaret was fighting cancer — and getting chemo — she'd stay up late and ...

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ANATHEMA, SEROTONAL Confirmed For U.K.'s HELLFIRE II Festival

ANATHEMA and SEROTONAL have been confirmed for the Hellfire II festival, set to take place November 6-8, 2009 at the NEC in Birmingham, England. The festival billing is shaping up as follows:: ABGOTT ANATHEMA ANVIL BEHOLDER BENEDICTION BLAKFISH BURY TOMORROW CANCER BATS CARCER CITY CINDERS FALL CKY...

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STRYPER Finds 'Peace Of Mind'

Ed Condran of Asbury Park Press reports: Faith has helped STRYPER make it through the good and bad times. During their mid-'80s heyday, the metal musicians sold millions of albums, but their Christian faith helped the group avoid temptation. During recent years, their strong belief in God has enable...

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REDEMPTION Guitarist Diagnosed With Multiple Myeloma

Guitarist/songwriter Nicolas van Dyk of the Los Angeles-based progressive metal band REDEMPTION has been diagnosed with multiple myeloma, which he describes as "a particularly bad form of blood cancer which is generally considered incurable and which has a five-year survival rate of 34%." Nicolas' l...

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JOHNNY RAMONE TRIBUTE To Be Held At Hollywood Forever Cemetery

The legendary guitarist Johnny Ramone — named one of the "10 greatest electric-guitar players" by Time magazine — of beloved punk group the RAMONES will be honored at a special tribute set for Saturday, October 3 at Hollywood Forever Cemetery (6000 Santa Monica Boulevard) in Los Angeles. As part of...

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DUFF MCKAGAN'S LOADED Drummer Quits; Replacement Announced

Drummer Geoff Reading has left DUFF MCKAGAN'S LOADED, the band led by VELVET REVOLVER/ex-GUNS N' ROSES bassist Duff McKagan. He says in a statement, "The pressures of being in the 'Duff from GUNS N' ROSES' spotlight, while thrilling, have left me unable to get back to the performer I was pre-cancer,...