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AUTOGRAPH: Video For 'Get Off Your Ass' Title Track

The official video for "Get Off Your Ass", the title track of the new album from veteran Los Angeles hard rockers AUTOGRAPH, can be seen below. The disc will be released on October 6 via EMP Label Group, the U.S.-based label of MEGADETH bassist David Ellefson. It will be issued on CD and digital, wi...

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ANTHRAX's JOEY BELLADONNA Joins CHEAP TRICK On Stage In Syracuse (Video)

ANTHRAX singer Joey Belladonna joined CHEAP TRICK on stage on July 11 at Lakeview Amphitheater in Syracuse, New York to perform the classic CHEAP TRICK song "Surrender". Fan-filmed video footage of his appearance can be seen below. Joey is not the first ANTHRAX member to play with CHEAP TRICK. Last...

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EXTREME Guitarist Is 'Sad For Younger Bands'

EXTREME guitarist Nuno Bettencourt has told Great Music Stories that he and his bandmates are "a little bit disappointed" in themselves that they have yet to release the long-awaited follow-up to 2008's "Saudades De Rock" album. "We've been writing, we've been working, we've got mounds and mounds of...

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Watch GUNS N' ROSES Play Surprise Covers of GLEN CAMPBELL, JAMES BROWN Classics

GUNS N' ROSES performed surprising cover versions of Glen Campbell's "Wichita Lineman" and James Brown's "I Feel Good" during Wednesday night's (August 30) show in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Prior to launching into "Wichita Lineman", GN'R frontman Axl Rose told the audience: "We're going to play som...

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BUMBLEFOOT Agonized Over Decision To Leave GUNS N' ROSES: 'I Was A Headcase'

Former GUNS N' ROSES guitarist Ron "Bumblefoot" Thal says that he agonized over his decision to leave the Axl Rose-fronted outfit three years ago, explaining that he "wanted it to be something that [he] knew it wasn't ever gonna be." Thal never officially announced his departure from the GN'R, but a...

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SONS OF APOLLO Feat. PORTNOY, SHEEHAN, BUMBLEFOOT, SOTO, SHERINIAN: Introduction Video Part Two

SONS OF APOLLO, the new band featuring former DREAM THEATER members Mike Portnoy and Derek Sherinian alongside Ron "Bumblefoot" Thal (ex-GUNS N' ROSES),Billy Sheehan (THE WINERY DOGS, MR. BIG, DAVID LEE ROTH) and Jeff Scott Soto (ex-JOURNEY, YNGWIE MALMSTEEN'S RISING FORCE),will release its debut...

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'Hired Gun' Blu-Ray, DVD, VOD Proceeds To Benefit MusiCares

Los Angeles-based distributor Vision Films will donate a portion of "Hired Gun: Out Of The Shadows, Into The Spotlight" Blu-ray, DVD and VOD proceeds to benefit MusiCares, the Recording Academy's charity providing a safety net of critical assistance for music people in times of need. "Hired Gun" was...

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LOADED GUNS Sign With CENTURY MEDIA RECORDS, Release 'Unstoppable' EP

Miami, Florida-based metalcore outfit LOADED GUNS has signed with Century Media Records. A new EP, "Unstoppable", was released this past Friday, August 25. Speaking about the new label home, LOADED GUNS frontman Rafael Salazar states: "We are beyond excited to have one of favorite record labels, Ce...

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AC/DC's BRIAN JOHNSON Joins MUSE On Stage At READING FESTIVAL For 'Back In Black' Performance

AC/DC singer Brian Johnson joined MUSE on stage Sunday night (August 27) at the Reading Festival in England to perform his band's iconic track "Back In Black". Johnson appeared with the trio on stage at the start of the encore. MUSE frontman Matt Bellamy told the crowd: "He's back!" before they laun...

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VIXEN Singer JANET GARDNER Recalls Meeting RONNIE JAMES DIO

Meltdown of the WRIF radio station recently conducted an interview with VIXEN frontwoman Janet Gardner. You can now listen to the chat using the audio player below. Speaking about the first and only time she ever met legendary heavy metal singer Ronnie James Dio (BLACK SABBATH, RAINBOW, DIO),Gardne...

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Life Of AC/DC's ANGUS YOUNG Examined In New Book

Due on August 28 from Nero is "High Voltage: The Life Of Angus Young", the first biography of AC/DC's co-founder and last surviving original member. Its author, Jeff Apter, believes the story of the man he describes as the "face, sound and sometimes the exposed backside" of the band is worth telling...

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VIVIAN CAMPBELL On His Cancer Battle: 'I Am One Of The Lucky Ones'

In a recent interview with "Rock Talk With Mitch Lafon", DEF LEPPARD and LAST IN LINE guitarist Vivian Campbell spoke about his continuing battle with Hodgkin's lymphoma, with which he was diagnosed in 2013. "Well, I'm very lucky, but it's still ongoing for me," he said. "For the last two years, I'v...

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DOKKEN Is Planning To Write 'Straight-Ahead, In-Your-Face, Heavy-Rock' New Album

Don Dokken has confirmed that DOKKEN is planning to begin writing a new studio album this fall for a tentative 2018 release. The disc will mark the band's first collection of all-new material since 2012's "Broken Bones" effort. Speaking to "The Classic Metal Show", Don stated about DOKKEN's next dis...

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DIO DISCIPLES Singer ONI LOGAN Defends RONNIE JAMES DIO Hologram: 'It's Keeping His Music Alive'

DIO DISCIPLES and LYNCH MOB singer Oni Logan sees nothing wrong with the hologram of Ronnie James Dio, which made its debut at last year's Wacken Open Air festival in Germany. Created by Eyellusion, the surprise appearance of the heavy metal icon during DIO DISCIPLES' set closed out the massive meta...

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QUIET RIOT's FRANKIE BANALI: CARLOS CAVAZO And I 'Have Nothing To Talk About'

QUIET RIOT drummer Frankie Banali says the he has "nothing to talk about" with the band's former guitarist Carlos Cavazo. Cavazo was a member of QUIET RIOT during the band's most commercially successful period. After replacing Randy Rhoads in the 1980s, he remained in QUIET RIOT into the early 2000s...