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RIOT Guitarist Issues Update On Singer MIKE TIRELLI's Battle With Stomach Cancer

Mike Tirelli has been an integral part of the music scene for over 20 years both as a singer and songwriter. His talent and perseverance brought him worldwide recognition performing with such bands as BURNING STARR, RIOT, MESSIAH'S KISS, HOLY MOTHER, LASTLIX and ZILLION, to name just a few. In the f...

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SMASHING PUMPKINS Song Debuting In SUPER BOWL Ad

According to The Pulse of Radio, a new SMASHING PUMPKINS song called "FOL" will make its debut in a Hyundai car commercial that will air during the Super Bowl pre-game show this Sunday (February 1) on NBC-TV. The track acts as the score for a new ad promoting the Hyundai Genesis Coupe. Hyundai VP of...

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MATT SORUM Interviewed At SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL; Video Available

RealTVFilms.com conducted an interview with drummer Matt Sorum (VELVET REVOLVER, ex-GUNS N' ROSES) prior to CAMP FREDDY's January 19, 2009 performance at the Sundance Film Festival at Harry O's in Park City, Utah. Watch the chat at this location. CAMP FREDDY is the Los Angeles-based "jam" band featu...

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LYNYRD SKYNYRD Keyboardist Dead At 56

LYNYRD SKYNYRD keyboardist Billy Powell died Wednesday morning at his home near Jacksonville, Florida. The cause of death has not been revealed. He was 56. Orange Park police told WJXT-TV, Jacksonville, Fla., Powell called 911 just before 1 a.m. complaining he was having trouble breathing, but param...

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CATTLE DECAPITATION: 'The Harvest Floor' First-Week Sales Revealed

"The Harvest Floor", the new album from San Diego extreme metallers CATTLE DECAPITATION, sold around 1,700 copies in the United States in its first week of release, according to Nielsen SoundScan. The CD debuted at No. 16 on the Top New Artist Albums (Heatseekers) chart, which lists the best-selling...

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MENDOZZA To Release 'White Rhino' In March

Hailing from the bowels of Canada, stoner sludge metal three-piece MENDOZZA will release an ear-splitting new album in the U.S. on March 17 on Reversed Records. Emerging from the shadows they call Vancouver, MENDOZZA arrives fast and hard with the throaty Deuce (guitar/vocals),a tattooed beauty Bin...

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BILLY SHEEHAN Interviewed At NAMM; Video Available

Momo from TheMomoZone conducted an interview with legendary bassist Billy Sheehan (MR. BIG, DAVID LEE ROTH, TALAS) at this year's NAMM (National Association Of Music Merchants) show, which was held January 15-18 at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California. Watch the four-minute chat belo...

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TESTAMENT Members Interviewed By TC ELECTRONIC At NAMM; Video Available

TC Electronic's Ruy Kuypers conducted separate interviews with Chuck Billy (vocals) and Eric Peterson (guitar) of veteran San Francisco Bay Area metallers TESTAMENT at this year's NAMM (National Association Of Music Merchants) show, which was held January 15-18 at the Anaheim Convention Center in An...

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WARRIOR SOUL Parts Ways With Drummer, Announces Replacement

WARRIOR SOUL has parted ways with drummer Rob "Stevo" Stephenson and replaced him with Billy Williams. According to the band, "Billy has been chosen as WARRIOR SOUL's new drummer for many reasons, not the least of which is that he is insane. Having been on Kory's [Clarke, vocals] solo tour in 2003,...

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BIOHAZARD Interviewed At NAMM: Video Available

Nikki Law of Bay Area Backstage conducted an interview with guitarist/vocalist Billy Graziadei and guitarist Bobby Hambel of the reunited original lineup of the influential New York-based hardcore/metal band BIOHAZARD at this year's NAMM (National Association Of Music Merchants) show, which was held...

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SLIPKNOT's COREY TAYLOR Sings BILLY IDOL's 'Rebel Yell' With CAMP FREDDY; Video Available

Mark McGrath (SUGAR RAY),Billy Duffy (THE CULT),Corey Taylor (SLIPKNOT),Steve Stevens (BILLY IDOL),Shaun White (pro snowboarder/skateboarder) and Billy Gibbons (ZZ TOP) joined CAMP FREDDY for the band's January 19 performance at the Sundance Film Festival at Harry O's in Park City, Utah. CAMP FR...

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TESTAMENT Frontman Interviewed At NAMM; Video Available

Eric Blair of "The Blairing Out With Eric Blair Show" conducted an interview with vocalist Chuck Billy of veteran San Francisco Bay Area metallers TESTAMENT on Saturday, January 17 at the NAMM (National Association Of Music Merchants) show at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California. Wat...

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NAMM 2009: Video Footage, Photos Posted Online

SatomiMusicumentary has posted an eight-minute report on this year's NAMM (National Association Of Music Merchants) show, which was held January 15-18 at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California. The clip includes footage of more than 50 artists, including the following: Gene Simmons (KI...

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SMASHING PUMPKINS On CBC's 'The Hour': Uncut Interview Posted Online

Billy Corgan and Jimmy Chamberlin of the SMASHING PUMPKINS were interviewed in early November by George Stroumboulopoulos of CBC's "The Hour". The discussion, which aired earlier this month, is available for viewing in its entirety at this location. "If All Goes Wrong", the double DVD commemorative...

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CORMORANT Taps JUSTIN WEIS For New Album Mastering

San Francisco, California-based progressive black metal act CORMORANT has tapped Justin Weis at Trakworx Studios to master the band's upcoming full-length debut. Commented CORMORANT bassist/vocalist Arthur von Nagel: "The analog equipment, affordability and SLOUGH FEG / HAMMERS OF MISFORTUNE / LUDIC...