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FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH Rumored To Have Split With Guitarist DARRELL ROBERTS

According to Metal Sludge, a hot rumor floating around NAMM (National Association Of Music Merchants) show this weekend is that FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH has fired guitarist Darrell Roberts and replaced him with Jason Hook. Jason has worked with many acts over the years, including BULLETBOYS, STEPHEN...

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METALLICA's KIRK HAMMETT Featured On New K'NAAN Album

METALLICA guitarist Kirk Hammett makes a guest appearance on the second album from the Somali-Canadian poet and musician K'naan (born Kanaan Warsame). Due on February 24, "Troubadour" was recorded at the legendary Tuff Gong Studio in Jamaica. Other guest musicians appearing on the CD include MAROON...

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SKID ROW, PRETTY BOY FLOYD, ENUFF Z'NUFF Confirmed For Mexico's ROCK FEVER FEST

SKID ROW, PRETTY BOY FLOYD, ENUFF Z'NUFF, TUFF and DRAMA are confirmed for Rock Fever Fest, set to take place March 21, 2009 in Monterrey, Mexico. For more information, go to www.myspace.com/cberistain. ...

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GUNS N' ROSES, NEW YORK DOLLS Members Featured On 'Santa's Soundtrack'

Main Man Records is releasing a limited edition holiday record, "Santa's Soundtrack For The Happenin' Holidaze", with some of their usual roster of artists like FRANKENSTEIN 3000, "DERWOOD" ANDREWS (GENERATION X) and SHAWN MARS (MARS NEEDS WOMEN, OZONE MONDAY),as well as some new notable contributo...

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SPIDERS & SNAKES To Appear On MÖTLEY CRÜE Tribute

Hollywood glam rock heroes and Corporate Punishment Records recording artists SPIDERS & SNAKES are set to appear on "Crüe Believers", a tribute to MÖTLEY CRÜE being released by Deadline/Cleopatra Records this fall. Appearing on the tribute with SPIDERS & SNAKES will be L.A. GUNS, BULLETBOYS,...

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MARKY RAMONE And 'Rock Of Love 2' Vixen DESTINEY MOORE Launch Signature Series Safer Sex Kits

Marky Ramone, the former RAMONES drummer, and "Rock of Love with Bret Michaels 2" vixen Destiney Moore have teamed up with the Minneapolis, Minnesota-based sex education company Ready Two Go. Both stepped up to help promote healthy loving among sexually active youth and young adults. "The world has...

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ADLER'S APPETITE Singer's HOLLYWOOD ROSES To Perform At 'Relapse' Next Month

GUNS N' ROSES tribute band HOLLYWOOD ROSES, which features in its ranks ADLER's APPETITE singer Colby Veil, will perform as part of "Relapse," an ongoing club night that occurs during the last weekend of each month, at the Roxy Theatre in Hollywood, California on Friday, February 22. Relapse is quic...

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Punk Pioneer TUFF JEFF SALEN Dead Of Heart Attack At 55

Tuff Jeff Salen, one of the pioneers of the downtown New York punk music scene of the 1970s, died of a heart attack on Saturday, January 26. As founder and lead guitarist for the band TUFF DARTS, Salen wrote their biggest hit single, "All For The Love of Rock and Roll", which has been covered ...

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HELLYEAH's VINNIE PAUL Prepares To 'Kick Some Ass' At England's DOWNLOAD Festival

HELLYEAH drummer Vinnie Paul Abbott (ex-PANTERA, DAMAGEPLAN) has issued the following update: "Well, two things are complete!!! The first-ever leg of the HELLYEAH 'Fire It Up' tour, which was more than I could have ever dreamed of!!!! Thank you all for making me feel great and for all the love for D...

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PRETTY BOY FLOYD Planning 20-Year Reunion

Vocalist Steve Summers of the Hollywood, California-based '80s glam-rock act PRETTY BOY FLOYD has posted the following message on the band's MySpace page: "Yes, original guitarist Aerial Stiles, Vinnie Chaz [bass] and myself are writing songs for a new record. Yes, I will continue to tour as much as...

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KISS, WARANT, L.A. GUNS, TUFF Members To Guest On New SHAMELESS CD

According to KissNews.de, KISS/ALICE COOPER drummer Eric Singer is among the special guests that appear on the new album from German rockers SHAMELESS, entitled "Famous 4 Madness", Due in May, the CD also includes contributions from Jani Lane (ex-WARRANT),Phil Lewis (L.A. GUNS),John Corabi (ex-MÖT...

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KILLINGBIRD Announces Los Angeles-Area Dates

Los Angeles sleaze/hard rockers KILLINGBIRD, featuring SCUM OF THE EARTH guitarist Skyla Talon, have announced three L.A.-area shows with Sweden's VAINS OF JENNA. Ex-SYSTEMATIC drummer Philip Bailey will be manning the kit for these shows: Dec. 21 – Cat Club - Hollywood, CA Dec. 22 – Paladino's - Ta...

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SLIPKNOT's SID WILSON Collaborating With FEAR FACTORY's HERRERA

SLIPKNOT DJ Sid Wilson (a.k.a. DJ Starscream) has told The Des Moines Register that he is currently collaborating with FEAR FACTORY drummer Raymond Herrera on a new project. "There's not really a per se style yet," he said. "We're just kind of creating music and seeing what we're coming up with. We...

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CELTIC FROST has had one of the strangest and more controversial career arcs in recent metal history. Rising out of the ashes of Swiss act HELLHAMMER in 1984, FROST centered largely around singer and guitarist Tom Gabriel Fischer (a.k.a. Tom Warrior) and bassist Martin Eric Ain. Early releases such...

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NEW RENAISSANCE RECORDS Launches Online Poll

New Renaissance Records has started an online poll to determine which of the following recordings in their archive will be re-released on CD: MEDIEVAL – "Medieval" CEREBUS – "Too Late to Pray" GENOCIDE - "Submit to Genocide" TUFF LUCK - "Tuff Luck" PHANTOM - "Dead or Alive" HOLOCROSS - "Holocross" I...