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MARK TREMONTI Talks About PRS Tremonti Concept And Baritone Hybrid Guitars (Video)

U.K.'s Total Guitar magazine has uploaded a special edition of its "Me And My Guitar" video segment, featuring Mark Tremonti (ALTER BRIDGE, TREMONTI) showing two unique PRS models he is currently roadtesting; the Mark Tremonti Concept guitar he helped to design that has been the subject of much deba...

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JOE SATRIANI Announces Fan Contest During 'Surfing To Shockwave' 2016 Tour

As the New Year kicks off, Joe Satriani is gearing up to launch his career retrospective "Surfing to Shockwave" tour on February 25 in Seattle, Washington. The 48-date tour will be celebrating "30 Years Of Mind-Bending Guitar Daredevilry", a phrase coined in a June 2014 career-defining retrospective...

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SEBASTIAN BACH 'Would Love The Chance' To Bury The Hatchet With SKID ROW And Reunite Band's Classic Lineup

Ex-SKID ROW singer Sebastian Bach says that he "would love the chance" to bury the hatchet with his former bandmates and reunite the group's classic lineup. Vocalist Tony Harnell left SKID ROW in December, less than a year after he first joined the band. His predecessor, Johnny Solinger, was fired i...

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U.K. Professor Backs Campaign To Name New Heavy Metal Element After LEMMY

According to the Liverpool Echo, a U.K. physics professor has thrown his support behind a campaign to rename a "super-heavy" periodic element in memory of Ian "Lemmy" Kilmister. Fans wishing to honor Lemmy are petitioning to name one of four newly discovered elements after the recently deceased MOTÖ...

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AXL ROSE Will NOT Appear On 'Jimmy Kimmel Live!' Tuesday Night

According to a post on the popular GUNS N' ROSES fan forum MyGNRForum.com, Axl Rose's previously announced appearance on ABC's "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" program will no longer take place on Tuesday, January 5. Early Monday, Rose was listed as the show's first guest for the Tuesday broadcast and, for some...

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Ticketmaster E-Mail Ad Erroneously Promises LEMMY At This Year's DOWNLOAD Festival

According to Daily Star, some MOTÖRHEAD fans are outraged over the fact that Ticketmaster sent out an e-mail on New Year's Day offering them a chance to see the band perform live in June at a festival in the United Kingdom. MOTÖRHEAD frontman Ian "Lemmy" Kilmister died on December 28, two days after...

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AXL ROSE Confirms His Love Of Taco Bell

GUNS N' ROSES lead singer Axl Rose welcomed 2016 by tweeting, "The only thing I know 'confirmed' is my LOVE of Taco Bell! Mmmmm.... Taco Bell!! Happy New Years!!" Axl is expected to make the GUNS N' ROSES reunion official next week with an appearance on ABC-TV's "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" It's believed th...

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WWE Pays Tribute To LEMMY On 'Raw' Program (Video)

"WWE Raw" wrestling television program has paid tribute to iconic MOTÖRHEAD frontman Ian "Lemmy" Kilmister, who died on Monday (December 28) at the age of 70 after a brief struggle with cancer. Check out the clip below. MOTÖRHEAD performed multiple WWE entrance themes, including Triple H's "The Game...

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New Photo Of AXL ROSE Posted Online

A new photo of GUNS N' ROSES lead singer Axl Rose, purportedly taken last week by a fan named Suzy Khoury, can be seen below (courtesy of the Guns N' Roses France e Twitter account). Rose hasn't made a public appearance since the last incarnation of GUNS N' ROSES concluded a residency in ...

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STUCK MOJO Parts Ways With Vocalist BONZ, Bassist COREY LOWERY; New Album To Arrive Next Year

Rap/metal pioneers STUCK MOJO have confirmed that they have parted ways with vocalist Bonz and bassist Corey Lowery, a year after playing a well-received reunion show in the band's hometown of Atlanta, Georgia. Two new members have already been recruited and a new studio album has been completed, wi...

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METALLICA, BLACK SABBATH, SLIPKNOT, MÖTLEY CRÜE Members Pay Tribute To LEMMY

Ozzy Osbourne, Nikki Sixx (MÖTLEY CRÜE),Dave Mustaine (MEGADETH),Corey Taylor (SLIPKNOT),Krist Novoselic (NIRVANA),Duff McKagan (GUNS N' ROSES),Mike Portnoy (THE WINERY DOGS, DREAM THEATER),are among the rock musicians and scores of other artists who reacted on social media to the death of leg...

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BLIND GUARDIAN To Release Live Album Next Year; Orchestral Album To Arrive In 2017

Spark TV, which is part of the Czech monthly magazine Spark, conducted an interview with vocalist Hansi Kürsch of German power metallers BLIND GUARDIAN before the band's December 20 show in Prague. You can now watch the chat below. A couple of excerpts follow (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On th...

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SLASH, DUFF MCKAGAN, MATT SORUM, ROBERT TRUJILLO Perform At LEMMY's 70th-Birthday Party; Pro-Shot Video Highlights

Professionally filmed video highlights of MOTÖRHEAD frontman Lemmy's 70th birthday party, which was held on December 13 at the Whisky A Go Go in West Hollywood, California, can be seen below (clip directed and produced by Robert John and Greg Olliver). The following musicians performed at the event,...

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Meet The Women Of Botswana's Heavy Metal Subculture

South African photographer Paul Shiakallis has produced a series of photos, "Leathered Skins, Unchained Hearts", of the "queens" of Botswana's heavy metal subculture, called "Marok," which translates to "rocker" in Setswana. The portraits were shot in the Gaborone, the capital city, and feature the...

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Former GUNS N' ROSES Guitarist BUMBLEFOOT Launches 'Bumblefoot Rock Project'

Former GUNS N' ROSES guitarist Ron "Bumblefoot" Thal has announced the grand opening of Bumblefoot Rock Project — an all-ages, all-levels music school in the United Kingdom focusing on musicianship, songwriting, recording, music videos and live performance. Says Thal: "Our mission is to provide a sa...