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'Queen: The Complete Illustrated Lyrics' Book Due Ths Month

QUEEN, one of the most innovative, glamorous, and influential bands in rock history, was formed in 1971 when the musical fates brought four creative and cerebral youths together in London. Freddie Mercury was an established fine and graphic artist, Brian May was enveloped in the study of astrophysic...

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GUS G. Talks New FIREWIND Album, Playing With OZZY OSBOURNE In Video Interview

Mark Taylor of Über Röck recently conducted an interview with FIREWIND/OZZY OSBOURNE guitarist Gus G. . You can now watch the chat below. FIREWIND's new album, "Few Against Many", will be released in Europe on May 21 via Century Media Records and in North America on May 22 through DisManic, Inc. via...

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ZAKK WYLDE, SLASH Talk About Passing Of JIM MARSHALL (Video)

Artisan News spoke to Zakk Wylde (BLACK LABEL SOCIETY, OZZY OSBOURNE) and Slash (VELVET REVOLVER, GUNS N' ROSES) at the fourth annual Revolver Golden Gods awards about the passing of revolutionary amp pioneer Jim Marshall OBE. You can watch the report below. As previously reported, rock and roll's b...

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JUDAS PRIEST: New Audio Interview With GLENN TIPTON

Italy's Musica Metal recently conducted an interview with guitarist Glenn Tipton of British heavy metal legends JUDAS PRIEST. You can now listen to the chat at this location. "The Chosen Few", the recently released compilation album from JUDAS PRIEST, sold 1,300 copies in the United States in its fi...

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AC/DC Singer To Guest On 'Caffeine Bomb'

AC/DC singer Brian Johnson will guest on next week's edition of "Caffeine Bomb". Tune in at 7:00 p.m. EST on Monday, May 7 to 91.7 FM WHUS in Eastern Connecticut, also streaming at whus.org/listen-live. "Caffeine Bomb" is hosted by Roger Lotring, an author and freelance music journalist whose work h...

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STONE SOUR Parts Ways With Bassist

STONE SOUR, the band featuring SLIPKNOT members Corey Taylor (vocals) and Jim Root (guitar),has parted ways with bassist Shawn Economaki. Root posted a picture on his Instagram account yesterday (May 3) of an unidentified bassist taken during the recording sessions for STONE SOUR's new album and wr...

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SLIPKNOT To Enter Studio Next Year?

SLIPKNOT DJ Sid Wilson has revealed to NME.com that the band is planning to enter the studio next year to begin recording the long-awaited follow-up to 2008's "All Hope is Gone". He said, "We've got [Rockstar Energy Drink] Mayhem Festival this summer and, after we break for winter and STONE SOUR [th...

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SCOTT WEILAND Would 'Definitely' Be Open To VELVET REVOLVER Reunion

VELVET REVOLVER reunited with STONE TEMPLE PILOTS singer Scott Weiland for a one-off performance at the January "Love You Madly: A Concert For John O'Brien" at the House Of Blues in West Hollywood, California. The band played a four-song set — including a cover version of the PINK FLOYD classic "Wis...

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DAVE GROHL Officially Announces 'Sound City' Documentary

According to The Pulse Of Radio, FOO FIGHTERS frontman Dave Grohl has confirmed several months of rumors and word-of-mouth by officially announcing that he is directing and producing a feature-length documentary called "Sound City". The film, about the legendary and now defunct recording studio in V...

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New STONE SOUR Album Due In October

STONE SOUR will release its fourth album in October via Roadrunner Records. The band has yet to reveal the title of the new CD, which is being recorded at Sound Farm Studios just outside of their native Des Moines, Iowa with producer David Bottrill (TOOL, MUSE, STAIND). "This album will be another p...

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JUDAS PRIEST: Stockholm Footage Available

Fan-filmed video footage of JUDAS PRIEST's April 25 concert at Hovet in Stockholm, Sweden can be viewed below. The band's setlist was as follows: 01. Rapid Fire 02. Metal Gods 03. Heading Out to the Highway 04. Judas Rising 05. Starbreaker 06. Victim of Changes 07. Never Satisfied 08. Diamonds &...

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RUNNING WILD Mainman Discusses Latest Album, Reissues And Side Project

Anthony Morgan of Metal Forces recently conducted an interview with vocalist/guitarist Rolf Kasparek of German metallers RUNNING WILD. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. On temporarily ending RUNNING WILD: Rolf: "It was about 2006 where I said goodbye to RUNNING WILD for myself. I figu...

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No FREDDIE MERCURY Hologram For QUEEN, Says ROGER TAYLOR

Following the debut of a holographic image of late rapper Tupac Shakur "performing" at the Coachella Festival in California last month, Billboard.com asked QUEEN drummer Roger Taylor if he would ever consider playing alongside any similar image of the band's late singer, Freddie Mercury. "I don't th...

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SLIPKNOT Frontman Talks About Wearing 'The Mask' (Video)

A five-minute video clip in which SLIPKNOT frontman Corey Taylor talks about wearing a mask during the band's live performances can be seen below. "When you put that mask on you go places you would never imagine," Taylor said during his June 2011 appearance at at the Oxford University. "It comes fro...

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Metal Superstars To Pay Tribute To JIM MARSHALL

Rock and roll's biggest stars are to join forces to celebrate the life and work of revolutionary amp pioneer Jim Marshall OBE. Following the sad news of Jim's death earlier this month, the event, which was already planned to commemorate Marshall's 50th anniversary, will now be held in honour of the...