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TOOL: New U.S. Dates Announced

TOOL has announced the following U.S. dates in March: Mar. 15 - Las Vegas, NV @ The Pearl Mar. 16 - Las Vegas, NV @ The Pearl Mar. 18 - Reno, NV @ Reno Events Center Mar. 20 - San Diego, CA @ Cox Arena Mar. 21 - Tucson, AZ @ TCC Arena Mar. 23 ...

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BAD RELIGION To Enter Studio Next Month

Punk rock institution BAD RELIGION will begin recording the follow up to 2004's heralded "The Empire Strikes First" next month at Grand Master Studios in Los Angeles, California. Slated for a July 10 release through Epitaph, the yet-to-be-named disc will be produced by Grammy-nominated producer Joe...

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Former WARRANT Singer, JAMES BROWN's Longtime Companion Jam With KOTTAK In Hollywood

Sunday night (January 14) at the Cat Club in Hollywood, California, KOTTAK — the band featuring James Kottak (SCORPIONS),Rev Jones (MICHAEL SCHENKER GROUP) and Athena (Tommy Lee's siter) — invited several friends up on stage to jam while celebrating Rev's birthday. First up was former WARRANT singe...

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KILLSWITCH ENGAGE Recruits Ex-SOILWORK Guitarist For Remainder Of European Tour

KILLSWITCH ENGAGE was forced to postpone the London, Bristol and Paris shows of their current European tour this past weekend due to guitarist Adam Dutkiewicz sustaining a serious back injury. The band has since issued the following update: "OK, here's the deal. Adam and Howard [Jones, vocals] were...

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NEEDLEYE: The Beast Has Been Put To Sleep

London-based metal band NEEDLEYE, whose most recent recording/touring lineup included drummer Adrian Erlandsson (CRADLE OF FILTH, AT THE GATES, THE HAUNTED),has called it quits. The group's official statement on the matter reads as follows: "And so it came to pass that the NEEDLEYE beast would be p...

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MSG Bassist: MICHAEL SCHENKER 'Cares About No One, Not Even Himself'

Pivotal Rage recently conducted an interview with MICHAEL SCHENKER GROUP/KOTTAK bassist Rev Jones. An excerpt from the chat follows: Pivotal Rage: You guys [MSG] had scheduled a North America tour for the fall of 2006. I was very disappointed that the tour didn't happen. What really went down? I kno...

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TOOL: Japanese Dates Announced

TOOL will play the following dates in Japan during February: Feb. 08 - Osaka, JPN @ Zepp Feb. 09 - Tokyo, JPN @ Zepp Feb. 10 - Tokyo, JPN @ Zepp Feb. 12 - Kawasaki, JPN @ Blitz Feb. 14 - Nagoya, JPN @ Diamond Hall TOOL finished up last year's touring schedule with a ...

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MASTODON: Play The 'Blood Mountain' Game

Atlanta progressive metallers MASTODON have just released the "Blood Mountain" game, where you can collect diamonds to get pieces of a key to gain entrance to "Blood Mountain." Get your old-school video game jones on by clicking here. Keep an eye out for the special cheat codes that you can enter in...

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Former KYUSS Frontman Names Solo Project; DANKO JONES To Contribute

Vocalist John Garcia (KYUSS, UNIDA, HERMANO) has set GARCIA VS. GARCIA as the name of his upcoming solo project. The singer is currently in the studio writing and recording material for GARCIA VS. GARCIA's debut album, which is tentatively due on September 4, 2008. One of the songs that are set to a...

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I Am Jim Jones

A lot of relentless pummel, pinches of dissonance, and elements of Swedecore, and none of its sounds like anything more than a noisy, semi-technical metalcore band. No, it doesn't suck; it doesn't soar either. "I am Jim Jones" from Virginia's CASSIUS sounds like a lot of the tougher metalcore bands...

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SCORPIONS Drummer, TOMMY LEE's Sister Schedule KOTTAK Dates

KOTTAK (formerly KRUNK),the band featuring singer/songwriter/guitarist Jimmy Ratchitt, (a.k.a. former KINGDOM COME and current SCORPIONS drummer James Kottak),his wife Athena (sister of MÖTLEY CRÜE's Tommy Lee) on drums, and Rev Jones (MICHAEL SCHENKER GROUP) on bass, has lined up the following da...

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Ex-NIGHTWISH Singer TARJA TURUNEN: Video Of St. Petersburg Press Conference Posted Online

A 23-minute video clip of former NIGHTWISH singer Tarja Turunen's December 19, 2006 press conference in St. Petersburg, Russia has been made available for download at this location. As previously reported, Turunen's Christmas album, "Henkäys Ikuisuudesta" (Breath from Heaven),has been certified pla...

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IRON MAIDEN: 'Different World' Single Enters U.K. Chart At No. 3

IRON MAIDEN's "Different World" single has entered the U.K. chart at position No. 3. Three traditional collectable formats were made available from local record stores on Tuesday, December 26: * Two-track CD — special souvenir price of £1.99 with previously unreleased live version of "Iron Maiden" *...

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PAPA ROACH To Perform On 'Tonight Show With Jay Leno' Next Week

PAPA ROACH will be the musical guests on "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" on Friday, January 5, 2007. The band will perform "Forever", the newest single from the group's fourth major label album, "The Paramour Sessions". "The Paramour Sessions" sold nearly 37,000 copies in the United States during i...

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W.A.S.P., LIZZY BORDEN, SCORPIONS Members To Take Part In 'NAMM Jam'

Marten Andersson (bass; GEORGE LYNCH, LIZZY BORDEN, STARWOOD),Andy Freeman (vocals; GEORGE LYNCH),Joey Scott (drums; LIZZY BORDEN, STARWOOD),Patrick Johansson (drums; YNGWIE MALMSTEEN, W.A.S.P.),James Kottak (drums; SCORPIONS),Rev Jones (bass; MSG, BLACK SYMPHONY),Rick Plester (guitar; BLACK S...