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SALEM'S WYCH Singer Killed In Motorcycle Accident

Ron Johnson, lead singer of the metal band SALEM'S WYCH, died this past Monday (April 23) in Lima, Ohio from injuries sustained in a motorcycle accident. Johnson is survived by two children, life companion Cindy Ritchie, his mother, father and a sister. SALEM'S WYCH is known as one of the original '...

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DEATH BREATH: New Mini-Album To Include BATHORY, G.B.H., DISCHARGE Covers

DEATH BREATH, the Swedish old-school death metal project featuring former ENTOMBED drummer and main songwriter Nicke Andersson (currently the frontman of his rock 'n' roll band THE HELLACOPTERS),will release its new mini-album, "Let It Stink", on May 4 in Sweden and May 18 in the rest of Europe via...

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DEE SNIDER's Son Is BAPTIZED BY FIRE

TWISTED SISTER frontman Dee Snider's son Jesse Blaze, who fronts a Long Island, New York-based rock band called BAPTIZED BY FIRE, was recently interviewed by VM Underground. Topics of discussion include the music industry, being Dee Snider's son, BAPTIZED BY FIRE, file sharing and more. Download the...

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RUDY SARZO To Play Bass For BLUE ÖYSTER CULT At HAWGS OF TEXAS Rally

Legendary heavy metal bassist Rudy Sarzo (OZZY OSBOURNE, QUIET RIOT, WHITESNAKE, DIO) has been tapped by Eric Bloom of BLUE ÖYSTER CULT to handle bass guitar duties for the band's April 28 concert at the Hawgs of Texas motorcycle rally in Lake Somerville, TX. Also scheduled to appear are QUIET RIOT...

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PRIMUS' LES CLAYPOOL To Release 'Fancy' Concert DVD

On May 29, renowned bassist and legendary PRIMUS frontman Les Claypool will release "Fancy" (Prawn Song),his first solo live concert DVD from his 2006 summer tour with his latest group of accomplished players. A major market tour commences May 23 in Minneapolis and wraps July 14 at the All Good Mus...

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KORN: Video Interview With JONATHAN DAVIS, FIELDY Available

An exclusive interview with KORN frontman Jonathan Davis and bassist Reginald "Fieldy" Arvizu, conducted by Possum of Altitude TV backstage at the Boost Mobile Rock Corps show on March 30 at the Kodak Theater in Los Angeles, has been posted online at YouTube. Davis and Feldy talk about Terry Bozzio,...

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THE HAUNTED Frontman Comments On Virginia Tech Massacre

THE HAUNTED frontman Peter Dolving has posted the following message on his MySpace page: "Seems like the another dude lost it. The tragedy at Virginia Tech gets to me. But it gets to me on many levels. "Certainly the death of teachers and students is hard to grasp, 30 something people murdered in .....

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ROB ZOMBIE: I Didn't Choose 'Halloween', It Chose Me

Rob Zombie recently answered a number of fan-submitted questions regarding his upcoming remake of the 1978 horror classic "Halloween". "Halloween" is due in theaters on August 31, 2007. The movie is Zombie's third feature film as a director after 2003's "House of 1000 Corpses" and 2005's "The Devil'...

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TWISTED SISTER To Headline ROCKLAHOMA

Today heavy metal fans across the nation heard the news they've been hoping for from "House of Hair" nationally syndicated radio host and TWISTED SISTER frontman Dee Snider. "It is my distinct pleasure to announce that TWISTED SISTER will once again be involved with a show that will go down in histo...

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SEPULTURA Guitarist KISSER To Play Two Gigs With His 'First Band Ever'

SEPULTURA guitarist Andreas Kisser has issued the following update: "I'm going to do two gigs with old time friends, my first band ever, ESFINGE (SPHINX). We started in 1983, we all studied in the same school and had the same musical taste. We played from TWISTED SISTER to VENOM. It was a great way...

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DEFILED Announces New Drummer, Prepares For Australian Tour

Japanese death metallers DEFILED have announced the addition of drummer Takashi Nonaka to the group's ranks. A tour of Australia is also scheduled for late June/early July. The dates are as follows: June 27 - Hobart,Tasnania @ The Trout Bar June 29 - Melbourne, Victoria @ The Tote June 30 - Adelaide...

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ONE MAN ARMY AND THE UNDEAD QUARTET Added To GATES OF METALBÅTEN Festival

ONE MAN ARMY AND THE UNDEAD QUARTET, the Swedish band featuring former THE CROWN vocalist Johan Lindstrand, has replaced NAGLFAR on the billing of the Gates of Metalbåten festival, which is scheduled to take place April 26-27 on the Silja Festival ferry (which traffics the Baltic Sea between Stockho...

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WHITE LION Added To ROCKLAHOMA

WHITE LION has been confirmed for Rocklahoma, a three-day outdoor '80s hard rock festival, set to take place July 13-15, in Pryor, OK at the Pryor Festival Grounds. Also rumored to be appearing is TWISTED SISTER, although the band's participation has not yet been officially confirmed by the event or...

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GUY-MCCOY-TORME: U.K. Dates Announced

GUY-MCCOY-TORME (GMT),which features in its ranks Irish guitarist Bernie Torme (GILLAN, OZZY OSBOURNE),has lined up the following dates: Jul. 07 - The Pitz - Milton Keynes, UK Jul. 21 - Riga Club - Southend, UK Jul. 28 - The Rock & Blues Custom Show - Derbyshire, UK Aug. 11 - Rainbow Spirit En...

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Former RIP Editor Joins 'Hairball John Radio Show'

As editor of RIP magazine from 1987 to 1994, Lonn Friend has volumes of stories to share from the "decade of decadence" that was Eighties metal and he now brings those stories to "The Hairball John Radio Show" with the weekly feature "Tales from Planet Rock". Each episode of "Tales from Planet Rock"...