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GILBY CLARKE On JASON NEWSTED's Injury: 'There's Not Much You Can Do Except To Just Go Forward'

Jon Zahlaway of LiveDaily recently conducted an interview with former GUNS N' ROSES and current ROCK STAR SUPERNOVA guitarist Gilby Clarke. A few excerpts from the chat follow: On picking Lukas Rossi to front ROCK STAR SUPERNOVA: "We always knew it was between Lukas and Dilana from day one. They wer...

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THREAT SIGNAL: Video Footage From SOILWORK Tour Posted Online

Vocalist Jon Howard of the Canadian metallers THREAT SIGNAL has posted the following message on the band's official web site: "We're back home from the SOILWORK tour now, so I'll have time to put together some video clips for you guys. I've uploaded a live video of 'One Last Breath' recorded at B.B....

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ULI JON ROTH Confirmed As Special Guest At THERION's 'Classic Show' In Bucharest

Sweden's THERION has updated its official web site with the following message: "Three weeks before the THERION goes classic show (December 9th, Palace Hall, Bucharest) we are proud to announce a huge surprise to the fans: Ex-SCORPIONS and ELECTRIC SKY member Uli Jon Roth, currently developing his ow...

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STEVE HARRIS' Daughter Added To Remainder Of IRON MAIDEN's European Tour

IRON MAIDEN bassist Steve Harris' daughter Lauren Harris and her band have been added to MAIDEN's European tour for all dates from and including Den Bosch, Holland on November 26 through to the two nights at Earl's Court, London December 22-23. Says manager Rod Smallwood: "Lauren supported MAIDEN in...

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STEVE HARRIS' Daughter 'Looks Better With Age': Photos Available

Legendary rock photographer Ross Halfin has uploaded a number of photos of Lauren Harris — daughter of IRON MAIDEN bassist Steve Harris — who supported MAIDEN on their recent Japanese tour and Danish tour dates. Halfin says, "I've photographed her since she was born — and you know, she looks better...

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Former RIP Editor LONN FRIEND To Guest On KNAC.COM

Lonn Friend, the former editor of RIP magazine and former editor-in-chief of KNAC.COM, will be the returning special guest of the Junkman on KNAC.COM Monday, November 20 at 3:00 p.m. PST. Friend will be discussing his book "Life On Planet Rock" as well as his days as the editor-in-chief at KNAC.COM...

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MEMORIZED DREAMS To Support JORN In Norway

Norwegian progressive power metallers MEMORIZED DREAMS will support ex-MASTERPLAN/ARK frontman JORN (Jorn Lande) at Norsk Rock Kafe in Brekstad, Norway on Friday, December 8. MEMORIZED DREAMS entered Skansen Lydstudio last month to begin recording its sophomore album, "End of Innocence", for an as-y...

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MEYVN, MECHANICAL POET Confirmed For PROGPOWER EUROPE 2007 Festival

Austin, Texas-based heavy prog/power act MEYVN and Russian band MECHANICAL POET have been confirmed for the ProgPower Europe 2007 festival, set to take place October 7, 2007 in Baarlo, Holland. Other acts scheduled to appear include JON OLIVA'S PAIN, HEAVEN'S CRY, CIRCUS MAXIMUS and DREAMSCAPE. Band...

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NONPOINT, 36 CRAZYFISTS, ILL NINO, EUROPE, JON OLIVA'S PAIN First-Week Sales Revealed

The following are notable heavy metal/hard rock U.S. sales debuts for the week ending November 12, 2006, as reported by Nielsen SoundScan (all CD figures are rounded to the nearest thousand, except numbers under 4,000, which are rounded to the nearest hundred; The Billboard 200 chart position includ...

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MALEVOLENT CREATION Completes Songwriting Process For New Album

Veteran Florida-based extreme metallers MALEVOLENT CREATION have issued the following update: "The band has completed the writing and pre-production demos for 13 songs and will begin the recording of their tenth full-length album, 'Doomsday X', in the coming weeks of November. We're very happy with...

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JON OLIVA: 'To Me SAVATAGE Was Never SAVATAGE After CRISS Died'

Metal-Temple.com / Rock Hard writer Orpheus Spiliotopoulos recently conducted an in-depth interview with SAVATAGE mastermind Jon Oliva. An excerpt from the chat follows: Q: I'd like to ask you why you left SPV Records and how [much] better do you feel it is with AFM Records now? Jon Oliva: "The SPV...

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Guitarist DOUG ALDRICH Explains Why He's Not Happy With DIO's 'Holy Diver Live' Release

Marko Syrjälä of Metal-Rules.com recently conducted an interview with WHITESNAKE guitarist Doug Aldrich. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: Metal-Rules.com: Isn't it true that David [Coverdale] had plans to bring John Sykes back in the band before you came in picture? Doug: I think he was ta...

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OVERKILL Frontman Talks About Having A Stroke: Video Available

The makers of "Get Thrashed: The Story of Thrash Metal", the much-anticipated documentary profiling the thrash metal scene of the early Eighties and its impact on the music scene, have posted a video clip featuring Bobby "Blitz" Ellsworth from OVERKILL talking about having a stroke. Check it out at...

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JON OLIVA'S PAIN: Touring Plans Revealed

JON OLIVA'S PAIN, the solo project of SAVATAGE mastermind Jon Oliva, will begin the first leg of its European tour on March 31 at the prestigious ProgPower UK Festival. The band will then return to Europe for the summer festival season and will play many all-acoustic dates between festival appearanc...

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Bassist STEVE DIGIORGIO To Guest On ROGER STAFFELBACH'S ANGEL OF EDEN CD

Bassist extraordinaire Steve DiGiorgio (SEBASTIAN BACH, SADUS, TESTAMENT, DEATH) will be guesting on an upcoming album by ROGER STAFFELBACH'S ANGEL OF EDEN. The project, the brainchild of Swiss guitarist Roger Staffelbach (ARTENSION),recently signed a licensing deal with Japan's Marquee/Avalon for...