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GUNS N' ROSES Guitarist Records Song With THE COMPULSIONS

GUNS N' ROSES guitarist Richard Fortus has recorded a song called "Betrayed" with the New York band THE COMPULSIONS, according to ElectricBasement.com. The recording also features Jimmy Grillo (ex-TOILET BOYS) on bass, Jay Dee Dougherty (PATTI SMITH GROUP) on drums and COMPULSIONS founder Rob Carlyl...

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BRIDES OF DESTRUCTION Guitarist: 'It's Time To Start This Bastard Rollin!'

BRIDES OF DESTRUCTION guitarist Tracii Guns (L.A. GUNS) has issued the following update on the band's activities: "We had our European press day today, All the band members were present, we covered seven European territories. We just basically talked about everything from our past to our future and...

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New MEGADETH Music Posted Online!

Megadeth.com is currently hosting a clip of "new MEGADETH music" along with an audio message from Dave Mustaine. Check it out here. As previously reported, Mustaine is currently collaborating with one-time MEGADETH guitarist Chris Poland on new MEGADETH material which he plans to release later in th...

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NIKKI SIXX To Co-Host 'Jimmy Kimmel Live', BRIDES OF DESTRUCTION To Perform

MÖTLEY CRÜE/BRIDES OF DESTRUCTION bassist Nikki Sixx will be co-hosting ABC's "Jimmy Kimmel Live" the week of March 8-12. "BRIDES OF DESTRUCTION will play one of the shows that week (probably the 9th)," Sixx writes in an online posting. "We will also play on Sunset Blvd. [in Hollywood] March 10th (a...

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GUITAR WORLD's 100 Greatest Heavy Metal Guitarists Of All Time

The March 2004 issue of Guitar World magazine includes a list of the 100 greatest heavy metal guitarists as selected by the magazine's staff. "This is not a list that ranks who can play the fastest or with the most taste, feeling or technique (although many players on our list have all of those arro...

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APPICE/BAIN/CAVAZO Supergroup To Collaborate With BONHAM Singer

The new band featuring drummer Vinny Appice (ex-BLACK SABBATH, DIO),bassist Jimmy Bain (ex-DIO, RAINBOW) and guitarist Carlos Cavazo (ex-QUIET RIOT) are scheduled to do some writing with vocalist Chas West (BONHAM) this week, an informed source has told BLABBERMOUTH.NET. It is not presently clear i...

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JIMMY BAIN Out Of DIO?

According to Germany's Rock Hard magazine, bassist Jimmy Bain is rumored to have left DIO and hooked up with drummer Vinny Appice (BLACK SABBATH, DIO) and guitarist Carlos Cavazo (QUIET RIOT) in a new, as-yet-singerless project. Cavazo was previously reported to be writing songs with former LYNCH MO...

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JIMMY PAGE 'Signature' Model Les Paul Unveiled

The Gibson Custom Shop will be introducing eight new models at this year's winter NAMM show, including the long-awaited Jimmy Page Signature Les Paul. With specs culled from in-depth research on Jimmy's original #1 Les Paul and featuring an aged finish by Tom Murphy, the Custom Shop replica of Jimmy...

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Former HADES Guitarist Completes Solo CD

Former HADES guitarist Dan Lorenzo has completed work on his first solo album. "I finished mixing my first solo CD last week at Crystal Studios and it's already in production," Lorenzo said in a press release. "I'll have finished copies with artwork the end of next week. I'm taking advance orders no...

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DAVE MUSTAINE Talks About New MEGADETH Album, METALLICA And His Religious Beliefs

Former MEGADETH mainman Dave Mustaine has posted the following message on the group's official web site: "New Year updates: "Well, it's been a while. And there has been a lot that has happened since last year. "First off, there is a huge campaign ahead for 2004 and rather than confirm things that ar...

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CORROSION OF CONFORMITY To Include New Song On HIGH TIMES Sampler

CORROSION OF CONFORMITY will be contributing a brand-new song to a compilation CD being released through High Times Records. The album, titled "High Volume", is expected to surface around April 20, 2004 and will feature a number of other "great bands," according to a post on C.O.C.'s official web si...

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DOHENY Guitarist Presents Award To LED ZEPPELIN

DOHENY guitarist Billy Morrison (CAMP FREDDY, ex-THE CULT) recently presented an award to kings of rock LED ZEPPELIN. Here's his side of it: "Last Thursday (Dec. 11),I was lucky enough to be asked to present LED ZEPPELIN with the Surround Artist Of The Year Award for their current DVD. I threw a su...

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Former HADES Guitarist Continues Work On Solo CD

Former HADES guitarist Dan Lorenzo has sent us the following update on the recording progress of his upcoming solo CD: "Last Sunday while it was snowing in Jersey, I was at Crystal Studios and recorded 6 more songs for my upcoming solo CD. If you go to www.DanLorenzo.net you can listen to two ...

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DOWN Sever Ties With ELEKTRA RECORDS

DOWN, the New Orleans supergroup featuring Philip Anselmo (vocals, SUPERJOINT RITUAL, ex-PANTERA),Pepper Keenan (guitars, C.O.C.),Jimmy Bower (drums, EYETHATEGOD, SUPERJOINT RITUAL),Rex Brown (bass, ex-PANTERA) and Kirk Windstein (guitars, CROWBAR),have severed their ties with Elektra Records, a...

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Ex-ANDREW W.K. Guitarist: 'I Gave Everything Of Myself'

Former ANDREW W.K. guitarist Jimmy Coup (a.k.a. James Mecherle, formerly of Minnesota's COUP DE GRACE) has spoken to Schwegweb.com about the circumstances that led to his departure from the group halfway through their most recent U.S. tour. Acknowledging that he was "technically fired" from ANDREW W...