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PANTERA, SLAYER, METALLICA 'Lullabies' Featured On 'Rockabye Baby!' Compilation

"Lullaby renditions" of songs by PANTERA, SLAYER, KISS, METALLICA, IRON MAIDEN, and OZZY OSBOURNE, among others, are featured on "Rockabye Baby!", a compilation album that aims to take "the best indie, metal and rock songs and [craft] them into radiant instrumental lullabies!" according to the offic...

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TRASHLIGHT VISION: Live Performance Of RAMONES Classic Posted Online

A video clip of TRASHLIGHT VISION — the band fronted by former MURDERDOLLS guitarist Acey Slade — performing a cover of the classic RAMONES song "My Brain is Hanging Upside Down (Bonzo Goes To Bitburg)" at The Continental in New York City in September 2005 is available for viewing on the UVTV (Under...

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THE 69 EYES To Release 'Angels' In March

Finnish goth metallers THE 69 EYES will release their new album, "Angels", in Finland on March 5 via Virgin/EMI. The album was produced by Hiili Hiilesmaa and Johnny Lee Michaels — the same team that was responsible for 2004's "Devils". The video for the first single, "Perfect Skin", was directed by...

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THE 69 EYES: European Tour Dates Announced

Finnish goth metallers THE 69 EYES have lined up the following dates in Germany, Belgium and Netherlands: Apr. 02 - DE - Bochum - Zeche Apr. 03 - DE - Hamburg - Markthalle Apr. 04 - DE - Hannover - Capitol Apr. 05 - BE - Vosselaar - Biebob Apr. 06 - NL - Amsterdam ...

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RAMONES Drummer Releases Christmas Song With Punk Rock Supergroup

Launch Radio Networks reports: RAMONES drummer Marky Ramone is pounding out the beat on a new Christmas single from his punk rock supergroup, OSAKA POPSTAR. The track is titled "The Christmas That Almost Wasn't", and it's the theme song from the 1966 movie of the same name starring Italian actor Ros...

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Guitarist BERNIE TORME Discusses GMT Project

DioMessageBoard.com recently conducted an interview with Irish guitarist Bernie Torme (GILLAN, OZZY OSBOURNE) about his new band GUY-MCCOY-TORME (GMT),also featuring his old compadre from GILLAN, bassist John McCoy — who has worked with Joey Belladonna, SAMSON, and the UK SUB, among others — and dr...

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MISFITS: Limited-Edition Book Available

Former PIGFACE/current THE UNDEAD member Joel Gausten has published his first book, "Tales of Horror: The History of the Misfits & The Undead". "Tales of Horror: The History of the Misfits & The Undead" is a limited-edition, professionally printed and manufactured 56-page excerpt from Gauste...

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Ex-CRADLE OF FILTH Drummer ADRIAN ERLANDSSON: 'Metal As We Know It Today Will Be No More!'

Former CRADLE OF FILTH/AT THE GATES drummer Adrian Erlandsson has issued the following update: "It's finally offical, I have parted ways with CRADLE OF FILTH. To concentrate on all other interesting musical projects that I have going at the moment. "The main one is NEMHAIN. We have just filmed a vid...

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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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KORN's JONATHAN DAVIS Is An Avid 'Guitar Hero' Player

Ethan Smith of The Wall Street Journal reports that KORN frontman Jonathan Davis is part of an unlikely but growing fraternity: Rock stars who are also avid players of "Guitar Hero", an electronic game that lets gamers pretend to be, well, rock stars. From superstars like KORN to up-and-comers, "Gui...

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THE UNDEAD: Book Excerpts Available Online

Over the next several days, music writer Joel Gausten will run a series of excerpts from an extensive history of THE UNDEAD on his Myspace page, www.myspace.com/gaustenbooks. Gausten will include the full UNDEAD chapter as part of his upcoming book, titled "Albums that (Should've) Changed the World"...

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Former RAMONES Drummer Lands New Gig

Beginning mid-2007, former RAMONES drummer Richie Ramone (a.k.a. Richard Reinhardt) will start a new career as a drum soloist, touring with symphonies and symphonic pops orchestras around the world in celebration of the 50th anniversary of "West Side Story". One of the most notable performances will...

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RAMONES To Rock The Big Screen

Rory Rosegarten's Rosegarten Films has secured the rights to "I Slept with Joey Ramone", the only authorized biography of the late Joey Ramone, the lead singer of the seminal rock band the RAMONES, for a film on the legendary rocker's life. The book, written by Joey's brother Mickey Leigh along with...

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ROB ZOMBIE Discusses Upcoming 'Halloween' Remake

ROB ZOMBIE recently spoke to MTV.com about his upcoming remake of the horror classic "Halloween", tentatively due in October 2007. "Horror-movie remakes for the most part don't work," Zombie said. "They just imitate the original. They don't try to do something new and different, they just follow it....

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LED ZEPPELIN Rocks The Cradle (Gently)

According to TheCelebrityCafe.com, Baby Rock Records has set an October 31 release date for "Lullaby Renditions of Led Zeppelin", a collection of some of LED ZEPPELIN's biggest classics made into mellow lullabies for the kiddies. Baby Rock Records' "Rockabye Baby!" series of albums that transform th...