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VELVET REVOLVER Drummer To Pitch Reality Show Based On His Groupie Conquests

VELVET REVOLVER/ex-GUNS N' ROSES drummer Matt Sorum recently spoke to the Las Vegas Weekly about his penchant for groupies (he's the only member of the band who's not married),which has put him at odds with VR frontman Scott Weiland, according to a recent Entertainment Weekly article. Sorum now say...

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FEAR FACTORY Writing New Music For Videogame

FEAR FACTORY are working with Ubisoft on the next Rainbow 6 game, entitled "Rainbow 6 Lockdown". The band are reportedly writing an original song for the game and remaking the Rainbow 6 theme. More info on the game can be found at this location. FEAR FACTORY's latest CD, "Archetype", came out in lat...

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SEBASTIAN BACH: Remembering DIMEBAG DARRELL

Former SKID ROW frontman Sebastian Bach has issued the following statement in memory of DAMAGEPLAN/ex-PANTERA guitarist "Dimebag" Darrell Abbott: "My relationship to this sick series of events goes way back, some 18 years. I joined a band from Detroit called MADAM X back in 1986 and the very first p...

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BLITZKRIEG: In Pre-Production Mode

Legendary NWOBHM outfit BLITZKRIEG are currently in pre-production for their next studio CD, according to a posting on the group's official web site. The follow-up to 2002's "Absolute Power" will be recorded in early 2005 for a late spring/early summer release. More information will be made availabl...

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School Play Combines Humor And '80s Heavy Metal

Bernie Smith of Waltham, MA's Daily News Tribune is reporting that a fourth-year Brown Middle School math instructor wrote and is directing the school's latest play, "Thröw the Göat", billed as "a heavy metal, head-banging extravaganza." "Thröw the Göat" plays upon every cliche from 1980s' hard-rock...

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OMNIUM GATHERUM: In Cover Mode

Finnish death metallers OMNIUM GATHERUM have just finished recording cover versions of MEGADETH's "Hangar 18" and DEATH's "Suicide Machine" at the Woodbine Garden Studio for use as bonus tracks on upcoming releases. OMNIUM GATHERUM's sophomore album, "Years in Waste", was released last month via Nuc...

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Norwegian Stage Sex Couple To Star In Reality TV Show

A couple who sparked outrage by having sex on stage in front of thousands of stunned rock concert goers in Norway (see previous BLABBERMOUTH.NET stories: Story#1, Story#2, Story#3, Story#4, Story#5) is now wanted for a reality show, according to Nettavisen. Tommy Hol Ellingsen and Petra ...

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Manager Denies KISS Use Backing Tracks In Concert

KISS manager Doc McGhee has rejected a Rolling Stone magazine report suggesting that KISS regularly use backing tracks in concert to recreate the studio sound of their albums. In an early November article published in the magazine, Rolling Stone quoted a concert-industry source as saying, "A lot of...

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CHILDREN OF BODOM Guitarist Breaks Arm, Is Forced To Sit Out DIMEBAG Tribute Concert

According to the CHILDREN OF BODOM fan site Scythes-of-Bodom.com, CHILDREN OF BODOM guitarist Alexi Laiho broke his arm and will most likely be forced to sit out the upcoming "Dimebag" Darrell Abbott (DAMAGEPLAN, PANTERA) tribute concert that is scheduled to be held in Helsinki, Finland on January 1...

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DIMEBAG Murder: Images From Home Video Posted Online

A slideshow containing blurry images from the home video filmed inside Columbus, Ohio's Alrosa Villa nightclub the night of the deadly shooting that claimed the life of DAMAGEPLAN/ex-PANTERA guitarist "Dimebag" Darrell Abbott has been posted online at this location. A News Channel 5 TV report contai...

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EXODUS Re-Launch Vocalist Search

San Francisco thrashers EXODUS have launched a vocalist search following the group's recent split with longtime singer Steve "Zetro" Souza (SKINLAB frontman Steev Esquivel filled in during the band's recent North American tour with MEGADETH). "We are looking for someone with experience, charisma, an...

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Ex-TYGERS OF PAN TANG Singer Slams Former Bandmates, Urges Them To Stop 'Lying' To Fans

Ex-TYGERS OF PAN TANG singer Richie Wicks has hit back at his former bandmates over their suggestion that his "unprofessionalism" led to his departure from the group. In a recent press release announcing the addition of Wicks' replacement, Jacopo Meille, to the band's ranks, TYGERS OF PAN TANG guita...

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Conservative Writer Hits Back At Heavy Metal, Calls It 'Indicative Of Immaturity & Alienation'

William Grim, the conservative writer who was responsible for the now-infamous anti-heavy metal article on the The Iconoclast web site, has posted the following entry (dated Dec. 18, 2004) to his Flyover Country Chronicles blog: "We live in such culturally benighted times that there are even some po...

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DIMEBAG Murder: Dramatic Video Footage From Inside Club Posted Online

Columbus, Ohio's WBNS-10TV has obtained a video tape that's a key piece of evidence in the shooting incident at the Alrosa Villa nightclub that claimed the lives of DAMAGEPLAN/ex-PANTERA guitarist "Dimebag" Darrell Abbott and four others. Jerry Wessler and Karen Kellogg attend concerts all the time....

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STRYPER Defend Decision To Cancel Mexican Festival Appearance, Keep Show Deposit

Christian hard rockers STRYPER have issued a statement defending their decision to cancel their appearance at the Revolution Metal Festival in Mexico City and keep the $56,500 deposit paid out to the band by a small Mexican "underground church," who served as the promoter for the event. The group's...