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TESTAMENT Frontman: 'We're Going To Bring Back Lead Guitar Again'

Ryan Ogle of Crusher magazine recently conducted an interview with TESTAMENT frontman Chuck Billy. An excerpt from the chat follows: Crusher: So what are some of the newer bands you're into these days? Chuck: I really like the thrash stuff still; I'm into bands like THE HAUNTED and SOILWORK. Those t...

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TESTAMENT: Poughkeepsie Concert Photos Available

Photos of TESTAMENT's July 13, 2007 headlining concert at The Chance, Poughkeepsie, NY have been posted at TomCouture.com. HeavyMetalSource.com recently posted a video interview with TESTAMENT frontman Chuck Billy, conducted on July 14, 2007 at the Sayreville, New Jersey stop of the Sounds of the Un...

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BUZZOV*EN, EYEHATEGOD Members To Take Part In Louisiana Jam Session

Kirk Fisher (BUZZOV*EN),Jimmy Bower (EYEHATEGOD, DOWN) and friends will take part in a jam session on Saturday, July 21 at The Bar (3224 Edenborn Ave.) in Metairie, Louisiana. Show starts at 9:00 p.m. For more information, visit www.myspace.com/thebarrocks. As previously reported, T-Roy of Southern...

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Zeitgeist

With every rock band under the sun seemingly reuniting, it was only inevitable that founder/songwriter/frontman Billy Corgan would reassemble the SMASHING PUMPKINS, one of the most highly acclaimed alternative acts of the Nineties. Since splitting up the band in 2000, Corgan has failed to achieve th...

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Report: TESTAMENT Delivers Crushing Sold-Out Show At Jaxx

Sunday night, July 15, one of the best thrash metal acts of all-time delivered a crushing performance at the sold-out Jaxx nightclub in Springfield, VA. TESTAMENT, featuring four of its original members, played a 90-minute set and encore heavy on the band's older material. Favorites from "The New Or...

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VINNIE MOORE Recording Keyboards For New Solo Album

UFO guitarist Vinnie Moore has been in the studio recording keyboards for his new solo album with keyboardist Tim Lehner. "The sessions are going well and will be finished this week," reads a posting on Vinnie's web site. "The mixing is tentatively scheduled to start in July or August." As previousl...

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SMASHING PUMPKINS, DARKEST HOUR, DANZIG, BEATALLICA First-Week Sales Revealed

SMASHING PUMPKINS' "Zeitgeist" sold 145,000 copies in the United States during its first week of release to debut at position No. 2 on The Billboard 200 chart. "Zeitgeist" contains the first new music under the PUMPKINS banner since frontman Billy Corgan disbanded the group in late 2000. Corgan and...

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DUBLIN DEATH PATROL: London Concert Footage Available

Fan-filmed video footage of DUBLIN DEATH PATROL (DDP) — the new band featuring TESTAMENT singer Chuck Billy and former EXODUS vocalist Steve "Zetro" Souza — performing at the Underworld in London, England on June 18, 2007 has been posted at YouTube. DUBLIN DEATH PATROL made its live debut on June 3...

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HANOI ROCKS: New Single Announced

Legendary Finnish rockers HANOI ROCKS have selected "This One's For Rock 'n' Roll" as the next single from their "Street Poetry" album. The single will be available for download on August 8. "Street Poetry" was recorded at Helsinki's Seawolf Studios and is scheduled for release on September 5 in Fin...

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TESTAMENT Debuts New Song At West Springfield Show

San Francisco Bay Area metal veterans TESTAMENT debuted a new song, entitled "The Afterlife", during their headlining set Sunday night (July 15) at Jaxx in West Springfield, Virginia. According to one attendee, the track was "a mid-paced song that was very heavy and had some good, chunky riffs." Sit...

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GWAR Frontman Says SLIPKNOT's COREY TAYLOR Is 'A Big Whiner'

FHMonline.com recently conducted an interview with Dave Brockie, GWAR frontman and intergalactic badass. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: FHMonline.com: SLIPKNOT recently told us that they're the most insane band. Why should we believe you? Brockie: They're basically a GWAR tribute band —...

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CAMP FREDDY To Perform At X-Games/ESPN Party In Hollywood

CAMP FREDDY — the Los Angeles-based "jam" group featuring guitarists Dave Navarro (ex-JANE'S ADDICTION, RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS) and Billy Morrison (ex-THE CULT bassist, current CIRCUS DIABLO vocalist) alongside VELVET REVOLVER members Matt Sorum (drums) and Scott Weiland (vocals) — will playing at th...

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TESTAMENT Frontman: 'Music Is Important, But It Is Not No. 1 In My Life Anymore'

Scott McLennan of the Worcester Telegram & Gazette reports: The classic lineup of TESTAMENT, a band that blossomed during a heavy-metal renaissance in the 1980s around the San Francisco Bay Area, is back and doing great business. It is a second chance welcomed by TESTAMENT singer Chuck Billy. Bu...

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SMASHING PUMPKINS: 'Late Show With David Letterman' Performance Posted Online

SMASHING PUMPKINS performed their new single, "Tarantula", on "The Late Show with David Letterman" in New York City on Monday (July 9). Watch the performance at CBS.com. According to Hits Daily Double, SMASHING PUMPKINS' "Zeitgeist" is poised to sell between 140,000 and 150,000 copies in the United...

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What Is PARIS HILTON Doing Inside The New SMASHING PUMPKINS CD?

Launch Radio Networks reports: The new SMASHING PUMPKINS album, "Zeitgeist", features Paris Hilton in a series of photographs in the CD booklet, taken by PUMPKINS leader Billy Corgan himself. Hilton's face also adorns the cover of the band's U.K. single for the song "Tarantula". Corgan explained how...