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ALICE IN CHAINS Vocalist WILLIAM DUVALL Recalls Being Racially Profiled By Police

**UPDATE**: ALICE IN CHAINS' publicist has clarified to BLABBERMOUTH.NET that the incident described in Duvall's tweets took place "about five years ago. [William] was sharing a story/participating in the ongoing #AliveWhileBlack conversation that's taking place following Ferguson and the grand jury...

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Prosecutor: AC/DC's PHIL RUDD Made Death Threat During Phone Call

According to The Canberra Times, AC/DC's Phil Rudd allegedly threatened to kill a contractor and his daughter during a phone conversation, leading to the drummer's latest legal troubles. A court document released on Friday (December 5) reveals the phone call was made to the victim on September 26. T...

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AC/DC's 'Rock Or Bust' Projected To Sell 135K-145K First Week

According to music industry web site Hits Daily Double, AC/DC's new album, "Rock Or Bust", is likely to sell between 135,000 and 145,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release. The estimate was based on two-day sales reports compiled after the record arrived in stores on December 2...

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AC/DC Rumored For Next Year's COACHELLA VALLEY MUSIC AND ARTS FESTIVAL

According to industry web site Hits Daily Double, word is the 2015 Coachella Valley Music And Arts Festival headliners will be AC/DC, Jack White and Drake, assuming all three acts accept the invitations to appear at the event. Next year's Coachella Valley Music And Arts Festival will be held over tw...

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AXL ROSE Is Not Dead, Just Victim Of Latest Internet Hoax

GUNS N' ROSES lead singer Axl Rose was the victim of a new death hoax. An article designed to look like an MSNBC report surfaced on the Internet on Wednesday with a headline reading, "Sources: Guns N' Roses Frontman Axl Rose Found Dead in West Hollywood Home at Age 52." The false report suggested th...

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AC/DC's ANGUS YOUNG, BRIAN JOHNSON Talk To BBC RADIO 6 MUSIC About Making Of 'Rock Or Bust' (Audio)

Shaun Keaveny and Steve Lamacq of BBC Radio 6 Music recently conducted an interview with singer Brian Johnson and guitarist Angus Young of AC/DC. You can now listen to part one of the chat at BBC.co.uk. Speaking about the making of AC/DC's new album, "Rock Or Bust", Angus said: "Four weeks we took ....

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AC/DC's ANGUS YOUNG, CLIFF WILLIAMS Interviewed On France's 'Le Grand Journal' (Video)

AC/DC members Angus Young (guitar) and Cliff Williams (bass) were recently interviewed on "Le Grand Journal", a French nightly news and talk show airing every weekday evening on Canal+. You can now watch video footage of their appearance below. AC/DC's 16th studio album, "Rock Or Bust", arrived in s...

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AC/DC Drummer PHIL RUDD Will Likely Face 'Judge-Alone' Trial Next Year

According to The New Zealand Herald, AC/DC drummer Phil Rudd was absent from Tauranga District Court Tuesday morning (December 2),where he was to appear to face charges of threatening to kill and possession of methamphetamine and cannabis. A not guilty plea to the charges was entered by his lawyer....

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Video: RAVEN Performs Two New Songs In Brooklyn

Fan-filmed video footage of the veteran British/American heavy metal trio RAVEN performing two new songs — "Destroy All Monsters" and "It's Not What You Got [It's The Way That You Do It)" — on November 21 at Saint Vitus in Brooklyn, New York can be seen below. RAVEN launched a Kickstarter crowd-fun...

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What Does DAVE LOMBARDO Really Think About LARS ULRICH's Drumming Abilities?

Former SLAYER drummer Dave Lombardo says that METALLICA's Lars Urich is "a good drummer" whose songwriting input is integral to the chemistry that has catapulted METALLICA to superstar status since the band's inception more than 30 years ago. During a November 22 clinic at Cueva Rock in Quartucciu,...

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RAVEN: Audio Samples Of SWEET, SLADE And DEEP PURPLE Covers

NWOBHM thrash godfathers RAVEN have launched a Kickstarter crowd-funding campaign to finance the recording of their next studio album, "ExtermiNation". The band has recorded a full-length covers CD titled "Party Killers" that is being offered as an exclusive Kickstarter reward for backers. The group...

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DIZZY REED Says There Is 'A Lot' Of 'Fantastic' New GUNS N' ROSES Music That Needs To Be Heard

David "Gus" Griesinger of BackstageAxxess.com recently conducted an interview with GUNS N' ROSES, THE DEAD DAISIES and HOOKERS 'N' BLOW keyboardist Dizzy Reed. You can now watch the chat below. A couple of excerpts follow (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On the status of the next GUNS N' ROSES stu...

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POWERMAN 5000 Narrowly Escapes Georgia Hotel Fire, Vows To Continue Tour

POWERMAN 5000 guitarist Nick Quijano has released the following statement to BLABBERMOUTH.NET: "I just wanted to let you know that we were all involved in a 10th-floor fire at the Radisson [hotel] in [Marietta], Georgia this evening around 6 p.m. "We checked into our rooms to relax before our show a...

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ANGUS YOUNG On PHIL RUDD's Status With AC/DC: 'It's Something We've Gotta Get Resolved'

AC/DC guitarist Angus Young addressed the legal problems of drummer Phil Rudd in a new interview with Australia's long-running rock station Triple M, saying that the drummer is "in a strange place and a strange situation." Rudd was arrested on November 6 and charged with attempting to arrange a murd...

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AC/DC's ANGUS YOUNG 'Fell Out Of Bed' When He Heard About PHIL RUDD's Arrest

AC/DC guitarist Angus Young and singer Brian Johnson appeared on this morning's edition of "The Howard Stern Show" on SiriusXM satellite radio. You can now listen to clips from the chat below. Addressing the fact that founding AC/DC guitarist Malcolm Young stepped down from the group earlier this ye...