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SLAYER Putting Finishing Touches On New Album; Late Summer Release Expected

Despite widespread rumors to the contrary, SLAYER's as-yet-untitled new album does not yet have an official release date. According to the band's publicist, the Los Angeles thrashers are in the studio putting the finishing touches on the CD recordings and are hoping to get the album out before the e...

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OZZY OSBOURNE/Ex-ROB ZOMBIE Bassist Interviewed At EPIPHONE REVOLVER GOLDEN GODS AWARDS

OZZY OSBOURNE/ex-ROB ZOMBIE bassist Rob "Blasko" Nicholson was interviewed by Eric Blair of "The Blairing Out With Eric Blair Show" on the "black carpet" of last month's (April 7) Epiphone Revolver Golden Gods Awards at Club Nokia in downtown Los Angeles. Watch the chat below. Nicholson in 2007 laun...

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DUFF MCKAGAN'S LOADED Schedules New Jersey In-Store Performance, Signing Session

VELVET REVOLVER bassist Duff McKagan's side band, DUFF MCKAGAN'S LOADED, will take part in a signing session and acoustic performance at Vintage Vinyl in Fords, New Jersey on Monday, May 18 at 5:00 p.m. Purchase DUFF MCKAGAN'S LOADED's "Wasted Heart" EP or his new CD, "Sick", to obtain a wristband t...

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DUFF MCKAGAN Says He's Been Approached To Write A Memoir

Dean Goodman of Reuters recently conducted an interview with Duff McKagan (VELVET REVOLVER, DUFF MCKAGAN'S LOADED, ex-GUNS N' ROSES). A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Reuters: Do you still have it in you to start all over again with this band, hit the road in a van, play every small...

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MATT SORUM Wishes He Was Making The Decisions

Drummer Matt Sorum has provided the beats for some of rocks most notoriously dysfunctional bands, first with GUNS N' ROSES and most recently VELVET REVOLVER. The 48-year-old California-native tells The Pulse of Radio things may be different if he were ever given the chance to run things. "Being the...

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ADLER'S APPETITE: New Tour Dates Announced

ADLER'S APPETITE — the band led by original GUNS N' ROSES drummer Steven Adler — will embark on the second leg of its 2009 U.S. tour next month. So far the following dates have been announced: Jun. 13 - Las Vegas, NV - Cheyenne Saloon Jun. 18 - Tolono, IL - Radmaker's Jun. 19 - ...

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DUFF MCKAGAN's 'Radio Loaded' To Debut On Seattle's 99.9 KISW

Seattle native Duff McKagan (DUFF MCKAGAN'S LOADED, VELVET REVOLVER, GUNS N' ROSES) will make his radio host debut next week with "Radio Loaded", a one-hour show on 99.9 KISW "The Rock of Seattle" and at KISW.com. The show will air Tuesday, May 12 at 10:00 a.m. Pacific Time. Immediately following th...

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SHADOWS FALL Drummer BITTNER, JOE SATRIANI Bassist STU HAMM Team Up For 'Master Class' Dates

SHADOWS FALL drummer Jason Bittner and JOE SATRIANI bassist Stu Hamm will join forces for a series of "Drum & Bass Master Class" dates in June. The details are as follows: Jun. 03 - Washington Music Center - Wheaton, MD (7 - 9 p.m.) Jun. 04 - Sam Ash Music Store - King Of Prussia, ...

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SCOTT WEILAND's SOFTDRIVE RECORDS Releases Third Online Reality Webisode

Boutique record label Softdrive Records has released the third in a series of webisodes (see below) intended to document the day-to-day functions, difficulties, and grassroots efforts of an independent record label in today's faltering economy and digitally driven music business. The nine-minute cli...

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STEEL PANTHER Parachutes To Gig In Front Of 11,000 Fans

STEEL PANTHER, the '80s metal/hard rock tribute band formerly known as METAL SKOOL, made a grand entrance to the KUPD U-Fest this past weekend in Phoenix, Arizona. The band jumped from an airplane soaring over head and deployed their parachutes to glide onto the stage where over 11,000 fans were tre...

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SHADOWS FALL's JASON BITTNER Schedules Chicago Clinic

Jason Bittner, drummer for New England metallers SHADOWS FALL, will hold a drum clinic in Chicago this Wednesday, May 6. The clinic is being held in conjunction with The Drum Pad, a local music store, at Durty Nellie's in Palatine, Illinois. Be there to see Jason tear it up on the kit and provide in...

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TRIDENT: New Songs Posted Online

TRIDENT, the Swedish death metal band formed by guitarist Johan Norman (DISSECTION, SOULREAPER),has posted two new songs — "Slaves To Anguish" and "World Destruction" — on the group's MySpace page. The tracks come off TRIDENT's debut album, "World Destruction", which is due later in the year via Re...

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SLASH To Be Joined By ROB ZOMBIE Drummer, Ex-JANE'S ADDICTION Bassist On 'American Idol'

Keri Kelli (ALICE COOPER, VINCE NEIL, SLASH'S SNAKEPIT, SKID ROW, WARRANT, RATT) will join VELVET REVOLVER/ex-GUNS N' ROSES guitarist Slash for this week's "mentor" appearance on "Rock Week" on "American Idol", the annual reality show and singing competition. Keri says, "The show will air rehearsal...

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VELVET REVOLVER's DAVE KUSHNER Interviewed In Las Vegas; Video Available

During the hiatus of VELVET REVOLVER, guitarist Dave Kushner was asked to fill in on guitar for the "Monster Circus" show in Las Vegas while Bruce Kulick (ex-KISS) was off doing a GRAND FUNK RAILROAD gig. Gus Griesinger from BackstageAxxess.com talked to Kushner about his participation in the show a...

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SCOTT WEILAND To Perform On 'Jimmy Kimmel Live!'

STONE TEMPLE PILOTS/ex-VELVET REVOLVER frontman Scott Weiland will be the featured musical guest on this Friday night's (May 8) episode of ABC-TV's "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" STONE TEMPLE PILOTS have begun announcing new summer tour dates, the band's first since ending their six-month 2008 reunion tour at...