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MÖTLEY CRÜE Guitarist Featured On DILANA Debut
MÖTLEY CRÜE guitarist Mick Mars contributed a guest solo to "InsideOut", the debut album from singer Dilana Robichaux, who is best known for her participation on the CBS reality show "Rock Star: Supernova". According to Dilana, Mars' solo "is blazing and we had too much fun doing it." Due on Novembe...October 15, 2009
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Unveiling AC/DC's 'Backtracks' Box Set; Video Available
Billy and George from AC/DC Fannation have created a video of the unveiling of AC/DC's new limited-edition box set called "Backtracks". Watch the clip below. Billy is the drummer of LIVE WIRE, "the world's definitive AC/DC tribute concert experience." "Backtracks", which comes in two versions, will...October 15, 2009
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Former SKID ROW/SAIGON KICK Drummer Enters 'Sex Rehab With Dr. Drew'
Former SKID ROW/SAIGON KICK drummer Phil Varone is one of eight patients featured on the latest "Celebrity Rehab" spin-off, "Sex Rehab With Dr. Drew", which will tackle the mostly unexamined world of sex addiction. It debuts Sunday, November 1 at 10:00 p.m. on VH1. Addictions are nothing new, and mo...October 15, 2009
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DEVIN TOWNSEND Says 'Deconstruction' Will Feature Guest Appearances by Death Metal's Elite
U.K.'s Bizarre magazine recently conducted an interview with Canadian musician/producer Devin Townsend (STRAPPING YOUNG LAD, STEVE VAI, LAMB OF GOD, DARKEST HOUR, GWAR) about "Addicted" and "Deconstruction", the second and third in a series of albums to be made available under the DEVIN TOWNSEND PRO...October 13, 2009
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DON DOKKEN: 'I Don't Care About Sales Figures'
Matt Becker of Melodic Rock Concerts recently conducted an interview with DOKKEN mainman Don Dokken. A few excerpts from the chat follow below. Melodic Rock Concerts: Now on this [upcoming DOKKEN] greatest-hits album, Don, it's two covers and two new tracks? Don Dokken: Yeah, two covers and two new...October 13, 2009
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AC/DC To Play Japan In March
According to Yahoo! Japan and other Japanese media outlets, Anglo-Australian hard rock legends AC/DC will play two shows in Japan in March 2010: March 12 - Saitama Super Arena (near Tokyo) March 16 - Kyocera Dome Osaka AC/DC will release a limited-edition box set called "Backtracks" on November 10....October 13, 2009
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STRYPER Frontman Has Found Love Again — A Gift From God
STRYPER singer Michael Sweet — whose wife Kyle Rae Sweet passed away on March 5, 2009 after a two-year battle with ovarian cancer — has announced that he is engaged to be married to a woman named Lisa. In a lengthy letter on his official web site, he writes, "Throughout the past twenty six years, .....October 12, 2009
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BRET MICHAELS: 'The Daily Adventures Of Bandana Man'
VH1's recent airing of Bret Michaels' "Behind the Music" stole the highest ratings of the day upon its October debut and the repeat airings continue to perform. The "Behind the Music" special is a personal journey from Michaels' birth through the POISON years to his most recent solo adventures, prov...October 12, 2009
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PAIN CONFESSOR To Record Four New Songs
Finnish metallers PAIN CONFESSOR are preparing to enter the studio to record four new songs. The sessions will be engineered and helmed by the bandmembers themselves, with the mixing and mastering set to be overseen by Janne Saksa of Studio Sound Supreme. More information will be made available soon...October 12, 2009
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'Learn To Play' DIMEBAG DARRELL DVDs Available From LICK LIBRARY
Lick Library, one of the world's biggest suppliers of guitar tuition DVDs, has just released a comprehensive series of "Dimebag" Darrell Abbott guitar tuition DVDs. These are essential for metal guitar players of all standards. Best known as a founding member of PANTERA and DAMAGEPLAN, Dimebag was c...October 12, 2009
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BLUE CHEER's DICKIE PETERSON Dead At 61
Dickie Peterson, the bassist/vocalist and founding member of BLUE CHEER, passed away this morning (Monday, October 12) at 5 a.m. in Germany. He was 61 years old. Peterson had reportedly been battling prostate and liver cancer, and according to BLUE CHEER's message board, had developed a fatal infect...October 12, 2009
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SEBASTIAN BACH: Finnish Dates Announced
Former SKID ROW singer Sebastian Bach has scheduled the following dates in Finland: Dec. 11 - Espoo, Finland - Barona Areena (w/ ALICE COOPER) Dec. 12 - Turku, Finland - Carabia Dec. 13 - Tampere, Finland - Pakkahuone Bach's backing band for the shows will include 19-year-old guitarist Nick Sterling...October 12, 2009
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Sonic Boom
Ensuring that the MySpace/Facebook generation will have their very own line of branded lunchboxes, action figures, tampon, pinball machines and other assorted merchandise, KISS is back (if you haven't noticed) with their first studio album in over a decade, "Sonic Boom". While I can't say that this...October 11, 2009
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AC/DC: Two 65,000-Capacity Buenos Aires Shows Sold Out; Third Concert Added
With two 65,000-capacity shows (December and December 4) at the River Plate Stadium in Buenos Aires, Argentina already sold out, AC/DC has added one more concert at the same venue on December 6. Tickets go on sale this Tuesday, October 13. AC/DC will release a limited-edition box set called "Backtra...October 11, 2009
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KISS' STANLEY: 'This Band Couldn't Be Here Today Had It Not Been For The Four Original Guys'
Dean Goodman of Reuters recently conducted an interview with KISS guitarist/vocalist Paul Stanley. A few excerpts from the chat follow below. Reuters: For years and years, you were adamant about not doing a follow-up to "Psycho Circus". what changed? Stanley: I think the band has become so, so stron...October 10, 2009
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