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PAPA ROACH Begin Work On New Album

MTV.com is reporting that PAPA ROACH have commenced work on the follow-up to "Getting Away with Murder" in Los Angeles. "We're renting a mansion together and we're gonna take a month and write music and live together and just go crazy monk-style," frontman Jacoby Shaddix told MTV.com. "This is the f...

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RHINO BUCKET: New Album Title Revealed

RHINO BUCKET, the Bon Scott-era AC/DC sound-alike band that recorded two albums for Warner Bros./EMI back in '90 and '92 and an independent album in '94 with former AC/DC drummer Simon Wright, have set "And Then It Got Ugly" as the title of their fourth album, due in March 2006 via Acetate Records....

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AC/DC Tribute Band HIGHWAY TO HELL To Open For MCBRAIN DAMAGE In Florida

AC/DC tribute act HIGHWAY TO HELL has announced that it will be joining IRON MAIDEN drummer Nicko McBrain's MCBRAIN DAMAGE at the Freebird Café in Jacksonville on Friday, December 16, Boomerz in Tampa on Saturday, December 17, and the final concert at the Hard Rock Legends Theater in Hollywood, Flor...

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ANNIHILATOR Mainman Stands By His 'Fastest-Picking Rhythm Guitarist' Claim

Scott Alisoglu of Live 4 Metal recently conducted an interview with ANNIHILATOR mastermind Jeff Waters. An excerpt from the chat follows: Live 4 Metal: I actually had a guy yesterday or the day before make the comment, "Oh, they're still around?" in reference to ANNIHILATOR. Jeff Waters: "Yeah! Ther...

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KAYO DOT Complete National Tour, Prepare To Release New Album

Boston metal/jazz/noise octet KAYO DOT have completed a seven-week national tour of the U.S., returning home to Boston last week to play the final show of the 46-date run. KAYO DOT played shows with a diverse array of bands on the tour, including STARKWEATHER, MOUTH OF THE ARCHITECT, THE WAYWARD, GA...

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AC/DC Honored For 'Best Live Album' In Australian MUSICIAN Magazine Poll

According to NEWS.com.au, AC/DC featured heavily in the Australian Musician magazine readers' poll, with "If You Want Blood" scooping "Best Live Album". "Highway To Hell" came third in both the "Favorite Song To Be Played At Your Funeral" and "Best Driving Song" categories. "You have to remember the...

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QUEEN + PAUL RODGERS: North American Tour Announced

Some of rock's greatest anthems are to be heard performed live again across America after more than 20 years, as rock legends QUEEN, now joined forces with Paul Rodgers, singer and songwriter of BAD COMPANY/FREE fame, announce they are to play a 23-date tour of the USA and Canada this coming spring....

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JOE LYNN TURNER, BUCK DHARMA Added To 96 K-ROCK Benefit Concert

Joe Lynn Turner (RAINBOW, DEEP PURPLE),Buck Dharma (BLUE ÖYSTER CULT),Robin Zander (CHEAP TRICK) have joined AC/DC frontman Brian Johnson and bassist Cliff Williams as scheduled performers at the "96 K-ROCK For Relief II" concert to benefit the victims of Hurricane Wilma. The event, which will rai...

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Give Me the Fear

Produced by the same guy who brought you THE DARKNESS, and already hyped to the rafters by the ever-fickle U.K. press, London denimboys TOKYO DRAGONS are yet another band pulling the mirrored shades, leather vests, and moustaches so ironic they hurt, all in the name of "real rock and roll". The thin...

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AC/DC Frontman, Bassist To Perform At Florida Benefit

According to a posting at AC-DC.net, AC/DC frontman Brian Johnson and bassist Cliff Williams will be performing at the "96 K-ROCK For Relief II" concert to benefit the victims of Hurricane Wilma. The show takes place on December 15, 2005 in Estero, FL at the Germain Arena, where they both performed...

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QUIET RIOT Bassist, VELVET REVOLVER Drummer Record Music For TV Show

QUIET RIOT bassist Chuck Wright was recently in the studio with VELVET REVOLVER drummer Matt Sorum and Lanny Cordola recording music for a new show called "Steel Dreams" (web site). "We created 43 minutes of music that day," says Wright. "It was very inspiring... No holds barred, musically... everyt...

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BEATALLICA Bassist To Sit Out Fall Tour

Bassist Kliff McBurtney of the Milwaukee-based BEATALLICA, a satirical mashup act whose hilarious schtick marries the songwriting prowess of the BEATLES to the deep-throated rock growl of METALLICA, has posted the following message on the group's official web site: "At the beginning of November my w...

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DISTURBED Announce Second Leg Of Tour; New Single 'Just Stop'

DISTURBED will jump-start 2006 with the newly announced second leg of their headlining Jägermeister Music Tour. Launching January 6 in Spokane, WA, the trek will follow their in-progress dates, which run through December 22 in Baltimore, MD. Led by David Draiman (vocals),Dan Donegan (guitar) and Mi...

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AC/DC: 'In The Begining' Early Live Recording 'Nothing But A False Rumor'

According to a posting on the AC/DC fan and collectors site AC/DC Highway To Hell, the previously announced bootleg LP containing the earliest known AC/DC recording in existence has turned out to be "nothing more than a glorified rumor created by someone in Europe to cause a stir. Apparently no such...

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Guitar Signed By TONY IOMMI, JIMMY PAGE, RITCHIE BLACKMORE Auctioned For $1.6 Million!

Tony Iommi (BLACK SABBATH),Jimmy Page (LED ZEPPELIN),Angus and Malcolm Young of AC/DC, Brian May (QUEEN),Ritchie Blackmore (RAINBOW, DEEP PURPLE),and DEF LEPPARD are among the artists that signed a guitar which was auctioned off this week for 1.6 million dollars, according to The Rock Radio. Aft...