Former GUNS N' ROSES guitarist Izzy Stradlin is reportedly planning a U.S. tour in support of his forthcoming sixth solo album, "Like A Dog". The tour, which hasn't yet been officially confirmed, is tentatively scheduled to kick off in late September in Texas and is expected to wrap up in Chicago. In other news, Izzy, ...
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British grindcore pioneers NAPALM DEATH have finalized the track listing for their upcoming collection of covers, entitled "Leaders Not Followers 2". The album, due before the end of the year through the band's own Feto label, will include the following cuts: 01. CRYPTIC SLAUGHTER – "Lowlife" 02. OFFENDERS – "Face Down In The Dirt" 03. ...
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New York City-based band DOPE are once again hitting the road in July, doing a mini run with DOG FASHION DISCO and WOLFPAC beginning on July 17 in New Castle, Pennsylvania. Shows are all ages. Confirmed dates are as follows: Jul. 17 - New Castle, PA @ Bomb Shelter Jul. 18 - Garrettsville, OH @ ...
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SYSTEM OF A DOWN guitarist Daron Malakian recently told Launch that a lot of his inspiration for the new SOAD music comes from the emotions of having family in Iraq during the recent war. "The last two or three months or whenever that happened was probably the toughest time of my whole life," he revealed. ...
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LIMP BIZKIT frontman Fred Durst has sent the following update to the band's official mailing list: "The album — well, we're in the last stretch and this motherfucker rocks!! It's so ready to rip the heads off any haters out there who listen to watered down formulated nonsense. I still won't tell you the real ...
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Former GUNS N' ROSES guitarist Izzy Stradlin has finished recording his sixth solo album, "Like a Dog", due later in the year. Stradlin's fifth release in the past five years features contributions from his regular touring unit, former GEORGIA SATELLITES lead and slide guitarist Rick Richards and drummer Taz Bentley. The album, which was recorded ...
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Former GUNS N' ROSES guitarist Izzy Stradlin has completed work on his sixth solo album, entitled "Like A Dog". MP3 clips of two songs from the CD, "Hammerhead" and "Bomb", have been posted online at this location. More information about the album, including a projected release date, is expected to be made available ...
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Bassist Paul Champagne has announced his decision to leave Canadian thrash pioneers EXCITER. The following is Champagne's official statement on the matter: "After much thought, I have decided to leave EXCITER due to musical and personal differences. The expectations of the band were causing me to compromise my musical integrity in terms of playing style ...
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KISS bassist/vocalist Gene Simmons recently told Insight magazine that if fellow rock performers continue to do outrageous politically-charged things such as stabbing a Bush mask onstage, they should expect their record sales to go down. "I don't think everybody that booed will stop buying PEARL JAM records or going to PEARL JAM concerts," Gene said ...
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THE HELLIONS — Casey Orr (GWAR, RIGOR MORTIS, X-COPS, SPEEDEALER, BURDEN BROTHERS), Dave Woodard (PORNLAB, BILLYCLUB, REO SPEEDEALER), Mike T (KILL CREEPS, PUNCTURE), Mark Baker (ARMSTRONG, ROLLER), and Mike Todd (FAITH BOMB) — are scheduled to play a Free The West Memphis Three benefit on Tuesday, June 3 at The Canyon Club in Dallas, Texas. ...
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Two Denver disc jockeys stopped a live radio interview with Ted Nugent after he used derogatory racial terms for Asians and blacks, the Washington Post has reported. Rick Lewis and Michael Floorwax, morning talk show hosts on KRFX-FM, said that during an interview Monday (May 5), Nugent said one of the members of a group ...
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Canadian thrash pioneers EXCITER will enter the studio next month to re-record 16 of their "best" songs for an upcoming "Best Of" album, tentatively due before the end of the year. The group, who were recently rejoined by frontman Jacques Belanger, will re-record material from the following albums: "Heavy Metal Maniac", "Violence and Force", "Long ...
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The following item was published in today's edition of the New York Daily News: Elizabeth Taylor and Justin Timberlake were the guests of honor at a benefit Elton John gave with Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne Wednesday night in L.A. But the names of two other well-known people were on everybody's lips: Bush and Saddam. "We ...
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SYSTEM OF A DOWN have finished filming a video for the track "Boom!" with director Michael Moore ("Bowling for Columbine", "Roger & Me"). "Boom!" comes off the band's gold-certified collection of outtakes and other previously unreleased tracks, "Steal This Album!" "Michael Moore seemed like the only real choice for directing," SYSTEM OF A DOWN ...
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THE WILDHEARTS frontman Ginger has issued an appeal to the public to join him in condemning President George Bush over his foreign policy and the possibility of the U.S. waging war on Iraq. The following is Ginger's public statement as it appears on his official web site: "Anyone that attended the 'anti-war' march, or stopped ...
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The following article appeared in yesterday's (Jan. 21) edition of the New York Daily News: Viewers are growing weary of MTV's F-bomb-spewing "The Osbournes". Ratings for the reality series have fallen dramatically this season, putting it in danger of becoming a one-off wonder. "In the case of 'The Osbournes', this was an inevitability," said Prof. ...
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THOR will be starring in and writing and recording music for the new movie, "GraveYard", according to the singer's official web site. The movie, which will start shooting later this month, will be directed by Ed Brisson and will feature THOR as the boss of a haunted hotel. A new single, "Walking in a Graveyard", ...
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Twiggy Ramirez has spoken out for the first time about his decision to leave MARILYN MANSON. Ramirez left the band in May, during the recording of MANSON's forthcoming "The Golden Age Of Grotesque" album. Following the split, Manson commented "Unfortunately, I feel that MARILYN MANSON, as a lifestyle, is not where his heart is." “If ...
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Earache Records is proud to announce its newest signing: DEICIDE. Known the world over as one of the founding fathers of Death Metal, DEICIDE stand strong to this day as one of the most influential and controversial metal bands ever. With a relentlessly brutal sound and uncompromisingly blasphemous lyrics, DEICIDE set the ...
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San Francisco Bay Area metallers 40 GRIT have completed work on their sophomore CD, titled "Nothing To Remember", for a January 2003 release through Metal Blade Records. The complete track listing for the effort is as follows: 01. Intro 02. No Giving In 03. Bomb Bottom 04. Only Human 05. Last Time Around 06. Pieces ...
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SLIPKNOT are in talks with Rick Rubin (RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS, SYSTEM OF A DOWN, SLAYER) to produce the band's next studio album, tentatively due in late 2003. It is not presently clear if Rubin has officially agreed to helm the project, which would mark the group's first studio collaboration with someone other than Ross ...
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Punk rock icon Henry Rollins recently spoke to Launch about Hussein's evasion of U.N. weapons inspections. "If he didn't have anything to hide, then why is he saying, 'Oh you can't go there,' " Rollins questioned. "I think a full 100-percent daylight, lights on, everything known, inspection needs to be had, if not, then it ...
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Former THE REJECTS (pre-MURDERDOLLS) and current BOMB POP MAFIA frontman Dizzy Draztik has shot down as "total fucking bullshit" accusations by anonymous posters on BLABBERMOUTH.NET that SLIPKNOT drummer and Dizzy's former THE REJECTS bandmate Joey Jordison was responsible for penning much of the material for Draztik's current project. The following is Draztik's official comment on ...
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BOMB POP MAFIA, the new group fronted by former THE REJECTS (pre-MURDERDOLLS) singer Dizzy Draztik, recently spent time recording material for a possible EP or full-length LP release later in the year. The band, which also includes guitarist Gizmo and bassist Zarrie (a second guitarist and drummer will be announced soon), "are going to demo ...
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KREATOR and DESTRUCTION will headline Hellfest 2002, a one-day extreme metal festival scheduled to take place on Sunday, November 3rd at The Rosetta Bar in Belfast, Ireland. The complete list of acts confirmed to appear at the event is as follows: KREATOR DESTRUCTION DERANGED RIFFMASTER GENERAL GAMA BOMB WAYLANDER ABADDON INCARNATE COLDWAR HONEY FOR CHRIST ...
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Steve Morris, the guitarist from UNWRITTEN LAW, was injured at home last night as a result of a personal attack. A homemade bomb allegedly planted by his neighbor exploded and caused injury to Morris, a security guard and a local police officer. Morris sustained injuries to his arm and eardrums. As a result, UNWRITTEN LAW ...
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"When I first heard my wife had colon cancer, it was like somebody pushing a button on an atomic bomb in my head," OZZY OSBOURNE told Fox News in a two-part interview airing tonight at 9:00 PM on Fox's The Pulse and on Friday at 10:00 PM on Fox News Channel's On the Record with ...
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San Francisco Bay Area's 40 GRIT have pushed back the release date of their sophomore CD, entitled Nothing to Remember, to January 2003 through Metal Blade Records. Among the song titles that are set to appear on the upcoming CD are the following: 01. No Giving In 02. Only Human 03. Pieces 04. Nothing To ...
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