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TWISTED SISTER: Entire 25th Anniversary Edition Of 'Stay Hungry' Available For Streaming

TWISTED SISTER's 25th anniversary edition of "Stay Hungry", which is due out June 30 on Rhino, is available for streaming in its entirety at VH1.com. The package includes: * "Stay Hungry" remastered * Ten never-before-heard songs originally demoed for "Stay Hungry" * Five early demos of songs from "...

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'Guitar Hero: Van Halen' To Arrive In November/December

According to a posting on the Van Halen News Desk web site, the Guitar Hero: Van Halen video game will be made available in November/December. An exact release date has not yet been announced. A spokesperson for Activision recently confirmed that Guitar Hero: Van Halen will not include ex-bassist Mi...

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TWISTED SISTER To Be Presented With Gold Plaques At NYC In-Store

TWISTED SISTER will make back-to-back in-store appearances in New York City and Long Island on Tuesday, June 30. Dee Snider, Jay Jay French, Eddie Ojeda, Mark Mendoza, and A.J. Pero will all be on hand to celebrate the release of the 25th anniversary edition of "Stay Hungry", out June 30 on Rhino. 1...

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L.A. GUNS Frontman To Guest On New LIBERTY N' JUSTICE Album

Phil Lewis of L.A. GUNS has been added to to the list of guest musicians appearing on Christian rockers LIBERTY N' JUSTICE's ninth studio album and fifth "all-star" project, "Light It Up" (formerly "The Cigar Chronicles"). The track listing for the CD is as follows: 01. Light It Up 02. The Other Thi...

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CHICKENFOOT's SATRIANI Talks About Album's Chart Success, Recent Mini-Tour

The I Heart Guitar blog recently conducted an interview with guitarist Joe Satriani of CHICKENFOOT. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. I Heart Guitar: The album debuted at No. 4. How cool is that! Satriani: Yeah, I swear, I was thinking we were going to be 100-something. So when someon...

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NIKE Denies Copying EDDIE VAN HALEN's 'Frankenstein' Guitar Design

A Nike spokesperson has dismissed as "without merit" Eddie Van Halen's lawsuit over an alleged design similarity between the axeman's iconic "Frankenstein" guitar and a new line of the sportswear company's sneakers. "Based on the information provided to us, we have not infringed on any rights held b...

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EDDIE VAN HALEN Suing NIKE Over Shoe Design

According to KTLA-TV, guitarist Eddie Van Halen filed a lawsuit against Nike in Los Angeles Friday, alleging the company used the trademarked striped design from his guitar on their new line of "Dunk Lows" tennis shoes. The Nike shoes feature red, white and black streaks along the midsole. The suit...

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'Brütal Legend' Creator Explains Why RONNIE JAMES DIO Is No Longer Involved With Game

Double Fine studio head and Brütal Legend game creator Tim Schafer has confirmed that the legendary heavy metal vocalist Ronnie James Dio (HEAVEN & HELL, BLACK SABBATH, RAINBOW, DIO) has been cut out of the game's voice cast and has been replaced with Tim Curry, a movie actor best known for his...

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'Brütal Legend' Fans Set Guinness Book World Record At U.K.'s DOWNLOAD Festival

According to GameZone.com, fans of video game Brütal Legend, starring Jack Black, rocked out this Saturday (June 13) to smash the world record for most people playing air guitar at one time. The record, conducted at the Download festival in Donington Park, saw servants of metal shredding frets and w...

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GOD FORBID Guitarist DOC COYLE Featured In ETERNAL DESCENT Comic Book

GOD FORBID guitarist Doc Coyle appears alongside his bandmates in the second issue of the gothic comic book series Eternal Descent, slated for publication this fall. The issue features a storyline inspired by GOD FORBID's fourth studio album, "IV: Constitution of Treason", and will be available at c...

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RONNIE JAMES DIO No Longer Part Of 'Brütal Legend' Game

The management for legendary heavy metal vocalist Ronnie James Dio (HEAVEN & HELL, BLACK SABBATH, RAINBOW, DIO) has confirmed to BLABBERMOUTH.NET that the producers of the upcoming Brütal Legend game have decided to cut Dio's contributions out of the game, and have replaced him with Tim Curry, a...

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JUDAS PRIEST Frontman Discusses His Involvement In 'Brütal Legend' Game; Video Available

JUDAS PRIEST frontman Rob Halford was interviewed by G4tv.com at this year's Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3),one of the biggest events in the annual gaming calendar, which was held June 2-4, 2009 at the Los Angeles Convention Center. Halford spoke about his involvement in the upcoming Brütal Leg...

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EDDIE VAN HALEN's Conversations With God

Spinner.com recently conducted an interview with legendary guitarist Eddie Van Halen. An excerpt from the chat follows below. Spinner.com: You didn't start off playing guitar, did you? Eddie: I never took guitar lessons. I took classical piano lessons from the age of six when we lived in Holland. An...

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ROCK GONE WILD Teams Up With VH1 CLASSIC's EDDIE TRUNK

Rock Gone Wild, America's newest and most diverse rock festival, has teamed up with one of rock radio's biggest names to host one of rock's biggest days. Eddie Trunk, the popular host of VH1 Classic's "That Metal Show", will be in Algona for the entire day on August 22 to bring on such classic rock...

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Publisher Confirms Members Missing From 'Guitar Hero: Van Halen'

The Pulse of Radio reports: A spokesperson for Activision has confirmed that the upcoming video game Guitar Hero: Van Halen will not include ex-bassist Michael Anthony or former singer Sammy Hagar, according to RollingStone.com. Questions about whether they would be featured arose last week when the...