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TESTAMENT Hopes To Begin Recording New Album By End Of Year

San Francisco Bay Area metallers TESTAMENT have wrapped up the "American Carnage" tour with SLAYER and MEGADETH and are ready to head into writing and recording mode for their upcoming follow-up to 2008's "The Formation Of Damnation". "The 'American Carnage' tour was great for us, but now is the tim...

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JOEY VERA, MIKE STONE Added To MARKY RAMONE's All-Star Concert

Bassist Joey Vera (ARMORED SAINT, FATES WARNING) and guitarist Mike Stone (ex-QUEENSRŸCHE, PETER CRISS) will join the legendary drummer for the RAMONES, Marky Ramone, as he performs a special all-star concert as a benefit for the newly created Marky Ramone Drum Scholarship for Musicians Institute on...

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BLACK SABBATH's 'The Eternal Idol' Expanded Reissue To Include RAY GILLEN Recordings

According to a posting on the BLACK SABBATH fan site Black-Sabbath.com, expanded reissues of SABBATH's "Seventh Star" (1986) and "Eternal Idol" (1987) albums — which featured Glenn Hughes (ex-DEEP PURPLE) and Tony Martin, respectively, on vocals — will be made available in the U.K. on October 25 via...

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A PERFECT CIRCLE To Debut New Material On Upcoming Tour

A PERFECT CIRCLE has announced that it will go out on a five-city tour this fall, marking the band's first shows since 2004. Dates and ticket information will be announced shortly, but the venues and cities have been confirmed as the Marquee Theatre in Phoenix, the Avalon in Los Angeles, the Showbox...

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THE SMASHING PUMPKINS Release Sixth Free Track 'Spangled'

THE SMASHING PUMPKINS are issuing a brand new track, "Spangled", on Tuesday, September 14, available exclusively as a free download for 24 hours through the web site for the Sweet Relief Musicians Fund: www.sweetrelief.org. "Spangled" will then become available the next day (Wednesday, September 15)...

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A PERFECT CIRCLE Announces New Bassist

A PERFECT CIRCLE, the band led by Maynard James Keenan (TOOL, PUSCIFER) and Billy Howerdel (ASHES DIVIDE),will boast a new bassist when it hits the road for a five-city tour this fall. Joining Keenan (vocals),Howerdel (guitar, vocals),James Iha (guitar) and Josh Freese (drums),will be Matt McJun...

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WHITESNAKE Keyboardist Quits To Pursue 'Solo' Career

Keyboardist Timothy Drury (pictured below) has left the legendary rock band WHITESNAKE in order to "pursue a solo career." "For over seven years now I have been fortunate enough to travel the world, to play and sing my heart out and to share the stage with David Coverdale as a part of WHITESNAKE," D...

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JIMI HENDRIX: 'West Coast Seattle Boy - The Jimi Hendrix Anthology' Detailed

Legacy Recordings and Experience Hendrix LLC have announced the highly-anticipated release of "West Coast Seattle Boy - The Jimi Hendrix Anthology", featuring more than four hours of rare and previously unreleased Jimi Hendrix music on a five-disc (4 CD/1 DVD) deluxe box set, available Tuesday, Nove...

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It's Official: A PERFECT CIRCLE Is Back

A PERFECT CIRCLE has returned from its self-imposed hiatus. The band, led by Maynard James Keenan (TOOL, PUSCIFER) and Billy Howerdel (ASHES DIVIDE),will embark on a five-city tour this fall (dates and ticket on-sale information will be announced shortly). Shows in Phoenix (Marquee Theatre),Los An...

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ELEPHANT MOUNTAIN To Release Debut Album Next Week

ELEPHANT MOUNTAIN, the new band featuring former BRAND NEW SIN members Joe Altier and Brian "Slider" Azzoto, will release its debut album, "The Last Days Of Planet Earth", on September 17. The CD was recorded at Moletrax Studios in Syracuse and engineered and co-produced by Jeff Moleski and Azzoto....

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THE SMASHING PUMPKINS' CORGAN: 'I'm Very Excited To Be Playing My Music'

Jonathan Zwickel of The Seattle Times recently conducted an interview with THE SMASHING PUMPKINS leader Billy Corgan. An exceprt from the chat follows below. The Seattle Times: It's hard hearing music from your childhood without nostalgia or sentimentality overshadowing immediacy and true appreciati...

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ZOE BONHAM Added To 'Bonzo: The Groove Remains The Same'

Zoe Bonham, daughter of late LED ZEPPELIN drummer John Bonham, has been added to the list of performers honoring John Bonham at a special concert at the Key Club in Hollywood, California. Event co-organizer and current WHITESNAKE drummer Brian Tichy says, "The energy going around us drummers in rega...

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TESTAMENT, CANCER BATS Frontmen Interviewed On 'Mars Attacks' Podcast

Chuck Billy from TESTAMENT and Liam Cormier from CANCER BATS were interviewed by host Victor M. Ruiz for the latest episode of the "Mars Attacks" podcast. You can now stream the podcast using the audio player below. In a recent interview with LoudTrax.com, Chuck Billy stated about the songwriting pr...

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Former AEROSMITH A&R Guru Says 'Jealousy' Is Behind Band's 'American Idol' Squabbles

Former Geffen Records executive John Kalodner, who oversaw AEROSMITH's late Eighties comeback and some of their biggest albums, such as "Permanent Vacation" and "Pump", told the New York Post that the band's guitarist, Joe Perry, was "completely wrong" when he stated in a recent interview that singe...

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BILLY SHEEHAN Schedules Hollywood Workshop

Rotosound has announced an exclusive workshop with the legendary bassist Billy Sheehan at the Guitar Center in Hollywood, California on October 21 between 7 p.m. and 10 p.m. Known for his work with Steve Vai, David Lee Roth and MR. BIG, Billy has won many "Best Bass Player" awards and continues to b...