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METALLICA's LARS ULRICH Creates Fantasy Soccer Team Comprised Of Musicians

METALLICA drummer Lars Ulrich recently joined Roger "Rog" Bennett and Michael "Davo" Davies of "Men In Blazers", a scrappy soccer-analysis show on the NBC Sports network, where he created a team comprised of musicians with none other than Meat Loaf in net. Ulrich selected a founding member of one of...

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Original ALICE COOPER Band To Release 'Live From The Astroturf' Seven-Inch Single

According to Rolling Stone, Alice Cooper will release a special seven-inch single containing two songs he sang last year with the surviving members of the original ALICE COOPER band. Due on Black Friday (November 25),"Live From the Astroturf" will feature performances of "I'm Eighteen" and "Is It M...

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Video: JACK RUSSELL'S GREAT WHITE Performs At Whisky A Go Go

Video footage of JACK RUSSELL'S GREAT WHITE — which features ex-GREAT WHITE singer Jack Russell alongside former GREAT WHITE bassist-turned-guitarist Tony Montana (as a guitar player and keyboardist),Dan McNay (MONTROSE) on bass, Robby Lochner (FIGHT) on guitar and Dicki Fliszar (BRUCE DICKINSON) o...

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STEEL PANTHER's STARR, FOXX Discuss 'Lower The Bar' Album In New Video Interview

MikeJamesRockShow.com conducted an interview with singer Michael Starr and bassist Lexxi Foxx of Los Angeles glam-metal jokesters STEEL PANTHER during the band's recent U.K. tour. You can now watch the chat below. STEEL PANTHER's new album, "Lower The Bar", will go on sale February 24, 2017. For the...

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'This Is Spinal Tap' Co-Creator Sues VIVENDI For $125 Million

Harry Shearer, who played bass guitarist Derek Smalls in the 1984 "mockumentary" "This is Spinal Tap", has filed a $125 million lawsuit against Vivendi, the French media group that holds the rights to the movie. Shearer alleges that Vivendi, which acquired the film in 1989, engaged in fraud to hide...

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PEARL JAM, JOURNEY, JANE'S ADDICTION, YES Among Nominees For ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME Induction

PEARL JAM, Tupac Shakur, DEPECHE MODE, ELECTRIC LIGHT ORCHESTRA, JANE'S ADDICTION, Janet Jackson, JOURNEY, THE CARS, THE ZOMBIES and YES are among the nominees for the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame's Class of 2017. The top vote-getters will will be announced in December and inducted next April at a cer...

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GEOFF TATE Regrets His QUEENSRŸCHE Stint 'Ended So Badly'

Geoff Tate says that he regrets that his time with QUEENSRŸCHE "ended so badly" but insists that the band "went way past what our own expectations were of how long we would be together." In April 2014, Tate and QUEENSRŸCHE announced that a settlement had been reached after a nearly two-year legal ba...

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Video: TARJA TURUNEN Performs In Stuttgart, Germany

Fan-filmed video footage of Tarja Turunen's October 14 performance at Im Wizemann in Stuttgart, Germany can be seen below. Tarja's latest heavy rock album, "The Shadow Self", was made available on August 5 via earMUSIC. While waiting for the release of "The Shadow Self", Tarja issued the new album's...

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METAL ALLEGIANCE To Be Joined By SLAYER, ANTHRAX, FOZZY Members At Anaheim Concert

On Friday, January 20, 2017, METAL ALLEGIANCE, the all-star metal band consisting of a rotating cast of musicians, including members of TESTAMENT and MEGADETH, is gathering at the City National Grove Of Anaheim for a monumental tribute to our fallen heroes. Hosted by Jackson and Charvel EVH, the nig...

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Former WHITE LION Frontman MIKE TRAMP To Release 'Maybe Tomorrow' Solo Album

Former WHITE LION singer Mike Tramp will release his tenth solo album, "Maybe Tomorrow", in February 2017 via Mighty Music/Target Group. Tramp states about the follow-up to 2015's "Nomad": "'Maybe Tomorrow' is my tenth solo album, and twenty years have gone by since my first was released. My songwri...

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Report: PEARL JAM Heavily Favored For ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME

A report at Cleveland.com says that PEARL JAM is heavily favored to be nominated for the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame's Class of 2017. According to The Pulse Of Radio, this year's nominees are scheduled to be announced at 8:00 a.m. on Tuesday morning (October 18). This year's newly eligible acts inclu...

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ANTHRAX's CHARLIE BENANTE And VOLBEAT's MICHAEL POULSEN Talk Coffee (Video)

The latest episode of "Taking Coffee With Charlie Benante", featuring ANTHRAX drummer Charlie Benante and VOLBEAT guitarist/vocalist Michael Poulsen, can be seen below. Unabashed coffee connoisseur Benante last year entered the world of entrepreneurship with "Benante's Blend". The coffee comes in tw...

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THE ANSWER: Audio Samples Of Entire 'Solas' Album

Northern Irish rockers THE ANSWER will release their new album, "Solas", on October 28 via Napalm. The CD was produced by Andy Bradfield and Avril Mackintosh, who previously worked with THE ANSWER on their 2006 album "Rise". "Solas", which is the Gaelic (Irish language) word for "light," is also the...

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TODD LA TORRE: 'I Feel Very Much At Home' Fronting QUEENSRŸCHE

Australia's Rock N Roll Damnation recently conducted an interview with QUEENSRŸCHE frontman Todd La Torre. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Rock N Roll Damnation: Four years and two albums of new music in, how comfortable do you feel fronting QUEENSRŸCHE? Is it now second nature? Tod...

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Pro-Shot Footage Of PHILIP ANSELMO Fronting EYEHATEGOD In New Orleans

Professionally filmed video footage of former PANTERA and current DOWN/SUPERJOINT singer Philip Anselmo fronting New Orleans noise merchants EYEHATEGOD at a hometown concert on August 19 at the Southport Music Hall can be seen below. The clip was shot by Mike Holderbeast, Carolyn Babauta, Ritchi Roo...