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CRASH KELLY To Make Hollywood Curtain Call

After an eventful year that saw them support the legendary ALICE COOPER for three legs of his 2006 tour (including a show at the Sturgis Bike Rally),Toronto hard rock quartet CRASH KELLY will return to Southern California — where they performed five shows in five days last August — next week in con...

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STONE SOUR, LACUNA COIL, SHADOWS FALL To Team Up For JÄGERMEISTER MUSIC TOUR

STONE SOUR, LACUNA COIL and SHADOWS FALL will team up for the latest installment of the Jägermeister Music Tour, set to kick off March 23 in St. Paul, Minnesota. "This has been something we have been looking forward to for a very long time," says STONE SOUR vocalist Corey Taylor. "Having done this t...

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SAHG Named 'Norwegian Band Of The Year'

Norwegian heavy rockers SAHG, who feature in their ranks members of GORGOROTH, MANNGARD and AUDREY HORNE, were voted "Norwegian Band of the Year" by the listeners of the hard rock/metal show "Pyro", which airs on Norway's national radio station NRK P3. SAHG reportedly received more votes than such o...

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ELECTRIC EARTH To Release Vinyl-Only EP

Sweden's ELECTRIC EARTH will enter Studio Deadline on January 12 to record a brand new song as well as a few covers. According to a posting on the group's web site, "the covers will feature some surprise guest artists. The plan is to release this recording as an exclusive vinyl-EP (only available th...

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KAMELOT Keyboardist Offering Private Lessons

KAMELOT keyboardist Oliver Palotai is currently offering private lessons in the Aachen, Germany area for electric and acoustic guitar, piano and synthesizer, music theory and composition. In addition, he is making himself available to bands and recording artists who need "arrangers, producers and co...

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VIRGIN STEELE Frontman To Guest On WebRadioWCWP Today

VIRGIN STEELE vocalist David DeFeis will be a guest of WebRadioWCWP today (Saturday, January 6) at 5:00 p.m. The show will air live and then repeat a week later on Saturday (January 13) at the same time. DeFeis will discuss the upcoming VIRGIN STEELE gig at Dublin Pub in New Hyde Park (Long Island),...

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TRASHLIGHT VISION: Live Performance Of RAMONES Classic Posted Online

A video clip of TRASHLIGHT VISION — the band fronted by former MURDERDOLLS guitarist Acey Slade — performing a cover of the classic RAMONES song "My Brain is Hanging Upside Down (Bonzo Goes To Bitburg)" at The Continental in New York City in September 2005 is available for viewing on the UVTV (Under...

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HANOI ROCKS Frontman To Perform With Finnish Funk Band ETERNAL ERECTION

HANOI ROCKS frontman Michael Monroe will appear as a special guest to Finnish funk band ETERNAL ERECTION at Tavastia Club in Helsinki, Finland on January 20. HANOI ROCKS has lined up the following dates: Jan. 12 - Tornio, FIN @ Siltakartano Jan. 13 - Rovaniemi, FIN @ Tivoli Feb. 03 - Helsinki, FIN @...

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SUPERCHRIST: 'Headbanger' Due This Spring

American heavy metal rockers SUPERCHRIST recently spent two weeks recording their fifth full-length album, entitled "Headbanger". Sessions took place in Manassas, Virginia, with engineer Matt Crooks (PHARAOH, TWISTED TOWER DIRE) manning the controls in his newly-renovated MCR Studios. Joining SUPERC...

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BACKYARD BABIES: New Audio Interview With DREGEN Available

An 11-minute audio interview with BACKYARD BABIES guitarist Dregen, conducted by Scott Beebe of the Possessive Blindfold Podcast on Nov. 23, 2006 at the Mean Fiddler in London, England, has been posted online at this location. As previously reported, BACKYARD BABIES have lined up the following Europ...

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GLENN DANZIG: 'Man's Inhumanity To Man Is Just As Bad As It's Always Been'

Jason Heller of The Onion's The A.V. Club recently conducted an interview with Glenn Danzig (DANZIG, MISFITS, SAMHAIN). A few excerpts from the chat follow: The A.V. Club: When you're a musician on the road, though, iPods are really convenient. Danzig: I don't even listen to music on the road, and i...

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Did JIMI HENDRIX Record Psychedelic Version Of Welsh National Anthem?

Sam Burson of the Western Mail reports that a dusty old eight-track tape found after the sale of a former recording studio is believed to have a recording of Jimi Hendrix playing the Welsh national anthem. The guitar legend, who made a fine art out of coaxing national anthems from his heavily distor...

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ALICE COOPER Saves Christmas For 12-Year-Old Fan

Shamus Toomey of the Chicago Sun-Times reports: Alice Cooper saved Christmas for 12-year-old Carlos "CJ" Cardenas. Well, Alice Cooper and a team of surgeons at Rush University Medical Center. CJ, a sixth-grader from Lake Villa, was feeling pretty down last week as he lay in a hospital bed, recoverin...

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GMT Featuring BERNIE TORME To Enter Studio In January

GUY-MCCOY-TORME (GMT),which features in its ranks Irish guitarist Bernie Torme (GILLAN, OZZY OSBOURNE),will enter the studio on January 4, 2007 to begin recording its new album, tentatively due next spring. The group's December 15, 2006 show at Bradford Gasworks was filmed for a potential DVD rele...

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GENE SIMMONS: Songs On 'Family Jewels' Bonus CD Detailed

According to KISS FAQ — a fan-run site that offers "historical facts, some embellished myths, terrific personal opinions and just plain lots of stuff to read" — people receiving the deluxe edition of season one of "Gene Simmons Family Jewels" are receiving an audio treat. The package includes a bonu...