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NICK CATANESE Talks About Landing BLACK LABEL SOCIETY Gig, Meeting OZZY

Zakk Wylde's official fan site, www.SDMFworldwide.com, has published an interview with BLACK LABEL SOCIETY guitarist Nick Catanese conducted during Ozzfest 2004. Several excerpts from the interview follow: SDMFworldwide.com: How did you and Zakk meet? Nick: "E-mail. I saw his e-mail address in Metal...

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DEF LEPPARD Singer Gets Married

DEF LEPPARD frontman Joe Elliott married fiancée Kristine at Kinnitty Castle in County Offaly, Ireland on September 1, according to a posting on the group's official web site. "The two-day event (which was described by Joe as 'the mother of all parties') was attended mostly by family and close frien...

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BLACK SABBATH: 'The Complete Recording History' Book Due Next Year

Rockdetector.com executive editor Garry Sharpe-Young has been working on a leviathan account of BLACK SABBATH's complete recording history, from the earliest demos through to the "Reunion" album and, possibly, beyond. Already having two highly praised SABBATH-related titles under his belt, "The Stor...

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MOTÖRHEAD Cancel U.S. Tour Due To Injury Suffered By LEMMY

MOTÖRHEAD have been forced to cancel their previously announced U.S. tour scheduled for September/October due to a foot injury suffered by vocalist/bassist Ian "Lemmy" Kilmister. Lemmy injured his foot on stage about month ago while touring in Europe. Kilmister, ignoring the pain and against his Eur...

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Canadian Singer TODD KERNS Misses The VELVET REVOLVER Boat

Canadian vocalist Todd Kerns (ex-AGE OF ELECTRIC) recently spoke to Chart Attack about his audition for VELVET REVOLVER, the new band formed by former members of GUNS N' ROSES and STONE TEMPLE PILOTS. In early 2003, Kerns got a call from an L.A. friend who told him to audition for this new band with...

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Heavy Metal Musicians Speak Out On Rising Anti-American Sentiment Around The World

Norway's Imhotep 'zine recently asked more than 60 heavy metal and hard rock musicians to answer the following question regarding the current political situation in the world: What's your opinion on the rising tide of the anti-American sentiment around the world and to what would you attribute this?...

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DEEP PURPLE: U.K. Tour Openers Announced

DEEP PURPLE will be supported by THUNDER and PETER FRAMPTON on their upcoming U.K. tour. Former GILLAN guitarist Dean Howard will also be on the bill for all shows except Plymouth, while BLUE ON BLACK will be added to the bill in Plymouth only. DEEP PURPLE U.K. tour dates: Nov. 06 - M.E.N. - Manches...

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DEEP PURPLE To Enter Studio In February

According to DEEP PURPLE fan site The Highway Star, DEEP PURPLE drummer Ian Paice revealed during a recent Canadian drum clinic that the band will be returning to the studio in February 2005 to begin recording their new CD, tentatively due before the end of 2005. DEEP PURPLE's most recent album, "Ba...

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Former QUIET RIOT Drummer FRANKIE BANALI Featured In New LUDWIG Ad

Former QUIET RIOT drummer Frankie Banali is included in a new Ludwig ad which was published in the latest issue of Modern Drummer magazine. Check out the ad at this location. Commented Banali: "I am very proud to have been included in the latest Ludwig Drums advertisement which made its debut in the...

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ANTHRAX To Embark On U.S. Tour In October

ANTHRAX are tentatively scheduled to do three weeks' worth of U.S. dates in October, according to guitarist Scott Ian's latest installment of his regular online column, Alpha Mail. The column, in which Scott describes in great detail attending the Kerrang! Awards 2004 and being presented with the "S...

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ANTHRAX Guitarist Comments On Winning 'Spirit Of Rock' Award

ANTHRAX guitarist Scott Ian has commented on winning the "Spirit of Rock" award at the Kerrang! Awards, which were held Thursday night (August 26) at The Brewery in central London. "Comrades, we won at the Kerrang awards!" Scott writes on the group's web site. "They gave us the award for 'Spirit Of...

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JUDAS PRIEST's ROB HALFORD: There Is Nothing Wrong With Saying 'Sorry'

JUDAS PRIEST frontman Rob Halford, who will turn 53 on Wednesday (August 25),revealed in 1996 that he was gay. He says he didn't make the acknowledgement when he still was with PRIEST because he believed a potential backlash could have hurt the band's status. According to Halford, negative feedback...

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FLOTSAM AND JETSAM Prepare To Record New Album

FLOTSAM AND JETSAM are close to completing the songwriting sessions for their new album, tentatively due in early 2005 through Crash Music Inc. "We would still like to write two or three more songs going in, and the vocals still need to be completed, but the music so far is inspired and heavy and we...

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Bassist JOEY VERA Issues ANTHRAX European Tour Report

Bassist Joey Vera (FATES WARNING, ARMORED SAINT, ANTHRAX) has posted the following message on his web site: "Hey all, I'm in the end stages of tour decompression and feeling like I should write an update. I've been home now for a week but it feels like only a few days. Weird 'cause when I was ...

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JUDAS PRIEST Bassist Says Reunion With ROB HALFORD Was 'Inevitable'

JUDAS PRIEST bassist Ian Hill recently spoke to KNAC.com about the group's reunion with Rob Halford, the upcoming studio album, and the band's decision to take part in this year's Ozzfest. Several excerpts from the interview follow: KNAC.com: Do you remember the first song JUDAS PRIEST performed wit...