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ROBERT PLANT, FREDDIE MERCURY, AXL ROSE, IAN GILLAN Among 'Greatest Voices in Rock'

According to U.K.'s Daily Mail, LED ZEPPELIN's Robert Plant has topped a poll of the greatest voices in rock organized by digital radio station Planet Rock. QUEEN's Freddie Mercury came second, Paul Rodgers of FREE came next while THE WHO frontman Roger Daltrey came fifth. The only female voice on t...

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AC/DC Named Best Band For Autograph-Seekers; LED ZEPPELIN Crowned Worst

HoundsTV.com, which features the latest in celebrity autograph news and video, has compiled a list of the best and the worst musicians for autographs and meeting fans in Canada in 2008. The best were AC/DC, COLDPLAY and THE GUESS WHO, while the worst were LED ZEPPELIN, BON JOVI and THE EAGLES. Regar...

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DEAD HEAD: Another New Song Posted Online

Veteran Dutch thrashers DEAD HEAD have posted another new song, "Firegate", on their MySpace page. The track comes off the group's new full-length CD, "Depression Tank", due on February 16, 2009 via Displeased Records. The CD was recorded at Hooiland Studios in Zwolle, Holland and was mixed and mast...

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AVA INFERI Completes Work On New Album

AVA INFERI, the Portugal-based band whose lineup includes guitarist Rune Eriksen (a.k.a. ex-MAYHEM guitarist/songwriter Blasphemer),entered the studio in November to begin recording its third album, "Blood Of Bacchus", for a 2009 release. Songtitles set to appear on the CD include "Fireflies", "A W...

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ROBERT PLANT Granted U.K. Civic Honor

According to the BBC News, former LED ZEPPELIN singer Robert Plant was among the 966 people granted civic honors yesterday (Tuesday, December 30) in the U.K. The honors are bestowed in the name of Queen Elizabeth II and are recommended by a panel that considers suggestions from government department...

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METALLICA's LARS ULRICH: Getting SLAYER Into 'Guitar Hero' Was A Challenge

According to Ars Technica, METALLICA drummer Lars Ulrich has told Game Informer magazine that SLAYER's addition to the forthcoming Guitar Hero: Metallica game brought some headaches due to content. "I'm super psyched we got SLAYER in there," Ulrich said. "SLAYER's got to be part of any heavy metal v...

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JOE LYNN TURNER, JEFF SCOTT SOTO To Perform At 'Rock & Pop Masters' Concert In Florida

Joe Lynn Turner (DEEP PURPLE, RAINBOW) and Jeff Scott Soto (JOURNEY, TALISMAN, YNGWIE MALMSTEEN) are among the musicians who will take part in the fifth annual Rock & Pop Masters, set to take place Saturday, March 14, 2009 at the Weston Regional Park in Weston, Florida. The following artists are...

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PAMELA MOORE, MALICE IN WONDERLAND On 'Maximum Threshold'; Audio Available

Pamela Moore — best known for her performance as Sister Mary on QUEENSRŸCHE's 1988 epic concept album "Operation: Mindcrime" and 2006's epic sequel "Operation: Mindcrime II" — and Norwegian hard rock band MALICE IN WONDERLAND were the featured guests on this past Saturday's (December 27) edition of...

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SKELETONWITCH Announces Dates With CANNABIS CORPSE

Ohio's sons of Midwestern darkness SKELETONWITCH will play a handful of headlining dates in early January with the Richmond, Virginia-based old-school death metal band CANNABIS CORPSE (featuring Philip "Landphil" Hall of MUNICIPAL WASTE). The run of dates culminates in Brooklyn, New York where the '...

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PAMELA MOORE, MALICE IN WONDERLAND To Guest On Tonight's 'Maximum Threshold'

Pamela Moore — best known for her performance as Sister Mary on QUEENSRŸCHE's 1988 epic concept album "Operation: Mindcrime" and 2006's epic sequel "Operation: Mindcrime II" — and Norwegian hard rock band MALICE IN WONDERLAND will guest on tonight's (Saturday, December 27) edition of the "Maximum Th...

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DISTURBED, SLAYER, SOULFLY, TRIVIUM Members Remember DIMEBAG; Video Available

Austria's Mulatschag.TV has posted an eight-minute documentary on late PANTERA/DAMAGEPLAN guitarist "Dimebag" Darrell Abbott featuring interview clips with members of DISTURBED, SLAYER, TRIVIUM and SOULFLY. Watch the footage below. "Dimebag" Darrell Abbott was shot to death along with three others d...

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WARRANT: Two Shows Announced

'80s hard rockers WARRANT have scheduled the following dates: Jan. 31 - Lucky Star Casino - Concho, OK Feb. 28 - Harley Davidson - Orlando, FL WARRANT announced in early September that it was splitting with singer Jani Lane six months after it first reunited with the troubled vocalist. "From the beg...

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MINOR DAMAGE Featuring 12-Year-Old Texas Boys; Video Footage Available

Fan-filmed video footage of the young Colleyville, Texas based metal band MINOR DAMAGE performing the song "Time to Destroy" at the House of Blues in Dallas on December 15, 2008 can be viewed below. MINOR DAMAGE was selected to be the opening act for the 2008 House of Blues Tribute Tour following im...

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GWAR: New Video Interview With ODERUS URUNGUS, SLEAZY P. MARTINI Available

Robert Williams of Metal-Rules.com conducted an interview with GWAR frontman Dave Brockie (a.k.a. Oderus Urungus) and the band's manager, Sleazy P. Martini, on December 5, 2008 in Austin, Texas during the group's Electile Dysfunction tour. Watch the seven-minute chat below. Smartass Radio recently c...

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Signed ROBERT PLANT Portrait Being Auctioned For Charity

U.K.'s ThisIsSuttonColdfield.co.uk reports: A music lover and artist from Tamworth is auctioning a signed portrait of a Midlands rock legend for charity. Painter Sue Verity, from Amington Fields, met up with LED ZEPPELIN singer Robert Plant last weekend so that he could sign her artwork. The portrai...