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APOCALYPTICA Confirmed For Slovenia's METAL CAMP Festival
Finnish string combo APOCALYPTICA are the latest band confirmed for the first installment of the Metal Camp festival, a two-day event set to take place August 20-21 in Tolbin, Slovenia. The festival is being co-produced by Austrian and Slovenian booking agencies and will take place at a "very beauti...June 20, 2004
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Contraband
It must have looked great on paper: three musicians from one of the best hard rock bands of the last twenty years joining forces with one of the most electrifying frontmen of the past decade. The talents of former GUNS N' ROSES guitarist Slash, bassist Duff McKagan, and drummer Matt Sorum could hard...June 18, 2004
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Poll: LED ZEPPELIN's 'Stairway To Heaven' Is Best Rock Song Of Last 50 Years
Around 800 German rock music fans participated in an online poll to choose the Top 50 rock songs of the last 50 years. The Top 50 list, as selected by the users of the Rockantenne.de web site, is as follows: 01. LED ZEPPELIN – Stairway to Heaven 02. AC/DC – Highway to Hell ...June 17, 2004
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MÖTLEY CRÜE: Second 'Music To Crash Your Car To' Box Set Due This Month
MÖTLEY CRÜE will release the second four-CD box set installment of the band's complete history, "Music To Crash Your Car To, Volume II", on June 29 through Hip-O Records. Following the four-CD box set "Music To Crash Your Car To, Volume I", issued in late 2003, "Volume II" continues the tale through...June 17, 2004
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DEATH ANGEL, DECAPITATED, PRONG Confirmed For MILWAUKEE METALFEST XVIII
The first bands have been announced for Milwaukee Metalfest XVIII, a two-day event set to be held July 30-31 at Modjeska Theatre in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The festival's lineup is shaping up as follows: Friday, July 30, 2004: DEATH ANGEL DECAPITATED GOATWHORE PRONG CATTLE DECAPITATION MACABRE SEVEN W...June 14, 2004
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DEF LEPPARD: A Change Of Mind Regarding '70s Covers Album?
According to MelodicRock.com, DEF LEPPARD's webmaster has posted the following message on the DefLeppard.senff.com web site: "In an article about his house, [DEF LEPPARD bassist Rick Savage] mentioned that the next DEF LEPPARD album would be a compilation of cover tunes from the '70s, to be released...June 10, 2004
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Brooklyn-Based Rock Trio ZO2 To Promote Debut CD On KISS/POISON Summer Tour
The Brooklyn-based rock trio ZO2 has been named as the opening act for the eagerly anticipated KISS and POISON tour in summer 2004. KISS has always fearlessly taken hot up-and-coming acts on the road with them as openers often rocketing those artists to success, and ZO2 is the latest in that long, d...June 9, 2004
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THOR To Begin Recording New Album
Canadian heavy metal legend THOR is heading to Los Angeles in June to record his 14th studio album, titled "Thor Against The World", with producers Messiaz (a.k.a. Frank Meyer and Bruce Duff) at the helm. On "Thor Against The World", THOR will be backed by Los Angeles three-piece SWEET JUSTICE, whic...June 6, 2004
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DEF LEPPARD Bassist: '70s Covers Album Due In September
DEF LEPPARD bassist Rick Savage has revealed to Hoover's Online that the group's latest project is a covers album of hits from the Seventies, tentatively due in September. "We are playing songs from all the great rock bands, including DAVID BOWIE and ROXY MUSIC," Savage said. "It originally was a bi...June 4, 2004
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GODSMACK Vs. STORY OF THE YEAR: Indiana Concert Ends In Savage Beating
St. Louis, Missouri-based emo-core/pop-punk outfit STORY OF THE YEAR reportedly got into an altercation with some of GODSMACK's crew during an appearance at the X-103's May Day 2004 concert on Saturday (May 29) at the Verizon Wireless Music Center in Noblesville, Indiana. The following is a message...June 1, 2004
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NIKKI SIXX: BRIDES OF DESTRUCTION To Get 'More Focused And Harder' On Second CD
BRIDES OF DESTRUCTION/MÖTLEY CRÜE bassist Nikki Sixx has posted the following message to the "Diary" section of CRÜE's official web site: "Monday two days before we (the BRIDES) leave for Europe on tour. I'm home with [wife] Donna and the kids. Life is grand and then some. I'm sitting here at 7 a.m....May 31, 2004
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Original METALLICA Bassist RON MCGOVNEY: 'The Band Was Formed In My Garage'
The original METALLICA bassist, Ron McGovney, recently gave an interview to the METALLICA fan site AllMetallica.com about his time with the group and his current activities. What follows are several excerpts from that interview: AllMetallica.com: Could you explain for everyone exactly what your part...May 14, 2004
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Members Of STATETROOPER Form New Label
When the members of STATETROOPER decided to be their own label, they planned that it would be for more than simply to release STATETROOPER albums. In 1987 vocalist Gary Barden (ex-MICHAEL SCHENKER GROUP) disbanded the group, a decision based more on his disappointment with the way the industry had d...May 11, 2004
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'Rock Stars On God': METALLICA, GODSMACK Among Artists Challenged On Faith In New Book
Doug Van Pelt, the founder and editor of HM, a 15-year-old Christian hard music magazine, has just published "Rock Stars on God", a collection of interviews featured in the "What So & So Sez" section of the magazine. Described as a "fly on the wall," inside perspective on a frank and open discus...May 11, 2004
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JERRY CANTRELL, BILLY DUFFY Jam With SAMMY HAGAR At Cabo Wabo Launch
Ted Nugent, Jerry Cantrell (ALICE IN CHAINS),Billy Duffy (THE CULT) and Ronnie Montrose were among the guest performers with Sammy Hagar and his band THE WABORITAS at the launch of Hagar's first stateside Cabo Wabo Cantina in Harveys Resort Casino in Lake Tahoe, Nevada this past weekend. Check put...May 4, 2004
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