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PLACE VENDOME: More New Album Details Revealed

PLACE VENDOME, the project featuring former HELLOWEEN singer Michael Kiske alongside PINK CREAM 69's Dennis Ward, will release its second album, "Streets Of Fire", on February 20, 2009 via Frontiers Records. The songs this time were supplied by different songwriters, who were particularly motivated...

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METALLICA's JAMES HETFIELD And ROBERT TRUJILLO Talk 'Guitar Hero'

The Pulse of Radio reports: METALLICA confirmed last week at its web site that the long-rumored Guitar Hero: Metallica will tentatively arrive in the first half of 2009. The group is only the second act to get its own version of Guitar Hero, following this year's AEROSMITH game. METALLICA frontman J...

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WARRANT: Video Highlights From May 2008 'Rockline' Appearance Posted Online

The briefly reunited original lineup of WARRANT — featuring lead singer Jani Lane — took part in an interview and a "plugged-in" performance on May 7, 2008 on the nationally syndicated radio show "Rockline", hosted by Bob Coburn. An eight-minute clip featuring highlights from the band's appearance o...

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ROBERT PLANT Once Again Rules Out LED ZEPPELIN Reunion

According to Telegraph, LED ZEPPELIN frontman Robert Plant has ruled out the band getting back together for a concert tour. Plant, 60, said he has moved on to other things and was getting too old for two-hour rock shows in giant arenas across the world. Plant was on stage yesterday being interviewed...

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Former VIXEN Bassist Hosting Financial News Show; Video Available

Former VIXEN bassist and co-founder of Rock n Roll TV video podcast Share Pederson, who now goes by the name Share Ross (after marrying Bam of DOGS D'AMOUR),is apparently hosting new financial news show called "Rock n Markets with Share Ross". A two-minute sample of the program can be viewed below....

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M.A.N Bassist Undergoes Gallstone Surgery

Bassist Rob Hakemo of M.A.N — the group formed out of the ashes of Sweden's TRANSPORT LEAGUE (featuring former MNEMIC frontman Tony Jelencovich) — underwent "gallstone" surgery at the Östra hospital in Gothenburg, Sweden on Tuesday, December 16. Rob is currently recovering and will soon be back on h...

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AC/DC Frontman Signs Book Deal To Release Collection Of Thoughts And Anecdotes

Gerry Galipault of HeraldTribune.com recently conducted an interview with AC/DC frontman Brian Johnson. A few excerpts from the chat follow below. On "Black Ice", AC/DC's first album in eight years, which sold nearly 800,000 copies in its debut week and has since topped 1.6 million in the United Sta...

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METALLICA: 'All Nightmare Long' Video Director Speaks

U.K.'s Metal Hammer magazine spoke to Roboshobo (a.k.a. Robert Schober) who created the new METALLICA video, "All Nightmare Long". An excerpt from the chat follows below. Metal Hammer: What was the band's first reaction? Roboshob: Very positive: emails from James [Hetfield] and Kirk [Hammett] were p...

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'Roadrunner United The Concert' DVD: First-Week Sales Revealed

The "Roadrunner United The Concert" DVD sold just under 2,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release to debut at position No. 32 on the Top Music Videos chart. The double-disc set hit shelves almost three years to the day after the now-legendary concert held at the Nokia Theater in...

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METALLICA: New Audio Interview With ROBERT TRUJILLO Available

Skippy of Modesto, California's Rock 96.7 radio station conducted an interview with METALLICA bassist Robert Trujillo on December 13, 2008 at the Save Mart Center in Fresno. Listen to the 10-minute chat below. METALLICA has confirmed that the long-rumored Guitar Hero: Metallica will tentatively arri...

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JIMMY PAGE, JIMI HENDRIX, EDDIE VAN HALEN, STEVE VAI Among 'Chop Shop''s Top Guitarists

Envision Radio Networks' "Chop Shop" guitar show has announced "The Chop Shop's Top 100 Most Complete Guitar Players of All Time", a newly published list of the all-time greatest guitar players. Program host Steve Black (WRIF-FM) assembled a panel of music industry experts to help choose the list fe...

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BROTHERHOOD OF THE LAKE Signs With GLASSTONE RECORDS

Glasstone Records has announced the signing of BROTHERHOOD OF THE LAKE from Plymouth, U.K. According to a press release, the band "brings an onslaught of spiky guitar riffs and roaring vocals, backed up by an absolute bull of a drummer, keeping the songs on lockdown through beatdown after beatdown....

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FIRES OF BABYLON Debut To Receive U.S. Release In January

FIRES OF BABYLON — the classic 1980s-style, shredding U.S. heavy metal band featuring guitarist Lou St. Paul (WINTERS BANE),vocalist Rob Rock (ex-IMPELLITTERI),bassist Kelly Conlon (ex-DEATH),and drummer Robert Falzano (ex-ANNIHILATOR) — will have its self-titled debut album released in the U.S....

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AXL ROSE: Why I Am Continung To Use Name GUNS N' ROSES

GUNS N' ROSES singer Axl Rose has made a lengthy posting to the MyGNRForum.com web site where he answered a number of fan-submitted questions related to such topics as why he is continuing to use the GUNS name and the circumstances that led to the breakup of the classic GN'R lineup. His posting ...

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'Rock Gods: Forty Years Of Rock Photography' Book Featuring SLASH Introduction Out Now

Slash (VELVET REVOLVER, ex-GUNS N' ROSES) has written the introduction to "Rock Gods: Forty Years Of Rock Photography", a new book by renowned photographer Robert M. Knight. The 148-page hardcover book features over 200 full-color and black-and-white photographs. In 1968, a young photographer named...