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KISS Featured In Commercial For Swedish Gaming Operator

Legendary rockers KISS are featured in a new commercial for Svenska Spel, the largest gaming operator in Sweden. Watch the clip below. In June, KISS and the New Mexico Lottery announced that they signed a licensing agreement that will introduce the band to the $225 billion-a-year global lottery indu...

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SLASH: 'I Have A Hard Time Accepting Myself As Someone Who Is Influential' As A Guitar Player

Epiphone.com recently conducted an interview with legendary guitarist Slash (VELVET REVOLVER, ex-GUNS N' ROSES). A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Epiphone.com: Tell me about your early influences. Were there specific players that inspired you to pick up a guitar? Slash: Some guitar p...

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SLAYER Guitarist Says 'Everyone Is Completely Into The Idea' Of More 'Big Four' Shows

Peter Atkinson of KNAC.COM recently conducted an interview with SLAYER guitarist Kerry King. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. KNAC.COM: Given his neck surgery, how has Tom [Araya, SLAYER bassist/vocalist] been holding up with the busy tour schedule you've had and will have? King: He'...

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HELLYEAH's TOM MAXWELL Interviewed In Corpus Christi (Video)

Jay Nanda of the San Antonio Metal Music Examiner conducted an interview with HELLYEAH guitarist Tom Maxwell when the band played Corpus Christi, Texas on September 11, 2010 as part of the Rockstar Energy Drink Uproar Festival. You can now watch the chat below. HELLYEAH is headlining the Jägermeiste...

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SLAYER Drummer: 'My Mindset Was Very, Very Different For This Record Than Any Of The Others'

Amy Kelly of Ultimate-Guitar.com recently conducted an interview with SLAYER drummer Dave Lombardo. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Ultimate-Guitar.com: I'd like to take a look at the latest album, "World Painted Blood". How would you describe the songwriting process for that record...

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EXODUS Drummer Talks Technique: 'In My Younger Years I Just Relied More On Brute Force'

Don de Leaumont of The Great Southern Brainfart conducted an interview with drummer Tom Hunting of San Francisco Bay Area metallers EXODUS prior to the band's September 3, 2010 concert in Atlanta, Georgia. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. The Great Southern Brainfart: EXODUS was on t...

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WILLIAM DUVALL: 'This Incarnation Of ALICE IN CHAINS Grew Up In Public'

Martin Bandyke of the Detroit Free Press recently conducted an interview with ALICE IN CHAINS singer William DuVall. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Detroit Free Press: And how difficult was it to step into the shoes of Layne Staley as a featured singer? DuVall: Oh yeah, it was diff...

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SODOM Mainman's DIE KNAPPEN: Debut Album To Surface In November

Bassist/vocalist Thomas "Angelripper" Such of veteran German thrashers SODOM has joined forces with longtime friend Detlef "Magic" Lauster in a brand new project called DIE KNAPPEN (old German word for "miner"). The group's debut album, "Auf Kohle Geboren", will be released on November 12. DIE KNAPP...

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TIM 'RIPPER' OWENS: Quality Gothenburg Footage Available

Fan-filmed video footage of Tim "Ripper" Owens' (YNGWIE MALMSTEEN, BEYOND FEAR, ex-JUDAS PRIEST, ICED EARTH) September 12, 2010 headlining performance at Sticky Fingers in Gothenburg, Sweden can be viewed below. Owens is being backed by the following musicians during his current European tour: * And...

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'From The Land Of The Ice And Snow' Tribute To LED ZEPPELIN Due In October

Portland-based record company Jealous Butcher Records has set an October 12 release date for a double-disc compilation of LED ZEPPELIN cover songs, Six years in the making, "From The Land Of The Ice And Snow: The Songs Of Led Zeppelin" features more than 50 artists and bands as well as cover artwork...

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SERJ TANKIAN, ANCA And AYF Launch 'Yes, It's Genocide' Campaign

Grammy-winning multi-platinum singer/songwriter Serj Tankian has teamed with the Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA) and the Armenian Youth Federation (AYF) in calling on President Obama to honor his pledge to recognize the Armenian Genocide and to take decisive action to end the genocide...

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JOEY KRAMER: 'It Wouldn't Be AEROSMITH if There Wasn't Some Sort Of Drama Swirling Around Us'

Tim Taylor of JAM Magazine Online recently conducted an interview with AEROSMITH drummer Joey Kramer. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. JAM Magazine Online: It seems as though a great deal of the rock memoirs released today, from Nikki Sixx to Ozzy Osbourne, use the central of theme d...

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TIM 'RIPPER' OWENS Hit By Flying Cup Of Beer In Norway; Video Available

Powerhouse vocalist Tim "Ripper" Owens (YNGWIE MALMSTEEN, BEYOND FEAR, ex-JUDAS PRIEST, ICED EARTH) was hit by what appears to have been a plastic cup filled with beer during his September 10, 2010 headlining performance at Byscenen in Haugesund, Norway. Owens had just started playing his cover vers...

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LEMMY To Guest On New MICHAEL MONROE Album

Michael Monroe, iconic rock and roll frontman and founding member of hugely influential Finnish outfit HANOI ROCKS, has entered a Los Angeles studio with legendary producer Jack Douglas (AEROSMITH, JOHN LENNON, CLUTCH, SLASH'S SNAKEPIT, NEW YORK DOLLS) to begin recording Monroe's new solo album, ten...

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TRIPTYKON Announces Dates With DIMMU BORGIR

TRIPTYKON, the group formed by former HELLHAMMER/CELTIC FROST singer, guitarist, and main songwriter Tom Gabriel Warrior, will support norwegian symphonic black metallers DIMMU BORGIR on the following dates: Sep. 27 - Milan, Italy - Alcatraz Sep. 28 - Zagreb, Croatia - Boogaloo Club Sep. 30 - Luxemb...