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EVANESCENCE Members Looking To Rename FUTURE LEADERS OF THE WORLD

Launch Radio Networks is reporting that FUTURE LEADERS OF THE WORLD — the band featuring singer Phil Tayler and bassist Thad Ables, along with EVANESCENCE members John LeCompt (guitar) and Rocky Gray (drums) — have announced that the group will change its name and have asked fans to help them come u...

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DOWN Joined By VENOM Guitarist At Newcastle Gig

A BLABBERMOUTH.NET visitor by the name of Chris Flynn has submitted the following report: "DOWN blazed through a storming set tonight [May 25] at [the U.K.'s] Newcastle University. Despite rumours, there was no temper tantrums or storming off, Phil [Anselmo, vocals; ex-PANTERA] visibly loved every m...

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DEF LEPPARD Went A Bit Off The Beaten Path For New Album

Launch Radio Networks report: It would be easy for a band to make a covers album that only had famous songs, but the newly released "Yeah!" shows that DEF LEPPARD wasn't afraid to stretch a bit. The album mixes well-known material alongside some more obscure songs, and guitarist Phil Collen told Lau...

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THIN LIZZY To Tour U.S. This Summer

According to a posting on legendary guitarist John Sykes' official web site, it appears that summer dates are being lined up for THIN LIZZY in the U.S. Exact cities and dates will be announced soon. THIN LIZZY's current lineup includes Sykes, guitarist Scott Gorham, bassist Marco Mendoza and drummer...

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MACHINE HEAD Are 'Looking Forward' To SOUNDS OF THE UNDERGROUND Dates

San Francisco Bay Area metal titans MACHINE HEAD have commented on their decision to join the Sounds of the Underground Tour for as it hits the Bay Area on July 29, marking the first time the band have played for their hometown crowd in two years. Joining the tour at the end of what should ...

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VINCE NEIL's Son To Appear On MÖTLEY CRÜE Tribute Album

Versailles Records has announced the inclusion of Jizzy Pearl (LOVE/HATE, RATT),Phil Lewis (L.A. GUNS),Erik Turner (WARRANT),Frankie Banali (QUIET RIOT),Keri Kelli (SLASH'S SNAKEPIT, RATT, WARRANT, SKID ROW, ADLER'S APPETITE),and the ROCK N' ROLL JUNKIES (featuring Vince Neil Wharton — son of M...

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PHILIP ANSELMO Dedicates First-Ever DOWN European Show To DIMEBAG

DOWN — the acclaimed New Orleans band featuring CORROSION OF CONFORMITY guitarist/vocalist Pepper Keenan, drummer Jimmy Bower (EYEHATEGOD, SUPERJOINT RITUAL guitarist),bassist Rex Brown (ex-PANTERA),guitarist Kirk Windstein (CROWBAR),and vocalist Philip Anselmo (SUPERJOINT RITUAL, ex-PANTERA) — p...

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RE:IGNITION: Debut Album To Feature Guest Appearances By MACHINE HEAD, 36 CRAZYFISTS Members

RE:IGNITION, the San Francisco Bay Area band featuring in its ranks SKINLAB members Steev Esquivel (guitar) and Snake (bass),are continuing work on their debut album, "Empty Heart, Loaded Gun", due later in the year via Corporate Punishment Records. Esquivel has issued the following update in the a...

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MORTAL SIN Scrap DVD Release

Reunited Australian thrashers MORTAL SIN have scrapped plans to release a DVD of their February 4, 2006 concert at The Gaelic Club in Sydney, Australia "due to technical audio problems." Video footage, however, captured on the night was used in a alternate second cut for the "Out of the Darkness" cl...

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LAMB OF GOD Members To Sign Copies Of 'Metal: A Headbanger's Journey' DVD

Sam Dunn and Scot McFadyen, the directors behind the critically acclaimed "Metal: A Headbanger's Journey" documentary that focuses on the history of heavy metal music, will be joined by Chris Adler and Mark Morton of the band LAMB OF GOD to sign copies of the "Headbanger's Journey" DVD at F.Y.E in N...

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THIN LIZZY: Fifth Annual 'A Celebration: The Music Of Phil Lynott' Announced

Toronto's fifth annual "Thin Lizzy - A Celebration: The Music of Phil Lynott" is scheduled to take place on July 21-22, 2006 at Healey's. For the fifth year in a row, some of the finest musicians on the Canadian indie scene (and some special guests from around the world) are coming together to celeb...

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ALICE IN CHAINS: VH1 HEART Tribute Performance To Air Tonight

Launch Radio Networks reports: The first official performance from the reunited ALICE IN CHAINS will air tonight (Friday, May 5) on a new episode of VH1 Classic's "Decades Rock Live!" that pays tribute to fellow Seattle band HEART. Bassist Mike Inez told Launch about the enormous respect that ALICE...

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SLAYER, CHILDREN OF BODOM, L.A. GUNS Attend 'Metal: A Headbanger's Journey' Screening In L.A.

Some of heavy metal's finest were on hand last month (April 13) to help celebrate the "Metal: A Headbanger's Journey" AFI screening at the Arclight Theatre in Los Angeles. Directed by anthropologist Sam Dunn, the documentary explores the world of heavy metal with the help of the artists that helped...

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UFO's PAUL RAYMOND Offers Studio Update: Photos Available

UFO keyboardist/rhythm guitarist Paul Raymond has posted the following message on his official web site: "As you know, I've been in Germany in March for rehearsals and back in April recording the new [UFO] album. Much has progressed since then according to our manager and producer. Everyone is reall...

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3 Vulgar Videos

Though I had seen the footage on the original release, I looked on with a mix of sadness and disbelief as Dimebag Darrell Abbott smoked, drank, shredded, blew shit up, and lived his short life to the fullest in the infamous PANTERA home videos contained on "3 Vulgar Videos from Hell". Those precious...