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Reunited EASY ACTION To Open For TWISTED SISTER In Sweden

Reunited '80s Swedish glam-rock band EASY ACTION, featuring original members Kee Marcello (real name: Kjell Lövbom; guitar; EUROPE) and Zinny J. Zan (real name: Bo Stagman; vocals; SHOTGUN MESSIAH),will support TWISTED SISTER on their two upcoming Swedish shows: Nov. 13 - Gothenburg, SWE @ Liseberg...

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VENOM Drummer On New Material: 'I Am Really Happy With The Way Things Are Going'

Metal Hell magazine recently conducted an interview with VENOM drummer Antony "Antton" Lant (brother of VENOM frontman Conrad "Cronos" Lant). A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: On the addition of "Rage" on guitar: "We have known Rage for quite a while now; just like (when) I used to rehearse...

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HALLOWS EVE Bassist: 'I'm Not Dead Yet'

Reunited Atlanta-based thrashers HALLOWS EVE were forced to cancel their appearance at this coming weekend's Monsters Ball (Friday, October 12 at the Rock Room of the Sterling Hotel in Allentown, Pennsylvania and on Saturday, October 13 at Dingbatz in Clifton, New Jersey) after the group's bassist,...

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PRONG Mainman To Guest On SIRIUS SATELLITE's 'Hard Files'

PRONG mainman Tommy Victor will guest on the "Hard Files" program on Sirius Satellite Radio's Hard Attack on Thursday (October 11) at 7:00 p.m. EST. Rebroadcasts: Fridays at noon ET, Saturdays at 3:00 p.m. ET and Sundays at 6:00 p.m. ET. Join Victor and Sirius host Jose Mangin as they blast songs of...

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DETHKLOK Creator Comments On 'Dethalbum' First-Week Chart Success

DETHKLOK's debut album, "The Dethalbum", sold nearly 34,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release to debut at #21 on The Billboard 200 chart. It also dominated the Loud Rock radio charts, hitting #6 on CMJ, #11 on FMQB, and #1 on Mediaguide metal specialty. The CD was also streame...

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DIVINE HERESY Guitarist Reveals Favorite Dining Hotspots

DIVINE HERESY, the band led by ex-FEAR FACTORY guitarist Dino Cazares, kicked off its worldwide touring campaign for its acclaimed debut album "Bleed the Fifth", last week as part of the "Operation: Annihilation" tour alongside STATIC-X, SHADOWS FALL and 3 INCHES OF BLOOD. Cazares and DIVINE HERESY...

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KID ROCK Talks To LARRY KING About TOMMY LEE Fight

Kid Rock was a guest on "Larry King Live" on CNN Friday night (October 5) where he talked about his fight with former MÖTLEY CRÜE drummer Tommy Lee at the MTV Video Music Awards. Watch the eight-minute clip below. In a recent interview with Rolling Stone magazine, Kid Rock claimed he started the fig...

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HALLOWS EVE: Illness Forces Concert Cancellations

Reunited Atlanta-based thrashers HALLOWS EVE have been forced to cancel their appearance at the Monsters Ball next weekend (Friday, October 12 at the Rock Room of the Sterling Hotel in Allentown, Pennsylvania and on Saturday, October 13 at Dingbatz in Clifton, New Jersey). Commented guitarist Doyle...

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GUNS N' ROSES Keyboardist Performs 'Don't Cry' At GREAT LAKES Film Festival; Video Available

Fan-filmed video footage of GUNS N' ROSES keyboardist Dizzy Reed performing the GN'R classic "Don't Cry" at the 2007 Great Lakes Independent Film Festival on September 29, 2007 can be viewed below. Dizzy Reed has been a member of GUNS N' ROSES since 1990, playing on their 1991 blockbuster albums "Us...

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SOILENT GREEN Signs With METAL BLADE RECORDS

Metal Blade Records has announced the signing of Southern sludge grind-metallers SOILENT GREEN. The band will begin recording its fifth full-length album on October 15 at Mana Studios in Tampa, Florida with producer/engineer Erik Rutan (CANNIBAL CORPSE, HATE ETERNAL, GOATWHORE, VITAL REMAINS). Expec...

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TOMMY LEE's New Game: Machinima Videos

Former MÖTLEY CRÜE drummer and sometime Internet video star Tommy Lee is getting back into the vid business, in a manner of speaking, this time with film director Zach Snyder of "300" fame. Seems the duo are avid video gamers and fans of "machinima," the new genre of filmmaking that uses video games...

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ROB ZOMBIE: New Video Interview Available

Rob Zombie has been selected as the "Artist of the Month" on Gametap.com. Today Gametap.com posted a new video interview where Zombie talks about his inspiration to create "Zombie Live", his musical history in games, and the inception of the new "Halloween" remake. New videos will be posted througho...

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PRONG Mainman Discusses 'Power Of The Damager'

Alex Zander of MK magazine recently conducted an interview with PRONG mainman Tommy Victor. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: MK: How did [Monte Pittman, guitar] come into the whole picture? How did you cross paths with someone like Monte Pitman? Victor: Actually it was through Ivan de Prum...

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IRON MAIDEN Singer On Flying, SHARON OSBOURNE, MÖTLEY CRÜE And Reality TV

Cameron Adams of Australia's Herald Sun recently conducted an interview with IRON MAIDEN singer Bruce Dickinson. A few excerpts from the chat follow: On working at Astraeus Airlines as a full-time pilot: "Most of my holidays are planned around going on tour with IRON MAIDEN. We do a lot of charter w...

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SLASH Says His Autobiography Treats AXL ROSE Fairly

World Entertainment News Network reports that veteran rocker Slash insists his new autobiography isn't a veiled excuse for him to slam his former GUNS N' ROSES bandmate Axl Rose. Slash — real name Saul Hudson — quit GUNS N' ROSES in 1996 after falling out with Rose for the umpteenth time. But the gu...