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MICHAEL ANTHONY Says Friendship With SAMMY HAGAR Got Him Booted From VAN HALEN

According to The Pulse of Radio, Michael Anthony says that Eddie and Alex Van Halen hold a grudge against him for maintaining a friendship with Sammy Hagar. Anthony recalled to Mojo, that the problems started between him and the band when in the late '90s, VAN HALEN once again tried unsuccessfully t...

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DREAM THEATER Drummer Names His Favorite Albums Of 2009, Past Decade

DREAM THEATER drummer Mike Portnoy has released his annual "Best Of..." list for 2009 as well as a "Best Of 00s Decade-End Wrap-Up". His music-related selections are as follows: Best Of 2009 CDs: 01. BIGELF - Cheat The Gallows 02. MASTODON - Crack The Skye 03. ALICE IN CHAINS - Black Gives Way To Bl...

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PAUL RODGERS Celebrates 60th Birthday

This Thursday (December 17),Paul Rodgers will celebrate his 60th birthday. Scores of family, friends and musicians sat down with Kyle McCurry at WNGZ radio over the last several weeks to talk about the inspiration and legacy of Rodgers' music. Fans can listen to the entire sessions filled with stor...

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ICED EARTH's SCHAFFER To Unveil Details Of New Solo Project On 'The Alex Jones Show'

ICED EARTH guitarist/mainman Jon Schaffer has issued the following update: "For the last several months I have been working on a new project/solo album called SONS OF LIBERTY. I am excited to unveil this and talk about the motivations behind it this Friday on the Alex Jones show. "I will be in the s...

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HELLOWEEN Drummer Schedules Swiss Workshops

Drummer Dani Löble of German metallers HELLOWEEN has scheduled three "heavy metal drum workshops" in Switzerland in January. The details are as follows: **January 22, 2010 EYS Hinwil 19.00-21.00 Im Singsaal Schulhaus Breite **January 23, 2010 St. Gallen 16.00-18.00 Im Musikhaus Musicum, Wil **Januar...

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BLEEDING THROUGH: Second Studio Video Report Posted Online

Orange County, California's BLEEDING THROUGH is currently at Planet Z Studios in Hadley, Massachusetts working on the band's new album for a spring 2010 release via the Portland, Oregon-based independent record label Rise Records. The CD is being produced by Chris "Zeuss" Harris, who has previously...

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GUNS N' ROSES: Seoul Performance Footage Available

Fan-filmed video footage of GUNS N' ROSES performing the song "Sweet Child O' Mine" (with the camera focused on the stage video screen) on December 13, 2009 at the Olympic Park Gymnastics Stadium in Seoul, Korea can be viewed below. The band's setlist was as follows: 01. Chinese Democracy 02. Welcom...

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AM CONSPIRACY Frontman Interviewed On 'All Knowing Force'

Former DROWNING POOL and current AM CONSPIRACY vocalist Jason "Gong" Jones was the featured guest on the December 8, 2009 edition of the "All Knowing Force" web-based interview show. The 70-minute chat is available for download as an MP3 audio file at this location. It can also be streamed below. Fo...

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MEDEIA: 'Antichristmas' Video Released

Finnish "alternative death metal" act MEDEIA has released the video (see below) for its new holiday single, "Antichristmas". A free MP3 or .WAV download is also available from the band's web site.. MEDEIA's second full-length album, "Cult", was released in September 2008 through Fullsteam Records. T...

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ARSIS To Film New Video This Month

Virginia-based technical melodic death metallers ARSIS will film a video for the song "Forced To Rock" later this month in New York with MyGoodEye (THE RED CHORD, GOATWHORE, THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER). The track comes off the band's new album, "Starve For The Devil", which is scheduled for release in...

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SLOWMOTION APOCALYPSE Guitarist Diagnosed With Leukemia

Italian metallers SLOWMOTION APOCALYPSE have issued the following update: "Unfortunately, this time we're writing for giving you bad news. "Only few days ago we discovered Nicolas [Milanese, guitar] suffers from leukemia. He will have to go through a rather long period of therapy and this won't allo...

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Ex-PANTERA Manager: 'I Don't Think VINNIE Will Ever Be Able To Communicate With PHILIP Again'

Former PANTERA manager Kimberly Zide Davis, who joined Concrete Management in 1994, and served as vice president of artist management until the organization ceased operations in 2003, was interviewed for Guitar World's January 2010 issue, which pays tribute to late PANTERA/DAMAGEPLAN guitarist "Dime...

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MINISTRY Mainman Undergoing Series Of Foot Surgeries

Al Jourgensen (MINISTRY, REVOLTING COCKS) is currently undergoing a series of surgeries on his foot. According to a posting on the MINISTRY MySpace page, "He'll be 100% back in black in no time." A new Christmas video message from Jourgensen can be viewed below. "It's Always Christmas Time", a colla...

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GUNS N' ROSES In Taiwan: More Video Footage Available

GUNS N' ROSES kicked off its first tour in three years last night (Friday, December 11) in Taiwan, marking the band's first gigs in support of its 2008 CD, "Chinese Democracy". The band's setlist was as follows: 01. Chinese Democracy 02. Welcome To The Jungle 03. It's So Easy 04. Mr. Brownstone 05....

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JOHN CORABI: 'Music Is Full Of Spontaneity And Instinct'

Jonathan Pinkerton of Examiner.com recently conducted an interview with John Corabi (MÖTLEY CRÜE, THE SCREAM, UNION). A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Examiner.com: Early in your career you went from being in two local bands based in L.A., ANGORA and THE SCREAM, then you were suddenl...