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'Heavy Metal: The First 20 Years' Collection Due This Month

According to Top40-Charts.com, Time Life has set a July 25 release date for "Heavy Metal: The First 20 Years", a tribute to the bands that rocked, filled with songs that manage to be both nostalgic yet as relevant as ever. Vintage metal videos still run on VH1 Classic around the clock and fans still...

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EUROPE 'Has Never Sounded This Great' Before

Reunited Swedish hard rockers EUROPE are continuing work on the follow-up to 2004's "Start from the Dark", tentatively due this fall. The band have posted the following studio update on their official web site: "The work is proceeding as planed. John Norum is now ready with all the rhythm guitars an...

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KELLY KEELING Confirmed For SAMMY HAGAR Tribute Album

Versailles Records has announced the last-minute inclusion of Kelly Keeling (BLUE MURDER, BATON ROUGE, KING KOBRA) on lead vocals for the title track to the forthcoming release "Three Lock Box: A Millennium Tribute to Sammy Hagar", due in stores August 15. Featuring guitar and bass tracks by Richard...

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THE BRAIN SURGEONS: Tour Dates Announced

THE BRAIN SURGEONS, the critically acclaimed New York City-based collaboration between BLUE ÖYSTER CULT founder Albert Bouchard and punk/metal guitar legend Ross the Boss (DICTATORS, MANOWAR),has lined up the following dates: Jul. 27 - Cleveland, OH - Beachland Ballroom Jul. 28 - Chicago, IL - The...

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MIKE PATTON's PEEPING TOM Turns Down FAMILY VALUES TOUR

Contrary to previous reports, PEEPING TOM — the new project of Mike Patton (FAITH NO MORE, MR. BUNGLE, TOMAHAWK, FANTOMAS) — will **NOT** be taking part in The Family Values Tour 2006. KORN frontman Jonathan Davis was recently in the Korn Korner, the group's official chat room, to talk to fans about...

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LUNARMILE Featuring TONY IOMMI's Daughter: More Tour Dates Announced

LUNARMILE, the British band featuring frontwoman Toni-Marie (daughter of BLACK SABBATH guitarist Tony Iommi) and bassist Alex Hill (son of JUDAS PRIEST bassist Ian Hill),have lined up the following dates during the coming months: Jun. 30 - Black Cross – Bromsgrove, UK Jul. 01 - The Jailhouse - Cove...

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MOTÖRHEAD, HELLOWEEN, URIAH HEEP Titles To Be Re-Released On CD/DVD

Classic titles from MOTÖRHEAD and HELLOWEEN are among the seminal rock albums being released July 31 in a special CD/DVD format by Castle Music, in association with Sanctuary Records. In a new initiative for Castle Music, each album comes packaged with an informative booklet and a "sister" DVD; prov...

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WARRANT: 'Bourbon County Line' Video Available

WARRANT's video for the track "Bourbon County Line" has been posted online at this location. The song comes off the '80s rockers' new album, "Born Again", due on July 11 via Deadline Music. This long-awaited collection — the group's first since the addition of lead singer Jaime St. James of BLACK 'N...

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STRYPER: Long-Awaited 'Live In Puerto Rico' DVD Available For Pre-Order

STRYPER's "Greatest Hits Live in Puerto Rico" DVD is finally available for pre-order at this location. DVDs will begin shipping on August 21. The first 500 orders receive a free "Live in Puerto Rico" T-shirt. Filmed in San Juan, Puerto Rico in 2004, "Greatest Hits Live in Puerto Rico" captures the b...

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LITA FORD Rumored To Take Part In 'The Surreal Life 7'

According to a posting on the GameSpot.com web site, '80s rocker Lita Ford is among the celebrities who will take part in the seventh season of VH1's "The Surreal Life", a reality television series that sets a select group of out-of-the-spotlight celebrities and films them as they live together in a...

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KISS Guitarist TOMMY THAYER: 'Being In KISS Was Never My Intention At All'

Writer/photographer John Harrell recently conducted an interview with KISS guitarist Tommy Thayer for a cover story in the Japanese magazine Burrn! An excerpt from the second part of the chat follows: Burrn!: How long have you known Gene Simmons? Tommy: "I've known Gene for almost 25 years. The firs...

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BUCKCHERRY, SEETHER Added To KUFO's ROCKFEST ELEVEN

BUCKCHERRY, SEETHER and EVANS BLUE have been added to KUFO's Rockfest Eleven, set to take place on Saturday, July 29 at Columbia Meadows in Portland, Oregon. Headlining the event will be ALICE IN CHAINS. More acts will be announced soon. BUCKCHERRY's third album, titled "Fifteen", debuted at a caree...

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BUCKCHERRY Keeps Getting 'Crazy' On Road

The BUCKCHERRY road machine keeps rolling as the band has added a whole new slew of tour dates to its current schedule. The new round of shows kicks off tonight (Friday, June 23) at a radio festival in Southaven, Massachusetts, and will extend the group's current stint into mid-August. The reformed...

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AC/DC: 'Back In Black' Ringtone Certified Platinum

AC/DC have picked up a platinum certification for the "Back in Black" ringtone as part of the Recording Industry Association of America's (RIAA) recently announced formal launch of a Master Ringtone Sales Award, updating its 47-year old Gold and Platinum program to recognize the growing popularity o...

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U.K. Teenage Guitar Sensation To Meet GENE SIMMONS

Peter Walsh of the U.K.'s Norwich Evening News is reporting that a Norfolk teenage guitar sensation is due to meet rock legend Gene Simmons when he visits the United States later this summer with his band. Oli Brown, lead singer and guitarist with BLUE EVOLUTION, shot to fame when he was plucked fro...