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Former KISS Guitarist VINNIE VINCENT Announced As Special Guest At Atlanta KISS Expo

Former KISS guitarist Vinnie Vincent has been announced as a special guest at the the Atlanta Kiss Expo next year. According to the official web site for the Atlanta Kiss Expo, the 65-year-old musician will be signing autographs and taking photos during the special VIP Meet & Greet on Friday, Januar...

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PHIL LEWIS Says 'Attendance Has Been Up' For L.A. GUNS Reunion Shows With TRACII GUNS

Crash and Taylor of Sioux Falls' KBAD 94.5 FM's "The Morning Crash" radio show recently conducted an interview with L.A. GUNS frontman Phil Lewis. You can listen to the entire chat below. A few excerpts follow (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On his 2013 onstage reunion with L.A. GUNS co-founder...

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BLACK STAR RIDERS Guitarist Recalls Playing Ping Pong With QUEEN Frontman FREDDIE MERCURY

Kylie Olsson of uDiscover Music conducted an interview with vocalist Ricky Warwick and guitarist Scott Gorham of BLACK STAR RIDERS at Ramblin' Man Fair, which was held July 29-30 at Mote Park in Maidstone, Kent, United Kingdom. You can watch the full chat below. A few excerpts follow (transcribed by...

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HEAVEN & EARTH To Release 'Hard To Kill' Album In September

Quarto Valley Records has set a September 29 release date for "Hard To Kill", the fourth studio album from Los Angeles-based hard rockers HEAVEN & EARTH. Founded by British-born, blues-rock guitar virtuoso Stuart Smith, HEAVEN & EARTH specializes in melodic, hard rock in the vein of DEEP PURPLE, RAI...

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PÄNZER Feat. DESTRUCTION, HAMMERFALL, Ex-ACCEPT Members: Lyric Video For 'We Can Not Be Silenced'

PÄNZER, the heavy metal "supergroup" featuring DESTRUCTION frontman Schmier alongside Pontus Norgren (HAMMERFALL) and V.O. Pulver (G.U.R.D., POLTERGEIST) on guitar and Stefan Schwarzmann (ACCEPT, ex-RUNNING WILD) on drums, will release its second album, "Fatal Command", on October 6 via Nuclear Blas...

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GEOFF TATE On Meeting TODD LA TORRE: 'We Did A Selfie Together. Does That Mean We're Dating?'

On July 19, ex-QUEENSRŸCHE singer Geoff Tate spoke to the Hit Parader fan page about his recent chance encounter with his former bandmates at a festival in Spain. Tate said (see video below): "We had a massive falling out in 2012, which led me to leave the band and for them to sue me and take me to...

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SAMMY HAGAR, GLENN HUGHES, DAVE MENIKETTI, PHIL COLLEN Featured On RONNIE MONTROSE's '10x10' Album

When Ronnie Montrose passed away on March 3, 2012, he was in the midst of working on an album that would have thrilled fans of his original MONTROSE (1973-1974) and GAMMA (1979-1983) periods. The artistically restless Montrose followed his muse without question, but, in 2003, he called in bassist Ri...

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STEVE MORSE Says 'It Would Be Nice' For DEEP PURPLE To Play With RITCHIE BLACKMORE One Last Time

DEEP PURPLE guitarist Steve Morse says that "it would be nice" for the band to perform with Ritchie Blackmore one last time, explaining that everybody involved would "get a kick out of it if they could get past the psychological barriers." Blackmore is a co-founder of DEEP PURPLE and wrote many of t...

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METALLICA: Video Recap Of Fifth Annual 'Metallica Night' With SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS

METALLICA and the San Francisco Giants held the fifth annual "Metallica Night" this past Monday (August 7) at AT&T Park in San Francisco as the Giants took the field against the Chicago Cubs. METALLICA once again threw out the first pitch and James Hetfield and Kirk Hammett performed a version of "T...

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BLAZE BAYLEY: 'BRUCE DICKINSON Was Very Supportive Of Me When I Was In IRON MAIDEN'

Blaze Bayley says that he went through a "horrible time" after he was fired by IRON MAIDEN but insists that it is a period that he still looks back on "very fondly." The 54-year-old Bayley, who was born in Birmingham, was the original frontman in WOLFSBANE, but left in 1994 to join MAIDEN. He record...

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GENE SIMMONS Talks Politics: 'The Last Thing We Should Be Doing As A Country Is To Fight With Each Other'

In a brand new interview with WGN Radio, KISS bassist/vocalist Gene Simmons — a former contestant on Donald Trump's "The Celebrity Apprentice" show — was asked if he is still friends with the billionaire real estate mogul. "Sure," he responded (hear audio below). "And for people out there who think...

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KREATOR Frontman MILLE PETROZZA Has No Plans For Solo Album

Metal Wani's Jake Patton conducted an interview with vocalist/guitarist Mille Petrozza of German thrash veterans KREATOR. You can listen to the full interview below. A few excerpts follow (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On the reception to KREATOR's new album, "Gods Of Violence": Mille: "It coul...

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AC/DC's 'Back In Black' Featured In 'Death Wish' Trailer

AC/DC's classic song "Back In Black" is featured in the first trailer for director Eli Roth's next film, "Death Wish", starring Bruce Willis and Dean Norris. Due in the fall, it is a remake of the 1974 film of the same name that starred Charles Bronson. The new "Death Wish", featuring Willis in his...

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SLIPKNOT Has '27 Pieces Of Work' Written For Next Album, Says SHAWN 'THE CLOWN' CRAHAN

Shawn "The Clown" Crahan has revealed that SLIPKNOT has "about twenty-seven pieces of work" written for the band's follow-up to 2014's ".5: The Gray Chapter" album. SLIPKNOT's touring cycle in support of ".5: The Gray Chapter", ended in November, with singer Corey Taylor returning to his other band...

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REX BROWN's Co-Writer Disputes Ex-PANTERA's Bassist's Claim About 'Official Truth, 101 Proof' Book

The co-writer of Rex Brown's memoir has disputed the former PANTERA bassist's claim that the book contains passages that were published without Rex's consent. Four years after "Official Truth, 101 Proof: The Inside Story Of Pantera" was released, Brown has been publicly critical of the way his autob...