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IRON MAIDEN Drummer Confirmed For LONDON GUITAR SHOW 2005

IRON MAIDEN drummer Nicko McBrain has confirmed that he will be joining guitarist Phil Hilborne for a live performance at the forthcoming London Guitar Show 2005 on May 7-8 at the Wembley Conference Centre. Also appearing will be bassist Jaz Lochrie (bass) and "special guests." For more information,...
April 23, 2005
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DEF LEPPARD Guitarist Talks About Upcoming 'Covers' Album

DEF LEPPARD guitarist Phil Collen has told Billboard.com that the song list for the group's yet-to-be titled all-covers set has yet to be finalized, as the group decided to record more cuts than it originally planned. Collen admits that the idea for the project was first hatched years ago. "Joe [Ell...
April 22, 2005
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PHIL COLLEN Says MAN-RAZE Project Is 'A Lot More Aggressive' Than DEF LEPPARD

DEF LEPPARD guitarist Phil Collen spoke to RollingStone.com about his new band MAN-RAZE. The group, which formed last summer after Collen returned to London from Southern California to care for his sick father, also features SEX PISTOLS drummer Paul Cook and bassist Simon Laffy, a former bandmate of...
April 19, 2005
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CORROSION OF CONFORMITY Guitarist Checks In From The Road

CORROSION OF CONFORMITY guitarist Woody Weatherman has issued the following update on the band's current and upcoming activities: "This trip [tour with MOTÖRHEAD] has been pretty smoking so far, just a week or so left at this point. The West Coast up into Canada was a haul. Phil and Lemmy and the bo...
April 19, 2005
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UFO: Upcoming DVD To Include Footage From Studio Session

In addition to a full-length concert performance, filmed on Friday, May 13 at the Pumpwerk in Wilhelmshaven, Germany, the upcoming UFO DVD will also include songs from a studio session where the band will play tracks which in the past have rarely been performed on stage. The proposed track listing,...
April 17, 2005
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MOTÖRHEAD: New Album Tentatively Due Early Next Year

MOTÖRHEAD frontman Ian "Lemmy" Kilmister recently spoke to Canada's Chart Attack about the group's current tour and his upcoming solo album, among other topics. A couple of excerpts from the interview follow: On the tour: "We've changed the set list altogether, more or less. There are a few surprise...
April 14, 2005
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Ex-SKID ROW/SAIGON KICK Drummer's Documentary To Be Screened In Beverly Hills

"Waking Up Dead", the new documentary starring former SAIGON KICK/SKID ROW drummer Phil Varone, will be shown at the Beverly Hills Film Festival on Saturday, April 16, 2005. The feature-length documentary was shown at the Chicago International Documentary Festival this past Saturday (April 9). Produ...
April 13, 2005
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MOTÖRHEAD, LYNCH MOB Members Added To List Of Guests For LIBERTY N' JUSTICE CD

Oni Logan (LYNCH MOB),Phil Naro (TALAS, PETER CRISS BAND),Ez Gomer (JET CIRCUS) and Josh Kramer (SAINT) are the latest guest vocalists scheduled to appear on the new album from Christian rockers LIBERTY N' JUSTICE. The group's "all-star" CD, "Soundtrack of a Soul", will feature sixteen well-known...
April 12, 2005
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L.A. GUNS Singer Says TRACII GUNS 'Can't Keep A Lineup Together For More Than A Week'

L.A. GUNS singer Phil Lewis has slammed the group's former guitarist, Tracii Guns, for "posting nonsense" about his departure from the band and his inability to "keep a line up together for more than a week." Writing to L.A. GUNS' official message board, Lewis said: "Sixteen nuggets (songs) written...
April 12, 2005
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TRACII GUNS Says L.A. GUNS Drummer Should Be Thrown In Jail For 'Lying'

Former L.A. GUNS/current BRIDES OF DESTRUCTION guitarist Tracii Guns has slammed L.A. GUNS drummer Steve Riley for "lying" about Guns' departure from the group. In a recent interview with "The Hairball John Radio Show", Riley stated the following about Guns' decision to leave in 2003 in order to foc...
April 11, 2005
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L.A. GUNS Drummer Says TRACII GUNS' Departure Left Band's Album 'Dead In The Water'

L.A. GUNS drummer Steve Riley recently spoke with "The Hairball John Radio Show" about a variety of subjects ranging from his time in KEEL and W.A.S.P., high and low points of his career, and a new L.A. GUNS disc and tour for 2005. Riley also spoke in great detail regarding guitarist Tracii Guns' de...
April 10, 2005
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MEGADETH, DEEP PURPLE, ALICE COOPER Rockers Head Back To School

The soundtrack to the much-anticipated film "Rock School" will be released on May 31, 2005 through Trillion Records. The documentary, which will hit theaters early this summer through NewMarket Films, chronicles the inception and success of Paul Green's School Of Rock Music, which was founded in Phi...
April 8, 2005
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HAMMERFALL Guitarist Attends WRESTLEMANIA, Calls It 'Greatest Weekend Of My Entire Life'

HAMMERFALL guitarist Oscar Dronjak has posted the following message on the group's official web site: "Sorry for not updating for a while, we have been busy preparing for the tour that starts tomorrow in Finland. But more on that later, first things first. Chart entries. Our new album have been extr...
April 7, 2005
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URIAH HEEP Sign New Management Deal, Seek Label Home

URIAH HEEP have signed to Simon Porter at Duroc Media Ltd. for management. The announcement, which takes place with immediate effect, sees the band reunited with Porter, who acted as HEEP's publicist for ten years during the Seventies and early Eighties when he worked as publicity director of Bronze...
April 6, 2005
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UNEARTH Frontman Discusses The Death Of DIMEBAG DARRELL

In a recent interview with FourteenG.net, UNEARTH frontman Trevor Phipps spoke about the group's upcoming touring plans, their new video for "Zombie Autopilot", and the death of PANTERA/DAMAGEPLAN guitarist "Dimebag" Darrell Abbott, among other topics. A couple of excerpts from the interview follow:...
April 5, 2005