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Report: Heavy Metal Fans Pitch In To Help Owner After Club Fire

Jim Walsh of CourierPostOnline.com reports: Heavy-metal fans, who typically gather in body-slamming mosh pits, came together in a cooperative cause Thursday [Dec. 14] — helping the owner of a burned-out club they describe as a second home. "It's been amazing," said Erik Mosher of Evesham, describing...

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NINE INCH NAILS To Begin Mixing New Album In January

NINE INCH NAILS mastermind Trent Reznor has posted the following message on the band's official web site: "Is it possible I am actually finished writing and recording a new NINE INCH NAILS record? Apparently so. We begin mixing in January! "Juggling fifteen all-new tracks around. Testing sequences....

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ROB ZOMBIE: 'A Great One Dies'

Musician/filmmaker Rob Zombie has issued the following statement: "I just hear that actor Peter Boyle died last night. Peter was one of my favorite actors and appeared in so many amazing films I can't even count. If you only remember him from 'Everybody Loves Raymond' then I suggest you go watch 'Ta...

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Ex-WHITESNAKE Guitarist VANDENBERG Planning Art Exhibitons In Egypt, Holland

The web site (vandenberg-art.com) dedicated to former WHITESNAKE/VANDENBERG guitarist Adrian Vandenberg's drawings and paintings has been updated with the following message: "Exhibitions 2006: In the November/December period of 2006 plans are being finalised to work in Egypt for a period of time. Th...

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Guitarist JEFF DUNCAN: 'I Really Don't Know The Future Of ARMORED SAINT'

Metal Bubba recently conducted an interview with ARMORED SAINT/DC4 guitarist Jeff Duncan. A few excerpts from the chat follow: Q: What do you think the future holds for ARMORED SAINT? You guys working on some more shows? Any songwriting going on? Any talk of a record? Jeff: No. The thing is, I reall...

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KORN's JONATHAN DAVIS Talks Own 'Family Values'

KORN frontman Jonathan Davis recently spoke to Risen magazine (web site) about his near-death experience and fatherhood. Davis, the man who as a coroner's assistant "fell in love" with working around dead bodies, nearly became one this summer. The KORN singer was midway through a European tour when...

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POWER QUEST: More European Dates Announced

Anglo-Italian melodic power metal band POWER QUEST has announced the next confirmed dates for its European tour with ANGRA and FIREWIND. Spain venues will follow shortly. The details are as follows: Feb. 16 - Nancy / Pagney, FRA - Chez Paulette Feb. 17 - Strasbourg, FRA - La Laiterie Feb. 18 - Reims...

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KISS Fanatic Pays Tribute To His Favourite Band In His Basement Shrine

David Sanderson of the Winnipeg Free Press reports: "My parents were always a little concerned about me," says Mark Sawatzky about his childhood. "I mean, there's something definitely weird about a little kid walking around singing "Put your hand in my pocket and grab onto my rocket..." Sawatzky was...

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MACHINE HEAD's PHIL DEMMEL: 'We're Just Metal'

Ultimate-Guitar.com recently conducted an interview with MACHINE HEAD guitarist Phil Demmel. A few excerpts from the chat follow: Ultimate Guitar: After everything the band has been through over the years, did you approach songwriting differently on "The Blackening"? Phil: I think we kind of carried...

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NINE INCH NAILS To Release 'Beside You In Time' DVD In February

Jonathan Cohen of Billboard.com reports that NINE INCH NAILS will chronicle the tour in support of its 2005 comeback album "With Teeth" with the DVD "Beside You in Time", due February 27 via Interscope. The main body of the project features 19 songs, two of which ("Right Where It Belongs" and "Besid...

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TOMMY LEE Creates Rocking Fashion For Kids

According to Fibre2Fashion, MÖTLEY CRÜE drummer Tommy Lee has decided to add a brand new line for children to his "Peoples Liberation for Tommy Lee" (PL for TL) clothing line that features T-shirts, jeans, hats and hoodies with dragon motifs. Lee, who has two boys with ex-wife, "Baywatch" bombshell...

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GREAT WHITE Nightclub Fire: Station Nightclub Owner Disciplined In Prison

The Associated Press reports: An owner of The Station nightclub serving time in prison for a fire [at a GREAT WHITE concert] that killed 100 people has been disciplined for violating corrections department policy, officials said Tuesday. Michael Derderian was sentenced in September to four years in...

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EDGUY Schedules Hometown Gigs

EDGUY frontman Tobias Sammet has issued the following update: "On February 23rd and 24th, EDGUY will headline two shows at the Wartenberg Oval in Fulda, Angersbach [Germany]. The special guests will be announced soon. Get your tickets at www.ticketonline.com or at the office of Fuldaer Zeitung (phon...

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MAYNARD JAMES KEENAN: For The Most Part, I Have No Idea Who TOOL Fans Are

Aaron Burgess of The Onion's The A.V. Club recently conducted an interview with TOOL frontman Maynard James Keenan. A few excerpts from the chat follow: The A.V. Club: The last press campaign you did focused as much on your political views as on the music. Given how outspoken you are, why don't you...

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THE ACCURSED: New Live Dates Announced

New Bedford, Massachusetts melodic thrash metallers THE ACCURSED have lined up the following dates: Dec. 26 - The Skybar - Somerville, MA Jan. 27 - Rocks - Richmond, VA (TBC) Feb. 02 - Rox's Rock House - Oxford, MA Feb. 23 - The Skybar - Somerville, MA THE ACCURSED released its full-length debut, "S...