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'The Tour Bus' Remembers QUIET RIOT Vocalist KEVIN DUBROW

The rock and roll community lost one of its most colorful personalities with the sudden passing of QUIET RIOT vocalist and '80s icon Kevin DuBrow. Envision Radio Networks' "The Tour Bus", a nationally syndicated radio show featuring party rock bands from the '80s, '90s and today, will remember Kevin...

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Ex-DIMMU BORGIR/CRADLE OF FILTH Drummer Confirmed For CHUCK SCHULDINER Tribute Concert

Ex-DIMMU BORGIR/CRADLE OF FILTH drummer Nick Barker and the former drum tech for Richard Christy on DEATH's "Perseverance" tour, Jonathan Lee, have been confirmed to perform at a benefit concert to honor late DEATH/CONTROL DENIED mastermind Chuck Schuldiner on December 12, 2007 at the Theatre Imperi...

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JIMI HENDRIX: 65th Birthday Bash To Take Place Next Week

Jimi Hendrix lives! With a new CD, DVD, and an illustrated biography, it's like he never left. On November 27, 2007, Hendrix, who some have called the world's greatest guitarist, would have turned 65 years old, and to celebrate this milestone, Hendrix biographer Steven Roby will be hosting a free He...

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RALPH SANTOLLA Confirmed For CHUCK SCHULDINER Tribute Gig

Guitarist Ralph Santolla (OBITUARY, ex-DEATH, ICED EARTH, DEICIDE) has been confirmed to perform at a benefit concert to honor late DEATH/CONTROL DENIED mastermind Chuck Schuldiner on December 12, 2007 at the Theatre Imperial in Quebec City, QC, Canada. The concert — which will feature additional gu...

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RUSH, LED ZEPPELIN, QUEEN Songs To Be Featured On New Orchestral Jazz Covers Album

According to a posting on the RUSH fan site Power Windows, the song "Available Light" from the legendary Canadian rock trio's 1989 album "Presto" is one of four tracks which have been recorded for an all-new full orchestral jazz covers project to be released mid-to-late 2008. The as-yet-unnamed band...

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OBITUARY Guitarist Says He Wrote One Song On New SEBASTIAN BACH Album

OBITUARY guitarist Ralph Santolla (also ex-DEICIDE, ICED EARTH, SEBASTIAN BACH, DEATH) has issued the following update: "I wrote a song on the new SEBASTIAN BACH record, 'Angel Down', which is coming out soon. The song is called 'You Bring Me Down', and you can check out audio samples at Amazon.com....

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OBITUARY Guitarist RALPH SANTOLLA: 'To Master An Instrument Requires Suffering'

OBITUARY guitarist Ralph Santolla (also ex-DEICIDE, DEATH, ICED EARTH) has issued the following update via his MySpace page: "OK, first off — I don't know or do any picking excercises! I'm not into that stuff at all. To the people that keep asking 'how do you play arpeggios?' the temptation to post...

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Update: RALPH SANTOLLA: 'I Am Not, And Never Was, Rejoining DEICIDE'

Guitarist Ralph Santolla has released a statement to BLABBERMOUTH.NET contradicting an Earache Records press release which claimed that Ralph was "rejoining" DEICIDE and was taking part in the recording sessions for the group's new album, "Till Death Do Us Part". "I am not, and never was, rejoining...

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Guitarist RALPH SANTOLLA Rejoins DEICIDE?

According to Earache Records, veteran guitarist Ralph Santolla has rejoined DEICIDE and is currently hard at work recording his guitar parts for DEICIDE's 2008 release, "Till Death Do Us Part", at Morrisound Studios in Florida. DEICIDE had previously parted ways with Ralph Santolla back in May of th...

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DEICIDE: New Video Interview With JACK OWEN Available

A new video interview with DEICIDE/ex-CANNIBAL CORPSE guitarist Jack Owen conducted on October 16, 2007 in Bucharest, Romania (where Owen was on tour with ESTUARY) has been posted at Metalhead.ro. DEICIDE recently began recording its ninth studio album at Florida's Morrisound Studios. Entitled "Till...

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HOLLENTHON Hard At Work On New Album

Austria's HOLLENTHON, which features in its ranks PUNGENT STENCH guitarist/vocalist Martin Schirenc, is recording new tracks at Schirenc's studio for a brnad new full-length release, to be made available in March/April via Napalm Records. According to the label, "the new material is much heavier, bu...

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OBITUARY: Indianapolis Metal Fest Footage Posted Online

Fan-filmed video footage of legendary Florida death metallers OBITUARY performing the song "Second Chance" live at the the Indianapolis Metal Fest on September 22, 2007 can be viewed below (videography by Michael Griffey II). John Tardy of OBITUARY was recently interviewed by Deryk Thomas of Western...

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OBITUARY: Audio Interview With JOHN TARDY Posted Online

John Tardy of OBITUARY was recently interviewed by Deryk Thomas of Western Australia's "Anger Management" metal radio show. John spoke honestly and candidly about the band's new album and signing to Candlelight Records, and also the current relations with incarcerated ex-guitarist Allen West. Accord...

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OBITUARY: Problems At The Canadian Border

OBITUARY frontman John Tardy has posted the following message on the band's official web site: "Anytime you are in New York you know it is going to be a good night. The other nights show was awesome and we really appreciate all of the support! So much energy in the crowd that just spilled out ...

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Former DOPE/PRIMER 55 Drummer Claims GODSMACK Stole His Song

Nick Belardes of ABC23 reports that former DOPE/PRIMER 55 drummer Preston Nash — who currently works as a radio shock jock for Bakersfield, California's 1560 KNZR — claims the GODSMACK song "The Enemy" (audio),which appears on the band's 2006 album "IV", sounds like a jingle he created (audio) ...