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Poll: GUNS N' ROSES, METALLICA, BLACK SABBATH Among Greatest Riffs Ever

GUNS N' ROSES' 1987 smash-hit "Sweet Child O' Mine" has the greatest guitar riff of all time, according to the readers of the U.K.'s Total Guitar magazine (cover). The track, which was included on the group's classic "Appetite For Destruction" debut, came top of a poll of 100 Greatest Riffs Ever, re...

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ERIC SINGER On Rejoining KISS: 'We All Change Our Minds'

KISS drummer Eric Singer was recently asked by the Kiss Underground Archives web site to explain why he decided to return to the band in light of his previous statement that he couldn't imagine working with KISS again unless Ace Frehley was involved. "We all feel different about a situation at any g...

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DISTANT THUNDER: Former HELSTAR Frontman To Launch New Band This Summer

DISTANT THUNDER, the new band featuring former HELSTAR/DESTINY'S END and current SEVEN WITCHES frontman James Rivera, have set "Welcome the End" as the title of their debut album, due this summer through Germany's Massacre Records. The CD was recorded at Spyder Studio in Houston, Texas and was produ...

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WYLDE, CANTRELL, LYNCH To Head Up 'Metal Clinic' At CROSSROADS GUITAR FESTIVAL

Zakk Wylde (OZZY OSBOURNE, BLACK LABEL SOCIETY),Jerry Cantrell (ALICE IN CHAINS) and George Lynch (DOKKEN, LYNCH MOB) will be heading up a "Metal Clinic" the Crossroads Guitar Festival, set to take place Friday, June 4 through Sunday, June 6 at Fair Park and the Cotton Bowl in Dallas, Texas. In add...

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BLOODSHED: Promo CD Samples Posted Online

Swedish death/black metallers BLOODSHED have uploaded audio samples from their recently completed three-song promotional CD, entitled "Blade Eleventh", at their official web site, www.bloodshed.info. The tracks available for download are as follows: 01. Living Palindrome (mp3, 6:36 min. 6.04 MB) 02....

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MESHUGGAH: New Album To Surface In October?

According to the German metal magazine Rock Hard, Swedish experimental extreme metallers MESHUGGAH have set an October 11 release date through Nuclear Blast Records for their new album, tentatively entitled "Catch 33". MESHUGGAH, who recently re-signed with Nuclear Blast after their previous contrac...

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It's Official: Ex-TESTAMENT Guitarist STEVE SMYTH Joins NEVERMORE

Former TESTAMENT guitarist Steve Smyth has officially joined NEVERMORE as the group's second guitarist. Smyth, whose departure from TESTAMENT was exclusively reported here last weekend, took part in the filming of NEVERMORE's video for the track "I, Voyager", off their most recent album, "Enemies Of...

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SAVIOUR MACHINE: New Album Update

SAVIOUR MACHINE vocalist Eric Clayton has posted the following message on the band's official web site: "After 3 years of a grueling 'pre-production' process and a 6 month sabbatical to produce 'LID2002', the principal recording of 'Legend Part III:II' finally began last October here in California!...

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PAUL STANLEY: 'KISS Is A Reality'

KISS guitarist Paul Stanley has spoken to The West Australian about the group's decision to continue touring without lead guitarist Ace Frehley and drummer Peter Criss (replaced by longtime KISS associate Tommy Thayer and Eric Singer, respectively). "Things do change and if there are some diehard fa...

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KISS' GENE SIMMONS Explains Drummer PETER CRISS' Absence From Upcoming Tour

KISS bassist/vocalist Gene Simmons has spoken to KissKollector.com U.S. correspondent (and official KISS designer) Christopher Franchi about the group's decision to utilize the services of drummer Eric Singer during their upcoming tours of Australia and Japan. Asked to clarify the reasons Peter Cris...

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KISS Announce Australian 'In Your Face' Dates

According to a posting at the KISS fan site KissFanShop.de, KISS have announced three very special theatre shows in Australia, known as "Kiss In Your Face". Tickets for these shows are available by invitation only, normally to only those who already purchased a ticket to a existing Australia show. K...

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ALICE COOPER: New Drummer Announced

24-year-old drummer Tommy Clufetos (TED NUGENT) will replace Eric Singer (who has gone on to rejoin KISS) on the ALICE COOPER 2004 world tour beginning in early June. Confirmed dates are as follows: Jun. 04 - Dublin, IRE @ Olympia Theatre Jun. 06 - Bologna, ITA @ L'Arena Parco Nord Jun. 11 - Essen,...

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GENE SIMMONS' 'Asshole' Delayed (Again),World Premiere Announced

Simmons Records/Sanctuary Music Group has pushed back the release date of KISS bassist/vocalist Gene Simmons' highly anticipated sophomore solo album, "Asshole", to June 8 from the previously announced May 18 (and before that April 20). If you're in the Los Angeles area and would like be the first t...

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BLUE ÖYSTER CULT Issue Art Print

BLUE ÖYSTER CULT are making available a limited-edition print of the cover art from their album "Curse Of The Hidden Mirror". It's signed and numbered by original members Buck Dharma, Eric Bloom, Allen Lanier and the cover artist Ioannis. This is the first time that the band have issued this type of...

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GHOSTRIDE Begin Recording Full-Length Debut

GHOSTRIDE, the Sacramento-based band featuring former members of WILL HAVEN, TINFED and ODDMAN, are in the process of recording songs for their debut full-length album, to be released on their own Distruktor Records. The as-yet-untitled CD is being produced by Eric Stenman (FAR, GAMEFACE, 7 SECONDS)...