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DEF LEPPARD Guitarist Sees The Bright Side Of Illiegal Music Downloading

DEF LEPPARD guitarist Vivan Campbell has offered his theory to LiveDaily's Christina Fuoco-Karasinski for why after more than 30 years in the music business, the band is seeing its audiences getting younger and younger. "That's a byproduct of music piracy more than anything else," Campbell explained...

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JOE LYNN TURNER Comments On BIG NOIZE's Upcoming Trip To Iraq

Vocalist Joe Lynn Turner (DEEP PURPLE, RAINBOW, YNGWIE MALMSTEEN),bassist Phil Soussan (OZZY OSBOURNE),guitarist Carlos Cavazo (QUIET RIOT) and drummer Simon Wright (AC/DC) will bring their band BIG NOIZE to Iraq and Kuwait in September. This rock and roll invasion is designed to increase morale a...

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AC/DC Completes Filming 'Rock 'N Roll Train' Video

Australia's Undercover News reports that AC/DC filmed its "Rock 'N Roll Train" video in London on Friday, August 15. The song will be the first taste of the band's new "Black Ice" album, due in October. One fan at the shoot said in an online posting, the song "has a heavy driving drumbeat ...

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AC/DC: 'Black Ice' Artwork, Track Listing Unveiled

Columbia Records has set an October 20 release date for AC/DC's widely anticipated "Black Ice", the band's first studio album in eight years. "Black Ice" (see artwork below) features 15 new tracks from brothers Angus and Malcolm Young, Brian Johnson, Cliff Williams, and Phil Rudd. The album was reco...

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MACHINE HEAD Guitarist Collapses On Stage In Virginia

According to a posting on MACHINE HEAD's official web site, the group's guitarist Phil Demmel collapsed on stage during MACHINE HEAD's second-to-last song Sunday night (August 17) at the Nissan Pavilion in Bristow, Virginia (where the band was performing as part of the Rockstar Mayhem Energy Festiva...

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AC/DC: First 'Review' Of 'Black Ice' Available

Rolling Stone has posted a short "review" of the new AC/DC album "Black Ice", which the magazine apparently heard during a listening session the Sony headquarters on New York's Madison Avenue. According to the Rolling Stone, the 15-song CD, which was recorded in Vancouver in just eight weeks with pr...

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GIRLSCHOOL Confirmed For Spain's MARTOHELL OKTOBERFEST

Veteran British all-female hard rock band GIRLSCHOOL has been confirmed for the Martohell Oktoberfest 08, set to take place October 4 in Martorell (near Barcelona),Spain. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: ARTILLERY (Denmark) GIRLSCHOOL (UK) NECRODEATH (Italy) SILVER FIST (Spain) METRAL...

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GIRLSCHOOL: New Album Title Revealed

Veteran British all-female hard rock band GIRLSCHOOL has set "Legacy" as the title of its 30th-anniversary album, due in October via Wacken Records/SPV. The CD will reportedly feature a plethora of special guests, including Tony Iommi (BLACK SABBATH),Ronnie James Dio (BLACK SABBATH, RAINBOW, DIO),...

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Former ANTHRAX Singer To Perform With GUNS N' ROSES, Ex-W.A.S.P., QUIET RIOT Members

DEATHRIDERS/ex-ANTHRAX singer Neil Turbin will perform with BIG BALL STARS this Saturday, August 16 at the Key Club in Hollywood, California as part of the Hollywood Rock Convention five-day concert and seminar. BIG BALL STARS is: Robin McAuley (MSG, SURVIVOR) - Vocals Brent Woods (WARRANT, VINCE NE...

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L.A. GUNS Frontman MARTY CASEY Injured On Tour

While performing with L.A. GUNS at the Goodfellas nightclub in Pottsville, Pennsylvania this past Saturday night (August 9),singer Marty Casey collided onstage with the head of Tracii Guns' guitar. Marty received a gash to the head and was taken for medical attention. After an hour-and-a-half trip...

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Former OZZY, DIO, DEEP PURPLE, AC/DC and QUIET RIOT Musicians Bring BIG NOIZE To Iraq

Vocalist Joe Lynn Turner (DEEP PURPLE, RAINBOW, YNGWIE MALMSTEEN),bassist Phil Soussan (OZZY OSBOURNE),guitarist Carlos Cavazo (QUIET RIOT) and drummer Simon Wright (AC/DC) will bring their band BIG NOIZE to Iraq and Kuwait in September. This rock and roll invasion is designed to increase morale a...

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L.A. GUNS Guitarist TRACII GUNS Interviewed On 'The Classic Metal Show'; Audio Available

L.A. GUNS guitarist Tracii Guns was interviewed on last night's (Saturday, August 9) edition of "The Classic Metal Show". Listen to the 10-minute chat below. L.A. GUNS is currently on the road with FASTER PUSSYCAT. L.A. GUNS' lineup includes Marty Casey, the former contestant on the hit CBS-TV "real...

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POISON Singer BRET MICHAELS: 'I Don't Wanna Fight JOE ELLIOTT'

POISON singer Bret Michaels spoke to the nationally syndicated rock radio show "The Tour Bus" (web site) about his band's ongoing war of words with DEF LEPPARD singer Joe Elliott over Elliott's comments at a June 6 press conference at the Sweden Rock Festival, in which Joe said bands like POISON and...

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ÆTHEREAL To Release 'Premonitions' Next Week

Umeå, Sweden-based band ÆTHEREAL, the brainchild of Phil Creswell (ex-DUMAH),will release its debut album, the concept record "Premonitions", on August 15 via Black Goat Records. "Premonitions" was recorded during the early months of 2008 and the record follows the harrowing tale of a man who awake...

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ANVIL CHORUS In Mixing Mode

After three successful San Francisco reunion shows, influential '80s progressive NWOSFHM (New Wave of San Francisco Heavy Metal) band ANVIL CHORUS has nearly wrapped up recording 12 songs for a tentative late 2008/early 2009 release. The tracks are all re-recorded, new versions of the popular casset...