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MACHINE HEAD Claims DISNEY 'Forced' Anaheim Concert Cancellation

MACHINE HEAD's official web site has been updated with the following message: "In a stunning last-minute move, Walt Disney Properties have pressured promoter Live Nation into canceling MACHINE HEAD's performance tomorrow night at the House of Blues venue in Anaheim (on their Disneyland property). Ci...

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SKINLAB: Classic Debut Album To Be Reissued

SKINLAB's 1997 debut album, "Bound, Gagged and Blindfolded", will be reissued on October 2 via Century Media Records. The repackaged disc will feature never-before-seen video footage and pictures with liner notes from founding members Steev Esquivel and Mike Roberts along with new artwork layout. "W...

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LAMB OF GOD: 'Killadelphia' DVD Certified Platinum

LAMB OF GOD's "Killadelphia" DVD has been certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for sales in excess of 100,000 copies. Released in June 2005 via Epic, "Killadelphia" consists primarily of footage filmed during the band's two performances at Philadelphia's Trocade...

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Ex-KITTIE Bassist In 'America's Hot Musician': Episode 5 Now Online

"America's Hot Musician", the reality competition for instrumental artists which features ex-KITTIE bassist Talena Atfield as one of the judges, has made its fifth episode available online via YouTube. Watch it below. "America's Hot Musician" debuted on July 18 in syndication and on the web. The sho...

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KITTIE Frontwoman Says Bassist's 'Serious Eating Disorder' Prevented Her From Touring

Bob Suehs of Rock N Roll Experience conducted an interview with the members of KITTIE on August 19 in Baltimore, Maryland. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: Rock N Roll Experience: Does it piss you off that one of your ex band members is doing a reality show/talent show and they ...

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OBITUARY Guitarist Says New Album Is 'More Energetic' Than 'Frozen In Time

Chad Bowar of About Heavy Metal recently conducted an interview with OBITUARY guitarist Trevor Peres. A few excerpts from the chat follow: About Heavy Metal: How did Ralph Santolla come to join the band as your new guitarist? Trevor Peres: "We've known Ralph for probably 20 years. He's from Tampa, a...

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PREJUDICE: Video Footage From New Album Recording Sessions Posted Online

Belgian death metallers PREJUDICE recently returned to Excess studio in Rotterdam, Holland to resume recording their fourth full-length effort, due later in the year via Greece's Sleaszy Rider Records. A two-minute video clip shot during the recording sessions can be viewed below. The new CD will be...

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Some Enchanted Evening

It's one of those moot points that'll get any music message board worth its salt into a good and ugly debate, but I hold fast to the idea that if BLUE ÖYSTER CULT had imploded like BLACK SABBATH Mark I did, at the end of the 1970's, we'd talk about the former with the same ...

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NIKKI SIXX: 'I Have A Very Entrepreneurial Brain, And Sometimes I Have To Stop Myself'

Jim Kaz of IGN Music recently conducted an interview with MÖTLEY CRÜE bassist Nikki Sixx. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: IGN Music: How long have you been officially clean? Nikki Sixx: I've been clean for six years. On December 23, 2007, it will be the 20th anniversary of my death. ...

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SEBASTIAN BACH Performs LL COOL J's 'Mama Said Knock You Out'; Video Available

Video footage of former SKID ROW singer Sebastian Bach performing LL COOL J's "Mama Said Knock You Out" on the first episode of MTV's new weekly competition show "Celebrity Rap Superstar" is available for viewing at www.mtv.com. "Celebrity Rap Superstar" kicked off this past Thursday, August 30. Bac...

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THE HAUNTED Frontman: 'The World Ain't Perfect, Because We Humans Are Not Perfect'

THE HAUNTED frontman Peter Dolving has posted the following message on his MySpace page: "Basically I think the biggest problem in our lame little world of Angloeuropean/American self-absorbtion is self-pity. It's a tradition we've carried for 1500 years, maybe more. 'Poor me.' 'Nobody understands.'...

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NUGENT Says Attack On HILLARY, OBAMA Was 'Over-The-Top, Hysterically Funny Rock 'N' Roll'

Legendary rocker Ted Nugent was a guest on Fox News' "The O'Reilly Factor" on Wednesday (August 29, 2007) to discuss the video which recently surfaced of the outspoken musician slamming Democratic presidential candidates Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton and Sen. Barack Obama. Watch footage of Nugent's ap...

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SLAYER, LAMB OF GOD, MASTODON On 'Unholy Alliance' DVD; Release Date Announced

SLAYER has compiled footage from last year's Unholy Alliance Tour with LAMB OF GOD and MASTODON for a DVD that will be released on October 30 via American Recordings. Directed by Adam Rothlein (Speedway Films),"Unholy Alliance Tour" captures the July 13, 2006, stop in Vancouver, British Columbia, a...

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THOR: Video Footage From NORTHWEST METALFEST Available

Video footage of Canadian rock warrior THOR's triumphant headlining performance at the Northwest Metalfest — which was held near Vancouver between Chilliwack and Hope, British Columbia, Canada on Aug. 10-12 — can be viewed below. The clip features rabid fan reaction at both the Metalfest (including...

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SEBASTIAN BACH Set For MTV's 'Celebrity Rap Superstar' TV Competition

You've just finished your new album and you've got Axl Rose singing on it. What do you do next? Go to Disneyland? If you're Sebastian Bach, you sign on as a celebrity contestant for MTV's new weekly competition show "Celebrity Rap Superstar", which kicks off this Thursday, August 30 at 10PM ET/PT. B...