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Original Members Of ELECTRIC WIZARD Leave To Form New Band
After 10 years in the group, original ELECTRIC WIZARD members Mark Greening (drums & piano) and Tim Bagshaw (bass) have quit the British doom veterans to concentrate on their new project, which they have baptized RAMESSES. Completing the new group — which features Tim on lead guitar — is bassist...May 2, 2003
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TESTAMENT, PRETTY MAIDS, ANNIHILATOR Confirmed For Germany's EARTHSHAKER FEST
TESTAMENT, PRETTY MAIDS, ANNIHILATOR, PRIMAL FEAR, JUSTICE, FREEDOM CALL, EVIDENCE ONE, POWERGOD and END OF GREEN are among the artists confirmed for Earthshaker Fest, a two-day event set to take place on July 25-26 in Hirschaid, near Bamberg, Germany. "The bands lined up for this year's festival wi...April 30, 2003
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PAUL GILBERT To Play With MIKE PORTNOY's THE BEATLES Cover Band
Former MR. BIG/current RACER X guitarist Paul Gilbert will be performing a couple of shows in New York/New Jersey as a member of an all-star THE BEATLES cover band called YELLOW MATTER CUSTARD. Joining him in the group will be Mike Portnoy (DREAM THEATER) on drums, Neal Morse (SPOCK'S BEARD) on guit...April 29, 2003
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GENE SIMMONS, PAUL STANLEY To Guest On VH1's 'Icon' Special
KISS bassist Gene Simmons and guitarist/vocalist Paul Stanley were recently interviewed for a huge VH1 10-hour special airing in July called "The 200 Greatest Pop Culture Icons". They were interviewed in full makeup and answered questions about being icons, their influence on other pop culture icons...April 15, 2003
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RACER X Songs 'Stolen'
RACER X webmaster Ken Hower has sent us the following message: "The band RACER X has just become aware of a guy named Luke John who is claiming as his own, 2 RACER X songs. The songs, 'Technical Difficulties' and '17th Moon' are on the 1999 CD 'Technical Difficulties'. "Luke John, at www.lukejohn.ne...April 7, 2003
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Office Of Strategic Influence
Controversy isn't something readily associated with something as mathematical and calculated as a progressive rock supergroup. But controversial this album is — and not for the first reason that springs to mind. That group/album title, you see, eludes to a proposed covert US information agency dream...April 5, 2003
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TURBONEGRO: New Music Posted Online
Norway's TURBONEGRO — recently reformed after a four-year break — have posted two brand new tracks in MP3 format at this location. "Turbonegro Must Be Destroyed" and "Fuck The World (F.T.W.)" come off the group's upcoming album, "Scandinavian Leather", due on April 28 through Sweden's Burning Heart...April 5, 2003
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ROYAL HUNT: 'Eye Witness' To Surface In June
Due to unspecified delays in the recording process, Denmark's ROYAL HUNT have pushed back the projected release date of their new album, "Eye Witness", to late June through Frontiers Records. Photos taken during the recording sessions have been posted online at this location. As previously reported,...April 2, 2003
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LINKIN PARK's 'Meteora" Debuts At #1!
LINKIN PARK's second album, "Meteora", sold more than 810,000 copies in its first week, according to SoundScan figures released Wednesday, easily securing the group the #1 slot on next week's Billboard Pop Album chart. By comparison, LINKIN PARK's slow-burning debut, "Hybrid Theory", which wound up...April 2, 2003
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EDGUY: Live Video Available For Download
A video of EDGUY performing the track "The Headless Game" at last year's ProgPower USA III festival is now available for download at this location. EDGUY will release their first-ever double live album, "Burning Down The Opera", on June 2 through AFM Records. The band, whose last CD, "Mandrake", was...March 30, 2003
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Toxic Smoke Suspected In Deaths Of GREAT WHITE Concert Fire Victims
Death certificates issued for some of the victims of the GREAT WHITE concert fire are leading lawyers to focus on whether the toxic fumes rendered the nightclub's patrons incapable of escaping the fast-moving blaze, according to The Providence Journal. The death certificates show that some of the vi...March 29, 2003
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GREAT WHITE Guitarist Speaks Out On Rhode Island Concert Tragedy
GREAT WHITE guitarist Mark Kendall spoke to Guitar World magazine the morning after a devastating fire broke out during the band's show at the Station in West Warwick, Rhode Island, injuring nearly 200 and claiming the lives of 99 people. In the interview, which is published in the May 2003 issue of...March 25, 2003
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AMORPHIS Side Project To Release Second Album
VERENPISARA, the Finnish band featuring AMORPHIS members Niclas Etelävuori (bass),Tomi Koivusaari (guitar),and Santeri Kallio (guitar, keyboards in AMORPHIS),have set a May 15 release date through BMG Records for their sophomore album, "Happosadetta" ("Acid Rain" in Finnish). The follow-up to las...March 22, 2003
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SAXON Confirmed For Britain's BLOODSTOCK FESTIVAL
SAXON are the latest act to have been confirmed for this year's Bloodstock Festival, a two-day event set to take place Aug. 29-30, 2003 at the Assembly Rooms in Derby, U.K. SAXON will headline the "classic" night on Friday, Aug. 29 with BLAZE, POWER QUEST and one other band yet to be confirmed. Also...March 19, 2003
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EDGUY Guitarist Talks About Upcoming Live Album
EDGUY guitarist Dirk Sauer recently gave an interview to the band's webmaster regarding the group's upcoming live album, "Burning Down The Opera". The two-CD set, which was recorded on the group's most recent "Madrake" tour, is due on May 26 through AFM Records. The following are some of Sauer's quo...March 17, 2003
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