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BILLY SHEEHAN To Receive BASS PLAYER Lifetime Achievement Award

Bass Player returns for its eighteenth year with the premier live bass event, Bass Player LIVE! 2016, in Los Angeles on Saturday, October 22 and Sunday, October 23. SIR Studios, at 6465 Sunset Blvd. in Hollywood will once again be the location for two days of exhibits by top gear manufacturers and c...

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MEGADETH's DAVID ELLEFSON Says Buenos Aires Acoustic Performance Was 'Very Spur Of The Moment'

MEGADETH bassist David Ellefson spoke to Argentina's Rock & Pop radio station about the band's acoustic performance on Tuesday, August 23 outside the Four Seasons hotel in Buenos Aires. Regarding how the session came about, Ellefson said: "Dave [Mustaine, MEGADETH leader] sent me a message, a te...

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PANTERA, L.A. GUNS, BUTCHER BABIES Members Perform 'Ace Of Spades' At Ultimate Jam Night's Tribute To LEMMY

Ultimate Jam Night, the long-running free weekly music program founded by QUIET RIOT's Chuck Wright, held a "Tribute To Lemmy" honoring the famed leader of MOTÖRHEAD on Tuesday, August 23 at the Whisky A Go Go in West Hollywood, California. Video footage of Rex Brown (PANTERA, KILL DEVIL HILL),Trac...

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Video: MEGADETH Plays Acoustic Set In Buenos Aires, Argentina

MEGADETH played a short acoustic set for the band's fans in Buenos Aires, Argentina earlier today (Tuesday, August 23). Video footage of the performance — courtesy of MEGADETH leader Dave Mustaine's Periscope account — can be seen below. MEGADETH fall 2016 North American leg of the "Dystopia" world...

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OVERKILL, ACCEPT, Ex-GUNS N' ROSES, DREAM THEATER Members Perform At 'Rock Against Dystrophy' Benefit (Video)

Mark Tornillo (T.T. QUICK, ACCEPT),Chris Caffery (SAVATAGE, TRANS-SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA),Ron "Bumblefoot" Thal (GUNS N' ROSES),Mike Portnoy (DREAM THEATER, THE WINERY DOGS) and members of OVERKILL are among the musicians who took part in the Rock Against Dystrophy benefit concert on Sunday, August 2...

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Video Premiere: TYKETTO's 'Reach'

TYKETTO's music video for the song "Reach" can be seen below. The song is the title track of the band's new album, which will be released on October 14 via Frontiers Music Srl. After five years of relentless touring that included playing on some of the most prestigious stages on the planet, TYKETTO...

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QUIET RIOT, Ex-PANTERA, DIO, SKID ROW, W.A.S.P. Members To Take Part In Ultimate Jam Night's Tribute To LEMMY

Ultimate Jam Night, the long-running free weekly music program founded by QUIET RIOT's Chuck Wright, announced plans to hold a "Tribute To Lemmy" honoring the famed leader of MOTÖRHEAD on Tuesday, August 23 at the Whisky A Go Go in West Hollywood, California. The show will be free. For the "Tribute...

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The Fallen Sun

You often see polls out there asking metalheads to drum up their votes for best unsigned bands on the scene. Somebody throw SLUDGEHAMMER's name into the hat and be quick about it. SLUDGEHAMMER is one of a thousand or so hybrid metal bands vying for attention, but in their case, attention is well-de...

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GODSMACK Frontman SULLY ERNA: Lyric Video For 'Different Kind Of Tears' Song From 'Hometown Life' Solo Album

Sully Erna — founder, vocalist, guitarist and songwriter for the multi-platinum rock band GODSMACK — will release a new solo album, "Hometown Life", on Friday, September 30 via BMG. Composed by Sully on piano and acoustic guitar and produced in his New Hampshire studio, "Hometown Life" offers a depa...

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Video: DOKKEN Performs At ST. CLAIR RIVERFEST

Fan-filmed video footage of DOKKEN's July 30 performance at the St. Clair Riverfest in St. Clair, Michigan can be seen below. The current lineup of DOKKEN features singer Don Dokken alongside fellow member of the band's classic lineup, drummer Mick Brown, and longtime guitarist Jon Levin, plus DOKKE...

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Listen To Previously Unreleased TEMPLE OF THE DOG Song 'Black Cat'

TEMPLE OF THE DOG — the Seattle supergroup featuring SOUNDGARDEN's Chris Cornell, PEARL JAM's Jeff Ament, Stone Gossard and Mike McCready, and drummer Matt Cameron (who plays drums with both SOUNDGARDEN and PEARL JAM) — has released a demo version of a song that didn't make the band's self-titled de...

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DOKKEN Leader On Classic Lineup Reunion: 'Money Is Not An Issue'

DOKKEN leader Don Dokken was interviewed on the August 8 edition of the SiriusXM satellite radio show "Eddie Trunk Live". A few excerpts from the chat follow below (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On money being the main motivating factor in the classic DOKKEN lineup reuniting for a handful of sho...

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MEGADETH Guitarist KIKO LOUREIRO Interviews DAVE MUSTAINE, DAVID ELLEFSON For Brazilian TV

Brazilian guitarist Kiko Loureiro, who joined MEGADETH in March 2015, interviewed his bandmates Dave Mustaine and David Ellefson for the Brazilian TV show "Metrópolis", which airs on TV Cultura. You can now watch the segment below. MEGADETH recently announced the addition of Dirk Verbeuren as the ba...

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ALICE COOPER's GLEN SOBEL Talks About Filling In For MÖTLEY CRÜE's TOMMY LEE (Video)

Nick D'Virgilio of Sweetwater recently conducted an interview with with drummer Glen Sobel (ALICE COOPER). You can now watch the chat below. Asked how he came to fill in for MÖTLEY CRÜE's Tommy Lee at five shows on the Vince Neil-fronted band's "The Final Tour" last October, Glen said: "[Tommy] had...

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DAVE MUSTAINE On MEGADETH Lineup Changes: 'If Somebody Doesn't Wanna Be Here, Then F**k 'Em!'

Chile's Radio Futuro recently conducted an interview with MEGADETH mainman Dave Mustaine. You can now watch the chat below. A couple of excerpts follow (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On whether he sees MEGADETH's new lineup as a "new beginning" for the band: Mustaine: "Kind of. But I think peopl...