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STONE SOUR Featured In CINEMAX's 'Max Tour Stories'

STONE SOUR's Corey Taylor (vocals) and Josh Rand (guitar) were interviewed for Cinemax's "Max Tour Stories". Watch the three-and-a-half-minute clip below. "Audio Secrecy", the third album from STONE SOUR, is likely to sell between 40,000 and 45,000 copies in the United States in its first week of re...

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TRIUMPH Frontman Interviewed On 'Iron City Rocks' Podcast

The "Iron City Rocks" podcast (web site) recently conducted an interview with guitarist/vocalist Rik Emmett of Canadian rock legends TRIUMPH. The chat is now available for streaming using the audio player below. TRIUMPH's "Greatest Hits Remixed" CD/DVD package was released in Europe on May 14 via Fr...

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MIKE PORTNOY Discusses His Work With AVENGED SEVENFOLD In New Video Interview

The first part of an interview with former DREAM THEATER drummer Mike Portnoy conducted in late August while he was on the road with AVENGED SEVENFOLD as part of the Rockstar Energy Drink Uproar Festival tour can be viewed below. Also available is a news story on Portnoy's departure from DREAM THEAT...

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JORDAN RUDESS: 'DREAM THEATER Is Full Of Ideas And Energy About The Future'

Keyboardist Jordan Rudess of progressive metal giants DREAM THEATER has posted the following statement on his official blog regarding the departure of drummer Mike Portnoy, the band's co-founder and leader for 25 years: "Closing this chapter is difficult because Mike and I are really close friends,...

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MIKE PORTNOY: 'It Would Be A Tragedy If I Never Got To Be On Stage With DREAM THEATER Again'

Former DREAM THEATER drummer Mike Portnoy discussed his departure from the band for the first time during an appearance on tonight's (Friday, September 10) edition of Eddie Trunk's "Friday Night Rocks" radio show on New York's Q104.3 FM. A BLABBERMOUTH.NET transcript of the chat follows below (only...

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ZOE BONHAM Added To 'Bonzo: The Groove Remains The Same'

Zoe Bonham, daughter of late LED ZEPPELIN drummer John Bonham, has been added to the list of performers honoring John Bonham at a special concert at the Key Club in Hollywood, California. Event co-organizer and current WHITESNAKE drummer Brian Tichy says, "The energy going around us drummers in rega...

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Singer JAMES LABRIE: 'We Are More Than Pumped To Continue The Legacy Of DREAM THEATER'

Three of the remaining DREAM THEATER members — singer James LaBrie, guitarist John Petrucci and keyboardist Jordan Rudess — have issued separate statements commenting further on the departure of drummer Mike Portnoy, the band's co-founder and leader for 25 years. James LaBrie: "Thought I would give...

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MIKE PORTNOY Discusses DREAM THEATER, Other Projects In Video Interview

One of the final interviews drummer Mike Portnoy gave as a member of the progressive metal band DREAM THEATER — conducted in May 2010 by The Crooked Step — can be viewed below. Portnoy yesterday announced his decision to quit DREAM THEATER, the band he formed and led for 25 years. Portnoy wrote an e...

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MIKE PORTNOY: Don't Blame AVENGED SEVENFOLD For My Decision To Quit DREAM THEATER

Drummer Mike Portnoy says that his current involvement with AVENGED SEVENFOLD had nothing to do with his decision to quit DREAM THEATER, the band he formed and led for 25 years. "I BEG of the fans to please NOT hold [AVENGED SEVENFOLD] responsible for MY decision... They are just as shocked as you g...

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DREAM THEATER: 'We Will Continue To Move Forward With Same Intensity' As Before

Progressive metal giants DREAM THEATER have released the following statement regarding the departure of the band's drummer, Mike Portnoy: "To all of our loyal fans and friends: It is with profound sadness — regret — we announce that Mike Portnoy, our lifelong drummer and friend, has decided to leave...

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MIKE PORTNOY Quits DREAM THEATER

Drummer Mike Portnoy of progressive metal giants DREAM THEATER has released the following statement: "I am about to write something I never imagined I'd ever write. "After 25 years, I have decided to leave DREAM THEATER... the band I founded, led and truly loved for a quarter of a century. "To many...

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MIKE PORTNOY No Longer Involved With ÅKERFELDT/WILSON Collaboration Project

PORCUPINE TREE's Steven Wilson and Mikael Åkerfeldt from OPETH have set "Storm Corrosion" as the working album title of their much-anticipated collaboration project. In a brand new interview with U.K.'s Classic Rock, Åkerfeldt revealed that the writing process for the CD is now well under way. "I go...

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AEON Parts Ways With Drummer, Seeks Replacement

Swedish technical death metallers AEON have issued the following update: "Our drummer, Nils Fjellström, has decided to leave the band on a very short notice. The reason for this is personal/private and Nils has chosen not to speak his mind out to the public about this. We will respect his wish not t...

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JANE'S ADDICTION, RATT, DREAM THEATER Drummers Added To 'Bonzo: The Groove Remains The Same'

Stephen Perkins (JANE'S ADDICTION),Abe Laboriel (PAUL MCCARTNEY) and Bobby Blotzer (RATT) have been added to the list of performers honoring late LED ZEPPELIN drummer John Bonham at a special concert at the Key Club in Hollywood, California. September 25, 2010, marks the 30th anniversary of the pas...

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THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA's 'Zombie' Cracks U.S. Top 10

"Zombie", the new EP from the Dayton, Ohio Christian metalcore band THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA, sold around 25,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release to debut at position No. 10 on The Billboard 200 chart.. THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA's previous album, "With Roots Above and Branches Below...