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The Dark and the Light

Slowly becoming a household name amongst the classic metal sect, Scottish wailer Doogie White has been found front and center for heritage acts such as RAINBOW, YNGWIE MALMSTEEN'S RISING FORCE, TANK and most recently, Michael Schenker. White has helmed other acts such as CORNERSTONE, EMPIRE and MIDN...

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MÖTLEY CRÜE's NIKKI SIXX Encourages Fans To Purchase Full Albums Instead Of Singles

MÖTLEY CRÜE bassist Nikki Sixx has commented on the growing trend by music consumers of purchasing and downloading individual songs through digital outlets rather than experiencing full-length albums as they were intended to be heard by the artists that created them. In a post on his Facebook page,...

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DARK ANGEL's DON DOTY, ERIC MEYER To Discuss Band's Future On 'The Metal Magdalene With Jet'

DARK ANGEL members Don Doty (vocals) and Eric Meyer (guitar) will guest on "The Metal Magdalene With Jet" on Metal Messiah Radio on Tuesday, September 3 at 9:00 p.m. EST. They will tell the audience about what's going on with the band now and maybe laying some of the rumors to rest. They ...

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IAN GILLAN 'Had A Fantastic Time' Singing For BLACK SABBATH

Mark Dean of MyGlobalMind webzine recently conducted an interview with DEEP PURPLE singer Ian Gillan. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. MyGlobalMind: Today you are in Belgium on yet another tour. What drives you? How do you still remain focused, enthusiastic and passionate about touri...

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DARK ANGEL Guitarist: If The Band Were To Come Back, RON RINEHART Would Be The Singer

Less than a month after it was announced that classic late '80s /early '90s California thrashers DARK ANGEL would reunite for a number of shows next year — including an appearance at the Keep It True XVII festival, set to take place April 25-26, 2014 at Tauberfrankenhalle in Lauda-Königshofen, Germa...

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Former FOREIGNER Singer LOU GRAMM To Perform With 'Raiding The Rock Vault'

Raiding The Rock Vault — the ultimate classic rock concert experience — has announced Lou Gramm, best known as the founding vocalist of the rock band FOREIGNER, as the next singer in its Icon Series. Gramm will perform in five shows from October 18 to October 22. One of the best-selling bands of all...

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DAVE MUSTAINE: 'If You Want To Be Treated Intelligently, Then Act Intelligent'

Ben Smith of VH1.com's Tuner recently conducted an interview with MEGADETH mainman Dave Mustaine. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. VH1.com: Why do you think metal continually doesn't get the respect it deserves? Mustaine: You've got to look at a lot the participants in it. To their o...

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DEVICE Interviewed By MusikUniverse.net (Video)

MusikUniverse.net conducted an interview with DEVICE, the industrial-style project featuring DISTURBED frontman David Draiman, on August 10 at the Heavy MTL festival in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. You can now watch the chat below. DEVICE recently filmed a video for the song "You Think You Know". Direc...

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SCOTT WEILAND Discusses STONE TEMPLE PILOTS Split With 'Kramp Cast' (Audio)

Brian Kramp's "Kramp Cast" podcast on OnMilwaukee.com recently conducted an interview with former STONE TEMPLE PILOTS and VELVET REVOLVER singer Scott Weiland. You can now listen to the chat using the audio player below. According to The Pulse Of Radio, Weiland has a simple solution to the legal bat...

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DEVICE Performs Acoustic Version Of 'You Think You Know' On HardDrive Radio (Video)

Video footage of DEVICE members David Draiman (vocals; also of DISTURBED) and Virus (guitar; also of DOPE) performing an acoustic version of the song "You Think You Know" from the band's self-titled debut album can be seen below. DEVICE recently filmed a video for the song "You Think You Know". Dire...

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IHSAHN: More 'Das Seelenbrechen' Album Details Revealed

Candlelight Records has set an October 21 North American release date for "Das Seelenbrechen", the fifth solo album from EMPEROR frontman Ihsahn. The effort will be available on compact disc, a limited edition digibook (with expanded graphics and liner notes),and double 180-gram clear vinyl. Pre-or...

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BLACK SABBATH Guitarist's Health Comes Before Band

Nathan Carson of Willamette Week recently spoke to BLACK SABBATH guitarist Tony Iommi about the making of the band's new album, "13" — the first in 35 years to feature Tony, singer Ozzy Osbourne and bassist Geezer Butler. Asked about how SABBATH decided to recruit RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE's Brad Wil...

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SCOTT WEILAND Says His Former Bandmates In STP Will Have To 'Buy Him Out' Of Company

On August 22, Chad Tyson of the 98.7 The Gater radio station in West Palm Beach, Florida conducted an interview with former STONE TEMPLE PILOTS singer Scott Weiland. You can now listen to the chat below. Speaking about his legal battle with his former bandmates over the use of the STONE TEMPLE PILOT...

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BLACK SABBATH's TONY IOMMI: 'It's Really Great' To Be Able To Perform New Songs Live

Corbin Reiff of the Seattle Weekly recently conducted an interview with legendary BLACK SABBATH guitarist Tony Iommi. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Seattle Weekly: [BLACK SABBATH singer] Ozzy [Osbourne] has said that a lot of the songs on the ["13"] album were arranged in a manner...

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'Louder Than Hell' Book Authors Interviewed On 'Rock Book Show' (Video)

Veteran rock journalists Jon Wiederhorn and Katherine Turman recently spoke to the "Rock Book Show" about their recently published book, "Louder Than Hell: The Definitive Oral History Of Metal". You can now watch the chat below. Emerging from the blues and psychedelic rock of the 1960s and '70s, hea...