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Former SKID ROW Frontman's Dad Passes Away

Our condolences go out to former SKID ROW frontman Sebastian Bach, whose dad, artist David Bierk, passed away on Wednesday, August 28th at the age of 58. Bierk had painted the cover for SKID ROW's #1 Billboard album Slave To The Grind, which was voted the 4th best album cover of the year in 1991 ...
August 31, 2002
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PAPA ROACH Frontman Urinates In Bottle, Shares Contents With Audience Member

PAPA ROACH frontman Jacoby Shaddix urinated in a bottle, sipped from it, and then shared it with a woman in the audience during the band's appearance at Boston club the Middle East on Wednesday, August 14th. According to a post on the band's web site, "Jacoby was quite fast to revert to his old ways...
August 26, 2002
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Former SKID ROW Frontman To Embark On Year-Long "Jesus Christ Superstar" Tour

Former SKID ROW frontman Sebastian Bach, late of Jekyll & Hyde and The Rocky Horror Show on Broadway, has signed to fill sandals of the Messiah in the new national tour of Jesus Christ Superstar that borrows elements from the recent Broadway staging and launches on November 1st in California. A...
August 19, 2002
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DROWNING POOL Singer Found Dead

DROWNING POOL singer Dave Williams was found dead on the band's tour bus Wednesday afternoon (August 14th),according to a spokesperson for the group. He was 30 years old. The Dallas quartet was on tour with Ozzfest when Williams' body was discovered. Ozzfest had played the Verizon Wireless Music Ce...
August 14, 2002
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THE LAST HARD MEN Enter Japanese Album Charts

The debut CD from Sebastian Bach's THE LAST HARD MEN — the former SKID ROW frontman's 1995 collaboration with Jimmy Chamberlin (drums, ex-SMASHING PUMPKINS),Kelley Deal (bass, ex-BREEDERS),and Jimmy Flemion (guitar, THE FROGS) — reportedly entered the Japanese Top 50 Album chart at position #22. ....
August 10, 2002
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THOUGHT CRIME Take Home $10,000 Prize In VULTURES ROW Band Contest

Richmond, California's THOUGHT CRIME were the winners of the Vultures Row $10,000 band contest, which was held on Saturday, August 3rd on San Francisco's Treasure Island. Nine bands in total competed for the prize, including UNJUST, TRAGEDY ANDY and THE SICK, while MACHINE HEAD, SKINLAB and DEATH AN...
August 5, 2002
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UNJUST Added To Oakland's TATTOO THE EARTH

San Francisco Bay Area metallers UNJUST have just been added to the 2002 Tattoo The Earth festival. The event will be held at the Oakland Coliseum (home of the Oakland Raiders) on Friday, August 9th. UNJUST will be performing a forty-five minute set on Friday featuring new, previously-unreleased mat...
August 3, 2002
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Former OZZY OSBOURNE Drummer Comments On New BILLY IDOL Keyboardist, Unreleased BALL Album

Former OZZY OSBOURNE and current BILLY IDOL drummer Brian Tichy recently commented on the addition of YNGWIE MALMSTEEN/ex-DREAM THEATER keyboardist Derek Sherinian to IDOL's summer touring line-up. Said Tichy: "There's a new keyboardist in the mix... It's none other than...the keyboardist's keyboard...
July 28, 2002
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SKID ROW's SCOTTI HILL: New Album Should Be Out In October

SKID ROW are planning on issuing their long-awaited new CD, tentatively entitled Thick Is The Skin, in October through an as-yet-undetermined label, according to the latest update from guitarist Scotti Hill. "We'll be back in the studio on the Rock Never Stops tour break in September," stated Hill....
July 26, 2002
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SEBASTIAN BACH: "I Did Not Plead Guilty To Anything"

Contrary to previous reports that former SKID ROW frontman Sebastian Bach had pleaded guilty to marijuana possession earlier this week, Bach's attorney Frank DeSevo released the following statement today: "Sebastian pled guilty to nothing and was found guilty of nothing. He applied for a conditional...
July 25, 2002
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SEBASTIAN BACH Pleads Guilty To Marijuana Possession Charge

Despite Sebastian Bach's declaration after his arrest in March that "the truth will become known," the former SKID ROW singer pleaded guilty to a charge of marijuana possession at his hearing in Middletown, New Jersey on Monday, according to MTV.com. His other charges of disorderly conduct, simple a...
July 24, 2002
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Exclusive DEF LEPPARD Items To Be Auctioned On eBay

DEF LEPPARD's record label, Mercury Records, will team up with auction site eBay to auction a number of exclusive LEPPARD items, with the main auction being one of the T-shirts used in the "Now" video, autographed by all band members. All proceeds of the auctions, which will start on July 30th and e...
July 24, 2002
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MACHINE HEAD Confirmed For Northern California's VULTURES ROW Festival

MACHINE HEAD have been confirmed as the headliner of the day-long Vultures Row event, which is scheduled to take place on August 3rd at Treasure Island near the group's hometown of San Francisco, California. As previously reported, a total of 14 acts—including DEATH ANGEL, SKINLAB and ONE MAN ARMY—a...
July 17, 2002
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JUDAS PRIEST Tribute CD: "A Tribute To The Priest"

On September 9th, Nuclear Blast Records will be issuing a brand new JUDAS PRIEST tribute album, entitled A Tribute To The Priest. The complete track listing for the CD is as follows (in no particular order): 01. ANNIHILATOR - "Hell Bent For Leather" 02. PRIMAL FEAR - "Metal Gods" 03. WITCHERY - "Rid...
July 17, 2002
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DEATH ANGEL, SKINLAB Confirmed For Treasure Island's VULTURES ROW Event

The reunited DEATH ANGEL have been confirmed for the day-long Vultures Row event, which is scheduled to take place on August 3rd at Treasure Island near the group's hometown of San Francisco, California. A total of 14 acts—including SKINLAB, ONE MAN ARMY, and an as-yet-undisclosed "special guest"—ar...
July 16, 2002