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MADBALL: Another New Song Posted Online

Another new MADBALL track, entitled "We the People", has been posted on the band's MySpace page. The song comes off the New York City hardcore legends' upcoming album, "Infiltrate the System", due on August 21 in the U.S. on Ferret Music (in Europe on I Scream, in South America on Liberation, in Aus...

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MNEMIC Guitarist Is Excited To Support METALLICA This Friday

Guitarist Mircea Gabriel Eftemie of Danish metallers MNEMIC has issued the following update: "It's been a while since the last update, but we've been super busy touring, and touring and guess what... TOURING! Since the beginning of this year we did four tours and as we are about to wrap up our mini...

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VELVET REVOLVER's 'Libertad' Enters Billboard Chart At No. 5

VELVET REVOLVER's sophomore album, "Libertad", sold 93,000 copies in the United States during its first week of release to land at position No. 5 on The Billboard chart. This is a little over one-third of the 256,000 first-week tally registered by its predecessor, "Contraband", which landed at No. 1...

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KING DIAMOND: 'Give Me Your Soul' Enters Danish Chart At No. 58

KING DIAMOND's latest album, "Give Me Your Soul ... Please" has landed at position No. 58 on the Danish chart. It is the second highest new entry on the chart (behind VELVET REVOLVER). "Give Me Your Soul ... Please" sold 4,500 copies in the United States in its first week of release to debut at ...

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SLASH Set To Shred in GUITAR HERO III

According to RollingStone.com, former GUNS N' ROSES and current VELVET REVOLVER guitarist Slash will provide an original track for the upcoming Activision title Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock, as well as make an appearance in-game as a boss battle character. The legendary guitarist will not, howev...

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ALTER BRIDGE Signs With UNIVERSAL REPUBLIC

The members of ALTER BRIDGE have announced they have signed an agreement to release their next album on Universal Republic Records. This brand new album is scheduled to be released this fall. "We're very excited about beginning this chapter in our lives and career," commented Grammy Award-winning so...

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VELVET REVOLVER: 'Libertad' First-Week Sales Less Than Half Of 'Contraband'

According to Hits Daily Double, VELVET REVOLVER's "Libertad" is poised to sell around 100,000 copies in the United States during its first week of release. This is less than half of the 256,000 first-week tally registered by its predecessor, "Contraband", which landed at No. 1 on The Billboard 200 c...

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DUFF MCKAGAN Says GUNS N' ROSES 'Got Too Big And Imploded'

Australia's Time Off magazine recently conducted an interview with VELVET REVOLVER/ex-GUNS N' ROSES bassist Duff McKagan. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: On the new VELVET REVOLVER album, "Libertad": "By the time we came in to write 'Libertad' we really started to float out into areas tha...

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SLASH On 'Libertad', RICK RUBIN And AXL ROSE

Ultimate-Guitar.com recently conducted an interview with VELVET REVOLVER/ex-GUNS N' ROSES guitarist Slash. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: Ultimate-Guitar: The new record really solidifies the sound of the band. It's a huge leap forward from "Contraband". What did you do different this ti...

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Report: VELVET REVOLVER Rockers Enjoy Success, Soberly

Dean Goodman of Reuters reports: When a band sells 3 million copies of its first album, its members might expect to celebrate with a few drinks. In the case of VELVET REVOLVER, which comprises three well-heeled veterans of rock 'n' roll bad boys GUNS N' ROSES, the contents of a medium-sized distille...

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SPARTA To Open Second Leg Of VELVET REVOLVER / ALICE IN CHAINS Tour

According to HardDrive Radio, SPARTA — the El Paso post-hardcore band featuring former members of AT THE DRIVE-IN — will open for VELVET REVOLVER and ALICE IN CHAINS on the second of their North American tour beginning on September 8 in Vancouver. As previously reported, Chicago-based rock act KILL...

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VELVET REVOLVER: Photos From Intimate Hollywood Club Gig Available

VELVET REVOLVER celebrated the release of its new album, "Libertad", with a special intimate club show at the famous Whisky A Go Go in Los Angeles Thursday night (July 5). Check out pictures from Wire Image. A limited edition of "Libertad" sold through Best Buy comes with a bonus DVD. The first sing...

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VELVET REVOLVER Bassist Talks 'Libertad', AXL ROSE

Nick Snelling of Australia's Beat magazine recently conducted an interview with VELVET REVOLVER/ex-GUNS N' ROSES bassist Duff McKagan. A few excerpts from the chat follow: On his statement after the release of "Contraband" that VELVET REVOLVER was the kind of act that would be releasing an album eve...

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VELVET REVOLVER Members Discuss New Album With FOX NEWS; Video Available

VELVET REVOLVER has just released "Libertad", an album celebrating freedom and liberty. Guitarist Slash spoke with Fox News about the album title, while drummer Matt Sorum talked about some problems the band members had with each other before working things out, and bassist Duff McKagan explained ho...

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VELVET REVOLVER Guitarist Interviewed By Drunken Finn; Video Available

A nine-minute video interview with VELVET REVOLVER guitarist Dave Kushner, conducted by a drunken Finn from Finland's Get In The Pit magazine at this year's Provinssirock festival (June 15-17) in Seinäjoki, Finland, has been posted at this location. VELVET REVOLVER released its second album on Tuesd...