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BLACK STAR RIDERS Guitarist SCOTT GORHAM Speaks To BackstageAxxess.com (Video)

On May 25, David "Gus" Griesinger of BackstageAxxess.com conducted an interview with BLACK STAR RIDERS and THIN LIZZY guitarist Scott Gorham. You can now watch the chat below. Bassist Marco Mendoza will leave BLACK STAR RIDERS at the end of the band's current U.S. tour on June 22 and will be replace...

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ANTHRAX's FRANK BELLO: 'We Almost Have 12 Songs Already' For Next Album

Steven Rosen of Ultimate-Guitar.com recently conducted an interview with ANTHRAX bassist Frank Bello. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Ultimate-Guitar.com: Do you think part of the energy on "Worship Music" came from [singer] Joey Belladonna's return to the band? Frank: Absolutely. J...

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ACE FREHLEY, DUFF MCKAGAN, DEE SNIDER, ALICE COOPER Featured In ARTISAN NEWS' REVOLVER Special (Video)

Artisan News has uploaded a 70-minute Revolver Golden Gods black-carpet special featuring "complete" interviews with: * Wendy Dio (Ronnie James Dio's manager/wife) * Dee Snider (TWISTED SISTER) * Mike Portnoy, Billy Sheehan, Richie Kotzen (THE WINERY DOGS) * 12 FOOT NINJA * James Michael (SIXX: A.M....

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MEGADETH Tracking 'Heavy' Demo Ideas For Next Studio Album

MEGADETH drummer Shawn Drover has revealed via his Facebook page that he "spent this week in the studio with [MEGADETH mainman] Dave [Mustaine] tracking demo 'ideas' for the [band's] next [studio] record." He added: "[There are] some really heavy riffs going on here, and if I say it, you know it's t...

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VELVET REVOLVER's DAVE KUSHNER: Replacing SCOTT WEILAND Is 'A Hugely Arduous Task'

In a brand new interview with Alternative Nation, VELVET REVOLVER guitarist Dave Kushner was asked about the band's current singer situation, more than six years after the dismissal of the group's original frontman Scott Weiland. "I think it's one of those things that no one wants to close the door...

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BLACK STAR RIDERS Parts Ways With Bassist MARCO MENDOZA, Recruits ROBBIE CRANE

Bassist Marco Mendoza will leave BLACK STAR RIDERS at the end of the band's current U.S. tour on June 22 and will be replaced by Robbie Crane (RATT, VINCE NEIL, LYNCH MOB). Marco, a founding member of BLACK STAR RIDERS alongside fellow THIN LIZZY alumni Ricky Warwick (guitar, vocals),Damon Johnson...

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On The Tour Bus With FIREWIND/OZZY OSBOURNE Guitarist GUS G. (Video)

While on the road on his first European solo tour, guitar virtuoso Gus G., well known in the metal and rock universe for his work as leader of his own group FIREWIND and also as member of Ozzy Osbourne's band, takes you inside his tour bus and shows you around... or at least he tries ...

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MADBALL: New Song 'Doc Marten Stomp' Available For Streaming

"Hardcore Lives", the ninth studio album from New York hardcore veterans MADBALL, will be released on June 27 via Nuclear Blast. The CD was tracked and engineered by UNEARTH guitarist Ken Susi and mixed and mastered by longtime collaborator Chris "Zeuss" Harris (HATEBREED, AGNOSTIC FRONT, SOULFLY, T...

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DEF LEPPARD Singer JOE ELLIOTT's DOWN 'N' OUTZ: 'Rock And Roll Queen' Video Premiere

"Rock And Roll Queen", the new video from DOWN 'N' OUTZ, can be seen below (courtesy of Billboard.com). The song is taken from the band's latest album "The Further Adventures Of…", which is the third instalment of the project fronted by DEF LEPPARD's lead singer Joe Elliott, and features tracks conn...

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New Book On Influential Welsh Rockers BUDGIE 'In Pecking Order' Out Now

Influential Welsh heavy rockers BUDGIE's 1974–79 period is examined in a new, 400-page book, "In Pecking Order: Budgie 1974–79". During the period, BUDGIE released "In For The Kill" (1974) and "Bandolier" (1975) for MCA, and "If I Were Brittania I'd Waive The Rules" (1976) and "Impeckable" (1978) fo...

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STRYPER's MICHAEL SWEET Says Legal Battle Over QUEENSRŸCHE Name 'Worked Out For The Best'

Guitarist/vocalist Michael Sweet of Christian hard rockers STRYPER was interviewed on the latest episode of "The Shoe With Miles Schuman", the Internet radio show hosted by 14-year-old Miles "The Shoe" Schuman. Asked for his take on the settlement between singer Geoff Tate and his former bandmates i...

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AXL ROSE Responds To List Naming Him 'World's Greatest Singer'

GUNS N' ROSES frontman Axl Rose has responded to a recent ConcertHotels.com list of "The World's Greatest Singers," which placed him in the top spot. The chart ranked vocalists based on their vocal range and claimed Axl's recorded notes spanned nearly six octaves, from F1 (in the 2008 "Chinese Democ...

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QUEENSRŸCHE's TODD LA TORRE Interviewed On 'Iron City Rocks' Podcast (Audio)

Episode 237 of the "Iron City Rocks" podcast (web site) features an interview with QUEENSRŸCHE singer Todd La Torre. You can now listen to the chat using the audio player below. QUEENSRŸCHE members Eddie Jackson (bass),Scott Rockenfield (drums) and Michael Wilton (guitar) have successfully agreed t...

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ANTHRAX To Release 'Chile On Hell' DVD In September

Get ready to mosh in the privacy of your own home, because multiple Grammy-nominated thrash masters ANTHRAX have announced the release of "Chile On Hell", a live-in-concert DVD that is due on September 16. "Chile On Hell" was filmed at the Teatro Caupolican in Santiago, Chile on May 10, 2013 and fea...

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BIOHAZARD Working On 'Heavier, Faster, More Aggressive' New Music

NoiseEyes.com conducted an interview with BIOHAZARD guitarist/vocalist Billy Graziadei on April 22 in Vienna, Austria. You can now watch the chat below. Asked about the progress of the songwriting sessions for the BIOHAZARD's follow-up to 2012's "Reborn In Defiance", Billy said: "It's tough to talk...