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Report: Officer Facing Charge After Hardcore Concert Arrest

J.J. Huggins of Sentinel & Enterprise reports that a Leominster, Massachusetts police officer is facing a charge of assault and battery in connection with the arrest of a band member after a brawl at a hardcore/punk concert in August, Police Chief Peter Roddy confirmed Wednesday. Officer Michael...

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RAGE Parts Ways With Drummer MIKE TERRANA

German power metallers RAGE have parted ways with drummer Mike Terrana. Commented vocalist/bassist Peter "Peavy" Wagner and guitarist Victor Smolski: "From now on, we won't continue our collaboration with Mike because of personal and musical differences that have been existing for a while now and be...

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JON OLIVA'S PAIN: More Tour Plans Revealed

Riding the highly successful wave from the CD release "Maniacal Renderings" by JON OLIVA'S PAIN, SAVATAGE mastermind Jon Oliva and company are now deep into their aggressive tour plans for 2007. JON OLIVA'S PAIN has announced its partnership's with Dragon Productions, the metal division of A.S.S. Co...

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JON OLIVA'S PAIN: Video Footage From CD-Release Party Posted Online

Three-camera video clips of JON OLIVA'S PAIN — the band led by SAVATAGE mastermind Jon Oliva — performing on November 25 at Bourbon Street in New Port Richey, Florida have been posted online at YouTube.com: "Warriors/Beyond the Doors of the Dark" (video) "Maniacal Renderings" (video) "Edge of Thorns...

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HYPOCRISY And DECAPITATED Forced To Cancel Tonight's Show In Spokane

HYPOCRISY and DECAPITATED have been forced to cancel tonight's (Dec. 3) "Machines At War Tour" show at Big Easy in Spokane, Washington. "We can't make it in time because of bad weather conditions, the distance and the bus is not able to drive fast enough," reads a posting on HYPOCRISY's web site. "W...

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'Sealed With A Kiss' By LYDIA CRISS Unmasks A Supergroup

The recent release of "Sealed with a Kiss" — the elegantly-bound coffee-table book by Lydia Criss, wife (1970-1979) of longtime KISS drummer Peter Criss, goes behind the make-up, blood and hype for an uncompromising look at the band's glory years and its storybook rise to unprecedented rock'n'roll f...

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VADER Bassist Checks In From The Road

Polish death metallers VADER kicked off the final part of the European Blitzkrieg 4 tour in Olomous, Czech Republic. Bassist Marcin "Novy" Nowak answered several questions for the band's official web site: Q: How has the tour been going? Would you be able to make the final [assessment of] Blitzkrieg...

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MÖTLEY CRÜE Frontman VINCE NEIL Gets Inked

According to RecordOnline.com, the motorcycle from MÖTLEY CRÜE's "Girls, Girls, Girls" video is on display inside CRÜE singer Vince Neil's Vince Neil Ink Tattoo Studio which had its grand opening November 3, 2006 at O'Shea's Casino in Las Vegas. CRÜE's Nikki Sixx, SLAUGHTER bassist Dana Strum, illus...

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ABBATH's I To Film 'Cursed We Are' Video In January

I, the new band featuring Abbath (IMMORTAL),Ice Dale (ENSLAVED, AUDREY HORNE),TC King (SAHG, ex-GORGOROTH) and Armagedda (ex-IMMORTAL),will shoot a video for the track "Cursed We Are" in January with director Tommy Næss. The song comes off the group's debut album, "Between Two Worlds", which came...

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THE LAW Featuring VOMITORY Guitarist: Another New Song Posted Online

THE LAW, the Swedish Bay Area-influenced band featuring VOMITORY guitarist Peter Östlund, has uploaded another song, "Distort", to its MySpace page. According to the group, "the song is a bit different than the other tracks, and it goes to show that the band focuses alot on dynamic songwriting." THE...

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ROB HALFORD, ROBERT PLANT, BON SCOTT, OZZY Are Among 'Heavy Metal's All-Time Top 100 Vocalists'

Rob Halford (JUDAS PRIEST),Robert Plant (LED ZEPPELIN) and Ronnie James Dio (DIO, BLACK SABBATH, RAINBOW) are among the singers who appear on Hit Parader magazine's (cover) list of "Heavy Metal's All-Time Top 100 Vocalists" (published in the November 2006 issue). Commented the editors of the magazi...

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DARK EMPIRE Announces New Drummer

DARK EMPIRE, the band featuring vocalist Jens Carlsson of PERSUADER/SAVAGE CIRCUS and bassist Noah Martin of ARSIS, has announced the addition of drummer Sam Paulicelli of the New Jersey based prog-metal outfit SUSPYRE the group's ranks. Commented guitarist/band leader Matt Moliti: "Noah got us in t...

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KISS: Solo Album Gold Awards Coming Soon

KISS' official web site has posted images of the appoved pre-production samples of the four KISS solo album gold awards. They are being released by KISS licensee California Gold, who released several other KISS awards. Each title — Paul Stanley, Gene Simmons, Ace Frehley and Peter Criss — will be re...

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THE HAUNTED Frontman: 'Arizona Folks Love The Metal And There Ain't No Mistaking It'

THE HAUNTED frontman Peter Dolving has posted the following message on his MySpace page: "The show last night was incredible and the night before in Tucson as well. Arizona folks love the metal and there ain't no mistaking it. Albuquerque was incredible, kids chanting for us and singing along. And t...

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JON OLIVA On SAVATAGE: 'It's Over But It's Not Over'

Rock My Monkey recently conducted an interview with SAVATAGE/JON OLIVA'S PAIN mastermind Jon Oliva. A few excerpts from the chat follow: Rock My Monkey: You made it clear that SAVATAGE is over, but when I talked to Zach Stevens a week ago... Jon Oliva: Well, it's over but it's not over, you know ...