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AMPT: SLIPKNOT/BIOHAZARD Side Project To Play Benefit Concert

AMPT, the new band featuring SLIPKNOT DJ Sid Wilson (a.k.a. DJ Starscream) and BIOHAZARD guitarist Scott Roberts, are scheduled to perform at a benefit concert for underprivileged kids, Toys for Tots, on December 17 at DingBatz in Clifton, NJ. AMPT's current lineup consists of the following: Rob Gee...

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TOMMY LEE: Real Student Or Just A Sideshow?

Kim Roberts-Gudeman of the Omaha World-Herald is reporting that former MÖTLEY CRÜE drummer Tommy Lee (photo) enrolled at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln last week to film a reality TV series for NBC. The show will follow the tattooed drummer as he studies, auditions for the marching band and atte...

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AMERICAN HEARTBREAK To Support NEW YORK DOLLS In San Francisco

San Francisco-based rockers AMERICAN HEARTBREAK, featuring ex-JETBOY guitarist Billy Rowe and former EXODUS bassist Mike Butler, will be opening for the NEW YORK DOLLS at SF's famed Fillmore Auditorium on Sunday, Oct. 3rd. The DOLLS have added former JETBOY bassist Sam Yaffa (recently seen gigging w...

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STATETROOPER's NWOBHM Roots Run Deep

STATETROOPER, the reunited British hard rock outfit fronted by former MSG (MICHAEL SCHENKER GROUP) singer Gary Barden, have drafted Tony O'Hora on bass guitar, a man better known for his roles as frontman for outfits such as thrashers ONSLAUGHT, NWOBHM veterans PRAYING MANTIS, '80s rockers HIGHWIRE,...

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MURDERDOLLS Guitarist Launches Search For 'Trashiest Band In The U.K.'

Acey Slade, guitarist for Roadrunner recording artists MURDERDOLLS, is giving "the chance of a lifetime" to a lucky U.K. band. While on tour with his new group, TRASH LIGHT VISION, Slade will be searching for a band to bestow the title "Trashiest Band in the U.K." upon. Finalists will get to open fo...

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FBI To Probe GREAT WHITE Nightclub Fire Corruption Charges

The Associated Press is reporting that the FBI will review allegations made by the father of the GREAT WHITE nightclub fire victim that corruption and politics are the reason town fire inspectors were never indicted in the case. David Kane, the father of 18-year-old Nicholas O'Neill, who died in the...

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NEW YORK DOLLS Live Album, DVD Due Before The End Of The Year

THE NEW YORK DOLLS are scheduled to release a new live album, entitled "Pre-Crash Condition", in September, according to Gigwise.com. Recorded at Morrissey's Meltdown Festival earlier in the year, the album features recordings from the bands comeback shows. A DVD from same show is also planned for r...

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NEW YORK DOLLS Perform In New York City: Photos Available

NEW YORK DOLLS performed at Little Steven's International Underground Garage Festival on Saturday (August 14) on Randall's Island in New York City. Check out pictures from Film Magic, Wire Image. As previously reported, NEW YORK DOLLS singer David Johansen recently told the New York Times that the b...

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NEW YORK DOLLS Singer Says The Band's Future Is Up In The Air

NEW YORK DOLLS singer David Johansen has told the New York Times that the band will soldier on with a replacement bassist filling in for late bassist Arthur Kane for the few gigs they have lined up. But after that, he said, the band's future is up in the air. "We don't have any long-term ...

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'West Memphis Three' Anthology: Launch Party Scheduled

Brett Alexander Savory and M. W. Anderson's West Memphis Three anthology, "Last Pentacle of the Sun: Writings in Support of the West Memphis Three", featuring a contribution by METALLICA frontman James Hetfield, will have its official launch concert/party on October 14 at Club Rockit in Toronto, Ont...

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TWISTED SISTER: London Performance To Air On Pay-Per-View

TWISTED SISTER will have their August 1 London Astoria show aired as a pay-per-view event on the newly established Detonator TV (www.detonator.tv) site in late October 2004. Already hailed as a "legendary performance," the band's show was witnessed by a sold-out crowd, who welcomed the New York rock...

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Former SAIGON KICK Members To Collaborate On Movie Soundtrack

Former SAIGON KICK bandmates Matt Kramer (vocals) and Phil Varone (drums) are talking about collaborating on several tracks for the soundtrack to a movie Varone is currently making about his "crazy excessive rock 'n' roll life," according to a posting on Kramer's web site. Matt's solo cut "War &...

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Producer: NEW YORK DOLLS Reunion Concert To Be Released On DVD

Veteran producer Kevin Shirley (IRON MAIDEN, DREAM THEATER) has posted the following update on his web site: "Sad news, the NEW YORK DOLLS bassist and founder, Arthur 'Killer' Kane, died last week, right when I was in the middle of mixing the DOLLS reunion concert, which was filmed for a DVD release...

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NEW YORK DOLLS Singer Comments On Bassist's Passing

NEW YORK DOLLS frontman David Johansen has issued a statement regarding the passing of the group's bassist, Arthur Kane, Tuesday night (July 13) due to complications from leukemia. "During rehearsal and the shows I was blessed to work with the Arthur I first met and loved 30 years ago," Johansen sai...

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Tribute To Fallen NEW YORK DOLLS Bassist Posted Online

Star File Photo Agency has uploaded a photo gallery tribute to NEW YORK DOLLS bassist Arthur Kane, who died Tuesday night (July 13) in Los Angeles due to complications from leukemia. Kane was 55. As previously reported, the pioneering '70s glam rock group were fresh off a well-received appearance at...