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'Rock Star: Supernova' Teams Up With MSN For Exclusive Content

MSN today announced the premiere of online programming for "Rock Star: Supernova", the new season of the hit reality series returning to CBS in a special 90-minute broadcast on Wednesday, July 5 at 8 p.m. EDT/PDT. Before its broadcast premiere, "Rock Star: Supernova" — produced by Mark Burnett Produ...

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The 'Real' SUPERNOVA Will Fight TOMMY LEE's 'Washed Up Metalheads' For Rights To Name

Bassist Art Mitchell of the long-running Orange County, California, punk trio SUPERNOVA has told MTV.com that his band has hired attorneys to respond to CBS-TV in the form of a cease-and-desist letter in connection with upcoming second season of "Rock Star", the reality show which will see MÖTLEY CR...

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Ex-METALLICA Bassist JASON NEWSTED Says 'Rock Star' Was Too Good To Pass Up

Launch Radio Networks reports: Former METALLICA bassist Jason Newsted told Launch that he considered himself semi-retired after the death last year of Denis "Piggy" D'Amour, the guitarist in Newsted's current band, VOIVOD. But Newsted admitted that the chance to start a new group for the reality TV...

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TOMMY LEE Visits 'Jimmy Kimmel Live!'

MÖTLEY CRÜE drummer Tommy Lee visited ABC-TV's "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" on Tuesday (June 27) to promote the new "Rock Star: Supernova" reality show on CBS. Lee talked about the competition to pick the supergroup's lead singer, his tattoos, how his love life is going "very well" being single, MÖTLEY CRÜE...

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Ex-METALLICA Bassist NEWSTED Talks About 'Monster' Documentary: Audio Available

An 11-minute audio interview with former METALLICA and current VOIVOD/SUPERNOVA bassist Jason Newsted, conducted on Tuesday, June 27 by "The BJ Shea Morning Experience" on the Seattle station 99.9 KISW, has been posted online at this location. During the interview, Newsted talks about the METALLICA...

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CIRCLE II CIRCLE: 'Burden Of Truth' Pushed Back Another Week

AFM Records has once again pushed back the projected release date of the new CIRCLE II CIRCLE album, "Burden of Truth" — this time to October 13 from the previously announced October 6. As previously reported, CIRCLE II CIRCLE — who feature in their ranks former SAVATAGE frontman Zachary Stevens — h...

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AFTER FOREVER: Interview, GRASPOP METAL MEETING Performance To Air On Belgian Radio

Belgian radio station Studio Brussel will broadcast an interview with AFTER FOREVER frontwoman Floor Jansen and audio clips of the band's live performance at this year's Graspop Metal Meeting, which took place this past weekend in Dessel, Belgium. The program will air tonight (Tuesday, June 27) betw...

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The Anatomy Of

BETWEEN THE BURIED AND ME has had quite a run of phenomenal albums. This time the band decided to have a little fun with "The Anatomy Of", an album of 14 cover songs from a varied group of acts. Rather than rendering the originals unrecognizable, the quintet took songs from groups like MÖTLEY CRÜE,...

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LITA FORD 'Turned Down' Chance To Appear In 'The Surreal Life'

Lita Ford's husband Jim Gillette — the former NITRO singer who could allegedly shatter glass with his voice — has shot down reports that the '80s female rocker is among the celebrities who will take part in the seventh season of VH1's "The Surreal Life", a reality television series that sets a selec...

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LITA FORD Rumored To Take Part In 'The Surreal Life 7'

According to a posting on the GameSpot.com web site, '80s rocker Lita Ford is among the celebrities who will take part in the seventh season of VH1's "The Surreal Life", a reality television series that sets a select group of out-of-the-spotlight celebrities and films them as they live together in a...

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DAMNOCRACY Demos Posted Online

DAMNOCRACY — the new band featuring Sebastian Bach (ex-SKID ROW; vocals),Evan Seinfeld (BIOHAZARD; bass),Scott Ian (ANTHRAX; guitar),Ted Nugent (guitar),and Jason Bonham (BONHAM, UFO, FOREIGNER; drums) — have posted rough demo versions of three songs on their MySpace profile. Check out the track...

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KITTIE Drummer MERCEDES LANDER: 'I Love Reading BLABBERMOUTH'

Al Jourgensen (MINISTRY),Trevor Phipps (UNEARTH),Mercedes Lander (KITTIE),and Dino Cazares (ASESINO, ex-FEAR FEACTORY) appeared on last night's (June 24) special edition of MTV2's "Headbanger's Ball" as part of a discussion panel on heavy metal "hot topics," including the Sharon Osbourne vs. IRON...

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'Rock Star: Supernova' Contestants' Identities Revealed

Steve Rogers of RealityTVWorld.com is reporting that CBS has revealed the identities of the fifteen singers who will compete in "Rock Star: Supernova", this summer's new edition of the Mark Burnett-created "Rock Star: INXS" reality talent competition that the network aired last summer. Scheduled to...

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ASESINO: 'Regresando Odio' Video To Receive 'Headbanger's Ball' Premiere

"Regresando Odio" ("Returning the Hate"),the new video from ASESINO — the death metal/grindcore project featuring ex-FEAR FACTORY/BRUJERIA guitarist Dino Cazares and STATIC-X bassist Tony Campos (on bass/vocals) — will receive its MTV2 debut on this weekend's edition of "Headbanger's Ball", which i...

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SEBASTIAN BACH: 'Sometimes I Gotta Pinch Myself Because I'm So Happy Doing What I'm Doing'

Pat Jess Douglas of the Great Falls Tribune recently conducted an interview with former SKID ROW and current DAMNOCRACY frontman Sebastian Bach. A few excerpts from the chat follow: On being asked to represent mainstream headbangers in recent times: "I didn't ever figure out why I get the things I d...