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HELLYEAH's TOM MAXWELL Recounts One-On-One 'Guitar Lesson' With DIMEBAG

Jay Nanda of San Antonio Metal Music Examiner conducted an interview with HELLYEAH guitarist Tom Maxwell at this year's Knotfest on October 26 in Devore, California. You can now watch the chat below. Asked to recount his favorite story involving late PANTERA guitarist "Dimebag" Darrell Abbott, Maxwe...

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KISS To Perform At 88th Annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade

KISS will perform at the 88th annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, which will take place on Thanksgiving Day, November 27, and air on NBC. The special performance by KISS — which was secured by the band's brand management company, Epic Rights — will be led by more than 600 cheerleaders from around...

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MACHINE HEAD's North American Tour To Feature No Support Acts

San Francisco Bay Area metallers MACHINE HEAD will embark on a North American headlining tour in January. The trek will feature no support bands — just a crushing two-hour set of "pure fucking MACHINE HEAD," according to a press release. Says MACHINE HEAD guitarist/vocalist Robb Flynn: "We're doing...

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UK Tabloid Claims ROBERT PLANT Nixed $800 Million LED ZEPPELIN Reunion Offer

UK tabloid newspaper The Mirror published a story over the weekend claiming that Robert Plant nixed a nearly $800 million dollar deal for a LED ZEPPELIN tour proposed by British mogul Richard Branson. According to the report, Branson, a die-hard fan of the band, pitched Plant, Jimmy Page, John Paul...

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ANVIL's LIPS Recalls Meeting PAUL MCCARTNEY: 'I Almost Passed Out'

In a brand new interview with The Sydney Morning Herald, guitarist Steve "Lips" Kudlow of Canadian metal legends ANVIL recalled meeting former THE BEATLES star Paul McCartney while Lips and his bandmates were promoting their 2008 documentary "Anvil! The Story of Anvil". "We were at the People's Choi...

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AC/DC's Video For 'Play Ball' To Premiere Next Week

AC/DC's video for the song "Play Ball" will make its online debut next week. The clip was shot October 3-4 with director David Mallet at Black Island Studios in Middlesex, England. Mallet has worked with the band for 24 years and says: "They have never come out with any pretense to be anything else...

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'KISS Rocks Vegas Day' Declared In Las Vegas

Clark County Commission declared today (Friday, November 7) "Kiss Rocks Vegas Day" in honor of KISS's nine-show residency at The Joint inside Hard Rock Hotel & Casino. The infamous rock group made an over-the-top Maverick Helicopters arrival at the property on Wednesday, November 5 and kicked of...

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BRIAN JOHNSON: AC/DC Will 'Absolutely' Hit The Road In 2015

AC/DC is in the process of getting dates together for its upcoming world tour, which will kick off in 2015, the band has confirmed in an interview conducted earlier this week. Speaking to Colin Paterson of BBC News on Monday, November 3, AC/DC guitarist Angus Young stated about the group's touring p...

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KISS Kicks Off Las Vegas Residency: Fan-Filmed Video Footage

KISS kicked off a three-week Las Vegas residency, "Kiss Rocks Vegas", this past Wednesday night (November 5) at The Joint inside Hard Rock Hotel & Casino. Fan-filmed video footage of the concert can be seen below. Each night, the group is performing a mind-blowing show featuring a setlist create...

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AC/DC Drummer PHIL RUDD: Procuring-Murder Charge Dropped

According to Stuff.co.nz, a New Zealand police charge of "attempting to procure murder" against AC/DC drummer Phil Rudd has been dropped. The 60-year-old rocker, who is on bail and is set to reappear in court at the end of the month, still faces one charge of threatening to kill as well as possessio...

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FOZZY: 'Do You Wanna Start A War' Video Released

The official video for "Do You Wanna Start A War", the title track of the new album from FOZZY — the band featuring WWE wrestling superstar Chris Jericho alongside members of STUCK MOJO — can be seen below. The clip features Playboy's "Playmate Of The Month" for January 2001, Irina Voronina. FOZZY r...

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KISS' PAUL STANLEY: Why I Declined To Perform With ACE FREHLEY And PETER CRISS At ROCK HALL Induction

During a brand new interview with KNPR News, KISS guitarist/vocalist Paul Stanley was asked why he declined to perform with fellow original KISS members Peter Criss and Ace Frehley at the band's Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame induction in April. "It's a tough question to answer, but there's so much invo...

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SLIPKNOT: Fan-Filmed Footage Of Entire Corpus Christi Concert

Fan-filmed video footage of SLIPKNOT's entire November 1 concert at American Bank Center in Corpus Christi, Texas can be seen at this location. A few of the clips are available below. SLIPKNOT's long-awaited fifth studio album, ".5: The Gray Chapter", sold around 132,000 copies in the United States...

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JIMMY PAGE Talks To CLASSIC ROCK Magazine About Making Of 'Led Zeppelin IV' (Video)

LED ZEPPELIN guitarist Jimmy Page recently spoke to UK's Classic Rock magazine about the reissue of the band's "Led Zeppelin IV" album. Check out the clip below. The LED ZEPPELIN reissue campaign got off to a remarkable start in June as deluxe editions of "Led Zeppelin", "Led Zeppelin II" and "Led Z...

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PHIL COLLINS Recalls LED ZEPPELIN Reunion 'Disaster'

Phil Collins says that LED ZEPPELIN's reunion show at Live Aid on July 13, 1985 was "a disaster" and claims that he realized it was "a mistake" as soon as the band started playing. The GENESIS drummer took the stage at Philadelphia's JFK Stadium for LED ZEPPELIN's first live performance since the de...