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GUNS N' ROSES Crew Responds To DIE MANNEQUIN Singer

A recent interview with the lead vocalist of the Canadian indie band DIE MANNEQUIN has managed to rub several members of the GUNS N' ROSES touring staff the wrong way. DIE MANNEQUIN opened a few shows during the 2006 GN'R North American tour, and in a recent interview with Chart magazine, the singer...

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Ex-BLACK SABBATH Singer TONY MARTIN Checks In

Former BLACK SABBATH frontman Tony Martin has posted the following message on his official web site: "I became a grandfather recently but the baby was born with severe brain damage and is likely to be quite disabled. Normally it would be a huge drama but my lady already has a disabled boy of 19 year...

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RONNIE JAMES DIO: OZZY Has Always Hated Me When I Was In BLACK SABBATH

Heath McCoy of the Calgary Herald recently conducted an interview with legendary heavy metal vocalist Ronnie James Dio (HEAVEN AND HELL, DIO, BLACK SABBATH, RAINBOW). A few excerpts from the chat follow: On fans' speculation that Ozzy's wife, manager and reputed control freak, Sharon Osbourne, is to...

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DEATHRASH: 1986 Live Recording Of 'A Time To Slay' Posted Online

Bassist/founding member Pat Burns of the reunited New Jersey thrashers DEATHRASH has issued the following update: "We've posted 'A Time To Slay' from our August 10, 1986 show at the legendary CBGBs [on our MySpace page]. It was our first BIG show and we were opening for NUCLEAR ASSAULT and SHEER TER...

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HEAVEN AND HELL To Guest On 'Chaos' This Sunday

HEAVEN AND HELL — the band made up of BLACK SABBATH guitarist Tony Iommi and bassist Geezer Butler, singer Ronnie James Dio, and drummer Vinny Appice (BLACK SABBATH, DIO) — will be the special guests on Full Metal Jackie's "Chaos" metal show on Indie 103.1 FM this Sunday night (March 11). You can li...

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ANGEL BLAKE Parts Ways With METAL BLADE RECORDS

ANGEL BLAKE guitarist Marko Tervonen (ex-THE CROWN) has issued the following update: "ANGEL BLAKE's contract with Metal Blade has ended and the time has come to once again move on. Interesting times indeed. "As mentioned before, I'm right now in pre-production mode. I have recorded five new songs an...

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BLACK SABBATH: 'The Dio Years' E-Card Available

An e-card for the forthcoming BLACK SABBATH "best-of" collection, "Black Sabbath: The Dio Years", can be accessed at Rhino.com. The e-card includes a full version of the new SABBATH song "The Devil Cried", tour dates, and information on SABBATH ringtones and merchandise. As previously reported, audi...

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ZANDELLE To Guest On 91.7 FM WMUH's 'Metal Warriors'

New York power/speed metal band ZANDELLE will be special in-studio guests of Tony "The Metal God" on the "Metal Warriors" show on 91.7 FM WMUH in Allentown, PA on Thursday, March 15 around 11:30 p.m. This will be the group's first live radio interview since the release of its new album on LMP, "Veng...

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ANKLA To Embark On Headlining Tour

ANKLA, the Los Angeles-based band led by former PUYA guitarist Ramón Ortíz, will embark on its first headlining tour of 2007 this month. ANKLA (meaning anchor in Spanish) came together to give a voice to the heavier side of Ortiz's musical taste. With bandmates Ikaro Stafford on vocals, José Clark o...

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Former VENOM/Current ATOMKRAFT Frontman Performs With WAY OF LIFE In Canada; Videos Available

Former VENOM and current ATOMKRAFT frontman Tony Dolan joined the Canadian band WAY OF LIFE (which features Dolan's nephew) as a special guest on February 16 at The Chubby Pickle in Windsor. Watch video clips of Dolan and WAY OF LIFE performing VENOM's "Welcome to Hell" and WAY OF LIFE's "Driven" at...

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ATHEIST Confirmed For CHICAGO POWERFEST

Reunited technical metal pioneers ATHEIST have just confirmed for Chicago Powerfest 2007 as the Saturday night headliners. The fifth annual metal festival will take place on Friday, April 20 and Saturday, April 21 at The Pearl Room in Mokena, IL (located just outside Chicago). According to the band,...

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BLACK SABBATH Guitarist TONY IOMMI: 'With Music You Shouldn't Have Any Boundaries'

Eden Munro of Canada's Vue Weekly recently conducted an interview with BLACK SABBATH/HEAVEN AND HELL guitarist Tony Iommi. A few excerpts from the chat follow: On HEAVEN AND HELL: “People know that it's the same band that's called [BLACK] SABBATH. [We] originally started calling the tour the Heaven...

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VITAL REMAINS Confirmed For Germany's WACKEN OPEN AIR Festival

VITAL REMAINS has been confirmed for this year's installment of the Wacken Open Air festival, set to take place August 2-4, 2007 in Wacken, Germany. The billing is now shaping up as follows (in alphabetical order): 1349 ALL THAT REMAINS AMORPHIS BELPHEGOR BENEDICTUM BLACK MAJESTY BLIND GUARDIAN BULL...

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Former VENOM/Current ATOMKRAFT Frontman Interviewed On Canadian Radio; Audio Available

Former VENOM and current ATOMKRAFT frontman Tony Dolan and the Canadian band WAY OF LIFE (which features Dolan's nephew) were interviewed on Windsor, Canada's CJAM 91.5 FM radio station on February 15, 2007. Download an MP3 of the interview at this location. Tony Dolan performed with WAY OF LIFE as...

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JIMI HENDRIX, DIMEBAG, TONY IOMMI, EDDIE VAN HALEN Are Among 'Wildest Guitar Heroes'

Jimi Hendrix has been crowned "Wildest Guitar Hero" of all-time in a new poll of music lovers for influential magazine Classic Rock. The poll was compiled by votes from over 3,000 visitors to www.classicrockmagazine.com and a panel of expert music journalists. The guitarist, who made his name in the...