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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...August 24, 2004
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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...August 16, 2004
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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 ...August 10, 2004
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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...August 4, 2004
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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...August 4, 2004
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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 &...July 21, 2004
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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...July 19, 2004
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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...July 15, 2004
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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...July 15, 2004
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NEW YORK DOLLS Bassist Dies Of Leukemia
Hits Daily Double is reporting that NEW YORK DOLLS bassist Arthur "Killer" Kane died of advanced leukemia in an L.A. area hospital Tuesday night (July 13). Kane, who had reunited with surviving bandmates David Johansen and Syl Sylvain for last month's acclaimed performance at Morrissey's Meltdown Fe...July 14, 2004
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Heavy Metal's Premier Guitarists Pick Their Dream G3 Lineups
Norway's Imhotep zine recently asked more than 100 guitarists to choose their own dream G3 lineups. "The respect that the guitar players have for Joe Satriani and Steve Vai is a proven fact," writes the magazine's Thiago Pinto Corrêa Sarkis (also of Brazil's Whiplash). "Anyway, talking with some mus...July 14, 2004
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W.A.S.P.'s LAWLESS Says He's Not Trying To Be Shocking
ARTILLERY guitarist Michael Stützer interviewed Blackie Lawless of W.A.S.P. for Denmark's Antenna magazine (formerly Metal Reference) when the American shock rockers paid Copenhagen a visit in order to promote their new album, "The Neon God". What follows are several excerpts from the interview: Ant...June 30, 2004
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NEW YORK DOLLS Play Reunion Show At London's MELTDOWN FESTIVAL
The NEW YORK DOLLS played a one-off reunion gig on Wednesday (June 16) at London's Royal Festival Hall as part of this year's Meltdown Festival, according to Hits Daily Double. Original members David Johansen, Sylvain Sylvain and now-Mormon Arthur "Killer" Kane were joined by guitarist Steve Conte a...June 17, 2004
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DISCHARGE To Tour Brazil In June
British hardcore pioneers DISCHARGE will embark on their first-ever tour of Brazil next month. The band's current touring lineup consists of original members Terry "Tez" Roberts (drums),Tony Bones (guitar) and Roy "'Rainy" Wainwright (bass),alongside longtime friend, VARUKERS vocalist Rat. DISCHAR...May 10, 2004
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SKINLAB: Ex-Guitarist Says STEEV Has No Appreciation For Musicians Who Bleed For His Band
Former SKINLAB guitarist Scott Sargeant has slammed SKINLAB frontman Steev Esquivel over Steev's recent comments regarding Sargeant's departure from the group, stating that Esquivel has "once again disrespected and belittled the people who wrote the songs to get him where he is today." In a written...April 26, 2004
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