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Former LED ZEPPELIN Frontman Pays Tribute To The Blues At SOUTH BY SOUTHWEST
Michael D. Clark of the Houston Chronicle reports: It took former LED ZEPPELIN vocalist Robert Plant only one sentence to sum up why the spectacle that is the South By Southwest music festival continues to command such attention each year. "The blue note is there, all the way through my life," Plant...March 18, 2005
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TESTAMENT Guitarist: 'If We Do Another Record I'd Rather Have The Original Lineup'
TESTAMENT guitarist Eric Peterson recently spoke to RockConfidential.com about the new DRAGONLORD CD and TESTAMENT's upcoming reunion tour with guitarist Alex Skolnick, bassist Greg Christian and drummer Louie Clemente. A couple of excerpts from the interview follow: RockConfidential.com: There's ju...March 16, 2005
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DAMAGEPLAN/DROWNING POOL Manager Launches ZERO-SUM RECORDINGS
Zero-Sum Recordings has announced a distribution agreement with Sony/BMG Music Entertainment's RED Distribution and a marketing agreement with Red Ink. Zero-Sum is a new label founded by DROWNING POOL (Wind-Up),DAMAGEPLAN (Atlantic) and LOSA (Metal Blade) manager Paul Bassman and Chris Paluska, man...March 14, 2005
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MOTÖRHEAD's LEMMY Talks About His World War II Fascination
MOTÖRHEAD mainman Ian "Lemmy" Kilmister recently spoke to Reuters about his fascination with World War II and his penchant for spending his money collecting Nazi memorabilia, which is piled high in his two-bedroom apartment off the Sunset Strip. "I was born in '45, the year it all ended," Kilmister...March 10, 2005
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WOLF Seek New Label Home
Sweden's WOLF have posted the following message on the group's official web site: "Ever since Push Music Group purchased our previous record label, No Fashion Records, there has been very little room for heavy metal and a band like WOLF. We therefore asked the company to be released from our contrac...March 9, 2005
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M.O.D. Song To Be Featured In KIRSTIE ALLEY's Show 'Fat Actress'
Hardcore rock band M.O.D. will have "Bubble Butt" featured as one of the songs in the new show "Fat Actress", which will debut tonight, March 7, at 10 p.m. on Showtime. The unscripted reality show is based on the real-life tribulations of actress Kirstie Alley, who is best known for her role in the...March 7, 2005
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U.D.O.: In Mixing Mode
U.D.O., the German band led by former ACCEPT frontman Udo Dirkschneider, have posted the following message on their official web site: The band was working a lot in the last [few] weeks to finish the recording of the new album, which will be titled 'Mission No. X'. Stefan [Kaufmann, guitarist/produc...March 6, 2005
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U.D.O. Announce New Album Title
U.D.O., the German band led by former ACCEPT frontman Udo Dirkschneider, have set "Mission No. X" as the title of their new album, tentatively due late summer via AFM Records. 13 songs will reportedly appear on the follow-up to 2004's "Thunderball", whcih will mark the recording debut with the group...March 3, 2005
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UNION: Live DVD Now Available
A UNION live DVD, entitled "Do Your Own Thing Live!" is now available for purchase via guitarist Bruce Kulick's (ex-KISS) web site. "Do Your Own Thing Live!" (view cover here) includes two UNION concerts: a full one from 2001 (just before UNION's trip to Argentina),and one for ESP guitars at MI fro...March 3, 2005
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DIMEBAG: Australian Fans Unite To Honor Fallen Hero
A touching feature of the Melbourne (Australia) leg of the Big Day Out and this year's Metal For The Brain Festival in Canberra was the startling number of shirts that eulogized the death of American heavy metal guitarist Darrell "Dimebag" Abbott. Abbott was shot on stage on December 8 while perform...March 2, 2005
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HENRY ROLLINS To Appear In MINUTEMEN Documentary
Henry Rollins and FUGAZI's Ian MacKaye are among the musicians that were interviewed for the the new documentary "We Jam Econo - The Story of the Minutemen" chronicling the MINUTEMEN's world from their birth in 1980 through singer/guitarist D. Boon's tragic death in 1985, according to Billboard.com....February 24, 2005
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UNSANE Complete Work On New Album
Relapse Records recording artists UNSANE have completed work on their new album, entitled "Blood Run". The first full-length from the NYC noise rock kings since 1998's "Occupational Hazard", "Blood Run" administers immeasurable amounts of the band's unequalled combination of blood, guts and violence...February 22, 2005
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CRISIS: Former SOCIETY 1 Drummer To Fill In For Upcoming Shows
CRISIS will be playing the South by Southwest Music Festival (SXSW) this year as part of The End Records showcase. The show will take place at the Backroom in Austin, TX on March 18. The full roster of bands for the night includes EPOCH OF UNLIGHT, LILITU, NOVEMBERS DOOM, and THINE EYES BLEED. CRISI...February 13, 2005
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New SAXON Tribute Album To See Light Of Day This Month
Germany's Remedy Records will be releasing a brand new SAXON tribute album entitled "Eagleution - A Tribute to Saxon", on February 21. The complete track listing for the two-CD set is as follows: 01. STORMWARRIOR - "Power and the Glory" 02. TORMENT - "Denim & Leather" 03. PARAGON - "20.000 Feet"...February 11, 2005
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CRISIS Bassist Welcomes Addition To Family
Congratulations are in order for CRISIS bassist Gia Chuan Wang and his wife Grace on the birth of their baby daughter, Maxine. She was born on February 2 at around 7:30 p.m., weighing just under 7 pounds. CRISIS are scheduled to play at the Independence-D festival in Japan in March and are hard at w...February 6, 2005
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