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WEISS And BANEGAS Celebrate The Rock And Roll Roast Of ZAKK WYLDE

On Thursday, January 19 at The Grove in Anaheim, California, guitar icon Zakk Wylde, surrounded by Roastmaster Sharon Osborne and a slew of metal luminaries, will hold the distinctive honor of being the inaugural honoree of Guitar World's first-ever Rock 'N' Roll Roast to benefit MusiCares, which pr...

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Ex-DIO Guitarist TRACY G's 'The Dio Years And Beyond The Skull' Book: Cover Artwork Unveiled

Former DIO guitarist Tracy "G" Grijalva is working on a book that will chronicle his time in DIO (from 1993 through 1999). In the book, titled "Tracy G: The Dio Years And Beyond The Skull", Tracy talks about everything — from how he got the gig and how he eventually left the band and what ...

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BLACK SABBATH Still Intends To Perform At U.K.'s DOWNLOAD Festival

According to The Pulse Of Radio, organizers of England's Download festival are saying that BLACK SABBATH still intends to perform at the event, scheduled for June 8-10, despite guitarist Tony Iommi's cancer diagnosis. SABBATH was reportedly also slated to play at this April's Coachella festival in C...

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LADY GAGA Reveals Love For DEF LEPPARD

Pop superstar Lady Gaga has revealed she's a massive fan of DEF LEPPARD, stating her own music is influenced by the British rockers. She told The Sun, "With my music there's lots of really big DEF LEPPARD-style melodies in the choruses but it's electronic dance music. I'd call it avant-garde techno...

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ZAKK WYLDE Taks About Upcoming ROCK & ROLL ROAST In New Interview

ARTISTdirect.com editor Rick Florino recently conducted an interview with Zakk Wylde (BLACK LABEL SOCIETY, OZZY OSBOURNE). A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. ARTISTdirect.com: When did Guitar World approach you with the idea of the Rock & Roll Roast? Zakk: I'm good buddies with all...

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KILL DEVIL HILL: Debut Album Details Revealed

KILL DEVIL HILL — the band featuring Vinny Appice (HEAVEN & HELL, BLACK SABBATH, DIO) on drums, Rex Brown (DOWN, PANTERA) on bass, Mark Zavon (RATT, W.A.S.P., 40 CYCLE HUM) on guitar and Jason "Dewey" Bragg (PISSING RAZORS) on vocals — will release its self-titled debut album on March 27 in Nort...

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BLACK LABEL SOCIETY's ZAKK WYLDE: 'Every Album Is Like A Snapshot In Time'

Brian Giffin of Australia's Loud magazine recently conducted an interview with Zakk Wylde (BLACK LABEL SOCIETY, OZZY OSBOURNE). A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. On the upcoming BLACK LABEL SOCIETY "Unblackened" DVD: "We're gonna put together an acoustic thing. But you know, the solos...

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SOUNDGARDEN, MACHINE HEAD, ANTHRAX, Others Set For U.K.'s DOWNLOAD Festival

SOUNDGARDEN, MACHINE HEAD, ANTHRAX, LAMB OF GOD, TRIVIUM and DEVILDRIVER are among the latest confirmed bands for the 10th annual installment of the Download festival, which will take place June 8-10, 2012 at Donington Park, United Kingdom. The billing is now shaping up as follows: METALLICA (headli...

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DOWN Members Talk Upcoming EP, Split With Bassist REX BROWN

DOWN, the acclaimed New Orleans band which features in its ranks CORROSION OF CONFORMITY guitarist/vocalist Pepper Keenan, drummer Jimmy Bower (EYEHATEGOD, SUPERJOINT RITUAL guitarist),bassist Patrick Bruders (CROWBAR),guitarist Kirk Windstein (CROWBAR),and vocalist Philip Anselmo (SUPERJOINT RIT...

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God Bless Ozzy Osbourne

I'm no clinical psychologist or even a substance abuse counselor, but I'm quite certain you've got some sort of problem if you get so intoxicated that the next day you can't remember attempting to strangle the life out of your wife. That's exactly what heavy metal icon Ozzy Osbourne tried to do to h...

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METALLICA Frontman Celebrates Half Brother's 60th Birthday

According to Beautiful Brea Old And New, METALLICA guitarist/vocalist James Hetfield came to Brea, California several weeks ago for his half brother David Hale's 60th birthday. They jammed METALLICA songs as well as music from the '60s for two hours at Virtuo Music Studio in Brea, where James spotte...

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CRITICAL SOLUTION Records OZZY, SABBATH Covers For Forthcoming Tribute Album

Norwegian heavy metal band CRITICAL SOLUTION recently recorded cover versions of two heavy metal classics — "Let It Die" (OZZY OSBOURNE) and "Iron Man" (BLACK SABBATH) — for inclusion on a forthcoming tribute album, tentatively due in May. Both tracks were produced and mixed by KING DIAMOND guitaris...

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RAINBOW: 'Long Live Rock 'N' Roll' Picture Disc To Be Made Available For 'Record Store Day'

For this year's Record Store Day (April 21),Niji Entertainment Group, the record label Wendy Dio and her late husband Ronnie James Dio (DIO, BLACK SABBATH, HEAVEN & HELL, RAINBOW, ELF) formed before his untimely passing, will release a deluxe picture disc of RAINBOW's "Long Live Rock 'N' Roll"....

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BLACK SABBATH's Cancer-Stricken Guitarist 'Can't Wait' To 'Get Going With The Treatment'

BLACK SABBATH guitarist Tony Iommi has been diagnosed with the early stages of lymphoma, it was revealed on Monday (January 9). Lymphoma is a cancer of the lymphocytes, a type of cell that forms part of the immune system. According to a statement issued by his publicist, the 63-year-old metal legend...

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VIRGIN STEELE: 'Perfect Mansions (Mountains Of The Sun)' Video Released

"Perfect Mansions (Mountains Of The Sun)", the new video from Long Island, New York metal veterans VIRGIN STEELE, can be seen below. The song comes off the band's "Age Of Consent" reissue, which came out in November via SPV/Steamhammer. This 2CD digipak comes with bonus tracks, five of them previous...