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GENE SIMMONS' 'Family Jewels' Officially Unveiled

According to Variety.com, A&E has officially announced plans to air KISS bassist/vocalist Gene Simmons' own "Osbournes"-style docusoap. Dubbed "Gene Simmons' Family Jewels", the program is one of three new shows the channel will premiere this year. A&E exec veepveep-general manager Bob DeBit...

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Father Of Man Killed At DONNYBROOK/SHATTERED REALM Concert Is Looking For Answers

C.T. Revere of the Tucson Citizen is reporting that the father of the man fatally shot outside a hardcore/metal show on December 7 in Tucson, Arizona has written a letter to Tucson Mayor Bob Walkup asking several hard questions: Why was his son portrayed as a "violent hoodlum" after being shot to de...

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MÖTLEY CRÜE's NIKKI SIXX: 'The Heroin Diaries' To Be Published Next Year

Launch Radio Networks reports: With a tour, new album, and film all coming up, MÖTLEY CRÜE's Nikki Sixx has plenty on his plate. But he's also working on a personal project called "The Heroin Diaries", which is a book drawn from his 1986 and '87 journals, when he was in the throes of a heroin ...

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ABIGAIL WILLIAMS to Support EMPEROR In Hollywood

Phoenix, Arizona-based "symphonic melodic death metal" band ABIGAIL WILLIAMS, featuring three ex-members of VEHEMENCE, will be supporting legendary Norwegian black metallers EMPEROR on Monday, July 17 at the House of Blues in West Hollywood, California. Also appearing on the bill will be GOATWHORE....

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MÖTLEY CRÜE's TOMMY LEE: 'I Loved Prison'

ContactMusic.com is reporting that MÖTLEY CRÜE drummer Tommy Lee loved the four months he spent in prison on assault charges in 1998, because he found a peace and quiet he has never achieved in the outside world. Lee was jailed for assaulting his then wife Pamela Anderson and served four months of a...

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MÖTLEY CRÜE Film Still On Track

Launch Radio Networks reports: MÖTLEY CRÜE is back on the road and planning to record a new studio album this year. But the CRÜE's other major project, a film adaptation of its 2002 autobiography, "The Dirt: Confessions of the World's Most Notorious Rock Band", is still in the works. Bassist Nikki S...

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DEATHEAD Announce New Drummer

DEATHEAD, the Utah-based thrashers who recently signed with Infernal Agony Productions, have announced the addition of drummer Jason Kallas (also of FUGUE) to the group's ranks. The band (which also features guitarist/singer Chris Jester, guitarist Dan Coxey and bassist Joe Connelly) will enter Half...

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PREJUDICE Sign With SLEASZY RIDER RECORDS

Belgian death metallers PREJUDICE have inked a deal with Greece's Sleaszy Rider Records. The group will enter Excess studio in Rotterdam, Holland in September to begin recording their fourth album, tentatively due on January 15, 2007. Mixing duties will be handled by Tue Madsen at Antfarm in Aarhus,...

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TOMMY LEE: 'College' DVD Artwork Posted Online

Image Entertainment will be issuing MÖTLEY CRÜE drummer Tommy Lee's reality TV show, "Tommy Lee Goes to College", on a single-disc DVD on April 25, 2006, according to TVShowsOnDVD.com. Video is full screen and audio is English 2.0 Stereo. Image Entertainment is pricing this item at $19.99 SRP in the...

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DIO Slams PRESIDENT BUSH, Says OZZY's 'Performance' Has Nothing To Do With Music

Legendary heavy metal vocalist Ronnie James Dio recently spoke to the U.K.'s Terrorizer magazine (web site) about George W. Bush and Ozzy Osbourne, among many other things. On Bush, Dio said: "I've never supported him and certainly would never vote for him. I think he's a fool and a man without fore...

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Reborn

I seem to recall enjoying SIX REASONS TO KILL's half of a split CD with ABSIDIA ("Morphology of Fear") more than the band's new full-length, "Reborn" (released last summer on Bastardized and now issued stateside on Tribunal). That isn't to say that the German metalcore band has fallen flat on its fa...

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MISERY INDEX: Japanese Tour Dates Announced

MISERY INDEX, the Baltimore, Maryland-based band featuring Jason Netherton (bass/vocals, ex-DYING FETUS) and Sparky Voyles (guitar, ex-DYING FETUS, M.O.D.),have posted the following message on their official web site: "As we already mentioned we are still confirmed to go in the studio on January 14...

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SHELTER: New Album To Surface In Europe Via DOCKYARD 1

Germany's Dockyard 1 have signed a licensing deal with Good Life Recordings for the release of the new SHELTER album, "Eternal", in all territories excluding BeNeLux, North and South America. The band's first album since 2001's "The Purpose, the Passion" will feature 11 tracks, including a reworking...

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SHELTER Sign With GOOD LIFE RECORDINGS

MTV.com is reporting that New York hardcore legends SHELTER have inked a deal with Good Life Recordings to release the tentatively titled "Eternal" next year — the band's first album since 2001's "The Purpose, the Passion". According to Good Life's web site, the disc will feature 11 tracks, includin...

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FATAL SMILE: Release Date Set For 'Neo Natural Freaks'

Swedish "traditional" heard rock/heavy metal band FATAL SMILE will release their sophomore album, "Neo Natural Freaks", on February 1, 2006 via GMR Music. The follow-up to 2002's "Beyond Reality" was once again produced by Jonas Östman (YNGWIE MALMSTEEN, GLORY),while the mixing duties were handled...