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Benefit Auction Features SLASH, WEILAND, NAVARRO Items

Guitars autographed by Slash (VELVET REVOLVER, ex-GUNS N' ROSES),Scott Weiland (VELVET REVOLVER, ex-STONE TEMPLE PILOTS) and Dave Navarro (THE PANIC CHANNEL, ex-JANE'S ADDICTION) are among the items up for bids in the online Grammy Charity Holiday Auction, which runs until Dec. 7. A Chris Cornell (...

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VELVET REVOLVER Drummer: 'We Have 18 Songs Ready And We Are All Very Excited'

VELVET REVOLVER drummer Matt Sorum has issued the following update: "Looks like VELVET REVOLVER are finally going to start recording the album. We have 18 songs ready and we are all very excited. Producer Brendan O'Brien [PEARL JAM, SOUNDGARDEN, RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE, AUDIOSLAVE] has been in pre-...

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HIMSA Signs Worldwide Deal With CENTURY MEDIA RECORDS

Century Media Records has announced the signing of HIMSA. The Seattle-based metal quintet’s ferocious blend of melodic, unrelenting thrash speed mixed with old-school influences resulted in a savage, unique and uncompromising sound that was welcome, refreshing and undeniable. The group continued to...

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SEBASTIAN BACH: VELVET REVOLVER Can't Do 'Welcome To The Jungle' Because WEILAND Can't Sing It

Ross Raihala of TwinCities.com recently conducted an interview with former SKID ROW frontman Sebastian Bach. A few excerpts from the chat follows: On what it's like to be back playing arenas: "It was the most amazing thing for Axl to ask my band to join the tour. It's something I've waited for for ....

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AMON AMARTH, MOONSORROW, INSOMNIUM To Perform At FINNISH METAL EXPO

A lot has happened since the first Finnish Metal Expo in January 2005. Finnish metal has really gone where no one ever thought it would go, both domestically and internationally. Top of the charts, gold records and headline tours. Hell, the Finns even won the Eurovision Song Contest. Well, that's al...

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Denmark's MNEMIC Challenges GOD FORBID To The Drinking Olympics

Who would've guessed that the day the "Revolver Presents: The Chains Of Humanity Tour" lineup with GOD FORBID, GOATWHORE, MNEMIC, ARSIS, and THE HUMAN ABSTRACT/BYZANTINE was finalized, a new (although already long-practiced) Olympic category was FINALLY made official: The Drinking Olympics. Eager to...

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DOWN: Live Recording From 2002 Available For Download

A full-length live version the DOWN song "Ghosts along the Mississippi", recorded on November 21, 2002 in Washington, D.C. (the same day DOWN recorded its acoustic version of "Stone The Crow" at the studios of XM Radio),has been made available for download at DOWN's official MySpace page. Pictures...

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FU MANCHU Announces New Album Title

Orange County fuzz-rock quartet FU MANCHU have set "We Must Obey" as the title of their tenth studio album, which will be released on Feb. 20, 2007 (a day earlier in Europe) via Century Media Records. The complete track listing is as follows: 01. We Must Obey 02. Knew It All Along 03. Let Me ...

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CAMP FREDDY: Release Date Announced For Christmas Single

CAMP FREDDY — the Los Angeles-based "jam" group featuring guitarists Dave Navarro (ex-JANE'S ADDICTION, RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS) and Billy Morrison (ex-THE CULT bassist, current CIRCUS DIABLO vocalist) alongside VELVET REVOLVER members Matt Sorum (drums) and Scott Weiland (vocals) — will release its C...

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CHILDREN OF BODOM: 'Chaos Ridden Years' DVD Enters German Chart At No. 75

The new CHILDREN OF BODOM DVD, "Chaos Ridden Years - Stockholm Knockout Live", has entered the German national chart at position No. 75. As previously reported, a "Media Player" for "Chaos Ridden Years - Stockholm Knockout Live" has been launched at this location. Due in the U.S. on December 5, the...

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MATT SORUM, RICHIE KOTZEN, BRIAN TICHY Among Guests On STEVIE SALAS CD

Matt Sorum (VELVET REVOLVER, ex-GUNS N' ROSES),Richie Kotzen (MR. BIG, POISON),Brian Tichy (BILLY IDOL, SLASH'S SNAKEPIT, GILBY CLARKE, PRIDE & GLORY) and Dave Abbruzzese (PEARL JAM) are among the guest musicians on the new STEVIE SALAS CD, "Be What It Is", which is available from R&C Ltd....

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CHILDREN OF BODOM Confirmed For United Arab Emirates' DESERT ROCK Festival

Finnish metallers CHILDREN OF BODOM are among the first confirmed bands for the Desert Rock 2007 festival, set to take place March 9-10, 2007 at the Dubai Country Club in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Also scheduled to appear are THE PRODIGY, INCUBUS and PRIME CIRCLE. Around 10 more acts have yet to...

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BLIND GUARDIAN Creates New Epic... Well, Kinda

Having recently launched a North American tour with LEAVES' EYES in support of "A Twist in the Myth", BLIND GUARDIAN's German roots are never far behind. Featured in the "Betcha Can't Play This" section on Page 34 of the holiday 2006 issue of Guitar World and on the DVD insert, guitarist André Olbri...

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MNEMIC: Four-Song 'Passenger' Teaser Available For Streaming

A teaser medley of "Meaningless", "In The Nothingness Black", "Psykorgasm", and "Pigfuck" — four songs from the new MNEMIC album, "Passenger", which is due out on February 6, 2007 via Nuclear Blast Records — is available for streaming at this location. Regarding the recording of the new album, MNEMI...

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Rock Star Supernova

So let's take a poll: how much do you think Jason Newsted paid someone to have that bass head dropped on his arm (if that well-timed incident actually happened, that is)? Whatever the price was, it couldn't have been too high to extricate the former METALLICA bassist from the debacle known by the ch...