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ROSS ROBINSON To Produce THE CURE Album, VEX RED To Contribute

Ross Robinson, wildely credited for the early success of such acts as KORN, SLIPKNOT and LIMP BIZKIT, will produce the next record from THE CURE. The as-yet-untitled effort, which will be released next year via ArtistDirect Records, will include contributions from the British quintet VEX RED, whose...
October 31, 2002
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HENRY ROLLINS To Auction Off Guitar Signed By Metal Heavy-Hitters

Henry Rollins is auctioning off a guitar on eBay that has been signed by some of heavy rock's biggest stars. Most of the artists contributed to the Rollins-organized "Rise Above", an album of BLACK FLAG covers. The album and the guitar auction are both to benefit the legal defense of the West Memphi...
October 28, 2002
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COREY TAYLOR: I Will Take STONE SOUR As Far As I Can

STONE SOUR frontman Corey Taylor is looking to take his band as far as it will go in 2002 and on into 2003, even if that means delaying work on the next SLIPKNOT record. "The more this [STONE SOUR] blows up, the longer we're going to be out," Taylor recently stated. "So, we're looking at... ...
October 22, 2002
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SLIPKNOT's TAYLOR: 'There's A Lot Of Stuff We Have To Work On Before We Get Back Together'

SLIPKNOT frontman Corey Taylor has admitted that problems exist within the group at the moment, but insists that this is not the end of the band. "There's a lot of negativity in the SLIPKNOT camp right now that is hard to get past," Taylor tells Undercover News. "So much pressure has been put on us...
October 16, 2002
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Veteran Rock Photographer Launches Official Web Site

Veteran rock photographer Ross Halfin has launched his official web site at this location. In the business since the late 1970s, Halfin began his career at the now-defunct publication Sounds and its off-shoot magazine Kerrang! and has worked with virtually every major rock band in existence, includi...
October 15, 2002
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SLIPKNOT In Talks With RICK RUBIN To Produce Next CD

SLIPKNOT are in talks with Rick Rubin (RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS, SYSTEM OF A DOWN, SLAYER) to produce the band's next studio album, tentatively due in late 2003. It is not presently clear if Rubin has officially agreed to helm the project, which would mark the group's first studio collaboration with so...
October 14, 2002
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SLIPKNOT Advance DVD Screening To Be Held In New York City

An advance screening (presented in 5.1 Surround Sound on a theatre-sized screen) of the upcoming SLIPKNOT DVD, Disasterpieces, will be held on Friday, November 1st, 2002, between 6:30 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. at the Grand Ballroom at the Manhattan Center (311 W34th St btw 8th and 9th, upstairs from the Ha...
October 12, 2002
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SLIPKNOT's JAMES ROOT: New Album Needs To Be More Experimental

SLIPKNOT guitarist James Root wants the group's next album to follow a more "experimental" and "drum-oriented" direction than that on the band's last effort, 2001's Iowa. Speaking to Cleveland's Music's Bottom Line recently, Root stated that he hasn't heard any of the new material that drummer Joey...
October 10, 2002
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Metal Band Plays For Sheep, Has To Dodge Poop Piles

BRIDLINGTON, England (Wireless Flash) — Lots of bands pay their dues by playing crappy gigs, but how many have to worry about stepping in their audience's feces? That's the dilemma faced by British metal band TORSOHORSE, which has been forced to book bi-weekly sessions in a local sheep barn when the...
October 10, 2002
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MUDVAYNE's CHAD: The New Record Is Very Original

MUDVAYNE's forthcoming full-length effort, The End Of All Things To Come, finds the band growing "as a group and as individuals," according to frontman Chad (a.k.a. Chüüd),who told Metal Hammer magazine that "we wrote a better record than [our gold-selling debut] L.D. 50. Who knows what [kind of re...
October 9, 2002
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SLIPKNOT Final DVD Cover Posted Online

Seems that the projected cover artwork for SLIPKNOT's forthcoming DVD, Disasterpieces, has changed since it was last posted via the Australian web site Metal Shop a few days ago. The new/final cover artwork can be viewed at this location. As previously reported, Disasterpieces was recorded in Februa...
October 9, 2002
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SLIPKNOT Frontman Reveals Inspiration For Son's Name

SLIPKNOT frontman Corey Taylor recently explained to Australia's Undercover why he decided to name his son Griffin Parker Taylor. "Griffin we thought was a really good name and Parker is three different people," Corey said. "Peter Parker, obviously Spider-man. Dorothy Parker, an amazing writer and C...
October 8, 2002
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SLIPKNOT DVD Artwork Posted Online

The cover image of SLIPKNOT's forthcoming DVD, Disasterpieces, has been posted online at this location. Recorded in February in front of 12,000 SLIPKNOT fans at England's London Arena, Disasterpieces facilitates the decision-making process by giving viewers the option to focus exclusively on one mem...
October 7, 2002
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HENRY ROLLINS: How I Landed SLIPKNOT's COREY TAYLOR For Benefit CD

Punk rock icon Henry Rollins recently told Launch how he hooked up with SKIPKNOT frontman Corey Taylor for the Rollins-produced compilation CD Rise Above: 24 Black Flag Songs To Benefit The West Memphis Three, due on October 8th through 2.13.61/Sanctuary Records. "It was one phone call," Rollins sai...
October 6, 2002
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STATIC-X's TRIPP EISEN: Why I Left MURDERDOLLS

STATIC-X guitarist Tripp Eisen has finally spoken out about his departure from the MURDERDOLLS, the group he formed with SLIPKNOT drummer Joey Jordison (who plays guitar in the band),singer Wednesday 13, bassist Erik Griffin, and drummer Ben Graves. The following is Tripp's official statement regar...
October 5, 2002