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Audience Fails To Hear Fire Alarm During MÖTLEY CRÜE Concert

Trevor Maxwell of Maine's Portland Press Herald is reporting that the failure of audience members at a recent MÖTLEY CRÜE concert to hear a fire alarm is forcing Maine's Cumberland County Civic Center to review its emergency procedures. Dave Graves, a Wells resident who was among roughly 6,000 peopl...

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MEGADETH's DAVE MUSTAINE Talks About GIGANTOUR

MEGADETH mainman Dave Mustaine recently spoke to Australia's The Metal Forge about a number of topics, including Gigantour, the group's upcoming summer festival tour with DREAM THEATER, FEAR FACTORY, NEVERMORE and THE DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN. A couple of excerpts from the interview follow: On the fact...

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KING'S X Frontman To Issue Solo Album In July; Cover Art Revealed

KING'S X frontman Doug Pinnick's third solo album, "Emotional Animal", will be relased on July 19 via Magna Carta Records. While Pinnick's previous solo outings were credited to POUNDHOUND, this will be the first to feature solely Pinnick's name (or a slight variation thereof: DUG PINNICK). He descr...

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TWISTED SISTER Frontman's Radio Show Now Available Online

TWISTED SISTER frontman Dee Snider's "Dee Snider Radio" show, which airs weeknights between 7:00 p.m. and midnight EST on WMMR in Philadelphia, is now available for listening live via the Internet at this location. In other news, the Discovery Channel TV show "Party Planner", featuring footage from...

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RACHEL BOLAN Says 'Grunge' Movement Put Bands Like SKID ROW Out Of Business

SKID ROW bassist Rachel Bolan recently spoke to the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review about the group's "comeback" following a split with singer Sebastian Bach in the late 1990s. Several excerpts from the interview follow: On how the '90s shift into grunge music affected bands like SKID ROW: "Bands like NIR...

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BRET MICHAELS, SKID ROW, SLAUGHTER Confirmed For Iowa's WATERSTOCK ROCK

Kyle Munson of Des Moines Register is reporting that POISON lead singer Bret Michaels, FOREIGNER (led by Mick Jones, minus Lou Gramm),SLAUGHTER, SKID ROW (minus Sebastian Bach) and HELLS BELLS (a Florida-based AC/DC cover band) have been confirmed for the the second annual installment of Waterstock...

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Photos From TWISTED SISTER Frontman's 50th Birthday Party Posted Online

TWISTED SISTER frontman Dee Snider's official web site has been updated with photos from Dee's 50th birthday party, which was held at the Castle on Sands Point Preserve on Long Island. The party, which was filmed for an upcoming Discovery Channel TV show, "Party Planner", was attended by Dee's TWIST...

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Tyranny of Souls

There's a silent majority of us out here in IRON MAIDEN fandom. Sure, we're happy when Steve Harris warms up a plate of reheated past glories, hires a community college dropout to whip up some artwork (that "Dance of Death" cover… sheesh!) and graces us with another increasingly clunky, bloodless, s...

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Ex-SKID ROW/SAIGON KICK Drummer's Documentary To Be Screened In Beverly Hills

"Waking Up Dead", the new documentary starring former SAIGON KICK/SKID ROW drummer Phil Varone, will be shown at the Beverly Hills Film Festival on Saturday, April 16, 2005. The feature-length documentary was shown at the Chicago International Documentary Festival this past Saturday (April 9). Produ...

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MEGADETH's DAVE MUSTAINE Checks In With GIGANTOUR Update

MEGADETH mainman Dave Mustaine has posted the following message in the "Forums" section of the group's official web site: "I thought I would start to inform you of what you can expect from the Gigantour Festival this summer. "First off the set times on the main stage will be approximately 90 minutes...

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MOB RULES: 'Signs Of The Time' DVD Delayed

Due to "production problems," German melodic metallers MOB RULES have pushed back the projected release date of their "Signs of the Time - Live" DVD to early June. "Signs of the Time - Live" (view cover here) was recorded last year during the band's hometown gig in Wilhemshaven, Germany in support o...

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CORROSION OF CONFORMITY Bassist Discusses The Band's New Album

CORROSION OF CONFORMITY bassist Mike Dean recently spoke to Dave Pehling of KTVU.com about about the band's history, their hard-hitting new effort, "In the Arms of God", and what it was like working with GALACTIC drummer Stanton Moore. A few excerpts from the interview follow: KTVU.com: COC's approa...

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PENTAGRAM/PLACE OF SKULLS Guitarist's Solo Album To Be Released On CD

Legendary doom metal guitarist/vocalist Victor Griffin (PENTAGRAM, DEATH ROW, PLACE OF SKULLS) will have his "Late for an Early Grave" solo album issued on CD via Outlaw Recordings. A collection of previously unreleased demos, including original songs (some featuring THE OBSESSED/ST. VITUS' Wino),P...

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SKID ROW To Play For U.S. Troops In Korea

On May 9, SKID ROW will head east to Korea to play five shows at five different military bases for the United States armed forces. When asked about the upcoming performances, bassist Rachel Bolan said, "This is awesome. With all the traveling we do, we meet a lot of people in the service but we've ....

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SEBASTIAN BACH Joins Forces With 'METAL' MIKE CHLASCIAK

Guitarist "Metal" Mike Chlasciak (HALFORD, TESTAMENT, PAINMUSEUM) has officially joined Sebastian Bach's (ex-SKID ROW) solo band. Bach's statement on the matter reads as follows: "For the past 20 years, it has always been my goal, and pleasure, to share the stage with the most incredible musicians I...