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Dying Teen Meets Lifelong Idol GENE SIMMONS

Pablo Fernandez of the Calgary Sun reports: It wasn't Detroit Rock City, but a trip to L.A. to meet his music idol was the next best thing for a Red Deer teen. Fighting a deadly disease, Vaughn Tayler's dream of meeting his idol Gene Simmons came true, thanks to a foundation that grants ...

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CROWBAR: New MP3 To Be Available Online This Weekend

Candlelight Records has announced the worldwide premiere of "Dead Sun" from CROWBAR's soon-to-be-released new album, "Lifesblood for the Downtrodden". Candlelight will premiere the song, also the album's lead video, beginning at 9:00 a.m. EST on Saturday, January 22. Bring your browser to the label'...

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SLIPKNOT Percussionist: 'This Band Is Timeless'

SLIPKNOT percussionist Chris Fehn (a.k.a. "No. 3") recently told the Edmonton Sun that not a day goes by that he and his bandmates don't rue the day they donned disguises for their live performance. "Yeah, it sucks," he said in a phone interview, though he was quick to add that it's also "cool." ...

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SUNRIDE: New Album To Feature Guest Appearance By HANOI ROCKS Frontman

Finland's SUNRIDE will be releasing their third album, "The End Justifies the Means", through People Like You Records on Monday, March 21 on both CD and limited edition LP. The 40-minute album was recorded during November and December 2004 at Seawolf Studios (AMORPHIS, HANOI ROCKS) in Helsinki with...

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AMORPHIS Announce New Singer

Finland's AMORPHIS have announced the addition of singer Tomi Joutsen (NEVERGREEN) to the group's ranks. The band made their first appearance with their new frontman Saturday night (Jan. 8) in Helsinki as part of a benefit concert for the victims of the tsunami disaster in Southeast Asia. Audio samp...

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SLASH Auctioning Guitar To Raise Money For Tsunami Victims

According to Gigwise.com, legendary GUNS N' ROSES guitarist Slash is auctioning a guitar to raise money for the Tsunami Earthquake Appeal. Slash, who is now part of the rock collective VELVET REVOLVER, has donated the signed Gibson Les Paul to The Sun's appeal. The paper is selling a host of items t...

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Black Metallers ASH Complete Work On Debut Album

New York-based black metal band ASH have finished recording their debut album, "Boneyard". Three unmastered tracks from the CD — "Black Grave", "Scars On The Sky", and "Giving The Dead Sun Back" — can be accessed at the band's MySpace page at this location. A full track listing will be available soo...

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FCC Launches Probe Into MÖTLEY CRÜE Profanity Slip

According to the Associated Press, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has received complaints about MÖTLEY CRÜE's appearance on the New Year's Eve "The Tonight Show" and is beginning a preliminary probe, a spokeswoman said Tuesday. But it's likely little will come of it. MÖTLEY CRÜE was per...

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Report: NBC Unlikely To Face Any Financial Fallout From VINCE NEIL's F-Bomb

Variety.com is reporting that viewers watching Friday night's live edition of "The Tonight Show" on NBC probably did a double-take when, just after the clock stuck midnight, MÖTLEY CRÜE singer Vince Neil turned to his bandmate, drummer Tommy Lee, and said, "Happy fucking New Year, Tommy!" Because Ja...

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PANDEMIA: New Audio Samples Posted Online

Czech Republic-based death metallers PANDEMIA have revealed the final track listing for their third full-length album, entitled "Riven". The CD was mastered at ADK studio in Prague and will shortly be released in Latin America via the following labels: Rawforce Productions in Brazil, Chile, Mexico a...

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SEBASTIAN BACH: Remembering DIMEBAG DARRELL

Former SKID ROW frontman Sebastian Bach has issued the following statement in memory of DAMAGEPLAN/ex-PANTERA guitarist "Dimebag" Darrell Abbott: "My relationship to this sick series of events goes way back, some 18 years. I joined a band from Detroit called MADAM X back in 1986 and the very first p...

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IRON MAIDEN Among Most Successful Recording Artists Of All Time

According to the Sun Online, IRON MAIDEN have a chance of getting in the prestigious list of the 100 most successful recording artists of all time next year. "The Guinness British Hit Singles and Albums" book ranks artists every year according to how many weeks they have spent in the U.K. singles an...

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SLIPKNOT, LAMB OF GOD, SHADOWS FALL: Tickets For First 14 Dates On Sale Now

Tickets for the first 14 dates of the "The Subliminal Verses Tour", featuring SLIPKNOT, LAMB OF GOD and SHADOWS FALL, are now on sale. A limited number of tickets offering you a chance to get on the floor or in the stands before the general public can be bought at Slipknot1.MusicToday.com (service c...

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RUDRA Complete Work On New Album

Singaporean metallers RUDRA have completed work on their fourth album, "Brahmavidya: Primodial I", tentatively due in February 2005 via Demonzend Records. The follow-up to 2003's "Kurukshetra" will contain the following track listing: 01. Twilight of Duality 02. Ananya Chaitanya 03. The Pathless Pat...

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LIFE OF AGONY Finish Tracking New Album

The recording sessions for LIFE OF AGONY's highly anticipated new album are complete. The group has been recording tracks since October in two studios in Hollywood, CA, with producer Greg Fidelman (SLIPKNOT, JET, AUDIOSLAVE). Drums were tracked at the legendary Sunset Sound recording studio (home to...