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Former RIP Editor LONN FRIEND To Guest On KNAC.COM

Lonn Friend, the former editor of RIP magazine and former editor-in-chief of KNAC.COM, will be the returning special guest of the Junkman on KNAC.COM Monday, November 20 at 3:00 p.m. PST. Friend will be discussing his book "Life On Planet Rock" as well as his days as the editor-in-chief at KNAC.COM...

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MEMORIZED DREAMS To Support JORN In Norway

Norwegian progressive power metallers MEMORIZED DREAMS will support ex-MASTERPLAN/ARK frontman JORN (Jorn Lande) at Norsk Rock Kafe in Brekstad, Norway on Friday, December 8. MEMORIZED DREAMS entered Skansen Lydstudio last month to begin recording its sophomore album, "End of Innocence", for an as-y...

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MEYVN, MECHANICAL POET Confirmed For PROGPOWER EUROPE 2007 Festival

Austin, Texas-based heavy prog/power act MEYVN and Russian band MECHANICAL POET have been confirmed for the ProgPower Europe 2007 festival, set to take place October 7, 2007 in Baarlo, Holland. Other acts scheduled to appear include JON OLIVA'S PAIN, HEAVEN'S CRY, CIRCUS MAXIMUS and DREAMSCAPE. Band...

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NONPOINT, 36 CRAZYFISTS, ILL NINO, EUROPE, JON OLIVA'S PAIN First-Week Sales Revealed

The following are notable heavy metal/hard rock U.S. sales debuts for the week ending November 12, 2006, as reported by Nielsen SoundScan (all CD figures are rounded to the nearest thousand, except numbers under 4,000, which are rounded to the nearest hundred; The Billboard 200 chart position includ...

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TRACY G's EPIC To Play Acoustic Show In Hollywood

EPIC, the new band featuring former DIO/WWIII guitarist Tracy G, has scheduled it first first acoustic set at "On The Rox" on Saturday, November 25 at 9:00 p.m. "On The Rox" is the club just upstairs from The Roxy at 9009 W. Sunset Blvd., W. Hollywood, California 90069 (sharing the same parking lot...

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ARMY OF ANYONE Invades Music Stores Today

Launch Radio Networks reports: ARMY OF ANYONE releases its self-titled debut album today (Tuesday, November 14),marking the arrival of the new band that matches singer Richard Patrick from FILTER with guitarist Dean DeLeo and bassist Robert DeLeo of STONE TEMPLE PILOTS. All three players have had t...

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Army of Anyone

ARMY OF ANYONE is the third major "supergroup" to emerge in the last several years, following the debut of AUDIOSLAVE in 2002 and VELVET REVOLVER two years later. In this case, the band consists of former STONE TEMPLE PILOTS guitarist Dean DeLeo, his brother and bandmate Robert DeLeo on bass, FILTER...

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MALEVOLENT CREATION Completes Songwriting Process For New Album

Veteran Florida-based extreme metallers MALEVOLENT CREATION have issued the following update: "The band has completed the writing and pre-production demos for 13 songs and will begin the recording of their tenth full-length album, 'Doomsday X', in the coming weeks of November. We're very happy with...

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MEKONG DELTA: Recording Update

MEKONG DELTA guitarist Peter Sjöberg (also known as Peter Lake from THEORY IN PRACTICE) has finished the basic guitar parts for the band's upcoming album and will now concentrate on solos and add-ons. The vocal arrangements are ready, but the legendary German progressive thrash outfit has not yet fo...

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JON OLIVA: 'To Me SAVATAGE Was Never SAVATAGE After CRISS Died'

Metal-Temple.com / Rock Hard writer Orpheus Spiliotopoulos recently conducted an in-depth interview with SAVATAGE mastermind Jon Oliva. An excerpt from the chat follows: Q: I'd like to ask you why you left SPV Records and how [much] better do you feel it is with AFM Records now? Jon Oliva: "The SPV...

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Guitarist DOUG ALDRICH Explains Why He's Not Happy With DIO's 'Holy Diver Live' Release

Marko Syrjälä of Metal-Rules.com recently conducted an interview with WHITESNAKE guitarist Doug Aldrich. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: Metal-Rules.com: Isn't it true that David [Coverdale] had plans to bring John Sykes back in the band before you came in picture? Doug: I think he was ta...

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OVERKILL Frontman Talks About Having A Stroke: Video Available

The makers of "Get Thrashed: The Story of Thrash Metal", the much-anticipated documentary profiling the thrash metal scene of the early Eighties and its impact on the music scene, have posted a video clip featuring Bobby "Blitz" Ellsworth from OVERKILL talking about having a stroke. Check it out at...

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CHRISTOPHER WALKEN To Play OZZY OSBOURNE In 'The Dirt' Movie

ABC News reports that Christopher Walken has agreed to play Ozzy Osbourne in "The Dirt", a movie based on MÖTLEY CRÜE's controversial 2001 autobiography. CRÜE lead singer Vince Neil told ABC News Radio in an exclusive interview that the 63-year-old Oscar-winning actor will make a cameo appearance as...

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VAN HALEN To Tour Next Summer

G4's TheFeed reports that Eddie Van Halen's spokesperson Janie Liszewski has revealed that VAN HALEN is currently writing and rehearsing for a summer 2007 tour. In addition, Liszewski has confirmed that Eddie's son Wolfgang has officially been named the new bassist in the band. "Yes, I can confirm t...

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JON OLIVA'S PAIN: Touring Plans Revealed

JON OLIVA'S PAIN, the solo project of SAVATAGE mastermind Jon Oliva, will begin the first leg of its European tour on March 31 at the prestigious ProgPower UK Festival. The band will then return to Europe for the summer festival season and will play many all-acoustic dates between festival appearanc...