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Former MSG Singer ROBIN MCAULEY Announces New Solo Date

Former MCAULEY SCHENKER GROUP (MSG) singer Robin McAuley will perform at at Paladino's in Tarzana, California on Friday, July 16. Robin is expected to play songs from MSG, GRAND PRIX, UFO and his solo career. Click here to see photos from McAuley's last appearance at Paladino's. As previously report...

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TROUBLE: New Studio Album To Surface In Early 2005

Rick Wartell, guitarist for the reunited Chicago doom legends TROUBLE, has posted the following message on the group's official web site: "Hey, how the hell ya doin'? Just wanted to give you an update on where we are at this point. [Singer] Eric [Wagner] is in [San Francisco] with [producer] Vinny [...

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DECEMBER: New Vocalist Revealed

DECEMBER have officially chosen Eric Dellon as their new vocalist. A native of New York and Connecticut, Dellon has sung and played guitar and drums in such bands as SHALLOW WATER GRAVE and ZOMBIE APOCALYPSE (with members of SHAI HULUD). DECEMBER have been auditioning vocalists since founding member...

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NUCLEAR ASSAULT: Surprises In Store On Upcoming Studio CD

Reunited New York Thrash metal veterans NUCLEAR ASSAULT — vocalist/guitarist John Connelly, bass guitarist Danny Lilker, drummer Glenn Evans and new guitarist Scott Harrington — are putting the finishing touches to their first collection of new material in ten years at the Manchester, NH, studios of...

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Former MSG Singer ROBIN MCAULEY Performs Live In California: Photos Available

Former MCAULEY SCHENKER GROUP (MSG) singer Robin McAuley performed a rare solo show on April 30 at Paladino's in Tarzana, California. Robin played songs from MSG, GRAND PRIX, UFO and his solo career. Check out photos from McAuley's official web site. As previously reported, McAuley is among the hard...

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FILTER Collaborators Talk About The Band's New Album

Legendary JANE'S ADDICTION bassist Eric Avery, FAILURE mastermind Ken Andrews and FILTER's Frank Cavanaugh recently answered a few questions for FILTER's official web site about their work on the new FILTER album, tentatively due later in the year: Q: What does the new FILTER album sound like? Ken:...

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QUEEN Guitarist Pulls Out Of CROSSROADS GUITAR FESTIVAL

QUEEN guitarist Brian May has cancelled his participation in Eric Clapton's Crossroads Guitar Festival in Dallas next month. In a message on his official web site, Brian writes, "I have regretfully withdrawn from the Dallas concert. I just got to the point where I realized the pressure of work was i...

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MESHUGGAH: New EP To Arrive In June?

According to a source at Nuclear Blast Records, Swedish experimental extreme metallers MESHUGGAH have set a tentative June 22 release date through Fractured Transmitter Records (the label formed by MUSHROOMHEAD vocalist Jason Mann) for their new EP — a one-song effort clocking in at over 20 minutes....

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THE AK CORRAL: FLOTSAM AND JETSAM Side-Project To Master New CD This Week

THE AK CORRAL, the "country" side-project of FLOTSAM AND JETSAM singer Eric "A.K." Knutson, will be mastering their new CD, "A Different Brand Of Country", later this week. As previously reported, FLOTSAM AND JETSAM have set a June 22 release date through the Cleopatra label for their long-awaited l...

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Poll: GUNS N' ROSES, METALLICA, BLACK SABBATH Among Greatest Riffs Ever

GUNS N' ROSES' 1987 smash-hit "Sweet Child O' Mine" has the greatest guitar riff of all time, according to the readers of the U.K.'s Total Guitar magazine (cover). The track, which was included on the group's classic "Appetite For Destruction" debut, came top of a poll of 100 Greatest Riffs Ever, re...

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ERIC SINGER On Rejoining KISS: 'We All Change Our Minds'

KISS drummer Eric Singer was recently asked by the Kiss Underground Archives web site to explain why he decided to return to the band in light of his previous statement that he couldn't imagine working with KISS again unless Ace Frehley was involved. "We all feel different about a situation at any g...

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DISTANT THUNDER: Former HELSTAR Frontman To Launch New Band This Summer

DISTANT THUNDER, the new band featuring former HELSTAR/DESTINY'S END and current SEVEN WITCHES frontman James Rivera, have set "Welcome the End" as the title of their debut album, due this summer through Germany's Massacre Records. The CD was recorded at Spyder Studio in Houston, Texas and was produ...

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WYLDE, CANTRELL, LYNCH To Head Up 'Metal Clinic' At CROSSROADS GUITAR FESTIVAL

Zakk Wylde (OZZY OSBOURNE, BLACK LABEL SOCIETY),Jerry Cantrell (ALICE IN CHAINS) and George Lynch (DOKKEN, LYNCH MOB) will be heading up a "Metal Clinic" the Crossroads Guitar Festival, set to take place Friday, June 4 through Sunday, June 6 at Fair Park and the Cotton Bowl in Dallas, Texas. In add...

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BLOODSHED: Promo CD Samples Posted Online

Swedish death/black metallers BLOODSHED have uploaded audio samples from their recently completed three-song promotional CD, entitled "Blade Eleventh", at their official web site, www.bloodshed.info. The tracks available for download are as follows: 01. Living Palindrome (mp3, 6:36 min. 6.04 MB) 02....

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MESHUGGAH: New Album To Surface In October?

According to the German metal magazine Rock Hard, Swedish experimental extreme metallers MESHUGGAH have set an October 11 release date through Nuclear Blast Records for their new album, tentatively entitled "Catch 33". MESHUGGAH, who recently re-signed with Nuclear Blast after their previous contrac...