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TOMMY LEE On 'Jimmy Kimmel Live!'; Video Available

MÖTLEY CRÜE drummer Tommy Lee was a guest on the August 7, 2008 edition of ABC's "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" show to promote "Battleground Earth", a reality competition that features Lee and hip hop superstar Chris "Ludacris" Bridges battling against the toxic forces destroying mother earth as they travel...

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MEGADETH: JAMES LOMENZO 'Woodshed' Lesson On BassPlayer.com

MEGADETH bassist James Lomenzo has provided a "woodshed" lesson in Bass Player magazine and on the BassPlayer.com web site this month. The video footage features Lomenzo discussing his role as bassist in MEGADETH with editor Bill Leigh. Through selectable segments, Lomenzo demonstrates MEGADETH's ba...

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JONATHAN DAVIS, MARILYN MANSON, AMY LEE Featured On 'Nightmare Revisited' CD

KORN frontman Jonathan Davis, MARILYN MANSON, FLYLEAF, EVANESCENCE singer Amy Lee and others have reworked songs from the soundtrack to Tim Burton's 1993 movie "The Nightmare Before Christmas" for the upcoming CD collection "Nightmare Revisited". The disc, which drops September 30, follows a 2006 up...

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GILBY CLARKE On 'Rock N' Roll Fantasy Camp', ROCK STAR SUPERNOVA And 'Chinese Democracy'

Jason Price of Live-Metal.Net recently got a chance to sit down with former GUNS N' ROSES/ROCK STAR SUPERNOVA guitarist Gilby Clarke to discuss musical roots, his upcoming musical endeavors, his new role as a Rock N' Roll Fantasy Camp counselor a possible book about GN'R and even a little "Chinese D...

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OZZY OSBOURNE's Biggest Fan Is 7 And He Gets To Meet Him

Demorris A. Lee of the St. Petersburg Times reports: Ryan Cunningham took a liking to Ozzy Osbourne when he was in kindergarten. His father would pop in a BLACK SABBATH CD as he drove him to school. The song that snagged Cunningham's attention was "Iron Man". "We had to play it over and ...

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OPETH Confirmed For Next Year's DUBAI DESERT ROCK Festival

Swedish progressive metallers OPETH have been confirmed for next year's Dubai Desert Rock 2009, set to take place March 6-7, 2009 at Dubai Festival City, United Arab Emirates. More bands will be revealed later this month followed by the the headliner announcement before the end of the year. This wil...

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Heavy Metal Band's Ammo Charges Dismissed

Australia's ABC News reports that two Sydney teenagers trying to take photos for their heavy metal band's album cover have had ammunition possession charges against them dismissed by Tasmania's Chief Magistrate this morning (Tuesday, August 5). The pair had pleaded guilty to possessing ammunition fo...

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MÖTLEY CRÜE's MICK MARS: 'I Feel That I'm A Better Performer Now Than I Was' Before

ARTISTdirect recently conducted an interview with MÖTLEY CRÜE guitarist Mick Mars. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow. ARTISTdirect: Was the intention heading into this album to really get back to the sleaze that's been missing in music in recent years? Mars: Instead of us doing just another...

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TESTAMENT Guitarist's ALEX SKOLNICK TRIO: New Tour Dates Announced

ALEX SKOLNICK TRIO, the experimental band led by TESTAMENT/ex-SAVATAGE guitarist Alex Skolnick, has scheduled the following dates: Sep. 03 - Dr. Watson's Pub - Philadelphia, PA Sep. 04 - Club Cafe - Pittsburgh, PA Sep. 05 - Wilbert's Food & Music - Cleveland, OH Sep. 07 - Upstairs Jazz Bar &...

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POISON Drummer RIKKI ROCKETT: 'I've Never Raped Anybody'

Michael Christopher of DelcoTimes.com recently conducted an interview with POISON drummer Rikki Rockett. A few excerpts from the chat follow. On being arrested on strong-arm rape charges at LAX (he was later exonerated): "I'm completely off the hook because they admitted they had the wrong guy. "Rap...

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Former QUIET RIOT Drummer Issues Update On FREAKSHOW Project

Former QUIET RIOT drummer Frankie Banali has issued the following update on his FREAKSHOW project which also features guitarist/vocalist Markus Allen Christopher (M!SS CRAZY) and guitarist Jeff LaBar (CINDERELLA): "I am really pleased and amazed about all the wonderful attention that the FREAKSHOW p...

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Blood Harvest

It is hard to really go wrong with most death metal CDs on Deepsend Records, as the label picks its acts with care. PORKFARM's "Blood Harvest" is no major disappointment, especially considering that I'm a fan of the style, but still isn't quite up to snuff when compared to most of the label's releas...

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DARK NEW DAY: Marietta Show Announced; New Songs Posted Online

DARK NEW DAY — the band featuring Corey Lowery (bass; ex-STEREOMUD, STUCK MOJO) Brett Hestla (vocals, guitar; ex-CREED, VIRGOS MERLOT),Will Hunt (drums; EVANESCENCE, ex-SKRAPE, TOMMY LEE) and Bradley "BC" Kochmit (guitar; SWITCHED a.k.a. SW1TCHED) — has scheduled a one-off performance on September...

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FLOWING TEARS: New Album Title Announced

German female-fronted gothic metallers FLOWING TEARS have set "Thy Kingdom Gone" as the title of their new album, tentatively due in October via Ascendance Records, the new label funded by Lee Barrett (founder of Candlelight Records; former member of EXTREME NOISE TERROR, TO-MERA) and A&R'd by S...

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TOMMY LEE Feels 'Lighter' After Becoming A Semi-Vegetarian

MÖTLEY CRÜE drummer Tommy Lee called in to the Kyle and Jackie O. show on 2Day FM in Australia on Thursday (July 24). Lee talked about how he's stopped eating meat for the past couple months — no doubt influenced by ex-wife, PETA activist and his on-again, off-again lover Pamela Anderson. "It's some...