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DECEASED Add New Drummer

Virginia-based DECEASED have announced the addition of drummer Dave "Scarface" Castillo to the group's ranks. "After surviving a life-threatening blood clot in my lung this past year, I've been left with permanent damage to both my airways and right lung, basically ending my duties behind the kit,"...

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MOTÖRHEAD's MIKKEY DEE: 'HAMMERFALL Can Suck My Cock'

MOTÖRHEAD drummer Mikkey Dee has slammed fellow Swedes HAMMERFALL for "acting like rock stars" and "completely ripping off" bands like HELLOWEEN, IRON MAIDEN and KING DIAMOND in order to attain their current level of success. Speaking to Metal Rules, Dee stated, "Look at a band like HAMMERFALL and s...

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METALLICA Launch Bassist Search: 'The Vibe Is The Most Important Thing'

METALLICA's search to replace bassist Jason Newsted officially got underway last week, the group have announced via their web site (www.metallica.com). The band, who split with Newsted in January 2001 following disagreements over Jason's then-side project ECHOBRAIN, had previously maintained that th...

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SYSTEM OF A DOWN Frontman Strikes Out At BUSH

SYSTEM OF A DOWN frontman Serj Tankian has joined an increasingly vocal US rock community in condemning President George Bush, insisting his rise to power was a bloodless coup. Speaking exclusively to NME.com during a SYSTEM OF A DOWN in-store at an Glendale, California record shop last week, Tankia...

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SEVENDUST's JOHN CONNOLLY: 'LAJON Is One Of The Strongest people I Know'

SEVENDUST guitarist John Connolly says that the group's singer, Lajon Witherspon, is handling the recent death of his brother, Reginald, extremely well and is being helped tremendously by the support of all the fans who have attended the band's shows in the past couple of weeks since they'd returned...

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JACK OSBOURNE Sings Along To BLACK SABBATH Classics, Feuds With Sister

Jack Osbourne reportedly got up and sang along to two BLACK SABBATH songs, "War Pigs" and "Paranoid", at Pangaea club in New York City Monday night. "People were lighting their lighters. It was like a heavy metal concert," a source told the New York Post. Surrounded by pretty young women at a table...

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HADES Guitarist Records CD With 'THE HOWARD STERN SHOW's JEFF THE DRUNK

HADES guitarist Dan Lorenzo and ALL BORO KINGS/ex-MUCKY PUP drummer John Milnes are set to appear on an upcoming CD from JEFF THE DRUNK from "The Howard Stern Show". Says Lorenzo, "I arranged and recorded guitar and bass to nine songs. Two heavy originals and seven Christmas/New Year standards. It w...

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COAL CHAMBER Frontman Offers Update On Future Activities

COAL CHAMBER frontman Dez Fafara has posted a lengthy update on the band's official web site, addressing, among other things, the group's recent split with drummer Mike Cox, the release of an upcoming DVD and other future activities. The following is Dez's statement in its entirety: "OK, here's what...

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NICKELBACK Expected To Win 'Song Of The Year' From Billboard

NICKELBACK are poised to get "Song Of The Year" award honors from Billboard for the most-played song at radio, according to the Billboard Monitor. "How You Remind Me" has received the most spins at radio and will be receiving the prize. It's not known whether the band will be on hand, or if the awar...

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KISS Murder Trial Update: Cusano's Daughters Kept Secret

As previously reported, the murder trial of a man accused of killing the ex-wife of former KISS guitarist Vinnie Vincent got underway on Tuesday, Nov. 12 at the Superior Court in Hartford, Connecticut. Police arrested Gregory McArthur, 41, on Sept. 2, 2000, and charged him with the January 1998 murd...

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ADEMA Part Ways With Management

ADEMA, who feature in their ranks Jonathan Davis' little half-brother Marky Chavez, have parted ways with manager Terry Lippman. The group are actively seeking new representation and are currently setting up meetings with some of the usual suspects, according to Hits Daily Double. ADEMA are preparin...

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SEVENDUST Resume Touring Following Family Shooting Death

SEVENDUST are set to resume their U.S. tour Thursday night (Nov. 14) in Syracuse, New York. The band missed dates when vocalist Lajon Witherspoon left to attend to family matters after the murder of his brother Reginald Witherspoon Saturday night (Nov. 9) in Nashville. ...

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TRICK ELZEN Shoots Straight From The Hip About EDSEL DOPE, ACEY SLADE, and MURDERDOLLS

DISCLAIMER: This is a parody of the Edsel Dope interview published here back on Nov. 4 and only to be taken half-seriously. The anonymous author of this parody claims no affiliation with STATIC-X, Tripp Eisen, DOPE, THE MURDERDOLLS, BON JOVI, or MARILYN MANSON. If brevity is the soul of wit, then th...

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Brother Of SEVENDUST Frontman Shot To Death, Band Postpone Dates

SEVENDUST frontman Lajon Witherspoon's 21-year-old brother was shot to death in Nashville, Tennessee Saturday night (Nov. 9),according to informed sources. Details are sketchy at the moment, but it appears that Lajon received the news of his brother's passing during SEVENDUST's performance in St. J...

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ARCH ENEMY Guitarist Guests On New THE HAUNTED CD!

ARCH ENEMY guitarist Michael Amott has laid down a guest solo on the new THE HAUNTED CD, tentatively titled "One Kill Wonder". "That was really cool," commented Amott. "Their new album is sounding frighteningly good [laughs]. That was pretty scary, but I enjoyed playing on that. Me and Anders [Björl...