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JUDAS PRIEST, KORN, ALICE IN CHAINS, Ex-PANTERA Members Pay Tribute To KURT COBAIN

According to The Pulse Of Radio, this Saturday (April 5) marks the 20th anniversary of the death of NIRVANA founder and frontman Kurt Cobain at the age of 27. Cobain, who killed himself with a shotgun in a room above the garage of his Seattle home, instantly joined the pantheon of rock legends who d...

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GENE SIMMONS: PAUL STANLEY 'Is The Soul Of KISS And I'm The Cock'

As next week's Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame induction approaches, KISS is arguably garnering more press than it did during its initial 1996 reunion tour. According to The Pulse Of Radio, the current lineup of the group is featured on the cover of the new Classic Rock magazine and talks frankly about t...

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KISS Plays Rare Unplugged Concert In California; Video Available

KISS played a rare unplugged concert last night (Thursday, April 3) at Highland, California's San Manuel Indian Bingo and Casino. According to The Pulse Of Radio, the show, which came only one week before the band's induction into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame, is notable seeing as how co-founders...

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PETER CRISS And PAUL STANLEY Spar Over 'Beth' Songwriting Credits

In the current issue of Rolling Stone magazine, KISS frontman Paul Stanley and original KISS drummer Peter Criss spar over the band's hit ballad "Beth", which holds the distinction of being KISS' highest-charting single in the U.S., having reached position No. 7 on Billboard's Hot 100 chart back in...

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SOULFLY's MAX CAVALERA Talks To U.K.'s TotalRock (Audio)

TotalRock DJ Xander recently conducted an interview with Max Cavalera (SOULFLY, SEPULTURA, CAVALERA CONSPIRACY, KILLER BE KILLED). You can now listen to the chat using the SoundCloud widget below. SOULFY's ninth album, "Savages", was released on October 1, 2013 via SOULFLY's new label home, Nuclear...

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PAUL STANLEY Says GENE SIMMONS' Reality TV Show 'Wasn't Reality'

In the current issue of Rolling Stone magazine, KISS guitarist/vocalist Paul Stanley reveals that he never appeared — despite many requests — in any of the 167 episodes of KISS bassist/vocalist Gene Simmons' reality show, "Gene Simmons Family Jewels", "because it wasn't reality." He added: "To creat...

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KISS Launches Official Mobile App 'Kiss Photo Bomb'

KISS and Bare Tree Media, the leader in virtual branding, announced a partnership, brokered by Live Nation Merchandise, to launch the Kiss Photo Bomb mobile app. Recently released on iTunes and Android as a free download, Kiss Photo Bomb features both free and premium KISS virtual items. Additional...

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Exclusive: HELLYEAH 'Blood For Blood' Album Artwork Unveiled

HELLYEAH's fourth studio album, "Blood For Blood", will be released on June 10 via Eleven Seven Music. The CD was helmed by producer Kevin Churko at his The Hideout Recording Studio in Las Vegas, Nevada. Churko is the Canadian musician, sound engineer, songwriter and record producer who has previous...

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PAUL STANLEY Says KISS Reunion With ACE FREHLEY, PETER CRISS Became 'Unbearable'

Paul Stanley and Gene Simmons have long been vilified for Ace Frehley and Peter Criss' exits from KISS following their worldwide reunion tours, which began in 1996. According to The Pulse Of Radio, Rolling Stone ran an excerpt from Stanley's long-awaited autobiography, "Face The Music: A Life Expose...

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CRADLE OF FILTH Working On New Material

British extreme metallers CRADLE OF FILTH have begun work on the follow-up to 2012's "The Manticore And Other Horrors", with the hope of a release this time next year in 2015. Comments CRADLE OF FILTH vocalist Dani "Filth" Davey: "Fired up from the recent spate of shows in Europe with co-headliners...

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PANTERA: 'Far Beyond Driven: 20th Anniversary Edition' First-Week Sales Revealed

The 20th-anniversary, two-disc edition of PANTERA's classic 1994 album, "Far Beyond Driven", sold around 6,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release to land at position No. 63 on The Billboard 200 chart. The LP has now shifted more than 1.53 million units in the U.S., according to...

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TOM MORELLO To Induct KISS Into The ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME

RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE guitarist Tom Morello will induct KISS into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame on April 10 at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. Joining KISS in the 2014 class of inductees are Peter Gabriel, HALL & OATES, Linda Rondstadt and Cat Stevens, while the E STREET BAND (Bru...

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Entire Current KISS Lineup To Attend ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME Induction

According to Rolling Stone, all four members of the current lineup of KISS will attend the band's Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame induction ceremony. They will be accompanied at their table by guitarist Bruce Kulick, who played in KISS during from 1984 to 1996. "The fact that they want me at their ...

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GENE SIMMONS, PAUL STANLEY Interviewed On 'Best Of KISS' 'In The Studio' Special

North American syndicated rock radio show and web site "In The Studio: The Stories Behind History's Greatest Rock Bands" (web site) celebrates the "best of" KISS on the eve of the group's induction into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame. There are a flurry of new developments in the now forty-year saga...

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VINNIE PAUL On HELLYEAH's 'Blood For Blood': For Us, It's Like Our 'Back In Black'

AltSounds recently conducted an interview with former PANTERA and current HELLYEAH drummer Vinnie Paul Abbott. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. AltSounds: Obviously, all that press you're doing is to promote the new HELLYEAH record, "Blood For Blood". How is it sounding compared to t...