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STONE TEMPLE PILOTS End Open Auditions For New Singer

According to The Pulse Of Radio, STONE TEMPLE PILOTS have completed their online open audition submissions for a new singer. Many of the musicians who posted audition tapes also paid tribute to late lead singer Scott Weiland, who was dismissed in 2013 and who died on his tour bus this past December...

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KEITH EMERSON Feared He Could No Longer Perform Perfectly For His Fans, Says His Girlfriend

Keith Emerson's girlfriend has told U.K.'s Daily Mail that the EMERSON, LAKE & PALMER keyboardist killed himself because he was concerned about the nerve damage to his right hand which had affected his playing. Mari Kawaguchi found the 71-year-old musician's dead body around 1:30 a.m. Friday aft...

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IRON MAIDEN's Plane 'Badly Damaged' In Collision At Santiago Airport

IRON MAIDEN's branded private tour plane was badly damaged in a runway accident at a Chile airport Saturday morning (March 12). The band, which is in the middle of the South American leg of its world tour, revealed that none of its members and equipment were on board at the time, and later said it ....

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Report: KEITH EMERSON's Death Investigated As Suicide

According to TMZ, Keith Emerson died from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot. Law enforcement sources tell the site the EMERSON, LAKE & PALMER keyboardist had a single wound to the head when his girlfriend found him in their home in Santa Monica, California. Sgt. Erika Aklufi of the Santa Monica...

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EMERSON, LAKE & PALMER Keyboardist KEITH EMERSON Dies

EMERSON, LAKE & PALMER keyboardist Keith Emerson has died at the age of 71. His passing was confirmed in a post on the band's Facebook page and official web site. The statement reads: "We regret to announce that Keith Emerson died last night at his home in Santa Monica, Los Angeles, aged 71. We...

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ARCH ENEMY's JEFF LOOMIS Discusses Signature SEYMOUR DUNCAN Pickups (Video)

Former NEVERMORE and current ARCH ENEMY guitarist Jeff Loomis recently talked about his new signature Seymour Duncan pickups. Check out the clip below. Loomis knows what he wants to hear from his guitar, whether playing solo or as a member of metal bands like ARCH ENEMY and CONQUERING DYSTOPIA. When...

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JOHN 5 & THE CREATURES: Video Footage Of Entire Nashville Concert

Video footage of former MARILYN MANSON and current ROB ZOMBIE guitarist John 5 and his solo band THE CREATURES — Ian Ross on bass and Rodger Carter on drums — performing on March 8 at 12th and Porter in Nashville, Tennesee can be seen below. The hour-long concert features musical styles ranging from...

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HIGH ON FIRE's MATT PIKE: 'I Don't Think METALLICA Would Sound Like METALLICA Without DAVE MUSTAINE'

Christina Rowatt of Australia's The Void recently conducted an interview with Matt Pike of HIGH ON FIRE and SLEEP. The two-part chat, which features footage of SLEEP and HIGH ON FIRE at the Manning Bar in Sydney, can be seen below. This interview is also featured on the brand new "Riffing With Chris...

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Punk Veterans DAYGLO ABORTIONS Return With 'Armageddon Survival Guide'

Few punk bands have remained in business for as long as the veteran Canadian trio DAYGLO ABORTIONS has. Since 1979, the band (in one configuration or another) has been offering up no-holds barred punk rock, as well as some truly over-the-top (and unforgettable) album cover artwork/images. And the la...

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KREATOR Frontman Misses METALLICA's 'Rebellious Spirit'

During a recent appearance on the official podcast of Canadian rocker Danko Jones, KREATOR frontman Mille Petrozza spoke about his love for early METALLICA and where he hopes to see James Hetfield and Co. go on their next studio release. "I really wish that METALLICA would put out an album that blow...

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GENE SIMMONS Discusses Heart Scare (Video)

KISS bassist/vocalist Gene Simmons recently sits down with Pfizer chief medical officer Freda Lewis-Hall, M.D. to discuss his heart scare with atrial fibrillation, or AFib, a type of irregular heartbeat. "I had never heard of the term AFib, but about ten years ago, we were on tour some place, and on...

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NIGHT RANGER To Film Chicago Concert For Upcoming DVD, CD

Iconic rockers NIGHT RANGER will professionally film and record their May 7 concert at the the House Of Blues in Chicago, Illinois for an upcoming CD and DVD. Tickets for this event will go on sale to the public on Friday, March 11, but NightRanger.com is hooking you up with an exclusive first shot...

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SKELETONWITCH Releases 'Well Of Despair' Song Featuring New Singer ADAM CLEMANS

"Well Of Despair", a new song from Ohio-based blackened metallers SKELETONWITCH, can be heard in the YouTube clip below. The track is taken from the band's recently completed new EP, which will be released this summer via Prosthetic Records. The effort, which marks the recording debut with SKELETONW...

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LORDS OF BLACK Feat. New RAINBOW Singer RONNIE ROMERO: 'Merciless' Video Premiere

The official video for the song "Merciless" from melodic progressive metal masters LORDS OF BLACK can be seen below. The track is taken from the band's second album, "II", which will be released on March 18 via Frontiers Music Srl. LORDS OF BLACK is the band formed by world-class singer Ronnie Romer...

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Singer Of Former STONE TEMPLE PILOTS Side Project Rips Ex-Bandmates

According to The Pulse Of Radio, the former singer of a short-lived STONE TEMPLE PILOTS offshoot band has ripped his ex-bandmates in a new interview. Dave Coutts, who recorded one album in 1997 with STP guitarist Dean DeLeo, bassist Robert DeLeo and drummer Eric Kretz under the name TALK SHOW, unloa...