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YNGWIE MALMSTEEN: 'I'm Definitely A Dictator; It's Just The Way I Am With Music'

Pat Prince of Powerline A.D. recently conducted an interview with legendary Swedish guitarist Yngwie Malmsteen. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Powerline A.D.: Do you ever compare yourself — competitively — with some of the other contemporary guitarists out there? Yngwie: Never. And...

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KROKUS: Video Interview With FREDDY STEADY Available

Drummer Freddy Steady of the reunited Swiss rockers KROKUS was interviewed on August 1, 2008 by Peter Waelti of the KROKUS Globe Club For Clan & Fan. You can now watch the chat at this location (Quicktime required). It can also be seen below. KROKUS — Marc Storace (vocals),Fernando Von Arb (gui...

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SHINEDOWN To Film 'Second Chance' Video

Atlantic Records recording group SHINEDOWN has landed its ninth consecutive Top 5 hit at rock radio with "Second Chance", now at #4. The band's run of hit singles from its first three albums makes it one of the most successful rock bands of the decade. SHINEDOWN launched "Second Chance" with a blist...

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SUICIDAL TENDENCIES Frontman On Rumored Gang Affiliation, Being Only Original Member

D.X. Ferris of the Cleveland Scene recently conducted an interview with vocalist Mike Muir of the long-running Venice Beach, California thrash/punk band SUICIDAL TENDENCIES. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Cleveland Scene: The rumor mill said the band was gang-affiliated. Were any o...

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YNGWIE MALMSTEEN Gives Thumbs Up To 'Guitar Hero'

Legendary Swedish guitarist Yngwie Malmsteen recently told the Artisan News Service that he feels it's a good thing that more kids are being exposed to the technically challenging music due to the popularity of Guitar Hero, Rock Band and games like that. "I was sitting in the airport in Miami, I don...

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CYNIC: Interview With PAUL MASVIDAL

By: Scott Alisoglu Paul Masvidal had an epiphany that it was time to unleash CYNIC and blow minds all over again. For the last 15 years, "Focus" has served as the bench mark for the heavy end of progressive metal (some might say progressive "death" metal, but more on that later) and here we are ...

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MANITOU To Reactivate For Christmas Concert

Finnish traditional heavy metal band MANITOU, which features in its ranks members of OMNIUM GATHERUM, MALPRACTICE and KAIHORO, has issued the following update: "MANITOU will reactivate and do a one-off 'comeback' X-mas gig next month in Kotka, Kairo venue at Kesto-Klubi event on December 20. So be s...

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NASTY SAVAGE: More KEEP IT TRUE Festival Footage Available

Video footage of Florida metal legends NASTY SAVAGE performing at the Keep It True XI festival on November 15, 2008 at Soundpark-Ost (ex-Rockpalast) in Würzburg, Germany can be viewed below (clips uploaded by "lagouille"). NASTY SAVAGE's "comeback" album, "Psycho Psycho", was released in Europe in M...

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IN FLAMES, 36 CRAZYFISTS To Guest On 'Chaos With Full Metal Jackie'

IN FLAMES and 36 CRAZYFISTS will be the featured guests on this Sunday's (November 23) edition of Indie 103.1 FM's specialty metal program "Chaos with Full Metal Jackie" at 10:00 p.m. PST (1:00 a.m. EST Monday morning). To listen to the program live via the Internet, go to this location. The program...

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METALLICA's HETFIELD On 'Chinese Democracy': 'I Haven't Lost Sleep Waiting For It'

Andrew Dansby of the Houston Chronicle recently conducted an interview with METALLICA guitarist/vocalist James Hetfield. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Houston Chronicle: Do you feel sobriety changed the way you write? Hetfield: I can say I've taken off the black-cloud glasses. It'...

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BUCKCHERRY: Go Behind The Scenes Of 'Don't Go Away' Video Shoot

An interview and behind-the-scenes footage from the video shoot for BUCKCHERRY's "Don't Go Away" single has been posted on the AT&T blue room web site. "Black Butterfly", the new album from BUCKCHERRY, was recently certified gold in Canada for sales in excess of 50,000 copies. The CD sold just u...

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MOTÖRHEAD's LEMMY Talks To INKED Magazine About Tattoos, Politics, Strippers, Porn Stars

MOTÖRHEAD frontman Ian "Lemmy" Kilmister is featured in the December/January issue of Inked magazine (on newsstands today, November 18). Lemmy, after a long night of partying until after dawn on tour in Las Vegas, sits down with Jon Wiederhorn for an in-depth question-and-answer session about the ba...

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MÖTLEY CRÜE's TOMMY LEE Working On New METHODS OF MAYHEM Album

MÖTLEY CRÜE drummer Tommy Lee revealed during an interview with Hellena Mihailidou of Greece's Metalzone.gr that he is currently working on a new album from his METHODS OF MAYHEM project. Tommy hopes to get the CD completed by next May/June and have it released before the end of 2009. Lee's entire i...

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THE ANSWER Performs On 'The Late Show With David Letterman'; Video Available

THE ANSWER, a four-piece rock band from Northern Ireland now touring as the opening act on AC/DC's Black Ice World Tour, performed the title track of its new album, "Never Too Late", on this past Friday night's (November 14) edition of CBS' "The Late Show with David Letterman". Check out video foota...

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ROBERT PLANT: Unofficial Biography To Be Released In Germany

U.K.-based journalist Neil Daniels' book on LED ZEPPELIN's Robert Plant, "Robert Plant: Led Zeppelin, Jimmy Page & The Solo Years" will be available in a German translation in 2009, published via Hannibal Verlag. The text will be revised, and amended for the German edition. The book is based on...