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RONNIE JAMES DIO Talks About Being Attacked By Killer Garden Gnome

The exact details of Ronnie James Dio's gardening accident of 2003 have come to light in an interview with Rockdetector.com editor Garry Sharpe-Young. Besides discussing the brand new DIO album "Master Of The Moon", how Rudy Sarzo has fitted into the new band unit and how the new songs were construc...

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TESTAMENT Drop Off Japan's THRASH DOMINATION Tour

TESTAMENT manager Phil Arnold of Thrill Entertainment has issued the following update on the band's current and upcoming activities: "TESTAMENT's founding guitarist, Eric Peterson, fell down a flight of stairs prior to showtime at a club in Martin, Slovakia, on June 14th, during their 2004 European...

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BLACK SABBATH: 'The Complete Recording History' Book Due Next Year

Rockdetector.com executive editor Garry Sharpe-Young has been working on a leviathan account of BLACK SABBATH's complete recording history, from the earliest demos through to the "Reunion" album and, possibly, beyond. Already having two highly praised SABBATH-related titles under his belt, "The Stor...

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MOTÖRHEAD Cancel U.S. Tour Due To Injury Suffered By LEMMY

MOTÖRHEAD have been forced to cancel their previously announced U.S. tour scheduled for September/October due to a foot injury suffered by vocalist/bassist Ian "Lemmy" Kilmister. Lemmy injured his foot on stage about month ago while touring in Europe. Kilmister, ignoring the pain and against his Eur...

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DEF LEPPARD: 'Best Of' CD Details Revealed

More information has been released regarding the upcoming DEF LEPPARD compilation album, "Best of Def Leppard", due in October via Island/Def Jam and Universal/Mercury. Described as "an updated 'replacement' version" of the band's previous greatest-hits compilation, "Vault" (1995),the new collectio...

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METALLICA's 'Performance Coach' Speaks To Australia's ABC: Audio Available

METALLICA's "performance coach" Phil Towle, a 65-year-old former psychotherapist who was brought into the picture in January 2001 to help James Hetfield, Kirk Hammett and Lars Ulrich repair their relationship with Jason Newsted, recently spoke to Red Symons of Australia's ABC about his time spent wi...

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Former DIO Keyboard Player Talks About VIVIAN CAMPBELL's Exit

In a question-and-answer session with the Dio Message Board, former DIO keyboardist Claude Schnell discussed the often discussed and controversial exit of guitarist Vivian Campbell in 1986, "Prior to Vivian leaving, there was a slow and steady, yet very perceptible sense that he was drifting away fr...

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Rare THIN LIZZY Video To Be Screened This Weekend

Ciaran O'Neill of The Belfast Telegraph is reporting that rare video footage of legendary Irish band THIN LIZZY will be screened for the first time at a special event in Londonderry this weekend. The video will be shown during a THIN LIZZY/Phil Lynott tribute concert at the Nerve Centre on Saturday....

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UFO Singer: MICHAEL SCHENKER Doesn't Take Responsibility For His Actions

UFO frontman Phil Mogg recently spoke to Classic Rock Revisited about the band's former guitarist Michael Schenker and the past, present and future of UFO. Several excerpts from the interview follow: Classic Rock Revisited: Michael [Schenker] recently did an interview with us and he had this to say...

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LIFE AFTER DEATH: Hard At Work On Material For Second Album

LIFE AFTER DEATH, the Los Angeles-based band featuring ARMORED SAINT drummer Gonzo and guitarist Phil Sandoval, are continuing to write material for their second release. Once the new recording is completed, the group are said to be considering issuing both CDs together as a two-disc set with a DVD...

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MONSTER MAGNET: U.S. Tour Cancelled?

MONSTER MAGNET have cancelled their scheduled performance at Jaxx in Springfield, VA Saturday night (August 28) amid rumors that the rest of the group's headlining U.S. tour has been called off. No further information is available at this time. As previously reported, MONSTER MAGNET mainman Dave Wyn...

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ANNIHILATOR Guitarist JEFF WATERS Plans DVDs, Side-Projects

ANNIHILATOR mastermind Jeff Waters is in talks with three different companies about releasing the group's first-ever DVD. "The Campbell Brothers will be doing it so it will be a really entertaining DVD," Waters writes on the band's web site. "Well worth the 15-year wait for a video/DVD release from...

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SCUM OF THE EARTH Completing First Video

SCUM OF THE EARTH, the new band led by ROB ZOMBIE guitarist Riggs, have just begun editing the music video for their first single, "Get Your Dead On". The clip was shot over the course of a week on several locations in the Los Angeles area. The main character in a unique horror film currently ...

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RIVERRED: 'Industry' Demo Available For Download

Pacific Northwest rock act RIVERRED have made available for download all five songs from their new industry demo, entitled "Agricultural Real Estate Purchase". Mixed and mastered by rock kingpin Jack Endino (NIRVANA, SOUNDGARDEN, GRUNTRUCK),the demo was produced by singer/guitarist James Francis an...

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SCUM OF THE EARTH Album to Feature UmixIt Technology

SCUM OF THE EARTH, the new band led by ROB ZOMBIE guitarist Riggs, will release their debut album, "Blah... Blah... Blah... Love Songs for the New Millennium", on October 26 through Eclipse Records. The album was written by Riggs with collaborative help from his friends and recorded at Belt of Orion...