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SLAYER Frontman On Writing Songs About 'Humanity's Demons And Humanity's Devils'

Paul Gargano of Maximum Ink recently conducted an interview with SLAYER frontman Tom Araya. An excerpt from the chat follows: Maximum Ink: Is it fair to say that SLAYER have become a lot more political in recent years? Tom Araya: It comes across that way, but it's not. There are more social ...

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AEROSMITH Guitarist: It's Time To Go To A Lot Of Places We Haven't Played In Awhile

Ultimate-Guitar.com recently conducted an interview with AEROSMITH guitarist Joe Perry. An excerpt from the chat follows: Ultimate-Guitar.com: AEROSMITH has been one of the very few bands to have emerged during the '70s and not only still be around but be at the very top of their game, how does it f...

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ABORTED, PENTAGRAM Confirmed For Greece's METAL HEALING Festival

ABORTED, PENTAGRAM and DEVISER have been confirmed for the Metal Healing festival, set to take place July 20-22 in Thessaloniki, Greece. The festival billing is shaping up as follows (in alphabetical order): ABORTED COMMUNIC DEMENZIA DESTRUCTION DEVISER DISTORTION OF PERCEPTION EKTOMORF EMERALD SUN...

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TRACII GUNS: If I Had Stayed With GUNS N' ROSES, It Would Have Been A Very Different Band

L.A. GUNS guitarist Tracii Guns recently spoke to Gavin Allen of the South Wales Echo about his early years as a member of GUNS N' ROSES. "If I had stayed with Axl [Rose], I don't know if GUNS N' ROSES would have been any better or worse but I think it would have ...

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NAPALM DEATH Planning Back-To-Basics, Old-School U.K. Tour

NAPALM DEATH bassist Shane Embury has posted the following message on the band's MySpace page: "[I'm] In Finland enjoying what so far has been a killer tour and we still have so many shows and places to look forward to. [It's] fucking cold, though. "Anyway, we have the idea for sometime now to hopef...

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DIMEBAG: Follow-Up To 'DimeVision' DVD Due In The Summer

According to Revolver magazine (web site),late PANTERA/DAMAGEPLAN guitarist "Dimebag" Darrell Abbott's longtime partner, Rita Haney, and videographer Bobby Tongs have started to sift through footage for the follow-up to the DVD "DimeVision - Vol 1: That's The Fun I Have". The disc should be ready f...

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REVOLTING COCKS: 'Cocktail Mixxx' Track Listing Revealed

REVOLTING COCKS — the side project of MINISTRY mainman Al Jourgensen — has set a March 6 release date for its new album, "Cocktail Mixxx" — a collection of intoxicating dance/club remixes of the 2006 release "Cocked and Loaded" from REVCO mixologists Luc Van Acker, Clayton Worbeck and Phildo Owen. "...

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THE HAUNTED Frontman: What Happened To The Snow?

THE HAUNTED frontman Peter Dolving has posted the following message on his MySpace page: "So we haven't seen any snow yet this winter. At ALL. Global warming, someone? Nah... It's just, um... a warm year? "I am so tired of that lame excuse for the ridiculously over-consumption of the average Urban J...

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PAPA ROACH Singer Says Live Is Still Best Way To Experience Music

Launch Radio Networks reports: With web sites like YouTube and MySpace coming to the forefront last year as places to promote music, and 2007 likely to continue that trend, PAPA ROACH frontman Jacoby Shaddix told Launch that he still thinks the best way to experience a rock band is up close and in p...

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Legendary Ruthie's Inn Promoter WES ROBINSON Dead At 77

Wes Robinson (photo),founder of the legendary Ruthie's Inn on San Pablo Avenue in Berkeley, California — a mecca for San Francisco Bay Area thrash metal and punk acts in the 1980s (everyone from BAD BRAINS to SOCIAL DISTORTION, then later METALLICA, EXODUS, POSSESSED and DEATH ANGEL, played there)...

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EMERALD SUN, DISTORTION OF PERCEPTION Confirmed For Greece's METAL HEALING Festival

EMERALD SUN and DISTORTION OF PERCEPTION have been confirmed for the Metal Healing festival, set to take place July 20-22 in Thessaloniki, Greece. The festival billing is shaping up as follows (in alphabetical order): COMMUNIC DEMENZIA DESTRUCTION DISTORTION OF PERCEPTION EKTOMORF EMERALD SUN FIREWI...

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NAPALM DEATH: Live Video Posted Online

A live video of NAPALM DEATH performing the song "Silence Is Deafening" at the Crocodile Rock Cafe in Allentown, PA during the Monsters Of Mayhem tour has been posted online at the UVTV (Underground Video Television) web site. As previously reported, the highly-anticipated new NAPALM DEATH video for...

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MANNTIS Seeks New Drummer

Southern California quintet MANNTIS will start off the New Year with a fresh start, new music, new attitude and a solid touring lineup. The band is currently looking for a new drummer. If you think you can fit the bill, contact the group as soon as possible at www.myspace.com/manntis or manntis57@ao...

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NAPALM DEATH Confirmed For France's HELLFEST

British grindcore pioneers NAPALM DEATH have been confirmed for the Hellfest summer open-air 2007 festival, set to take place June 22-24 in Clisson, France. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: 1349 BLIND GUARDIAN CANNIBAL CORPSE EPHEL DUATH HATEBREED IMMORTAL KICKBACK MOHO NAPALM DEATH OR...

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NAPALM DEATH Explains New York City Concert Cancellation

British grindcore pioneers NAPALM DEATH have posted the following message on their official web site: "Many, many apologies for the show [in New York City at the Knitting Factory on Dec. 21] being cancelled... Basically, according to the Knitting Factory, they had had a few shows in recent weeks whi...