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Piano Used By LED ZEPPELIN, BLACK SABBATH Given To Teenager

ThisisNottingham.co.uk reports: A teenager given a beaten-up piano used by LED ZEPPELIN has said that learning to play her instrument was no stairway to heaven. Emily Davies, 17, from the Forest of Dean [England], has been taught to play on the piano used by rock legends including QUEEN, BLACK SABBA...

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DOWN Bassist Says ANSELMO's 'Vision, Focus And Patience' Made 'Over The Under' What It Is

Roger Lotring of Metal Edge magazine recently conducted a lengthy interview with DOWN/ex-PANTERA bassist Rex Brown. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: Metal Edge: Was there a conscious point in the process of getting back together and putting this record together that you can remember as a t...

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GODSMACK: 'Good Times Bad Times' First-Week Sales Revealed

GODSMACK's greatest-hits collection, "Good Times Bad Times....Ten Years of Godsmack", sold 40,000 copies in its first week of release to debut at position No. 35 on The Billboard 200 chart. The 16-track collection is loaded with career-defining milestones and seminal GODSMACK classics. Among the son...

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SOULFLY Guitarist: 'Thank God For Coffee And SLAYER'

Aquarian Weekly recently conducted an interview with SOULFLY guitarist Marc Rizzo. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: Aquarian Weekly: So, you have a new [solo] CD out now called "The Ultimate Devotion". Why did you choose that title? Marc Rizzo: Well, I think between the first record and no...

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LEATHERWOLF Launches Guitarist Search

Southern California metal band LEATHERWOLF has launched a search for a new guitarist following the recent departure of Geoff Gayer. For more information on what exactly the group is looking for, visit the LEATHERWOLF MySpace page. Fan-filmed video footage of LEATHERWOLF performing the song "Too Much...

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LED ZEPPELIN: Rolling Stone Interview Excerpts Posted Online

On November 6 and November 7 — while they waited for guitarist Jimmy Page's broken finger to heal, so they could resume preparations for their December 10 reunion concert in London — the three surviving members of LED ZEPPELIN all sat down with Rolling Stone in London for extensive, individual inter...

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CHAD GRAY On Switching Back And Forth Between MUDVAYNE And HELLYEAH

Danielle Hatch of the Journal Star recently conducted an interview with MUDVAYNE/HELLYEAH frontman Chad Gray. A few excerpts from the chat follow: On performing with HELLYEAH at the East Peoria Convention Center on Wednesday: "It's kind of where I spread my wings to get into the music business, it's...

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Ex-MEGADETH Bassist, TESLA Drummer Rocking At Arizona Church

Michelle Hoffman of The Arizona Republic reports that former MEGADETH bassist David Ellefson and TESLA drummer Troy Luccketta are two of the musicians taking part in a bi-monthly, Lutheran-based outreach liturgy that is taking place at Scottsdale, Arizona's Shepherd of the Desert Lutheran Church. Pa...

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PHILIP ANSELMO: 'I Don't Want To Be Seen As The Fool Anymore'

Headbanger's Blog has posted the remaining six clips of the boxing ring footage of DOWN/ex-PANTERA frontman Philip Anselmo that was shot for a mid-November episode of "Headbanger's Ball". The first two feature the singer answering questions he's been asked 100 times before. But in the last four segm...

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GENE HOGLAN To Play For Reunited Thrashers FORBIDDEN

Legendary drummer Gene Hoglan (DARK ANGEL, DEATH, STRAPPING YOUNG LAD, TESTAMENT) has issued the following update: "I'm currently in Stockholm, Sweden, after just returning from a highly successful and awesome string of dates in Italy with my bitches, MELDRUM. "I'd like to say a big thank you and he...

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GODSMACK Covers LED ZEPPELIN's 'Good Times, Bad Times'; Video Available

GODSMACK's video for its cover version of LED ZEPPELIN's "Good Times, Bad Times" can be viewed below. The clip was shot on October 20, 2007 on the corner of Milk Street and Oliver Street in Boston's financial district. The newly recorded song appears on GODSMACK's greatest-hits collection, "Good Tim...

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DIMEBAG's Girlfriend: PHILIP ANSELMO Was 'King Of Lies And Manipulation' For A Long Time

Metal Monthly conducted an interview last month (November 2007) with Rita Haney, the longtime girlfriend of late PANTERA/DAMAGEPLAN guitarist "Dimebag" Darrell Abbott. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: Metal Monthly: Your thoughts on Phil [Anselmo, ex-PANTERA singer]. Is he a part of the pr...

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EVANESCENCE Singer Lends Voice To Pennsylvania Epilepsy Support Group

According to The Citizens Voice, 20-year-old Walter Chippi — who was diagnosed with epilepsy at 14 — and Megan Harris — who takes 14 pills a day to avert a shaking episode from her epilepsy — and several other members of the Wilkes-Barre Epilepsy Support Group saw EVANESCENCE's concert at the Wachov...

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FILTER Mainman: 'This Is Not A Comeback'

FILTER frontman Richard Patrick spoke to MTV.com earlier this week abut the group's forthcoming album, titled "Anthems for the Damned", which is expected in stores in early 2008. "I'm not straying from that classic FILTER sound," Patrick told MTV.com. "But, because I'm a little older and a little wi...

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SEBASTIAN BACH Says 'Angel Down' Will Be Listened To Many Years After He's Dead And Gone

Michael Christopher of DelcoTimes.com recently conducted an interview with former SKID ROW frontman Sebastian Bach. A few excerpts from the chat follow: On the delay in getting his first "proper" collection of all-new solo material released: "Good things take time; good things come to those to wait....