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LOUDNESS: 'Last Memorial Birthday' To Honor Late Drummer MUNETAKA HIGUCHI
A "Last Memorial Birthday" in honor of late LOUDNESS drummer Munetaka Higuchi will be held on December 24 at Aoyama Sougisho in Tokyo, Japan. The surviving members of LOUDNESS will attend the event, which will coincide with what would have been Munetaka's 50th birthday. For more information (in Japa...December 21, 2008
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LOUDNESS Frontman: 'It Is Still Hard To Believe That MUNETAKA Went To His Eternal Rest'
LOUDNESS frontman Minoru Niihara spoke to WeROCK City director Ginger Suzuki earlier today (Monday, December 1) about the passing of the band's drummer Munetaka Higuchi. "It is still hard to believe that Munetaka went to his eternal rest," the singer said backstage after the Tokyo concert of Minoru'...December 1, 2008
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LOUDNESS Guitarist Issues Statement On Passing Of MUNETAKA HIGUCHI
LOUDNESS guitarist Akira Takasaki has issued the following statement regarding the passing of the group's drummer Munetaka Higuchi: "Our member Munetaka Higuchi has laid down his sticks as drummer of LOUDNESS and with them he has left that mortal part for which he no longer has use. He was deceased...December 1, 2008
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Ex-QUIET RIOT Drummer Comments On Passing Of MUNETAKA HIGUCHI
QUIET RIOT drummer Frankie Banali has issued the following statement regarding the passing of LOUDNESS drummer Munetaka Higuchi: "My condolences to the family of Munetaka Higuchi and the members of LOUDNESS on the passing of Munetaka Higuchi-san. I had the opportunity of being interviewed by him whi...December 1, 2008
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LOUDNESS Drummer MUNETAKA HIGUCHI Dead At 49
WeROCK City has informed BLABBERMOUTH.NET that drummer Munetaka Higuchi of veteran Japanese metallers LOUDNESS passed away today (Sunday, November 30) around 10:00 a.m. (Japan Standard Time) at a hospital in Osaka, Japan. He was 49 years old. Higuchi was diagnosed with liver cancer (Hepatocellular C...November 30, 2008
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LOUDNESS To Release 'Liveshocks 2008' DVD In July
According to a posting on the band's web site, veteran Japanese metallers LOUDNESS will release a new DVD, "Liveshocks 2008 - Metal Mad Quattro Circuit", on July 30 featuring footage from the three shows the group played in April with stand-in drummer Kozo Suganuma (a member of one of the most popul...June 13, 2008
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LOUDNESS Taps DED CHAPLIN Drummer For Japanese Dates
Kozo Suganuma, drummer for one of the most popular fusion bands in Japan, FRAGILE and a former member of DED CHAPLIN (featuring LOUDNESS singer Minoru Niihara),has been tapped to fill in for LOUDNESS drummer Munetaka Higuchi for the latter group's previously announced Japanese dates. Higuchi was ho...April 17, 2008
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It's Official: DIMMU BORGIR Is The Home Of SANTA CLAUS
Reuters has issued the following report: Santa Claus may live in Iceland — at least if the efficiency of his helpers is a guide — in what may help the island's drive to win hearts and tourism from Arctic rivals claiming Santa and his reindeer. Only Reykjavik replied when Reuters bureaus in all eight...December 25, 2005
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Only In Amerika
I suppose that we should give California quintet HED P.E. some credit to sticking to their rap-metal (or G-Punk, as they like to call it) guns when everyone else in that relatively short-lived trend has either gone away or thrown that style overboard. But on the other hand, what HED has to say on it...February 19, 2005
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DOG EAT DOG Re-Record Classic Song At German Studio
DOG EAT DOG spent a few days in a studio near Cologne, Germany in June recording two new versions of the old classic song "Let It Snow"—one a rap/rock version, the other a punk rock version. "I don't know what will eventually happen to these well recorded demos, but maybe someday you will hear them,...July 19, 2002
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Archive News Aug 13, 2001
POWERMAN 5000 vocalist/mainman Spider One has confirmed that the group's previously announced headlining tour (which was also set to include SALIVA, MACHINE HEAD, STEREOMUD and HALFCOCKED) has been cancelled and that the release date of their Anyone For Doomsday? CD has been pushed back to early 20...August 13, 2001
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Archive News May 03, 2001
MACHINE HEAD have finalized the track listing for their forthcoming Supercharger CD, which is due to be mixed shortly for a late summer release. Produced by Johnny K and recorded at Los Angeles Mad Dog and Indigo Ranch studios, Supercharger will contain the following songs (in no particular order):...May 3, 2001
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Archive News Apr 02, 2001
SEPULTURA have announced the dates for their upcoming European headlining tour, the group's first in support of their just-released Nation CD. Here is how the schedule is shaping up right now: ... May 01 - Berlin, GER @ Columbia-halle&nbsp May 02 - Hamburg, GER @ Docks Konzerte&nbsp...April 2, 2001
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Archive News Mar 04, 2001 - update 1
New York 's DOG EAT DOG have been busy writing and rehearsing new material, and will be going into the studio at the end of March to start recording new songs for an as-yet-undetermined new label ('a major', according to bassist Dave Neabore) following the group's split with Roadrunner Records. Amon...March 4, 2001
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