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POISON: Four Songs From Upcoming 'Poison'd' Covers Album Posted Online

POISON has posted four songs from its upcoming album of cover songs, featuring many of their favorite rock classics. "Poison'd", the band's first new studio album since 2002, will be released June 5 on CD and digitally by EMI America Records/Capitol. Go to POISON's official MySpace page to hear the...

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RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE Guitarist Calls Rally Performance 'Very Exciting'

Launch Radio Networks reports: RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE guitarist Tom Morello and singer Zack De La Rocha performed in public together for the first time in nearly seven years in Chicago last Saturday (April 14) as part of a rally-turned-celebration for the Coalition of Immokalee Workers. Their perf...

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RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE's TOM MORELLO Calls Virginia Massacre 'Horrendous Tragedy'

Launch Radio Networks reports: RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE guitarist Tom Morello has watched along with the rest of the nation as the story of Monday's (April 16) horrifying massacre at the Virginia Tech campus has unfolded over the past two days. While there have been calls to revive the subject of gu...

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RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE's MORELLO To Co-Host 'Rock 30' This Weekend

Guitarist Tom Morello will co-host L.A. Lloyd's "Rock 30" on 25 radio affiliates the weekend of April 21-22. Tom will discuss the RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE reunion shows along with his solo project THE NIGHTWATCHMAN. Many stations stream online. Here is a link to affiliates and show times. The interv...

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TOM MORELLO And ZACK DE LA ROCHA Reunite Onstage

Launch Radio Networks reports: Tom Morello and Zack De La Rocha, the guitarist and singer, respectively, of RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE, took to the stage together for the first time in nearly seven years in Chicago on Saturday (April 14). Their appearance was part of a demonstration and rally-turned-c...

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MUDVAYNE Singer: 'HELLYEAH Fills A Hole Somewhere Inside Of Me That I Had'

Australia's X-Press Online recently conducted an interview with HELLYEAH/MUDVAYNE frontman Chad Gray. A few excerpts from the chat follow: On HELLYEAH: "HELLYEAH is just really something to be excited about and I hope people get behind it. I think the biggest reason why somebody wouldn't get behind...

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CELTIC FROST Frontman: 'We Haven't Done Our Greatest Work Yet; It's Still To Come'

Luxi Lahtinen of Metal-Rules.com recently conducted an interview with CELTIC FROST frontman Tom G. Warrior. A few excerpts follow: Metal-Rules.com: What about this co-headlining tour with Kreator? How's it been turning out for you so far? Tom: I think it's been turning out just fantastic for us. The...

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EXODUS' GARY HOLT Offers Update On Signature Model Guitar

EXODUS guitarist Gary Holt has revealed more information about the updated version of his signature Vixen Bernie Rico Jr. guitar, which is set to go into production later in the year. Commented Holt: "We're working on a couple of different models. One will be really simple, but with a sick finish, b...

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SLAYER Frontman TOM ARAYA: 'For Me, The Family Side Of Things Is Priority Number One'

Kris Swales of Australia's Time Off magazine recently conducted an interview with SLAYER frontman Tom Araya. A few excerpts follow: On what makes up a normal day in the life of a master of metal: "I was at my kid's elementary school at a book fair! I was selling books to try to ...

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CELTIC FROST: Providence Headlining Show Cancelled

CELTIC FROST's previously announced May 7 headlining show at Lupo's in Providence, RI has been cancelled. No reason was given for the cancellation. Refunds are available at point of purchase. CELTIC FROST recently announced the addition of a touring guitarist V. Santura of the German black metal gro...

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TOM MORELLO Is Looking For Zealots And Trying To Rattle Cages

RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE/ex-AUDIOSLAVE guitarist Tom Morello recently answered a couple of questions for Salon.com. Read on: Salon.com: Why did you make the decision to step away from AUDIOSLAVE and scale down to just voice and guitar? Morello: With AUDIOSLAVE, if we sold a million records, we might...

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ALICE IN CHAINS Performs Surprise Show In Support Of AXIS OF JUSTICE

On Tuesday, April 10, ALICE IN CHAINS played a surprise show at Hollywood's Hotel Cafe in support of Tom Morello's (RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE, AUDIOSLAVE) Axis of Justice organization. After playing a few acoustic ALICE tracks, the band members joined the evening's other guests in what could best be...

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EVERGREY: Bassist-Less Once Again

Swedish metallers EVERGREY have officially parted ways with bassist Fredrik Larsson — only nine months after he was recruited as the replacement for Michael Håkansson. A new bassist has not yet been announced, but none of the band's upcoming live activities are expected to be affected by this change...

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ONKEL TOM, TERROR, STRUNG OUT Confirmed For Germany's WITH FULL FORCE Festival

SODOM frontman Thomas "Tom Angelripper" Such's ONKEL TOM project, TERROR and STRUNG OUT have been confirmed for this year's With Full Force festival, set to take place June 29 - July 1 at Flugplatz Roitzschjora in Löbnitz, Germany. The festival billing is now shaping up as follows (in alphabetical o...

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TESTAMENT Guitarist Says He Is Amazed By Hostility Of BLABBERMOUTH.NET Detractors

Jeff Spevak of the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle recently conducted an interview with TESTAMENT/ALEX SKOLNICK TRIO guitarist Alex Skolnick. A few excerpts follow: On TESTAMENT's early days: "The first year that TESTAMENT toured, in the late '80s, we were mistaken as a religious band. We were book...