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SLIPKNOT Drummer To Take Over VINNIE PAUL's Advice Column
After five years, 30 columns and more than 180 pieces of sage wisdom, DAMAGEPLAN/PANTERA drummer Vinnie Paul is retiring from the Revolver magazine advice game. This dark cloud does have a silver lining, however: The advice column in Revolver will be taken over by none other than SLIPKNOT's Joey Jor...March 30, 2005
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SLASH To Perform U.S., Canadian Anthems At TORONTO BLUE JAYS Home Opener
VELVET REVOLVER guitarist Slash (ex-GUNS N' ROSES) will perform the Canadian and U.S. national anthems prior to the 29th home opener in the Toronto Blue Jays' history. The Blue Jays will face the World Series Champion Boston Red Sox on Friday, April 8 on General Motors Opening Night 2005 presented b...March 29, 2005
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VELVET REVOLVER To Guest On NBC's 'Tonight Show With Jay Leno'
According to RCA Records, VELVET REVOLVER will be the musical guests on NBC's "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" on Thursday, April 7. Non-musicial guests on the show include actress Brittany Murphy and comic Dave Attell. In other news, VELVET REVOLVER drummer Matt Sorum has posted the following entry...March 28, 2005
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MARILYN MANSON, SLAYER, ANTHRAX, BLACK LABEL SOCIETY Confirmed For Greece's ROCKWAVE Festival
The lineup has been announced for the 2005 edition of Rockwave Festival, set to take place in two separate installments — June 24-26 and July 8-9 — at the Terra Vibe venue in Athens, Greece. Confirmed bands so far are as follows: Friday, June 24: MARILYN MANSON + more acts TBA Saturday, June 25: BLA...March 28, 2005
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JERRY CANTRELL, JOSH TODD Jam With CAMP FREDDY In California: Photos Available
Former ALICE IN CHAINS guitarist Jerry Cantrell and BUCKCHERRY frontman Josh Todd were among the special guests during CAMP FREDDY's performance at the Cadillac Presents Rock & Republic Fall 05 Fashion Show on March 19 at Sony Studios in Culver City, California. Check out pictures from Film Magi...March 27, 2005
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VELVET REVOLVER To Replace IRON MAIDEN At Final Seven OZZFEST Dates?
According to a post at Ozzfest.com, VELVET REVOLVER will perform at the August 27 Woodlands, TX stop of this year's Ozzfest, leading to speculation that VR will take over IRON MAIDEN's slot at the festival once co-headliners MAIDEN depart the tour. The posting also lists MUDVAYNE as being on the tou...March 25, 2005
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GUNS N' ROSES' 'November Rain' Tops Kerrang! Rock 100 Poll
According to Kerrang.com, GUNS N' ROSES have topped the Kerrang! Rock 100 poll with their 1991 smash hit "November Rain" being voted Best-Ever Single. Some 2,500 votes were cast via Kerrang! TV, Kerrang! Radio and Kerrang! magazine. Last year's winner NIRVANA with "Smells Like Teen Spirit" was bumpe...March 24, 2005
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MOTÖRHEAD To Release 30th-Anniversary Double DVD In July
MOTÖRHEAD will be issuing a 30th anniversary DVD on July 4 via SPV Records. The two-disc set will feature the band's December 2004 concert in Düsseldorf, Germany on one disc and a documentary feature on the second disc. More information will be made available soon. MOTÖRHEAD are planning to commemor...March 23, 2005
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NOCTURNE To Release 'Guide To Extinction' In April
The industrial band NOCTURNE will release "Guide to Extinction" on April 19 through Triple X Records. It's the third full-length album and fourth album overall from NOCTURNE. The band's two core members are vocalist/founder Lacey Conner — a striking woman with an otherworldly voice — and guitarist/p...March 22, 2005
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Former DIO Guitarist To Embark On West Coast Tour With HAPPY BIRTHDAY
Former DIO guitarist Rowan Robertson wil be embarking on a short West Coast tour with his new band HAPPY BIRTHDAY. "We will be supporting Jimmy Chamberlin's new band, THE JIMMY CHAMBERLIN COMPLEX, on a short run from San Diego to Vancouver in early April," Robertson told BLABBERMOUTH.NET. HAPPY BIRT...March 22, 2005
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SLASH Named 'Best Guitarist' By ESQUIRE Magazine
VELVET REVOLVER guitarist Slash (ex-GUNS N' ROSES) won the "Best Guitarist" prize in the 2005 Esky Music Awards in Esquire magazine. A write-up in the magazine announcing Slash's win reads as follows: "He's who we see ourselves as everytime we strap on an air guitar. The top hat. The hair. The dangl...March 21, 2005
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HEAVENWOOD Part Ways With Guitarist
Ricardo Dias, guitarist of the Portuguese gothic metal band HEAVENWOOD, has left the band. In addition, he has parted ways with his BEYOND THE LITANY side project, where he was playing as a guest musician. Dias is currently involved with a new, more rock-oriented project in the vein of VELVET REVOLV...March 21, 2005
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Transylvania 90210
In a stunted little cul-de-sac of the music world, occupied exclusively by zaftig, Myspace-addicted Goth chicks, overly-pierced zombie greasers and cowboy-hat-wearing ex-glammers gone horror punk, people like WEDNESDAY 13 reign supreme. This is a scene where third-string footnotes to history like BI...March 20, 2005
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MACHINE HEAD, DEVILDRIVER, THE HAUNTED: Tour Flyer Contest
The following message has been posted at MACHINE HEAD's official web site: "Calling all artists! MACHINE HEAD, DEVILDRIVER, THE HAUNTED and IT DIES TODAY are asking YOU to design a tour flyer for the States Turn Blue To Gray Tour, and one of the biggest Grand Prize packages that we've ever had the p...March 19, 2005
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SLASH To Make Music For Video Game
Billboard.com is reporting that VELVET REVOLVER guitarist Slash will make his first foray into video game music on an upcoming EA Sports NASCAR game, due later this year. "There will be theme music," he told Billboard.com. "No words or anything like that, because there is dialogue all the way throug...March 19, 2005
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