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JOE SATRIANI To Appear In 'Moneyball' Movie

Guitar legend Joe Satriani has issed the following update: "Last week I spent the day at Oakland Stadium with Brad Pitt and Phillip Seymour Hoffman. They're filming a movie called 'Moneyball' about the Oakland A's. I was asked me to re-create my 2002 season opener National Anthem for the film. It lo...

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SLASH Among Musicians Remembering LES PAUL In CNN's 'Icon'

Slash (VELVET REVOLVER, GUNS N' ROSES) is among the musicians who remember guitar legend and sound innovator Les Paul in a new three-and-a-half-minute report from CNN.com, which can be viewed below. Les Paul, known worldwide for his legendary performances and his incomparable innovations that shaped...

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Former WARRANT/QUIET RIOT Guitarist BILLY MORRIS Opens Coffee Shop In Ohio

According to The Plain Dealer, former WARRANT/QUIET RIOT guitarist Billy Morris has just opened the Breakfast Club Cafe in Berea, Ohio. "It isn't a metal bar," said Morris. "It's going to appeal to college students, serve sandwiches and coffee — and we're going to host other kinds of performers, lik...

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IRON MAIDEN Singer: 'Reality TV Leaves Me Completely Cold'

Darryl Sterdan of the QMI Agency recently conducted an interview with vocalist Bruce Dickinson of British heavy metal legends IRON MAIDEN. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Q: What does it mean to put out a 15th album? It can't give you the same thrill as the first one. Dickinson: ...

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TESTAMENT Frontman Featured In Smithsonian's National Museum Of The American Indian Exhibition

TESTAMENT vocalist and Native American activist Chuck Billy is featured in the Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian's new exhibition, "Up Where We Belong: Native Musicians in Popular Culture". The exhibition is located on the National Mall on the second-floor level of the Sealaska Ga...

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WHITESNAKE Announces New Bassist

Legendary rock band WHITESNAKE has announced the addition of bassist Michael Devin (pictured below) to the group's ranks. Devin, 35, most recently played in LYNCH MOB alongside new WHITESNAKE drummer Brian Tichy (FOREIGNER, BILLY IDOL, OZZY OSBOURNE, VELVET REVOLVER). Commented Michael: "It's an hon...

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TESTAMENT Guitarist Schedules GearHounds Guitars & Music Gear In-Store Appearance

Guitarist Eric Peterson of San Francisco Bay Area metallers TESTAMENT will make an in-store appearance at GearHounds Guitars & Music Gear in Lake Elsinore, California on Saturday, August 28 at 3:00 p.m. Eric will be there to perform a short set spotlighting his signature Dean Old Skull V guitar....

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TESTAMENT Interviewed On 'The Entropy League' (Audio)

Vocalist Chuck Billy and guitarist Eric Peterson of San Francisco Bay Area metallers TESTAMENT were interviewed for the latest episode of "The Entropy League" audio podcast from Metal Injection. The show's hosts caught up with musicians on August 14, 2010 at the Lowell, Massachusetts stop of the "Am...

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TESTAMENT Frontman Interviewed On Pennsylvania's 93.3 WMMR

Markus Goldman of the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania radio station 93.3 WMMR conducted an interview earlier this week with vocalist Chuck Billy of San Francisco Bay Area metallers TESTAMENT. You can now listen to the chat at this location. In a recent interview with LoudTrax.com, Billy stated about the...

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HALFORD Guitarist 'METAL' MIKE CHLASCIAK To Appear At Chicago's Reggie's Rock Club

HALFORD guitarist "Metal" Mike Chlasciak will make a special appearance at Reggie's Rock Club in Chicago, Illinois on Monday, August 16 from 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. Mike will help metal DJ Dave compile a "Metal" Mike-approved playlist and be on hand for photos, autographs and general hanging out with...

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SMASHING PUMPKINS Expect To Take Four Years To Release New Project

According to The Pulse of Radio, SMASHING PUMPKINS will likely take four years — not two, as originally expected — to release the 44 songs off its ongoing project, "Teargarden by Kaleidyscope". The group has unveiled a few tracks here and there online, one song at a time. When asked what the recordi...

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TESTAMENT Guitarist Interviewed On 'Saturday Night Scream'

Guitarist Eric Peterson of San Francisco Bay Area metallers TESTAMENT was recently interviewed by Joe D, host of the metal show "Saturday Night Scream", which airs every Saturday night from 9:00 p.m. to midnight on WAQX (95X) in Syracuse, New York. The chat is now available for streaming using the a...

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AVA INFERI Announces New Guitarist, Begins Recording New Album

AVA INFERI, the Portugal-based band whose lineup includes Norwegian guitarist Rune Eriksen (a.k.a. ex-MAYHEM guitarist/songwriter Blasphemer),has announced the addition of guitarist André Sobral to the group's ranks. Comments Eriksen: "André has been on stage with us a couple of times already, and...

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JOHN 5 Interviewed On 107.7 THE BONE's 'Metal Zone' (Video)

"Metal Zone" host Nikki Blakk of the San Francisco, California radio station 107.7 The Bone conducted an interview with ROB ZOMBIE/ex-MARILYN MANSON guitarist John 5 on July 11, 2010 at the Mountain View, California stop of the Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival. Watch the chat in two parts below...

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ALICE COOPER's Web Site Crashes As 'Sideshows And Freak' Acts Submit Video Footage

AliceCooper.com crashed earlier this week as it has been doing intermittently since fans were invited to submit their personal videos of "sideshow and freak" acts to hopefully take part in Alice Cooper's Halloween Night of Fear shows at the Roundhouse in London, England later this year. The unpreced...