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KIX Guitarist Wanted To Keep Band's Spirit Alive On 'Rock Your Face Off'

Jason Price of Icon Vs. Icon recently conducted an interview with KIX guitarist Brian "Damage" Forsythe. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Icon Vs. Icon: KIX came out of the Baltimore music scene and had a lot of success locally as a bar band before branching out nationally. Was that...

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DEF LEPPARD's JOE ELLIOTT Defends Current KISS Lineup: 'The Songs Have Never Sounded As Good Live'

DEF LEPPARD singer Joe Elliott was recently interviewed by the 100.7 WZXL radio station in Atlantic City, New Jersey. You can now listen to the chat using the SoundCloud widget below. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On introducing KISS with the legendary...

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DEEP PURPLE's IAN GILLAN Rules Out Performing With RITCHIE BLACKMORE At ROCK HALL Induction

In a brand new interview with RollingStone.com, DEEP PURPLE singer Ian Gillan was asked if he is upset that his band has not yet been inducted into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame despite the fact that it has been eligible since 1993. "Whatever you say to a question like that, you ...

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SLASH, NIKKI SIXX To Guest On Former UFO Bassist PETE WAY's New Solo Album

Former UFO, OZZY OSBOURNE and WAYSTED bassist Pete Way, who was recently given the all-clear after a battle with prostate cancer, is preparing to resume work on his upcoming solo album, "Walking On The Edge", which is tentatively due in early 2015. Way's first solo studio effort since 2007's "Acoust...

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'NYHC: New York Hardcore 1980-1990' Book Due In November

"NYHC: New York Hardcore 1980-1990", Tony Rettman's ambitious oral history, captures ten years of struggle, including the scene's regional rivalries with D.C. and Boston, the birth of moshing, the clash and coming to terms of hardcore and heavy metal, the straightedge movement, and the unlikely infl...

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GRAVE DIGGER To Film Music Video For 'Tattooed Rider' In September

Anthony Morgan of Metal Forces recently conducted an interview with vocalist Chris Boltendahl of German power metallers GRAVE DIGGER. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. On the making of the band's latest album, "Return Of The Reaper": Chris: "We start writing the songs and decide what'...

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Ex-WHITESNAKE Guitarist BERNIE MARSDEN Talks To RockNLive About New Solo Album 'Shine'

RockNLive recently conducted an interview with former WHITESNAKE guitarist Bernie Marsden. You can now watch the chat below. Marsden will release his new solo album, "Shine", on August 18 via Provogue as a double-LP, CD and digital download. At a rough guesstimate, Marsden's name appears on a hundre...

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SAVATAGE To Reunite For Appearance At Next Year's WACKEN OPEN AIR Festival

Classic American metal band SAVATAGE, which was active from 1978 until 2002, will reunite for an exclusive European appearance at next year's edition of the Wacken Open Air festival, set to take place July 30 - August 1, 2015 in Wacken, Germany. Also scheduled to appear at the event is TRANS-SIBERIA...

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EMMURE's FRANK PALMERI Interviewed By SofaKingCoolOnline.com (Video)

SofaKingCoolOnline.com conducted an interview with vocalist Frank Palmeri of the Queens, New York-based deathcore act EMMURE at a recent stop on the Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival. You can now watch the chat below. EMMURE's seventh full-length album, "Eternal Enemies", was released on April 1...

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SABATON's 'Heroes' Certified Gold In Sweden

"Heroes", the latest album from Swedish metallers SABATON, was recently certified gold in the group's home country for sales in excess of 20,000 copies. The band states: "With 'Carolus Rex', it took until middle of September until it reached gold, and now 'Heroes' has achieved the same status in muc...

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SWEET/LYNCH Featuring MICHAEL SWEET, GEORGE LYNCH: Two New Videos, EPK Shot

SWEET/LYNCH — the new band featuring guitarist/vocalist Michael Sweet of Christian hard rockers STRYPER, legendary guitarist George Lynch (T&N, DOKKEN, LYNCH MOB),bassist James Lomenzo (MEGADETH, WHITE LION, BLACK LABEL SOCIETY) and drummer Brian Tichy (S.U.N., WHITESNAKE) — has just finished f...

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FOZZY's 'Do You Wanna Start A War' Lands At No. 54 On BILLBOARD Chart

"Do You Wanna Start A War", the new album from FOZZY — the band featuring WWE wrestling superstar Chris Jericho alongside members of STUCK MOJO — sold around 5,600 copies in the United States in its first week of release to debut at position No. 54 on the Billboard 200 chart. FOZZY's previous CD, "S...

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FREHLEY To STANLEY And SIMMONS: If You Keep Bad-Mouthing Me, No One's Gonna Show Up At Your Tour This Summer

During a brand new interview with Guitar World magazine, original KISS guitarist Ace Frehley was asked why he thinks his former bandmates Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley are always so quick to disparage him publicly. "I don't know," he replied. "I think they're just cranky. "For years, when I was fuck...

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PAUL STANLEY Says GENE SIMMONS Is 'Clearly Irreplaceable' As Member Of KISS

KISS guitarist/vocalist Paul Stanley spoke to the Austin American-Statesman about the intraband tensions that ultimately resulted in the group's original guitarist, Ace Fehley, and drummer, Peter Criss, becoming permanently replaced by Tommy Thayer and Eric Singer, respectively. "We were on the path...

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MACHINE HEAD To Tour North America With CHILDREN OF BODOM, EPICA, BATTLECROSS

San Francisco Bay Area metallers MACHINE HEAD will embark on a 21-show North American tour in the fall. Support on the trek will come from Finnish heavy metal powerhouse CHILDREN OF BODOM, Dutch symphonic metallers EPICA and American melodic death/thrash openers BATTLECROSS. The tour launches on Oct...