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Y&T: 'Black Tiger' And 'Mean Streak' To Be Reissued With Bonus Tracks

Legendary California hard rockers Y&T will be re-releasing their classic "Black Tiger" (1982) and "Mean Streak" (1983) albums with bonus tracks in January. "These CDs were carefully digitally re-mastered at a high sampling rate directly from the 1/2" analog master tape," reads a posting on mainm...

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Former DAMAGEPLAN Frontman Reports On THE MERCY CLINIC's Live Debut

Former DAMAGEPLAN and current THE MERCY CLINIC frontman Patrick Lachman has issued the following report from THE MERCY CLINIC's shows over the weekend as the support act for BLACK LABEL SOCIETY and BRAND NEW SIN: "Well, we fuckin did it. We got out of the garage and made it official. What a way to s...

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Former FEMME FATALE Guitarist Dies Of Heart Attack

According to a posting on Full In Bloom Music, former FEMME FATALE guitarist Bill D'Angelo has passed away due to a heart attack. No further information is currently available. In a recent interview with Full In Bloom Music, FEMME FATALE frontwoman Lorraine Lewis spoke about the group's brief run in...

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Shots Fired At POISON Singer BRET MICHAELS

The Associated Press is reporting that POISON singer Bret Michaels escaped serious injury after shots were fired at his tour bus last night (Nov. 21) in Chicopee, Massachusetts, his publicist confirmed. Michaels was in town to perform a rare, invitation-only acoustic show, when, prior to the show, s...

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Upstairs

You just don't hear a lot about bands from Trinidad and Tobago. These guys are out to change that, and they've got friends in their corner as diverse as KANSAS frontman Phil Ehart and BLACK SABBATH producer Jeff Glixman. They're also touring the U.S. right now with YNGWIE MALMSTEEN, an odd but inter...

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QUIET RIOT Bassist, VELVET REVOLVER Drummer Record Music For TV Show

QUIET RIOT bassist Chuck Wright was recently in the studio with VELVET REVOLVER drummer Matt Sorum and Lanny Cordola recording music for a new show called "Steel Dreams" (web site). "We created 43 minutes of music that day," says Wright. "It was very inspiring... No holds barred, musically... everyt...

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PHIL VARONE Talks About 'Waking Up Dead' Movie, Playing With SKID ROW

Dave Iozzia of Rock Is Life recently conducted an interview with former SKID ROW/SAIGON KICK drummer Phil Varone. A few excerpts from the question-and-session follow: Rock Is Life: Let's start off in 2005, where you are featured in the new documentary film "Waking Up Dead". In your words, give us a...

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Showtime

Put out a landmark recording like 1978's "Strangers in the Night" — considered by many to be one of the greatest live rock albums of all time — and you can pretty well kiss goodbye any chance of ever matching it with a future live album. Fortunately, a revamped UFO lineup that features long-timers P...

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Former WRATHCHILD Members Join Forces In New Project

Three members of '80s U.K. glam rock band WRATHCHILD are working on a new band, it was revealed in an interview conducted by Rockdetector.com with former singer Rocky Shades. It appears that bassist Marc Angel, drummer Eddie Starr and guitarist Phil Volkins have assembled a new, as-yet-unnamed band...

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PHILIP ANSELMO To Undergo Back Surgery On Monday

Former PANTERA/current SUPERJOINT RITUAL frontman Philip Anselmo is scheduled to undergo back surgery on Monday, November 21. If all goes well, Anselmo will be in the hospital for no more than three days before being allowed to return home for a longer period of recuperation. In an interview with Ha...

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LIBERTY N' JUSTICE To Release 'All-Star' Album Via MTM MUSIC

MTM Music has announced the signing of Christian rockers LIBERTY N' JUSTICE. The group's new "all-star" album, "Soundtrack of a Soul", will be handled by MTM in Europe, while Avantage Records will be issuing the CD in Brazil. Due in February 2006, "Soundtrack of a Soul" features contributions from t...

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STAIND Frontman Gives Props To KORN's JONATHAN DAVIS

liveDaily recently conducted an interview with STAIND frontman Aaron Lewis. An excerpt from the chat follows: liveDaily: Where does your songwriting inspiration come from? Aaron Lewis: "What I talk about in the songs, I have a really hard time expressing that otherwise. I tend to stuff things down a...

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DRY KILL LOGIC: In Writing Mode

DRY KILL LOGIC will enter the studio in February with producers Eddie Wohl and Rob Caggiano (CRADLE OF FILTH, ANTHRAX) of Scrap 60 to begin recording their third album, tentatively due next spring. Commented DRY KILL LOGIC drummer Phil Arcuri: "Right now, we're back home in New York writing the new...

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GEORGE LYNCH: 'The Lost Anthology' To Surface Later In The Month

On November 29, Deadline Music will release "The Lost Anthology", the long awaited release by guitar god George Lynch. This two-CD set features a slew of rare recordings, some of which appear on this collection for the first time ever. Also included on this show stopping gem is an exclusive preview...

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DEF LEPPARD, KISS Donate Signed Items To Benefit Station Nightclub Fire Victims

DEF LEPPARD and KISS are among the artists that have donated signed items for an online charity auction with proceeds going to The Mimi Fishman Foundation, the Station nightclub fire victims and surviving family members, as well as the Delta Gamma Center for Children. The auction, which will run thr...