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TRACII GUNS Says AXL ROSE Needs 'A Solid Music Partner'

Ugly Phil of Australia's long-running rock station Triple M spoke to L.A. GUNS guitarist Tracii Guns about the recent antics of GUNS N' ROSES frontman Axl Rose, a former bandmate of Tracii's in the pre-GN'R outfit HOLLYWOOD ROSE and the very early days of GUNS N' ROSES. "I kind of equate Axl almost...

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OZZY OSBOURNE Championing Birmingham's New Hospital

According to BirminghamMail.net, Ozzy Osbourne is among the homegrown talent representing each of four names shortlisted by bosses for a new £484 million hospital in Birmingham, England. A staggering 682 public suggestions were made for a vitally important building at Grove Lane, Smethwick, includin...

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THE CULT's New 'Capsule' To Arrive This Month

According to a posting on THE CULT's official Twitter profile, the band's previously announced four-song "capsule" — which is described as a collection of not just new music, but film, art and fashion — will arrive on September 14. The "capsule" will span across multiple media formats, including vin...

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Former AEROSMITH Guitarist Announces New Project

Jimmy Crespo may be best known as the guitarist who replaced Joe Perry in AEROSMITH from 1979 to 1984. Crespo appeared on the "Night In The Ruts" album and co-wrote the majority of songs on 1982's "Rock In A Hard Place", performing almost all the guitar duties on the LP. After years of performing wi...

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MEGADETH Drummer, TESTAMENT Frontman Talk About Touring Together, Thrash Metal Scene

Roadrunner Records conducted an interview with MEGADETH drummer Shawn Drover and TESTAMENT frontman Chuck Billy when the two bands played New Jersey last month as part of the "American Carnage" tour with SLAYER. The guys talked about their current tour and their first-ever meeting and shared their v...

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CRYPTOPSY, Ex-MORBID ANGEL, MAYHEM Members On NADER SADEK's Album; Release Date Announced

New York-based, Egyptian-born visual artist Nader Sadek has announced his collaboration with Steve Tucker (MORBID ANGEL),Rune Erickson (MAYHEM, AVA INFERI),and Flo Mounier (CRYPTOPSY) for the upcoming full-length album, "Nader Sadek: In The Flesh", to be released on January 11 via newly launched G...

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No Reality TV On The Horizon For SAMMY HAGAR

CHICKENFOOT/ex-VAN HALEN frontman Sammy Hagar and his band THE WABOS just finished up a run of dates opening up for AEROSMITH on Thursday night (September 2) in Cincinnati. While Hagar says that he and AEROSMITH singer Steven Tyler have been friends for over 30 years, Hagar told The Pulse of Radio y...

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JANE'S ADDICTION, RATT, DREAM THEATER Drummers Added To 'Bonzo: The Groove Remains The Same'

Stephen Perkins (JANE'S ADDICTION),Abe Laboriel (PAUL MCCARTNEY) and Bobby Blotzer (RATT) have been added to the list of performers honoring late LED ZEPPELIN drummer John Bonham at a special concert at the Key Club in Hollywood, California. September 25, 2010, marks the 30th anniversary of the pas...

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TRAP THEM To Enter Studio Next Week

On Monday, Seattle's TRAP THEM will convene in Salem, Massachusetts at Godcity Studio with producer Kurt Ballou (CONVERGE, DISFEAR, BLACK BREATH) to commence recording its Prosthetic Records' debut (and third full-length album overall). This will be the band's first album to feature drummer Chris Ma...

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MUSTAINE: I Have A Hard Time Saying I'm Christian Because So Many Christians Are Hypocrites

Sean McCourt of San Francisco Bay Guardian recently conducted an interview with MEGADETH mainman Dave Mustaine. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. On his newly published autobiography, "Mustaine: A Heavy Metal Memoir": "I'm very excited about it, because when I initially set out to wri...

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THE CULT Guitarist Interviewed On PLANET ROCK (Audio)

On August 20, THE CULT guitarist Billy Duffy was interviewed on the U.K.'s leading classic rock radio station Planet Rock. You can now listen to the chat using the Soundcloud player below. THE CULT's first new studio recording since 2007, "Every Man and Woman is a Star" was released as a two-week ex...

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CANCER BATS: 'Dead Wrong' Video Available

"Dead Wrong", the new video from the Canadian punk/metal/hardcore band CANCER BATS, can be viewed below. The song comes off the group's third studio album, "Bears, Mayors, Scraps & Bones", which sold around 600 copies in the United States in its first week of release. The CD landed at position N...

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EVAN SEINFELD: BLABBERMOUTH.NET Is 'Lamest, Weakest, Pussiest Web Site In Entire Music Genre'

Chris Harris of Gun Shy Assassin has posted some of the "leftover" quotes from his recent interview with vocalist/bassist-turned-porn-actor Evan Seinfeld (BIOHAZARD). Towards the end of the interview, Evan started talking about haters — people who either hate his band or the fact that he gets to bon...

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MLB Pitcher RANDY JOHNSON Photographs MEGADETH In Phoenix

Former Major League Baseball starting pitcher Randy Johnson traded in his baseball glove for a camera at MEGADETH's show at the Dodge Theatre in Phoenix, Arizona last Friday night (August 27). Johnson — one of the most dominant pitchers of his generation — was a special guest of MEGADETH at the "Ame...

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SMASHING PUMPKINS: New Video Interview With BILLY CORGAN

Darren of 98.7 FM conducted an interview with Billy Corgae of SMASHING PUMPKINS at the Viper Room in West Hollywood, California during this weekend's Sunset Strip Music Festival (SSMF). You can now watch the chat below. According to The Pulse of Radio, SMASHING PUMPKINS will likely take four years —...