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BLACK SABBATH Drummer's Tenth Audio Diary Entry Available
BLACK SABBATH drummer Bill Ward's official web site has been updated with the tenth entry in his audio diary series. This new edition, totaling 20:22 in length, covers several topics, some of which are: * Details about the special Christmas episode of his "Rock 50" radio show * A few thoughts on the...November 8, 2005
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BRIDES OF DESTRUCTION's TRACII GUNS: 'AXL ROSE Is A F*cking Nut'
Greg Wallace of Arbiter Online recently conducted an interview with BRIDES OF DESTRUCTION/ex-L.A. GUNS guitarist Tracii Guns. A few excerpts from the chat follow: Arbiter Online: The press release says Nikki Sixx left the BRIDES OF DESTRUCTION to reform MÖTLEY CRÜE. I have heard of other tensions wi...November 7, 2005
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CANDLEMASS Catalog To Be Released Via CANDLELIGHT
Candlelight Records has confirmed the U.S. license for six back-catalog titles from Swedish doom legends CANDLEMASS. Set for release in February, the titles include four currently unavailable albums, a live record and the band's CD/DVD collection. Due February 7, "Epicus Doomicus Metallicus" stands...October 31, 2005
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Victims of Science
When this album came out in 1990, on the tiny Wild Rags label, founder Richard C. was on a one-man crusade to uphold vinyl and cassettes, and compact discs be damned. (We see how well that worked out, both for vinyl and for Wild Rags.) As a result, promising bands like HELLWITCH, ARCANE and GAMMACID...October 31, 2005
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Each Breath Haunted
Not every hardcore kid in 2005 is wearing thrift-store Alf t-shirts and pouting his way through hackneyed radio choruses. Consider THE BANNER, a collective so toxic and wrong, they could only be from New Jersey. Their hardcore is of the old-school, east-coast, punk-derived variety, and it encompasse...October 31, 2005
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Pictures from the Hotel Apocalypse
The bizarre, disturbing pictures of a bloody and desperate hotel room scene in the CD booklet; song titles like "Lactating Teens" and "Quid Pro Quo Motherfucker" that belie the deep lyrical tirades; arrangements that fuse order with chaos, this is "Pictures from the Hotel Apocalypse". And it is quin...October 23, 2005
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NIGHTWISH Part Ways With Singer TARJA TURUNEN, Vow To Carry On
NIGHTWISH mainman Tuomas Holopainen (keyboards) has issued the following "open letter" to the group's singer, Tarja Turunen: "Dear Tarja, "It's time to choose whether the story of NIGHTWISH ends here or whether it will still continue an undetermined period of time. We've been working with this creat...October 22, 2005
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MINISTRY: New Album To Feature PRONG's TOMMY VICTOR, KILLING JOKE's PAUL RAVEN
MINISTRY mainman Al Jourgensen has announced more details about his 13th Planet label, the new home of MINISTRY and Al's other band, REVOLTING COCKS. The imprint/boutique label is a joint venture with Megaforce Records for the U.S. and Canadian markets, distributed through Sony/RED. Missi Callazzo,...October 19, 2005
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MOTÖRHEAD's LEMMY On Women, Having Kids, Education And Drugs
Fiona Sturges of the U.K.'s The Independent recently conducted an interview with MOTÖRHEAD frontman Ian "Lemmy" Kilmister. Several excerpts from the chat follow: On having lived in Los Angeles for the past 15 years: "Home is in here [tapping his temple]. Where you live is just a geographical prefere...October 15, 2005
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Former GORGUTS Members Resurface In NEGATIVA
Former GORGUTS members Steeve Hurdle (guitar, vocals; also ex-PURULENCE) and Luc Lemay (guitar, vocals) have joined forces in a new project called NEGATIVA, The band, whose lineup is completed by Dominic Lapointe (QUO VADIS, AUGURY, ATHERETIC) on bass and Etienne Gallo (AUGURY) on drums, will be ent...October 14, 2005
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Chronicles of Love and Hate
Another 'not ready for prime time' local band given a leg up to the national stage, when their music, production, packaging, and overall presentation is better suited to the bush leagues. BULLISTIC are one of those GODSMACK-derived, blue-collar, battle-of-the-bands-winning groups that populate every...October 12, 2005
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A PERFECT CIRCLE Guitarist Completes Work On Soundtrack, Ponders The Future
According to a posting at APerfectCircle.net, A PERFECT CIRCLE guitarist Billy Howerdel recently completed the soundtrack for the video game Jak X: Combat Racing, due out October 18 for PlayStation 2 from Naughty Dog Software. Gamespy has posted an interview with Billy discussing the project at this...October 10, 2005
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NINE INCH NAILS Recruit A PERFECT CIRCLE Drummer
According to MJI Interactive, Jerome Dillon was back in NINE INCH NAILS' lineup Saturday night (Oct. 1) in Los Angeles after the band was forced to postpone its Friday show in Oakland, Calif., because of the drummer's struggle with a heart condition. A PERFECT CIRCLE stickman Josh Freese had been re...October 4, 2005
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STATUS QUO Guitarist Misses Days Of Collective Masturbation
ContactMusic.com is reporting that STATUS QUO guitarist Rick Parfitt misses the days when the entire band use to masturbate together on one big bed — as it formed a special camaraderie between the rockers. Parfitt insists collective episodes of self-pleasuring was de rigeur in the 1970s, although he...October 3, 2005
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GREAT WHITE Fire: Owners of Station Nightclub Announce Bankruptcy Filing
The Associated Press has issued the following report: The owners of a nightclub where 100 people died in a 2003 fire announced Friday (Sept. 23) that they and their company, DERCO LLC, have filed for bankruptcy. Jeffrey and Michael Derderian, owners of The Station nightclub in West Warwick, said in...September 23, 2005
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