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AEROSMITH Guitarist Still Wondering About The End

Launch Radio Networks reports: AEROSMITH has gone through a lot this year, and guitarist Joe Perry understands that the ride could be coming to an end. It was hard enough dealing with frontman Steven Tyler's throat surgery back in the spring, but bassist Tom Hamilton's fight with throat cancer reall...

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CRUMBSUCKERS Recruit PRO-PAIN Drummer For European Tour

Legendary New York hardcore/metal act CRUMBSUCKERS has reportedly recruited PRO-PAIN drummer J.C. Dwyer to sit behind the kit for its upcoming European tour, which is scheduled to kick off in early February. Dwyer will be filling in for regular CRUMBSUCKERS drummer Dan Richardson, who is unable to m...

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CRUMBSUCKERS: More European Tour Details Revealed

Legendary New York hardcore/metal act CRUMBSUCKERS will tour Europe in February along with guests THE ACCUSED, EXTREME NOISE TERROR and DRILLER KILLER. The first confirmed dates for the trek are as follows (remaining cities and venues will be announced later): CRUMBSUCKERS and THE ACCUSED: Feb. 05 -...

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CELTIC FROST Frontman: 'We Started From Nothing And All We Had Was What Was Inside Us'

The Associated Press recently conducted an interview with CELTIC FROST bassist Martin Eric Ain and frontman Tom Gabriel Fischer. A few excerpts from the chat follow: On the band's comeback album, "Monotheist", which took four years to make: Ain: "It wasn't only four years of writing the songs and re...

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YNGWIE MALMSTEEN Drummer's KINLIN Confirmed For 93 ROCK CHRISTMAS KHAOS

KINLIN, the new Florida-based band featuring YNGWIE MALMSTEEN drummer and acclaimed session musician Patrick Johansson along with former members of 5SKIN, has been confirmed for the 93 Rock Christmas Khaos, set to take place Saturday, November 25, 2006 at Bayfront Park in Miami, Florida. Also schedu...

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TOM GABRIEL FISCHER: 'Playing With CELTIC FROST Is An Utterly Self-Destructive Curse'

CELTIC FROST frontman Tom Gabriel Fischer has posted the following message on his official blog: "Whether enduring or permanently shattered, CELTIC FROST is synonymous with what is labeled 'my life.' Not an instant, not once, where the deeper implications, spiritual and otherwise, of CELTIC FROST's...

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Report: No Charges Yet For Hardcore Band SET IT STRAIGHT

Lauren Brooks of Redding.com reports that Shasta County District Attorney Jerry Benito declined Monday (Nov. 20) to issue a complaint against seven people arrested at Caldwell Park in Redding, California five weeks ago — including members of the Redding, California hardcore band SET IT STRAIGHT — af...

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ANDREW DICE CLAY: GENE SIMMONS 'Looks Like He's Wearing A Coyote On His Head'

Comedian Andrew Dice Clay has slammed KISS bassist/vocalist Gene Simmons for allegedly refusing to fund his movie project, calling Gene "an asshole of a human" with a "shit reality show" and stating that Simmons "looks like he's wearing a coyote on his head." Watch a one-and-a-half-minute clip of An...

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MIKE PATTON: New Video Interview Available

A video interview with former FAITH NO MORE and current PEEPING TOM frontman Mike Patton, conducted earlier in the month by Holland's Toazted.com, has been posted online at this location. In a recent interview with U.K. magazine Rock-A-Rolla (web site),former FAITH NORE MORE frontman Mike Patton sa...

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OBITUARY Frontman: 'Mexico Was A Blast!'

OBITUARY frontman John Tardy has posted the following message on the band's official web site: "This [past] weekend at the Monterrey Metal Fest in Mexico was a blast! We really appreciate all of our Mexican fans that came out, they really showed us a good time and anytime we get to hang out with our...

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ROLLINS BAND Reissues In The Works

Punk rock icon Henry Rollins has issued the following update: "Hello folks. It's November and it's been awhile since I have done a newsletter. This was a long year with a lot of work and I hope that next year will be just as busy. "We have started work on the next season of the ...

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STEVE HARRIS' Daughter Added To Remainder Of IRON MAIDEN's European Tour

IRON MAIDEN bassist Steve Harris' daughter Lauren Harris and her band have been added to MAIDEN's European tour for all dates from and including Den Bosch, Holland on November 26 through to the two nights at Earl's Court, London December 22-23. Says manager Rod Smallwood: "Lauren supported MAIDEN in...

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EVERGREY, SHADOW GALLERY Singers To Guest On NEVERLAND Debut

Singers Tom Englund (EVERGREY) and Mike Baker (SHADOW GALLERY) will guest on the debut album from NEVERLAND, entitled "Reversing Time". NEVERLAND is the ambitious project of Greek female singer Iris Mavraki and Turkish prog/power metal act DREAMTONE. "Reversing Time", consisting of compositions and...

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Between Two Worlds

How appropriate that this debut album from Abbath's I is called "Between Two Worlds". It is in a fact a fusing of the mammoth black metal anthems of the mighty IMMORTAL and a pronounced rock 'n' groove component that borrows from the likes of MOTÖRHEAD. However, "I" does not mimic the blackened rock...

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Burden of Truth

Zachary Stevens has truly made something special with CIRCLE II CIRCLE. After two beautifully melodic and passionate albums in "Watching in Silence" and "The Middle of Nowhere", the gifted vocalist and songwriter has created his masterwork with "Burden of Truth". Stevens' concept album is inspired b...