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Vancouver Police Cited In GUNS N' ROSES Riot

Amy O'Brian of the Vancouver Sun reports that at least two Vancouver Police officers appeared to use "unnecessary and excessive" force during the GUNS N' ROSES riot last fall, the police complaint commissioner said Friday (October 10). Commissioner Dirk Ryneveld made the statement in a written notic...
October 11, 2003
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MÖTLEY CRÜE Singer Brings Charity Tournament To Las Vegas

MÖTLEY CRÜE frontman Vince Neil is again hosting the Skylar Neil Memorial Golf Tournament, but this year it moves from Malibu, California to Las Vegas, Nevada. "You are not going to want to miss a minute of this," Neil, a Las Vegas resident, told the Las Vegas Sun. In 1995 Neil lost his daughter, Sk...
October 10, 2003
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AMARAN Line Up Dutch Dates With SUN CAGED

Sweden's AMARAN have lined up several gigs in Holland with Dutch progressive metallers SUN CAGED. Tentative dates are as follows: Nov. 21 – Goudvishal – Arnhem, NETH Nov. 22 - TBA Nov. 23 – 013 – Tilburg, NETH The shows will mark AMARAN's first gigs on foreign soil. AMARAN's sophomore album, "Pristi...
October 4, 2003
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RUSH: Live Version Of 'Working Man' Posted Online

A live version of RUSH's "Working Man", the first single from the group's forthcoming "Rush In Rio" CD, has been posted online in streaming audio at this location. As previously reported, the "Rush in Rio" CD/DVD sets — both of which are scheduled to arrive in stores on October 21 — chronicle a ...
October 3, 2003
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MASTERPLAN Vocalist To Release New Solo Album

Vocalist extraordinaire Jorn Lande (MASTERPLAN, ex-YNGWIE MALMSTEEN, VAGABOND) is hard at work on his third solo album, "Out To Every Nation", tentatively due in early 2004 through AFM Records. Joining Lande (silly video) in the recording lineup for the new effort are bassist Magnus Rosèn (HAMMERFAL...
October 1, 2003
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PRIMAL FEAR Set North American Release Date For DVD

German power metallers PRIMAL FEAR have set November 4 as the North American release date for their long-awaited DVD, "The History Of Fear". As previously reported, the disc features the group's full Wacken 2001 performance, an October 2002 show filmed in Stuttgart, Germany on the "Black Sun" tour,...
October 1, 2003
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KATAKLYSM Cancel Remainder Of North American Tour

Canadian death metallers KATAKLYSM have announced that they have cancelled the remainder of their North American tour. The affected shows include those in Philadelphia, New York, Providence, Springfield and Quebec City. "The band has decided to return home a little earlier so they can use the extra...
September 28, 2003
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NIGHTWISH: Limited-Edition Pressing Of DVD To Include Live Audio CD

A limited-edition version of NIGHTWISH's forthcoming DVD, "End Of Innocence", will feature a bonus audio CD, "Nightwish: Live At Summer Breeze 2002". The complete details for "Nightwish: Live At Summer Breeze 2002" are as follows: 01. End Of All Hope 02. Dead To The World 03. 10th Man Down 04. Slayi...
September 26, 2003
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Heavy Metal Music Linked To Teenage Depression

Michelle Mark of Calgary Sun reports that a new study on heavy metal or hard rock music and depression shows teens who listen to those genres of tunes are more likely to be singing the blues. "Metal music often conveys images (for example) of death and violence," said University of Montreal psycholo...
September 18, 2003
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SUN CAGED: Full-Length MP3 Available For Download

Dutch progressive metallers SUN CAGED, who feature in their ranks STAR ONE keyboardist Joost van den Broek, have posted a full-length MP3 of the track "Hollow" at this location. "Hollow" comes off the group's self-titled debut album, due on October 22 through Finland's Lion Music. "Sun Caged" was mi...
September 17, 2003
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'MTV2 Headbanger's Ball' CD Track Listing Announced

The complete track listing has been announced for the first-ever "MTV2 Headbanger's Ball" album, due on October 7 through Roadrunner Records. The "MTV2 Headbanger's Ball" album will feature 40 tracks on 2 CDs for the cost of just one. The first disc will feature "unit movers" from the hard rock scen...
September 16, 2003
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MÖTLEY CRÜE Singer Slams RIAA For Lawsuits Against Downloaders

MÖTLEY CRÜE frontman Vince Neil has taken the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) to task for launching — and later quietly settling — a lawsuit against 12-year-old Brianna Lahara for illegally downloading more than 1,000 songs off the Internet. "I just think it's terrible these big com...
September 14, 2003
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Review: AEROSMITH Trumps KISS In A Battle Of '70s Bands

Sean Piccoli of South Florida's Sun-Sentinel reports that "AEROSMITH and KISS, rock bands formed in the 1970s, both had something saved up for a boisterous double bill on Friday night [September 12] at Sound Advice Amphitheatre west of West Palm Beach. "The anti-aging potions reserved to rock stars...
September 14, 2003
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No Hope For GREAT WHITE Gig In Massachusetts

Jeanne M. Rideout of the Holbrook Sun reports that "mounting criticism from the enraged relatives of victims killed in The Station inferno — and a request from Mayor David Madden — caused [GREAT WHITE] to cancel a controversial gig in a Route 18 club in South Weymouth [Massachusetts] on Sept. 26. "T...
September 14, 2003
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VINCE NEIL Says He Doesn't Want To Do MÖTLEY CRÜE Reunion Tour, Comments On Brothel Incident

MÖTLEY CRÜE frontman Vince Neil has dismissed rumors of an impending reunion tour with his old bandmates, telling the Edmonton Sun in a brand-new interview that "I have no relationship with those guys. Nikki [Sixx]'s trying to get everyone back together. Tommy [Lee]'s already agreed to do it, Mick [...
September 12, 2003