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Reunited Bay Area Thrashers DEFIANCE Seek Session Drummer

Reunited San Francisco Bay Area thrashers DEFIANCE are currently looking for a drummer to join the group in the studio for some session work this summer. "While we would really like Matt [Vander Ende] to continue to work with us, it is looking more and more like we need to recruit a local talent for...
April 14, 2005
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DAVE NAVARRO Finishing Up Guitar Tracks For CAMP FREDDY Debut

Guitarist Dave Navarro (ex-JANE'S ADDICTION, RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS) is in the process of finishing up his guitar parts for the upcoming CAMP FREDDY full-length debut with producer Mike Clink (GUNS N' ROSES, METALLICA). "The album is coming along, slowly but surely," Navarro writes on his web site. "...
April 13, 2005
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MUDVAYNE: 'Lost And Found' On Track To Sell 100,000 Copies In First Week Of Release

MUDVAYNE's "Lost and Found" is on track to sell around 100,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release, according to Hits Daily Double. The follow-up to 2002's gold-certified "The End of All Things to Come", "Lost and Found" was recorded at The Plant studio in Sausalito, California...
April 12, 2005
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VELVET REVOLVER: 'Leno' Performance Of 'Dirty Little Thing' Posted Online

VELVET REVOLVER fan site Velvet-Revolver.com has uploaded video footage of the band performing their latest single, "Dirty Little Thing", on "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" on Thursday (April 7). Check it out at this location. VELVET REVOLVER resume the Electric Wonderland tour on April 12 in Chula...
April 10, 2005
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Asylum of the Human Predator

Germany's Lifeforce Records has been on a roll this past year or so, quickly becoming one of the world's premier metalcore labels. Lifeforce has released a slew of quality albums by bands like CIPHER SYSTEM, DEADSOIL, BY NIGHT, and HEROD. If you can't get enough of groups that love to mix hardcore w...
April 10, 2005
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DAVE MUSTAINE: 'This Has By Far Been One Of The Best Trips To Japan'

MEGADETH mainman Dave Mustaine has checked in from Japan, where the group are currently touring in support of their latest release, "The System Has Failed": "This has by far been one of the best trips to Japan that I have done ever regarding seeing old friends. Nori, and Kaori met us in Fukuoka and...
April 8, 2005
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CAMP FREDDY To Celebrate Hard Rock Casino's 10th Birthday

CAMP FREDDY, the Los Angeles-based "jam" band consisting of JANE'S ADDICTION guitarist Dave Navarro, former THE CULT touring bassist Billy Morrison (on guitar),VELVET REVOLVER/ex-GUNS N' ROSES drummer Matt Sorum, and singer Donovan Leitch (the son of 1960s U.K. folk-rock icon Donovan),have been in...
April 8, 2005
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DREAM THEATER Drummer's BEATLES 'Cover Band' Comes To DVD

Neal Morse's (ex-SPOCK'S BEARD) web site has been updated with the following message: "YELLOW MATTER CUSTARD (Mike Portnoy, Neal Morse, Paul Gilbert and Matt Bissonette) has been captured on DVD. Very cool. It's been Mike Portnoy's dream all his life to be in a BEATLES cover band. (Who would've ever...
April 8, 2005
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VELVET REVOLVER To Perform 'Dirty Little Thing' On 'The Tonight Show With Jay Leno'

VELVET REVOLVER will perform their new single, "Dirty Little Thing", from their platinum-selling debut, "Contraband", on Thursday (April 7) on "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno". In other news, VELVET REVOLVER bassist Duff McKagan told the North County Times about a recent interview when a journalist...
April 7, 2005
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VELVET REVOLVER Drummer 'Not Affected' By Jump To Arenas

Launch Radio Networks reports: VELVET REVOLVER drummer Matt Sorum said there's been little adjustment needed in making the jump from clubs and theatres to arena-sized venues on the band's current Electric Wonderland tour. "The stage is a little bigger, but it feels pretty much the same to me," he sa...
April 6, 2005
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MATT SORUM Says VELVET REVOLVER Didn't Want To Release 'Dirty Little Thing' As Single

Launch Radio Networks reports: VELVET REVOLVER has a dirty little secret about its latest single, "Dirty Little Thing": the group members didn't want to release it as a single. In fact, the song's video, which depicts a train flying through the world and picking up people, was conceived for "Sucker...
April 4, 2005
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It's Official: MUDVAYNE To Fill 'Mystery Band' Slot On OZZFEST's Main Stage

After several weeks of rumors and speculation, MUDVAYNE have been officially announced the "mystery band" on Ozzfest 2005's main stage, according to Ozzfest.com. The festival billing is now shaping up as follows: Main Stage: BLACK SABBATH IRON MAIDEN MUDVAYNE SHADOWS FALL BLACK LABEL SOCIETY Second...
April 4, 2005
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MOONSTONE: More Audio Samples Posted Online

MOONSTONE, the project of Italian guitarist Matteo Filippini, has posted several new samples from the upcoming CD at the official web site, www.moonstone.it. Described as "genuine British-oriented '70s classic rock," not a million miles removed from the likes of FREE, JIMI HENDRIX and DEEP PURPLE, t...
April 2, 2005
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EYES OF FIRE Complete Work On New Album; Wrap Up Successful U.S. Tour

Orange County-based quintet EYES OF FIRE have just completed work on their as-yet-untitled highly anticipated sophomore album, currently set for a late summer release via Century Media Records. The recent additions of keyboardist Pete Traux and drummer Nicky Bernardi helped them become a more dynami...
April 1, 2005
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MATT SORUM Says VELVET REVOLVER Will Play Last Ten OZZFEST Dates

Launch Radio Networks is reporting that VELVET REVOLVER has firmed up plans to be part of this year's Ozzfest tour. Drummer Matt Sorum said the group will play 10 Ozzfest dates, commencing on August 16 in West Valley City, Utah. The last seven dates will be in lieu of IRON MAIDEN, which drops off th...
April 1, 2005