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IN FLAMES Win 'Best Rock/Metal Album' Award At Sweden's P3 GULD
Sweden's IN FLAMES won the "P3 Guld" award from radio station P3 in the "Best Rock/Metal Album Of The Year" category (for their 2004 release "Soundtrack to Your Escape"). Other nominees in the "Rock/Metal" category included NASUM (for "Shift"),THE HIVES (for "Tyrannosaurus Hives"),THE HAUNTED (for...January 23, 2005
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TED NUGENT: SCOTT WEILAND's Dream Is To Be A Liberal Hippie Puke Dog
Ted Nugent recently spoke to Lisa Frydman of the Chicago Sun-Times about his recent Persian Gulf tour with country artist Toby Keith and his conservative politics, among other topics. A couple of excerpts from the interview follow: On his recent Persian Gulf tour with Keith: Ted Nugent: "The tour wa...January 21, 2005
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SCOTT WEILAND: 'My Family's Love Has Allowed Me To Write Music Again'
VELVET REVOLVER frontman Scott Weiland was recently interviewed for the "Weekend" section of the Los Angeles Times. The article, which was published in today's (Jan. 20) edition of the paper, features Weiland talking about his favorite way to spend a weekend with the family. Scott Weiland: "On Frida...January 20, 2005
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VELVET REVOLVER To Guest On 'Tears In Heaven' Cover
Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne officially announced Monday (Jan. 17) their plans to record a cover of ERIC CLAPTON's "Tears in Heaven" to benefit storm recovery efforts, according to MTV.com. VELVET REVOLVER, AEROSMITH's Steven Tyler, Ozzy and Kelly Osbourne are among the artists lending their voices to t...January 18, 2005
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THE HAUNTED: 'rEVOLVEr' Voted Album Of The Year By Swedish Radio
According to a posting on the group's official web site, THE HAUNTED were announced as winner of Swedish national radio show "P3 Rock"'s annual "Best Album" poll for 2004. The poll is determined by "P3 Rock" listeners, who cast their votes for the best rock album of the year. "P3 Rock"'s Top Albums...January 18, 2005
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VELVET REVOLVER: DUFF And SLASH To Co-Host 'Rock Show' Tonight
VELVET REVOLVER/ex-GUNS N' ROSES members Duff McKagan (bass) and Slash (guitar) will co-present the "Rock Show" on BBC Radio 1 Tuesday night (Jan. 18) between 1:00 a.m. and 3:00 a.m. (London time). More information is available at BBC.co.uk. ...January 18, 2005
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SLASH, AC/DC, METALLICA Sign Guitar To Benefit Pediatric Kidney Research
Slash (VELVET REVOLVER, ex-GUNS N' ROSES),AC/DC and METALLICA have recently signed custom Ernie Ball Axis Super Sport guitars to benefit pediatric kidney research at the UCLA Mattel Children's Hospital. Each guitar will be auctioned through eBay where all proceeds will be donated to the Casey Lee B...January 17, 2005
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VELVET REVOLVER To Begin Putting Together Ideas For New Album In The Fall
VELVET REVOLVER guitarist Slash has told Rolling Stone magazine that the group are planning to get cracking on their second record in the fall. "As soon as we get off the road, we want to start getting the next record done and get it out," he said. "We don't want to lose momentum." The band ...January 14, 2005
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SLASH On Leaving GUNS N' ROSES: 'I Didn't Wanna Go Down With The Sinking Ship'
ContactMusic.com is reporting that guitarist Slash credits his humble approach to GUNS N' ROSES' phenomenal success with maintaining his "cool" image. The guitarist refused to let his former group's adoring fans turn him into the egotistical star frontman Axl Rose ultimately became. And Slash is con...January 14, 2005
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NAPALM DEATH, THE HAUNTED, HEAVEN SHALL BURN To Release Single For Tsunami Relief
NAPALM DEATH, THE HAUNTED and HEAVEN SHALL BURN have teamed up to release a charity single to raise money to help the victims of the tsunami. For this very special occasion, NAPALM DEATH donated the brand-new track "The Great and the Good", featuring former DEAD KENNEDYS frontman Jello Biafra on gue...January 13, 2005
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RAUNCHY: New Album Will Be 'Brutal, Melodic, Fresh, And A Fucking Heavy Monster'
Danish metallers RAUNCHY have posted the following message on their web site: "We are back in business and have started to rehearse again (damn great!). Things are starting to shape and so far we have 8 songs. "In the next months we're going to do some pre-recordings in our rehearsal room where we w...January 12, 2005
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BIOMECHANICAL: New Album To Be Mixed By ANDY SNEAP
U.K. progressive epic thrash metallers BIOMECHANICAL have confirmed that legendary knob-tweaker Andy Sneap (EXODUS, OPETH, ARCH ENEMY, NEVERMORE) will be mixing the group's sophomore album, "Empires of the World". "He was the band's first choice and luckily, Andy, having an unexpected gap in his sch...January 10, 2005
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SCOTT WEILAND, JERRY CANTRELL Jam With CAMP FREDDY In Las Vegas: Photos Available
Scott Weiland (VELVET REVOLVER, ex-STONE TEMPLE PILOTS),Jerry Cantrell (ex-ALICE IN CHAINS),Billy Duffy (ex-THE CULT) and Joan Jett were among the special guests during CAMP FREDDY's set Wednesday (Jan. 5) in Las Vegas at a release party for Sony's forthcoming PSP portable game system. Pictures fr...January 8, 2005
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SLASH Says That 'Dirty Little Thing' Is VELVET REVOLVER's Oldest Single
VELVET REVOLVER guitarist Slash recently revealed to Launch Radio Networks that "Dirty Little Thing", the third single from their platinum debut album, "Contraband", holds an interesting place in the band's brief history. "It's the only song on the record that was written even before (guitarist) Dav...January 7, 2005
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SLASH Auctioning Guitar To Raise Money For Tsunami Victims
According to Gigwise.com, legendary GUNS N' ROSES guitarist Slash is auctioning a guitar to raise money for the Tsunami Earthquake Appeal. Slash, who is now part of the rock collective VELVET REVOLVER, has donated the signed Gibson Les Paul to The Sun's appeal. The paper is selling a host of items t...January 7, 2005
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