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Classic TESTAMENT Lineup Confirmed For Pennsylvania's LOUDER HARDER FASTER Festival
TESTAMENT's classic lineup of Chuck Billy (vocals),Eric Peterson (guitar),Alex Skolnick (guitar),Greg Christian (bass) and Louie Clemente (drums) has been confirmed for the Louder Harder Faster festival, set to take place June 3-5 at the Crocodile Rock Cafe in Allentown, Pennsylvania. The festiva...March 28, 2005
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VELVET REVOLVER To Guest On NBC's 'Tonight Show With Jay Leno'
According to RCA Records, VELVET REVOLVER will be the musical guests on NBC's "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" on Thursday, April 7. Non-musicial guests on the show include actress Brittany Murphy and comic Dave Attell. In other news, VELVET REVOLVER drummer Matt Sorum has posted the following entry...March 28, 2005
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JERRY CANTRELL, JOSH TODD Jam With CAMP FREDDY In California: Photos Available
Former ALICE IN CHAINS guitarist Jerry Cantrell and BUCKCHERRY frontman Josh Todd were among the special guests during CAMP FREDDY's performance at the Cadillac Presents Rock & Republic Fall 05 Fashion Show on March 19 at Sony Studios in Culver City, California. Check out pictures from Film Magi...March 27, 2005
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Former STONE TEMPLE PILOTS Drummer Laying Down Tracks For SPIRALARMS Debut
Former STONE TEMPLE PILOTS drummer Eric Kretz is laying down tracks for the debut album from SPIRALARMS, the new San Francisco Bay Area-based band featuring former members of SYSTEMATIC, MANMADEGOD and FORBIDDEN. While SPIRALARMS were recording the upcoming CD at Kretz's Bomb Shelter Studios in Los...March 25, 2005
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BILLY SHEEHAN: 'The Lift' Video Posted Online
Bassist Billy Sheehan's (DAVID LEE ROTH, MR. BIG) video for the track "The Lift" has been posted online at this location. "The Lift" comes off Sheehan's second solo album, "Cosmic Troubadour", available now on Favored Nations. Produced by Pat Regan, "Cosmic Troubadour" again sees Sheehan handling mu...March 25, 2005
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Former MEGADETH Guitarist MARTY FRIEDMAN To Appear On Japanese Variety Show
Former MEGADETH guitarist Marty Friedman will appear on the new Japanese weekly TV late-night variety show "Hebimetasan!" He will be a regular each week alongside model/idol Yoko Kumada and other guest stars. The debut episode of the program, which is being described as "an upbeat hard rock/heavy me...March 24, 2005
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Former KITTIE Bassist Comments On Her Departure
Former KITTIE bassist Jennifer Arroyo has commented on her departure from the group to focus on her other band, SUICIDE CITY (also featuring BIOHAZARD's Billy Graziadei). In an online posting, Jennifer wrote, "Yes, I left KITTIE. It was one of the hardest decisions I've ever had to make in my life,...March 24, 2005
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BLACK SABBATH Guitarist Rocks The Cure
According to Underecover News, BLACK SABBATH's Tony Iommi is the latest big-name musician to get involved with Rock The Cure, a fund and awareness-raising charity that aims to help collect money through the online auctioning of personalized celebrity-designed Gibson guitars. The cause? To raise mone...March 20, 2005
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Documentary Explores JIMI HENDRIX's Influence On Nashville
Tim Ghianni of Tennessean.com is reporting that fimmakers Dan Heller and Valerie Reynolds are currently working on a documentary exploring guitar legend Jimi Hendrix's time spent spent as part of the storied north Nashville R&B scene. They also want to find out the impact the innovative guitaris...March 19, 2005
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Former LED ZEPPELIN Frontman Pays Tribute To The Blues At SOUTH BY SOUTHWEST
Michael D. Clark of the Houston Chronicle reports: It took former LED ZEPPELIN vocalist Robert Plant only one sentence to sum up why the spectacle that is the South By Southwest music festival continues to command such attention each year. "The blue note is there, all the way through my life," Plant...March 18, 2005
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SONIC X Release Debut Album Via Z RECORDS
Toronto-based hard rockers SONIC X have just released their self-titled debut CD on Z Records. "It's great to see the classic bands such as MÖTLEY CRÜE, JUDAS PRIEST, and even BILLY IDOL releasing new material and touring," said Adam Troy, lead singer for SONIC X, "It is very timely for what is happ...March 18, 2005
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TESTAMENT: 'Reunion' Tour Dates Announced
TESTAMENT lead vocalist Chuck Billy and founding guitarist Eric Peterson will be joined by original guitar player Alex Skolnick and original bassist Greg Christian (HAVOCHATE) for a 10-date European run in May. Handling the drums on the upcoming trek will be either previous TESTAMENT drummer Johnny...March 17, 2005
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IMPALED: U.S. Tour Dates Announced
Masters of maniacal medical malpractice, Oakland, California's IMPALED will bring their theater-of-macabre operation to Southern California and Arizona for five shows in early April. Support at all dates will come from ENGORGED and LORD GORE. The band will also make an appearance at Baltimore's Mary...March 17, 2005
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LIMP BIZKIT Confirmed For Germany's ROCK AM RING/ROCK IM PARK Festivals
LIMP BIZKIT have been confirmed for the Rock am Ring and Rock im Park festivals, set to take place June 3-5, 2005 in Nürburgring and Nürnberg, Germany. The following is a list of the bands currently scheduled to perform at the festivals: ADAM GREEN APOCALYPTICA AS I LAY DYING BILLY IDOL BULLET FOR M...March 16, 2005
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THE BLACK HALOS Sign With LIQUOR AND POKER MUSIC
Vancouver, Canada's "most decadent rock outfit to date" THE BLACK HALOS have inked a deal with Liquor and Poker Music. Although there have been a plethora of punk and rock revivalists over the years, THE BLACK HALOS look to a slightly different golden age than that of THE CLASH and BUZZCOCKS; THE HA...March 14, 2005
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