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Ex-MÖTLEY CRÜE Singer CORABI Signs With FLETCHER PARRY; Autobiography Due Next Summer

Former MÖTLEY CRÜE frontman John Corabi has signed with the New York-based literary agency Fletcher Parry to shop his autobiography for publication. The firm has repped books by Paul McCartney and Ali G, among other entertainment personalities. The as-yet untitled autobiography, co-authored with bio...
June 26, 2006
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PEEPING TOM Added To FAMILY VALUES Tour

According to a posting on the KORN fan site KornUnleashed.net, PEEPING TOM — the new project of Mike Patton (FAITH NO MORE, MR. BUNGLE, TOMAHAWK, FANTOMAS) — has been added to The Family Values Tour 2006. The band will reportedly join the tour's second-stage lineup along with already confirmed acts...
June 26, 2006
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OBITUARY Frontman Checks In From France

OBITUARY frontman John Tardy has posted the following message on the band's official web site: "Today we are in France for the Hellfest! Looks like it is going to be a nice day out and we are ready to go! We played this last year and it was sick! We were surprised to be invited ...
June 25, 2006
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SLAYER Recount VENOM 'Pissing' Incident

Decibel magazine (web site) has published an exclusive "oral history" of SLAYER, featuring interviews with all four original members, former drummers Paul Bostaph and John Dette, and various other associates, including label personnel and members of other bands. A few excerpts from the feature follo...
June 25, 2006
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NOCTURNAL BREED: New Song Posted Online

A brand new NOCTURNAL BREED track, entitled "Fields of Rot", has been posted online on the band's MySpace page. The song is the title cut of the Norwegian metallers' upcoming album, due later in the year via an as-yet-undetermined label. As previously reported, NOCTURNAL BREED recently parted ways w...
June 22, 2006
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SLAYER's TOM ARAYA Keeps His Singing Chops Up By Singing Country Songs

David Glessner of the San Antonio Express-News recently conducted an interview with SLAYER frontman Tom Araya. A few excerpts from the chat follow: On SLAYER fans: "Some of (our fans) can make you a little nervous. I think the craziest (request) would have to be this kid who wanted one of us to ...
June 22, 2006
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AUDIOSLAVE To Film 'Original Fire' Video Next Week

AUDIOSLAVE have tapped Paul Brown (MÖTLEY CRÜE, OTEP, STONE SOUR) to direct the video for their new single, "Original Fire". The shoot will take place on June 29 in the Los Angeles area. "Original Fire" is the first single off AUDIOSLAVE's third album, "Revelations", due on September 5 via Epic Reco...
June 21, 2006
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NOCTURNAL BREED, DEMONIZER: Tour Dates Announced

Norwegian metallers NOCTURNAL BREED will be teaming up with DEMONIZER for a European tour in October/November. Confirmed dates so far are as follows: Oct. 27 - Innsbruck, AUT @ TBA Nov. 01 - Liège, BEL @ TBA Nov. 03 - Kuurne, BEL @ TBA Nov. 04 - Leeuwarden, NETH @ TBA Nov. 05 - Rotterdam, ...
June 21, 2006
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OBITUARY, GRAVE To Film First-Ever Live DVDs In Poland

According to Metal Mind Productions, OBITUARY, GRAVE, SINISTER and CATAMENIA will have their August 24 joint concert at the Stodola Club in Warsaw, Poland filmed for separate DVD releases, tentatively due in early 2007. OBITUARY will come to Poland as part of European Summer tour that started on Jun...
June 21, 2006
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AEROSMITH And MÖTLEY CRÜE To Team Up For 'Route Of All Evil Tour'

AEROSMITH — "America's greatest rock' n' roll band" — will return to the road September 14 with MÖTLEY CRÜE — "America's most notorious rock band" — to spawn what is the ultimate must-see rock event of 2006: a massive North American tour of predominantly outdoor amphitheatres. Bigger, louder, faster...
June 20, 2006
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AUDIOSLAVE: New Album Details Revealed

Epic Records has announced a September 5 release date for "Revelations", the highly anticipated new album from multi-platinum rock band AUDIOSLAVE. In a recent interview with RollingStone.com, guitarist Tom Morello described the record as "LED ZEPPELIN meets EARTH, WIND AND FIRE," adding that it's a...
June 19, 2006
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SLAYER Guitarist KERRY KING: 'I'm Still 17'

Alan Sculley of Cincinnati CityBeat recently conducted an interview with SLAYER guitarist Kerry King. A few excerpts from the chat follow: On people's musical tastes mellowing with age: "There's like an unwritten rule, especially in America, to where you reach a certain age and you can't like metal...
June 19, 2006
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OBITUARY Singer Checks In From Romania

OBITUARY frontman John Tardy has posted the following message on the band's official web site: "After no sleep the night before and a day full of flights, it was nice to get to Romania and get some rest. Of course when we got here, we went out, met some of our fans at a meet-and-greet, ...
June 18, 2006
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FLOTSAM AND JETSAM: Original Guitarist MIKE GILBERT To Rejoin Band For BANG YOUR HEAD!!!

FLOTSAM AND JETSAM drummer Craig Nielsen has posted the following message on the band's official web site: "Ed Carlson [guitar] will not be going with us to Germany for the Bang Your Head!!! [festival]. Instead none other than Mike Gilbert — of course, the other original guitarist who left after the...
June 17, 2006
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EVERGREY Frontman To Guest On New SHOT INJECTION CD

EVERGREY frontman Tom S Englund will be making a guest apearance on the song "Suicide Scenario" on the upcoming CD from Sweden's SHOT INJECTION, entitled "Eleven Triple Manifest". Also guesting on the effort will be M.A.N/ex-MNEMIC frontman Tony Jelencovich, who will be heard in the cut "Follow My C...
June 16, 2006