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TED NUGENT, POISON To Rock River Roar

According to Michigan's The Bay CityTimes, TED NUGENT and POISON are both scheduled to perform in Bay City during Dobson River Roar weekend, Chad Cunningham, director of entertainment for River Roar, announced today. NUGENT will perform in Veterans Memorial Park on June 23. He will follow a June 22...

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EXPERIENCE HENDRIX Sues Vodka Seller

Experience Hendrix, LLC, the family-run company founded in 1995 by James Allen (Al) Hendrix, father and sole heir of Jimi Hendrix, filed a lawsuit today (March 6) in Federal Court in the Western District of Washington charging that Craig Dieffenbach and his companies have unlawfully used Jimi Hendri...

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LINKIN PARK: New Album Title, Release Date Confirmed

The anticipation and rumors about multi-platinum Grammy award-winning LINKIN PARK's third studio album were finally answered today, with the announcement that the record, entitled "Minutes to Midnight", will hit stores May 15 on Warner Bros. Records/Machine Shop Recordings. Co-produced by Mike Shino...

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MASTODON To Team Up With AGAINST ME! For U.S. Tour

The hottest double bill of the spring kicks off May 1 with a coast-to-coast U.S. tour featuring MASTODON and AGAINST ME! Both bands will be fresh off their own headlining tours and ready to rock their fans. Progressive rock quartet MASTODON, who hail from Atlanta, GA, will be playing songs from thei...

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HARDCORE SUPERSTAR Completes Work On New 14-Song Demo

Swedish sleaze rockers HARDCORE SUPERSTAR have finished recording a brand new 14-song demo of material that will appear on the band's upcoming studio album. New songtitles include "Lesson in Violence", "Sensitive to the Light", "Bastard" and "Dreamin' in a Casket". Audio samples will be posted to th...

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WARRANT: New Audio Interview With JAIME ST. JAMES Available

A new audio interview with WARRANT frontman Jaime St. James (also in BLACK 'N BLUE) has been posted online at The Musician's Voice. When asked about all the past drama with original WARRANT singer Jani Lane, Jaime said, "The current WARRANT lineup is functional." He also chatted about WARRANT and BL...

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FASTWAY Bassist Change Announced

According to the organizers of the Sweden Rock Festival, the bass duties for original MOTÖRHEAD guitarist Fast Eddie Clarke's band FASTWAY at this year's event will be handled by ex-SWEET SAVAGE bassist Raymond Haller and not John McManus (MAMA'S BOYS) as previously announced. The rest of the lineup...

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DIAMOND HEAD Finalizing New Album Artwork, Planning Video Shoot

Guitarist Brian Tatler of the NWOBHM (New Wave of British Heavy Metal) legends DIAMOND HEAD has issued the following update: "As you are no doubt aware by now, [the new DIAMOND HEAD album] 'What's In Your Head?' is now musically complete. What started out as home demos on one side of the globe and s...

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ERIC PETERSON: New TESTAMENT Is Like 'Over The Wall' Meets 'Damage Inc.'

TESTAMENT guitarist Eric Peterson recently spoke to Metal Asylum about the band's progress for the new record, working with new drummer Nick Barker, the group's promo videos, and the DRAGONLORD DVD. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: Metal Asylum: So are you in the middle of working on the n...

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BAD BRAINS Signs With MEGAFORCE RECORDS

Jeff Vrabel of Billboard.com reports that the classic BAD BRAINS lineup of enigmatic singer H.R., guitarist Dr. Know, bassist Darryl Jenifer and drummer Earl Hudson has inked a deal with Megaforce Records for the release of its new album, "Build a Nation". Produced by the BEASTIE BOYS' Adam Yauch, t...

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JIMI HENDRIX Lost Welsh Anthem A Hoax

BBC News reports that an electric recording of the Welsh anthem found on a tape from the '70s was not performed by Jimi Hendrix. The owner of the tape, Martin Davies, admitted he had propagated the myth for fun. Mr. Davies admitted he persuaded a friend who formed a '70s punk band to ...

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VINCE NEIL Jams With LOVE SEED MAMA JUMP At Atlantic City Birthday Bash

Roger Hillis of Salisbury, Maryland's The Daily Times reports that MÖTLEY CRÜE frontman Vince Neil was backed by members of local rock group LOVE SEED MAMA JUMP during a February 10 appearance at the Borgata nightclub in Atlantic City, N.J. LOVE SEED learned MÖTLEY's arrangement of the BROWNSVILLE S...

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SHADOWS FALL Frontman: 'We Just Wanted To Write A Full-On Metal Record'

"We just wanted to write a full-on metal record," says Brian Fair, lead singer of SHADOWS FALL. "We were like, 'I don't care what's going on, nowadays — let's write some fucking metal!' I mean, that's always been our attitude, but this time we went even further into our rock and thrash roots." "Thre...

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OTEP: Waving Goodbye To Metal Music

Mike Meyer of the Illinois Entertainer recently conducted an interview with OTEP frontwoman Otep Shamaya. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: On the subject of women in heavy metal; "I hate these kinds of interviews. I'm a woman. I sing in a band. And it's unique and rare and all that, ...

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Former AC/DC Drummer Joins ECOTONIC

ECOTONIC, the new band featuring Jason Ebs — the former singer for original KISS drummer Peter Criss on the "Bad Boys of Kiss" tours — and ex-AC/DC drummer Chris Slade, will play its debut show to support its upcoming CD, "Electrified", on Saturday, March 3 at the San Diego Indie Music Fest III on t...