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AEROSMITH Bassist Says Tour Was Cancelled To Make Sure Band Could Go On
Launch Radio Networks has issued the following report: AEROSMITH frontman Steven Tyler is doing much better now that he's had an operation on his ailing throat. The group cancelled the last three weeks of their spring tour with CHEAP TRICK because of the injury, and bassist Tom Hamilton told Launch...April 18, 2006
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Former GREAT WHITE Tour Manager Apologizes To Victims' Families
The Associated Press has issued the following report: The former rock band tour manager who ignited pyrotechnics that started a deadly nightclub fire in 2003 has written personalized letters of apology to relatives of all 100 people who were killed. The handwritten letters from Daniel Biechele, who...April 17, 2006
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ARMORED SAINT, DEATH ANGEL, FLOTSAM AND JETSAM To Team Up For Hollywood Show
ARMORED SAINT, DEATH ANGEL and FLOTSAM AND JETSAM will be teaming up for a special performance on Friday, July 7 at the House of Blues in West Hollywood, California. ARMORED SAINT will play several West Coast dates in June/July in adition to their upcoming European mini-tour, which is scheduled to k...April 17, 2006
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ROYAL ANGUISH: New Song Posted Online
Florida-based extreme metal act ROYAL ANGUISH have posted a new song, entitled "Pitch Black", at www.myspace.com/royalanguish. The track comes off the group's upcoming CD, "A Journey through the Shadows of Time", due on June 2 through Fear Dark. In other news, ROYAL ANGUISH are getting ready to emba...April 17, 2006
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The Cult is Alive
That buzzing guitar sound, the way the songs groove in a rock and roll kind of way, the shroud of malevolence darkening the proceedings, and a fuck-off punk rock attitude. This is DARKTRHONE all right. On the duo's 12th album, "The Cult is Alive", Fenriz and N.Culto sound as convincing as ever, the...April 17, 2006
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SLAYER Finish Recording New Album; Mixing To Begin This Week
More dates have been confirmed for the SLAYER-headlined "Unholy Alliance Tour - Preaching to the Perverted" which will kick off on 6.6.06 in San Diego, CA (see entire itinerary below). The seven-week trek boasts what has got to be the genre's coolest line-up — joining SLAYER will be LAMB OF GOD, MAS...April 16, 2006
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OBITUARY: West Coast Dates With DEAD TO FALL Announced
Legendary Florida death metallers OBITUARY have lined up a number of West Coast dates with DEAD TO FALL prior to heading over to Europe for a three-week run in June. These will likely be the band's last shows before they get back in the recording studio to make a new album. The details are as ...April 14, 2006
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NEW YORK DOLLS To Release New Album In July
On July 25, 2006, the seminal NEW YORK DOLLS, a band that has been accused of inspiring everything from punk rock to hair metal, will release their eagerly anticipated album, "One Day It Will Please Us To Remember Even This". "A lot of the mess people are listening to gets blamed on the DOLLS, but ....April 11, 2006
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AEROSMITH Bassist Glad To Help Anti-Violence Organization
Launch Radio Networks reports: AEROSMITH bassist Tom Hamilton was one of the featured performers on Friday, April 7 at the annual "Banned In Boston" anti-violence benefit. He portrayed former First Lady Barbara Bush, and it was his fourth appearance in drag, having been Laura Bush, Martha Stewart, a...April 10, 2006
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DEEP PURPLE Bassist Talks About Playing With IAN GILLAN At Royal Albert Hall
DEEP PURPLE bassist Roger Glover has posted the following message on his official web site: "Here we are in April and us usual I am surprised that the year is nearly a third over. Does everyone go through that? Then again, I have to acknowledge that I've been rather busy lately, to say ...April 10, 2006
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EVERGREY Frontman Produces SHOT INJECTION Demo: Audio Available
Swedish band SHOT INJECTION, whose current recording lineup includes former HAMMERFALL bassist and founding member Fredrik "Loppan" Larsson, have uploaded their newly recorded "Fear Comes Full Circle" demo/CD to their MySpace.com page. Check out the songs "Picturing Our Downfall", "Fragile White" an...April 6, 2006
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AEROSMITH Bassist Says STEVEN TYLER Had An 'Overuse Injury'
AEROSMITH bassist Tom Hamilton told WZLX-FM's Carlson & McKenzie on Wednesday (April 5) that frontman Steven Tyler's throat had an "overuse injury...like tendonitis" that forced them to cancel shows. "He had this minor, minor, minor [surgery] done and it went really well," Hamilton told the morn...April 6, 2006
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PEARL JAM: More U.S. Tour Dates Announced
PEARL JAM have announced the second leg of their 2006 U.S. tour in support of their new, self-titled album due out May 2. Leg two is scheduled to kick off on June 23 in Pittsburgh, PA and will finish on July 22 in George, WA. According to Billboard.com, the George show will be "an evening ...April 6, 2006
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RUSH: Vintage Concert Videos To Receive DVD Debut
Billboard.com is reporting that three vintage RUSH home videos will make their DVD debut as part of the boxed set "Rush Replay X 3", due June 13 via Mercury/UME. The collection will include 1982's "Exit ... Stage Left", 1985's "Grace Under Pressure" and 1991's "A Show of Hands", plus a previously un...April 5, 2006
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AEROSMITH's TOM HAMILTON Finds Himself 'Banned In Boston'
AEROSMITH bassist Tom Hamilton will be "Banned In Boston" for the fourth time this Friday night (April 7),when he will put his best dress on for charity at the Avalon. Hamilton will be in costume as former First Lady Barbara Bush at the 11th annual "Banned In Boston" charity event, which raises mon...April 4, 2006
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