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DEF LEPPARD's PHIL COLLEN To Auction Custom Guitar For Charity

Phil Collen, lead guitarist for the iconic rock band DEF LEPPARD, has announced plans for a charitable auction of "Wings", a custom Jackson PC1 guitar that Collen has played throughout this summer's "Rock Of Ages" tour. The auction, taking place exclusively on eBay, will begin on September 5 and end...

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WHITESNAKE Frontman At 'Vegas Rocks! Magazine Music Awards'; Video Footage Available

The second episode of Whitesnake TV, featuring footage from the third annual Vegas Rocks! Magazine Music Awards 2012, which was held on August 26 at the Las Vegas Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, can be seen below. Vegas Rocks! Magazine celebrated its eighth anniversary in a big way as the rock 'n' rol...

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AXEWOUND: More Debut Album Details Revealed

It takes just one listen to AXEWOUND's "Post Apocalyptic Party", the ferocious track they released as a free introductory download back in May, to make their intentions abundantly clear. Which is to say, they are a metal band… proudly, defiantly and unbendingly so. Their pedigree is inarguably first...

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PAUL SHORTINO Talks Next KING KOBRA Album In Video Interview

On August 29, "Tales From The Stage Volume 1" author Michael Toney conducted an interview with vocalist Paul Shortino (ROUGH CUTT, QUIET RIOT, KING KOBRA). You can now watch the chat below. A video for the new KING KOBRA song "Have A Good Time" will be filmed this Friday, September 7 at Vamp'd in La...

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RATT Drummer 'Exhausted' With 'Unreasonable' Bandmates, Excited About Touring With QUEENSRŸCHE

Drummer Bobby Blotzer (pictured below) says that he is "exhausted" dealing with his RATT bandmates and insists that he is "very excited" about his new gig as a member of the singer Geoff Tate's version of QUEENSRŸCHE. Tate, who was fired from QUEENSRŸCHE in June after fronting the group for three de...

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STRYPER: 'Honestly' Performance From 'Live In Indonesia' DVD Posted Online

MVD Visual has set an October 23 release date for the "Live In Indonesia At Java Rockin' Land" DVD from Christian hard rockers STRYPER. Celebrating almost 30 years of incredible melodies and musicianship, "Live In Indonesia" features hits and rarities delivered in impeccable sound and video. Recorde...

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KING KOBRA To Film New Video In Las Vegas

Vocalist Paul Shortino (ROUGH CUTT, QUIET RIOT, KING KOBRA) and drummer Carmine Appice (ROD STEWART, VANILLA FUDGE, CACTUS, OZZY OSBOURNE, KING KOBRA) are featured in the new video "Do You Think I'm Sexy" by VARGAS BLUES BAND. A twenty-year music veteran, Javier Vargas has gathered the best of the b...

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BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE Guitarist Undergoes Back Surgery

Guitarist Michael "Padge" Paget of Welsh metallers BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE is currently recovering in the hospital after undergoing back surgery. The band states, "He's doing great." According to BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE guitarist/vocalist Matt Tuck, the recording sessions for

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HALESTORM Announces Tour With IN THIS MOMENT, EVE TO ADAM

Atlantic recording group HALESTORM will headline the "Jägermeister Presents Halestorm" tour. The hard rock festival trek gets underway November 8 at Mobile, Alabama's Soul Kitchen and then continues through mid-December. Tickets for "Jägermeister Presents Halestorm" — which also features special gue...

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Was SAMMY HAGAR Almost In AEROSMITH?

According to The Pulse Of Radio, it was back in 2010 when AEROSMITH seriously considered replacing singer Steven Tyler, whose relapse into drug use and onstage injury led the band to cancel a U.S. tour and push back work on a new album. Although a number of candidates for the job were rumored at the...

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SELFMACHINE Recording Debut Album

Dutch modern metallers SELFMACHINE are recording their debut album, "Broadcast Your Identity", with producer Stef Hartog for a spring 2013 release. According to SELFMACHINE's official bio, "the first seeds for this band were planted by bassist Mark Brekelmans after his previous exploits XYSTUS and E...

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STRATOVARIUS Working On New Album; Video Message Available

A new video message from Finnish/Swedish metallers STRATOVARIUS about the progress of the recording sessions for the band's new studio album can be seen below. STRATOVARIUS's new DVD, "Under Flaming Winter Skies - Live In Tampere", recently entered the Music DVD chart in Finland at position No. 1. T...

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BURY TOMORROW: 'Knight Life' Video Released

"Knight Life", the new video from the U.K. metalcore act BURY TOMORROW, can be seen below. The clip was directed and produced by Sitcom Soldiers. The song comes off the band's second album, "The Union Of Crowns", which was released on July 16 via Nuclear Blast Records. In a recent interview with Roc...

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THE FACELESS: New Audio Interview With MICHAEL KEENE

KSSU Loud Rock director Daniel Cordova recently conducted an interview with guitarist Michael Keene of Los Angeles-based progressive death metal titans THE FACELESS. You can now stream the chat using the SoundCloud player below. THE FACELESS's third full-length album, "Autotheism", was issued on Aug...

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PROJECT TERROR: New Song Available For Streaming

PROJECT TERROR (formerly BLOOD REDSKIES),the Texas-based power metal band featuring ex-VICIOUS RUMORS frontman Ronnie Stixx, will release its debut album, "Absolute Power", later this year through Pure Steel Records. A song from the effort, "Conquistador", can now be streamed in the YouTube clip be...