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SLAYER's KERRY KING Got Goose Bumps After He Wrote 'When The Stillness Comes' Song

In a recent interview with U.K.'s Metal Hammer magazine, SLAYER guitarist Kerry King spoke about some of the individual tracks that will appear on the band's long-awaited new album, tentatively due in August via Nuclear Blast. "There's a couple of songs that are going to be on it that the fans might...

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STEEL PANTHER Interviewed By GuitarMania In Vienna (Video)

GuitarMania conducted an interview with guitarist Satchel and bassist Lexxi Foxx of Los Angeles glam-metal jokesters STEEL PANTHER before the band's March 29 concert in Vienna, Austria. You can now watch the chat below. In a 2014 interview with The Morning Call, STEEL PANTHER drummer Stix Zadinia st...

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SAMMY HAGAR Recalls Day RONNIE MONTROSE Committed Suicide

Sammy Hagar says that he "doesn't regret anything" about his relationship with late MONTROSE legend Ronnie Montrose, explaining that he tried desperately to be friends with the guitarist before Ronnie took his own life on March 3, 2012. Sammy and Ronnie co-founded MONTROSE in the early 1970s, releas...

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HOLY GRAIL To Enter Studio This Weekend

Los Angeles-based metal powerhouse HOLY GRAIL will enter the studio this weekend with Grammy Award-winning producer John Spiker to begin tracking its third album. A fall release via Prothetic is expected. Following an extensive tour campaign to promote the band's 2013 release, "Ride The Void", HOLY...

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JOURNEY Unveils Memorabilia Cases At Hard Rock Hotel & Casino In Las Vegas

Legendary rock group JOURNEY unveiled its memorabilia case inside Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas on Wednesday, May 6 in honor of the band's residency at The Joint. Chas Smith, vice president of entertainment at Hard Rock Hotel, was on hand to introduce Neal Schon, Jonathan Cain, Ross Valo...

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GUNS N' ROSES Guitarist D.J. ASHBA Offers Business Advice

GUNS N' ROSES and SIXX: A.M. guitarist D.J. Ashba, who is the owner of a successful media company and clothing line, Ashba Clothing, was asked in a new interview with Inc.com what he has been able to translate from his music business to your other businesses. "One thing I've been able to transfer .....

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MARK TREMONTI Says 'Cauterize' Wasn't His First Choice For New Album Title

TREMONTI, the band led by CREED and ALTER BRIDGE guitarist Mark Tremonti, will release its sophomore album, "Cauterize", on June 9 via Fret12. The follow-up to 2012's "All I Was" was helmed by producer Michael "Elvis" Baskette, who previously worked with ALTER BRIDGE and SLASH. In a brand new interv...

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TWISTED SISTER's JAY JAY FRENCH: Rock Is 'An Aging Genre' That Is Not 'Replenishing Its Stock'

In a brand new interview with "The Jim Chinnici Radio Show" on iRadioUSA.com, TWISTED SISTER guitarist Jay Jay French was asked if he thinks any of the newer hard rock artists have a shot at becoming arena-sized acts once the current crop of dinosaur bands are no longer around. He responded (hear au...

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FAITH NO MORE's Detroit Concert To Be Streamed On YAHOO!

FAITH NO MORE has teamed up with Live Nation and Yahoo! to live-stream the band's May 8 concert from The Fillmore in Detroit, Michigan. This is one of 365 concerts to stream over a 12-month period on the Live Nation channel on Yahoo! Screen. Fans can tune in on May 8 at 9:15 p.m. ET ...

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BILL WARD Says Listening To BLACK SABBATH's 'Cornucopia' Helped Him Through His Hospital Stay

Legendary BLACK SABBATH drummer Bill Ward celebrated his 67th birthday this past weekend by playing some of his favorite SABBATH songs on his radio show, "Rock 50". Regarding the song "Cornucopia", which originally appeared on SABBATH's 1972 album "Vol. 4", Ward said: "It's just really good. A great...

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POP EVIL Releases Second Episode Of Behind-The-Scenes Studio Documentary

Michigan-based act POP EVIL has released the second in a series of eight episodes featuring footage from the making of the band's new studio album, due this summer. Helmed by the band's longtime director and collaborator Scott Corl, the series aims to give the fans an inside look at the creation of...

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U.K. Thrashers ACID REIGN Are Back!

Twenty four years is a long time in anyone's book, but that is how long it's been since the "Kings Of Apple Core," ACID REIGN, have been missing from the U.K. thrash scene. Calling ACID REIGN's return more of a reboot than a reformation, sole original member Howard "H" Smith comments: "I tried to pu...

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EXTREME's 'More Than Words' Music Video Recreated By JIMMY FALLON, JACK BLACK

Jimmy Fallon was joined by TENACIOUS D frontman Jack Black on Monday's (May 4) "The Tonight Show" for an impressively accurate shot-for-shot recreation of EXTREME's "More Than Words" music video. According to The Wall Street Journal, Black donned a wig that matched Gary Cherone's long, wavy locks —...

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AC/DC Drummer PHIL RUDD Breaks His Silence: 'I've Seen The Errors Of My Ways'

Former AC/DC drummer Phil Rudd has broken his silence over his latest exit from the group, saying he is "very disappointed" over the breakdown of his relationship with his bandmates. Rudd last month pleaded guilty to a charge of threatening to kill a former employee after his first solo effort, "Hea...

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BRET MICHAELS: 'Girls On Bars' Video Released

"Girls On Bars", the video for the new rock-and-country-crossover song from POISON singer Bret Michaels, can be seen below. Said Michaels about the track: "It is a very Americana, fun summer song that reminds me how much I love music with a sublime video feel of hanging with the fans. "I wrote this...