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High Water

Remember when the punk community lost its shit in '89 when MINOR THREAT/DAG NASTY legend Brian Baker turned up in a blues-based piss rock band? Funny when you consider punkers were quietly harboring a love of and subsequently forced to relinquish GUNS N' ROSES to the mass rock market once Baker crop...

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DEEP PURPLE's IAN PAICE On Last Year's Health Scare: It 'Frightened The S**t Out Of Me'

DEEP PURPLE drummer Ian Paice suffered a minor stroke last year, forcing him to miss the band's shows in Sweden and Denmark — the first time his medical condition prevented him from performing with the group. Asked for an update on his health, Paice told Ultimate Classic Rock in a new interview: "I'...

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SHINEDOWN Announces U.S. Tour With LACEY STURM

SHINEDOWN will hit the road in July with support from former FLYLEAF singer Lacey Sturm. The dates are as follows: Jul. 01 - Milwaukee, WI - Summerfest Jul. 02 - Naperville, IL - Ribfest Jul. 03 - Traverse City, MI - National Cherry Festival Jul. 05 - Lafayette, IN - Lafayette Theater Jul. 07 - ...

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RICHIE KOTZEN Releases 'My Rock' Video

"My Rock", the new video from Richie Kotzen, can be seen below. The song is taken from the ever-adventurous triple-threat songwriter/guitarist/vocalist 21st solo album, "Salting Earth", which was released on April 14 via his own custom label, Headroom-Inc. Kotzen tossed convention on its ear by actu...

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LED ZEPPELIN's 'Immigrant Song' Featured In 'Thor: Ragnarok' Trailer

LED ZEPPELIN's classic track "Immigrant Song" is featured in the first trailer for the upcoming third movie in Marvel Studios' Thor franchise, "Thor: Ragnarok", due in theaters on November 3. "Immigrant Song" first appeared on LED ZEPPELIN's third studio album, "Led Zeppelin III", released in 1970 v...

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IRON MAIDEN Fans Fall For Hoax Ticket Web Site Set Up To Bring Fraud Into The Spotlight

Hundreds of IRON MAIDEN fans reportedly attempted to buy tickets to the band's concert in Birmingham, England from a hoax web site designed to raise awareness of fake ticket fraud. The City Of London Police and Action Fraud in partnership with Get Safe Online and the Society of Ticket Agents and Ret...

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Godless Prophets & The Migrant Flora

DARKEST HOUR, one of the truly great modern metal bands, finds itself on its fourth label in as many albums. Quizzically the band is now on Southern Lord, the label apparently is expanding its horizons. Not that DARKEST HOUR can't roll here, but the band is hardly the same doomed-up, crunked-out, dr...

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DARKEST HOUR To Release Cover Of JUDAS PRIEST's 'Painkiller' For 'Record Store Day'

Washington, D.C. metallers DARKEST HOUR, who released their ninth album, "Godless Prophets & The Migrant Flora", earlier this month, have announced a limited-edition seven-inch singer, "Painkiller/I Don't Want to Hear It" (via Southern Lord Recordings) for Record Store Day (April 22). The releas...

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RICHIE KOTZEN Releases 'End Of Earth' Video

"End Of Earth", the new video from Richie Kotzen, can be seen below. The song is taken from the ever-adventurous triple-threat songwriter/guitarist/vocalist 21st solo album, "Salting Earth", which will be released on April 14 via his own custom label, Headroom-Inc. Kotzen tossed convention on its ea...

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KILLSWITCH ENGAGE Frontman JESSE LEACH Launches Hardcore/Punk Side Project

KILLSWITCH ENGAGE frontman Jesse Leach has launched a new hardcore/punk side project inspired by his love for early albums from MINOR THREAT, 7 SECONDS, DISCHARGE and BLACK FLAG. Leach announced the project's formation on Instagram, writing: "It's been a long time coming, man! Woke up with a fire in...

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MARDUK Guitarist Comments On Oakland Concert Cancelation Due To Band's Use Of Nazi Imagery

Guitarist Morgan Steinmeyer Håkansson of Swedish black metallers MARDUK has commented on the cancelation the band's concert in Oakland, California over concerns from police that the group would draw anti-fascist protesters. Police said that MARDUK had been criticized for glorifying Nazi imagery and...

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PAPA ROACH's New Album To Feature Guest Appearances By MACHINE GUN KELLY, SKYLAR GREY

PAPA ROACH frontman Jacoby Shaddix has revealed to Candace of the Q103 radio station in Albany, New York that the band's new album will feature guest appearances by rapper Machine Gun Kelly and American singer and songwriter Skylar Grey. Due in May, the follow-up to 2015's "F.E.A.R." was recorded wi...

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Iconic MOTÖRHEAD Frontman LEMMY's Estate Worth Far Less Than Originally Thought: Report

According to Mirror, newly released records show that MOTÖRHEAD's iconic frontman Lemmy Kilmister only left his beneficiaries a few hundred thousand pounds at the time of his death — several million less than originally estimated. The London probate office's figures indicate that Lemmy had an estate...

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Ex-STATIC-X Guitarist TRIPP EISEN Breaks Silence A Decade After Serving Time For Sex With Minor

Ex-STATIC-X and DOPE guitarist Tripp Eisen has broken his silence for the first time since serving time in prison for sexually assaulting an underage girl. Eisen — whose real name is Tod Rex Salvador — was arrested in Orange County, California in late February 2005. The then-39-year-old musician all...

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METALLICA Wanted To Respect Chinese Culture By Performing Censored Setlist

When METALLICA returned to China last month for their first shows in the country after their 2013 Shanghai debut, their censored setlist saw them performing more than an hour with several key hit notably missing: "Master Of Puppets", "One" and "Hardwired". In an interview with the South China Mornin...