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MÖTLEY CRÜE Confirmed For Wisconsin's ROCK FEST

MÖTLEY CRÜE have been confirmed for Rock Fest 2006, set to take place July 20-23 in Cadott, Wisconsin. The festival lineup is now shaping up as follows: Thursday, July 20: 04:30 JOHN WAITE 06:15 GRAND FUNK RAILROAD 08:00 KANSAS 10:00 SAMMY HAGAR & THE WABOS Friday, July 21: 02:15 SAVOY BROWN 04:...

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MEGADETH Mainman Confirms New Album Is Being Recorded In England

Chad Bowar of About.com recently conducted an interview with MEGADETH mainman Dave Mustaine. An excerpt from the chat follows: Q: Will there be a Gigantour 2 this summer? Mustaine: "Yes. We've already started confirming some of our acts and working out what the routing is for the festival, like the...

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ALICE IN CHAINS Confirmed For South Dakota's STURGIS MOTORCYCLE RALLY

The reunited ALICE IN CHAINS will be performing at the 2006 Sturgis Motorcycle Rally at the Legendary Buffalo Chip on Friday, August 11, 2006 in Sturgis, South Dakota. The Seattle-based band joins a long list of rock, classic rock and country acts to play at this year's 25th annual party at the Lege...

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WEDNESDAY 13 Signs New Record Deal, Parts Ways With Band

Horror rock king WEDNESDAY 13 has signed a new worldwide record deal with Rykodisc/Restless Records. Rykodisc has set a tentative summer release date for the new album, "Fang Bang", the follow-up to 2005's "Transylvania 90210: Songs of Death, Dying and the Dead". As reported earlier this month, Warn...

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Two New MÖTLEY CRÜE Books Released For Rock Lovers

Publisher Chronological Crue has announced the release of two brand-new MÖTLEY CRÜE books, titled "Mötley Crüe Down Under: On Tour with The Carnival of Sins" and "What Mötley Crüe Means to Me: Crüeheads Share Their Stories". Now available from CafePress (web site),the paperbacks give rock music lov...

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SILVERTIDE Frontman Talks About Touring With VAN HALEN, MÖTLEY CRÜE

In a brand new, exclusive interview with Rock N Roll Universe, SILVERTIDE vocalist Walt Lafty discusses the band's upcoming, as-yet-untitled album, the follow-up to 2004's "Show And Tell", the band's extensive touring which took them around the world opening up for VAN HALEN, AEROSMITH, MÖTLEY CRÜE,...

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TRASHLIGHT VISION To Support BACKYARD BABIES In Europe

TRASHLIGHT VISION, the new band featuring MURDERDOLLS guitarist Acey Slade, have been confirmed as the support act for BACKYARD BABIES on their upcoming European tour beginning on May 12 in Copenhagen, Denmark. Also appearing on the bill are SUPAGROUP. Check out tour dates at this location. TRASHLIG...

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ORPHANED LAND Tap PORCUPINE TREE's WILSON To Produce Next Album

Israeli metal band ORPHANED LAND have announced that Steven Wilson of PORCUPINE TREE will produce their next album, entitled "The Never Ending Way of ORwarriOR". Commented ORPHANED LAND vocalist Kobi Farhi: "We are a big fans of Steven's works, we are very much exited that we will work together and...

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HAIL OF FIRE Featuring Ex-CANCER Members: Entire Demo Available For Download

HAIL OF FIRE, the new band featuring former CANCER members Carl Stokes (drums),Dave Leitch (lead guitars),Barry Savage (lead guitars),and Ian Buchanan (bass),along with newcomer Rob Lucas on vocals, have made their entire first demo available for download via their official web site. The group,...

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Singer TONY MARTIN Talks About BLACK SABBATH Years, Solo Career

Sweden's Metalshrine recently conducted an interview with former BLACK SABBATH frontman Tony Martin. An excerpt from the question-and-answer session follows: Metalshrine: Your band at the moment features your son. It's got to be the ultimate feeling as a father to work together with his son. How did...

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SLIPKNOT Percussionist CLOWN: 'We're The Greatest Band In The World'

Ellen Gager of Midwest Excess recently conducted an interview with SLIPKNOT percussionist Shawn "Clown" Crahan. An excerpt from the chat follows: Midwest Excess: What was it like actually, working with the legendary Rick Rubin? You said that he influenced you quite a bit, what did you take away from...

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QUEENSRŸCHE Singer: 'I'm Really A Sailor'

Launch Radio Networks reports: QUEENSRŸCHE frontman Geoff Tate gave a different kind of performance last night (Wednesday, April 5). While in New York City promoting the band's new album "Operation: Mindcrime II", which came out Tuesday (April 4),he went to Shea Stadium to do the national anthem be...

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NIGHTWISH Guitarist To Release BROTHER FIRETRIBE Debut

BROTHER FIRETRIBE, the Finnish AOR/hard rock band featuring NIGHTWISH guitarist Emppu Vuorinen, have inked a deal with Spinefarm Records. Unashamedly taking a bow to their influences from the '80s — VAN HALEN, JOURNEY and other chartbusters of old — BROTHER FIRETRIBE's sound features "killer vocal h...

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GODSMACK Drummer Talks About ANOTHER ANIMAL Side Project

Morley Seaver of antiMUSIC recently conducted an interview with GODSMACK drummer Shannon Larkin. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: antiMUSIC: The band has had great success with every release you've done. Is it difficult to think about if the record will live up to the lofty expectations of...

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ULI JON ROTH Says 'Virgin Killer' Album Cover Makes Him Cringe

Jeb Wright of Classic Rock Revisited recently conducted an interview with legendary guitarist Uli Jon Roth (ex-SCOPRIONS). A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: Classic Rock Revisited: You are basically introducing your Sky Academy to the United States. Uli: "At the end of May we are doing a se...