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OZZY OSBOURNE Bassist ROBERT 'BLASKO' NICHOLSON Honored At KITTEN RESCUE's 'Fur Ball At The Skirball' Gala

Robert "Blasko" Nicholson, bassist for OZZY OSBOURNE, was honored on September 28 by Kitten Rescue, one of Southern California's largest non-profit animal rescue organizations, at the group's annual Fur Ball with its 2019 Advocacy Award for his work homing adoptable cats and kittens. Blasko accepted...

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Watch Episodes 7 And 8 Of LED ZEPPELIN's 'History Of Led Zeppelin' YouTube Series

Episodes 7 and 8 of "History Of Led Zeppelin", the seventh and eighth in a series of short stories celebrating what happened 50 years ago, when the members of LED ZEPPELIN entered Olympic Studios to record their debut album, can be seen below. In January 1969, LED ZEPPELIN was unleashed on the world...

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SLIPKNOT Shares Alternative Cover For '.5: The Gray Chapter' In Honor Of Album's Fifth Anniversary

SLIPKNOT has released an alternative cover design for ".5: The Gray Chapter" in honor of the album's fifth anniversary. Percussionist M. Shawn Crahan, better known as Clown, who is also the art director for SLIPKNOT and directed the band's DVDs, took to the group's Instagram last night to share what...

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TWISTED SISTER: 35th-Anniversary 'Stay Hungry' Coin Now Available

A limited-edition TWISTED SISTER 35th-anniversary "Stay Hungry" coin is now available for a limited time only. According to the band, here is how to order: 1. Orders are currently being taken through PayPal only at this PayPal address: [email protected] 2. When ordering, you MUST include your mailing...

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Listen To TAYLOR HAWKINS's 'Get The Money' Song Feat. CHRISSIE HYNDE, JOE WALSH, DUFF MCKAGAN

The title track of TAYLOR HAWKINS AND THE COATTAIL RIDERS' forthcoming album, "Get The Money", can be streamed below. The song features Taylor's vocals accompanied by none other than Chrissie Hynde, a sick Joe Walsh lead, and the inimitable Duff McKagan on bass. "Get The Money" will be released on N...

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SUICIDE SILENCE To Release 'Become The Hunter' Album In Early 2020

California-based extreme metal titans SUICIDE SILENCE will release their sixth studio album, "Become The Hunter", in early 2020 via Nuclear Blast. The disc was produced by Steve Evetts (THE DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN, SEPULTURA, HATEBREED) at The Omen Room and mixed by Josh Wilbur (TRIVIUM, LAMB OF GOD,...

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STEEL PANTHER Fires Another Shot At MÖTLEY CRÜE: 'What's 'Backstabbing'?'

STEEL PANTHER has fired another shot at MÖTLEY CRÜE after Nikki Sixx called STEEL PANTHER "backstabbers" for making a joke about Vince Neil. Earlier today, the STEEL PANTHER Twitter shared a 1994 MÖTLEY CRÜE interview clip from MTV News that was taped two years after Neil was dismissed from the band...

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Watch CRO-MAGS Perform In West Hollywood

Church Of The 8th Day has uploaded video footage of CRO-MAGS' October 18 concert at The Roxy in West Hollywood, California. Check it out below. CRO-MAGS feature the legendary Harley Flanagan pulling double duty with bass and lead vocals, guitarists Gabby Abularach, Rocky George (SUICIDAL TENDENCIES,...

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STRYPER's MICHAEL SWEET: 'I'm A Guitarist First, A Vocalist Second'

STRYPER's Michael Sweet says that he is "a guitarist first" and "a vocalist second." Sweet made the distinction in a Facebook post in which he addressed the fact that people still come up to him at every show and tell him that they didn't know he played the instrument. Michael wrote: "I'm a guitaris...

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MACHINE HEAD Performs 'Do Or Die' Live For First Time (Video)

MACHINE HEAD played its new song "Do Or Die" live for the first time during its concert Wednesday night (October 16) at Gasometer in Vienna, Austria. Fan-filmed video footage of the performance can be seen below. Released last Friday (October 11),"Do Or Die" has been described by some fans and medi...

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CHRIS KONTOS Thinks 'Burn My Eyes'-Era MACHINE HEAD 'Could Have Been The Next METALLICA'

The entire touring lineup for MACHINE HEAD's "Burn My Eyes" 25th-anniversary tour was interviewed by Rock Hard magazine prior to the band's October 5 show in Frieberg, Germany at Sick Arena Musikclub. You can watch the chat below. A few excerpts follow (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On the bigge...

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SLIPKNOT Bassist ALESSANDRO 'VMAN' VENTURELLA Explains How He Landed Gig

SLIPKNOT bassist Alessandro "VMan" Venturella told Bass Guitar Magazine that he landed in the band after getting a phone call from Jim Root while working with MASTODON as guitarist Brent Hinds's tech. "Me and Jim became friends while I was teching," Venturella said. "He was asking if I knew any bass...

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MACHINE HEAD's ROBB FLYNN Explains 'Do Or Die' Lyrical Inspiration

MACHINE HEAD frontman Robb Flynn has revealed the lyrical inspiration for his band's new song "Do Or Die". Released last Friday (October 11),"Do Or Die" has been described by some fans and media outlets as a "diss" track aimed at MACHINE HEAD's detractors, in particular those who have been critical...

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TOBIAS FORGE Is Looking Forward To Expanding GHOST's Live Show: 'I Know That We Can Do So Much Better'

GHOST leader Tobias Forge has told Worcester Magazine in a new interview that he feels that the band's best album has yet to be recorded. He is also looking forward to expanding GHOST's live show beyond what the band was able to present on this year's "Ultimate Tour Named Death". "I think what we're...

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Ex-SCORPIONS Drummer JAMES KOTTAK Is 'Sick Of Every Other Commercial Having Interracial Couples': 'This Is Not Reality'

Former SCORPIONS and current KINGDOM COME drummer James Kottak says that he is "sick" of seeing commercials featuring "interracial couples," insisting that "this is not reality." Earlier today, Kottak tweeted: "You know I am sick of every other commercial having inter racial couples...this is not re...