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What Went Wrong With 'Rock School'?

"Rock School", the documentary about the real-life "School of Rock", closed after just one weekend on a handful of screens. "Rock School" is about the Paul Green School of Rock in Philadelphia, where students high school-aged and younger learn to play rock music in a structured setting. ALICE COOPER...
June 16, 2005
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Former ALICE IN CHAINS Guitarist: 'You Can't Replace A Guy Like LAYNE STALEY'

Former ALICE IN CHAINS guitarist Jerry Cantrell recently spoke to MTV.com about his upcoming solo album, which he expects to complete by the fall. "I've spent the last year and a half in writing mode, compiling a lot of material, writing with a lot of different people," Cantrell told MTV.com. "I've...
June 15, 2005
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CLASSIC ROCK REVISITED Releases 'New Road Ahead Volume I'

Classic Rock Revisited, in association with Cowtown Digital, LLC, has released an all-digital download compilation of 11 songs by 10 classic rock superstars available as an iTunes exclusive beginning June 21, 2005. Comented Classic Rock Revisited editor Jeb Wright: "This is an exciting project that...
June 15, 2005
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Former ALICE IN CHAINS Guitarist Working With AEROSMITH Producer

Former ALICE IN CHAINS guitarist has finished demoing 13 new songs and is currently working on material for his upcoming solo CD with acclaimed songwriter/producer Marti Frederiksen (AEROSMITH, FAITH HILL, DEF LEPPARD). Cantrell just cut a new track called "Swine" with Frederiksen and ex-JANE'S ADDI...
June 15, 2005
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Former ALICE IN CHAINS Guitarist Buys New Los Angeles Home

Former ALICE IN CHAINS guitarist Jerry Cantrell has just bought his first Los Angeles home which has been kept up in the vintage 1930s style. There is a guest house that will be turned into a studio. Cantrell recently spent time at Doug Fieger's studio in Los Angeles recording new music for his upco...
June 14, 2005
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Singer JASON MCMASTER Discusses WATCHTOWER, DANGEROUS TOYS And BROKEN TEETH

Sleaze Roxx recently conducted an interview with singer Jason McMaster (BROKEN TEETH, WATCHTOWER, DANGEROUS TOYS). A couple of excerpts from the interview follow: Sleaze Roxx: After only two studio albums, why did you decide to release a live BROKEN TEETH album so soon? Jason McMaster: "Too easy of...
June 14, 2005
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ALICE COOPER's Show Helps Bolster FM Radio's Ratings

Susan Whitall of The Arizona Republic has issued the following report: There's no hiding Alice Cooper. Even without discernible makeup, speaking in his workaday accent, the shock rocker can't help but emanate color and personality. That color spills over onto local airwaves as his classic rock radio...
June 11, 2005
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'Rock School' Documentary Pulled From Release

Launch Radio Networks reports: "Rock School", the documentary about the real-life "School of Rock", has closed after just one weekend on a handful of screens. Sources told Launch that after a very light box office, Newmarket Films opted to cancel the remaining nationwide openings with no word about...
June 9, 2005
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FEAR FACTORY: Rehearsal Video For New Album 'Transgression' Posted Online

Video footage of a FEAR FACTORY rehearsal, taken during the recording sessions for the group's new album, "Transgression", has been posted online at this location. FEAR FACTORY's "Transgression" is scheduled for release on August 23 via Trillion Records. Trillion is the new imprint from Liquid 8 Rec...
June 9, 2005
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CARDBOARD VAMPYRES To Open For JUDAS PRIEST, QUEENSRŸCHE In California

CARDBOARD VAMPYRES, the new "covers" band featuring former ALICE IN CHAINS guitarist Jerry Cantrell and ex-THE CULT guitarist Billy Duffy, will be opening for JUDAS PRIEST and QUEENSRŸCHE on Saturday, July 2 at the Shoreline Amphitheatre in Mountain View, California. In addition, there will be a spe...
June 9, 2005
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ALICE COOPER: 'Good To See You Again' DVD To Receive U.K. Release

According to a post at SickthingsUK, the ALICE COOPER movie "Good to See you Again, Alice Cooper", featuring footage of the Billion Dollar Babies tour in 1973, is tentatively scheduled for release on DVD in the U.K. on September 12. Filmed in Dallas (April 28) and Houston, Texas (April 29) in 1973,...
June 9, 2005
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SLIPKNOT, METALLICA, ALICE IN CHAINS Classics Covered By Lounge Legend: Audio Available

SLIPKNOT's "People = Shit", GUNS N' ROSES' "Welcome to the Jungle", METALLICA's "Enter Sandman", ALICE IN CHAINS's "Man in the Box" and JANE'S ADDICTION's "Been Caught Stealing" are among the tracks covered by lounge legend RICHARD CHEESE on his new album, entitled "Aperitif for Destruction". On his...
June 9, 2005
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MICHAEL SCHENKER: 'Heavy Hitters' CD To Surface Next Month

According to CD Universe, the "Michael Schenker and Heavy Hitters" album, featuring an all-star lineup of musicians based around guitar virtuoso Michael Schenker (MSG, UFO, SCORPIONS) paying homage to their contemporaries, is scheduled for release on July 12. This 10-track powerhouse collection was...
June 8, 2005
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Concert Presentation To Feature Songs From AC/DC Singer's 'Helen of Troy' Musical

Robert Simonson of Playbill.com has issued the following report: Eden Espinosa and Alice Ripley will lend their voices to a June 13 concert that will feature songs from "Helen of Troy", a new musical with a score by Brian Johnson of the Australian heavy metal band AC/DC. Also due to perform at the ....
June 7, 2005
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HELIX Frontman Is Ready To Kick Ass At SWEDEN ROCK FESTIVAL

HELIX frontman Brian Vollmer recently spoke to the The London Free Press about the group's appearance at this weekend's Sweden Rock Festival, a three-day sonic barrage of some of the world's hardest and most renowned metal bands. Speaking of the upcoming Swedish gig, Vollmer expressed total confiden...
June 7, 2005