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GEOFF TATE Is 'Sorry' QUEENSRŸCHE Fans Were Subjected To 'Totally Distasteful' War Of Words Via Court Documents

Singer Geoff Tate — who was fired from the Seattle progressive rock band QUEENSRŸCHE in 2012 after fronting it for three decades — has apologized to the group's fans for the "totally distasteful" war of words that played out in the press and court documents following the split, saying that there wil...

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FLOTSAM AND JETSAM: Fan-Filmed Footage Of Enschede Concert

Fan-Filmed video footage of FLOTSAM AND JETSAM's March 7 performance at Atak in Enschede, The Netherlands can be seen below. FLOTSAM AND JETSAM released "No Place For Disgrace - 2014", a re-recording of the band's second album, "No Place For Disgrace", on February 14 in Europe and digitally on Febru...

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NIGHTWISH's TUOMAS HOLOPAINEN Answers 10 Questions For Sweden's ROCKSVERIGE (Video)

Tuomas Holopainen — the keyboardist and main songwriter of NIGHTWISH — recently answered ten questions for Sweden's Rocksverige web site. You can now watch the question-and-answer session below. Holopainen spent most of 2013 writing and producing his solo album based on a graphic novel called "The L...

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VIVIAN CAMPBELL: Writing New Music With LAST IN LINE Is 'So Effortless'

LAST IN LINE, the band featuring DEF LEPPARD guitarist Vivian Campbell alongside fellow founding DIO members Vinny Appice, Jimmy Bain and Claude Schnell, plus singer Andrew Freeman, who has previously fronted HURRICANE and LYNCH MOB, will enter the studio in April to begin recordings its first fresh...

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STEEL PANTHER's MICHAEL STARR Interviewed On Australia's 'Distortion' (Audio)

On March 7, Dave "Higgo" Higgins of the "Distortion" show, which airs on Australia's long-running rock station Triple M, conducted an interview with vocalist Michael Starr of Los Angeles glam-metal jokesters STEEL PANTHER. You can now listen to the chat below. STEEL PANTHER is the '80s metal/hard ro...

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GENE SIMMONS And PAUL STANLEY Announce Franchisee For ROCK & BREWS In Kansas And Oklahoma

Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley of KISS announced today that they plan to expand their Rock & Brews restaurant brand into Kansas and Oklahoma. The rock icons have signed a franchise agreement for five new locations, with the first set to open in May in the Kansas City suburb of Overland Park, Kans...

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SWORN ENEMY To Release 'Living On Borrowed Time' In May

Queens, New York hardcore veterans SWORN ENEMY will release their new album, "Living On Borrowed Time", on May 13 via Rock Ridge Music/ADA. The artwork for the CD can be seen below. Frontman Sal LoCoco states about the new album and the band's upcoming plans: "It's been a while since I've been this...

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RONNIE JAMES DIO To Receive Posthumous 'Lifetime Achievement Award' From 'Syracuse Area Music Hall Of Fame'

According to Syracuse.com, legendary heavy metal singer Ronnie James Dio, frontman for bands like RAINBOW, BLACK SABBATH, DIO and ELF, will be posthumously awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award tonight (Thursday, March 6) from the Syracuse Area Music Hall Of Fame at Dinosaur Bar-B-Que in Syracuse....

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GUS G.: 'I Am The Fire' Video Released

"I Am The Fire", the new video from guitar virtuoso Gus G. — well known in rock and metal circles for his work as Ozzy Osbourne's guitarist and as leader of his own band FIREWIND — can be seen below. The song, which features a guest appearance by the American hard rock band DEVOUR THE ...

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DREGEN Exits MICHAEL MONROE's Band To Focus On Solo Career, BACKYARD BABIES

Swedish guitarist/vocalist Dregen (real name: Andreas Tyrone Svensson) has announced his departure from former HANOI ROCKS singer Michael Monroe's solo band to focus on a solo career. Dregen has played guitar in Michael Monroe's live band since the summer of 2011, and he also played on the band's la...

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GUS G. Talks About Debut Solo Album In PLANETMOSH Interview (Audio)

Guitar virtuoso Gus G., well known in rock and metal circles for his work as Ozzy Osbourne's guitarist and as leader of his own band FIREWIND, was recently interviewed by U.K.'s PlanetMosh. You can now listen to the chat using the audio player below. Gus G. has set a March 18 release date ...

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NIGHTWISH's TUOMAS HOLOPAINEN: Third Trailer For 'Life And Times Of Scrooge' Solo Album

Tuomas Holopainen — the keyboardist and main songwriter of NIGHTWISH — spent most of 2013 writing and producing his solo album based on a graphic novel called "The Life And Times Of Scrooge McDuck", written and illustrated by Don Rosa. "Music Inspired By The Life And Times Of Scrooge - Written And P...

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TANKARD: Fourth Video Report From The Studio

German alcoholic thrashers TANKARD entered Studio 23 in Frankfurt, Germany last monh to begin recording the follow-up to their acclaimed 2012 album "A Girl Called Cerveza". Entitled "R.I.B." (Rest In Beer),the new CD will be released on June 20 via Nuclear Blast. The fourth and final video report f...

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L.R.S.: 'Livin' 4 A Dream' Video Released

Frontiers Records will release L.R.S.'s debut album, "Down To The Core", on March 21 in Europe and March 25 in North America. L.R.S. stands for the new melodic rock musical alliance between singer Tommy La Verdi (21 GUNS),guitarist Josh Ramos (THE STORM, HARDLINE) and drummer Michael Shotton (VON G...

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FLOTSAM AND JETSAM Talks To Austria's Stormbringer.at (Video)

Austria's Stormbringer.at webzine conducted an interview with Michael Gilbert (guitar),Kelly Smith (drums) and Eric "A.K." Knutson (vocals) of Arizona metal veterans FLOTSAM AND JETSAM prior to the band's February 18 show in Vienna, Austria during their European tour with SEPULTURA and LEGION OF TH...