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MÖTLEY CRÜE To Begin Rehearsals With JOHN 5 This Week

MÖTLEY CRÜE will begin rehearsals this week for its first shows with new touring guitarist John 5. The former ROB ZOMBIE and MARILYN MANSON axeman joined CRÜE as the replacement for founding guitarist Mick Mars, who announced last October he would no longer tour with the legendary rock act because o...

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VINCE NEIL Is 'Ready To Conquer The World' After Recovering From His Bout With COVID-19

MÖTLEY CRÜE frontman Vince Neil says that he has recovered from his recent bout with COVID-19. On Sunday (January 22),the 61-year-old singer shared a photo of him with his longtime girlfriend, celebrity makeup artist and beauty educator Rain Hannah, and he included the following message: "Feeling b...

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L.A. GUNS To Release New Studio Album, 'Black Diamonds', In April

L.A. GUNS, featuring singer Phil Lewis and guitarist Tracii Guns, will release its new studio album, "Black Diamonds", on April 14. This will be the fourth studio album since the much-welcome reunion of the band's core foundation of Lewis and Guns. It will follow the well-received studio albums "The...

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PHIL DEMMEL Explains Why He Bought Ticket To See His Former Band MACHINE HEAD Perform In Sacramento Last Month

Phil Demmel, who left MACHINE HEAD more than four years ago, has admitted that he bought a ticket to see his former bandmates perform last month at their concert in Sacramento, California. The December 23 show at Ace Of Spades was part of MACHINE HEAD's "Electric Happy Hour (Live)" fall 2022 tour wh...

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Ex-SLAYER Drummer JON DETTE Shares Drum Cover Of 'Postmortem' As Part Of 'Big Four' Series

Drummer Jon Dette (TESTAMENT, SLAYER, ANTHRAX) has uploaded the latest in his "Big Four" drum-cover series: SLAYER's "Postmortem". The clip, which can be seen below, follows his previously released videos for METALLICA's "Damage, Inc.", SLAYER's "Killing Fields", METALLICA's "Blackened", ANTHRAX's "...

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MEAT LOAF's Daughters Share Short Film To Commemorate First Anniversary Of His Death

Meat Loaf's daughters have commemorated the first anniversary of his passing by releasing a short film containing career highlights and private moments from their personal archives that had not been shared before. On Friday (January 20),Pearl Aday and Amanda Aday shared the following message via so...

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OPETH's MIKAEL ÅKERFELDT Pays Tribute To DAVID CROSBY: 'He Crafted So Much Fantastic Music, It's Incredible'

OPETH's Mikael Åkerfeldt has paid tribute to David Crosby, a founding member of THE BYRDS and CROSBY, STILLS & NASH (later CROSBY, STILLS, NASH & YOUNG),who died earlier this week at the age of 81. On Friday (January 20),Mikael took to OPETH's social media to write: "It must have been in 2...

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SOUNDGARDEN's BEN SHEPHERD Pays Tribute To SCREAMING TREES Bassist VAN CONNER

SOUNDGARDEN's Ben Shepherd has paid tribute to founding SCREAMING TREES bassist Van Conner, who died earlier this week at age 55. The SOUNDGARDEN bassist addressed his friend's passing in a post on SOUNDGARDEN's social media. He wrote: "I'm thinking of Van back in the days of the Lollapalooza tour w...

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DISTURBED's MIKE WENGREN Is 'Killing It' In The Gym In Preparation For Band's Upcoming Tour

DISTURBED drummer Mike Wengren is "killing it" in the gym in preparation for the band's upcoming tour. On Thursday (January 19),Southeast Wisconsin's Peak Health & Performance shared a short video of the 51-year-old musician working out at the facility and included the following caption: "After...

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JANE'S ADDICTION Announces March 2023 U.S. Tour Dates

JANE'S ADDICTION has announced a series of West Coast dates leading up to the band's participation in the Lollapalooza festivals in South America. The Perry Farrell-fronted outfit, which completed a fall 2022 U.S. tour with SMASHING PUMPKINS, will play the following shows in March: March 05 - Bakers...

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IRON MAIDEN Offers Fans Chance To Buy Jewelry Made From Bandmembers' Used Guitar Strings

British heavy metal legends IRON MAIDEN have teamed up with The Guitarwrist, a not-for-profit company, to reduce the amount of strings metal ending in landfill, while raising money for Heavy Metal Truants, a charity cycling group co-founded by Metal Hammer's former editor-in-chief Alexander Milas an...

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Ex-JUDAS PRIEST Singer TIM 'RIPPER' OWENS Has Lost 50 Pounds Since Last Summer

Former JUDAS PRIEST singer Tim "Ripper" Owens says that he has lost more than 20 percent of his body weight since he changed his diet last year. Earlier today (Tuesday, January 17),Owens took to his Instagram to share a full-body mirror selfie, and he included the following message: "I started work...

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KORN Announces 'Follow The Leader' 25th-Anniversary Makeup Set

KORN has teamed with the makeup company HipDot for a makeup palette celebrating the 25th anniversary of the band's "Follow The Leader" album. The set is packaged in a "Follow The Leader" CD-sized case that contains a ring of eight different color "tracks" that are inspired by KORN's classic third LP...

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Watch JOHN 5 Play Along To MÖTLEY CRÜE's 'Bastard'

Former ROB ZOMBIE and MARILYN MANSON guitarist John 5 has uploaded a video of him playing along to "Bastard", a song from MÖTLEY CRÜE's second album, "Shout At The Devil", which was originally released in 1983. "One of my favz," MÖTLEY CRÜE bassist Nikki Sixx wrote in the comments section. The lates...

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OPETH's MIKAEL ÅKERFELDT Pays Tribute To JEFF BECK: 'We Lost One Of The Most Influential And Innovative Guitarists Ever'

OPETH leader Mikael Åkerfeldt has paid tribute to British guitar legend Jeff Beck following his death on Tuesday (January 10). The Rock And Roll Hall Of Famer, who rose to prominence with THE YARDBIRDS, died "suddenly" after contracting bacterial meningitis, his representative said. Mikael took to h...