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JANI LANE and FIREHOUSE Audio Interviews Posted Online

StriglsMusicNews.com has posted episode 21 of their "Talking Metal" podcast. The episode is the second in a three part series spotlighting VH1 Classic's "Metal Mania: Stripped Across America Tour 2005". Included in this episode are interviews co-host John Ostronomy conducted with former WARRANT sing...
November 23, 2005
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Opinion: Former Girlfriend's 'Slander' Lawsuit Against GENE SIMMONS Should Have Been Dismissed

Julie Hilden, a FindLaw columnist who graduated from Yale Law School in 1992 and practiced First Amendment law at the D.C. law firm of Williams & Connolly from 1996-99, believes that a former girlfriend's slander suit against KISS bassist/vocalist Gene Simmons ought to have been dismissed. Plain...
November 22, 2005
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Upstairs

You just don't hear a lot about bands from Trinidad and Tobago. These guys are out to change that, and they've got friends in their corner as diverse as KANSAS frontman Phil Ehart and BLACK SABBATH producer Jeff Glixman. They're also touring the U.S. right now with YNGWIE MALMSTEEN, an odd but inter...
November 22, 2005
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UNEARTH Frontman: New Album Will Be 'Faster, Heavier And Darker'

UNEARTH vocalist Trevor Phipps has checked in with the following update: "It has been an amazing couple of years for us and we are just blown away by the overwhelming response we have received around the world. We are about to go into writing hibernation and pool our collective experiences together...
November 22, 2005
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AUGURY To Headline Toronto's ASHES OF AUTUMN Festival

Quebec's AUGURY will headline the second annual Ashes of Autumn festival, set to take place on December 9 at 3rd Floor Reillys (340 Yonge Street) in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Also scheduled to perform on the bill are WILL OF THE ANCIENTS, ATHERETIC, ARCHAEON, and SUFFER THE SOUL. Tickets are $10 in...
November 21, 2005
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USURPER To Make First-Ever Appearance In Mexico

Chicago's USURPER will make their first-ever appearance in Mexico on December 3 at Box Underground (located on the world-famous Revolucion Ave.) in Tijuana. Also appearing on the bill will be AVENGER OF BLOOD, INFINITUM OBSCURE, ESTUARY and OMISION. An in-store signing/appearance will be held betwee...
November 21, 2005
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THRESHOLD To Mix Live Album

U.K. progressive metallers THRESHOLD have issued the following update on their current activities: "Karl [Groom, guitar] and Rich [West, keyboards] are hoping to find time soon to mix the live album that THRESHOLD recorded on tour last year. Provisionally entitled 'Surface To Stage', it will be the...
November 21, 2005
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THE MERCY CLINIC Open For BLACK LABEL SOCIETY In Los Angeles: Photos Available

THE MERCY CLINIC, the new San Francisco Bay Area-based band featuring former DAMAGEPLAN frontman Patrick Lachman, guitarists Brian Harrah (PROFESSIONAL MURDER MUSIC) and Josh Stinson (DRIST),bassist Steed Najera (TRIPLE SEVEN),and drummer Bevan Davies (DANZIG, COMES WITH THE FALL, JERRY CANTRELL),...
November 21, 2005
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KEEP OF KALESSIN Replace KHOLD On EXODUS/HYPOCRISY Tour

Due to "some unfortunate problems," Norway's KHOLD have been forced to pull out of the European tour with HYPOCRISY and EXODUS. Replacing them on the bill will be KEEP OF KALESSIN, the Norwegian black metal outfit featuring Obsidian C. (a.k.a. Arnt Grønbech, also a touring guitarist for SATYRICON) o...
November 21, 2005
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MOTÖRHEAD's LEMMY Joins GIRLSCHOOL On Stage In London: Photos Available

MOTÖRHEAD frontman Ian "Lemmy" Kilmister joined support band GIRLSCHOOL on stage at their gig at London Brixton Academy on Saturday, November 19 for a very rare live performance of "Please Don't Touch", the song the two bands recorded together under the guise of HEADGIRL. "Please Don't Touch", a JOH...
November 21, 2005
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SEETHER Frontman Calls AUDIOSLAVE Tour 'Fun Experience'

Launch Radio Networks reports: SEETHER warmed up for AUDIOSLAVE for the last time Saturday night (November 19) in Las Vegas, Nevada, as the latter band's headlining North American tour came to a close. SEETHER singer and guitarist Shaun Morgan told Launch that opening for AUDIOSLAVE has been an amaz...
November 21, 2005
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BLACK SABBATH: UK MUSIC HALL OF FAME Performance, Interview Posted Online

BLACK SABBATH's performance of "Paranoid" at Wednesday night's (Nov. 16) UK Music Hall of Fame ceremony was broadcast on BBC Radio 2 during Mark Radcliffe's show from backstage at the Alexandra Palace in London. Radcliffe also interviewed Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler, Bill Ward and Ozzy Osbourne after...
November 20, 2005
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Former WRATHCHILD Members Join Forces In New Project

Three members of '80s U.K. glam rock band WRATHCHILD are working on a new band, it was revealed in an interview conducted by Rockdetector.com with former singer Rocky Shades. It appears that bassist Marc Angel, drummer Eddie Starr and guitarist Phil Volkins have assembled a new, as-yet-unnamed band...
November 20, 2005
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SILENCER Announce New Bassist

Colorado metallers SILENCER have announced the addition of bassist Brandon West to the group's ranks. "Brandon has quickly learned new album material and select back catalogue crushers in time kick off the 'Death of Awe' touring cycle with us," the band write on their web site. "His hungry attitude...
November 19, 2005
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Former CARCASS Frontman Taps Comic-Book Artist For Solo Album Cover

Former CARCASS bassist/vocalist Jeff Walker has tapped Larry Welz from Cherry Comics to create the original art for Walker's upcoming solo album consisting exclusively of country and blues covers. Check out Larry's work at www.cherrypublishing.com. The CD, entitled "Welcome to Carcass Cuntry", will...
November 19, 2005