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POISON's C.C. DEVILLE Forced To Air Guitar To Enter Party

The New York Post reports that when C.C. DeVille was turned away from a Stuff magazine party at the Palms Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas the other night, the aging POISON guitarist gained entry with an air-guitar session, complete with squealing vocalizations of his pop-metal licks. Once inside, De...

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Sunless Days

On BESEECH's fifth album, "Sunless Days", melancholic moments resulting from the darkness that surrounds are short-lived thanks to an emphasis on the tuneful. Sure, the gothic presence is significant and a chill is always in the air, but it's the melodies of songs like "Innerlane", "The Outpost", an...

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The Dawn

BEDLIGHT FOR BLUE EYES' "The Dawn" is not a metal or hardcore album. It's a rock album with pop songwriting and sappy lyrics. The band has more in common with DEL AMITRI than ATREYU. If that's not your thing, then stop reading now. I can appreciate this heartfelt radio-friendly rock as much as the n...

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Ex-MEGADETH Guitarist MARTY FRIEDMAN: 'Essential' Video To Receive DVD Release In The Fall

Former MEGADETH guitarist Marty Friedman's official web site has been updated with the following message: "Marty's fans will not want to miss a special episode of [Japanese TV show] 'Hebimetasan' this Tuesday night (Aug. 23) when one of Marty's idols, Japanese living legend Yashiro Aki, joins him fo...

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AMEN Frontman CASEY CHAOS: 'Bloodied, Broken And Penniless Yet Again'

AMEN frontman Casey Chaos has issued the following statement: "First off, I want to say 'Thank you' to everyone that has ever been a part of this rollercoaster of a life called AMEN. On both sides of the stage, it has been an honor to be able to have released three albums on three different ...

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THE CLICK FIVE Singer Talks About Working With PAUL STANLEY

KISS frontman Paul Stanley recently collaborated with Boston-based THE CLICK FIVE on the track "Angel to You (Devil to Me)", which appears on THE CLICK FIVE's debut CD, "Greetings From Imrie House", out now on Lava. Stanley reportedly co-wrote the track with THE CLICK FIVE keyboardist Ben Romans at...

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LINKIN PARK Singer Says Solo Album Will Have 'Driving Beats And Walls Of Guitars'

RollingStone.com has confirmed that LINKIN PARK frontman Chester Bennington is working on his solo debut, tentatively due in early 2006. "We took Nineties rock, mixed it with Eighties pop like DEPECHE MODE, THE CURE and BAUHAUS and smashed them together," says Bennington. "It's fuckin' driving beats...

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FEAR FACTORY Frontman Says 'Transgression' Is 'An Experimental Record'

Shawn Macomber of The Nashua Telegraph recently conducted an interview with FEAR FACTORY frontman Burton C. Bell. Several excerpts from the chat follow: On the group's new album, "Transgression": "I wanted to tell stories on this record, and the stories I ended up telling were of … going beyond. "'T...

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DRAGONFORCE Guitarist To Broadcast For BBC WORLD SERVICE

Hong Kong-born guitarist Herman Li of the London-based "extreme power metal" band DRAGONFORCE will broadcast for the BBC World Service program "The Music Feature - China's Music Revolution". This series explores the last great untapped music market for record companies — China. It looks at the rock/...

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NEBULA Complete Work On New Studio Album

Cosmic rockers NEBULA have completed their much-anticipated follow-up to "Atomic Ritual". The band enlisted the help of producer Daniel Rey (THE RAMONES, MISFITS) to record "the most dynamic and diverse NEBULA opus yet," according to a press release. The band is currently in mixing and mastering pha...

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DEF LEPPARD Guitarist: 'Heavy Metal Is An Area We Don't Like To Go Into'

Allan Wigney of the Ottawa Sun recently conducted an interview with DEF LEPPARD guitarist Vivian Campbell. On the subject of being labeled a "heavy metal" band, Campbell said, "We sit on the fence between hard rock and pop. We can take 'hard rock,' but the heavy metal thing is an area we don't like...

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HENRY ROLLINS To Embark On '25 Years Of Bulls**t' Tour

According to MTV.com, punk rock icon Henry Rollins has finalized plans for his "25 Years of Bullshit" tour, sponsored by IFC, which airs "Henry's Film Corner". The two-month, 43-show trek kicks off September 29 in Phoenix, and will include commentary on politics, pop culture and his most recent expl...

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Former RATT Frontman To Guest On VH1's 'I Love The 80's'

According to a posting on former RATT frontman Stephen Pearcy's official web site, Pearcy recently taped an appearance on an episode of VH1's "I Love the 80's". Scheduled airtime is set for mid-October. According to VH1.com, each one-hour episode of "I Love the 80's" "takes viewers on a stream-of-co...

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Tales from the Strip

A band straight outta the '80s that never really went away, L.A. GUNS released some good 'n' sleazy hard rock with strong melodies over the years, belying the categorization of the act by some folks (I'm not one of them) as "just another hair metal band." As late as 2002, the group released a qualit...

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VELVET REVOLVER, DISTURBED, ALICE IN CHAINS Members Jam With CAMP FREDDY In Hollywood

VELVET REVOLVER members Slash and Scott Weiland, along with Jerry Cantrell (ALICE IN CHAINS),David Draiman (DISTURBED) and Billy Duffy (THE CULT),were among the special guests during CAMP FREDDY performance at the X Games party on Friday, August 5 at the House of Blues in West Hollywood, Californi...