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TWISTED SISTER To Headline 'A Concert To Honor AJ Pero' In June

TWISTED SISTER will headline "A Concert To Honor AJ Pero" on June 13 at Starland Ballroom in Sayreville, New Jersey. Tickets, priced at $45 each, go on sale April 8. Pero died at the age of 55 while on tour with the band ADRENALINE MOB. After members of that group failed to rouse him on ...

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Surviving Members Of GWAR Sued By DAVE BROCKIE's Father

According to NBC News, the surviving members of the theatrical shock rock band GWAR have been sued by the father of Dave Brockie, the group's late founder, accusing them of stealing Dave's artwork, bass guitars and cremated remains, and refusing to return them to his family. In the lawsuit, filed Th...

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Singer JOHNNY SOLINGER Quits SKID ROW

Singer Johnny Solinger has announced his departure from SKID ROW. He says in a statement: "I have decided to leave SKID ROW to pursue my solo career. The past 15 years has been a great experience and I have appreciated the opportunity to be the lead singer in one of the most prominent bands of ...

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JOEY BELLADONNA On His Relationship With ANTHRAX Bandmates: 'Sometimes Things Aren't As Close As I'd Like Them To Be'

David "Gus" Griesinger of BackstageAxxess.com recently conducted an interview with ANTHRAX singer Joey Belladonna. You can now watch the chat below. Asked to clarify his December 2013 comments in which he said he never "really found [his] place with" ANTHRAX and lamented the fact that he had very li...

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YES And TOTO To Join Forces For North American Tour

World-renowned recording artists YES and TOTO today announced they will join forces this summer for a co-headlining North American tour. Among the world's most influential, ground-breaking, and respected progressive rock bands, Grammy Award-winning YES has sold nearly 40 million albums in a career t...

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FILTER Joins Forces With PledgeMusic For Making Of Band's Seventh Studio Album

PledgeMusic has announced its partnership with FILTER for the recording of the band's seventh studio record, to be released on Wind-Up. Shoving a fist in the face of tradition has been FILTER's modus operandi since the release of its self-produced debut album, "Short Bus". The CD's rough-around-the-...

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RATT Drummer BOBBY BLOTZER Explains His New RATT EXPERIENCE Project

RATT drummer Bobby Blotzer has released a statement explaining his reasons for assembling the RATT EXPERIENCE band which will perform not only the RATT hits, but also several deep album cuts, including many songs that have never been played live. Said Bobby: "While I had the right to go out and tour...

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LITA FORD's 'Living Like A Runaway: A Memoir' Now Set To Arrive In June

Dey Street Books (formerly It Books),an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, has set a June 16 release date for "Lita Ford - Living Like A Runaway: A Memoir". In this 240-page hardcover book, which was originally expected last year, the former lead guitarist of THE RUNAWAYS opens up about the '70s...

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A.J. PERO's Longtime Girlfriend And 14-Year-Old Daughter Launch Crowdfunding Campaign

Michele Agnello, the longtime girlfriend of TWISTED SISTER drummer A.J. Pero, has launched a crowdfunding campaign via the GoFundMe web site. She writes on the site: "Hi my name is Michele Agnello. I was AJ Pero's longtime girlfriend of 19 years, his companion, best friend and the mother of his youn...

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ACT OF DEFIANCE Featuring Ex-MEGADETH, SHADOWS FALL, SCAR THE MARTYR Members: Debut Album Update

ACT OF DEFIANCE, the new band featuring former MEGADETH members Shawn Drover (drums) and Chris Broderick (guitar),alongside ex-SCAR THE MARTYR singer Henry Derek Bonner, and SHADOWS FALL's Matt Bachand (bass),recently entered the studio with world-renowned producer Chris "Zeuss" Harris (ROB ZOMBIE...

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SYSTEM OF A DOWN Drummer Explains Impact Of Playing In Armenia

According to The Pulse Of Radio, SYSTEM OF A DOWN drummer John Dolmayan said in a conference call earlier this week that the band's upcoming concert in Armenia — the first time SYSTEM will ever perform in the ancestral country of its members — means more to the group than making a new album. Dolmaya...

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QUIET RIOT's FRANKIE BANALI: 'The Lineup Right Now Is As Solid As I Can Remember It'

Jacky BamBam of Philadelphia's 93.3 WMMR radio station recently conducted an interview with QUIET RIOT drummer Frankie Banali. You can now listen to the chat at this location. Speaking about QUIET RIOT's current lineup, which includes singer Jizzy Pearl (LOVE/HATE, L.A. GUNS, ADLER'S APPETITE, RATT)...

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New MEGADETH Guitarist KIKO LOUREIRO Has Full Support Of His ANGRA Bandmates

Brazilian metallers ANGRA have thrown their unwavering support behind their guitarist Kiko Loureiro, who has just been named the new axeman in MEGADETH. Says ANGRA guitarist Rafael Bittencourt: "Oh boy! My spine is still giving me goosebumps! "Kiko is in MEGADETH! Wow! What a feeling of pride! "I ha...

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AT THE GATES' Chicago Concert To Be Streamed On YAHOO!

Currently on a very successful road trip across North America with CONVERGE, PALLBEARER and VALLENFYRE as part of the "Decibel Magazine Tour" and promoting their "At War With Reality" album, Swedish melodic death metal pioneers AT THE GATES have teamed up with Live Nation and Yahoo! to live-stream t...

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DAVID DRAIMAN: Many People Confuse The Right To 'Free Speech' As Being A License To Say Whatever They Want

DISTURBED singer David Draiman has slammed the newly announced host of Comedy Central's "The Daily Show", Trevor Noah, over old tweets in which he made jokes about Jews in addition to women and blacks. Noah, whose mother is a black South African and whose father is white and from Switzerland, has co...