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MY RUIN Singer Weighs In On MICHAEL JACKSON Child-Molestation Controversy
MY RUIN frontwoman Tarrie B, never one to mince words, has weighed in on the ongoing Michael Jackson child-molestation controversy with the following posting on the band's official web site: "YEAH...I talk shit...you're used to it...so please don't let THIS rant come as a surprise.... Innocent until...November 25, 2003
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Emergency Transmissions From GREAT WHITE Concert Fire Released
Emergency transmissions from February's deadly nightclub fire in Rhode Island during a GREAT WHITE concert have been released by State Attorney General Patrick Lynch after a judge ordered them to be made public, according to the Associated Press. The three-and-a-half hours worth of recordings includ...November 6, 2003
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CRIMINAL Name New Album
Anglo-Chilean metallurgists CRIMINAL have finished recording and mixing their new album, "No Gods No Masters", at Springvale Studios in Suffolk, U.K. "We tried quite a few new things on this album," explains frontman Anton Reisenegger (ex-PENTAGRAM),"and at some point I was kinda worried that it wo...November 4, 2003
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VARG VIKERNES Refuses To Name Accomplices, Faces Additional Prison Time
BURZUM mastermind Varg Vikernes has provided the police with detailed information about his movements while on the run during a recent attempted jailbreak, according to the Norwegian daily newspaper VG. Vikernes has also talked about the assistance he has received from various people on the outside...October 30, 2003
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DEICIDE's Record Label: Canadian Border Incident Was 'A Misunderstanding'
DEICIDE's record label issued a statement today directly countering a newspaper report that the group's guitarist and a member of their road crew were arrested when they were found with drugs and weapons in a mobile home they were driving in upstate New York en route to Detroit from Canada. Buffalo...October 24, 2003
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DEICIDE Members Held On Drug, Weapons Charges
Buffalo News reports that two members of the Florida death metal band DEICIDE were arrested at the Lewiston-Queenston Bridge when they were found with drugs and weapons in a mobile home they were driving there from Canada, state police said. Benjamin T. Boynton [believed to be a member of the band's...October 24, 2003
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TOTAL CHAOS Blame Immigration For Montreal Riot
Graeme Hamilton of National Post reports that the leader of a punk rock group whose fans rioted Tuesday night (October 14) after their concert was cancelled blamed Immigration Canada yesterday for the destruction, saying authorities had no business checking band members for criminal records. Hours b...October 17, 2003
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Customs Officer: 'Serious Criminal Files' Got THE EXPLOITED Stopped At Canadian Border
Anne Sutherland of The Montreal Gazette reports that a criminal record can give you street cred in the punk-music business, but it's also enough to get you turned back at the border. That's what happened when customs officials refused entry to seven members of two punk groups expected to play the Me...October 16, 2003
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CRIMINAL To Enter Studio In October
CRIMINAL, the formerly Chile-based act who feature in their ranks ex-PENTAGRAM mainman Anton Reisenegger and former EXTREME NOISE TERROR drummer Zac O'Neil, will enter Springvale Studios in Suffolk, U.K., on October 3 to record the follow up to 2001's "Cancer". The album will be produced by the band...September 10, 2003
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Black Metal Musicians Sentenced To 40 Years In Prison For Firing At Christian Building
Nick Schou of the Orange County Weekly is reporting that two members of a black metal rock band whose lyrics call for the murder of all Christians were sentenced to a total of 40 years in state prison for firing seven shots at a building from a moving car — without causing a single death ...August 18, 2003
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GREAT WHITE Unlikely To Be Indicted Over Rhode Island Concert Tragedy
Six months after the deadly West Warwick nightclub fire, state prosecutors are completing their investigation, according to a report published Sunday. Prosecutors are expected to seek involuntary manslaughter indictments against the nightclub's owners and a rock band's tour manager, the Boston Globe...August 18, 2003
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DEF LEPPARD Guitarist: MARIAH CAREY's Cover Of 'Heartbreak' Was 'A Huge Compliment'
DEF LEPPARD guitarist Phil Collen has told the Montreal Gazette that he's all for MARIAH CAREY's recent revival of the group's "Bringin' On The Heartbreak" (from 1981's "High 'n' Dry") — a cover some fans have considered an act of high treason. "You get e-mails from fans, and they go, 'It's disgusti...August 12, 2003
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MAYHEM Classic To Be Reissued
MAYHEM's classic "Wolf's Lair Abyss" CD will be reissued through Candlelight USA on October 14. The recording continues the label's classic reissue series — adding to earlier reissues by ARCTURUS, FLEURETY and VED BUENS ENDE. Originally released in 1998 for the Misanthropy label, "Wolf Lair's Abyss"...July 30, 2003
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CRIMINAL Getting Ready To Record
CRIMINAL, the formerly Chile-based act who feature in their ranks ex-PENTAGRAM mainman Anton Reisenegger and former EXTREME NOISE TERROR drummer Zac O'Neil, are continuing work on the material for their new album, "Supersonic Death", tentatively due in early 2004 through Metal Blade Records. The fol...July 22, 2003
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GREAT WHITE's Charitable U.S. Tour Is A No-Go
The proposed nationwide tour featuring GREAT WHITE, L.A. GUNS and XYZ to raise money for families of the victims of the Rhode Island tragedy has been canceled. The trek, which was to cover 55 cities, was called off due to the bands' inability to get proper insurance for the tour. Explained L.A. GUNS...June 30, 2003
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