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Video: SLASH Honored With Les Paul Award At 30th Annual NAMM TEC Awards

Iconic guitarist Slash received the prestigious Les Paul Award during the 30th annual NAMM Technical Excellence & Creativity Awards on Saturday, January 24 in Anaheim, California. Comedian Sinbad provided the laughs as the evening's host. The NAMM TEC Awards honors individuals and companies acro...

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MÖTLEY CRÜE's NIKKI SIXX: 'We're Going To Win The SUPER BOWL, And We're Going To F**king Leave'

MÖTLEY CRÜE bassist Nikki Sixx spoke to GQ.com about the band's decision to call it quits after 2015. "The Final Tour" kicked off last year and will end New Year's Eve at the Staples Center in Los Angeles after one more round of North American gigs. "I love MÖTLEY CRÜE, but goddamn does ...

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CALIFORNIA BREED 'Is Over'

CALIFORNIA BREED, the band originally built around the foundation of legendary vocalist-bassist Glenn Hughes, drummer extraordinaire Jason Bonham and newcomer guitarist-singer-songwriter Andrew Watt, "is over", according to a posting on the group's official Facebook page. Watt elaborated on the CALI...

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JASON BECKER May Issue Previously Unreleased Songs Written With DAVID LEE ROTH

Mark Strigl of the "Talking Metal" podcast (web site) in December 2014 conducted an interview with Jason Becker, a onetime guitar prodigy first known as part of the metal duo CACOPHONY, who was diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS, aka Lou Gehrig's Disease) at age 20, shortly after join...

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PAUL STANLEY: A Lot Of Young People Are Missing Out On Excitement Of Music Created By Human Beings

In a brand new interview with Noisey, KISS guitarist/vocalist Paul Stanley discussed the current state of music. He said: "Music is like food — there's two kinds: good and bad." He continued: "I think that there's a huge problem in that music nowadays that's most available on the radio is mechanical...

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Rock Or Bust

Hello again from the highway to you-know-where. Rock legends AC/DC come calling with their lean fifteenth album, "Rock Or Bust" and the title just might represent the factual mindset of the band as they trooped through well-publicized adversities to deliver it. Angus Young (who will likely be buried...

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PAT TRAVERS BAND To Release 'Live At The Iridium NYC' In January

Frontiers Music Srl will release PAT TRAVERS BAND's newest live album titled "Live At The Iridium NYC" on January 23, 2015 in Europe and January 27 2015 in North America. Toronto-born Pat Travers is truly a swaggering hard-rock axeman — he picked up his first guitar after a Jimi Hendrix performance...

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SLASH To Be Honored With Les Paul Award At 30th Annual NAMM TEC Awards

Iconic guitarist Slash will receive the prestigious Les Paul Award during the 30th annual NAMM Technical Excellence & Creativity Awards, to be held Saturday, January 24, 2015 in Anaheim, California. Comedian Sinbad will provide the laughs as the evening's host. The NAMM TEC Awards honors individ...

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Back from the Abyss

Long one of the inarguable best of the doom-stoner sect is ORANGE GOBLIN. You either know them or you don't, and you if you do know them, dissatisfaction is not a part of the intake. Their latest project, "Back from the Abyss", is everything ORANGE GOBLIN fans are craving: a bit of BLACK SABBATH, a...

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SURVIVOR Singer JIMI JAMISON's Death Due, In Part, To Methamphetamine Use

SURVIVOR frontman Jimi Jamison died of methamphetamine intoxication and a stroke, according to autopsy results released on Tuesday, November 11. The coroner ruled the death accidental. "Acute methamphetamine intoxication" contributed to a "hemorrhagic stroke of the brain," states the report by the S...

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JASON BONHAM 'Won't Be Returning' To CALIFORNIA BREED, Says GLENN HUGHES

In a brand new interview with The Rocktologist, CALIFORNIA BREED bassist/vocalist Glenn Hughes was asked if drummer Jason Bonham will return to the band at some point in the future. "No, Jason won't be returning," Glenn replied. "His other commitments were getting in the way of his CALIFORNIA BREED...

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METALLICA's LARS ULRICH Performs With His 86-Year-Old Father In Copenhagen

METALLICA drummer Lars Ulrich joined his father, 86-year-old Danish musician, filmmaker and former tennis pro Torben Ulrich, on stage this past Sunday, October 26 at HAUT i Huset i Magstræde in Copenhagen, Denmark for an improvised set of experimental music as part of this year's Wundergrund festiva...

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RUSH's ALEX LIFESON Talks Musician Influences, Offers Advice To Young Musicians (Video)

IndiePower.com recently conducted an interview with legendary RUSH guitarist Alex Lifeson. You can now watch the chat below. On the people that inspired him to become a musician: Lifeson: "I loved music, period. I mean, from the BEACH BOYS to Jimi Hendrix and everything in between… THE WHO, LED ZEPP...

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CALIFORNIA BREED: Fan-Filmed Footage Of Huntington Concert

Fan-filmed video footage of CALIFORNIA BREED's October 12 performance at The Paramount in Huntington, New York can be seen below. CALIFORNIA BREED members Glenn Hughes and Andrew Watt recently chose Joey Castillo (QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE, EAGLES OF DEATH METAL) to play drums for the band for all dat...

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ALICE COOPER Plays Impromptu Show At Nashville Bar; Video Available

Legendary rocker Alice Cooper played an impromptu after-party show last night (Wednesday, October 15) at Dan McGuinness, a bar in Nashville, Tennessee, after supporting MÖTLEY CRÜE earlier in the night at Bridgestone Arena. Alice invited fans via Twitter to the club, where he and his band proceeded...