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ULI JON ROTH Pulls Out Of 'Guitar Gods' Tour Due To Visa Issues

Legendary guitarist Uli Jon Roth (SCORPIONS) has been forced to pull out of the previously announced "Guitar Gods" tour alongside Yngwie Malmsteen, Ron "Bumblefoot" Thal (GUNS N' ROSES) and Gary Hoey. Says Roth in a statement: "Unfortunately, we are forced to cancel my participation in this tour due...

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Magic Mountain

Quickly building their reps on Southern rock revival and a blistering live package, Kentucky headhunters BLACK STONE CHERRY are back with their fourth album, "Magic Mountain". Innocuous in title to the casual eye, maybe, a veteran rocker and trip seeker will be guffawing knowingly at the title's tru...

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PRETTY BOY FLOYD And MURDERDOLLS Members Join Forces In KRISTY MAJORS AND THE THRILL KILLS

Southern California-based punk/rock band KRISTY MAJORS AND THE THRILL KILLS — featuring members of PRETTY BOY FLOYD and MURDERDOLLS — will release its debut self-titled album on June 17. With roots that feed from the East Coast '70s punk scene to the West Coast '80s metal scene, KRISTY MAJORS AND TH...

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ROBERT PLANT On Being Accused Of 'Playing Games' By JIMMY PAGE: He Needs To 'Have A Good Rest'

Robert Plant says that Jimmy Page "needs to go to sleep and have a good rest" after the guitarist was quoted as saying Plant was "playing games" about the possibility of a LED ZEPPELIN reunion tour. In a recent interview with The New York Times, Page was asked if there is a chance ...

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KISS' 'Kiss 40' Compilation Cracks U.S. Top 30

KISS's new compilation, "Kiss 40", sold around 7,200 copies in the United States in its first week of release to debut at position No. 30 on The Billboard 200 chart. This year marks the 40th anniversary of rock and roll giants KISS and in true KISS fashion, the band plan to make 2014 the biggest ...

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DRAGONFORCE Parts Ways With Drummer DAVE MACKINTOSH, Announces Replacement

British epic power metallers DRAGONFORCE have parted ways with drummer Dave Mackintosh and have replaced him with former BRAINDAMAGE and KILL RITUAL member Gee Anzalone. A native of Turin, Italy, Gee is a drum teacher who graduated from the NAMM Academy of Milan and carries on the well established m...

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MAGNUM's MARK STANWAY Speaks To myRockworld (Audio)

Alex Werkmeister of myRockworld recently conducted an interview with keyboardist Mark Stanway of influential British melodic hard rockers MAGNUM. You can now listen to the chat in the YouTube clip below. MAGNUM's 19th studio album, "Escape From The Shadow Garden", was released on March 25 (one day e...

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KISS: Promotional Clip For 'Kiss 40' 2-CD Compilation

This year marks the 40th anniversary of rock and roll giants KISS and in true KISS fashion, the band plan to make 2014 the biggest and loudest, non-stop rock and roll party of the century. Rock legends KISS were the first signing to Neil Bogart's newly formed Casablanca Records label after he saw an...

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FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH's CHRIS KAEL: If You Put Out Garbage, No One's Gonna Buy Your Records

Nic and Big J of the Boise, Idaho radio station 100.3 The X Rocks spoke with FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH bassist Chris Kael at this year's Rock On The Range festival, which was held May 16-18 at the Columbus Crew Stadium in Columbus, Ohio. You can now watch the chat below. A couple of excerpts ...

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PAGE Says He Is 'Fed Up' With PLANT 'Playing Games' When Taking About Possibility Of More ZEPPELIN Shows

In a brand new interview with The New York Times, Jimmy Page was asked if he he feels a need to play live after being ensconced in the studio for three years working on the upcoming expanded reissues of the entire LED ZEPPELIN catalog of nine studio albums. "Absolutely, absolutely," the guitarist re...

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BLACK STONE CHERRY's JOHN FRED YOUNG Guests On 'Totally Driven Radio' (Audio)

"Totally Driven Radio", the weekly radio podcast heard live every Thursday night from 8 p.m. to 11 p.m. EST time on the Totally Driven Entertainment Radio Network, recently conducted an interview with drummer John Fred Young of Kentucky rockers BLACK STONE CHERRY. You can now listen to the chat belo...

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BLACK STONE CHERRY's 'Magic Mountain' Cracks U.S. Top 25

"Magic Mountain", the fourth album from Kentucky rockers BLACK STONE CHERRY, sold around 13,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release to debut at position No. 22 on The Billboard 200 chart. This number is in line with the first-week performance of BLACK STONE CHERRY's last CD, "Be...

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BLACK STONE CHERRY's 'Magic Mountain' Cracks U.K. Top 5

"Magic Mountain", the fourth album from Kentucky rockers BLACK STONE CHERRY, entered the official chart in the United Kingdom at position No. 5. The CD was released in North America on May 6 (one day earlier internationally) via Roadrunner Records. BLACK STONE CHERRY's previous albums, 2008's "Folkl...

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STRYPER's MICHAEL SWEET: 'I Meant No Disrespect To NIKKI SIXX Or MÖTLEY CRÜE'

STRYPER frontman Michael Sweet claims that he meant no disrespect to Nikki Sixx or MÖTLEY CRÜE when said that much of CRÜE's official biography, "The Dirt - Confessions of the World's Most Notorious Rock Band", and Sixx's memoir, "The Heroin Diaries: A Year In The Life Of A Shattered Rock Star", is...

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ROBERT PLANT Once Again Shoots Down Possibility Of LED ZEPPELIN Reunion: 'I'm Not Part Of A Jukebox!'

Robert Plant has once again shot down the possibility of a LED ZEPPELIN reunion, telling RollingStone.com that a full-fledged tour following the band's historic 2007 reunion concert at London's O2 arena was never in the cards. "A tour would have been an absolute menagerie of vested interests and the...