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NÄ$H: A PRIMER 55/BIOHAZARD Collaboration
NÄ$H is the name of a brand new project featuring Preston Nash (PRIMER 55, ex-DOPE) on vocals, guitars and percussion, Leo Curley (BIOHAZARD, ex-OUTLINE, ex-ALL MEANS NECESSARY) on lead guitar, Dirt (ANYTHING BUT NORMAL) on bass and vocals, and Joe Clark (STRAIGHT JACKET) on drums. A pop/punk band w...April 21, 2002
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LAYNE STALEY Officially Declared Dead Following Autopsy
ALICE IN CHAINS frontman Layne Staley has been officially declared dead after The King County Medical Examiner positively identified Staley's body following an autopsy earlier today, CNN has reported. Exact time and cause of death are pending, as laboratory results could take several weeks. Here are...April 20, 2002
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SLAVES ON DOPE Mixing Seven-Song Demo, Seeking New Label Deal
SLAVES ON DOPE have completed recording seven new songs with producers Jason Slater (i.e. SNAKE RIVER CONSPIRACY, EARSHOT) and Troy Van Leeuwen (i.e. A PERFECT CIRCLE, ENEMY) and presently mixing the effort for a promo CD that will be distributed to labels in hopes of landing a new deal. The songs s...April 5, 2002
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SLAVES ON DOPE To Begin Pre-Production For Sophomore CD
SLAVES ON DOPE are due to begin pre-production in the near future on their second album for an as-yet-undisclosed label with producers Jason Slater (i.e. SNAKE RIVER CONSPIRACY, EARSHOT) and Troy Van Leeuwen (i.e. A PERFECT CIRCLE, ENEMY). In other news, SLAVES ON DOPE frontman Jason Rockman was inv...March 12, 2002
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SLAVES ON DOPE Launch West Coast Mini-Tour
Canada's SLAVES ON DOPE have lined up the following gigs during March: Mar. 12 – Las Vegas, NV @ House of Blues (w/HATEBREED, HEMLOCK) Mar. 26 – Anaheim, CA @ House of Blues (w/FLAW) Mar. 27 – Hollywood, CA @ The Key Club SLAVES ON DOPE are still looking for a new label home following ...March 1, 2002
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LIMP BIZKIT's DURST Stops Eating Long Enough To Post Band Update
LIMP BIZKIT frontman Fred Durst has posted the following message on the band's official web site at www.limpbizkit.com: I'm back!! Like it or not. I'm so happy to be hooked up to the net right now. Actually being able to go into the chat!!!!!! Let's move forward. We are so excited to bring ...February 22, 2002
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DOPE, Others To Contribute To Upcoming WWF CD
DOPE will record a cover version of BILLY IDOL's “Rebel Yell” in its mobile recording studio for an upcoming, as-yet-undecided soundtrack. In other news, the band will contribute a new track, "No Chance in Hell", to the next WWF album, entitled WWF Forced Entry, which is due to come out on March 26t...February 7, 2002
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LIMP BIZKIT's Durst: Losing Wes Was Like Losing Family Member
LIMP BIZKIT frontman Fred Durst has revealed to MTV that he felt sad, angry, confused and excited after reading former guitarist Wes Borland's first interview since he left the group, in which the guitarist explained how playing in the band had become too much like a job. "It seems to me like he wan...January 31, 2002
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THE REJECTS Acquire New Drummer
THE REJECTS, a long-running project featuring vocalist Dizzy Reject, SLIPKNOT drummer Joey Jordison (on guitars),and STATIC-X/ex-DOPE guitarist Tripp Eisen, have acquired drummer Katie Scabs to replace former GENITORTURERS skinsman Racci Shay, who recently left the group. Expect a summer release fo...January 17, 2002
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SLAVES ON DOPE's Post-Divine Endeavors
Freshly dropped from the Divine Recordings roster, SLAVES ON DOPE have lined up the following gigs during January/February: Jan. 30 - Los Angeles, CA @ The Whisky Jan. 31 - Anaheim, CA @ Chain Reaction Feb. 07 - San Jose, CA @ TBA Feb. 08 - Sacramento, CA @ Brass Monkey Feb. 09 - Fresno, ...January 9, 2002
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SLAVES ON DOPE Part With Divine, Continue Work On New Material
As first reported here back on October 17th, Montreal's SLAVES ON DOPE have confirmed via the band's official web site at www.slavesondope.com that they have parted ways with Divine Recordings and are currently seeking a new label prior to the release of the group's sophomore studio effort, which is...January 7, 2002
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Inches From the Mainline
The first signing to Sharon Osbourne's Divine Records label, SLAVES ON DOPE are a generic, tuneless exercise in by-the-numbers pimprock that never manage to establish a sound of their own, coming across instead like a second-rate variation of all the trendy sounds that are popular on the L.A. rock s...December 17, 2001
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Mankind
Not much to say here. Like RELATIVE ASH, SLAVES ON DOPE and PRIMER 55, Detroit's FACTORY 81 are a faceless, generic nu-metal band who possess neither the songwriting ability nor the ingenuity to compete with the big boys, coming across instead like a bad copy of the kind of DEFTONES / LIMP BIZKIT /...December 17, 2001
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Archive News Dec 04, 2001
METALLICA have posted the following update on the present condition of frontman James Hetfield via their official web site at www.metallica.com: ... “Yes folks, we have word from James, and the news is all good. His recovery has gone exceedingly well, he is back out, about and feeling rather ....December 4, 2001
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Archive News Nov 30, 2001
Here are some of the latest sales figures for various metal/hard rock releases in the US, as reported by Soundscan for the week ending November 25th, 2001 (number in parenthesis indicates the number of weeks the title has been on the sales chart): ... KID ROCK – Cocky: 223,062 (1) ...November 30, 2001
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