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ALICE IN CHAINS: 'Essential' Collection To Finally See Light Of Day

"The Essential Alice in Chains", a two-CD compilation that originally was slated to be released more than two years ago, finally will see the light of day July 25 via Sony/Legacy. Preview audio clips from the 28-song collection online here. The complete track listing for the collection is as follows...

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'Gigantour' Two-Disc CD And DVD: Complete Details Revealed

As news of the return of Gigantour becomes imminent, last year's fast and furious inaugural festival tour arrives in stores on deluxe 2-CD and 2-DVD sets August 22 and September 5, respectively, via Image Entertainment. Both configurations capture 2005's heavy metal onslaught that was hailed as the...

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GENE SIMMONS Talks About Some of His Conquests

World Entertainment News Network is reporting that KISS bassist/vocalist Gene Simmons has enjoyed hours of endless fun with naked women — after realizing they will do almost anything he asks of them. The rock legend, who was recently named number three of the top 10 Living Sex Legends in Maxim magaz...

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ALICE IN CHAINS: 'Layne Staley: Get Born Again' Book To Include Additional Chapters, Pictures

ARTS Publications has announced that the previously published biography of late ALICE IN CHAINS frontman Layne Staley, "Layne Staley: Angry Chair", will be reprinted under the new title "Layne Staley: Get Born Again". According to the publisher, it is a "brand new book" that has been revised and upd...

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ALICE IN CHAINS: Go 'Behind The Scenes' On Band's Current Tour

ALICE IN CHAINS' official web site has launched a special section featuring behind-the-scenes and backstage reports from the band's current U.S. and European tours. Check it out at this location. In other news, ALICE IN CHAINS — Cantrell, Kinney, Inez and William DuVall (who will handle lead vocals...

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GIGANTOUR DVD Details Revealed

Image Entertainment has set a September 5, 2006 release date for the "Gigantour" two-disc DVD, featuring highlights from the tour's inaugural run which took place last summer. Gigantour kicked-off on July 21, 2005 in Fresno, California, and hit 39 cities in the U.S. and Canada before ending on Septe...

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ALICE IN CHAINS Joined By SMASHING PUMPKINS, SCREAMING TREES Singers At L.A. Tour Opener

SMASHING PUMPKINS frontman Billy Corgan, former SCREAMING TREES vocalist Mark Lanegan and VELVET REVOLVER bassist Duff McKagan (ex-GUNS N' ROSES) were among the guest musicians performing with ALICE IN CHAINS at the official kick-off date of their first tour since 1996 in Los Angeles on Thursday (Ma...

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ALICE IN CHAINS Joined by Ex-GUNS N' ROSES, SOUNDGARDEN, QUEENSRŸCHE Members At Seattle Gig

ALICE IN CHAINS kicked off their five-city U.S. club tour with a special free open rehearsal Tuesday night (May 16) for their hometown fans. The 75-minute set — which included tracks "Rooster", "Man in the Box" and "Would?" — at the Moore Theatre featured guest appearances from Kim Thayil (SOUNDGARD...

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GODSMACK Frontman: We Support The Troops, Not The War

A.J. Hammer of CNN's "Showbiz Tonight" conducted an interview with GODSMACK frontman Sully Erna on Thursday, May 11. A transcript of the chat follows: Hammer: Well, here we go again. Another rock group embroiled in controversy over their music and the war in Iraq. But this time, it's not exactly wha...

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HAMMERFALL: In Writing Mode

HAMMERFALL guitarist Oscar Dronjak has posted the following message on his official blog: "We have now spent the past three days locked in a small room, going over the seven finished songs for the new album. Compared to the first rehearsal in preparation of 'Chapter V: Unbent, Unbowed, Unbroken', th...

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JASON NEWSTED Says VOIVOD's 'Katorz' Is 'A Serious, Weighty, Heavy Metal Album'

VOIVOD frontman Denis "Snake" Belanger and bassist Jason "Jasonic" Newsted (ex-METALLICA) recently spoke to Canada's Chart Attack about the making of the band's 14th album, "Katorz", due in June via The End Records. The CD marks the group's first studio release since the death of guitarist Denis "Pi...

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LED ZEPPELIN, JIMI HENDRIX Producer's Photo Exhibit Offers Rare Look At Rock Icons

Jonathan Perry of The Boston Globe has issued the following report: As a producer and engineer for the past 40 years, Eddie Kramer has overseen some of the most significant albums of all time. Among them: JIMI HENDRIX's groundbreaking "Are You Experienced?" (in fact, all of his studio albums); five...

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SINGLE BULLET THEORY Putting Finishing Touches On 'The Killing Floor'

Vocalist/guitarist Matt Difabio of the Philadelphia-based metallers SINGLE BULLET THEORY has issued the following update on the band's current activities: "As of now, SINGLE BULLET THEORY is finishing all the vocals [for the new album, 'The Killing Floor'] at Angry Chair Studios. The disc is VERY he...

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Reprint Of ALICE IN CHAINS Frontman's Biography 'Angry Chair' To Include New Chapter

Argentinean journalist-author Adriana Rubio, who penned the biography of late ALICE IN CHAINS frontman Layne Staley, titled "Layne Staley: Angry Chair", has issued the following statement regarding the recently announced plans to run a new reprint of the book via her new publisher ARTS Publications:...

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Japan's SIGH Ink Deal With THE END RECORDS

Groundbreaking Japanese metal act SIGH have signed a worldwide deal with The End Records. The band will release their seventh album, "Hangman's Hymn", sometime later this year. The Japanese outfit has become one of the most respected and creative entities in the metal music scene thanks to the versa...