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NINE INCH NAILS, THE DOOBIE BROTHERS, T. REX, DEPECHE MODE To Be Inducted Into ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME

The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame has officially announced this year's inductees: THE DOOBIE BROTHERS, DEPECHE MODE, NINE INCH NAILS, The Notorious B.I.G., T. REX and Whitney Houston will all join the class of 2020. They will be inducted on May 2 at a ceremony at Cleveland's Public Hall. NINE INCH NAIL...

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YES Keyboard Wizard RICK WAKEMAN Begins Recording New Instrumental Progressive Rock Album

Rick Wakeman has commenced recording a new solo LP. According to the keyboard legend, his "first keyboard-orientated instrumental prog rock album for quite a few years" will be issued "sometime in March." Wakeman recently revealed that he was planning to stage two 2020 North American legs of his "Gr...

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LES BINKS 'Had A Blast' Performing With K.K. DOWNING, TIM 'RIPPER' OWENS And DAVID ELLEFSON

Former JUDAS PRIEST members K.K. Downing (guitar),Les Binks (drums) and Tim "Ripper" Owens (vocals) performed a full-length set of PRIEST classics with MEGADETH bassist David Ellefson in November in Wolverhampton, United Kingdom. Joining them on second guitar was A.J. Mills of HOSTILE, the British...

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STATIC-X On Stand-In Singer XER0: 'His Professionalism And Attention To Detail' Is 'Second To None'

STATIC-X has thanked fans for their support, saying that "the amount of love and respect" that the band felt from them on its ongoing tour "far exceeded" its widest dreams. STATIC-X's current trek celebrates the 20th anniversary of the band's platinum-certified "Wisconsin Death Trip" album and pays...

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MÖTLEY CRÜE's VINCE NEIL On Getting In Shape For 'Running Around' Stadiums Next Year: 'You've Gotta Be Ready For It'

Legendary rock band MÖTLEY CRÜE is joining forces with DEF LEPPARD, POISON and JOAN JETT & THE BLACKHEARTS for "The Stadium Tour" next summer. "Extra" music correspondent Adam Weissler caught up with the four members of the CRÜE at the December 4 press conference announcing the trek, and he aske...

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STATIC-X: Video Of Entire Moscow Concert

Fan-filmed video footage of STATIC-X's entire September 21 performance in Moscow, Russia can be seen below. STATIC-X's current trek celebrates the 20th anniversary of the band's platinum-certified "Wisconsin Death Trip" album and pays homage to STATIC-X's frontman Wayne Static, who died five years a...

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VOIVOD Frontman On Winning JUNO AWARD For 'The Wake' Album: 'It Was Something Else'

VOIVOD frontman Denis "Snake" Belanger spoke to Metal Express Radio about being honored with a Juno Award (the Canadian equivalent of the Grammy Award) in the "Metal/Hard Music Album Of The Year" category. VOIVOD won the award for its latest album, "The Wake", which was released in September 2018 vi...

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STEPHEN PEARCY Says He Has Demoed 'About 15 Songs' For RATT's Next Album

RATT singer Stephen Pearcy says that there is no shortage of material to choose from for the band's long-awaited new studio album. "I've demoed about 15 songs, and it's gonna be hard to pick," he told Meltdown of the Detroit radio station WRIF. "I'll throw the band probably five songs. And Juan [Cro...

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Watch RATT Perform In Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania

Fan-filmed video footage of RATT's December 21 concert at Penn's Peak in Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania can be seen below. RATT's current lineup includes original members Stephen Pearcy (vocals) and Juan Croucier (bass),along with drummer Pete Holmes (BLACK 'N BLUE) and guitarists Jordan Ziff and Chris S...

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PRETTY MAIDS Singer RONNIE ATKINS Is 'Still Positive And In Good Spirit' Four Months After Lung Cancer Diagnosis

PRETTY MAIDS singer Ronnie Atkins says that he is still undergoing radiation and chemotherapy four months after being diagnosed with lung cancer. "At the end of this month I'll be done with some 33 radiation treatments and a few days later I'll receive my 4th and hopefully last series of chemo thera...

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Havoc At The Midnight Hour

Metalheads are well catered for these days. If you want to listen to bright and shiny modern stuff, there's plenty of that available, and, if you want to pretend that the '90s never happened, you can do that too. AGGRESSIVE PERFECTOR are firmly in the latter camp, of course: naming yourself after an...

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Watch RATT Perform In Montclair, New Jersey

Fan-filmed video footage of RATT's December 20 concert at the Wellmont Theater in Montclair, New Jersey can be seen below. RATT's current lineup includes original members Stephen Pearcy (vocals) and Juan Croucier (bass),along with drummer Pete Holmes (BLACK 'N BLUE) and guitarists Jordan Ziff and C...

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MEGADETH's DAVID ELLEFSON: Why I Like GHOST

In a brand new interview with Argentina's TMPlay, MEGADETH bassist David Ellefson was asked which other artists he likes to listen to. He responded: "The band I've kind of had a real affinity for in the last couple of years is GHOST. I realize they had many records out early on that I was not that f...

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GONE IS GONE Feat. MASTODON, AT THE DRIVE-IN, QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE Members: Listen To New Song 'No One Ever Walked On Water'

GONE IS GONE, the project featuring MASTODON's Troy Sanders, AT THE DRIVE-IN's Tony Hajjar, QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE's Troy Van Leeuwen and guitarist-keyboardist Mike Zarin, has released a new song called "No One Ever Walked On Water". Check it out below. "No One Ever Walked On Water" is the first ne...

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LIFE OF AGONY And STATIC-X To Team Up For 'The Agony & The X-Stasy' August 2020 European Tour

LIFE OF AGONY will team up with STATIC-X for a short European co-headlining tour in August 2020. "The Agony & The X-Stasy" trek will kick off on August 4 in Budapest, Hungary and end of August 15 in Berlin, Germany. Tour dates: Aug. 04 - Budapest, Hungary - Durer Kert Aug. 07 - Heidelberg, Germa...