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JASON NEWSTED On SUPERNOVA Singer: 'I Already Know What I'm Looking For'

The San Francisco Chronicle is reporting that hundreds of hopefuls began lining up outside the Rockit Room nightclub in San Francisco on Tuesday (March 21) — some eight hours before the 10 a.m. casting call — in order to compete for the singer slot in SUPERNOVA, the new supergroup featuring MÖTLEY C...

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VOIVOD Frontman Slams BLABBERMOUTH.NET 'Dickheads'

VOIVOD frontman Denis "Snake" Belanger has slammed the "dickheads" on BLABBERMOUTH.NET who have reacted negatively to the online preview of the group's new track "The X-Stream". The song, which is available now for streaming at MP3.com, comes off the Canadian pioneering metal band's upcoming album,...

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CONFESSOR Frontman Makes First-Round Taping For 'Rock Star' Talent Search

Scott Jeffreys, the lead singer of the reunited Raleigh, North Carolina-based band CONFESSOR, has made the first-round taping in his region of the new CBS "Rock Star" series. "Rock Star" (working title) is to select a lead singer for SUPERNOVA — the new supergroup featuring MÖTLEY CRÜE drummer Tommy...

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250 Seattleites Try Their Luck At SUPERNOVA Singer Gig

Athima Chansanchai of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer is reporting that 250 Seattleites who tried their luck at the weekend's worth of casting calls for the second season of CBS's "Rock Star" — a show that found a replacement for INXS' frontman last year. This year's group is SUPERNOVA, a new band of...

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DAVE NAVARRO Says JASON NEWSTED's Involvement In 'Rock Star' Is 'The Really Amazing Part'

Former JANE'S ADDICTION/RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS guitarist Dave Navarro, who will return as one of the hosts of CBS's "Rock Star" program, has commented on the all-star band SUPERNOVA which will be using the show as the competition to determine their new lead singer. SUPERNOVA will feature drummer MÖTL...

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TOMMY LEE, JASON NEWSTED And GILBY CLARKE Could Run Into Legal Trouble Over SUPERNOVA Name

MTV.com is reporting that SUPERNOVA — the new supergroup featuring MÖTLEY CRÜE drummer Tommy Lee, former METALLICA bassist and current VOIVOD member Jason Newsted, and onetime GUNS N' ROSES axeman Gilby Clarke — could end up running into some legal trouble down the line over their name. Back in the...

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TOMMY LEE, JASON NEWSTED, GILBY CLARKE Form SUPERNOVA; Take Part In 'Rock Star' Singer Search

According to Variety.com, MÖTLEY CRÜE drummer Tommy Lee, along with bassist Jason Newsted (VOIVOD, ex-METALLICA) and Gilby Clarke (ex-GUNS N' ROSES),are forming a new band called SUPERNOVA and will use the "Rock Star" TV program to search for a lead singer. In addition, "Rock Star" has signed songw...

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VOIVOD Drummer Says New Album Is 'Mind-Blowing'

Greg Prato of Billboard.com is reporting that VOIVOD are scheduled to release their new album, "Katorz", in June via The End Records. It will be the group's first CD since the passing of co-founding guitarist Denis D'Amour (a.k.a. Piggy),who died last August after a battle with colon cancer. "It c...

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VOIVOD Drummer's Artwork Displayed At Montreal Gallery

Rupert Bottenberg of MontrealMirror.com has published a report on the split gallery show of the artworks of VOIVOD drummer Michel "Away" Langevin and Montreal's Eric Braün, which is being held in Montreal, Quebec at SubV (5666 Sherbrooke W.) until March 31. Check out the article (which includes phot...

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VOIVOD Drummer Performs With AUT'CHOSE On Quebec TV

VOIVOD/AUT'CHOSE drummer Michel "Away" Langevin and AUT'CHOSE poet/singer Lucien Francoeur performed two songs on the French-Canadian TV show "Belle et Bum". The program, which was first shown last night (Feb. 25) on the Tele-Quebec station in Quebec, Canada, will re-air Friday, March 3 at 10:00 p.m...

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LARS ULRICH's Father Talks About CLIFF BURTON, JASON NEWSTED And DAVE MUSTAINE

METALLICA fan site For Whom Metallica Tolls has posted an interview with the father of METALLICA drummer Lars Ulrich, Torben Ulrich. Several excerpts from the interview follow: FWMT: What are your thoughts on Cliff Burton ... how the band would be had he not died ... what did you think of him as ...

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VOIVOD New Album Title Revealed

Canada's pioneering metal band VOIVOD have set "Katorz" as the title of their forthcoming album, due out late spring on The End Records in North America and Nuclear Blast Records in Europe. "Katorz" has been the working title for the new CD since at least the spring of 2005, according to previously...

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VOIVOD Finish Mixing New Album

Legendary Canadian experimental metallers VOIVOD have finished mixing their much-anticipated new album with producer Glen Robinson (VOIVOD's "Nothingface", TEA PARTY, GWAR) at Multisons studio in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Drummer Michael "Away' Langevin has checked in with the following update: "We...

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VOIVOD Sign European Deal With NUCLEAR BLAST RECORDS

Nuclear Blast Records has announced the signing of the legendary metal band VOIVOD for the European territory. The Canadian experimental metallers are currently putting the finishing touches on their much-anticipated new album with producer Glen Robinson (VOIVOD's "Nothingface", TEA PARTY, GWAR) at...

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VOIVOD Putting Finishing Touches On New Album

Legendary Canadian experimental metallers VOIVOD are putting the finishing touches on their much-anticipated new album with producer Glen Robinson (VOIVOD's "Nothingface", TEA PARTY, GWAR) at Multisons studio in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Frontman Denis "Snake" Belanger has checked in with the follow...