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DEEP PURPLE's New Album To Be Released In The Spring, Says ROGER GLOVER

DEEP PURPLE's new studio album is tentatively due in early spring, bassist Roger Glover has revealed in a new video message (see below). The as-yet-untitled follow-up to 2013's "Now What?!", which was tracked in February at a studio in Nashville, Tennessee, was once again helmed by Bob Ezrin, who ha...

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Authorized Biography Of BAD BRAINS Frontman Due In January

Lesser Gods has announced the release of the first fully authorized biography of Paul "H.R." Hudson, one of rock's most enigmatic, mysterious and troubled lead singers, who founded and fronted the seminal punk/hardcore band and Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame nominees BAD BRAINS. The book, called "Findin...

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METALLICA's LARS ULRICH Creates Fantasy Soccer Team Comprised Of Musicians

METALLICA drummer Lars Ulrich recently joined Roger "Rog" Bennett and Michael "Davo" Davies of "Men In Blazers", a scrappy soccer-analysis show on the NBC Sports network, where he created a team comprised of musicians with none other than Meat Loaf in net. Ulrich selected a founding member of one of...

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Meet ANTHRAX's SCOTT IAN, Host Of SiriusXM's New Talk Radio Show 'Never Meet Your Heroes'

ANTHRAX guitarist Scott Ian will host "Never Meet Your Heroes", a new radio show which is set to air on Volume, SiriusXM's first-ever 24/7 talk radio channel dedicated to music — its latest news, raging controversies, and non-stop debates — as the focus of the conversation. "Never Meet Your Heroes"...

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Celebrate Music Of DEEP PURPLE As 'Rock 'N' Roll Fantasy Camp' Welcomes IAN PAICE, STEVE MORSE, GLENN HUGHES

From "Machine Head" to "Burn" to "Perfect Strangers" and beyond, DEEP PURPLE are considered to be among the pioneers of heavy metal and modern hard rock , with founding member Ian Paice along with guitarist extraordinaire Steve Morse and the "voice of rock" Glenn Hughes among the true legends in roc...

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DEEP PURPLE's New Album Tentatively Due In February

DEEP PURPLE's new studio album is tentatively due in February 2017, singer Ian Gillan has revealed in a new interview with Antihero magazine. The follow-up to 2013's "Now What?!", which was tracked earlier this year at a studio in Nashville, Tennessee, was once again helmed by Bob Ezrin, who has pre...

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ALICE IN CHAINS, STONE TEMPLE PILOTS Members Set For Next 'Rock 'N' Roll Fantasy Camp'

As Rock 'N' Roll Fantasy Camp enters its 21st year, this bucket list adventure welcomes another era of superstars with the first-ever camp with Jerry Cantrell and Mike Inez of rock legends ALICE IN CHAINS and Dean DeLeo and Robert DeLeo of STONE TEMPLE PILOTS, set to take place February 16-19, 2017....

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RITCHIE BLACKMORE Says DEEP PURPLE Is 'Milking It A Bit Too Much'

During a July 2016 interview with the Dutch radio station Radio Veronica, former DEEP PURPLE guitarist Ritchie Blackmore was asked if he approves of the fact that the band is still touring and making albums, more than twenty years after he left the group. He responded (hear audio below): "I don't re...

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Video Premiere: KATATONIA's 'Shifts'

"Shifts", the new video from Swedish purveyors of dark progressive rock/metal KATATONIA, can be seen below. The song is taken from the band's tenth studio album, "The Fall Of Hearts", which was released on May 20 via Peaceville. The follow-up to 2012's "Dead End Kings" was recorded at Stockholm's St...

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Late QUEEN Frontman FREDDIE MERCURY Awarded English Heritage Blue Plaque

English Heritage celebrated the life and career of Freddie Mercury today (September 1) with a blue plaque at the singer and songwriter's first home in England, a modest, inter-war terrace house in Feltham, West London. Freddie's parents bought the house in 1964 after the family left Zanzibar for the...

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GLENN HUGHES Says He Turned Down Offer To Join RITCHIE BLACKMORE For Rock Shows This Summer

Glenn Hughes claims that he turned down an opportunity to join Ritchie Blackmore for live appearances where the guitarist revisited his past with RAINBOW and DEEP PURPLE. Prior to the three shows Blackmore played earlier this summer with an all-new version of RAINBOW, the legendary axeman hadn't per...

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BRUCE DICKINSON-Backed Airlander 10 Aircraft Crashes On Its Second Flight (Video)

According to BBC News, the world's longest aircraft, the Airlander 10 — which is backed by various celebrities, including IRON MAIDEN frontman Bruce Dickinson — has crashed during its second test flight. The 302-foot-long aircraft was damaged when it took a nosedive during a flight from Cardington A...

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METALLICA To Perform At This Year's 'Bridge School Benefit' Concert

METALLICA will perform at Neil Young's 30th-anniversary Bridge School Benefit concert, set to take place October 22-23 at at the Shoreline Amphitheater in Mountain View, California. Tickets go on sale Monday, August 29 at 10 a.m. PDT. Also scheduled to perform at the all-acoustic non-profit charity...

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LITA FORD: The Best And Worst Things About Writing My Autobiography

During an August 17 interview at the press conference for the Hair Nation Festival at the Rainbow Bar & Grill in West Hollywood, California, '80s hard rock queen Lita Ford was asked what the best and worst things were about writing her recently released autobiography, "Lita Ford - Living Like A...

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LIVING COLOUR To Release 'Mixtape' Featuring Reinvention Of NOTORIOUS B.I.G.'s 'Who Shot Ya'

Legendary rock band LIVING COLOUR will release "Mixtape" on September 9 — a new EP based upon their powerful reinvention of Notorious B.I.G.'s "Who Shot Ya" and a subsequent series of remixes. The cornerstone of the set is producer Andre Betts's remix, which includes guest verses by Chuck D., Prodig...