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GEDDY LEE, ALEX LIFESON To Appear At 'Rush Fan Day' At ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME

2013 Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame inductees Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson of RUSH will be on hand for Rush Fan Day on Saturday, January 19 at the at the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame in Cleveland, Ohio. Having played the bass guitar for over four decades, Lee has spent years collecting hundreds of vintage b...
January 9, 2019
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RUSH Frontman Announces 'Geddy Lee's Big Beautiful Book Of Bass' Signing Events

RUSH frontman Geddy Lee has announced two book-signing events for "Geddy Lee's Big Beautiful Book Of Bass". Due on December 18 via Harper Design, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, "Geddy Lee's Big Book Of Beautiful Bass" showcases the RUSH frontman's collection of bass guitars and the stories...
December 6, 2018
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RUSH Frontman To Release 'Geddy Lee's Big Book Of Beautiful Bass' Book In December

RUSH vocalist/bassist Geddy Lee will release "Geddy Lee's Big Book Of Beautiful Bass", a book showcasing his collection of bass guitars and the stories behind them, on December 4 via Harper Design, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers. Geddy's love of the bass has been nurtured over a lifetime spe...
August 2, 2018
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JOE SATRIANI On Touring With JOHN PETRUCCI And PHIL COLLEN: 'We Became Three Of The Best Guitar Buddies Ever'

Guitarist Joe Satriani was recently interviewed by Forrest of the Boise, Idaho radio station 96.9 The Eagle. The full conversation can be streamed below. A few excerpts follow (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): On inviting DEF LEPPARD guitarist Phil Collen to join the "G3" tour: Joe: "I had such...
June 7, 2018
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NINE INCH NAILS, AVENGED SEVENFOLD, GODSMACK, DEFTONES Set For LOUDER THAN LIFE Festival

A massive music lineup led by NINE INCH NAILS, AVENGED SEVENFOLD, GODSMACK and DEFTONES has been announced for the fifth annual Louder Than Life as the festival expands to three days — Friday, September 28, Saturday, September 29, and Sunday, September 30 — at Champions Park in Louisville, Kentucky....
June 4, 2018
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PRIMUS And MASTODON To Join Forces For U.S. Tour

PRIMUS will join forces with MASTODON for a late spring/early summer tour of the U.S. Kicking off May 6 at Red Rocks, the trek will cross the country and back, with stops at Austin 360 Amphitheater, The Fox in Atlanta, Coney Island Amphitheater in Brooklyn, Northerly Island in Chicago, Greek Theater...
January 29, 2018
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LEGEND OF THE SEAGULLMEN Feat. TOOL's DANNY CAREY And MASTODON's BRENT HINDS: 'The Fogger' Song

LEGEND OF THE SEAGULLMEN will release its self-titled debut album on February 9, 2018 via Dine Alone Records. The track "The Fogger", taken from the upcoming disc, can be streamed below. LEGEND OF THE SEAGULLMEN is a genre-destroying supergroup featuring TOOL's Danny Carey on drums, MASTODON's Bren...
January 12, 2018
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METALLICA, GUNS N' ROSES, IRON MAIDEN Among 2017's Top-Grossing North American Tours

METALLICA, GUNS N' ROSES and IRON MAIDEN are among the rock and metal acts included on Pollstar's Year End Top 200 North American Tours chart, which determines its rankings by a tour's overall gross (that is, the number of tickets sold multiplied by the average ticket price). Unlike Pollstar's recen...
January 8, 2018
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TOOL's DANNY CAREY And MASTODON's BRENT HINDS To Release LEGEND OF THE SEAGULLMEN Debut In February

LEGEND OF THE SEAGULLMEN will release its self-titled debut album on February 9, 2018 via Dine Alone Records. The track "Shipswreck", taken from the upcoming disc, can be streamed below. LEGEND OF THE SEAGULLMEN is a genre-destroying supergroup featuring TOOL's Danny Carey on drums, MASTODON's Bren...
December 9, 2017
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AVENGED SEVENFOLD's BROOKS WACKERMAN Set For 'Late Night With Seth Meyers' Guest Stint

AVENGED SEVENFOLD drummer Brooks Wackerman will hold down the drum chair on "Late Night With Seth Meyers" from Monday, December 4 through Thursday, December 7. His guest stint in THE 8G BAND, the show's house group led by "Portlandia" star Fred Armisen, follows brief residencies by other leading roc...
November 21, 2017
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LES CLAYPOOL Recalls His METALLICA Audition On LARS ULRICH's 'It's Electric!' Show (Video)

Lars Ulrich interviewed PRIMUS frontman Les Claypool on for the October 1 episode of "It's Electric!", the METALLICA drummer's online radio show on Apple Music's Beats 1. During the chat, Les talked about auditioning for the then-vacant bassist slot in METALLICA following the September 1986 death of...
September 30, 2017
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GENE HOGLAN Set For 'Late Night With Seth Meyers' Guest Stint

Legendary extreme metal drummer Gene Hoglan (TESTAMENT, DARK ANGEL, DEATH, DETHKLOK, FEAR FACTORY, GALAKTIKON) will hold down the drum chair on "Late Night With Seth Meyers" from Monday, October 2 through Thursday, October 5. His guest stint in THE 8G BAND, the show's house group led by "Portlandia"...
September 19, 2017
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Listen To New PRIMUS Song 'The Scheme'

PRIMUS will release its ninth studio album, "The Desaturating Seven", on September 29 via ATO Records. This is the band's first studio collection of original material since 1995's "Tales From The Punchbowl" with the classic PRIMUS lineup of Les Claypool (vocals, bass),Larry LaLonde (guitar) and Tim...
September 6, 2017
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PRIMUS: Lyric Video For New Single 'The Seven'

PRIMUS will release its ninth studio album, "The Desaturating Seven", on September 29 via ATO Records. This is the first studio album of original material since 1995's "Tales From The Punchbowl" with the classic PRIMUS lineup of Les Claypool (vocals, bass),Larry LaLonde (guitar) and Tim Alexander (...
August 13, 2017
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STONE SOUR's ROY MAYORGA Set For 'Late Night With Seth Meyers' Guest Stint

STONE SOUR drummer Roy Mayorga will hold down the drum chair on "Late Night With Seth Meyers" from Monday, August 14 through Thursday, August 17. His guest stint in THE 8G BAND, the show's house group led by "Portlandia" star Fred Armisen, follows briefs residencies by other leading rock drummers, i...
August 12, 2017