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DAN LILKER Says Thought Crossed His Mind To Audition For METALLICA Following CLIFF BURTON's Death

In a brand new interview with Greg Prato of Songfacts, veteran bassist Dan Lilker (BRUTAL TRUTH, NUCLEAR ASSAULT, ANTHRAX) was asked if the thought ever crossed his mind back in late 1986 to try out for METALLICA following Cliff Burton's tragic death. "Yeah, it did," he responded. "And it crossed ot...

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AC/DC's CLIFF WILLIAMS: PHIL RUDD 'Has To Get Himself Well' And 'That May Take Some Time'

AC/DC guitarist Angus Young and bassist Cliff Williams took part in a Reddit Ask Me Anything session yesterday (Saturday, November 15). You can now check it out at this location. A couple of excerpts follow below. Q: What is going to happen to [AC/DC drummer] Phil [Rudd, who is facing threatening-to...

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AC/DC's ANGUS YOUNG, BRIAN JOHNSON Interviewed On Germany's 'Leute Heute' TV Show (Video)

AC/DC guitarist Angus Young and singer Brian Johnson were interviewed on the November 12 edition of the German TV show "Leute Heute" on the ZDF channel. You can now watch the German-language report below. Angus and bassist Cliff Williams addressed the legal problems of drummer Phil Rudd in a new int...

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AC/DC's BRIAN JOHNSON: MALCOLM YOUNG 'Always Wanted The Music To Go On'

AC/DC's Angus Young, Brian Johnson and Cliff Williams spoke to Rolling Stone magazine about the departure of founding guitarist Malcolm Young, who was forced to leave the band earlier this year because he is afflicted with dementia. "Mal always wanted the music to go on," Johnson said. "And I'm not...

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AC/DC's ANGUS YOUNG On PHIL RUDD: 'He's Not The PHIL We've Known From The Past'

AC/DC guitarist Angus Young and bassist Cliff Williams have spoken out about their bandate Phil Rudd's recent arrest, saying that the drummer is "not the Phil we've known from the past." On November 6, Rudd was charged with attempting to "procure murder" by New Zealand police but the charge was drop...

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Do You Have Any Questions For AC/DC's ANGUS YOUNG And CLIFF WILLIAMS?

Michael Molenda of Guitar Player magazine is in New York right now with a scheduled Thursday, November 13 interview with AC/DC guitarist Angus Young and bassist Cliff Williams. If you have any questions you want to ask the duo, please e-mail them to Molenda at [email protected]. Please put "AC/DC...

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FEAR FACTORY Begins Recording New Album

FEAR FACTORY has entered NRG Recording Studios in North Hollywood, California with longtime producer/collaborator Rhys Fulber and engineer Mike Plotnikoff to begin tracking its new album for an early 2015 release via Nuclear Blast Entertainment. The CD will be mixed by acclaimed British producer And...

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METALLICA To Release Remastered, Deluxe Editions of 'Kill 'Em All' And 'Ride The Lightning'

METALLICA is seeking help from the band's fans while preparing remastered, deluxe editions of their first two albums, 1983's "Kill 'Em All" and 1984's "Ride The Lightning", which they hope to put out in 2015. Anyone who has photos of the group and memorabilia or audio of concerts METALLICA played be...

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PAUL STANLEY: KISS 'Went Astray' By Creating New Characters For Non-Original Members

KISS frontman Paul Stanley has defended the band's decision to have current KISS members Tommy Thayer and Eric Singer dress up as Peter Criss' and Ace Frehley's respective "Spaceman" and "Catman" personas, explaining that the original four KISS characters "will continue" even after Stanley is no lon...

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METALLICA Planned To Fire LARS ULRICH In 1986, Confirms ANTHRAX's SCOTT IAN

ANTHRAX guitarist Scott Ian has confirmed long-running rumors that METALLICA planned to fire Lars Ulrich back in the mid-'80s, but believes that James Hetfield, Kirk Hammett and Cliff Burton would have changed their minds before dismissing their Danish-born drummer. The story of METALLICA's alleged...

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PALMS Featuring DEFTONES Frontman, Ex-ISIS Members: Footage Of Entire Corpus Christi Concert

Fan-filmed video footage of PALMS' entire September 30 concert at Brewster Street Ice House in Corpus Christi, Texas can be found at this location. A couple of the clips are available below. PALMS is the Los Angeles-based band featuring three former members of ISIS with DEFTONES' frontman Chino More...

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TANK To Enter Studio In November

British power metal mercenaries TANK are currently writing and rehearsing material for the follow-up to their successful 2012 album, "War Nation". The band is scheduled to enter the studio in November to begin recording the new CD for a tentative early February release. The new album's arrival will...

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FEAR FACTORY's BURTON C. BELL: 'All Our Lyrics Are Poems'

In a brand new interview with The Indian Express, vocalist Burton C. Bell of Los Angeles cyber metallers FEAR FACTORY was asked about how the group developed its sound and whether FEAR FACTORY considers itself purely an industrial band. "Our sound was an early exploration through experimentation," h...

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MEGADETH's Previously Unreleased Video For 'Back In the Day' Sees Light Of Day

10 years ago, MEGADETH's tenth studio album, "The System Has Failed", was released. In honor of that day (September 14),the band uploaded a previously unreleased video for the track "Back In the Day". This cli[ was produced in 2005 and not made available until now. In other news, Universal Enterpri...

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FEAR FACTORY Signs With NUCLEAR BLAST ENTERTAINMENT; New Album In The Works

Los Angeles cyber metallers FEAR FACTORY have inked a deal with Nuclear Blast Entertainment for the release of their next studio album, tentatively due in early 2015. The band will enter the studio in October with longtime producer/collaborator Rhys Fulber to begin recording the CD, which will be mi...