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DON DOKKEN: I Tried My Best To Make DOKKEN Reunion Happen For The Fans

DOKKEN mainman Don Dokken has issued the following update. "Thanks to all of you that can see through the smoke and mirrors. Yes, Jon [Levin, current DOKKEN axeman] is an amazing guitarist and a great human being as well. "There was a lot of talk about a DOKKEN reunion I tried my best to make ...

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AEROSMITH's JOE PERRY Explains 'American Idol' Non-Appearance

AEROSMITH will not perform on the season finale of "American Idol" despite singer Steven Tyler's insistence to the contrary. Tyler, who is one of the judges on the current season of "Idol", told Billboard.com that he will reunite with his bandmates May 25, the grand finale of this season's Fox TV si...

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Reactivated ACHERON Adds Second Guitarist

Guitarist Shaun Cothron (pictured below) has joined the reactivated ACHERON. Both Cothron and fellow ACHERON axeman Max Otworth (who played on the last ACHERON album, "The Final Conflict: Last Days Of God") are also involved with the band HEAVY LIES THE CROWN, which released an EP called "Gears Of I...

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BLACK SABBATH: 'Born Again' Deluxe Expanded Edition Reissue Audio Samples

Audio samples of all the tracks that appear on the deluxe-expanded-edition reissue of BLACK SABBATH's "Born Again" album, which is due in the U.K. on May 30 via Sanctuary, can be found at Amazon.co.uk. Following the departure of lead singer Ronnie James Dio and drummer Vinny Appice after the studio...

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GEORGE LYNCH To Release 'Kill All Control' Solo Album

George Lynch, the former lead guitarist for DOKKEN and leader of his own rock bands LYNCH MOB and SOULS OF WE, will release his eleventh solo album in nearly twenty years, "Kill All Control", on June 21 via Rocket Science, Inc. What began as a follow-up to the SOULS OF WE debut, "Let The Truth ...

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Big Dogz

There are those who know NAZARETH only for 1975's "Hair of the Dog" (indeed a great album),specifically the ball bustin' title track and radio smash "Love Hurts"; just like there are those who know DEEP PURPLE only for "Smoke on the Water". Then there are those who know NAZARETH as the Scottish ban...

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In Tides And Drifts

I first came across the Brooklyn-based trio GOES CUBE a couple of years ago while the band was on tour in support of their last album, "Another Day Has Passed". The band immediately grabbed me with their organic and incredibly thunderous live sound. I walked away from that show praising the band for...

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AC/DC's ANGUS YOUNG Says Band Has 'Rooms Full Of Boxes Of Ideas' For Next Album

Darryl Sterdan of the QMI Agency conducted an exclusive Canadian interview with AC/DC guitarist Angus Young and vocalist Brian Johnson about the band's new DVD, "Live at River Plate", filmed in HD during the Australian rock legends' "Black Ice" world tour stop in Argentina in 2009. A couple of excer...

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IRON MAIDEN: 'From Fear To Eternity' New Release Date Announced; Promo-Only CD Single Detailed

EMI has set a June 6 release date for "From Fear To Eternity: The Best Of 1990-2010". A double-CD set spanning twenty years this follows the huge success of 2010's studio album "The Final Frontier" which hit the number one spot in 28 countries around the world. It also became the band's highest-char...

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JOE LYNN TURNER To Take Part In 'All Star Rock Tour 2011'

Legendary hard rock singer Joe Lynn Turner (DEEP PURPLE, RAINBOW, YNGWIE MALMSTEEN) will be featured prominently at several shows during the All Star Rock Tour 2011, which will hit the road in North America later this month. The lineup will consist of different founding members and lead vocalists fr...

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DEVIN TOWNSEND PROJECT: More 'Deconstruction', 'Ghost' Details Revealed

Canadian musician/producer Devin Townsend (STRAPPING YOUNG LAD, STEVE VAI, LAMB OF GOD, DARKEST HOUR, GWAR) will release "Deconstruction" and "Ghost" the third and fourth in a series of albums to be made available under DEVIN TOWNSEND PROJECT moniker on June 21 (one day earlier internationally) via...

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DEVIN TOWNSEND Interviewed In Paris (Video)

Metal Sickness conducted an interview with Canadian musician/producer Devin Townsend (STRAPPING YOUNG LAD, STEVE VAI, LAMB OF GOD, DARKEST HOUR, GWAR) on April 8, 2011 in Paris, France . You can now watch the chat below . Devin Townsend will release "Deconstruction" and "Ghost" — the third and fourt...

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DEVIN TOWNSEND Interviewed By U.K.'s SONIC SHOCKS (Video)

STEREO JUGGERNAUT's Ben Main conducted an interview with Canadian musician/producer Devin Townsend (STRAPPING YOUNG LAD, STEVE VAI, LAMB OF GOD, DARKEST HOUR, GWAR) for Sonic Shocksearlier this month in London, England. You can now watch the chat in two parts below. Devin Townsend will release "Deco...

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Learn To Play DEEP PURPLE's 'Lazy' (Video)

Video footage of former Joe Satriani pupil Danny Gill walking you through DEEP PURPLE track "Lazy" can be viewed below. This video lesson comes off "Learn to Play Deep Purple", Lick Library's two-hour DVD lesson which takes you through note for note through five timeless DEEP PURPLE tracks. In this...

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DEVIN TOWNSEND PROJECT: 'Deconstruction' Artwork Unveiled

Canadian musician/producer Devin Townsend (STRAPPING YOUNG LAD, STEVE VAI, LAMB OF GOD, DARKEST HOUR, GWAR) will release "Deconstruction" and "Ghost" — the third and fourth in a series of albums to be made available under DEVIN TOWNSEND PROJECT moniker — on June 21 (one day earlier internationally)...