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Tampa Residents Want Festivals Like OZZFEST To Turn Volume Down

Jay Cridlin of TampaBay.com has issued the following report: John Snelling is no stranger to hard rock. He sings and plays guitar for a Tampa band, MOBIUS LOOP. He's attended more than 400 concerts in his lifetime, including plenty by heavy metal stalwarts KORN. It's tough, then, for Snelling to adm...
February 23, 2005
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Classic HADES Albums To Be Reissued In May

On Tuesday, May 10, 2005, Rock Ridge Music will reissue two albums from the '80s heavy metal band HADES. The two recordings, "Resisting Success" and "If At First You Don't Succeed", each include a newly-recorded, previously unreleased track. HADES was formed by guitarist Dan Lorenzo back in 1978, pl...
February 23, 2005
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SCOTT WEILAND Gives 'Once-In-A-Lifetime' Opportunity To Unsigned Hopefuls

ContactMusic.com is reporting that VELVET REVOLVER frontman Scott Weiland left an unsigned British group speechless when he invited them to open for his band — as a thank you for showing him around London's bars. The former heroin addict asked SECOND LINE for nightlife advice after a chance meeting...
February 22, 2005
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QUEENSRŸCHE Singer Says They're 'Halfway Done' Recording New Album

QUEENSRŸCHE singer Geoff Tate spoke to Ferrante's Power Equipment about the group's current tour and their forthcoming CD, the next chapter to the 1988 ground-breaking concept album, "Operation: Mindcrime", tentatively titled "Operation: Mindcrime II". A couple of excerpts from the interview follow:...
February 19, 2005
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PAINMUSEUM/TESTAMENT Guitarist Teams Up With MUSICIAN'S FRIEND

Guitarist "Metal" Mike Chlasciak (PAINMUSEUM, TESTAMENT, HALFORD) has teamed up with the world's largest musical equipment company, Musician's Friend, in order to bring a Metal Mike Gear Shop. Metal Mike Gear Shop makes it easy for guitar fanatics to find out about and directly purchase equipment as...
February 15, 2005
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HANOI ROCKS Guitarist Says MÖTLEY CRÜE's 'The Dirt' Autobiography Contains 'Pure Lies'

HANOI ROCKS guitarist Andy McCoy has slammed MÖTLEY CRÜE over their account of HANOI drummer Nicholas "Razzle" Dingley's death and CRÜE bassist Nikki Sixx's heroin overdose, as published in CRÜE's best-selling band autobiography, "The Dirt: Confessions of the World's Most Notorious Rock Band". Asked...
February 15, 2005
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GOD FORBID Embark On First Headlining U.S. Tour; Begin Writing New Album

New Jersey thrash titans GOD FORBID will enter the studio in May to begin recording their highly anticipated new album, "IV: Constitution Of Treason". The recording and mixing sessions will be overseen by Jason Suecof (TRIVIUM) at Audiohammer Studios in Florida and Eric Rachel (ATREYU, THE DILLINGER...
February 2, 2005
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JIMI HENDRIX House On Shaky Ground

Kathy Mulady of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer is reporting that the Seattle house where legendary rock guitarist Jimi Hendrix once lived needs a new home. Again. And soon. But members of a foundation that owns the home say they have nowhere to move it. They are worried that the city will demolish i...
February 1, 2005
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Police Are Asking For Help In Identifying People Involved In DIECAST Concert Brawl

Salt Lake City's KSL News is reporting that Midvale Police are asking for help in identifying people involved in a brawl at a DIECAST concert last weekend. Video shows the crowd getting unruly during a show at a Midvale comedy club. There's a lot of shoving and pushing and then it gets out of contro...
January 28, 2005
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Reunited BLOODLUST Plan Festival Appearances, Album Reissue

BLOODLUST, one of the original California-based speed/power/thrash metal bands, will begin a series of reunion shows throughout the 2005/2006 festival season in the U.S. and Europe. In addition, the band will be remastering and reissuing all of their releases on one CD, with new recordings of old so...
January 26, 2005
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TED NUGENT Festival Lawsuit Headed To Trial

John S. Hausman of the Muskegon Chronicle is reporting that Ted Nugent's lawsuit against Muskegon Summer Celebration for canceling his scheduled June 2003 concert will go to trial, barring a settlement between the parties. Muskegon County Circuit Judge Timothy G. Hicks on Tuesday rejected Summer Cel...
January 26, 2005
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JAG PANZER Guitarist Talks About ICED EARTH, DIMEBAG And Possible Live Album

JAG PANZER's official web site has been updated with an online interview with guitarist Mark Briody composed solely of questions submitted by fans. A couple of excerpts from the interview follow: Q: I know that you and Jon Schaffer [ICED EARTH] have been friends for a long time. My question is how d...
January 24, 2005
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PHILIP ANSELMO Says PANTERA Would Have Played Again

Former PANTERA/current SUPERJOINT RITUAL frontman Philip Anselmo has posted the following message at his official web site, PhilAnselmo.com: "I've been stumbling around in a coma of loss. No truer lyric has been written than 'You don't know what you've got 'til it's gone.' "To explain my side of thi...
January 21, 2005
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Disillusioned BLACK SABBATH Fans Launch Petition To Get OZZY OSBOURNE Fired

Disillusioned BLACK SABBATH fans have launched a petition asking Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler, and Bill Ward to consider firing Ozzy on the grounds of his lack of commitment to BLACK SABBATH over the last few years. They feel that Ozzy's lack of enthusiasm has been holding back the possibility of a new...
January 17, 2005
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GODHEAD Frontman Records Song For Tsunami Relief Fund

GODHEAD frontman Jason Miller has written a song about the tsunami tragedy and is currently assembling a group of musicians to record the song, with all proceeds from the recording to be donated to the relief funds. Commented Miller: "In the days after the tsunami hit the coasts of Southeast Asia, I...
January 16, 2005