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CAMP FREDDY To Play One-Off Show In Hollywood

CAMP FREDDY, the Los Angeles-based "jam" band consisting of JANE'S ADDICTION guitarist Dave Navarro, former THE CULT touring bassist Billy Morrison (on guitar),ex-GUNS N' ROSES/THE CULT drummer Matt Sorum, bassist Scott Ford, and vocalist Donovan Leitch (the son of 1960s U.K. folk-rock icon Donovan...
October 15, 2003
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STEVE VAI To Release 2-DVD Set In November

Guitar virtuoso Steve Vai will issue a two-DVD set, entitled "Live at the Astoria London", on November 18 through Favored Nations. "Live at the Astoria London" is Vai's first-ever live performance DVD, and it clocks in at more than 2 1/2 hours. It was filmed at the Astoria in London, England, on Dec...
October 13, 2003
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ALEX SKOLNICK To Sit Out TRANS-SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA Tour

Former TESTAMENT/SAVATAGE guitarist Alex Skolnick has announced his decision not to participate in this year's TRANS-SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA tour. The following is Alex's official statement on the matter: "It is with mixed emotions that I announce my decision to not participate in this year's TRANS-SIBER...
October 13, 2003
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HELL ON EARTH Stage Concert, Sans Suicide

The Tampa Tribune reports that Florida shock-rockers HELL ON EARTH played Sunday night (October 12),but the promised suicide of a terminally ill fan on stage still didn't happen. The concert at the Liar's Club in Tampa attracted about 20 fans. Outside, police and television crews waited for the sui...
October 13, 2003
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HELL ON EARTH To Perform Live This Weekend

Florida shock-rockers HELL ON EARTH have announced plans to perform live at the Brass Mug on Sunday, October 12. The performance is a rescheduling of their previously announced concert which was to feature an on-stage suicide of a terminally ill person. Last Saturday's show, which drew international...
October 9, 2003
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DEATH ANGEL Sign With NUCLEAR BLAST RECORDS

Reunited San Francisco Bay Area metallers DEATH ANGEL have signed a multi-album record deal with Nuclear Blast Records. The band are expected to enter the studio in early 2004 to begin recording their first CD since 1990's "Act III", tentatively due later in the year. Speaking to Chile's Grinder mag...
October 8, 2003
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CAMP FREDDY Sign With SANCTUARY RECORDS

CAMP FREDDY, the Los Angeles-based "jam" band consisting of JANE'S ADDICTION guitarist Dave Navarro, former THE CULT touring bassist Billy Morrison (on guitar),ex-GUNS N' ROSES/THE CULT drummer Matt Sorum, bassist Scott Ford, and vocalist Donovan Leitch (the son of 1960s U.K. folk-rock icon Donovan...
October 7, 2003
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Newspaper: Radio Host Proclaims He Has Suicide Video

Robert Farley of the St. Petersburg Times reports a Chicago man says he has exclusive video of the much-hyped HELL ON EARTH performance Saturday night, including "crazy" footage that purports to show a sickly-looking man commiting suicide through "some sort of asphyxiation." But Shane Bugbee isn't n...
October 6, 2003
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Suicide Concert Halted By Web Attack

A concert by Florida shock-rockers HELL ON EARTH which was to feature an on-stage suicide of a terminally ill person was postponed Saturday because of problems with the planned broadcast of the event over the Internet, according to The Associated Press. The band's web site was attacked Saturday even...
October 5, 2003
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Lawyer: Suicide Concert May Not Take Place

The attorney for Florida shock-rockers HELL ON EARTH said on Friday it is not clear if the band will go ahead with their plans to stage a live suicide at their Saturday concert, according to The Associated Press. The group had intended to broadcast the incident on their web page. "It appears that ev...
October 3, 2003
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Police Conduct In GUNS N' ROSES Riot Probed

A public inquiry has been ordered into the conduct of two police officers during a riot after a GUNS N' ROSES concert was cancelled at the last moment in Vancouver last November, the Canadian Press reports. Complaints Commissioner Dirk Ryneveld says most of the police response to the disturbance was...
October 3, 2003
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Judge Blocks Band's Suicide Show

A Circuit Court judge slapped an injunction Thursday (October 2) on Florida shock-rockers HELL ON EARTH banning them from holding an onstage suicide that their leader vows will occur during a webcast performance this weekend, according to the Associated Press. St. Petersburg leaders had asked Judge...
October 2, 2003
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PUNKVOTER: Musicians Take Anti-BUSH Message Directly To The Fans

Billy Gould (ex-FAITH NO MORE),Jello Biafra (ex-DEAD KENNEDYS),Fat Mike (NOFX),Billy Joe Armstrong (GREEN DAY),THE OFFSPRING, BAD RELIGION and FOO FIGHTERS are among the musicians that have come together to form Punkvoter, a coalition to educate, register and mobilize over 500,000 progressive vo...
September 30, 2003
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Band Vows to Defy Assisted Suicide Law

Mitch Stacy of The Associated Press reports that the leader of the rock group HELL ON EARTH said an onstage suicide will happen during a private St. Petersburg concert this weekend in defiance of a new city law designed to stop it. "The show will go on," Billy Tourtelot said Monday. "It will be avai...
September 29, 2003
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Florida 'Suicide Band' Forces Emergency Meeting Of St. Petersburg Council

Bay News 9 reports that HELL ON EARTH's persistence forced an emergency meeting of the St. Petersburg City Council Monday morning (September 29). Council members held a special session in an attempt to stop the Tampa-based industrial rock band from continuing with a planned suicide at one of their c...
September 29, 2003