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Attorney: GREAT WHITE Singer Wants Immunity
A lawyer for GREAT WHITE frontman Jack Russell said the singer is asking for immunity from prosecution before agreeing to testify to a grand jury investigating last week's tragic nightclub fire in Rhode Island, according to Billboard. "We'll be there [Friday]," attorney Neil Philbin, who represents...February 28, 2003
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GREAT WHITE Concert Death Toll Reduced By One
The death toll in last week's nightclub fire in Rhode Island was reduced by one to 96, and all the victims have been identified, the governor said Thursday. Gov. Don Carcieri said the final toll was determined after the medical examiner finished examining all the remains. It wasn't immediately clear...February 27, 2003
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GREAT WHITE Called Before Rhode Island Grand Jury
The surviving members of GREAT WHITE have been subpoenaed to appear for questioning before a Rhode Island grand jury, according to CNN. Criminal charges may be filed in connection with the band's pyrotechnic fire disaster that killed 97 people, including guitarist Ty Longley, during a performance la...February 25, 2003
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GREAT WHITE Were Not The First Band To Use Pyrotechnics At Rhode Island Club
David Vaccaro, frontman for the defunct LOVIN' KRY of Boston, told The Associated Press the group played The Station about 20 times between 1997 and 2000 and used fireworks on all but one occasion. An April 2000 Soundcheck magazine story on their shows at The Station mentions the pyrotechnics. Anoth...February 23, 2003
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GREAT WHITE Death Toll At 95
The death toll has risen to at least 95 and may climb to more than 100 in a fire that swept through a Rhode Island nightclub after GREAT WHITE's pyrotechnics display, Gov. Donald Carcieri said on Friday. "It would not surprise me to see a fatality number of over 100," Carcieri told reporters, adding...February 21, 2003
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KID ROCK Speaks Out In Support Of Imprisoned Drug Kingpin
KID ROCK is advocating parole for Richard Wershe Jr., an imprisoned drug kingpin who became a familiar figure on Detroit-area nightly news in the late 1980s under the name White Boy Rick, according to Detroit Free Press. "With Rick and I coming from the same type of background, I feel he would be ab...February 17, 2003
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CHIMAIRA Hire COLIN RICHARDSON To Mix New Album
CHIMAIRA have hired veteran producer Colin Richardson (FEAR FACTORY, MACHINE HEAD, NAPALM DEATH) to mix their new album, "The Impossibility of Reason". A tentative April 29 release through Roadrunner Records is expected. The following 14 tracks were laid down during the recording sessions for the al...January 28, 2003
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Police Launch Web Site In Effort To Nab GUNS N' ROSES Rioters
Vancouver police have opened an online GUNS N' ROSES rogue's gallery to help nab the hoodlums who trashed GM Place when the band cancelled their Vancouver concert last fall. About 8,000 fans angry that lead singer Axl Rose didn't show up caused $400,000 damage to the building on the night of Nov. 7....January 23, 2003
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MISERY INDEX Outline Recording Plans
Baltimore, Maryland-based MISERY INDEX — featuring Jason Netherton (bass/vocals, ex-DYING FETUS),Bruce Greig (guitar, ex-DYING FETUS, TOGETHER WE FALL, NEXT STEP UP),Sparky Voyles (guitar, ex-DYING FETUS, M.O.D.) and Matt Byers (drums) — will enter Wild Studio in St-Zenon, Quebec with producer Jea...January 23, 2003
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The Edge Of The World
It's small wonder that this singer can come up with anything remotely musically coherent considering he's trudged the mental treadmill that is YNGWIE J MALMSTEEN'S RISING FORCE for two separate terms, and consequently twice dropped ungraciously through the exit trapdoor at the end — though it's wort...January 5, 2003
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SYSTEM OF A DOWN Frontman Strikes Out At BUSH
SYSTEM OF A DOWN frontman Serj Tankian has joined an increasingly vocal US rock community in condemning President George Bush, insisting his rise to power was a bloodless coup. Speaking exclusively to NME.com during a SYSTEM OF A DOWN in-store at an Glendale, California record shop last week, Tankia...December 3, 2002
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AUDIOSLAVE's TOM MORELLO: BUSH Should Be Tried For War Crimes If He Attacks Iraq
Former RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE and current AUDIOSLAVE guitarist Tom Morello says President Bush should be tried for war crimes if he launches a new attack on Iraq. In a scathing broadside, Morello added that Bush was destroying America, allowing the economy to "go down the toilet" for the sake of h...November 20, 2002
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CRIMINAL To Support DARKANE In London
CRIMINAL, the formerly Chile-based act featuring former PENTAGRAM mainman Anton Reisenegger, ex-CRADLE OF FILTH bassist Rob Eaglestone, ex-EXTREME NOISE TERROR drummer Zac O'Neil and former ENTWINED keyboardist Mark Royce, will be supporting DARKANE at the London Underworld in London, England on Tue...October 18, 2002
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DARKANE To Make Live Debut In UK, Japan
Sweden's DARKANE will make their live debut in UK and Japan in November. Support at the UK dates will come from CRIMINAL and DESCENT while the Japanese tour will include MASTODON and HIGH ON FIRE. The details are as follows: Nov. 11 – Cardiff, UK - Clwb Ifor Bach Nov. 12 – London, UK - ...September 24, 2002
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Former YNGWIE MALMSTEEN Frontman Finalizes Track Listing For Solo Album
Former YNGWIE MALMSTEEN frontman Mark Boals has finalized the track listing for his forthcoming solo album, Edge Of The World, due in Japan on October 23rd though Marquee Inc, and in other territories shortly thereafter. It is as follows: 01. Fly 02. World On Fire 03. Lady Babylon 04. Taking Control...September 23, 2002
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