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DEEP PURPLE Bassist Checks In With Russian Tour Report
DEEP PURPLE bassist Roger Glover has posted the following Russian tour report on his official web site: "This a tour of seventeen cities spread across parts of what was, until relatively recently, known as the Soviet Union and now called Russia and the Ukraine. As I write this, we are roughly at the...October 18, 2004
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ANNIHILATOR: 'Ten Years In Hell' DVD Due Early Next Year
ANNIHILATOR guitarist Jeff Waters has posted the following message on the band's official web site: "So far, asides from the mountain of old footage me and the Campbell Bros. are going through, I can tell ya one cool section that will be on the 'Annihilator: Ten Years In Hell' DVD (due for release ....October 18, 2004
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Report: KISS 'Rock The Nation' Tour Was One Of Summer's Biggest Flops
According to an article in the USA Today, KISS' "Rock the Nation" tour was one of the summer's bigger flops. Based on the figures released by Billboard Boxscore, KISS sold 49 percent of all tickets, with an average of 8,444 tickets sold per show. The hottest acts of the summer were bands like JIMMY...October 11, 2004
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VELVET REVOLVER's SLASH Talks Fatherhood
VELVET REVOLVER guitarist Slash is among the featured artists on a new album called "Sing A Song With Six Strings", which came out yesterday (Oct. 5). Celebrating fatherhood and families, it features previously released tracks from Peter Frampton, Carlos Santana, the late Stevie Ray Vaughan, and the...October 6, 2004
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Injury Forces THE DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN Guitarist To Sit Out U.S. Tour
THE DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN guitarist Brian Benoit has suffered a pinched nerve in his arm and has been forced to sit out the group's current U.S. tour. The group's official statement on the matter reads as follows: "Just in case any of you caught the first two shows on our current tour and are wonder...October 4, 2004
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SEBASTIAN BACH Confirmed For Germany's BANG YOUR HEAD Festival
Former SKID ROW frontman Sebastian Bach is the latest act confirmed to appear at the 2005 installment of the Bang Your Head!!! feastival, set to take place June 24-25 at Messegelände in Balingen, Germany. Bang Your Head!!! 2005 will be marks the festival's 10th anniversary and the theme of next year...October 1, 2004
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AC/DC Singer To Perform At Los Angeles Club Tonight
According to an online posting by Hollywood promoter Happenin' Harry, AC/DC singer Brian Johnson will be performing at The Joint in West Los Angeles, CA on Wednesday, September 29. Johnson and "friends" are expected to run through a set of AC/DC classics and other selections beginning at 10:00 p.m....September 29, 2004
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METALLICA Fans To Rock Until They Drop For Chance To Meet Their Idols
Scott Ray of Chicago's Daily Herald is reporting that a 46-year-old grandmother of four from Silver Lake, Wis. and three other contestants are competing for a chance to meet heavy metal bands METALLICA and GODSMACK. With only a bottle of water by her side, the contestants began the first of what cou...September 24, 2004
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STARZ Guitarist Detained At JFK Airport, Misses Live Album Recording
Legendary '70s hard rockers STARZ played in Cleveland Thursday night (Sept. 23) at the Beachland Ballroom minus guitarist Brenden Harkin. Brenden missed the plane to Cleveland after being detained by airport security for unspecified reasons in New York's Kennedy airport for over three hours. He was...September 24, 2004
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FATES WARNING Singer Joins REDEMPTION
Sensory Records recording artists REDEMPTION have announced that Ray Alder, legendary vocalist of progressive metal icons FATES WARNING and of his solo project ENGINE, has become the group's new vocalist. He is currently recording vocal tracks for REDEMPTION's second CD, tentatively titled "The Full...September 13, 2004
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Former LED ZEPPELIN Frontman Attends OWAIN GLYNDR Statue Unveiling
ic Wales is reporting that former LED ZEPPELIN frontman Robert Plant has helped fund a statue of his hero, Owain Glyndr. Plant attended the unveiling of the bronze statue at Pennal, near Machynlleth, an area where he owns a farmhouse and where the 1970s band were believed to have written their class...September 11, 2004
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BLACK SABBATH: 'The Complete Recording History' Book Due Next Year
Rockdetector.com executive editor Garry Sharpe-Young has been working on a leviathan account of BLACK SABBATH's complete recording history, from the earliest demos through to the "Reunion" album and, possibly, beyond. Already having two highly praised SABBATH-related titles under his belt, "The Stor...September 9, 2004
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SLASH To Perform With JAMES BROWN, LENNY KRAVITZ At 'Rock Through Time' Event
VELVET REVOLVER guitarist Slash (ex-GUNS N' ROSES) will join James Brown and Lenny Kravitz onstage at Miller Brewing Company's "Rock Through Time" event, the grand finale to Miller's celebration of Rolling Stone's 50 Years of Rock and Roll summer. Slash will perform an as-yet-undetermined song with...September 9, 2004
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DORO PESCH Says She Would Like To Collaborate With NIGHTWISH Singer
German metal singer Doro Pesch recently spoke to Greece's Metal-Temple.com webzine about her upcoming AFM Records debut, entitled "Classic Diamonds". Due on September 20, the CD contains reworked classics from Doro's 20-year career as well as several new songs which were specially composed for this...September 9, 2004
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Former ANVIL/RAZOR Manager Lands At Canada's PAQUIN ENTERTAINMENT
Paquin Entertainment in Toronto has hired former SACRIFICE/ANVIL/RAZOR manager Ray "Black Metal" Wallace as a new booking agent specializing in metal and classic hard rock. Commented Wallace on his new position: "Yes, people, I'm back were I belong, booking metal across Canada. I've been around the...September 9, 2004
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