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SAMMY HAGAR Tribute CD Coming Next Summer

Versailles Records has announced plans to release a tribute CD to Sammy Hagar next summer. Entitled "Three Lock Box: A Millennium Tribute to Sammy Hagar", the collection will feature contributions from current and/or former members of POISON, HANOI ROCKS, SKID ROW, LILLIAN AXE, DIO and SAIGON KICK,...

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Report: 'DIMEBAG' DARRELL's Guitar Work Made A Mark On Metal

Tim Brouk of Indiana's Journal and Courier Online has issued the following report: Thursday [Dec. 8] will mark the one-year anniversary of one of the most shocking moments in rock 'n' roll history. On a cold night in Columbus, Ohio, the new heavy metal band DAMAGEPLAN was launching into its first ea...

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SLIPKNOT Frontman Escapes with 'Star Wars'

StarWars.com recently conducted an interview with SLIPKNOT frontman Corey Taylor. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: "My first 'Star Wars' memory took place in a drive-in. There was a double feature of 'Smokey and the Bandit' and 'A New Hope', so my first heroes were Darth Vader and Burt Rey...

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GREEN CARNATION: Finnish Tour Report Posted Online

For the first time in GREEN CARNATION's history, the band visited neighboring country Finland in the last week of November. The trip included three regular concerts and an acoustic one. GREEN CARNATION singer Kjetil has issued the following tour report via the group's official web site: "Just back f...

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KROKUS Rock Out In Russia

Veteran Swiss hard rockers KROKUS have posted the following message on their official web site: "We were greeted in Moscow by the first snow of the year as we arrived outside this huge hotel opposite the old Kremlin. Trying to read the menu in Russian made us realise how helpless we were without our...

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POISON Frontman Discusses Drive-By Shooting Incident

POISON frontman Bret Michaels called into Eddie Trunk's "Friday Night Rocks" radio show on New York's Q104.3 FM this past Friday, November 25 to discuss the the incident Monday night (Nov. 21) when his tour bus was fired at in a drive-by shooting in Chicopee, Massachusetts. The following is Michaels...

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WOLF HOFFMANN, ULI JON ROTH, MICHAEL SCHENKER To Team Up For G3-Style Tour?

ACCEPT guitarist Wolf Hoffmann is in talks with Uli Jon Roth (ex-SCORPIONS, ELECTRIC SUN) and Michael Schenker (MSG, ex-SCORPIONS, UFO) about joining forces for "an all-German G3"-type of tour, Hoffmann revealed during a recent interview with MetalEater.com. "I would just play instrumental songs and...

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SEBASTIAN BACH Interviewed On Brazilian TV

Former SKID ROW frontman Sebastian Bach has issued the following update: "Hello from Porto Alegre Brazil! I am sitting in my hotel room suite writing this and it so incredible to be touring again in Brasil! The show last night in Rio De Janeiro was wild, to say the least, and we are looking forward...

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Inventor Of Evil

Fourth post-reunion album from these German thrash heroes, and all eyes are on the "We Are the World"-esque "The Alliance of Hellhoundz" — the track (yet another paean to how much metal rocks) boasts a slew of guest vocalists. Doro Pesch, Paul Di'Anno, "Speed" Strid" of SOILWORK, Peter Tägtgren, Bif...

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The Smell of Money EP

As a band trading on suit-and-tie hypercapitalist imagery, it makes sense that HEWHOCORRUPTS are setting themselves up as premium grind providers — at eight bucks for a seven-minute EP, we're talking Starbucks-grade. Sure, there's a video and a Quicktime interview clip, but that's just the froth on...

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BACKDRAFT Seek New Label Home

Sweden's "most bearded" rockers BACKDRAFT, who were recently rejoined by original singer Jonas Åhlén, are currently looking for a new label home. Guitarist Rob The Slob comments: "We have been workin very hard lately. Jonas has shown to us that he can deliver, and the new album is going to be amazin...

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SEBASTIAN BACH To Guest On New Jersey's WRAT 95.5 FM

Former SKID ROW frontman Sebastian Bach will appearing live on New Jersey's WRAT 95.5 FM on Friday, November 11 at 3:00 p.m. Go to www.wrat.com to listen to the interview live over the Internet. As previously reported, ACCEPT guitarist Wolf Hoffmann has agreed to join Bach's solo band for a one-time...

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KITTIE To Release Downloadable EP Via ROCK RIDGE MUSIC

Canadian metallers KITTIE have signed with Rock Ridge Music to release a digital EP and ringtones in early 2006. Commented Jason Spiewak of Rock Ridge Music, "KITTIE rocks! They are an amazingly talented and focused group, and we're thrilled to be working with them." KITTIE, which features sisters M...

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SLAVE TO THE SYSTEM: QUEENSRŸCHE Side Project To Re-Release Debut In February

SLAVE TO THE SYSTEM, the band featuring Scott Rockenfield (drums, QUEENSRŸCHE),Kelly Gray (guitar, ex-QUEENSRŸCHE),Damon Johnson (guitar/vocals, BROTHER CANE),will re-release their debut album through Spitfire Records on February 21, 2006. Rockenfield, along with Johnson, Gray and bassist Roman G...

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HANOI ROCKS: More Scandinavian Tour Dates Announced

Finnish rockers HANOI ROCKS have lined up the following Scandinavian dates during December: Dec. 07 – Stockholm, SWE @ Mondo Dec. 08 – Gävle, SWE @Monster Dec. 09 – Sala, SWE @ Rockland Dec. 10 – Malmö, SWE @ KB Dec. 11 - Göteborg, SWE @ Trädgårn Dec. 14 – Oslo, NOR @ John Dee ...