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'Real' SUPERNOVA Continues Touring Despite Receiving 'Royal Corporate Bird' From 'Rock Star'

PunkNews.org is reporting that '90s punk/pop trio SUPERNOVA (MySpace page) has found itself in a conflict with the new the new band featuring former METALLICA bassist Jason Newsted, ex-GUNS N' ROSES guitarist Gilby Clarke and MÖTLEY CRÜE drummer Tommy Lee. The original SUPERNOVA was formed in 1989 i...

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STRAPPING YOUNG LAD Drummer HOGLAN: The Genius That Is DEVIN TOWNSEND

STRAPPING YOUNG LAD drummer Gene Hoglan has posted the following report from the recording sessions for their new album, "The New Black", due in July via Century Media Records: "After those last few punishing rehearsals, where, I swear to god, I broke something (My back? My cloaca? My ass?),we pack...

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SCORPIONS Tap DESMOND CHILD For New Studio Album

German hard rock veterans SCORPIONS have tapped songwriter/producer Desmond Child — who has worked with such high-profile pop/rock artists as AEROSMITH, BON JOVI, ALICE COOPER, KISS, RICKY MARTIN, CHER, MICHAEL BOLTON and BONNIE TYLER — to produce their next studio album, which they expect to begin...

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CHILDREN OF BODOM Keyboardist To Guest On Finnish Pop Album

According to a posting on the CHILDREN OF BODOM fan site Scythes-of-Bodom.com, the band's keyboardist Janne Warman will appear on one song on the new album from Finnish pop/rock queen Jonna Kosonen. Kosonen, who was previously a member of the multiplatinum-selling Finnish female pop duo NYLON BEAT,...

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PEEPING TOM To Perform On 'Late Night With Conan O' Brien'

Mike Patton (FAITH NO MORE, MR. BUNGLE, TOMAHAWK, FANTOMAS) and his latest project, PEEPING TOM, will perform on "Late Night With Conan O' Brien" on Friday, May 26. PEEPING TOM's self-titled album will be released on May 30 via Ipecac Records. According to Billboard.com, the set was pieced together...

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PROUD PROMOTIONS Brings Heavy Metal To China

Proud Promotions of Hong Kong has announced that they will be releasing music compilations of several genres — including heavy metal — into Hong Kong, Taiwan and mainland China. These releases will be part of an approved cultural exchange program that Proud Promotions has arranged with the Chinese g...

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Pitch Black Progress

You know, if you're gonna embrace a style of music, why half-ass it? Once you've gone the "clean vocals" route, Internet trolls are going to call you names anyway, so why not make those clean vocals as utterly smooth and slick as possible? Hell, add some of those over-emoting end-of-the-song ooh's a...

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ANGRA Singer Added To 'Glorious' Soccer Tribute Song

More guest musicians have been confirmed to take part in the recording of the song "Glorious", which was written for the upcoming soccer world championship by former HELLOWEEN and current MASTERPLAN drummer Uli Kusch along with Ronny Milianowicz (DIONYSUS) and Joacim Cans (HAMMERFALL). The track wil...

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DEF LEPPARD's PHIL COLLEN To Guest On '3 Guys Pickin'

DEF LEPPARD guitarist Phil Collen sat down with Chicago's "3 Guys Pickin" cable access show to play some guitar and talk about such topics as "Hysteria", performing acoustically, unreleased B-sides, QUEEN, the DEF LEPPARD movie, and the band's "X" and "Slang" albums. Phil also performed "4 Letter Wo...

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AUDIOSLAVE Frontman Talks About His New Gig As Paris Restaurateur

Gene Stout of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer recently conducted an interview with AUDIOSLAVE/ex-SOUNDGARDEN frontman Chris Cornell. A few excerpts from the chat follow: On his pre-SOUNDGARDEN job as a fish handler for a Ballard, Washington seafood wholesaler: "I did it for years, from my early teens...

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IGGY POP Working On New STOOGES Disc

Billboard.com is reporting that punk icon Iggy Pop has been holed up in "a little cottage in the boonies on a little river" in Florida writing music with his old band the STOOGES. The as-yet-untitled set, the legendary rock act's first since 1973, is due out next year via Virgin and will be ...

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Death to Tyrants

This weekend's batch of reviews is turning into a who's who of legends and journeymen. DARKTHRONE released its 12th album and IMPALED NAZARENE its ninth, and now SICK OF IT ALL not only unleashes its ninth long player (not counting EPs, splits, live recordings, etc),but also is celebrating its 20th...

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STRATOVARIUS, HALFORD Members Added To 'Glorious' Soccer Tribute

More guest musicians have been confirmed to take part in the recording of the song "Glorious", which was written for the upcoming soccer world championship by former HELLOWEEN and current MASTERPLAN drummer Uli Kusch along with Ronny Milianowicz (DIONYSUS) and Joacim Cans (HAMMERFALL). The track wil...

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KORN: Photos Of Studio Session With DEM FRANCHIZE BOYZ Posted Online

Several photos of KORN frontman Jonathan Davis at a Los Angeles studio with members of the Southern "snap" hip-hop kings DEM FRANCHIZE BOYZ working on a mash-up of their current singles have been posted online at Getty Images. The two Virgin labelmates met on Wednesday, April 12 to create a new mash...

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NIKKI SIXX-Penned Song For Norwegian Pop Singer Posted Online

Marion Raven (photo),formerly one half of Norwegian pop group M2M, is out with her new single, "Heads Will Roll", a track she co-wrote with MÖTLEY CRÜE bassist Nikki Sixx. Listen to the song at this location. When asked on her official forum about working with Sixx and co-writer James Michael ...