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TOMMY LEE Hopes Grammys Go Better For MÖTLEY CRÜE This Time

MÖTLEY CRÜE will compete for the second time in their career for a Grammy Award on Sunday (February 8),with the song "Saints of Los Angeles" up for "Best Hard Rock Performance". Drummer Tommy Lee told The Pulse of Radio that he hopes things go better this time than they did in 1989, when the ...

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ANVIL, OVERKILL Members Pay Tribute To JEFFREY (JETHRO) 'IRONFIST' HIRSCH

Steve "Lips" Kudlow of Canadian heavy metal legends ANVIL and Bobby "Blitz" Ellsworth of OVERKILL have commented on the passing of Jeffrey (Jethro) "Ironfist" Hirsch, a member of the legendary "Old Bridge Militia," who died January 19 after surviving a devastating fire on December 29 that completely...

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DEEP PURPLE Keyboardist DON AIREY: Munich Footage Posted Online

Video footage of DEEP PURPLE keyboardist Don Airey's January 20, 2009 concert at Metropolis in Munich, German can be viewed below (clips uploaded by "eblinternational"). Airey and his band performed a set largely based on his new solo album "A Light in the Sky", alongside a selection of songs from D...

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'Old Bridge Militia' Member Passes Away After Surviving Fire

Jethro Hirsch, a member of the legendary "Old Bridge Militia," passed away Monday afternoon, January 19, after surviving a devastating fire on December 29 that completely destroyed his apartment and left him in critical condition. According to reports, he had fallen asleep with a lit cigarette, and...

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TOMMY BOLIN Book Author To Guest On 'Electric Ballroom'

Tune in to the "Electric Ballroom" radio show with hosts Aimee Kristi and Keith Roth on WRAT on Sunday, February 1 at 10:00 p.m. Eastern for an interview with Greg Prato, author of the new book "Touched by Magic: The Tommy Bolin Story" — which is said to be the first book to focus entirely ...

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GUNS N' ROSES, AC/DC, LED ZEPPELIN, BLACK SABBATH Classics Among 'Greatest Hard Rock Songs'

This past week, VH1 paid tribute to the ultimate rock gods by counting down the "100 Greatest Hard Rock Songs". The five-part compilation, hosted by POISON singer Bret Michaels, featured the most awesome guitar-driven, head-banging jams in rock history — from AC/DC to LED ZEPPELIN and everything in...

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KREATOR, MOONSORROW, SWALLOW THE SUN Members Join Forces In BARREN EARTH

BARREN EARTH is the name of a new Helsinki, Finland-based project featuring members of KREATOR, MOONSORROW, SWALLOW THE SUN and MANNHAI, among other bands. Formed in the fall of 2007, BARREN EARTH's music "combines elements of modern and traditional (death) metal with '70s prog rock and folk," accor...

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TOMMY BOLIN Book Author To Guest On 'Big Daddy In The Morning'

Greg Prato, author of the new book "Touched by Magic: The Tommy Bolin Story" — which is said to be the first book to focus entirely on the life story of guitarist Tommy Bolin — will be a special call-in guest this morning (Wednesday, December 24) at 8:15 a.m. CST on "Big Daddy in The ...

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TOMMY BOLIN Book Author To Guest On KKFI 90.1 FM

Journalist Greg Prato, whose work has appeared in a variety of sites and magazines, including All Music Guide, Billboard.com, RollingStone.com, Record Collector, and Classic Rock, will be interviewed by Stormin' Norman of Kansas City's KKFI 90.1 FM on Monday, December 22 at 7:00 a.m. CST. Greg will...

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Late DEEP PURPLE Guitarist TOMMY BOLIN: 'Touched By Magic' Book Available

To many, Tommy Bolin was the legitimate heir to Jimi Hendrix's rock guitar throne. Stints with the JAMES GANG and DEEP PURPLE — as well as solo albums and a groundbreaking release with jazz-rocker Billy Cobham — certainly proved that the adulation was rightly deserved. And with a techno-color fashio...

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Reunited MEDIEVAL To Perform Live For First Time In Almost 20 Years

Reactivated underground metal act MEDIEVAL will perform live for the first time in almost 20 years at the Kalamazoo Metal Fest III on Saturday, November 8 in Kalamazoo, Michigan. This night will feature eleven other bands and will run from 2:00 p.m. to 2:00 a.m. New Renaissance Records recently reis...

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LED ZEPPELIN Bassist, Ex-THE DARKNESS Frontman To Appear At This Weekend's MANSONS GUITAR SHOW

LED ZEPPELIN's multi-instrumentalist John Paul Jones is among the star studded lineup of guests that are set to appear at Mansons Guitar Show, held over two days (October 25-26) at Exeter, UK's Riverside Leisure Centre. According to Total Guitar, Saturday's performances will be headlined by Martin B...

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URIAH HEEP: Munich Footage Available; New MICK BOX Interview Posted Online

Jeffrey Easton of Metal Exiles recently conducted an interview with guitarist Mick Box of legendary progressive rock veterans URIAH HEEP. An excerpt from the chat follows below. Metal Exiles: There has not been a URIAH HEEP recording since 1998's "Sonic Oragami". Why a 10-year absence of new materia...

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Blood Ceremony

Have flute, will travel, and Toronto's BLOOD CEREMONY gets a lot of mileage out of the instrument on its self-titled debut album. A fascination with 70s occult rock — or "witch rock" in this case — that pays homage to acts like COVEN, AFFINITY, and BLACK WIDOW drives the vehicle, while the style cle...

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BLOOD CEREMONY Set To Release Debut Album

Canadian doom-psyche band BLOOD CEREMONY has completed work on its self-titled debut album, due on September 30 in North America via the London, England-based independent label Rise Above Records. Born out of an obsession with '70s occult rock, BLOOD CEREMONY bears witness to the heavy bands of yest...