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OZZY And SHARON OSBOURNE Top U.K. Parents Poll

Sky News is reporting that Ozzy Osbourne and his wife Sharon have been voted the U.K.'s favorite parents. The Prince of Wales and his bride-to-be Camilla Parker-Bowles, whose son Tom was exposed snorting cocaine at a West End party, are the nation's least favourite parents, the MTV survey found. The...
April 8, 2005
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VELVET REVOLVER To Perform 'Dirty Little Thing' On 'The Tonight Show With Jay Leno'

VELVET REVOLVER will perform their new single, "Dirty Little Thing", from their platinum-selling debut, "Contraband", on Thursday (April 7) on "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno". In other news, VELVET REVOLVER bassist Duff McKagan told the North County Times about a recent interview when a journalist...
April 7, 2005
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ANTHRAX Guitarist On Reunion With Former Bandmates: 'The Ball-Busting Has Been Non-Stop'

The April 1, 2005 ANTHRAX reunion press conference was no April Fool's joke. Kicking off an entire "Spreading the Anthrax" weekend on Sirius Satellite Radio's metal station Hard Attack, ANTHRAX announced the reinstatement of their classic "Armed and Dangerous" lineup, featuring Joey Belladonna, Fran...
April 4, 2005
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DEEP PURPLE Bassist Celebrates 40th Anniversary Of First Professional Gig

DEEP PURPLE bassist Roger Glover has posted the following message on his official web site: "1st April 2005. Today is an anniversary. "1st April 1965 — 40 years ago today — I first stepped onto a stage with EPISODE SIX as a professional musician, having decided to drop out of Hornsey Art College. "I...
April 4, 2005
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OZZY OSBOURNE Talks About Cost Of Living, War In Iraq And His Family's Health Scares

The U.K.'s Sunday Mirror recently spoke to Ozzy Osbourne about a number of topics, including the upcoming Royal wedding in Britain, the cost of living, wife Sharon's TV career and the war in Iraq. Several excerpts from the interview follow: On his "cursed" family home in the English countryside: "Ev...
April 3, 2005
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MEGADETH: Sales Figures For Entire Catalog Available

The following are the latest sales figures for MEGADETH's back catalog, as reported by Nielsen SoundScan: "Killing Is My Business...And Business Is Good!" (1985) (out of print): 197,386 "Killing Is My Business...And Business Is Good!" (2002 re-release): 46,874 "Peace Sells...But Who's Buying?": 600,...
March 31, 2005
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EARSHOT Drummer Shoots Down Breakup Rumors

EARSHOT drummer Chas Stumbo has rejected rumors that the band have called it a day following their recent split with Warner Bros. Records. Commenting on his use of "ex-SHOT" as his signature when posting comments on message boards, Stumbo told AudioAggression.com, "'Ex-SHOT' is an inside joke betwee...
March 30, 2005
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Vocalist JAMES RIVERA Joins KILLING MACHINE

Vocalist James Rivera (HELSTAR, SEVEN WITCHES) has reportedly joined KILLING MACHINE, the new band featuring German guitarist and founding member Peter Scheithauer (STREAM, played with KISS drummer Eric Singer),San Diego-based drummer Jon Dette (ex-SLAYER, TESTAMENT) and bassist David Ellefson (F5,...
March 30, 2005
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ZAKK WYLDE Talks About The Inspiration For 'Mafia'

BLACK LABEL SOCIETY mainman Zakk Wylde recently spoke to Australia's Time Off about the group's latest album, "Mafia", which came out earlier in the month. "When I make a record, I just do the best job I can at that moment in time," Wylde said of the effort. "It's not that I'm not proud of ...
March 27, 2005
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Finnish Authorities Complete Preliminary Investigation Into 1960 Lake Bodom Murders

According to Newsroom.Finland.fi, Finland's National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) has finished the preliminary investigation into the killing of three teenagers in a camping site next to Lake Bodom in Espoo almost 45 years ago, a crime which gave CHILDREN OF BODOM the inspiration for their name. As...
March 27, 2005
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School Killer's Favorite Bands Included KORN, MANSON And RAMMSTEIN

The Smoking Gun is reporting that the Minnesota teenager responsible for Monday's (March 21) high-school shooting spree created a violent, blood-soaked video last year that included an animated character shooting four people and blowing up a police car before committing suicide. Using the alias "Reg...
March 23, 2005
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MEGADETH: 'Greatest Hits' Album Named

MEGADETH mainman Dave Mustaine has posted the following message in the "Forum" section of the band's official web site: "Up very early today and off for a full plate of events. I have to go by two shops to do some haggling, and meet with John Leeder tonight, and other than that, it is another ...
March 20, 2005
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Transylvania 90210

In a stunted little cul-de-sac of the music world, occupied exclusively by zaftig, Myspace-addicted Goth chicks, overly-pierced zombie greasers and cowboy-hat-wearing ex-glammers gone horror punk, people like WEDNESDAY 13 reign supreme. This is a scene where third-string footnotes to history like BI...
March 20, 2005
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NEVERMORE Debut New Songs At London Concert

NEVERMORE debuted four new songs — "Born", "This Godless Endeavour", "Final Product" and "Bittersweet Feast" — during their exclusive one-off show in London at The Underworld on Friday (March 18). The group's complete setlist for last night's concert was as follows: 01. Narcosynthesis 02. The River...
March 19, 2005
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DANZIG And DOYLE To Perform Special MISFITS Set At NEW ENGLAND METAL & HARDCORE FESTIVAL

Glenn Danzig will be joined by his former MISFITS bandmate Doyle Wolfgang Von Frankenstein for a special 30-minute set of MISFITS classics during DANZIG's headlining performance at the 7th annual New England Metal & Hardcore Festival. DANZIG will top the bill on the second night of the three-day...
March 18, 2005