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METALLICA's HETFIELD Comments On The Fate Of The 'Presidio' Recordings

METALLICA frontman James Hetfield gave a short phone interview to Scoop of the Columbus, Ohio radio station The Blitz 99.7 FM Wednesday (Feb. 25). Asked to comment on the recent reports that some of the material written and recorded in 2001 shortly before he went into rehab might end up on an upcomi...
February 26, 2004
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VALUME NOB Hit The Studio, Schedule Shows

VALUME NOB, the Louisiana based band featuring CROWBAR/DOWN guitarist Kirk Windstein on bass, will be entering the studio March 14 to begin recording some new material for a spring release. In the meantime, the band have announced the following shows in April: Apr. 02 - T.B.A. Apr. 03 - Zeppelins -...
February 26, 2004
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TOOL Drummer To Jam At L.A. Jazz Club

Danny Carey (TOOL),John Ziegler (PIGMY LOVE CIRCUS),Kirk Covington and Lance Morrison will be performing at the La Ve Lee jazz club on Thursday night, February 26. The club is located at 12514 Ventura Blvd (at Whittset),Studio City, Ca. For more information, go to www.laveleejazzclub.com. ...
February 24, 2004
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METALLICA To Release 'Presidio' Material On Upcoming Soundtrack

METALLICA frontman James Hetfield has revealed that plans exist for the band to release some of the material written and recorded in 2001 shortly before he went into rehab. Speaking to Sweden's Close-Up magazine for its February 2004 issue, Hetfield said, "There's tons of stuff left over from the Pr...
February 13, 2004
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CLIFF BURTON's Former Bandmate Sets Record Straight About 'Lost' Video

A former bandmate of late METALLICA bassist Cliff Burton has contacted BLABBERMOUTH.NET to set the record straight about a rare video of Burton performing with his pre-METALLICA band TRAUMA that was recently made available online. The video, which captures a performance that was said to have been re...
February 9, 2004
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FEAR FACTORY: New Tour Report Posted Online

FEAR FACTORY frontman Burton C. Bell has posted the following tour report on the band's official web site: "Aussie, aussie, aussie! OI, OI, OI!!! "The Big Day Out in Melbourne had the biggest turn-out on record. The grounds were teaming with people, like army ants en masse. It was really something t...
January 28, 2004
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GUITAR WORLD's 100 Greatest Heavy Metal Guitarists Of All Time

The March 2004 issue of Guitar World magazine includes a list of the 100 greatest heavy metal guitarists as selected by the magazine's staff. "This is not a list that ranks who can play the fastest or with the most taste, feeling or technique (although many players on our list have all of those arro...
January 23, 2004
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METALLICA's TRUJILLO: We Don't Think About How Many Records We Can Sell'

METALLICA bassist Robert Trujillo has told the Australian Associated Press that he sees the group's current Australian tour as a welcome break. "We've just done a huge arenas tour in Japan and Europe," he said. "Next we are going to take that to the US (17 stadiums in March),but in between, we get...
January 22, 2004
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METALLICA's HAMMETT Talks Next Single

METALLICA guitarist Kirk Hammett revealed during a recent interview with the U.K.'s Scuzz TV that the group's next "St. Anger" single will most likely be either "Dirty Window" or "Invisible Kid". The band have been playing "Dirty Window" regularly since their world tour kicked off in Japan last Nove...
January 17, 2004
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METALLICA's HETFIELD Talks About DAVE MUSTAINE, EXODUS And Follow-up To 'St. Anger'

METALLICA frontman James Hetfield has spoken to The New Zealand Herald about his current relationship with former METALLICA guitarist Dave Mustaine (MEGADETH),the recent reformations of some of the thrash metal genre's pioneering bands, and METALLICA's next studio album. The following are some of t...
January 16, 2004
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HAMMETT Named 'Best Metal Guitarist', 'St. Anger' Chosen As 'Biggest Disappointment' Of 2003

A poll of readers of Guitar World magazine picked Kirk Hammett of METALLICA as "Best Metal Guitarist", while Zakk Wylde of BLACK LABEL SOCIETY was named "Most Valuable Player." METALLICA's poor-selling new album, "St. Anger", was named biggest disappointment, but it also came in at No. 2 as the "Bes...
December 31, 2003
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METAL CHURCH Guitarist On Upcoming CD: 'You Won't Be Disappointed!'

Long-running Seattle metallers METAL CHURCH are in the studio recording the follow-up to 1999's "Masterpeace", tentatively due in early 2004. All is going great with the new record and [it] will be completed by the end of January," guitarist Kurdt Vanderhoof said in a post to the band's official web...
December 31, 2003
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HENRY ROLLINS To Guest On WILLIAM SHATNER's Solo CD

Former BLACK FLAG frontman Henry Rollins has recorded a guest appearance for the new album from actor William Shatner, according to Ananova. Shatner, who played Captain James T. Kirk in the original TV series "Star Trek", has also enlisted Joe Jackson and country star Brad Paisley to guest on the al...
December 23, 2003
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DOWN Sever Ties With ELEKTRA RECORDS

DOWN, the New Orleans supergroup featuring Philip Anselmo (vocals, SUPERJOINT RITUAL, ex-PANTERA),Pepper Keenan (guitars, C.O.C.),Jimmy Bower (drums, EYETHATEGOD, SUPERJOINT RITUAL),Rex Brown (bass, ex-PANTERA) and Kirk Windstein (guitars, CROWBAR),have severed their ties with Elektra Records, a...
December 17, 2003
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CROWBAR Complete New CD, Seek Record Deal

CROWBAR guitarist/vocalist Kirk Windstein has posted the following message on the band's official web site: "Hey ya'll, Kirk here again. We just want to let ya'll know that things are moving along well, albeit, rather slowly with the new CROWBAR deal. We want to take our time and get the best deal f...
December 14, 2003