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VADER Check In From The Road

Polish death metallers VADER have posted the following message on their official web site: "A fortnight has passed since our latest report...We traversed the whole continent of America crosswise, playing in such 'original' places like Idaho, Colorado... Next, down the West Coast we started with a gr...

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MEGADETH's MUSTAINE Says He Has 'Seriously Narrowed Down The List' Of Bands For GIGANTOUR

MEGADETH mainman Dave Mustaine has posted the following Gigantour update in the "Forums" sections of the band's official web site: "OK, now here is some dirt on the first and second stage: I wanted to have the first stage be powerful and the second stage be a glimpse into the future bands that are e...

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BYZANTINE Frontman Sustains Knee Injury

Guitarist/vocalist Chris Ojeda Adams of the West Virginia-based "tech-metal" band BYZANTINE "sustained a pretty good injury to his left knee while performing at the Sound Factory in Charleston, WV" over the weekend, according to a post on the group's web site. Commented Chris, "I jumped up on a spea...

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TONY IOMMI: 'BLACK SABBATH Used To Jam With LED ZEPPELIN All The Time'

In a head-to-head Sirius Satellite Radio interview with "Sound of the Beast" author Ian Christe, BLACK SABBATH guitarist Tony Iommi exclusively reveals this week that he has studio tapes of BLACK SABBATH jamming with LED ZEPPELIN during the mid-1970s. "BLACK SABBATH used to jam with LED ZEPPELIN all...

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SLIPKNOT: More Details Emerge About Council Bluffs Concert Riot

Courtney Brummer of The Daily NonPareil has issued the following report: Two people were arrested as the result of a disturbance during the SLIPKNOT concert at the Mid-America Center [in Council Bluffs, Iowa] Friday night. The incident began during the concert when audience members rushed a door tha...

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SLIPKNOT's CHRIS FEHN: 'It's A Blessing That We Don't Get Recognized'

In a recent interview with the Beloit Daily News, SLIPKNOT percussionist Chris Fehn recalled how he came up with his first SLIPKNOT mask and insisted that removing the masks, as KISS and MUDVAYNE removed the make-up, isn't the way the Des Moines, Iowa-based nine-piece will ever go. "It was just some...

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Audience Fails To Hear Fire Alarm During MÖTLEY CRÜE Concert

Trevor Maxwell of Maine's Portland Press Herald is reporting that the failure of audience members at a recent MÖTLEY CRÜE concert to hear a fire alarm is forcing Maine's Cumberland County Civic Center to review its emergency procedures. Dave Graves, a Wells resident who was among roughly 6,000 peopl...

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THE GITS Documentary To Premier At SEATTLE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL

Seattle punk-rock band THE GITS, whose lead singer, Mia Zapata, was murdered in 1993, are the subject of a new documentary, "The Gits Movie", which is scheduled to premier on Friday, May 28 at the Seattle International Film Festival (SIFF) at the Egyptian Theater on Capitol Hill. There will be a sec...

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IN FLAMES Upgraded To OZZFEST's Main Stage

According to Ozzfest.com, IN FLAMES have been upgraded to a main-stage slot at this year's Ozzfest. The Swedish band will open the proceedings on the main stage, where they are scheduled to go on right before BLACK LABEL SOCIETY. The festival billing is now shaping up as follows: Main Stage: BLACK S...

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ALICE COOPER And BRUCE DICKINSON Among Top Sporting Rock Stars

Alice Cooper and IRON MAIDEN frontman Bruce Dickinson were named two of the Top 10 Sporting Rock Stars by the U.K.'s The Sunday Times newspaper. A explanation for each musician's inclusion reads as follows: Alice Cooper: "Having spent most of the Seventies in thrall to drugs and drink, Alice Cooper...

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VELVET REVOLVER: More North American Tour Dates Announced

VELVET REVOLVER have added several dates to their North American headlining tour, spanning from an Aug. 11 performance in Mt. Pleasant, Mich., through an Aug. 21 stop in Tucson, Ariz. These shows apparently will overlap with the band's previously announced Ozzfest stint, which drummer Matt Sorum had...

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TWISTED SISTER Frontman's Radio Show Now Available Online

TWISTED SISTER frontman Dee Snider's "Dee Snider Radio" show, which airs weeknights between 7:00 p.m. and midnight EST on WMMR in Philadelphia, is now available for listening live via the Internet at this location. In other news, the Discovery Channel TV show "Party Planner", featuring footage from...

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MEGADETH's MUSTAINE Says GIGANTOUR May Expand Beyond North America

MEGADETH mainman Dave Mustaine has posted the following message in teh "Forums" section of the band's official web site: "I have seen your comments on some of the bands that were submit for Gigantour that I liked, and I am diggin' the response. I will inform you about this as we go along. "As far .....

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SCOTT WEILAND To Perform On NBC's 'Last Call With Carson Daly'?

According to a post on Velvet-Revolver.com, VELVET REVOLVER frontman Scott Weiland will be the musical performer on NBC's "Last Call with Carson Daly" on May 9. No further information is currently available. VELVET REVOLVER resumed the Electric Wonderland tour last week, with dates booked through Ma...

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SLIPKNOT Look Forward To Playing Landmark Venue In Hometown

SLIPKNOT percussionist Chris Fehn recently spoke to Sean Moeller of the Ames Tribune about the group's homecoming show at the Hilton Coliseum in Des Moines, IA Saturday night (April 23). The show marks the first time the nine-man metal band will play Hilton, a landmark venue that was impressionable...