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RIVERDOGS Back In The Studio With Six New Songs
Vintage rock band RIVERDOGS, featuring guitarist Vivian Campbell (DEF LEPPARD, ex-DIO, WHITESNAKE),are in the process of recording a new album. The group have six songs on tape, and are recording as schedules permit. Live performances are planned in Los Angeles and San Diego at the end of August to...July 21, 2004
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VH1's 'Most Metal Moment' Of All Time: Behind-The-Scenes Footage Available Online
ReddKross.com is currently hosting the "forgotten heavy metal DIO master work" HEAR N AID — picked by VH1 as the "most metal moment" of all time during its recent "100 Most Metal Moments" special. Veteran vocalist Ronnie James Dio formed the HEAR 'N AID project in 1985 to raise money for famine reli...July 15, 2004
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DEF LEPPARD Guitarist Recording New RIVERDOGS CD, Planning Live Appearances
DEF LEPPARD/ex-DIO guitarist Vivian Campbell has several shows lined up with RIVERDOGS, the band he was part of before he joined DEF LEPPARD in 1992. RIVERDOGS are currently recording tracks for a new album featuring the original line-up (Campbell, Rob Lamothe, Nick Brophy and Marc Danziesen). Upcom...June 27, 2004
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DEF LEPPARD To Play Soccer For Charity
DEF LEPPARD guitarists Phil Collen and Vivian Campbell will participate in a charity celebrity football/soccer match taking place on Sunday, June 27 in Carson (close to Los Angeles Airport) at the Home Depot Centre, as part of a musicians team playing against a team of movie/TV stars. Kick-off is sc...June 25, 2004
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DEF LEPPARD Guitarist VIVIAN CAMPBELL Becomes A 'PIG'
Apart from doing the occasional acoustic show, working with his side band CLOCK, doing some little bits with the RIVERDOGS and, of course, his DEF LEPPARD activities, guitarist Vivian Campbell has found time to work with yet another project: REDFELTPIG, a group of artists who improvise and record li...June 18, 2004
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DEF LEPPARD Guitarist Lines Up Acoustic Shows
DEF LEPPARD guitarist Vivian Campbell has taken up residency at the Finn McCool's bar in Santa Monica, Ca., where he regularly plays acoustic shows with P.J. Smith to jam and try out new material. Vivian and P.J. usually play there every Thursday evening, but it's possible they skip a week every now...May 29, 2004
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CLOCK: DEF LEPPARD Side-Project Announce Los Angeles Gig
CLOCK, the California-based band featuring DEF LEPPARD guitarist Vivian Campbell and former FOREIGNER drummer Mark Schulman, will be performing at Molly Malone's Irish pub (575 Fairfax Ave.) in Los Angeles on Friday, March 26. The group will take the stage at 11:00 p.m. Said Vivian: "It's gonna be w...March 22, 2004
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DEF LEPPARD Guitarist's Side-Project To Play One-Off L.A. Gig
CLOCK, the band featuring DEF LEPPARD guitarist Vivian Campbell, will be doing another one-off show on March 13 at Molly Malone's Irish pub at 575 Fairfax Ave. in Los Angeles. ...February 16, 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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VIVIAN CAMPBELL: DIO Is 'One Of The Vilest People In The Music Industry'
In a recent interview posted on DEF LEPPARD's official web site, current DEF LEPPARD/former DIO guitarist Vivian Campbell talked about his disdain for hard rock. "The real irony of that is I actually don't like hard rock music," he said. "I know it's a strange thing to say, but I don't really care a...October 29, 2003
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DEF LEPPARD Guitarist: 'We're Not That Far From The BACKSTREET BOYS'
Philip Maramba of Charleston Daily Mail spoke with DEF LEPPARD guitarist Vivian Campbell about the group's decision to work with Per Aldeheim and Andreas Carlsson, who produced hits for BRITNEY SPEARS and the BACKSTREET BOYS, on their latest effort, "X". "We wanted to get some perspective on the sou...July 24, 2003
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METALLICA For BIG DAY OUT: Official Announcement Expected In October
New Zealand Herald reports that rumors are flying that METALLICA will headline next year's Big Day Out in New Zealand. But organizers are keeping quiet about the lineup until October. The band have been signed as the main act at Big Day Out festivals throughout Australia — part of the group's intern...July 11, 2003
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BIG DAY OUT Organizers Confirm METALLICA's Participation In Next Year's Event
The organizers of Australia's Big Day Out festival, Ken West and Vivian Lees, flew to the Roskilde festival in Denmark last the weekend to see METALLICA perform in front of 90,000 people, and ensure the group's fans could be controlled before signing them as their event's main drawcard. "Roskilde wa...July 2, 2003
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Former THE ALMIGHTY Singer Records New Material
Former THE ALMIGHTY frontman Ricky Warwick has completed work on two brand new extra tracks for the forthcoming release of his solo effort "Tattoos & Alibis". They are "Can't Live With Maybe" (described as "a real rocker" and one which Ricky has been playing live) and "Minor Miracles". Unfortuna...May 19, 2003
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DEF LEPPARD Fan Pays $8,000 For Chance To Sing With Band
Mark Zack from San Jose, California paid £5,007 (more than $8,000) to sing and play "Pour Some Sugar On Me" with DEF LEPPARD during the band's soundcheck in their home town of Sheffield, U.K. All proceeds of the auction will go to Help A Hallam Child, helping sick and needy children from South Yorks...March 11, 2003
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