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JANI LANE Added To THUNDER MOUNTAIN ROCKFEST

Former WARRANT singer Jani Lane has been added to the list of performers at next year's Thunder Mountain Rockfest, set to take place July 8-10, 2010 just 14 miles southwest of Minot, North Dakota off Highway 52 at the Rock Dakota Ranch. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: Thursday, July 8...

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BLACKWOOD CREEK Debut Due In December

Frontiers Records will release BLACKWOOD CREEK's self-titled debut album on December 4, 2009 in Europe and January 12, 2010 in the USA. BLACKWOOD CREEK is a Kip Winger side project put together with his brother Nate on drums and childhood friend Peter Fletcher on guitar. It all actually started in 1...

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KIX, NIGHT RANGER, FOGHAT Confirmed For THUNDER MOUNTAIN ROCKFEST

The Thunder is coming! Thunder Mountain Rockfest will host bands from the '70s, '80, '90s and today for three days of rock 'n' roll hysteria in North Dakota — and you're invited to the party! Thunder Mountain Rockfest will take place July 8-10 just 14 miles southwest of Minot, North Dakota off Highw...

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KIX To Open For JUDAS PRIEST In Maryland

Reactivated rockers KIX will open for JUDAS PRIEST on August 22 at the Merriweather Post Pavilion in Columbia, Maryland. KIX's schedule is now shaping up as follows: Aug. 22 - Merriweather Post Pavilion - Columbia, Maryland (w/ JUDAS PRIEST) Sep. 11 - Hager Hall Events Center - Hagerstown, Maryland...

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Iowa's ROCK GONE WILD Festival Officially Canceled

According to a posting on the web site of "House of Hair", the syndicated 1980s hard rock/heavy metal radio show hosted by TWISTED SISTER frontman Dee Snider, Rock Gone Wild — the four-day rock festival scheduled for August 20-23 in Northwood, Iowa — has officially been canceled. Just last month, th...

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Report: Iowa's Diamond Jo Casino Says 'No' To ROCK GONE WILD

Cole Mathisen of KIMT — a CBS affiliate television station serving Mason City, Iowa; Rochester, Minnesota; and Austin, Minnesota — reports: The future of a major rock festival is uncertain. The general manager of Diamond Jo Casino in Worth County tells us they're not allowing Rock Gone Wild to happe...

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Iowa's ROCK GONE WILD Festival Canceled?

Cityview, Central Iowa's independent weekly, has informed BLABBERMOUTH.NET of the apparent cancelation of Rock Gone Wild, the Iowa-based four-day festival which was supposed to take place August 20-23 at the Diamond Jo Casino in Northwood. Cityview, which had conducted a number of interviews with ar...

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RHINO BUCKET: New Tour Dates Announced

RHINO BUCKET — the Bon Scott-era AC/DC sound-alike band that recorded two albums for Warner Bros./ EMI back in '90 and '92 and an independent album in '94 with former AC/DC drummer Simon Wright — will embark on a U.S. tour in August. A list of confirmed dates can be found on the poster below. ...

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ROCK GONE WILD Festival Changes Location

Rock Gone Wild, America's newest and most diverse rock festival, is on the move — literally. Organizers of the show announced that the Iowa-based, four-day festival is being moved from Freedom Park in Algona to The Diamond Jo Casino in Northwood. "The size of the festival necessitated the change," s...

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ROCK GONE WILD Teams Up With VH1 CLASSIC's EDDIE TRUNK

Rock Gone Wild, America's newest and most diverse rock festival, has teamed up with one of rock radio's biggest names to host one of rock's biggest days. Eddie Trunk, the popular host of VH1 Classic's "That Metal Show", will be in Algona for the entire day on August 22 to bring on such classic rock...

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Metal Fire from Hell

One look at that album cover and surely you realize that what you're getting yourself into is not epic folk metal, brutal death, or progressive power metal. "Metal Fire from Hell" — licensed from Black-Listed Records for stateside release by Planet Metal — from Japan's HELLHOUND is pure '80s heavy m...

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TWISTED SISTER, SEVENDUST Added To ROCK GONE WILD Festival

TWISTED SISTER and SEVENDUST have been confirmed for Rock Gone Wild, America's newest and most diverse rock festival, set to take place August 20-23 at the Freedom Park Festival Grounds in Algona, Iowa. The festival billing is now shaping up as follows: Thursday, August 20: SAXON WARRANT APRIL WINE...

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GEORGE THOROGOOD, MARCY PLAYGROUND Added To ROCK GONE WILD Festival

GEORGE THOROGOOD AND THE DESTROYERS, one of the biggest blues rock acts in the world, will close its summer tour with an appearance at Rock Gone Wild, America's newest and most diverse rock festival, on August 23. MARCY PLAYGROUND will appear on Friday, August 20, alongside modern rock giants PUDDLE...

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DEE SNIDER Performs AC/DC Classic With BANG TANGO At DESERT INVASION

TWISTED SISTER frontman Dee Snider joined Joe Leste and the rest of BANG TANGO (including guitarist David Henzerling of BIG COCK, KING KOBRA, KEEL) on stage at this past weekend's (May 9) Desert Invasion festival in Glendale, Arizona to perform a cover of the classic AC/DC track "Highway To Hell". W...

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KIX/RHINO BUCKET Guitarist Interviewed On 'Bang Your Head With Mike & Ed'

Southern California's hard rock/metal show "Bang Your Head With Mike & Ed" conducted an interview with guitarist Brian "Damage" Forsythe of KIX and RHINO BUCKET this past Saturday (May 2) at the Blue Café in Long Beach, California. The 30-minute video, which includes footage of RHINO BUCKET's pe...