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Finnish EUROVISION Entry Investigated For WITHIN TEMPTATION Plagiarism
ESCToday.com reports: YLE will decide today, with the help of several music professionals and composers, if "Tietäjä", KATRA's qualified entry for the Finnish final, is a copy of "Jillian (I'd Give My Heart)" by WITHIN TEMPTATION, released in 2004. The case was in the air already before Saturday's s...January 29, 2007
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STAIND Settles Court Case With THE STAIN
After a three-and-a-half-year legal battle over the name THE STAIN, Jon Stainbrook's band THE STAIN has settled its court case with STAIND. Founded by Stainbrook in 1980, THE STAIN has been performing live shows and received "worldwide acclaim" for music used in TV, video, and DVD for national and i...October 5, 2006
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LORDI's EUROVISION Victory 'Party' Attended By 80,000 People: Video Available
Matti Huuhtanen of The Associated Press has issued the following report: Thousands of Finns swarmed into Helsinki's central market square to greet their new national heroes, monster hard-rockers LORDI, as they performed for the first time in public since a stunning victory at the Eurovision Song Con...May 27, 2006
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OZZY OSBOURNE To Discuss Being Fired From BLACK SABBATH On BBC TV
According to Digital Spy, Ozzy Osbourne is among the celebrities that will speak candidly about being fired from high-profile jobs in a new TV series. In "You Can't Fire Me, I'm Famous", former Mirror editor Piers Morgan — himself sacked after a photo scandal in 2004 — will interview famous faces ab...May 22, 2006
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MINISTRY Mainman: I Guarantee That BUSH Will Be Out Of White House Before Year's End
On REVOLTING COCKS' new album, "Cocked And Loaded", MINISTRY mainman Al Jourgensen is using humor as a weapon. Songtitles include "Devil Cock", "Revolting Cock Au Lait" and "Prune Tang", which is yet another attack on his arch enemy, the Bush family. "It's a play on words," he tells the Swedish maga...February 15, 2006
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GORGOROTH Bassist Talks About New Album, Collaboration With IMMORTAL's ABBATH
Earth-Dog.com recently conducted an exclusive interview with GORGOROTH bassist King ov Hell. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: Earth-Dog.com: What is the status of GORGOROTH's next album, "Ad Majorem Satanhas Gloriam"? I read that you and Infernus did some of the recording already but now t...January 7, 2006
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GORGOROTH: Polish Authorities Drop Investigation Over Controversial Gig
In February 2004, GORGOROTH was at the center of controversy in Poland following a scandalous live performance in a TV studio in the city of Krakow. The Norwegian black metal band were investigated for causing religious offense after a show that included dozens of sheep heads on stakes, a literal bl...January 4, 2006
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TWISTED SISTER Frontman To Host VH1 CLASSIC's 'A Very Classic Thanksgiving'
TWISTED SISTER frontman Dee Snider will host VH1 Classic's "A Very Classic Thanksgiving" special, which is set to premiere on Thanksgiving Day, November 24 at 7:00 p.m. "A Very Classic Thanksgiving" invites some of the most accomplished names in music to the VH1 Classic family table for a four-cours...November 1, 2005
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Another Prison Sentence Handed Down In Italian Satanic Heavy Metal Murders
Italy's AKI is reporting that following the conviction earlier this year of the ringleader and a second member of the so-called "Beasts of Satan" heavy metal cult for the gruesome murder of three friends — a teenage couple and the main culprit's own girlfriend — a Milan juveniles court on Monday ...April 11, 2005
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Former POWERMAN 5000 Guitarist Won't Be Touring With NINE INCH NAILS
A source close to former POWERMAN 5000 guitarist Mike Tempesta (M.33) has informed BLABBERMOUTH.NET that there is no truth to the rumors that Tempesta will be playing guitar for NINE INCH NAILS on their upcoming tour. Tempesta, who is the brother of veteran hard rock/metal drummer John Tempesta (HEL...January 17, 2005
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Former POWERMAN 5000 Guitarist To Join NINE INCH NAILS?
According to a posting at Audio Aggression, former POWERMAN 5000 guitarist Mike Tempesta (M.33) is rumored to have joined NINE INCH NAILS as the group's touring guitarist. Tempesta, who is the brother of veteran hard rock/metal drummer John Tempesta (HELMET, ex-ROB ZOMBIE, TESTAMENT, EXODUS),was co...January 15, 2005
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TOMMY LEE: University Of Nebraska Senate To Vote On Resolution About Reality Show Contract
Maggie Stehr of the Daily Nebraskan is reporting that the biting reality of the controversy surrounding the Tommy Lee (photos) reality show has some University of Nebraska-Lincoln Academic Senate members all Tommied out. Although general interest in the rocker is softening, the executive committee d...October 21, 2004
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Report: GORGOROTH Face Two Years In Polish Prison After Causing 'Religious Offense'
Norwegian black metal band GORGOROTH are being investigated in Poland for causing religious offense after a show that included dozens of sheep heads on stakes, a literal blood bath and a naked, crucified woman, newspaper Aftenposten reports. The concert in Krakow was broadcast by state TV station TV...February 4, 2004
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PUNKVOTER: Musicians Take Anti-BUSH Message Directly To The Fans
Billy Gould (ex-FAITH NO MORE),Jello Biafra (ex-DEAD KENNEDYS),Fat Mike (NOFX),Billy Joe Armstrong (GREEN DAY),THE OFFSPRING, BAD RELIGION and FOO FIGHTERS are among the musicians that have come together to form Punkvoter, a coalition to educate, register and mobilize over 500,000 progressive vo...September 30, 2003
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Australian TV Show Puts The Heavy Metal Influence To The Test
Frances Grant of the New Zealand Herald reports that "some of society's assumptions don't stand up to rigorous scrutiny. It's easy, for example, to lay the blame for youth suicides on heavy metal rock lyrics. But do Ozzy Osbourne and the like really have the morbid effect on young people that some b...July 22, 2003
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