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AIRBOURNE Guitar-Lesson Videos Available

Music lesson web site PlayThisRiff.com is now featuring guitar lesson videos with Dave Roads and Joel O'Keeffe of Australian hard rockers AIRBOURNE. At PlayThisRiff.com you will find the following lesson videos by AIRBOURNE: * "Six Licks With Airbourne" * "Tips For Bending Strings" * "How To Add Dyn...
July 1, 2010
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AIRBOURNE Frontman Interviewed On 'The Right To Rock'

TheRightToRock.com has issued its latest podcast (episode #100),featuring an interview with vocalist/guitarist Joel O'Keeffe of Australian hard rockers AIRBOURNE. The chat lasts approximately 30 minutes and is available for streaming using the audio player below. "No Guts. No Glory.", the sophomore...
June 30, 2010
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SAMMY HAGAR Signs Deal To Publish Autobiography

It Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, announced a deal to publish Sammy Hagar's autobiography, tentatively titled "Sammy Hagar Red", in 2011. Hagar, the multi-platinum Red Rocker, is best known as the bombastic frontman of VAN HALEN, one of the biggest-selling rock groups in history, and...
June 28, 2010
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KREATOR: 'Destroy What Destroys You' Video Released

"Destroy What Destroys You", the new video from German thrashers KREATOR, can be viewed below. The performance footage for the clip was shot during the band's on October 17, 2009 show with EXODUS at Espacio Broadway in Santiago, Chile. The video was directed by Chilean video artist Carlos Toro, who...
June 25, 2010
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KREATOR: 'Hordes Of Chaos - Ultra Riot' Box Set Details Revealed

German thrash metal veterans KREATOR will re-release their latest studio album, "Hordes Of Chaos", as a high-quality box set via SPV/Steamhammer on the following dates: Germany: July 9 Rest Of Europe: July 12 USA: August 10 Entitled "Hordes Of Chaos - Ultra Riot", the box set includes the "Hordes Of...
June 23, 2010
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Late METALLICA Bassist CLIFF BURTON: More Previously Unheard Interview Audio Released

A longer, never-before-heard edit of an interview with late METALLICA bassist Cliff Burton, conducted by Ken Kitt of Metal Fanzine on January 31, 1984 in Cortland, New York (after METALLICA's show at the Riverboat in Rochester, New York) can be streamed in the Vimeo clip below. (Note: The previously...
June 17, 2010
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AIRBOURNE Frontman's Death-Defying Guitar Solo

According to Roadrunner Records, Australian hard rockers AIRBOURNE have a reputation for putting on a killer live show. Their passion for rock and roll shines through as they barrel through their songs with energy and enthusiasm, chugging beers (even smashing the cans on their heads on occasion) and...
June 16, 2010
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Former OPETH Drummer Joins Forces With SADUS Bassist

Swedish drummer Martin Lopez (ex-OPETH, AMON AMARTH) has joined forces with bassist Steve DiGiorgio (SADUS, TESTAMENT, DEATH, ICED EARTH),vocalist Joel Ekelöf (WILLOWTREE),and guitarist Kim Platbarzdis in a brand new project called SOEN. According to Martin (pictured below),the band's music "will...
May 28, 2010
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AIRBOURNE Frontman Interviewed By MTV MUSIC BLOG

Jon Wiederhorn of the MTV Music Blog recently conducted an interview with guitarist and vocalist Joel O'Keefe of Australian hard rockers AIRBOURNE. The podcast can now be streamed using the audio player below. "No Guts. No Glory.", the sophomore album from AIRBOURNE, sold around 6,000 copies in the...
May 26, 2010
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No Guts. No Glory.

Following up a great album is a tough chore, even for the hardest working bands. It is even more difficult when the style played largely mimics classic AC/DC, not a band known for its musical progression from one album to the next. Be that as it may, the music of "No Guts. No Glory." from ...
May 9, 2010
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ALL THAT REMAINS Engaging Fans While Recording New Album

Massachusetts metallers ALL THAT REMAINS have entered the studio to begin recording their fifth album, due this fall via Prosthetic Records/Razor & Tie. To engage fans in the recording process, Phil Labonte (vocals),Oli Herbert (guitar),Mike Martin (guitar),Jeanne Sagan (bass) and Jason Costa...
May 6, 2010
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The Ten Greatest Music Videos In ROADRUNNER History: Part 2

Roadrunner Records' web site has been updated with the following story: "Although the origins go back to the 1920s with the arrival of sound to motion pictures, music videos really came into their own in the 1980s when they had a television channel specifically formatted around the captivating mediu...
April 30, 2010
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AIRBOURNE Interviewed At 'Blonde, Bad And Beautiful' Video Shoot

Aniruddh "Andrew" Bansal of Metal Assault conducted an interview with brothers Joel (guitar, vocals) and Ryan O'Keeffe (drums) of Australian hard rockers AIRBOURNE on April 28, 2010 in North Hollywood, California at the location of the band's music video shoot for the song "Blonde, Bad And Beautiful...
April 29, 2010
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AIRBOURNE: 'No Guts. No Glory.' First-Week U.S. Sales Revealed

"No Guts. No Glory.", the sophomore album from Australian hard rockers AIRBOURNE, sold around 6,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release to debut at position No. 89 on the Billboard 200 chart. The CD was released in the U.S. on April 20 via Roadrunner Records. The special-edition...
April 28, 2010
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Metal Journalist JOEL GAUSTEN Comments on PETER STEELE's Passing

Author and musician Joel Gausten (THE UNDEAD, PIGFACE, ELECTRIC FRANKENSTEIN) has issued the following statement regarding the passing of TYPE O NEGATIVE frontman Peter Steele: "I met Peter Steele back in 1995, when Jerry and Doyle from the MISFITS brought me along to a show in New York, where they...
April 15, 2010