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BASTARD CHILD DEATH CULT Signs With STEREO DYNAMITE

After years of releasing mostly ska-punk and psychobilly albums, the Stereo Dynamite offices suddenly got a hell of a lot noisier with the addition to the label roster of Toronto-based hardcore punk, rock 'n' roll killing machine BASTARD CHILD DEATH CULT. Together for less than a year, BASTARD CHILD...

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MESHUGGAH: New Audio Interview With TOMAS HAAKE Available

Joel Parent from ABORT Magazine conducted an interview with drummer Tomas Haake of Swedish experimental extreme metallers MESHUGGAH in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada on February 8. Listen to the 17-and-a-half-minute chat at this location. MESHUGGAH and the support band on the band's North Ameri...

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AC/DC, JOURNEY Make BILLBOARD's Top Music Moneymakers List

AC/DC and JOURNEY have made Billboard's list of top 20 Moneymakers for 2008. For almost all of the acts on the list, touring generated the most revenue. And in a year when recorded-music sales declined yet again, many earned more at the box office than ever before. Top 20 Moneymakers for 2008, accor...

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SMASHING PUMPKINS: New Song Available For Free Download

A new SMASHING PUMPKINS song called "FOL" made its debut in a Hyundai car commercial that aired during the Super Bowl pre-game show this past Sunday (February 1) on NBC-TV. The track acts as the score for a new ad promoting the Hyundai Genesis Coupe. Hyundai VP of marketing Joel Ewanick said that th...

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More Previously Unreleased MISFITS Demos Posted Online

MISFITS book author and veteran punk drummer Joel Gausten (PIGFACE, THE UNDEAD, ELECTRIC FRANKENSTEIN) has posted previously unreleased rehearsal/demo versions of the MISFITS songs "Nike A Go Go" and "I Turned Into A Martian" at this location. Like Gausten's previously posted released demos for "Lon...

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RIOT Guitarist Issues Update On Singer MIKE TIRELLI's Battle With Stomach Cancer

Mike Tirelli has been an integral part of the music scene for over 20 years both as a singer and songwriter. His talent and perseverance brought him worldwide recognition performing with such bands as BURNING STARR, RIOT, MESSIAH'S KISS, HOLY MOTHER, LASTLIX and ZILLION, to name just a few. In the f...

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SMASHING PUMPKINS Song Debuting In SUPER BOWL Ad

According to The Pulse of Radio, a new SMASHING PUMPKINS song called "FOL" will make its debut in a Hyundai car commercial that will air during the Super Bowl pre-game show this Sunday (February 1) on NBC-TV. The track acts as the score for a new ad promoting the Hyundai Genesis Coupe. Hyundai VP of...

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ANNIHILATOR Mainman Comments On His Inclusion In 'Metal Guitarists' Book

Jeff Waters of Canadian metal veterans ANNIHILATOR has placed his entry from "The 100 Greatest Metal Guitarists", the new book from U.K.-based author Joel McIver, on his official web site. Read it at this location. Commented Waters: "I'm delighted to be in Joel's book; not only because I was recogni...

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MISFITS/BLACK SABBATH Book Author Explores Satanism In Latest Offering

Author and veteran punk drummer Joel Gausten (PIGFACE, ELECTRIC FRANKENSTEIN, THE UNDEAD) has published his latest offering, "Words From The Third Side: Essays on Sex, Satan & Success". An autobiographical tale, "Words" chronicles Gausten's experiences as a longtime member of the Church of Satan...

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Former MEGADETH Guitarist CHRIS POLAND Jamming At NAMM; Video Available

Video footage of former MEGADETH guitarist Chris Poland and his OHM: bandmate Robertino Pagliari (bass) jamming at the Eminence Speakers booth at this year's NAMM (National Association Of Music Merchants) show, which was held January 15-18 at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California, can...

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SLAYER's KERRY KING Interviewed By DARKTHRONE's NOCTURNO CULTO

Nocturno Culto (a.k.a. Ted Arvid Skjellum) from DARKTHRONE interviewed SLAYER's Kerry King for this week's "Tinitus" radio show, airing tonight (Wednesday, January 21) between 20.00 CET (8:00 p.m.) and 22.00 CET (10:00 p.m.) on Norway's P3. The program will also feature an interview Patrizia Mazzuoc...

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METALLICA: Quality Boston Photos Posted Online

Quality photos of METALLICA's January 18, 2009 concert at TD Banknorth Center in Boston, Massachusetts can be found at EmpyreLounge.com. The group's setlist was as follows: 01. That Was Just Your Life 02. The End Of The Line 03. Harvester Of Sorrow 04. For Whom the Bell Tolls 05. One 06. Broken, Bea...

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METALLICA Fan Interviews LARS ULRICH On Milwaukee's 102.9 THE HOG; Part Three Now Available

A METALLICA fan by the name of Bob Johnson won the chance to go backstage and interview drummer Lars Ulrich before the band's January 12, 2009 concert at the Bradley Center in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The first three parts of the interview, which aired on Milwaukee's 102.9 The Hog radio station, can be...

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BILLY JOEL Covers AC/DC's 'Highway To Hell' In Florida; Video Available

Video footage of "piano man" Billy Joel performing a cover version of the AC/DC classic "Highway To Hell" on Friday, January 16 at the Hard Rock in Hollywood, Florida can be viewed below. One of Joel's roadies sang the song while Billy played rhythm guitar. Billy Joel was previously joined by AC/DC...

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ALICE COOPER To Take Part In BOB HOPE CLASSIC

According to Fontana Herald News, Alice Cooper will take part in the 50th Bob Hope Classic, hosted by Arnold Palmer, at four courses in the Coachella Valley, California from January 19 to January 25. Other celebrity participants in the Bob Hope Classic, a desert tradition since 1960, include former...