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GREAT WHITE's Charitable U.S. Tour Is A No-Go
The proposed nationwide tour featuring GREAT WHITE, L.A. GUNS and XYZ to raise money for families of the victims of the Rhode Island tragedy has been canceled. The trek, which was to cover 55 cities, was called off due to the bands' inability to get proper insurance for the tour. Explained L.A. GUNS...June 30, 2003
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SUFFER To Release Debut Through NORTHERN BLAZE PRODUCTIONS
Southern Louisiana-based SUFFER, featuring former members of GOATWHORE, DISINCARNATE, and SHRUM, have signed with Northern Blaze Productions and will release their debut album, entitled "When Darkness Falls", later this summer. Two tracks from the CD — "Plague Of The Whore" and "Shell Of An Angel" —...June 26, 2003
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SARACEN Confirmed For Britain's BLOODSTOCK 2003
SARACEN lead the final batch of British bands gearing up for this year's Bloodstock festival, a two-day event set to take place Aug. 29-30, 2003 at the Assembly Rooms in Derby, U.K. Little is known about SARACEN other than they released two albums in the early '80s as part of the NWOBHM (New Wave Of...June 14, 2003
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SLAYER, TESTAMENT, DESTRUCTION Confirmed For Switzerland's METAL DAYZ 2003 Festival
SLAYER, TESTAMENT, DESTRUCTION and ANNIHILATOR are among the artists confirmed to perform at Metal Dayz 2003, a three-day festival set to take place Aug. 1-3 at Z7 in Pratteln, Switzerland. The complete list of artists scheduled to appear at the event is as follows: Friday, August 1 DESTRUCTION BLAZ...June 5, 2003
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GREAT WHITE Form Legal Defense Fund
GREAT WHITE, the rock band whose pyrotechnics are believed to have sparked a deadly nightclub fire in West Warwick, have created a trust to help pay their legal bills, according to the Associated Press. "This is a fund that's just set up in response to the many, many fans and other bands that said,...May 16, 2003
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GREAT WHITE Fire Death Toll Rises To 100
A woman who clung to life for more than 10 weeks after being badly burned in the GREAT WHITE nightclub fire in Rhode Island died on Sunday night, raising the death toll from the blaze to 100. The woman, Pam Gruttadauria, 33, of Johnston, R.I., had been in critical condition since the fire, which was...May 6, 2003
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BLAZE Officially Confirm Bassist's Departure
BLAZE, the British band led by former IRON MAIDEN/WOLFSBANE singer Blaze Bayley, have finally officially confirmed the departure of bassist Rob Naylor (as first reported here on April 4). According to the group's official web site, "Rob informed the band he wanted to leave shortly after returning fr...April 28, 2003
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JESSE BLAZE To Open For SUKI JONES On Long Island
BLAZE, the Long Island, New York-based band fronted by Jesse Blaze, son of '80s rocker Dee Snider of TWISTED SISTER fame (not to be confused with the Blaze Bayley-fronted British band of the same name),have lined up the following dates during May: May 03 – New York, NMY @ Continental May 17 – Long...April 28, 2003
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BLAZE Announce New Bassist
BLAZE, the British band led by former IRON MAIDEN frontman Blaze Bayley, have enlisted Wayne Banks (SABBAT, GODSEND, THE NEWCRANES) as a replacement for departed bassist Rob Naylor, who quit the group last month following their appearance at New Jersey's March Metal Meltdown V festival. Banks, who w...April 11, 2003
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DEE SNIDER's Son Launches Music Career With BLAZE
Jesse Blaze, son of '80s rocker Dee Snider of TWISTED SISTER fame, has launched a "melodic yet percussive heavy metal band" called BLAZE (not to be confused with the Blaze Bayley-fronted British band of the same name). The group, which is completed by Billy (bass),Chris (drums),and Omar (guitar),...April 11, 2003
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Rhode Island Nightclub Owners Fined $1M For Insurance Shortage
State labor officials issued a fine of more than $1 million against owners of a nightclub where a fire during a GREAT WHITE concert killed 99 people because the company failed to get workers' compensation insurance, according to the Associated Press. The Department of Labor and Training also referre...April 10, 2003
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TWISTED SISTER's DEE SNIDER: The Quintessential Update!
TWISTED SISTER frontman Dee Snider has posted the following update to the "Dee Speaks" section of his official web site, www.deesnider.com: "VAN HELSING'S CURSE: VAN HELSING'S CURSE is a Widowmaker Productions production. 'Widowmaker Productions' is myself, Joe Franco, Al Pitrelli, and the guy who s...April 6, 2003
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ROB NAYLOR Quits BLAZE, Plots New Band
Rob Naylor, bassist for BLAZE (the band featuring ex-IRON MAIDEN vocalist Blaze Bayley),has reportedly quit the band due to the old "musical/artistic differences" and is forming his own project. He is currently seeking a ballsy singer with a good range and attitude in spades, for a "heavy-as-fuck"...April 4, 2003
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Toxic Smoke Suspected In Deaths Of GREAT WHITE Concert Fire Victims
Death certificates issued for some of the victims of the GREAT WHITE concert fire are leading lawyers to focus on whether the toxic fumes rendered the nightclub's patrons incapable of escaping the fast-moving blaze, according to The Providence Journal. The death certificates show that some of the vi...March 29, 2003
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Rules Set For Lawyers' Visit To GREAT WHITE Fire Site Tomorrow
Private lawyers and their fire experts are scheduled to converge at the site of The Station nightclub fire tomorrow morning to take photographs and measurements in preparation for civil lawsuits stemming from the blaze that killed 99 people, The Providence Journal has reported. According to an order...March 25, 2003
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