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MASTODON Kicks Off Headlining Tour; Setlist Revealed

MASTODON launched a headlining tour in support of its new CD, "Blood Mountain", Wednesday night (September 6) at Ramshead Live in Baltimore, Maryland. The group's setlist was as follows: 01. Ole Nessie 02. Circle Of Cysquatch 03. Iron Tusk 04. March Of The Fire Ants 05. Where Strides The Behemoth 06...

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SILENT FORCE Frontman To Appear On GENIUS Rock Opera 'The Final Surprise'

D.C. Cooper (SILENT FORCE, ex-ROYAL HUNT) has joined a cast of singers who will appear on the third and final chapter of the GENIUS rock opera, entitled "The Final Surprise". D.C. will sing all the parts which were originally slated for the Mark Boals character. The former YNGWIE MALMSTEEN singer wi...

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SURMA To Release Debut EP In September

SURMA is the name of a new San Francisco-based "stoner rock" band featuring Jessi Knop of Milwaukee's WRECKER on rhythm guitar and lead vocals, Kelsey Guntharp on bass/vocals, Johann Zamora (ex-HIGH TONE SON OF A BITCH, TOTIMOSHI) on drums/vocals and Jason James (DAMNWEEVIL, SECRET ORDER OF TUSK) on...

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MÖTLEY CRÜE Bassist Travels The World For His New Clothing Line

MÖTLEY CRÜE bassist Nikki Sixx has posted the following message in his online diary: "I'm sitting in Muscat, Saudi Arabia at the airport as I write this. I woke up today in Jaipur, India, took a private plane to New Delhi (to get around the problems with heightened security from the recent terrorist...

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OCEAN TOMO AUCTIONS to Sell Rights to the Entire JIMI HENDRIX Catalog

Ocean Tomo Auctions, LLC, a division of the Chicago-based intellectual capital merchant banc, Ocean Tomo, today announced it has been retained by the administrator of the estate of Michael Frank Jeffery to sell their rights, title and interest in the entire Jimi Hendrix music catalog. The catalog wi...

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GUNS N' ROSES Singer Visits Cancer Charity

NME.com reports that GUNS N' ROSES singer Axl Rose made a surprise visit to the Teenage Cancer Trust Ward at the University College Hospital in London (photo). The singer had just completed GUNS N' ROSES' controversial European tour, culminating with a final date at Wembley Arena on July 30. Simon D...

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Is ROSE TATTOO Too Rock 'N' Roll For Australian Music Industry?

Patrick Donovan of The Age's "Sticky Carpet" (web site) has issued the following report: Are ROSE TATTOO too rock'n'roll for the Australian music industry? Seven members of the band — Angry Anderson, Geordie Leach, Ian Rilen, Rob Riley, Mick Cocks and the late Pete Wells and Dallas "Digger" Royal —...

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MÖTLEY CRÜE's NIKKI SIXX: 'To Me, Fashion And Music Go Hand In Hand'

Leslie Earnest of the Los Angeles Times reports that former St. John Knits International Inc. executive Kelly Gray and MÖTLEY CRÜE bassist Nikki Sixx have joined forces to launch a line of men's clothing. Apparel from Newport Beach-based Royal Underground, whose clothing includes $100 T-shirts, $900...

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MÖTLEY CRÜE's NIKKI SIXX To Launch 'Royal Underground' Clothing Line

Women's Wear Daily reports that MÖTLEY CRÜE bassist Nikki Sixx is partnering with Kelly Gray, formerly the co-president and house model of St. John, to launch a label called Royal Underground that will comprise contemporary sportswear. "I don't think anyone else could have convinced me to get back i...

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MASTODON: 'Taste Of Chaos Ensemble' Tribute Album Due Next Month

A unique tribute album to MASTODON's "Leviathan" album, aptly titled "Taste of Chaos Ensemble Perform's Mastodon's Leviathan", is scheduled for release on August 8 via Vitamin Records. The album's official description reads as follows: "On this record, THE TASTE OF CHAOS ENSEMBLE is going back to MA...

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CORNERSTONE Completes Work On 'Two Tales and One Tomorrow'

CORNERSTONE, the Danish/British melodic metal band featuring YNGWIE MALMSTEEN/ex-RAINBOW frontman Doogie White and ex-ROYAL HUNT bassist Steen Mogensen, has posted the following message on its official web site: "[The new CORNERSTONE album] 'Two Tales and One Tomorrow' is now mixed and mastered. Ste...

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PRETTY MAIDS Sign With FRONTIERS RECORDS

Frontiers Records has announced the signing of Danish metal legends PRETTY MAIDS to a multi-album deal. The group's long awaited follow-up to 2002's "Planet Panic", entitled "Wake Up to the Real World", will be released in November. Commented singer Ronnie Atkins: "The new record has all the tradema...

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DEEP PURPLE's 'Concerto For Group And Orchestra' To Be Performed By Italian Jazz Musicians

Jon Lord's (ex-DEEP PURPLE) "Concert for Group and Orchestra" will be performed live in Italy by an Italian jazz trio and the "Arturo Toscanini Foundation" orchestra. The jazz band is composed by Vito Di Modugno (organ),Mimmo Campanale (drums) and Massimo Sutera (bass). Special guests will be guita...

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SILENT FORCE Frontman Begins Laying Down Vocals For New CD

SILENT FORCE frontman D.C. Cooper (ex-ROYAL HUNT) has finally producer Dennis Ward's new studio in Bruchsal, Germany to begin laying down the vocals for the group's fourth album, "Walk the Earth", tentatively due in October via AFM Records. The guitars, bass and keyboards for the new CD were laid do...

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OZZY OSBOURNE Talks About This Year's OZZFEST

Patrick MacDonald of the Seattle Times conducted an interview with Ozzy Osbourne several days prior to the launch of this year's Ozzfest, which kicks off next Thursday (June 29) at the White River Amphitheatre in Auburn, Washington. A few excerpts from the chat follow: Seattle Times: If it rains [at...