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SAVIOURS: 'The Making Of "Into Abaddon" Lunarcast (Episode 2)' Posted Online

Oakland, CA quartet SAVIOURS will unleash its sophomore full-length album, "Into Abaddon", on January 22, 2008 via New York City's Kemado Records. Episode two of an in-depth, behind-the-scenes look at the making of the band's new record has been posted online by Ground Control magazine. Check it out...

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MCQUEEN To Support HANOI ROCKS In Finland

UK all-girl act MCQUEEN will support HANOI ROCKS for three shows in Finland at the end of the month. The group's schedule is now shaping up as follows: Dec. 27 - On The Rocks - Helsinki, FIN Dec. 28 - Tivoli - Rovaniemi, FIN Dec. 29 - Hotel - Juva, FIN * Dec. 30 - ...

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MÖTLEY CRÜE, SIXX: A.M., DROWNING POOL To Use iLike to Maintain Fan Relationships

According to Wired.com, iLike — a music discovery service that's part of the growing community of social networking sites — has announced a deal with Eleven Seven Records, a label/management service that's home to SIXX A.M. (with Nikki Sixx),MÖTLEY CRÜE, DROWNING POOL and others, that will allow th...

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TOOL Frontman: 'When I'm Doing Something I'm Looking For Truth In Some Way'

Steve Baltin of Spinner.com recently conducted an interview with TOOL frontman Maynard James Keenan. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: Spinner.com: Do you think people have the same love for music today as previous generations of kids? Maynard: One thing that's not going to change is people...

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SEBASTIAN BACH: 'Rock And Roll Should Always Be Fun'

Mark Carras of Rock My Monkey recently conducted an interview with former SKID ROW vocalist Sebastian Bach. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: Rock My Monkey: One thing that I did notice on this CD ["Angel Down"] is that you're using your higher octaves more than you have in a long ...

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A PERFECT CIRCLE Guitarist To Release ASHES DIVIDE Debut In March

Lead guitarist, singer and songwriter Billy Howerdel — founder and producer of multi-platinum group A PERFECT CIRCLE — has stepped out as lead vocalist and guitarist for new band, ASHES DIVIDE, and has signed to Island Records, it was announced today by Antonio "L.A." Reid, Chairman, Island Def Jam...

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TOOL: More 'Vicarious' DVD Details Revealed

TOOL will issue a DVD called "Vicarious" on December 18. According to a press release, the disc will contain the title video — which was for the first single from the band's 2006 album, "10,000 Days" — along with "a tour that takes you through the history of [TOOL guitarist] Adam Jones' visual effec...

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BROWN BRIGADE Guitarist Schedules Toronto Clinic; New Song Posted Online

Former SUM 41 and current BROWN BRIGADE guitarist Dave "Brownsound" Baksh will take part in a free in-store clinic on Thursday, November 29 at Long & McQuade (935 Bloor Street West) in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The clinic — which will focus on songwriting and how songs come together — will begin...

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RUSH To Tour South America Next Spring

According to a posting on the RUSH fan site RushIsABand.com, the Canadian rock trio will spend around two weeks in South America — covering Brazil, Argentina, Peru, and Chile — sometime in May 2008. Two newspapers in Chile have essentially confirmed the rumors that RUSH will play there although the...

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ANTHRAX Guitarist On Music, Movies, Internet And Living In L.A.

ANTHRAX guitarist Scott Ian recently answered 20 questions about music, movies, comics and life for the Our World's At War web site. A couple of excerpts follow: Our World's At War: Being a New York guy, what's it like living in LA? Scott Ian: The NY I grew up in and lived in ...

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PRIMORDIAL Frontman: 'We Stand Opposed' To Illegal Music Downloading

PRIMORDIAL frontman Alan "Nemtheanga" Averill has joined the downloading debate with a no-holds-barred attack on those who illegally take and share MP3s online. Speaking to the UK's Zero Tolerance magazine, he said, "The Internet is a great promotional tool on one hand, and bands can get their music...

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TOOL Frontman Questions RADIOHEAD Album Strategy

According to The Pulse of Radio, TOOL frontman Maynard James Keenan admitted to Spinner.com on Friday (November 16) that he's skeptical about RADIOHEAD's recent digital release of its new album, "In Rainbows". Keenan said that it was easy for a band as popular as RADIOHEAD to let its fans pay what t...

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MYTHIASIN: Tentative Album Title Revealed

Vocalist Rick Mythiasin (STEEL PROPHET, MYTHIASIN, ALL IN VEIN) has issued the following update: "Well, I've wrapped it up on tracking my vocals for the second time on our [MYTHIASIN] debut CD, I think it was a good idea re-track stuff, because it sounds so much better. Mark [Coglan] and Star [Cogla...

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TOOL Frontman Sounds Off On Illegal Downloading

During an interview with Australia's Beat magazine, Maynard James Keenan of TOOL, A PERFECT CIRCLE and PUSCIFER sounded off on illegal downloading, but not for selfish reasons. "I acknowledge I am one of the winners of the lottery," Keenan tells Nick Snelling. "Around the time NIRVANA came out, labe...

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TOOL: New Video Interview With MAYNARD JAMES KEENAN Posted Online

SuicideGirls.com recently conducted an exclusive interview with TOOL frontman Maynard James Keenan on Keenan's vineyard in Arizona. Watch the four-minute chat below. The debut album from Maynard's new band PUSCIFER, "V is for Vagina", sold 27,000 in the United States in the first week of release to...