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The Mystery Spot
Slinky, sleazy blues-and-booze rock from the Rust Belt of the USA, lumped in with the stoner rock crowd because there's really nowhere else for 'em to get lumped (at least not until you all wise up and go buy some TENDERLOIN records). Ohio's prodigal drunks get a lot more love in Europe than they do...May 29, 2006
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DOWN Joined By VENOM Guitarist At Newcastle Gig
A BLABBERMOUTH.NET visitor by the name of Chris Flynn has submitted the following report: "DOWN blazed through a storming set tonight [May 25] at [the U.K.'s] Newcastle University. Despite rumours, there was no temper tantrums or storming off, Phil [Anselmo, vocals; ex-PANTERA] visibly loved every m...May 25, 2006
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DOWN: More New Live Videos Posted Online
A video clip of DOWN frontman Philip Anselmo (ex-PANTERA) giving a brief speech about the state of today's music scene before launching into the song "Bury Me In Smoke" during the band's May 21, 2006 concert at 013 in Tilburg, Holland has been posted online at YouTube.com. More clips from the Tilbur...May 24, 2006
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Report: Saudis Rock To The Language Of METALLICA And MEGADETH
Anthony Shadid of the Washington Post has issued the following report: JIDDAH, Saudi Arabia — It was past sunset, a little after the call to prayer, and time for the mic check at the sometimes-weekly jam session of Hasan Hatrash and his friends in this city on the Red Sea. "Test, test, one, ...May 23, 2006
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GREAT WHITE Members Ordered As Witnesses In Nightclub Fire Trial
The Associated Press has issued the following report: Two members of the Los Angeles-based rock band GREAT WHITE have been subpoenaed as witnesses in the criminal trial of Michael Derderian, the club owner charged with involuntary manslaughter for the deaths of 100 people during a 2003 fire started...May 22, 2006
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KING'S X Frontman DOUG PINNICK Addresses Breakup Rumors
KING'S X frontman Doug Pinnick has issued the following statement in response to rumors that the band were on the verge of breaking up: "I wish I could set down and answer all the questions, and speculations. I will try to make light of some of the things said and suggested. You guys are wonderful ....May 22, 2006
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Embrace the Gutter
The tendency by many will be to take the lazy route and refer to THE AUTUMN OFFERING's "Embrace the Gutter" as metalcore. Why? Because the riffs of Tommy Church and Matt Johnson are chunky, the production is tight and modern, and Dennis Miller's vocals are gruff with a bit of bark? It certainly isn'...May 22, 2006
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PHILIP ANSELMO Dedicates First-Ever DOWN European Show To DIMEBAG
DOWN — the acclaimed New Orleans band featuring CORROSION OF CONFORMITY guitarist/vocalist Pepper Keenan, drummer Jimmy Bower (EYEHATEGOD, SUPERJOINT RITUAL guitarist),bassist Rex Brown (ex-PANTERA),guitarist Kirk Windstein (CROWBAR),and vocalist Philip Anselmo (SUPERJOINT RITUAL, ex-PANTERA) — p...May 20, 2006
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OBITUARY Guitarist Survives Mobile Home Fire
Vocalist John Tardy of the legendary death metallers OBITUARY has posted the following message on their official web site: "We just finished several days of practice and got our new setlist done for our upcoming West Coast dates. It was a good to have all of us together and a few friends over for so...May 16, 2006
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Former GREAT WHITE Tour Manager To Be Sentenced In Fatal Fire
The Associated Press is reporting that a judge is expected to decide Wednesday (May 10) whether former GREAT WHITE tour manager Daniel Biechele — who started the 2003 nightclub fire that killed 100 people — should go to prison. [Watch today's sentencing hearing, going on now, courtesy of WPRI.com at...May 10, 2006
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DOWNLORD Preparing Next Recording Project
Danish/British death metal act DOWNLORD have posted live shots from their April shows with BOLT THROWER. The pictures can be viewed at this location. Commented guitarist Rene Falther: "There's more shots to come. Two of the Danish photographers we used are still on assignment, so we gotta wait till...May 10, 2006
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Wolfmother
A dollop of SABBATH riffing, a whole slopload of ZEP crunge and yowling about mystical bullshit and evil women, and just the right amount of greasy white boy funk, DEEP PURPLE organ noodling, and wide-eyed top-of-the-mountain pseudo-serious bare-chested shaman posturing. That's the formula for the b...May 3, 2006
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DEEP PURPLE Singer IAN GILLAN: More DVD Details Revealed
DEEP PURPLE fan site The Highway Star has posted the following update on PURPLE frontman Ian Gillan's upcoming DVD, tentatively due later in the year: "The upcoming DVD with Ian Gillan is a two-and-a-half hour documentary, full of music, lost archive footage, tales from Ian Gillan and interviews fro...May 2, 2006
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NASHVILLE PUSSY: Australian, Japanese Tour Dates Announced
NASHVILLE PUSSY will be undertaking a tour of Australia/New Zealand and Japan in late May/early June. Upcoming NASHVILLE PUSSY dates now include the following: May 18 - Adelaide, AUS - Enigma Bar May 19 - Melbourne, AUS - HiFi Bar May 20 - Sydney, AUS - Annandale Hotel May 21 - Brisbane, AUS - The ....April 30, 2006
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IAN GILLAN Says 'Smoke On The Water' Was The Natural Choice For All-Star Jam
Launch Radio Networks reports: On his new album called "Gillan's Inn", DEEP PURPLE singer Ian Gillan got a bunch of friends to play on the tracks, and a bunch of them also took turns on the PURPLE classic "Smoke On The Water". Gillan told Launch that of all the songs from his 40-year career, "Smoke"...April 27, 2006
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