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RUSH Guitarist: 'I Don't Think It's Going To Be Anytime Soon That We're Going To Be Retiring'

RUSH fan site RushIsABand.com has posted excerpts from a new interview with RUSH's Alex Lifeson that Skip Daly conducted for Modern Guitars magazine. The interview has not been published yet but Daly was kind enough to post a few excerpts to the Counterparts message board at this location. A few exc...

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METALLICA: 'Jump In The Fire' Creature Available Now

Japan-based Medicom Toys is one of the largest toy manufacturers in the world. As METALLICA guitarist Kirk Hammett said, "It's important to use a company like Medicom who knows toys, quality toys, inside and out." They bring to life many of our action heroes from Batman, Spiderman, "Star Wars", Disn...

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ANTHRAX, LIFE OF AGONY Members TO Take Part In Connecticut's TOYS FOR TOTS Event

ANTHRAX vocalist Dan Nelson and LIFE OF AGONY guitarist Joseph Zampella (a.k.a. Joey Z) will be doing their part to help the U.S. Marine corps reserve Toys for Tots program. On Tuesday, December 9, they will be on hand at Tommy K Vitamins in Stamford, Connecticut, from noon to 2 p.m. ET to lend a .....

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GUNS N' ROSES Specials To Air On UK's PLANET ROCK

In celebration of GUNS N' ROSES releasing its new album, "Chinese Democracy", UK classic rock radio station Planet Rock is dedicating a month of specials to the band. * Sunday, December 7 at 6:00 p.m. UK time (repeated Thursday, December 11 at 7:00 p.m. UK time) "The Story Behind Chinese Democracy"...

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VELVET REVOLVER Guitarist Added To 'Monster Circus' Concert

VELVET REVOLVER guitarist Dave Kushner has been added to the list of musicians who will take part in the first Monster Circus performance in Las Vegas, Nevada at the Hilton on December 9. The band will play a set of some of the greatest songs of all time with a "Las Vegas twist!" The following ...

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BLOODBATH: 'Mock The Cross' Shirt Controversy

Swedish death metal "supergroup" BLOODBATH has issued the following update: "We have just learned that our latest shirt design [see images below] has run into some controversy. Actually, it's been a bit of a rocky road from the start with this one. Back at the sketch board, some of our art direction...

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SALIVA, TANTRIC, TIGERTAILZ Confirmed For ROCK GONE WILD Festival

SALIVA, TANTRIC and TIGERTAILZ have been confirmed for the inaugural Rock Gone Wild festival on August 20-23, 2009 in Algona, Iowa. The festival billing is now shaping up as follows: DANGEROUS TOYS GREAT WHITE HARDCORE SUPERSTAR HELIX JUNKYARD KIX LIZZY BORDEN PUDDLE OF MUDD RHINO BUCKET SAIGON KICK...

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TED NUGENT 'Re-Release Extravaganza' Scheduled For February

Eagle Rock Entertainment has set a February 3 release date for a "Ted Nugent Re-Release Extravaganza" consisting of six CDs. A press release description of the reissues reads as follows: "The soundtrack to Ted Nugent's life is the sound of a hard, fast, raging guitar. That's the way it was when Ted...

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Metal For Tots: Local Musicians To Donate To Those Less Fortunate

Four metal bands are partnering with Dingbatz nightclub to help needy children in New Jersey have a happy holiday this year by hosting a toy drive later this month. The toy drive will be part of a show on Friday, December 19 that features metal bands BLED FOR GLORY, PAINFUL URINATION, WILL KILLMORE...

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CORNERSTONE Hoping To Release New Album Next Year

CORNERSTONE, the Danish/British melodic metal band featuring YNGWIE MALMSTEEN/ex-RAINBOW frontman Doogie White and ex-ROYAL HUNT bassist Steen Mogensen, has issued the following update: "Once again we want to thank you for your continued support, patience and good humour. The lack of information abo...

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BEHEMOTH Frontman Issues Asian Tour Recap

Polish extreme metallers BEHEMOTH have just completed their first-ever Asian tour. The band's frontman, Adam "Nergal" Darski, has checked in with the following report: "I'm writing this while sitting and waiting for our flight back to Poland from Amsterdam. I'm slowly 'digesting' this experience fro...

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SEBASTIAN BACH: Animated Series Appearances Announced

Former SKID ROW singer Sebastian Bach will make an appearance on an upcoming episode of "Robot Chicken", the Emmy-Award-winning American animated television series that parodies a number of pop culture conventions using stop motion animation of toys, action figures, dolls, and claymation (usually fo...

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AEROSMITH Drummer's Thanksgiving Video Message Available

The official AEROSMITH fan club, AeroForceOne, has uploaded a Thanksgiving video message from the band's drummer, Joey Kramer, in which he says that fans should be "on the lookout for a really cool surprise." AEROSMITH guitarist Brad Whitford told LiveDaily on October 19 that the band will likely hi...

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Chinese Democracy

After 17 years, six producers, enough musicians to start four new bands, an army of assistants, a bailout-sized budget and who knows how much actual recording time and hard drive space, "Chinese Democracy" has finally arrived. And of course the question is: what is worth it? Was it worth the wait, t...

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AXL ROSE Biographer: 'Democracy' Is 'An Over-Reaching, Self-Pitying Piece Of Inspired Lunacy'

British rock journalist Mick Wall, who released a biography of GUNS N' ROSES frontman Axl Rose, "W.A.R.: The Unauthorized Biography of William Axl Rose", in February 2008, has posted the following message on his blog: "Seeing as people keep asking: yeah, I think [GUNS N' ROSES' long-awaited new albu...