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WET ANIMAL Featuring TROUBLE Members To Play Chicago Next Weekend

WET ANIMAL, the Illinois-based quartet featuring TROUBLE members Rick Wartell (guitar) and Jeff "Oly" Olson (drums),will be performing at the Metro in Chicago, Illinois on Saturday, Janaury 21. Also appearing on the bill will be MARAZENE, THE INFAMOUS, SMOKE, SOUND MOB and NDX. WET ANIMAL's self-ti...

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STARZ Drummer's House Catches Fire

According to online reports, there was a fire at STARZ drummer Joe Dube's house Friday night (Jan. 6). "Everyone is safe but apparently the house and its contents are a total loss," reads an online posting from Dube's friend. "Much STARZ gear was being stored there including original Marshalls and t...

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DEEP PURPLE To Be Saluted At MONTREUX

TheRockRadio.com is reporting that DEEP PURPLE will return to the scene of the crime, as it were, this summer. The group is being honored by the Montreux Jazz Festival, which is celebrating its 40th anniversary this year. Details are still being worked out, but DEEP PURPLE will be celebrated at a nu...

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Drummer ERIC SINGER: 'I Would Love To See' New KISS Studio Album

KISSarmyKotka.com, a new KISS Army branch based in Kotka, Finland, recently conducted a short interview with KISS drummer Eric Singer. The question-and-answer session follows: Q: The "Rock The Nation" DVD is now out. It clearly shows the great chemistry between you four guys live. Do you think that...

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Malaysian Police Chief: 'Black Metal' Concert Organizers Did Not Have Permit

Rizalman Hammim of Malaysia's The Malay Mail has issued the following report: "They can lodge police reports and we will investigate them. If they want to sue us, then we can only wait." This was the response of Brickfields police chief Assistant Commissioner Dzuraidi Ibrahim to the possibility of b...

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DEVILDRIVER Frontman: 'I Believe In An Eye For An Eye'

musicOHM.com recently conducted an interview with DEVILDRIVER frontman Dez Fafara (ex-COAL CHAMBER). A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: On reading books: Dez: "It's just what I'm into, you know. After the show my band and the others will probably go out to clubs, but I'll go back to the bus...

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KISS' PAUL STANLEY: The First 'Review' Of New Solo Album Posted Online

Keith Leroux of KissAsylum.com has issued the following report: "Last Tuesday I received one of the best KISSmas gifts ever! Paul Stanley himself played me his new CD! Wow, just typing that line makes me laugh. If you had told me back in '78 when I was listening to his first solo record, ...

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STRAPPING YOUNG LAD Drummer Checks In From Glasgow

STRAPPING YOUNG LAD drummer Gene Hoglan has posted the following message on the band's official web site: "What's up there? We are pulling into Glasgow as I write this. The flight over to the U.K. was a piece o' cake, and we got to see the huge oil refinery fire that happened just outside London, .....

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AMORPHIS To Perform At Second Annual FINNISH METAL EXPO

Finland's AMORPHIS will celebrate the release of their new album, "Eclipse", with a live appearance at the second annual Finnish Metal Expo, which will take place on February 17-18, 2006 at Kaapelitehdas in Helsinki, Finland. Other bands scheduled to perform at the Expo include U.D.O., AJATTARA, SWA...

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VINNIE PAUL: Treasure Trove Of Unreleased DIMEBAG Material On The Way

Robert Mancini of MTV News has issued the following report: In the year since PANTERA and DAMAGEPLAN guitarist "Dimebag" Darrell Abbott was gunned down while onstage at an Ohio nightclub, fans and friends have pledged that his life and his music will live on for years to come. Now it seems that Dime...

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OZZY OSBOURNE On Wife SHARON: 'I Still Love And Adore Her So Much'

Sun Online recently conducted an exclusive interview with Ozzy Osbourne. Several excerpts from the chat follow: On being married to Sharon for more than two decades: "All couples have their arguments, fights and break-ups, but when I was drinking heavily everything was a problem, because I was so me...

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IAN GILLAN: Sample Of 'Smoke On The Water' From Upcoming Solo Album Available

An MP3 sample of "Smoke on the Water", taken from DEEP PURPLE frontman Ian Gillan's upcoming album "Gillan's Inn" — a celebration of Ian's 40th year on the road, featuring remakes of tracks spanning Ian's entire career — has been made available for download at this location. As previously reported,...

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AMORPHIS: More 'Eclipse' Details Revealed

The new AMORPHIS album, "Eclipse", is scheduled for release on February 17, 2006 on Nuclear Blast Records. The first single, "House of Sleep", will be released January 4, 2006. Introducing new vocalist Tomi Joutsen (SINISTHRA),AMORPHIS' seventh full-length release in their 15-year career marks a fr...

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MY DARKEST HATE Complete Work On New Album

MY DARKEST HATE, the German death metal band featuring former PRIMAL FEAR drummer Klaus Sperling and members of SACRED STEEL, have completed work on their fourth album, "Combat Area", for a March 24, 2006 release via Massacre Records. The band recorded the follow-up to 2004's "At War" at Stage One s...

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DEEP PURPLE: Two Complete Shows From BLACKMORE's Final Tour To Be Released On CD

According to Deep-Purple.net, BMG will be releasing two full shows from guitarist Ritchie Blackmore's last tour with DEEP PURPLE — recorded in Stuttgart and Birmingham in October/November 1993 on "The Battle Rages On" trek — as a four-CD box set. Both shows will be completely unedited and will make...