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RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE, ALICE IN CHAINS Members Perform At Maximum-Security Prison

Tom Morello (RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE),Jerry Cantrell (ALICE IN CHAINS),Perry Farrell (JANE'S ADDICTION) and Gilby Clarke (GUNS N' ROSES) are among the musicians who performed at the Sing Sing maximum-security prison in Ossining, New York on May 2. The appearance was organized by punk rock pioneer...

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NEW YORK DOLLS Guitarist On New Album: 'We Knew We'd Be Making An Eclectic Record'

Joe Matera of Ultimate-Guitar.com recently conducted an interview with NEW YORK DOLLS guitarist Steve Conte. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Ultimate-Guitar.com: One thing that is noticeable on the new album is that while the STONES-y vibe still exists and has been a trademark of th...

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NEBULA To Release New Album In July

Los Angeles power trio NEBULA, whose cosmic cocktail of heavy riffs, electric blues and psychedelic space rock has earned the band international (and, dare we say, universal) acclaim, has returned to Tee Pee Records and will release its new album, "Heavy Psych", on July 7. NEBULA released its first...

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JERRY CANTRELL, TOM MORELLO, GILBY CLARKE Perform At 'Road Recovery' Benefit Concert

Punk rock pioneer and activist Wayne Kramer of MC5 fame was honored in a fundraising performance event this past Friday, May 1 at the Nokia Theater in Times Square. This special event featured very a number of guests, including Iggy Pop, Tom Morello, Etty Farrell and Perry Farrell, Jerry Cantrell, H...

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CANTRELL, FARRELL, MORELLO To Perform At NYC Fundraiser; More Information Available

Punk rock pioneer and activist Wayne Kramer of MC5 fame will be honored in a fundraising performance event on Friday, May 1 at the Nokia Theater in Times Square. This special event carries a low ticket price of $25, and will feature very special guests including Iggy Pop, Tom Morello, Etty Farrell a...

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AC/DC Tribute Album Coming In The Fall

Versailles Records has announced plans to release "Rock & Roll Train: A Millennium Tribute to AC/DC" in the fall. The record will feature contributions from current/former members of the ALICE COOPER band, GUNS N' ROSES, DANGEROUS TOYS, LILLIAN AXE, CIRCLE JERKS, FUEL, STEELHEART, HEART, MICHAEL...

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JERRY CANTRELL, SLASH, COREY TAYLOR Play With TOM MORELLO In Hollywood; Video Available

RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE guitarist Tom Morello continued the all-star onslaught on the current leg of his Justice Tour on Saturday (March 28),with SLIPKNOT frontman Corey Taylor, ex-GUNS N' ROSES guitarist Slash and ALICE IN CHAINS axeman Jerry Cantrell joining him at the Hollywood stop of the tour...

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More Footage Of SOUNDGARDEN Near-Reunion Available

SOUNDGARDEN guitarist Kim Thayil, bassist Ben Shepherd, and drummer Matt Cameron performed together onstage for the first time in more than a decade on Tuesday night (March 24) at Seattle's Crocodile Cafe. The trio came out for a show on RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE guitarist Tom Morello's ongoing Justi...

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JERRY CANTRELL, TOM MORELLO, PERRY FARRELL To Take Part In 'Road Recovery' Concert

ALICE IN CHAINS guitarist Jerry Cantrell will appear in a supergroup alongside JANE'S ADDICTION frontman Perry Farrell, RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE's Tom Morello, MC5's Wayne Kramer, Don Was, and Billy Bragg to perform at the Road Recovery benefit concert at Nokia Theater in New York City on May 1. The...

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SLASH, SERJ TANKIAN, Ex-SOUNDGARDEN Members To Jam With TOM MORELLO

Tom Morello of RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE and THE NIGHTWATCHMAN fame will bring his celebrated Justice Tour to Los Angeles, San Francisco and Seattle in late March. The shows will carry a low ticket price of $15 for each show, and feature a variety of special guests, including Slash, SYSTEM OF A DOWN'...

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TOM MORELLO Talks Politics; Video Available

Brian Adler of Adlercast.com conducted an interview with RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE guitarist Tom Morello shortly after Barack Obama was elected president of the United States. Watch the chat in three parts below. As previously reported, STREET SWEEPER, the Los Angeles-based rap-rock supergroup featur...

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SLIPKNOT Frontman To Perform With TOM MORELLO In San Francisco

According to SFweekly.com, SLIPKNOT frontman Corey Taylor will join RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE guitarist Tom Morello onstage at his March 26 NIGHTWATCHMAN show at Slim's in San Francisco. Also scheduled to appear are communist emcee Boots Riley, legendary radical Wayne Kramer (of MC5),socially-consci...

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GUNS N' ROSES, AC/DC, LED ZEPPELIN, BLACK SABBATH Classics Among 'Greatest Hard Rock Songs'

This past week, VH1 paid tribute to the ultimate rock gods by counting down the "100 Greatest Hard Rock Songs". The five-part compilation, hosted by POISON singer Bret Michaels, featured the most awesome guitar-driven, head-banging jams in rock history — from AC/DC to LED ZEPPELIN and everything in...

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Rare AC/DC, METALLICA, DEEP PURPLE, VAN HALEN Posters On Sale In Melbourne

According to Undercover News, Rock Prints, an exhibition of rare and limited-edition posters, is back in Melbourne, Australia this weekend. The second round of Rock Prints features posters from AC/DC, BON SCOTT, BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE, DEEP PURPLE, IGGY POP, JIMI HENDRIX, MC5, METALLICA, NEW YORK D...

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Quiet Earth

It's funny how some the name of some bands fits the music so well. One listen to "Quiet Earth" by Vancouver's BISON B.C. and images immediately come to mind of enormous horned and hairy beasts stampeding through the snow as though wounded and starving. At the risk of sound painfully corny (though it...