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Former HELLION Manager Pleads Guilty In Murder-For-Hire Case

Music business manager James Howard Paul, Jr. has entered a plea of guilty in the murder-for-hire case of his wife, Bonnie, according to a spokesman from the Los Angeles Police Department. James Paul had most recently managed the career of Los Angeles-based heavy metal band HELLION who recently fini...

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DORO Announces Upcoming Gigs

German singer DORO has announced the following dates during the coming months: Mar. 07 - Speyer, GER @ Halle 101 Mar. 15 - Radebeul, GER @ Megadrom Apr. 12 – Balingen, GER @ Bang Your Head Revisited Jul. 04 - Nehren, GER @ Biker Festival Jul. 05 - Kemnath, GER @ TBA Jul. 06 – ...

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HAMMERFALL Confirmed For Germany's BANG YOUR HEAD Festival

Sweden's HAMMERFALL are the latest act to have been confirmed for the next installment of Bang Your Head festival, scheduled to take place Jun. 27-28, 2003 in Balingen, Germany. The list of artists set to appear at Bang Your Head 2003 now looks like this: TWISTED SISTER U.D.O HAMMERFALL DOKKEN SODOM...

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DORO, CANDLEMASS Among Acts Confirmed For Germany's BANG YOUR HEAD!!!-REVISITED Festival

DORO, CANDLEMASS, DEMON, SACRED STEEL and MAJESTY have been confirmed to appear at next year's Bang Your Head!!!-Revisited festival, scheduled to take place Apr. 12, 2003 at Zollern-Alb-Halle in Albstadt, Germany. ...

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BANG TANGO To Perform New Year's Eve Show In Hollywood

BANG TANGO will perform at Happenin' Harry's New Year's Eve Bash at Slim Jim Phantom's Cat Club in Hollywood, California on Tuesday, Dec. 31. ...

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MASTERPLAN Confirmed For Germany's BANG YOUR HEAD Festival

MASTERPLAN, the new band featuring ex-HELLOWEEN guitarist Roland Grapow, ex-HELLOWEEN drummer Uli Kusch and former YNGWIE MALMSTEEN/ARK singer Jorn Lande, have been confirmed to appear at next year's installment of Bang Your Head festival, scheduled to take place Jun. 27-28, 2003 in Balingen, German...

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STONE SOUR To Issue Never-Before-Released Tracks

STONE SOUR, the recently re-launched group formed by SLIPKNOT frontman Corey Taylor and guitarist Jim Root, are figuring out a way to make some previously unreleased material available to their fans. One possible scenario is for the band to release a few of the songs on the "Bother" single, or possi...

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BITCH Reunite, Confirm Appearance At BANG YOUR HEAD 2003

Legendary '80s Californian act BITCH, fronted by Betsy "Bitch" Weiss, have reunited and will make their European live debut at the 2003 edition of Bang Your Head Festival on Jun. 27-28, 2003 in Balingen, Germany. "Back in the Eighties, Betsy Weiss [became] known as 'Pat Benatar's evil twin' and sang...

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TWISTED SISTER Make Unannounced Appearance In New York City

TWISTED SISTER made an unannounced appearance at Don Hill's in New York City last night (Dec. 13) as part of frontman Dee Snider's scheduled solo headlining gig at the venue. The band, who reunited for their first performance in 14 years at last year's "New York Steel" benefit for the New York Polic...

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HYPOCRISY To Release New CD In 2004

Sweden's HYPOCRISY, led by acclaimed metal producer and PAIN frontman Peter Tägtgren, are busy at home writing new material after their first-ever tour of Japan. Tägtgren expects to record HYPOCRISY's new album sometime in August or September of 2003 for an early 2004 release. As previously reported...

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HELLOWEEN's MARK CROSS: 'My Heart Is Bleeding'

HELLOWEEN drummer Mark Cross (ex-METALIUM),whose bout with mononucleosis has prevented him from appearing on the band's forthcoming studio album (the drum tracks on the CD are being recorded by MOTÖRHEAD's Mikkey Dee),has posted the following message via his official web site: "How tricky life can...

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GUVNER Announce Upcoming Dates

Los Angeles-based GUVNER, who feature in their ranks original BANG TANGO guitarist Mark Knight, have lined up the following dates during December/January: Dec. 11 – Santa Barbara, CA @ Sharkeys Dec. 12 – San Francisco, CA @ Voodoo Lounge Dec. 20 – San Diego, CA @ The Secret Lab Dec. 22 – Los Angeles...

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TWISTED SISTER To Headline BANG YOUR HEAD 2003

The reunited TWISTED SISTER, who yesterday announced their participation in next year's installment of Sweden Rock festival, have now been officially confirmed to headline the 2003 edition of Bang Your Head Festival, scheduled to take place Jun. 27-28, 2003 in Balingen, Germany. According to the off...

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ANDREW W.K. Speaks Out On Art Of Headbanging

Hyperactive party rocker ANDREW W.K. recently offered the following advice to a fan on the art of headbanging and "slamming": "The most important part of the slam dances is to build it up," Andrew said. "The first few times you bang you will get a very sore neck! The neck muscles are very sensitive...

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WATCHTOWER Guitarist To Release New Solo CD

WATCHTOWER guitarist Ron Jarzombek has completed work on his latest solo CD, "Solitarily Speaking Of Theoretical Confinement", for a Dec. 10 release through EclecticElectric Records. "What's rather surprising (to me anyways) is how the CD materialized, and how close the CD's final outcome is compare...