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WHITESNAKE's 'Ready An' Willing' Remembered In New App And eBook

A new one-dollar app and eBook tell the story of the making of WHITESNAKE's 1980 album "Ready An' Willing". Featuring three ex-DEEP PURPLE members in David Coverdale, Ian Paice and Jon Lord (who sadly passed away recently),"Ready An' Willing" sounded like old news in the rapidly ramping metal envir...

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YNGWIE MALMSTEEN Slams Illegal Music Downloaders: 'You Don't Go Around Stealing Cars!'

Legendary Swedish guitarist Yngwie Malmsteen visited Britain's iconic Houses of Parliament in London on Thursday (September 20) to offer his patronage to "Rock The House", the parliamentary live music competition founded by Mike Weatherley, a British Conservative Party Member of Parliament (MP),whi...

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YNGWIE MALMSTEEN Lends His Support To U.K. Parliamentary Competition 'Rock The House'

Legendary Swedish guitarist Yngwie Malmsteen has been asked to be a patron for "Rock The House", a Parliamentary music competition founded by Mike Weatherley, a British Conservative Party Member of Parliament (MP),and backed by the music industry and a huge roster of music legends. It sees MPs nomi...

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Original WHITESNAKE Guitarist Pays Tribute To JON LORD

Original WHITESNAKE guitarist Bernie Marsden (pictured below) has released the following statement regarding the passing of former DEEP PURPLE keyboardist Jon Lord: "June and July have been very busy, but all has been brought back to base with the loss of my great friend and colleague Jon Lord on Mo...

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SLASH Interviewed In Austria (Video)

Camstas conducted an interview with legendary guitarist Slash (VELVET REVOLVER, GUNS N' ROSES) on June 26 before the OZZY OSBOURNE & FRIENDS show in Vienna, Austria. Slash talks about his new album, "Apocalyptic Love"; giving up longtime habits like smoking and drinking and how he finally got ri...

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IAN GILLAN, BERNIE TORMÉ To Take Part In 'Monsters Of Rock'n'Roll Business' Seminar

According to the The Independent, singer Ian Gillan (DEEP PURPLE, BLACK SABBATH) and former guitarist Bernie Tormé (OZZY OSBOURNE, GILLAN, DESPERADO),will take part a seminar, "Monsters Of Rock'n'Roll Business", on June 19 at Hilton Hotel in Dartford, Kent, England. The event is the brainchild of P...

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Restored, Expanded Edition Of 'Jimi Plays Berkeley' Documentary To Be Released On Blu-Ray/DVD

Experience Hendrix LLC and Legacy Recordings, the catalog division of Sony Music Entertainment, will release a restored and newly expanded edition of "Jimi Plays Berkeley" on Blu-ray and DVD, on Tuesday, July 10. A historic documentary film chronicling the two concerts Jimi Hendrix performed at the...

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AXL ROSE Is 'Blown Away' By 'Positive Response' To His Decision To Skip ROCK HALL Induction

Less than a week after announcing that he would not attend the GUNS N' ROSES' induction into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame in Cleveland and declining to be inducted along with the rest of the group, the band's lead singer, Axl Rose, has issued a follow-up statement thanking fans for their "overwhel...

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MEGADETH Bassist: 'Faith Runs Concurrently With Life, And By And Large It's The Seed Of Life'

Anthony Morgan of Metal Forces recently conducted an interview with David Ellefson about the MEGADETH bassist's new book, "Unsung: Words And Images". A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. On how "Unsung" came about: Ellefson: "The idea of obviously writing music around them and going into...

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STEEL PANTHER Shows Support For The' Rock The House' Initiative

To show support for Mike Weatherley's "Rock The House" initiative, Los Angeles glam metal jokesters STEEL PANTHER rocked up to the Houses Of Parliament in London, England on Saturday, March 31 before playing to a sold-out Brixton Academy. "Rock The House" now has David Cameron's backing and is a Par...

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AEROSMITH's BRAD WHITFORD Guests On JOE BONAMASSA's New Album

On May 22, internationally renowned guitar superstar Joe Bonamassa will release a brand new solo album, "Driving Towards The Daylight" (J&R Adventures) — his "lucky" 13th CD. The effort was produced by Kevin "Caveman" Shirley (BLACK CROWES, AEROSMITH, LED ZEPPELIN) at Studio At The Palms in Las...

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CHEVELLE Interviewed On 93.7 KCLB Rocks! (Audio)

On December 9, Kevin Conklin of the 93.7 KCLB Rocks! radio station (web site) conducted an interview with the alternative hard rock trio CHEVELLE. You can now listen to the chat using the SoundCloud player below. CHEVELLE's sixth album, "Hats Off To The Bull", sold 43,000 copies in the United States...

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CHEVELLE: 'Face To The Floor' Video Released

"Face To The Floor", the new video from the alternative hard rock trio CHEVELLE, can be viewed below. (Note: The video stream may not be available to some non-U.S. residents.) The performance-based clip, which was filmed in Los Angeles with director Paul R. Brown (STONE SOUR, SLIPKNOT, MÖTLEY CRÜE,...

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This Mortal Coil

REDEMPTION mainstay, guitarist/keyboardist, and primary songwriter Nicolas Van Dyk states in the liner notes of "This Mortal Coil" that while the album is dedicated to the doctor (Bart Barlogie) that saved his life, it is not about him or cancer. He then goes on to state the following: "This is an a...

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Live in Armenia

Ya just can't stop the HEEP! Forty years running and URIAH HEEP is anything but a nostalgia act rehashing the oldies on the casino circuit. As we've seen right on up through "Wake the Sleeper" and this year's "Into the Wild" tour de force, the band is writing some of the best music of its ...