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Ex-HANOI ROCKS Guitarist: GREASE HELMET Album Is 'Some Of The Best S**t I've Ever Done'

A new video update from former HANOI ROCKS guitarist Andy McCoy can be seen below. McCoy recently completed work on the debut album from his side project GREASE HELMET (which features members of AMORPHIS) and has begun recording a new solo album for a 2012 release. McCoy says, "The first [GREASE HEL...
September 24, 2011
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TESTAMENT Guitarist On New Album: 'It's Looking Like We May Have A Winner'

San Francisco Bay Area thrashers TESTAMENT have been spending time in the studio recording their new album, "Dark Roots Of Earth", tentatively due in February 2012 via Nuclear Blast Records. Due to a "serious injury," regular TESTAMENT drummer Paul Bostaph was unable to take part in the recording se...
September 19, 2011
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ANTHRAX Bassist: BELLADONNA 'Absolutely Put His Stamp On Each And Every One Of These Songs'

Kristen Dunleavy of myYearbook recently conducted an interview with ANTHRAX bassist Frank Bello. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. myYearbook: [Guitarist] Scott Ian has said that when work on ["Worship Music"] first began in 2007, there was essentially no ANTHRAX. What was going at th...
September 15, 2011
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TESTAMENT Taps Drummer JOHN TEMPESTA For ANTHRAX Tour

San Francisco Bay Area thrashers TESTAMENT have tapped their former drummer John Tempesta (EXODUS, WHITE ZOMBIE, ROB ZOMBIE, HELMET, THE CULT) to sit behind the kit for the band's upcoming U.S. tour with ANTHRAX and DEATH ANGEL. The trek is scheduled to kick off on October 14 in Grand Rapids, Michig...
September 7, 2011
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Ex-HANOI ROCKS Guitarist ANDY MCCOY Completes GREASE HELMET Album, Begins Work On Solo CD

A new video update from former HANOI ROCKS guitarist Andy McCoy can be seen below. McCoy recently completed work on the debut album from his side project GREASE HELMET (which features members of AMORPHIS) and has begun recording a new solo album for a 2012 release. McCoy previously stated about his...
July 29, 2011
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P.O.D.: New Song Available For Free Download

"On Fire", a brand new song from Christian rockers P.O.D., is available for free download from the band's official web site. The track is expected to appear on the group's next album, tentatively due in the spring of 2012. The CD is currently being recorded with longtime producer Howard Benson, who...
July 26, 2011
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COREY TAYLOR Says SLIPKNOT, JUSTIN BIEBER Mash-Up Is 'F**king Amazing!'

SLIPKNOT frontman Corey Taylor thought the hugely popular SLIPKNOT and Justin Bieber mash-up "Psychosocial Baby" was "fucking amazing" and finds it amusing that so many of the band's fans were pissed off at the clip's existence. During an April 2011 interview with Go Fish Radio (see video below),Ta...
July 19, 2011
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Ex-GUNS N' ROSES, DEF LEPPARD, JANE'S ADDICTION Drummers Featured In 'The Art Of Drums'

What would a picture of your favorite song look like? The Art Of Drums, a historic collection of fine art spearheaded by Los Angeles creativity house SceneFour in collaboration with ten of the world's greatest drummers, can finally answer that question. On July 22, the flagship "The Art Of Drums" co...
July 6, 2011
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STEVEN TYLER Talks 'American Idol' At BOSTON COMMON Party (Video)

AEROSMITH frontman and "American Idol" judge Steven Tyler attended Boston Common magazine's summer bash this past Wednesday at the House of Blues in Boston, Massachusetts. The rocker wore a Boston police motorcycle helmet and wailed, "I'm baaaaaaaaaaaaaack," on the red carpet. He even took time to s...
July 2, 2011
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HELMET Mainman: We're Better Than 99.9% Of The Other Bands Out There, Rock Or Any Other Genre

Brian Fischer-Giffin of Australia's Loud magazine recently conducted an interview with HELMET mainman Page Hamilton. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. On the band's spring 2011 U.S. tour with ST. VITUS and CROWBAR: "You don't tour the world for twenty five years and not know when some...
June 12, 2011
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P.O.D.: Video Interview, Performance Footage Of New Song Available

Pop Culture Madness conducted an interview with Christian rockers P.O.D. at this year's Rock On The Range festival, which was held May 21-22 at Columbus Crew Stadium in Columbus, Ohio. You can now watch the chat below. Also available is performance footage of a new song, tentatively titled "On Fire"...
May 29, 2011
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In Tides And Drifts

I first came across the Brooklyn-based trio GOES CUBE a couple of years ago while the band was on tour in support of their last album, "Another Day Has Passed". The band immediately grabbed me with their organic and incredibly thunderous live sound. I walked away from that show praising the band for...
May 9, 2011
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HAMMERFALL Drummer Says Threat Of Legal Action Led To Cover Artwork Change

EspyRock recently conducted an interview with drummer Anders Johansson of Swedish metallers HAMMERFALL. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. EspyRock: You have been working with [producer] Charlie Bauerfeind for a number of years with your albums and now [on the new HAMMERFALL album "Inf...
May 7, 2011
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SAINT VITUS: New Video Interview With DAVE CHANDLER Available

Robert Williams of Metal-Rules.com conducted an interview with guitarist Dave Chandler of doom metal legends SAINT VITUS when the band performed at the Dirty Dog Bar in Austin, Texas on March 18, 2011. You can now watch the chat below. In a recent interview with Hellbound.ca, SAINT VITUS frontman Sc...
April 24, 2011
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DUFF MCKAGAN'S LOADED To Present Silent Auction In Seattle

On April 23, DUFF MCKAGAN'S LOADED — the band led by VELVET REVOLVER/ex-GUNS N' ROSES bassist Duff McKagan — will rock out at Neumos in Seattle to celebrate the release of their new CD, "The Taking" (release date April 19 via Armoury Records) and host a silent auction benefiting the VA Puget Sound H...
April 14, 2011