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EXODUS Guitarist Releases First-Ever Instructional DVD

EXODUS guitarist Gary Holt has just released his first-ever instructional DVD, "A Lesson in Guitar Violence", through Zaentz. The disc, which contains never-before-seen live footage from 1985 at the Dynamo Club in Holland, can be ordered at The Exodus Store. Holt previously stated about the DVD, "I...

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New VAN HALEN Tell-All Due In August

According to GuitarWorld.com, a new VAN HALEN tell-all, entitled "Everybody Wants Some: The Van Halen Saga" (Wiley Publishing),is scheduled to hit bookstore shelves late August. Written by noted metal journalist and radio host Ian Christe, the book recounts the life and times of the L.A. group that...

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DEFTONES To 'Take Over' St. Louis' 105.7 THE POINT

DEFTONES will take over 105.7 The Point in St. Louis on Tuesday, June 19. From 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m., the band will play whatever they want. To listen to the station online, go to www.kpnt.com. Gary Graff of Billboard.com reported last month that DEFTONES have already started work on a new album....

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Legendary BLACK SABBATH/WHITESNAKE Bassist Working With THE FLUFFY JACKETS

Legendary BLACK SABBATH/WHITESNAKE bassist Neil Murray is currently working with THE FLUFFY JACKETS to record their first demo, to be released independently in July. Neil Murray initially shot to fame in the late 1970s and 1980s as founding member of the successful band WHITESNAKE where he contribut...

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DEF LEPPARD Nearly Complete With 'Sparkly' New Album

Gary Graff of Billboard.com reports: DEF LEPPARD is "about 85, 90 percent finished" with its next album, which frontman Joe Elliott describes as "a very rock album" tentatively titled "Songs from the Sparkle Lounge". "I'm not gonna say it's radically different to anything we've ever done," Elliott t...

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AVENGER UK: Tour Dates Announced

AVENGER UK, the Newcastle, U.K.-based NWOBHM band formerly known as AVENGER, has scheduled the following dates: Jul. 06 - The Snooty Fox - Wakefield, Yorkshire, UK Jul. 07 - The Ship Inn - Great Yarmouth, UK Jul. 08 - The Ringside - Hull, Midlands, UK Jul. 12 - Headbangers Open Air Festival - Brande...

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SCRAP METAL To Headline MelodicRockFest

Some of the biggest names in the melodic rock world will converge on South Bend, Indiana on October 6 for a very special one-night-only performance to mark the 10th anniversary of popular rock music web site MelodicRock.com. The MelodicRockFest headliner will be SCRAP METAL, the Nashville-based all-...

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HELLYEAH Guitarist: 'We Don't Wanna Be Just A Metal Band'

In a recent interview conducted by Greg Maki of Live-Metal.net, HELLYEAH/NOTHINGFACE guitarist Tom Maxwell discussed HELLYEAH's participation in the 2007 Family Values Tour, the upcoming NOTHINGFACE album and more. Excerpts follow. Live-Metal.net: What was it like to play the first-ever HELLYEAH sho...

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NEVERLAND: Audio Sample Featuring BLIND GUARDIAN Singer Posted Online

A new audio sample from NEVERLAND, the collaboration between Turkey's progressive power metal band DREAMTONE and Greek artist Iris Mavraki, has been posted on the NEVERLAND MySpace page. The song "To Lose the Sun", features Hansi Kürsch of BLIND GUARDIAN on lead vocals. This clip, along with two mor...

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VELVET REVOLVER Members Violate Wales' Smoking Ban, Face Fines

Gerry Holt of icWales reports that former GUNS N' ROSES guitarist Slash proved he was far too rock and roll for Wales' smoking ban — lighting up on stage in the capital last night (Thursday, June 7). While fans were told to go outside for a cigarette, Slash and frontman Scott Weiland chain-smoked .....

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EXODUS To Begin Recording This Weekend

Veteran San Francisco Bay Area metallers EXODUS will enter Sharkbite Studios (web site) in Oakland, California on Sunday, June 10 with producer Andy Sneap (MEGADETH, MACHINE HEAD, NEVERMORE, ARCH ENEMY) to begin recording their new album for a late 2007 release via Nuclear Blast Records. "Everyone a...

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EXODUS: More Tour Dates Announced

Veteran San Francisco Bay Area metallers EXODUS have lined up the following dates during August: Aug. 03 - Las Vegas, NV @ Jillians Aug. 04 - San Marcos, CA @ The Jumping Turtle Aug. 05 - Mexicali, Mexico @ El Jardin Sllencio Extreme Aug. 06 - Modesto, CA @ Fat Cat Music house Aug. 07 ...

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GRAHAM BONNET: ALCATRAZZ Tour Has Been Huge Success

The following message has been posted on the web site of legendary singer Graham Bonnet (RAINBOW, MICHAEL SCHENKER GROUP, ALCATRAZZ, IMPELLITTERI): "ALCATRAZZ is now touring Japan and has finished three shows in Tokyo/Osaka, and only the last gig in Sapporo is left now. Apparently the tour has been...

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Founding ALCATRAZZ Members Relaunch Band With New Guitarist

According to a posting on The Rainbow Fanclan Legacy web site, founding ALCATRAZZ members Jimmy Waldo (keyboards),Gary Shea (bass) and Jan Uvena (drums) have put together a new version of the group with guitarist Stig Mathisen. A vocalist for the band has not yet been announced. A message on the gr...

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GODSMACK To Release 10th Anniversary Box Set

Gary Graff of Billboard.com reports that GODSMACK will release a 10th anniversary box set later this year. The Boston band — currently on a theater run continuing to promote its 2006 release "IV" — plan to commemorate the 10-year celebration of their first album with a package that gathers together...