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DON DOKKEN: 'As Long As You Keep Making Good Music, People Will Buy It'

DOKKEN is continuing work on its new album, "Lightning Strikes Again", for a 2007 release via Rhino Records in the U.S. and Frontiers Records in Europe. The follow-up to 2004's "Hell to Pay" will feature the lineup of Don Dokken (vocals),Jon Levin (guitar, ex-WARLOCK),Barry Sparks (bass, TED NUGEN...

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DEF LEPPARD Guitarist PHIL COLLEN Pays Tribute To JIMI HENDRIX

DEF LEPPARD guitarist Phil Collen recently spoke to Classic Rock magazine (web site) for its latest issue in which the stars of rock (plus some assorted rock-loving comedians, sportmen, MPs and other riff raff) nominate their "rock icons." The following is Collen's explanation for why Jimi Hendrix b...

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DEF LEPPARD Guitarist's New Year's Resolution: To Finish A New Album In The First Half Of 2007

DEF LEPPARD members Joe Elliott, Vivian Campbell and Phil Collen have revealed their New Year's resolutions via the following holiday messages on the band's web site: Joe: "My New Year's resolutions? Phew! Guess you have to make them..... Stop biting my nails, don't drink as much, watch my football...

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DARK NEW DAY: Searching For Producers

DARK NEW DAY guitarist Clint Lowery (ex-SEVENDUST) has issued the following update: "Just wanna say it's been a long year for us being off the road and away from all of you so long. We've been working on this new record off and on forever, it seems like, and we're kinda taking off for the ...

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JEFF SCOTT SOTO Named Official New Lead Singer Of JOURNEY

Jeff Scott Soto (TALISMAN, YNGWIE MALMSTEEN, SOUL SIRKUS) has been officially named the new lead singer of JOURNEY. He had been filling in for Steve Augeri, who had to leave the U.S. tour with DEF LEPPARD shortly after it began on June 23 due to illness. "We are so grateful to Steve for all the ...

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DEF LEPPARD Gets Busy On 'Menacing' New Album

Jonathan Cohen of Billboard.com reports: Veteran British rock outfit DEF LEPPARD will begin recording its next studio album in January at frontman Joe Elliott's house in Dublin. Basic ideas were hashed out on the road during the band's extensive tour in support of this year's covers album "Yeah!" ,...

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DEF LEPPARD, AEROSMITH, MÖTLEY CRÜE Among 'Most Creative Tour Package' Nominees

DEF LEPPARD/JOURNEY and AEROSMITH/MÖTLEY CRÜE are smong the tours which have earned a nomination for the "Most Creative Tour Package" award in Pollstar's 18th annual Concert Industry Awards. The full list of nominees in this category: AEROSMITH / MÖTLEY CRÜE BON JOVI / NICKELBACK DEF LEPPARD / JOURN...

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CKY Signs With ROADRUNNER RECORDS

Roadrunner Records has announced the worldwide signing of genre-defying rock outfit CKY. Formed in Pennsylvania in 1998 by Deron Miller (vocals/guitars),Chad I Ginsburg (guitars/vocals) and Jess Margera (drums),CKY's debut album "Vol. 1" surfaced in 1999 on the indie label Volcom Entertainment, an...

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EVERGREY To Embark On First-Ever Eastern European Tour

Swedish metallers EVERGREY will embark on their first Eastern European tour in January. Confirmed dates are as follows: Jan. 11 - Nitra, SK - Stara Pekaren Jan. 12 - Budapest, HUN - Kultiplex Jan. 14 - Larissa, GRE - Live Music House Jan. 15 - Plovdiv, BUL - Geo Milev Hall Jan. 17 - Sofia, ...

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EVERGREY Begins Work On New Album

Swedish metallers EVERGREY have returned to their rehearsal studios to prepare their next studio album. The band is tentatively scheduled to begin recording the follow-up to this year's "Monday Morning Apocalypse" in February for a May 2007 release. Commented guitarist/vocalist Tom S. Englund, "So f...

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DEF LEPPARD Members To Present AT BILLBOARD AWARDS

DEF LEPPARD's Joe Elliott (vocals) and Phil Collen (guitar) have just been added to the list of presenters of the 2006 Billboard Music Awards, set to take place Monday night (Dec. 4) at the MGM Grand Garden in Las Vegas. Tune in to Fox tomorrow from 8:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. (EST) for live coverage .....

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DEF LEPPARD To Begin Recording New Album In January

The latest issue of industry magazine Pro Sound News claims that DEF LEPPARD is already in the studio recording its new album. The magazine's monthly grid of "who's in which studio doing what" shows that LEPPARD has been seen at Hyde Street Studios in San Francisco recently, supposedly "mixing an up...

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DEF LEPPARD Guitarist Offers Holiday Treats To U.S. Soldiers In Iraq

DEF LEPPARD guitarist Vivian Campbell is among the stars who appear on a 22-minute DVD which is being shipped by Studio City, California-based record company the Jewish Music Group to the U.S Military in Iraq. The DVD is being sent along with several hundred CDs featuring 12 cuts plus one hidden tra...

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EVERGREY, HARDCORE SUPERSTAR, AVATAR To Team Up For 'Chaos Before New Year'

EVERGREY, HARDCORE SUPERSTAR and AVATAR will team up for the third annual "Chaos Before New Year" concert, set to take place on December 29 at Trädgårn in Gothenburg, Sweden. Previous participants in the event, which takes place between Christmas and New Year, have included IN FLAMES and DARK TRANQU...

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Former Editor Lets It 'RIP' In New Book

Lonn Friend, the ex-editor of RIP magazine and host of the "Friend At Large" segment on "Headbanger's Ball", has released a retrospective of his experiences when hair metal was king. antiMUSIC's Morley Seaver recently spoke to Lonn to find out about his book, "Life on Planet Rock". Here’s a sample o...