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Update: Four People Stabbed, One Person Dead At CORROSION OF CONFORMITY Concert

The top of the 5:00 a.m. news on Tampa, Florida's WFLA-TV News Channel 8 reportedly had footage shot outside the Masquerade club after last night's stabbing at a CORROSION OF CONFORMITY concert. They reported four people (not three, as previously announced) were stabbed, and one of those four died....
June 24, 2005
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Ex-THE WILDHEARTS Frontman GINGER Commences Work On Solo Album, New Song Available

Former THE WILDHEARTS frontman Ginger has posted the following message on the group's official web site: "From L.A. to Texas in a dramatic flare up of events, recording began at the home of a living legend, Willie Nelson's studio in Austin, Texas. "Willie has been a hero of mine since forever and I...
May 30, 2005
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TRACII GUNS Says L.A. GUNS Drummer Should Be Thrown In Jail For 'Lying'

Former L.A. GUNS/current BRIDES OF DESTRUCTION guitarist Tracii Guns has slammed L.A. GUNS drummer Steve Riley for "lying" about Guns' departure from the group. In a recent interview with "The Hairball John Radio Show", Riley stated the following about Guns' decision to leave in 2003 in order to foc...
April 11, 2005
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L.A. GUNS Drummer Says TRACII GUNS' Departure Left Band's Album 'Dead In The Water'

L.A. GUNS drummer Steve Riley recently spoke with "The Hairball John Radio Show" about a variety of subjects ranging from his time in KEEL and W.A.S.P., high and low points of his career, and a new L.A. GUNS disc and tour for 2005. Riley also spoke in great detail regarding guitarist Tracii Guns' de...
April 10, 2005
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Is Metal Dangerous? DIMEBAG's Murder Blackens Music's Reputation

Katie Vrabel of ValleyAdvocate.com reports: The onstage murder of DAMAGEPLAN guitarist Dimebag Darrell Abbott on Dec. 8 turned a spotlight on the metal community. The former PANTERA guitarist was shot shortly after his new band hit the stage Dec. 8 at the Alrosa Villa club in Columbus, Ohio. He and...
January 6, 2005
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MÖTLEY CRÜE: Toronto Concert Sold Out, New Single 'A Success'

MÖTLEY CRÜE's "Red, White & Crue Tour 2005 ... Better Live Than Dead", which kicks off February 17, is turning out to be one of the hottest tickets around, according to a press release. The first date to go onsale was Toronto (onsale Dec. 10) sold out within hours. The tour's promoter Riley O'Co...
December 13, 2004
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Judge Upholds Confession In 'SLIPKNOT-Inspired' Murder

Tim Grenda of The Press-Enterprise is reporting that a teenage murder defendant who listened to the song "Disasterpiece" by SLIPKNOT before she and a 20-year-old man lured their friend to his death last year did not have her rights violated by the San Bernardino police when they didn't allow the gir...
August 31, 2004
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DEF LEPPARD: All-Covers Album On The Way?

MelodicRock.com is reporting that DEF LEPPARD are recording an all-covers album focusing on the British bands of the '70s, tentatively due this summer. No further information is available at this time. As previously reported, DEF LEPPARD singer Joe Elliott and bassist Rick Savage will perform at a c...
March 2, 2004
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TOM MORELLO, SERJ TANKIAN To Participate In AXIS OF JUSTICE CONCERT SERIES

The Axis of Justice Concert Series, featuring acoustic performances by AUDIOSLAVE/ex-RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE guitarist Tom Morello's political folk alter ego THE NIGHTWATCHMAN, Serj Tankian of SYSTEM OF A DOWN, Wayne Kramer, Boots Riley of THE COUP, and special guests, will take place March 31, 200...
February 28, 2004
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DEF LEPPARD Are Still Rolling In The Dough

According to the Feb. 17 edition of the London Evening Standard, DEF LEPPARD earned $7 million pounds (approximately $13 million) in 2003. The paper placed DEF LEPPARD No. 19 in the Top 20 music earners for the last year. In other news, the Sheffield Today web site is reporting that DEF LEPPARD sing...
February 26, 2004
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SLIPKNOT, AUDIOSLAVE, SOAD Members To Perform At L.A. Benefit Concert

SLIPKNOT/STONE SOUR's Corey Taylor, AUDIOSLAVE's Tom Morello and Brad Wilk, and SYSTEM OF A DOWN's Serj Tankian will be performing with other artists tomorrow — Thursday, December 18 — at the Roxy in West Hollywood, Ca. at a benefit for striking L.A. grocery store workers. All proceeds from the even...
December 17, 2003
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BULLETBOYS Cancel Tour

BULLETBOYS have issued the following "critical release" via their official web site: "There's been a bad cut in the current BULLETBOYS tour with L.A. GUNS. "This happened on the bus that was transporting the band, along with BLACK N' BLUE, to their show in Detroit. "The bus driver, hired by tour bus...
November 14, 2003
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Man, Teen Listened To SLIPKNOT Before Committing Murder

Felisa Cardona of San Bernardino County Sun reports that a pair of friends carried butcher knives and sang a song by the "death metal" band SLIPKNOT as they lured their friend to his death, police say. Prosecutors say Jason Lamar Harris, 20, and his 16-year-old friend, Amber Rose Riley, talked about...
July 8, 2003
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L.A. GUNS Drop Off ALICE COOPER Tour, Launch Internal War Of Words

L.A. GUNS have dropped off their previously-announced European tour with ALICE COOPER and have made their internal squabbles public, with guitarist Tracii Guns being pitted against the rest of the band in an ugly war of words that is almost certain to result in an extended break from all recording a...
October 19, 2002
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GUNS N' ROSES: AXL ROSE Speaks!!

A few hours before GUNS N' ROSES arrived in China for the start of the band's Chinese Democracy World Tour (they will be performing tonight at the Hong Kong Convention & Exhibition Center),frontman Axl Rose conducted a brief interview from which the following excerpts are provided: On launching...
August 14, 2002