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W.A.S.P. Mainman Talks Politics With Greece's METALZONE; Audio Available

Metalzone.gr recently conducted an interview with W.A.S.P. mainman Blackie Lawless. The chat is now available for streaming using the audio player below. The text version of the interview can be found at this location. W.A.S.P.'s new album, "Babylon", is due on October 12 through Global Music (via D...

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W.A.S.P. Mainman Talks New Album

Karagiannidis Panagiotis of Metalpaths recently conducted an interview with W.A.S.P. frontman Blackie Lawless. An excerpt from the chat follows below. Metalpaths: So let's start with the new [W.A.S.P.] album ["Babylon"], of course. What we have here is once more a concept album, right? Would you lik...

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BUCKCHERRY: New Acoustic Performance Footage Released

Video footage of BUCKCHERRY performing acoustic versions of the songs "Crazy Bitch" and "Talk To Me" can be viewed below (courtesy of AOL's Noisecreep). BUCKCHERRY is gearing up for a big fall with the release of a live album and the band's opening slot on the upcoming KISS tour. The Los Angeles gro...

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BUCKCHERRY: More 'Live & Loud' Details Revealed

BUCKCHERRY is gearing up for a big fall with the release of a live album and the band's opening slot on the upcoming KISS tour. The Los Angeles group's concert package, called "Live & Loud", is due out on September 29, while the massive KISS Alive 35 trek begins with a two-night stand on Septemb...

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W.A.S.P. Mainman Says OBAMA's Nomination Speech Reminded Him Of HITLER

Geoff Barton of U.K.'s Classic Rock magazine recently conducted an interview with W.A.S.P. mainman Blackie Lawless. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Classic Rock: You wrote the songs on Babylon while the world was experiencing a global financial meltdown. Blackie Lawless: It's no sec...

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VH1 CLASSIC's 'That Metal Show' Returns For Third Season

VH1 Classic set trends and broke molds two seasons ago when it mixed the best of "The View" with "Headbangers' Ball" to create "That Metal Show", an outrageously funny weekly series airing every Saturday at 11:00 p.m. that discusses and debates everything in the world of heavy metal. Now, hard rock...

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BRUCE DICKINSON And RONNIE JAMES DIO Are Heavy Metal's Top Singers

Headbang, a Turkish rock and metal magazine which is sold as a Blue Jean magazine supplement, has published its list of top 30 heavy metal and hard rock vocalists of all time (as compiled by the magazine's writers). It is as follows: 01. Bruce Dickinson (IRON MAIDEN, BRUCE DICKINSON) 02. Ronnie Jame...

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W.A.S.P. To Play First-Ever Audience Request Set At U.K. HARD ROCK HELL Festival

The organizer of the U.K.'s Hard Rock Hell festival has revealed to Rock Radio that he has persuaded Blackie Lawless of W.A.S.P. to play the band's first-ever request-only set at this year's event, which is scheduled to take place in December at Pontins in Prestatyn, Wales. Promoter, organizer and d...

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'Women Of The Sunset Strip' To Premiere This Week

The 1980s were a decade of unprecedented decadence. Wall Street was booming, cocaine was the chic drug of choice, and L.A.'s notorious glam metal scene was in full swing on the Sunset Strip. Ruling that scene were the heavy hitting hair bands and the women who loved them. Narrated by former "Cherry...

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ISAAC JAMES Featuring Ex-STONE SOUR Drummer: New Song Posted Online

ISAAC JAMES, the Kansas City/Des Moines-based band featuring former STONE SOUR drummer Joel Ekman, has uploaded a clip of the unmastered version of the song "Hey" on MySpace. The track comes off the group's forthcoming five-song EP, "Too Much Horsepower", due later in the year. ISAAC JAMES is: Chris...

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W.A.S.P. Mainman Selling Malibu Home For $1.7 Million

According to the Los Angeles Times, W.A.S.P. frontman Blackie Lawless (real name: Steve Duren),has listed his Malibu, California home at $1,749,000. The house is a two-bedroom, one-bathroom retreat of 1,100 square feet that sits on almost 3 acres. The upgraded main house has an outdoor barbecue are...

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LONDON Reuniting For First Show In 21 Years

Hollywood '80s metal band LONDON — best known for its hilarious appearance in the Penelope Spheeris documentary film "Decline Of Western Civilization Part II: The Metal Years" (and whose former members include Nikki Sixx, Slash, Izzy Stradlin, Steven Adler, Blackie Lawless and Fred Coury) — will reu...

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GORGOROTH Members Inspire Belgian Artist

Belgian artist Peter Lathouwers recently completed a painting (see below) featuring bassist King ov Hell (real name: Tom Cato Visnes) and vocalist Gaahl (real name: Kristian Espedal) of the Norwegian black metal band GORGOROTH. Commented Lathouwers: "When certain musicians come together, magic happe...

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LONDON Frontman To Guest On WJCU 88.7 FM's 'Metal On Metal'

Vocalist Nadir D'Priest of the cult Hollywood band LONDON will be a special guest on Bill Peters' long-running "Metal on Metal" radio show on University Heights, Ohio's WJCU 88.7 FM tonight (Friday, January 9) at 9:00 p.m. EST. D'Priest will talk about the history of the band as well as its appearan...

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W.A.S.P.'s BLACKIE LAWLESS: 'God Help Us… God Bless America'

W.A.S.P. mainman Blackie Lawless has released the following message via the band's official web site, W.A.S.P. Nation: "'We the people of the United States.' These are the first seven words of the constitution of the United States of America. As I stood in the reception area of the Pentagon in Washi...