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40 BELOW SUMMER Added To STATIC-X Tour

40 BELOW SUMMER have been added to the ongoing STATIC-X headlining tour (also featuring SINISSTAR and EARSHOT) beginning with last night's date in Baltimore, Maryland. Confirmed dates so far are as follows: May 04 – Norfolk, VA @ Norva Theater - Norfolk, VA May 05 - N. Myrtle Beach, SC @ House Of Bl...

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Metal/Hard Rock Album Sales In The US As Reported By SoundScan

Here are the latest sales figures for various current and catalog metal/hard rock releases in the US (in total units sold to date since the albums were issued),as reported by SoundScan for the week ending April 21st, 2002: KORN Issues: 3,047,076 KORN Follow The Leader: 3,414,717 LIMP BIZKIT Chocola...

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Former STRYPER Drummer Gets BLISSED

Former STRYPER drummer Robert Sweet has teamed up with David Pearson and Trevor Barr from the group STATIC (not to be confused with STATIC-X) to form a brand new project called BLISSED. According to Sweet, it's been quite a while since I've felt this good about a group effort musically, and this fee...

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RIOT Bassist To Join REVEREND For San Antonio Appearance

REVEREND, featuring former METAL CHURCH and current WAYNE frontman David Wayne, will be joined by RIOT bassist Pete Perez for the group's first gig with new guitarists Davey Lee and Notch Vara (from the Texas-based BYFIST) on April 17th at the White Rabbit in San Antonio, Texas. REVEREND's set at th...

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The SLIPKNOT/STATIC-X Collaboration: "We Didn't Break Up"

SLIPKNOT's Joey Jordison and STATIC-X guitarist Tripp Eisen, who recently decided to drop the band name THE REJECTS for their long-running side project, have issued the following statements explaining their decision to part ways with singer Dizzy and recruit vocalist Wednesday 13 of THE FRANKENSTEIN...

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THE REJECTS: SLIPKNOT/STATIC-X Collaboration To Carry On With New Name, Singer

THE REJECTS, a long-running project featuring vocalist Dizzy Reject, SLIPKNOT drummer Joey Jordison (on guitar),and STATIC-X guitarist Tripp Eisen, have “amicably” parted ways. Dizzy will reportedly carry on with his new project BOMB POP MAFIA, while the remaining members of what used to be THE REJ...

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PRONG Recruit MADONNA Guitarist, Prepare To Record Live Album

The latest incarnation of PRONG have recruited former MADONNA touring guitarist Monte Pittman to fill in for DIESEL MACHINE's Rich Gonzales during the group's current US tour after Gonzales was forced to pull out of the trek due to unspecified scheduling conflicts. Pittman is no stranger to the PRON...

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SLAYER, ROB ZOMBIE, STATIC-X Line Up To Contribute To NASCAR's "Crank It Up" Compilation

The upcoming NASCAR-sponsored compilation, entitled Crank It Up, will be released through MCA Records on May 21st, and it will include the following tracks, among others: 01. SLAYER - "Born To Be Wild" (STEPPENWOLF) 02. STATIC-X - "Speedway" (ELVIS PRESLEY) 03. NONPOINT - "Circles" 04. DARWIN'S WAIT...

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AMERICAN HEAD CHARGE Enlist Ex-BLACK FLOOD DIESEL Guitarist

AMERICAN HEAD CHARGE noise unit operator Aaron Zilch has confirmed via a posting on the group's official message board at www.headcharge.com that the group have acquired ex-BLACK FLOOD DIESEL guitarist Bryan Ottoson to replace the recently departed Wayne Kile. According to Zilch, [Bryan] is an aweso...

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REVEREND To Perform First Gig With New Line-Up At San Antonio Club

REVEREND, featuring former METAL CHURCH frontman David Wayne, will perform their first gig with new guitarists Davey Lee and Notch Vara (from the Texas-based BYFIST) on April 17th at the White Rabbit in San Antonio, Texas. Also scheduled to appear are BYFIST, KREATION, and ZERO THE HERO. ...

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AMERICAN HEAD CHARGE Part Ways With Guitarist

AMERICAN HEAD CHARGE have amicably parted ways with guitarist Wayne Kile and have already recruited a replacement, whose name has yet to be disclosed. According to Kile, we seemed to be going slowly in different creative directions and it finally came to a head. I love them all and we have no qualms...

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STATIC-X's TRIPP EISEN: The CORNELL/RAGE Split Is Irrelevant To Me

STATIC-X guitarist Tripp Eisen on the CORNELL/RAGE break-up (as reported by Allstar): I was never a fan of either [SOUNDGARDEN or RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE]. So [the break-up] is kind of irrelevant to me, but maybe it will leave a space on Ozzfest for us! ...

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PUDDLE OF MUDD To Support KORN This Summer

PUDDLE OF MUDD announced on Canada's Much Music on Wednesday that they will be one of the bands opening for KORN on their upcoming summer headlining tour. Another likely candidate to join the package is the Chicago-based rapped MARZ, who recently signed to KORN's label Elementree/Geffen Records. In...

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STATIC-X Go "Power Metal" On RAMONES Tribute

STATIC-X have just completed their cover of THE RAMONES' "Gimme Gimme Shock Treatment" at Glenwood Place Studios in Burbank, California for the upcoming DV8/Columbia Records tribute to THE RAMONES. Also scheduled to appear on the collection are ROB ZOMBIE, RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS, EDDIE VEDDER, MARILY...

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OZZFEST Goes Public

The organizers of Ozzfest have launched an online poll for people to vote on which act should replace the CORNELL/RAGE project on the main stage of this year's event. These are the available choices: SLAYER DOWN FOO FIGHTERS SEVENDUST STATIC-X NICKELBACK TENACIOUS D SOULFLY For more information, go...