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DOKKEN, QUEENSRŸCHE, SKID ROW, STRYPER Featured On New 'Christmas' CD

According to CDUniverse.com and other online vendors, Razor And Tie Records has set a September 11 release date for the "Monster Ballads Christmas" CD. The track listing for the collection, which was spearheaded by TWISTED SISTER, is as follows: 01. I'll Be Home For Christmas - TWISTED SISTER 02. Ch...

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SHARON OSBOURNE Opens Up About Father's Death

According to ContactMusic.com, Sharon Osbourne has described her "relief" that her father Don Arden's long and harrowing battle with Alzheimer's Disease is over. Music mogul Arden passed away at a nursing home in Los Angeles last month. He was 81. Osbourne was estranged from her father for 20 years,...

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AC/DC Coming To Iowa In 2008?

Jessica Lowe of Newton, Iowa's Newton Daily News reports: Rock 'n' roll fans were treated to more than five hours of music at the Iowa Speedway Saturday night. POISON, RATT, DOKKEN and GREAT WHITE played to a crowd of about 8,000 people, said Mike Beecher, Iowa Speedway director of media relations....

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STEEVI JAIMZ BAND Planning Debut CD, DVD

After reportedly losing a legal battle with his former bandmates over the TIGERTAILZ name, vocalist Steevi Jaimz has decided to carry on in a brand new project called simply STEEVI JAIMZ BAND. Along with long-term partner in crime (and fellow former TIGERTAILZ member) Ace Finchum on drums, the pair...

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CHRIS CAFFERY: I Don't Want SAVATAGE To End

Andy Laudano of HarderBeat.com reports that SAVATAGE/TRANS-SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA guitarist Chris Caffery recently completed a tour of the U.S. with Germany's Doro Pesch in support of his latest solo CD, "Pins & Needles". He was pulling double duty, opening the show and then playing in Doro's band....

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SHARON OSBOURNE's Father Buried In His Birthplace

Britain's This is Lancashire reports that more than 100 mourners converged on Agecroft Jewish Cemetery last week for the funeral of well-known former music mogul Don Arden. Absent from the ceremony, however, was the 81-year-old's daughter, Ozzy Osbourne's wife Sharon, who was reportedly "too traumat...

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GLENN HUGHES: 'Don't Let Me Bleed' Live At The Whisky Clip Posted Online

Video footage of legendary bassist/vocalist Glenn Hughes (DEEP PURPLE, BLACK SABBATH) performing the song "Don't Let Me Bleed" live at the Whisky a Go Go this past June with a backing band that includes Chad Smith (RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS) has been posted on YouTube. Watch the clip below. According to...

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ROCKLAHOMA: More Than 3,000 Photos Posted Online

More than 3,000 photos from fans and professionals taken at the inaugural Rocklahoma festival have been posted at the Rocklahoma Fan Photo site. Over 30,000 people attended the festival, which took place earlier in the month in Pryor, Oklahoma. Performers included POISON, RATT, QUIET RIOT, SLAUGHTER...

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The Dark Secrets Of SHARON OSBOURNE's Dad Revealed

Mick Wall of Britain's Daily Mail reports: Like everybody else who ever knew him, I'd heard about Don Arden, who died last week, long before I met him: he was the self-styled Al Capone of Pop, as he enjoyed being known. He was the music-business gangster who'd hung fellow pop impresario Robert Stigw...

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DEF LEPPARD Frontman Says Some Songs On New CD 'Don't Sound Like Anything We've Ever Done'

DEF LEPPARD frontman Joe Elliott recently spoke to Christina Fuoco-Karasinski of LiveDaily about the group's upcoming album, entitled "Songs from the Sparkle Lounge". "It's named so because we wrote much of the songs in a little room backstage on the tour," Joe said. "We set it up every day. No matt...

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Classic JUDAS PRIEST, IRON MAIDEN, MOTÖRHEAD, SLAYER Tracks Featured On 'Heavy Metal Box'

According to Billboard.com, Rhino Records has set an October 2 release date for "Heavy Metal Box". The four-disc, 70-song set boasts classic tracks from IRON MAIDEN, JUDAS PRIEST, MOTÖRHEAD and SLAYER, among dozens of others. Arranged chronologically from 1968 to 1991, the compilation also boasts hi...

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MANDY LION: 'DON ARDEN Represented Everything This Industry Should Be About But Rarely Ever Is'

WWIII frontman Mandy Lion has issued the following statement regarding the passing of music mogul Don Arden (Sharon Osbourne's father),who died on July 21 at the age of 81: "I am sad to let everyone know that one of the greatest men I ever knew died on Saturday... "Don Arden was more than just ...

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SHARON OSBOURNE 'Too Traumatized' To Attend Father's Funeral

According to ContactMusic.com, Ozzy Osbourne's wife/manager Sharon failed to attend her father Don Arden's funeral — because she was too upset to go. Arden passed away on Saturday (July 21) in a Los Angeles nursing home from undisclosed causes, although he was known to have Alzheimer's Disease. He w...

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DOKKEN Guitarist Comments On ROCKLAHOMA, Upcoming East Coast Run

DOKKEN will embark on an East Coast beginning on July 26 at Meadowbrook Farms Musical Arts Center with POISON / RATT / VAINS OF JENNA in Gilford, NH; July 27 at Jaxx in Springfield, Virgina, with PRETTY BOY FLOYD; and July 28 at Mulcahy's in Wantagh, NY. DOKKEN guitarist Jon Levin stated about the g...

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After stumbling drunkenly into a club one evening and experiencing the vintage heavy metal bombast (with stunning and tight dual-guitar fireworks) of SLOUGH FEG I decided it was high time to check out a band that I've heard a slew of critics and fans raving about. And boy, were those fans and critic...