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HEAVEN AND HELL Drummer VINNY APPICE: New Audio Interview Available

TheRighttoRock.com has has issued its latest podcast (episode #29),featuring legendary heavy metal drummer Vinny Appice. Vinny discusses the reformation of the Ronnie James Dio-era lineup of BLACK SABBATH under the name HEAVEN AND HELL as well as his latest project 3 LEGGED DOG. Vinny offers a cand...

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RONNIE JAMES DIO: ROCK HARD Interview To Air On Thursday

An audio interview with Ronnie James Dio (DIO, BLACK SABBATH, RAINBOW, ELF, HEAVEN AND HELL) will air on Thursday, September 20 at 2:00 p.m. EST / 8:00 p.m. CET at Hard Rock Radio Live. The interview was conducted by DJ Painkiller (real name: Orpheus Spiliotopoulos) of the Greek edition of the Rock...

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QUEENSRŸCHE: 'Take Cover' Artwork Revealed

QUEENSRŸCHE pay tribute to some of their favorite songs with an adventurous collection of covers that range from BLACK SABBATH and THE O'JAYS to Italian opera and Broadway musical. Singer and chief songwriter Geoff Tate, guitarists Michael Wilton and Mike Stone, bassist Eddie Jackson, and drummer Sc...

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RITCHIE BLACKMORE: 'Guitar Gods' DVD Due This Month

Classic Rock Legends willl release a DVD entitled "Ritchie Blackmore – Guitar Gods" on September 24. The DVD's description reads as follows: "A critical analysis of guitar hero Ritchie Blackmore (ex-DEEP PURPLE, RAINBOW),featuring the participation of Nicky Simper and Glenn Hughes. Running time: 65...

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AXEL RUDI PELL Covers MONTROSE; Audio Available

German guitarist Axel Rudi Pell has posted the sixth MP3 snippet from his upcoming "Diamonds Unlocked" covers album. Commented Axel: "Yes, the song has the same title as one song from 'Mystica', but nothing else in common! 'Rock the Nation' was the first song way back in the Seventies where I heard...

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QUEENSRŸCHE Singer Talks About Working With CHRIS DEGARMO Again

BringBackGlam.com recently conducted an interview with QUEENSRŸCHE vocalist Geoff Tate. An excerpt from the chat follows: BringBackGlam.com: Let's talk about your two new albums, "Sign Of The Times" which just came out, and your cover album ["Take Cover"] that's due out later this fall. Why did you...

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AXEL RUDI PELL Covers FREE's 'Heartbreaker': Audio Available

German guitarist Axel Rudi Pell has posted the fifth MP3 snippet from his upcoming "Diamonds Unlocked" covers album. Commented Axel: "FREE were one of the bands who influenced me when I started to play the guitar in the early Seventies. Their guitar player Paul Kossoff (R.I.P. 1976) had this very em...

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HEAVEN AND HELL $6.66 DVD Promotion Extended At The Exchange

The Exchange, an independent record store chain with 21 stores in the Cleveland and Pittsburgh regions, has decided to extend its special sale price offer to fans and their customers for the new HEAVEN AND HELL "Live From Radio City Music Hall" release. The promotion was set up in support of the DVD...

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AXEL RUDI PELL Covers MICHAEL BOLTON; Audio Available

German guitarist Axel Rudi Pell has posted the fourth MP3 snippet from his upcoming "Diamonds Unlocked" covers album. Commented Axel: "['Fool's Game'] was done originally by Michael Bolton and it's on his very first record. Not much people know that he played rock music in the beginning of the '80,...

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ICED EARTH Frontman Talks BEYOND FEAR, 'Framing Armageddon'

Rich Catino of Metal Asylum recently conducted an interview with ICED EARTH/ex-JUDAS PRIEST vocalist Tim "Ripper" Owens. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: Metal Asylum: So before we start talking about the forthcoming ICED EARTH album "Framing Armageddon", I wanted to ask how your other ban...

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New TONY IOMMI Audio Interview Posted Online

The latest episode of "Talking Metal" features an interview hosts Mark Strigl and John Ostronomy conducted with legendary guitarist Tony Iommi. Topics include HEAVEN AND HELL, BLACK SABBATH, Ronnie James Dio, Ozzy Osbourne, Tony Martin, Glenn Hughes, Ian Gillan, LED ZEPPELIN, Eddie Van Halen, LUNARM...

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TONY IOMMI: 2008 BLACK SABBATH Tour Not Set 'In Stone' Yet

Gary Graff of Billboard.com reports: There's plenty of talk about a BLACK SABBATH reunion for 2008. It's just not coming from the band members themselves. Guitarist Tony Iommi tells Billboard.com that even though "everybody's been talking to me" about the much-reported regrouping, "there's nothing i...

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RONNIE JAMES DIO: 'If You're Going To Be Successful, You've Got To Be Unique'

Jim Catalano of The Ithaca Journal recently conducted an interview with legendary heavy metal vocalist Ronnie James Dio (DIO, BLACK SABBATH, HEAVEN AND HELL, RAINBOW). A few excerpts from the chat follow: On growing up in Central New York, relying on a blue-collar ethos to build his music career: "T...

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Ex-DIVINE RUINS Drummer Passes Away

DIVINE RUINS vocalist Ronnie Stixx (ex-SHADOWKEEP) has issued the following update: "On behalf of DIVINE RUINS we would like to send our deepest heartfelt condolences to the family of Mike Pittman (former DIVINE RUINS drummer),who suddenly passed away on Monday. I was shocked to have learned of his...

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HEAVEN AND HELL: South American Tour Postponed?

According to a posting on the Brazilian music site Cifra Club, HEAVEN AND HELL's Brazilian tour, which was rumored to take place in December 2007, has been postponed to early 2008 due to "logistical" issues, concert promoter Nó de Rosa has announced. The rest of the band's South American tour is lik...