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BUCKETHEAD, RUSH Featured on CBS' Guitar Hero II Show; Trailer Available

This Sunday, July 29 at 12:00 p.m. ET/9:00 a.m. PT, CBS will show some of the best Guitar Hero II players in North America as they compete for a piece of the $90,000 prize pot at the WSVG Louisville circuit stop. At the WSVG, the top prizes aren't awarded to the players with only the ...

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GODHEAD To Release New Album In March

GODHEAD frontman Jason Miller has issued the following update: "We've just returned from a successful nine-week tour of the United States with AMERICAN HEAD CHARGE and now we're right back in the studio writing new songs. Over the next few months we'll be hard at work writing and recording the next...

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GUNS N' ROSES: Japan Tour Ends On High Note In Osaka

Doug Miller of GunsNRoses.com reports: GUNS N' ROSES' 2007 tour of Japan came to a climactic conclusion Saturday night (July 21) at the Intex in Osaka. Another full house packed the hot venue for what would be GN'R's longest and arguably best show of the 2007 Japanese tour. The blistering, two-hours...

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QUEEN Guitarist To Participate In Two Nights Of Astronomical Observations

According to BrianMay.com, QUEEN guitarist Brian May this week resumes his scientific vocation after a interruption of 36 years. May will carry out astronomical observations on 23 and 24 of July using the Telescopio Nacional Galileo (TNG),located in the Observatory of the Roque de Los Muchachos on...

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OZZY OSBOURNE Sings BOB DYLAN On New MOUNTAIN Album

Ozzy Osbourne is featured on the title track of MOUNTAIN's new album, "Masters of War", due on July 24 via Big Rack Records. The CD features rearrangements of classic BOB DYLAN songs by MOUNTAIN singer-guitarist Leslie West and drummer Corky Laing along with all-star help, including ALLMAN BROTHERS...

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Zeitgeist

With every rock band under the sun seemingly reuniting, it was only inevitable that founder/songwriter/frontman Billy Corgan would reassemble the SMASHING PUMPKINS, one of the most highly acclaimed alternative acts of the Nineties. Since splitting up the band in 2000, Corgan has failed to achieve th...

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METALLICA's 'Live Earth' Appearance Translates Into Record Sales

According to SoundGenerator.com, METALLICA's record sales enjoyed a boost of around 800% in the wake of their appearance at Live Earth in London. As with Live 8 in 2005, bands signing-up for the event saw the huge viewing figures translate into serious album sales, and the FOO FIGHTERS did best, wit...

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HELLYEAH: Toronto Signing Session Announced

HELLYEAH — the new band featuring members of MUDVAYNE, PANTERA and NOTHINGFACE — will take part in a signing session at Steve's Music in Toronto, Ontario, Canada on Monday, July 23 at 6:00 p.m. Steve's Music is located at 415 Queen St. West. A three-minute video report/interview with HELLYEAH member...

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QUEEN's BRIAN MAY, ROGER TAYLOR To Guest On 'Canadian Idol'

According to the Canadian Press, QUEEN's Brian May and Roger Taylor are among the guests slated to appear this year on "Canadian Idol". CTV revealed the blockbuster lineup Wednesday as the "Idol" wannabes were whittled down to 10 hopefuls. May and Taylor are slated to coach the hopefuls through epis...

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Room Full of Sinners

If New Jersey was ever gonna be used as an adjective, for anything besides bricks of dried toxic swamp gunk, it'd have to be busted out for THE CURSED. The prime movers in this side project are former HADES and NON-FICTION axeman Dan Lorenzo and inimitable OVERKILL vocalist Bobby "Blitz" Ellsworth,...

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EMPEROR Keyboardist Discusses LEPROUS Project

Frank Bøkseth of Norway's Imhotep recently conducted an interview with EMPEROR's new synth player and co-vocalist Einar Solberg about his band LEPROUS. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: Imhotep: What can you tell me about the recording of the Aeolia album? Solberg: "We began the recordings...

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OSBOURNE, HETFIELD, SIMMONS Featured In VH1 Classic's 'Seven Ages Of Rock' Series

"Seven Ages of Rock", a co-production with the BBC, will make its U.S. debut on VH1 Classic Monday, December 17. MTV veteran Mark Goodman narrates this seven-part series, which showcases the various genres of rock music that impacted and shaped pop culture. From the birth of rock to metal to alterna...

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HELLYEAH: Reno Concert Postponed

HELLYEAH — the new band featuring members of MUDVAYNE, PANTERA and NOTHINGFACE — has issued the following update: "Due to a family matter, HELLYEAH regrets their upcoming show tomorrow, Friday, July 13 at Stoney's in Reno has been postponed. Please hold on to your tickets as an announcement concerni...

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QUEEN Guitarist Completes PhD In Astrophysics

The Times reports that Brian May, the multimillionaire guitarist who founded the rock group QUEEN, has finally completed the PhD in astrophysics that he abandoned more than 30 years ago. The 59-year-old composer of hits such as "Fat Bottomed Girls" and "We Will Rock You" turned his back on the stars...

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Ex-MOTÖRHEAD Guitarist 'FAST' EDDIE CLARKE Discusses Return Of FASTWAY

Marko Syrjälä of Metal-Rules.com recently conducted an interview with FASTWAY/ex-MOTÖRHEAD guitarist "Fast" Eddie Clarke. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: Metal-Rules.com: In the early Nineties, did you give up playing altogether? Clarke: Well, I didn't give up exactly, I did my solo album...