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ALICE COOPER: 'Believe It Or Not, I'm One Of Very Few Rockers Who Don't Trash Hotel Rooms'

Alice Cooper is one of several celebrities taking part in Crowne Plaza Hotels & Resorts' first national television advertising campaign. Slated to debut April 12, the multi-million dollar TV and online campaign features national golf commentator/journalist David Feherty attempting to moderate an...

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Former RAINBOW Bassist To Tour With TED NUGENT

According to a posting on The Rainbow Fanclan Legacy, former RAINBOW bassist Greg Smith will join Ted Nugent on his summer tour. "I was kinda looking forward to having a summer at home with the family: BBQ's, canoeing, camping, recording in the barn and just enjoying the Smith 'farm' but when Ted ca...

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DEEP PURPLE Singer IAN GILLAN: 'A Journey In Rock' DVD Details Revealed

According to a posting at the DEEP PURPLE fan site TheHighwayStar.com, DEEP PURPLE singer Ian Gillan's new six-hour autobiographical DVD, "Highway Star – A Journey in Rock", offers a thorough, compelling and infectious look at Ian's professional career — which in 2006 reached its 40th anniversary. T...

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Former UNSANCTIFIED Vocalist Joins ARCTIC WINDS

Longtime underground vocalist Don Marhefka (UNSANCTIFIED, BURIAL, EVILUTION) has joined the Los Angeles-based death/thrash metal act ARCTIC WINDS. Commented Marhefka: "The new [ARCTIC WINDS] record is almost complete. Unfortunatly I am NOT on the new record. The old singer quit the band the day befo...

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Reunited UNKNOWN CURE To Enter Studio In May

Tampa Bay-based thrash/death metal band UNKNOWN CURE has reformed after a two-year silence. Armed with new drummer Dave Conte and bassist William Beck, the group will enter the studio in May to begin work on the follow-up to 2002's "Afterlife". According to the band's official bio, UNKNOWN CURE's "A...

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BENEDICTUM: Live Cover Of SABBATH Classic 'Heaven And Hell' Posted Online

San Diego-based female-fronted power metallers BENEDICTUM have posted their version of the BLACK SABBATH classic "Heaven and Hell", recorded last December during the band's European tour as the support act for DORO. Check it out on the official BENEDICTUM MySpace page. BENEDICTUM's acclaimed Locomot...

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SLAYER Drummer DAVE LOMBARDO: 'I Don't Practice At Home'

The U.K.'s "best-selling drum magazine" Rhythm (web site) recently conducted an interview with SLAYER drummer Dave Lombardo. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: On training his left bass drum foot on his hi-hat: "IRON MAIDEN first did it in the song 'Ghenghis Khan' where the hi-hat is doing w...

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DOKKEN, KINGDOM COME To Team Up For 'Defenders Of Rock' European Tour

DOKKEN and KINGDOM COME will team up for the "Defenders of Rock" double-headliner tour between September 26 and October 22. So far only one date has been released: October 7 at the Z Rock 2007 festival at Maximes, Wigan, United Kingdom. Rhino Records last month revisited DOKKEN's early days with a p...

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AEROSMITH Offers Support For Bulgaria's 'I Don't Drive Drunk' Campaign

According to SofiaEcho.com, AEROSMITH is one of a number of Bulgarian and international celebrities who have offered their support for the "I Don't Drive Drunk" road safety campaign. D-2 rock band musicians supported the initiative and presented drivers in Sofia with information materials on the cam...

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BLACK SABBATH: Three Chapters From 'Sabbath Bloody Sabbath' Biography Available Online

Rockdetector.com, the world's biggest rock and metal database with over 56,000 band pages, is now hosting no less than three chapters of Garry Sharpe-Young's acclaimed BLACK SABBATH biography "Sabbath Bloody Sabbath" at this location. Described by Black-Sabbath.com as the "SABBATH bible," Garry's bo...

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Worldwide Response To ROCKLAHOMA 'Amazing'

Only one week after announcing plans for Rocklahoma, the largest '80s rock festival of its kind to ever be organized, an onslaught of fans worldwide have purchased tickets and made their plans to travel to Oklahoma. Fans from throughout Europe, Australia, South Africa, Canada and 32 states in the U....

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DOKKEN, HOUSE OF LORDS, KINGDOM COME Confirmed For U.K.'s Z ROCK Festival

DOKKEN, HOUSE OF LORDS and KINGDOM COME have been confirmed for the Z Rock 2007 festival, set to take place October 7 at Maximes, Wigan, United Kingdom. More acts will be announced over the coming weeks. Tickets will go on sale April 23 via various outlets. Z Rock 2007 tickets are priced at £45 adva...

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ZAKK WYLDE: 'I Don't Give A F**k About Being Famous'

Glam-Metal.com recently conducted an interview with BLACK LABEL SOCIETY mainman/OZZY OSBOURNE guitarist Zakk Wylde. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: Glam-Metal.com: The next Ozzy record, what were your contributions? Zakk: I wrote all the songs with Ozzy and everything like that, and Mike...

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POISON To Release Covers Album 'Poison'd' In June

POISON, one of rock's most iconic and enduring bands, has recorded a new album of cover songs, featuring many of their favorite rock classics. "Poison'd", the band's first new studio album since 2002, will be released June 5 on CD and digitally by EMI America Records/Capitol. Featuring POISON's orig...

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PAIN Mainman Discusses New Album; Video Available

A seven-minute video interview with PAIN leader Peter Tägtgren (also of HYPOCRISY) about the Swedish band's fifth full-length album, "Psalms of Extinction", has been posted online at this location (Windows Media). The video also includes a tour of Peter's legendary Abyss Studios where such acclaimed...