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UNSANCTIFIED Frontman Looking To Join New Band

Longtime UNSANCTIFIED screamer Don Marhefka is looking to join an established working band, or to form a new project in the Los Angeles area. "It appears that UNSANCTIFIED has been put on hold permanently," Marhefka explains. "I have been with the band for six wonderful years, and I'm still not sure...

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CAUGHT IN A TRAP To Release Full-Length Debut In April

Hardcore outfit CAUGHT IN A TRAP has set "Rats Get Fat" as the title of its debut album, tentatively due in April 2007 through No Joke Records. The CD, which was recorded with legendary hardcore producer Don Fury (AGNOSTIC FRONT, MADBALL, SICK OF IT ALL) at the helm, will feature the following track...

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FRANKENSTEIN 3000 Added To New York City's NEW YEAR'S ROCK FEST

East Coast hard rock outfit FRANKENSTEIN 3000 has been added to New Year's Rock Fest at Don Hill's in New York City on Thursday, December 28. L.A. GUNS is also appearing and NEW YORK DOLLS vocalist David Johansen is hosting the evening. The show is being taped for broadcast on Japan's Fuji televisio...

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JUDAS PRIEST Frontman Says Don't Forget The Real Meaning Of Christmas

Launch Radio Networks reports: It might seem funny to some people, what with all the black leather and everything, but JUDAS PRIEST frontman Rob Halford is really into the holiday season. He wishes the advertising was toned down, but he told Launch that the real meanings behind Christmas — peace and...

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SEPULTURA Frontman: 'We Don't Plan On Playing OZZFEST'

Sandra Valladolid of the El Paso Times recently conducted an interview with SEPULTURA frontman Derrick Green. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: On the group's current tour: "It's intense. We have our loyal fans that have stuck with SEPULTURA since the beginning, but we're also seeing a lot...

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Former MARDUK Vocalist LEGION: 'I Don't Give A Sh*t About Those Douchey Christians'

Former MARDUK vocalist Legion (a.k.a. Erik Hagsted) has issued the following update on his ELIZIUM project (formerly REBELANGELS): "Here are two new songs, 'Instigator' and 'Jackal', as made for the merry holiday season, something to crank up your stereo with when your neighbours start singing those...

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ALICE COOPER Psyched About Charity Show Lineup

Launch Radio Networks reports: Alice Cooper's sixth annual charity concert takes place this Saturday (December 16) in Phoenix, to benefit Cooper's Solid Rock Foundation, which helps young people deal with situations including gangs, drugs, and guns. The show, called the Christmas Pudding concert, wi...

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JUDAS PRIEST Frontman Performs 'Devil's Child' With JIM BREUER: Video Available

A video clip of JUDAS PRIEST frontman Rob Halford and "heavy-metal comedian" Jim Breuer dueting on PRIEST's "Devil's Child" live on the "Breuer Unleashed" show on Sirius Satellite Radio in New York City last week has been posted online at YouTube.com. The last time Halford apparently sang this song...

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GUNS N' ROSES Guitarist: 'Life's Too Damn Short To Be Upset About What You Don't Have'

GUNS N' ROSES guitarist Ron "Bumblefoot" Thal has issued a response to the news that the Italian GUNS N' ROSES fan site Gnronline.it has gone "on strike" to protest the lack of official information regarding the band and its long-awaited album, "Chinese Democracy". As previously reported, the Gnronl...

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CLOVEN HOOF: Reunited Lineup To Make Live Debut In March

NWOBHM (New Wave of British Heavy Metal) legends CLOVEN HOOF have issued the following update: "Limelight club Crewe [United Kingdom] on Thursday 29th March 2007, will be the first venue to feature the reunited lineup. It promises to be quite a night as the band will be committed to tight recording...

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Secret Society

Call it the "Ultraphobic" syndrome. Remember that record? When '80s hair-metal disasters WARRANT's parking meter on Easy Street expired, and all the sudden they decided they were gonna be tougher, more modern, more with the times? "Ultraphobic" turned out to be really good (no, seriously),but it ha...

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Guitarist JEFF DUNCAN: 'I Really Don't Know The Future Of ARMORED SAINT'

Metal Bubba recently conducted an interview with ARMORED SAINT/DC4 guitarist Jeff Duncan. A few excerpts from the chat follow: Q: What do you think the future holds for ARMORED SAINT? You guys working on some more shows? Any songwriting going on? Any talk of a record? Jeff: No. The thing is, I reall...

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JIMI HENDRIX Guitar Auctioned For $168,000

Reuters reports that a Texas bookstore owner won the bidding for one of rock legend Jimi Hendrix's electric guitars — a 1968 Fender Stratocaster — for $168,000, the guitar's strap for $10,800 and a photograph of Hendrix and band members Noel Redding and Mitch Mitchell framed by two topless blondes f...

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Original EDEN Guitarist RICK SCOTT CROCCO Passes Away

Longtime metal journalist and Shockwaves magazine editor Bob Nalbandian has released the following announcement to BLABBERMOUTH.NET: "I am saddened to report that Rick Scott Crocco passed away on the morning of December 3, 2006 in his home in Salt Lake City, Utah. The cause of death is undisclosed....

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Ex-VAN HALEN Bassist MICHAEL ANTHONY: 'I Don't Know Exactly What The Next Year Will Bring'

Former VAN HALEN bassist Michael Anthony has posted the following message on his official web site: Well, the holidays are already here and it seems like this year just flew by! "First of all, I would like to say, 'Thank You' to everyone who came out and suported us on tour this past summer. You ...