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Former HEATHEN Bassist Died Trying To 'Get Clean'
San Francisco Bay Area metallers HEATHEN have issued an official statement regarding the tragic passing of their former bassist Mike "Yaz" Jastremski. The statement reads as follows: "We are numb and deeply saddened by the death of our brother Mike 'Yaz' Jastremski, who passed on May 23, 2005 [at th...May 25, 2005
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GENE SIMMONS Says There Are No Plans To Record New KISS Album
On May 19, 2005, KISS fan site The Kiss Underground Archives conducted an interview with KISS bassist/vocalist Gene Simmons. Several excerpts from the interview follow: The Kiss Underground Archives: What's going on in the world of KISS? Gene Simmons: "What's going on is that obviously the best way...May 25, 2005
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IRON MAIDEN Singer Discusses New Solo Album, Upcoming Solo DVD
Australia's The Metal Forge recently conducted an in-depth interview with IRON MAIDEN frontman Bruce Dickinson. Several excerpts from the interview follow: On his new solo album, "Tyranny of Souls": "I've actually been thinking of doing another solo release since the success of 'The Chemical Wedding...May 19, 2005
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CHILDREN OF BODOM Frontman Talks About Upcoming Album 'Are You Dead Yet?'
CHILDREN OF BODOM guitarist/vocalist Alexi Laiho recently gave an exclusive interview to the COB fan site Scythes-Of-Bodom.com. Several excerpts from the interview follow: Scythes-Of-Bodom.com: Where exactly was the [new] album recorded? Alexi: "It's recorded in a house in Helsinki with (Mikko) Karm...May 19, 2005
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MEGADETH Mainman Breaks The Ice With DREAM THEATER, NEVERMORE Guitarists
MEGADETH mainman Dave Mustaine has posted the following message in the "Forums" section of the band's official web site: "Yesterday [May 17] was the first official roundtable interview and photoshoot for Gigantour and it consisted of myself, John Petrucci from DREAM THEATER, and Jeff Loomis from NEV...May 18, 2005
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TESTAMENT Frontman Comments On San Francisco Benefit Concert
TESTAMENT frontman Chuck Billy has issued the following update: "The [San Francisco] Bay Area is our hometown and people have been asking us to play a hometown show so here it is. We are going back to Europe in July. So we decided to do a warm-up show the weekend before we left. We were ...May 18, 2005
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SOILWORK Guitarist Says He May Form Side-Project With Drummer HENRY RANTA
SOILWORK guitarist Peter Wichers recently spoke to Wormwood Chronicles about the band's unstable drum situation, a possible new project involving Wichers and former SOILWORK drummer Henry Ranta and conflicts with CHIMAIRA. A couple of excerpts from the interview follow: Wormwood Chronicles: One othe...May 15, 2005
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Judge In Station GREAT WHITE Fire Criminal Case To Hear Arguments On Jurors
The Associated Press has issued the following report: The judge in the nightclub fire criminal case said he will hear arguments about whether defense lawyers can resume questionning grand jurors, after the state said it was improper. Lawyers for nightclub owners Jeffrey and Michael Derderian have sa...May 9, 2005
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Blood Run
There's a classic left-brain, right-brain dilemma at work when trying to review UNSANE albums. From a strictly analytical point of view, all their shit pretty much sounds the same — Chris Spencer writes a bunch of harsh, angular riffs and yells a lot over them, and the rhythms are all angular and qu...May 8, 2005
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SLIPKNOT: More Details Emerge About Council Bluffs Concert Riot
Courtney Brummer of The Daily NonPareil has issued the following report: Two people were arrested as the result of a disturbance during the SLIPKNOT concert at the Mid-America Center [in Council Bluffs, Iowa] Friday night. The incident began during the concert when audience members rushed a door tha...May 1, 2005
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LINKIN PARK's SHINODA Can't Wait To Unleash FORT MINOR Side-Project
LINKIN PARK rapper Mike Shinoda will be releasing his highly anticipated side-project FORT MINOR later this summer. Shinoda, the producer and beat-maker behind JAY-Z's and LINKIN PARK's "Collision Course", sees FORT MINOR as an extension of who he is as a musician, producer and visual artist: "I did...April 27, 2005
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Audience Fails To Hear Fire Alarm During MÖTLEY CRÜE Concert
Trevor Maxwell of Maine's Portland Press Herald is reporting that the failure of audience members at a recent MÖTLEY CRÜE concert to hear a fire alarm is forcing Maine's Cumberland County Civic Center to review its emergency procedures. Dave Graves, a Wells resident who was among roughly 6,000 peopl...April 27, 2005
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SUFFOCATION Cancel ROTTERDAM DEATHFEST Appearance, ABORTED Step In
Reunited death metal legends SUFFOCATION have pulled out of their previously announced headlining appearance at this year's Rotterdam Deathfest, set to take place May 14 in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. An official statement from the festival organizers regarding the cancellation reads as follows: "We...April 26, 2005
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FLOTSAM AND JETSAM War Of Words Continues: Singer A.K. And Bassist WARD Duke It Out
FLOTSAM AND JETSAM singer Eric A.K. and bassist Jason Ward have continued their war of words on the band's official message board, with Eric asking Ward to "put the crack pipe down long enough" to give him a call, and Ward responding that he has done nothing to "deserve this kind of disrespect" from...April 23, 2005
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MÖTLEY CRÜE's TOMMY LEE: 'I'm Always About Keepin' It Fresh'
MÖTLEY CRÜE drummer Tommy Lee recently spoke to goTriad.com about the group's "Red, White, and Crüe 2005...Better Live Than Dead" tour and his upcoming reality TV show, among other topics. Several excerts from the interview follow: goTriad.com: I've heard this [tour] could go on for three years. Is...April 19, 2005
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