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JOE LYNN TURNER Blasts RITCHIE BLACKMORE's RAINBOW Comeback: 'The Fans Deserve Better Than A Cover Band'

Former RAINBOW and DEEP PURPLE singer Joe Lynn Turner has blasted Ritchie Blackmore for going out and performing the two bands' classic material with a new group musicians, explaining that "the fans deserve better than a cover band." Blackmore, 70, quit rock and roll in 1997 to form a medieval folk...

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MICHAEL SCHENKER Says He Turned Down Chance To Join MOTÖRHEAD

Michael Schenker says that he was asked by Lemmy to join MOTÖRHEAD as the band's first guitarist but claims that he declined because he "just couldn't see how it would work." Asked in a new interview with Metal Talk about the passing of Lemmy and whether he had any connection with the MOTÖRHEAD ...

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GARY MOORE's Guitars And Amps To Be Auctioned

Legendary guitarist Gary Moore's longtime guitar tech says that the late axeman's estate has decided to auction many of the guitars, amps, cabinets and pedals he once used. Graham Lilley, who worked with the former THIN LIZZY guitarist, noted session player, and blues rock icon for around two decade...

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GRAHAM BONNET BAND: 'My Kingdom Come' Song Available For Streaming

GRAHAM BONNET BAND's song "My Kingdom Come", from the group's current EP of the same name (available on iTunes),can be streamed below. The track was written by none other than Russ Ballard, who previously collaborated with Graham on such hit singles as RAINBOW's "Since You've Been Gone" and on Grah...

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GRAHAM BONNET BAND To Film Documentary On U.K. Tour

Canada's The Metal Voice will film a documentary diary on the GRAHAM BONNET BAND's U.K. tour. Titled "All Day And Night Long", the documentary will be shot starting on January 22 at the band's warm-up gig at this year's NAMM convention in Southern California and ending on February 2. The Metal Voice...

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TOOL Kicks Off North American Tour With New Lasers, Same Setlist

According to The Pulse Of Radio, TOOL kicked off its 2016 North American tour on Wednesday night (January 6) at the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium in San Francisco, performing the same set list that they delivered at their single 2015 show last Halloween in Arizona and opening with a cover of LED ZEPP...

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GRAHAM BONNET BAND: 'The Mirror Lies' Video Released

"The Mirror Lies", the new video from the GRAHAM BONNET BAND, can be seen below. The song is taken from the group's two-song single titled "My Kingdom Come", which came out last summer. The single's title track was written by none other than Russ Ballard, who previously collaborated with Graham on s...

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GRAHAM BONNET's Authorized Biography Due In Early 2016

The authorized biography of legendary hard rock vocalist Graham Bonnet (RAINBOW, MICHAEL SCHENKER GROUP, ALCATRAZZ, IMPELLITTERI) is tentatively due in early 2016. Graham Bonnet was born in Skegness in 1947 and had his first hit single with THE MARBLES in 1968, "Only One Woman", which reached No. 5...

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Ex-RAINBOW Singer GRAHAM BONNET: 'No One Is Happier Than I About RITCHIE BLACKMORE's Return To Rock'

Former RAINBOW singer Graham Bonnet says that "no one is happier" than he is about Ritchie Blackmore's "return to rock." Blackmore will perform RAINBOW and DEEP PURPLE material at what will probably be four shows next year in Europe. The U.K. concert will take place on Saturday, June 25 at the Genti...

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Video: ROB ZOMBIE, DOYLE WOLFGANG VON FRANKENSTEIN Join JOHN 5 On Stage To Perform MISFITS Classic

Rob Zombie and former MISFITS guitarist Doyle Wolfgang Von Frankenstein joined John 5 (ROB ZOMBIE, ex-MARILYN MANSON) on stage on Thursday, November 5 at the Whisky A Go Go in West Hollywood, California to play a cover of the MISFITS classic "Vampira". Video footage of the performance can be seen be...

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OZZY OSBOURNE Records Video Message In Support Of Birmingham Children's Hospital 'Big Hoot' Auction

According to Birmingham Mail, Ozzy Osbourne has recorded a video message in support of the the Big Hoot auction, which has raised more than £500,000 for Birmingham Children's Hospital in Birmingham, England Ozzy contributed to the project through Ozzy's Owl, one of eighty-nine eye-catching owl sculp...

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JUDAS PRIEST's ROB HALFORD: How I've Managed To Stay Sober For Thirty Years

During a brand new interview with The Reverend from Western Canada's "Rock N' Roll Breakfast Show", JUDAS PRIEST frontman Rob Halford spoke about how being clean and sober since January 6, 1986 has affected his live performance as well as his emotional well being. "Well, it's an incredible life, isn...

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GRAHAM BONNET BAND Signs With FRONTIERS MUSIC SRL

Frontiers Music Srl has announced the signing of the GRAHAM BONNET BAND for the release of a brand new studio album of original songs, tentatively due in early 2016. Currently making preparations for a February tour in the U.K., the GRAHAM BONNET BAND is a four-piece hard rock outfit led by Graham B...

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Original KILLER DWARFS Lineup Reunites On Stage In Toronto (Video)

According to M.E.A.T.'s Drew Masters, the original debut-album lineup of Toronto, Ontario, Canada's KILLER DWARFS performed live for the first time in 31 years this past Saturday night, September 19 at Toronto's premier rock venue, The Rockpile. The band's current (and founding) members — drummer Da...

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Man Indicted In Killing Of METALLICA Fan MORGAN HARRINGTON

A grand jury in Albemarle County, Virginia has indicted Jesse Leroy Matthew Jr. in the killing of Morgan Harrington, the 20-year-old METALLICA fan who vanished after leaving one of the band's concerts, only for her remains to be found several months later. Matthew also has been charged with abductio...