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DEF LEPPARD: Covers CD Delayed
According to a posting on DEF LEPPARD's official web site, the release date of DEF LEPPARD's all-covers set, entitled "Yeah!" has been pushed back to late 2005/early 2006 from the previously announced September 20. No reason was given for the delay. Guitarist Phil Collen recently told Billboard.com...July 27, 2005
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OASIS Frontman Slams MANOWAR Over 'Loudest Band' Claim
Canada's ChartAttack.com is reporting that British rockers OASIS have an unlikely new adversary — Auburn, New York heavy metal band MANOWAR. That's what happens when you stop singer Liam Gallagher in mid-brag about how OASIS are "like, the loudest band in the fucking world onstage" and tell him that...July 25, 2005
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DEF LEPPARD Guitarist To Release Solo Album
Launch Radio Networks reports: DEF LEPPARD guitarist Vivian Campbell will release his first solo album, "Two Sides of If", on September 6. Campbell will be joined on the blues-oriented album by ZZ TOP's Billy Gibbons, singer Joan Osbourne, and former FRANK ZAPPA and MISSING PERSONS drummer Terry Boz...July 25, 2005
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BLO.TORCH Recruit Fill-In Guitarist
Dutch death metallers BLO.TORCH have posted the following message on their official web site: "As the visitors of our show at the Metropolis Festival have noticed, a few face has appeared within the BLO.TORCH ranks. This new face is [guitarist] Rory Hansen. For the record: Marvin [Vriesde] has not l...July 18, 2005
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Weakening the Structure
"Too hardcore to be death metal, too death metal to be hardcore" is the lead sentence in the press release for Maryland's RECOURSE. There's some truth to the statement, as "Weakening the Structure" hits like a hardcore album, muscled riffs, sledgehammer rhythms, and Troy Norwood's mid-range tough gu...June 5, 2005
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POWERGOD: 'Metal Lesson II' Tribute Album Track Listing Revealed
Germany's POWERGOD will be releasing their new '80s metal tribute album, "Long Live The Loud – That's Metal Lesson II", in July via Massacre Records. The complete track listing for the effort is as follows: 01. Fall Out / Long Live The Loud (originally performed by EXCITER) 02. Screams from the Grav...June 3, 2005
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TOMMY LEE, AXL ROSE And GENE SIMMONS Are Among '20 Baddest Boys' In Music
MÖTLEY CRÜE drummer Tommy Lee, GUNS N' ROSES frontman Axl Rose and KISS bassist/vocalist Gene Simmons are among the 20 "baddest boys" in music, according to a list compiled by the MuchMoreMusic show "Listed". Hosted by Karina Huber, "Listed" features a weekly roster of top artists who live in the re...May 21, 2005
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COMBAT RECORDS To Relaunch
KOCH Records has announced the relaunch and resurrection of the classic Combat Records label brand, the birthing place of hard rock and hard core titans like VENOM, EXODUS, MEGADETH, POSSESSED, C.O.C., NUCLEAR ASSAULT, DEATH, DARK ANGEL and many more. The new venture will focus on developing new ban...May 13, 2005
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Guide To Extinction
NOCTURNE are the latest in a long line of female-fronted, electronic-tinged rock bands (the most well-known being GARBAGE). Like many of these groups, the "industrial" elements found within seem more like superficial machine trappings hung on a basic hard rock framework — enough stuff to warrant pla...May 8, 2005
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ALICE COOPER And BRUCE DICKINSON Among Top Sporting Rock Stars
Alice Cooper and IRON MAIDEN frontman Bruce Dickinson were named two of the Top 10 Sporting Rock Stars by the U.K.'s The Sunday Times newspaper. A explanation for each musician's inclusion reads as follows: Alice Cooper: "Having spent most of the Seventies in thrall to drugs and drink, Alice Cooper...April 24, 2005
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TONY MARTIN's Upcoming Solo Tour To Concentrate On BLACK SABBATH Material
Former BLACK SABBATH singer Tony Martin and his solo band will make their first-ever appearance in Italy, supporting Martin's new solo album, "Scream", and playing all the best songs from the Tony Martin years in SABBATH. The concert will take place on May 14 at the Harley Davidson Super Rally in Pa...April 9, 2005
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DEF LEPPARD Guitarist VIVIAN CAMPBELL To Record Solo Album
DEF LEPPARD guitarist Vivian Campbell wil enter the studio April 11-13 to begin work on his first solo album. The record, which will reportedly contain about a dozen cover songs from blues legends such as Robert Johnson, Muddy Waters, Rory Gallagher and others, will be released "sometime in 2005" on...April 1, 2005
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Original FOGHAT Guitarist Dies From Injuries Sustained In Accidental Fall
Legendary guitarist Rod Price, founding member of the blues boogie band FOGHAT, passed away on March 22, 2005 at the age of 57 in Wilton, New Hampshire. Price sustained a massive head trauma in an accidental stairway fall. Born November 22, 1947 in London, England, Price gained notoriety for his sig...March 23, 2005
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Anomalies
An apt title if there ever was one, if CEPHALIC CARNAGE's twisted style of mind fucking grindcore and death metal isn't anomalous in a world of pretenders and imitators, then please restate your definition of the term. It will come as no surprise to anyone that has spent any time at all with "Lucid...March 20, 2005
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RECOURSE Sign With THIS DARK REIGN
Maryland-based death metal/hardcore quartet RECOURSE have inked a deal with This Dark Reign Records. Drawing their influences from such notable acts as D.R.I., HATEBREED and LAMB OF GOD, RECOURSE fuse the energy and angst of American hardcore punk with the precision and technique of brutal English d...January 12, 2005
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