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CLUTCH: 'Burning Beard' Video Posted Online

CLUTCH's video for the song "Burning Beard", off their latest release, "Robot Hive/Exodus", has been posted online at this location (Quicktime required). "Robot Hive / Exodus" has sold 25,000 copies in the United States since its late June release, according to Nielsen SoundScan. "Robot Hive / Exodu...

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Robot Hive/Exodus

It's a testament to the organic strengths of CLUTCH that when they set up, start dicking around, and hit "record," the results still outstrip almost every overcalculated bunch of try-too-hard scenesters currently stinking up the record racks. The follow-up to last year's "Blast Tyrant" is definitely...

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Artist Killed During CORROSION OF CONFORMITY Concert In Tampa

Valerie Kalfrin of Tampa Bay Online has issued the following report: The Masquerade in Ybor City has beckoned Thomas "Tommy" Laskas to hang out and hear a band since he was a teenager. Years ago, when he was about 15, he borrowed a friend's car to drive to the club at 15th Street ...

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CLUTCH To Perform At Virgin Megastore In New York City

CLUTCH and Bam Margera are joining forces to throw a record-release event at Virgin Megastore Union Square in New York City on Thursday, June 23. CLUTCH will be performing and signing copies of their new album, "Robot Hive / Exodus", as well as Bam Margera's new compilation, "Viva La Bands" (which i...

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YELLOW MATTER CUSTARD: DREAM THEATER Drummer's BEATLES Cover Band Releases Live DVD

YELLOW MATTER CUSTARD, the BEATLES cover band consisting of Paul Gilbert (RACER X, ex-MR. BIG) on guitar, Mike Portnoy (DREAM THEATER) on drums, Neal Morse (ex-SPOCK'S BEARD) on guitar and keyboards, and Matt Bissonette (DAVID LEE ROTH) on bass, have issued their long-awaited live DVD, entitled "One...

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CLUTCH: New Album Samples Posted Online

A new CLUTCH e-card, containing samples of the new tracks "Burning Beard", "Mice & Gods" and "10,0011,10101", can be accessed at this location. The songs come off CLUTCH's upcoming studio album, "Robot Hive / Exodus", due June 21 via DRT Entertainment. "Robot Hive / Exodus" was produced by J. Ro...

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DREAM THEATER Drummer's BEATLES 'Cover Band' Comes To DVD

Neal Morse's (ex-SPOCK'S BEARD) web site has been updated with the following message: "YELLOW MATTER CUSTARD (Mike Portnoy, Neal Morse, Paul Gilbert and Matt Bissonette) has been captured on DVD. Very cool. It's been Mike Portnoy's dream all his life to be in a BEATLES cover band. (Who would've ever...

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Mafia

Legend has it that JAMES BROWN used to make his new records on tour, pretty much as he came up with the hook for each song. He'd pull the bus over in whatever town the band was driving through, hustle everyone into the nearest studio, hum and point and snap his fingers 'till everyone got ...

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METALLICA's Fan Worship Documented On 'Metallimania' DVD

Killing Time Productions are releasing an unofficial 95-minute documentary on DVD, titled "Metallimania" and filmed between 1994 to 1996, that humorously captured METALLICA and the outer limits of fan worship in a pre-Napster world. Like "Some Kind of Monster", "Metallimania" was also financed with...

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Drummer MARK ZONDER Talks About His Current Status With FATES WARNING

FATES WARNING drummer Mark Zonder recently gave an interview to the group's official web site about his current status with the band, his drumming technique and his other projects, among other topics. Several excerpts from the interview follow: Q: The Official statement regarding your involvement wi...

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Bassist JOEY VERA Offers Updates On FATES WARNING, ANTHRAX

Bassist extraordinaire Joey Vera (FATES WARNING, ANTHRAX) has posted the following message on his web site: "Last weekend FATES WARNING shot a video for the tune 'Simple Human' from our new CD titled 'FWX'. It's basically a live performance video with some 'acting' talents courtesy of our lead singe...

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DISGORGE Nearly Done Mixing New Album

California death-grind band DISGORGE entered Black Beard Studio in late 2004 to begin recording their Crash Music Inc. debut, "Parallels of Infinite Torture", tentatively due out in the spring. "We are near the end of our mixing stage, all tracks where laid down in December and sound blistering!" th...

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It's Official: SPOCK'S BEARD Drummer To Join FATES WARNING On European Tour

As widely expected, legendary progressive metallers FATES WARNING have officially recruited SPOCK'S BEARD drummer Nick D'Virgilio to replace Mark Zonder on their upcoming European tour. Nick is a first-class drummer and toured with such artists as TEARS FOR FEARS, MIKE KENEALLY, JONATHAN BROOKE, ERI...

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DREAM THEATER Drummer To Join FATES WARNING For Holland's HEADWAY FESTIVAL

DREAM THEATER drummer Mike Portnoy will be sitting behind the kit for FATES WARNING during their appearance at the Headway Festival in Amstelveen, Netherlands on April 3. As previously reported, FATES WARNING's appearance at Headway and their previously announced five headlining shows in February wi...

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FATES WARNING To Be Joined By SPOCK'S BEARD Drummer On Upcoming Tour

According to a posting at SpocksBeard.com, there is "a good chance" that SPOCK'S BEARD drummer Nick D'Virgilio will be joining legendary progressive metal act FATES WARNING on their European tour in February. "FATES is a great rock band that I had the good fortune to tour with a couple of years ago,...