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JASON NEWSTED On Rock-Band Therapy: Certain People Are Not Made To Be Opened Up And Exposed

The June 20 edition of The New York Times Magazine contains a long and revealing article about the making of METALLICA's $4.3-million documentary "Some Kind of Monster" that features brand-new interviews with many of the parties involved in the making of the film, including the bandmembers themselve...

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MACHINE HEAD: New Live Videos Posted Online

HDPvidz.com is currently hosting a couple of professional-quality video clips of MACHINE HEAD performing live on June 4 at the Rock Am Ring festival in Germany. Download the files at the following locations: "Imperium" (MPG, 63 MB),"The Blood, The Sweat, The Tears" (MPG, 51 MB). In other news, ...

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METALLICA's LARS ULRICH Selling Home For $10 Million: Photos Available

METALLICA drummer Lars Ulrich's five-bedroom, six-bath home at 11 Place Moulin, Tiburon in the Marin County, California is on the market for $9.99 million via Nancy Allen of Pacific Union GMAC Real Estate, Mill Valley, according to the Marin Independent Journal. The 13,000-square-foot, three-level h...

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METALLICA's LARS ULRICH Explains Absence From DOWNLOAD Festival

METALLICA drummer Lars Ulrich has issued a videotaped message explaining his absence from the group's headlining performance at the Download festival on Sunday (June 6). A BLABBERMOUTH.NET transcript of the message follows: "We've been going pretty hard for most of the year, as you are aware, and we...

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LARS ULRICH To Rejoin METALLICA On Stage In Germany

METALLICA drummer Lars Ulrich will "definitely" join the band at their performance in Ludwigshafen, Germany Tuesday night (June 8),according to an online posting by METALLICA's webmaster Niclas Swanlund. "I know you are all worried about Lars," he writes. "The reports I have heard [Tuesday] morning...

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SLIPKNOT's JORDISON: It Was An Honor To Play For METALLICA

SLIPKNOT drummer Joey Jordison has commented on filling in for METALLICA drummer Lars Ulrich for their headlining performance at the Download festival in England Sunday (June 6). "It was an honor last night to play for a band I've looked up to for so long," Jordison said in a statement. "[Before thi...

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Report: METALLICA Drummer 'Waiting On Test Results'

NME.com is reporting that METALLICA's Lars Ulrich is in a German hospital waiting for the results of tests after falling ill in Europe. As previously reported, the group had to play last night's (June 6) Download headline slot with SLIPKNOT and SLAYER drummers Joey Jordison and Dave Lombardo. Accord...

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Report: MACHINE HEAD, HATEBREED, LIFE OF AGONY Drummers Jammed With METALLICA

According to Metal Hammer, MACHINE HEAD's Dave McClain, HATEBREED's Matt Byrne and LIFE OF AGONY's Sal Abruscato all jammed with James Hetfield, Robert Trujillo and and Kirk Hammett before the METALLICA trio settled on the drum line-up of Joey Jordison (SLIPKNOT),Dave Lombardo (SLAYER) and Flemming...

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METALLICA's KIRK HAMMETT Named Best Guitarist At CALIFORNIA MUSIC AWARDS

METALLICA's Kirk Hammett was honored with the "Outstanding Guitarist" award at this year's California Music Awards, which were held Sunday (June 6) at the Frank H. Ogawa Plaza in front of Oakland City Hall. The San Francisco-based heavy metal band were nominated for three awards at the event, includ...

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DOWNLOAD 2004: METALLICA, KORN, SLIPKNOT Photos Posted Online

METALLICA (minus drummer Lars Ulrich),KORN and SLIPKNOT were among the performers at the Download festival in Donington Park, England Sunday (June 6). Check out pictures from Film Magic. As previously reported, Ulrich was taken to hospital with an undisclosed illness just hours before METALLICA wer...

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DAVE MUSTAINE Sends 'Get Well' Message To LARS ULRICH: 'I Love Ya Bro'

MEGADETH mainman — and former METALLICA guitarist — Dave Mustaine has issued the following statement regarding the reports that METALLICA drummer Lars Ulrich missed the band's performance at Download festival in England after being hospitalized in Zurich, Switzerland. "It is reported that something...

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Report: SLIPKNOT Drummer Saves Day For METALLICA At DOWNLOAD

Virtual Festivals reports: "Rock history was made today as METALLICA seized triumph from the jaws of disaster, after drummer Lars Ulrich was hospitalised with a mystery ailment, on the day of their headline performance at the second day of the Download Festival. "Whereas lesser bands would fold in t...

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Update: METALLICA's DOWNLOAD Set List Revealed, Photos Posted Online

METALLICA's official web site, MetOnTour.com, has issued a statement confirming reports that drummer Lars Ulrich was absent from the group's gig at the Download festival earlier tonight. It reads as follows: "Yes, the rumours are true, Lars was not present at the Download Festival. Joey Jordison fro...

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METALLICA At DOWNLOAD Festival: LARS ULRICH Hospitalized, SLAYER And SLIPKNOT Drummers Fill In

SLAYER's Dave Lombardo and SLIPKNOT's Joey Jordison filled in for Lars Ulrich during METALLICA's performance at Download festival in England earlier today after Ulrich was reportedly hospitalized in Zurich, Switzerland. More information as it becomes available. (Thanks: Total Rock / Inter Sandman) ....

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Hell Bent For Weather: Swedish Meteorologists To Perform At SWEDEN ROCK

Pär Holmgren and Pererik Åberg, the two most famous meteorologists on Swedish national TV (SVT),have put together a band that will perform at this year's Sweden Rock festival. The band, dubbed SPRIDDA SKURARS ("Scattered Showers" in Swedish),will perform well-known hard rock classics with re-writt...