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EMPIRE: New Album Nearing Completion

German guitarist Rolf Munkes (MAJESTY, EMPIRE, RAZORBACK, ex-VANIZE) is putting the finishing touches on the third EMPIRE album, tentatively due in May via AOR Heaven Records. "I'm mixing the last three titles right now," Munkes writes on his web site. "Be prepared for a mystic, powerful and fantast...

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MÖTLEY CRÜE Guitarist Receives Medical Attention After Being Pulled Off Stage By Fan

MÖTLEY CRÜE's official web site has been updated with the following "review" of the group's New Year's Eve concert in Detroit, Michigan: "MÖTLEY CRÜE's New Years Eve show in Detroit, MI was amazing! The night started off with a 45-minute sound check where the band quickly learned U2's 'New Year's Da...

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Original ANTHRAX Frontman NEIL TURBIN: New Album Title, Track Listing Revealed

According to a posting on former ANTHRAX frontman Neil Turbin's official web site, Neil and his band, NEIL TURBIN'S DEATHRIDERS, have set "A Fate Worse Than Death" as the new title of their upcoming album (which previously had the working title of "Diary of a Metal Thrashing Madman"). The CD, which...

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MÖTLEY CRÜE Among Top 20 Concert Tours Of 2005

MÖTLEY CRÜE ended 2005 among the top 20 in concert sales receipts, according to Pollstar, the industry trade magazine. THE ROLLING STONES' "A Bigger Bang" tour led all other concert tours in 2005 with $162 million in gross receipts, the Associated Press reported. The average STONES ticket was $133.9...

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Former ADLER'S APPETITE Members Claim Ownership Of Band's Name, Threaten Legal Action

Former ADLER'S APPETITE members Jizzy Pearl (vocals; RATT, LOVE/HATE),Keri Kelli (guitar; VINCE NEIL, SLASH'S SNAKEPIT) and Robbie Crane (bass; VINCE NEIL, RATT) have issued the following statement: "Concerning the recent departure of members of ADLER'S APPETITE, Keri, Robbie and Jizzy would like t...

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MÖTLEY CRÜE Recall Last New Year's Eve Controversy

Launch Radio Networks reports: MÖTLEY CRÜE will welcome 2006 with a New Year's Eve show tomorrow (Saturday, December 31) in Auburn Hills, Michigan. It was last New Year's Eve that frontman Vince Neil uttered the F-word on NBC's "The Tonight Show With Jay Leno", setting off a firestorm of reaction th...

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RUSH Frontman Hopes To Release New Album Next Summer

RUSH bassist/vocalist Geddy Lee has told MTV.com that he, guitarist Alex Lifeson and drummer Neil Peart have been getting their home studios ready to start writing the group's new album, and in January they plan to begin the collaborative process. "The whole process of writing, recording and getting...

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AEROSMITH Are Michigan's Top Moneymakers

According to Michigan's The Grand Rapids Press, AEROSMITH recently became the highest-grossing act in Van Andel Arena (Grand Rapids, MI) history, topping $2.85 million in ticket sales over five appearances dating back to 1998. "From an industry perspective, when you've got a band that can draw that...

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VINCE NEIL's Former Personal Trainer Arrested For Murder

Boston's WHDH-TV is reporing that professional bodybuilder Craig Titus — who helped MÖTLEY CRÜE frontman Vince Neil lose 20 pounds as part of VH1's "Remaking: Vince Neil" special — and his wife, Kelly Ryan, were arrested Friday (Dec. 23) in Massachusetts as fugitives in the slaying of a woman whose...

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M3: Acoustic Version Of WHITESNAKE's 'Here I Go Again' Posted Online

M3, the "classic WHITESNAKE" tribute band featuring Bernie Marsden (guitar, ex-WHITESNAKE),Micky Moody (guitar, ex-WHITESNAKE),Neil Murray (ex-WHITESNAKE, BLACK SABBATH),Jimmy Copley (drums, ex-PAUL RODGERS, GILLAN, BECK),Mark Stanway (keyboards, ex-MAGNUM) and Stefan Berggren (vocals, SNAKES IN...

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IBEX Featuring YAKUZA, Ex-CORPSE VOMIT Members: Audio Available

IBEX, the new band featuring members of YAKUZA and the now-defunct Chicago metal act CORPSE VOMIT, have uploaded three demo tracks to their MySpace.com page. The songs "Lessons in Deception", "Fall of the Savior" and "Stillborn Amputee" are being described as "melodic death metal without all the fuc...

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RUSH Frontman Talks About 'R30' DVD, Possibility Of Another Covers Album

Fender News recently conducted an interview with RUSH bassist/vocalist Geddy Lee. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: Fender News: Choosing archival footage for [the] "R30" [DVD] must have evoked all sorts of memories. Was there anything in particular that really grabbed you? Geddy Lee: "(sig...

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Former GUNS N' ROSES Drummer: ADLER'S APPETITE Revamped

Former GUNS N' ROSES drummer Steven Adler has parted ways with the entire ADLER'S APPETITE band that recorded the group's debut EP, including guitarist Keri Kelli (VINCE NEIL, SLASH'S SNAKEPIT),bassist Robbie Crane (VINCE NEIL, RATT) and singer Jizzy Pearl (RATT, LOVE/HATE). Also gone from the band...

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CLOVEN HOOF To Release New Album In February

Reunited NWOBHM (New Wave of British Heavy Metal) legends CLOVEN HOOF will release their long-awaited new album, "Eye of the Sun" in February 2006 via XZec Records. The first 1,000 [copies] will be autographed by each band member as part of a limited edition. "Eye of the Sun" was produced by Tom Gal...

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MÖTLEY CRÜE: 'In The Studio' Book Available For Pre-Order Via Official Webstore

In the spring of 2006, Rock N' Roll Books will release "Mötley Crüe: In the Studio" to retail, but currently it is exclusively available for pre-order through both Nikki Sixx and Vince Neil's official webstores, as well as through MÖTLEY CRÜE's at this location. This is the first and only title devo...