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LED ZEPPELIN Guitarist Made Honorary Citizen Of Rio De Janeiro
Bloomberg.com is reporting that LED ZEPPELIN legend Jimmy Page was awarded honorary citizenship in the state of Rio de Janeiro for his work with Brazil's poor and abandoned children. Page, whose song "Stairway to Heaven" is still heard on U.S. radio more than thirty years after it was written, was h...September 21, 2005
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Fusing Death Metal And Hip-Hop Makes Perfect Sense For Denver Mash-Ups Aficionado
Chad Boltz, a mash-ups aficionado who lives in Denver, recently spoke to MTV.com about fusing together the music of such death-metal and grindcore mavens as CARCASS, ENTOMBED and TERRORIZER and the hip-hop/pop flava of MISSY ELLIOTT, OUTKAST, SHAKIRA and 50 CENT. Boltz said it dawned on him one afte...August 30, 2005
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HELLFEST Organizer Suspected Of 'Terrorizing' Arena Parking Lot Following Cancellation
Scott Frost of The Trentonian has issued the following report: A coup of screaming Hellfest supporters terrorized the parking lot of the Sovereign Bank Arena [Friday, August 19], turning the spot of the canceled three-day event into their own personal demolition derby. Witnesses said the Hellfest bu...August 21, 2005
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OZZFEST Has Turned Into A Swedish Invasion
This year's Ozzfest lineup includes an unprecedented four Swedish acts: IN FLAMES, THE HAUNTED, ARCH ENEMY and SOILWORK. Previously, only three Scandinavian bands had graced the Ozzfest stage in America over the past decade: Norway's DIMMU BORGIR in 2004 and Swedish metallers MESHUGGAH in 2002 and D...July 22, 2005
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IRON MAIDEN Singer Involved In Flight Row Over City Air Space
Stephen Breen of Ireland's Sunday Life has issued the following report: Angry residents [Saturday] night [June 11] hit out at Belfast City Airport bosses for introducing more flights over the summer. The east Belfast airport is set to offer its first-ever flights to Malaga with the Teleticket travel...June 14, 2005
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ACCEPT: Tour Diary, Photos Posted Online
ACCEPT guitarist Wolf Hoffmann and the group's manager, Gaby Hoffmann (Wolf's wife),have posted several updates from their current European tour on Joe Schlared's Accept Home Page with U.D.O.. Gaby's latest entry (dated May 1, 2005) reads as follows: "It has been very, very hectic and we had so man...May 1, 2005
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HANOI ROCKS' Promo Stunt Creates Traffic Chaos: Photos Available
HANOI ROCKS were all over Finnish press and in the headline news this past weekend after 14,000 people came to see the band celebrate the release of their new album, "Another Hostile Takeover", by playing a free showcase last Friday (April 15) outside the Stockmann department store in Helsinki. The...April 19, 2005
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Producer Discusses 'KISS Cover to Cover' Tribute Album
With just one week left before the release of "KISS Cover to Cover", TributeAlbums.com sat down with its producer, R.E. Asbury, to talk about the details of the project. An excerpt from the interview follows: TributeAlbums.com (TA.com): Where did the concept for "KISS Cover to Cover" come from? R.E....March 29, 2005
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BLACK SABBATH Drummer Remembers TRAFFIC's JIM CAPALDI
TRAFFIC's drummer Jim Capaldi is remembered and highlighted on the next "Rock 50" show, which is scheduled to air March 12 on WPMD (a college radio station at Cerritos College in California). Bill Ward, BLACK SABBATH drummer and host of the program, will play a special segment of Jim's work with TRA...March 9, 2005
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GUNS N' ROSES' 'Chinese Democracy' Is The Most Expensive Recording Never Released
The New York Times has published an article entitled "Success, excess and a music industry phantom" about GUNS N' ROSES' long-awaited "Chinese Democracy" album, which is dubbed by the paper "probably the most expensive recording never released." A couple of excerpts from the article follow: When Ros...March 5, 2005
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MOURNING BELOVETH: Live Appearances Announced
Irish doom metal act MOURNING BELOVETH have posted the following message on their official web site: "Grau [Records] will release the new album ['A Murderous Circus'] on March 29th. Pre orders are being taken for the limited-edition double digipack which contains the two extra songs, 'Disintegrate'...March 2, 2005
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Folk Singer Covers OZZY's 'Mama, I'm Coming Home': Audio Available
21-year-old Massachusetts singer/songwriter LILY HOLBROOK has recorded a cover of OZZY OSBOURNE's "Mama, I'm Coming Home" for her second CD, "Everything Was Beautiful and Nothing Hurt", out now on Back Porch Records. Check out an audio sample of Lily's version of the track: Windows Media, Real Media...March 1, 2005
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Officer Fired Over KID ROCK Autograph
Sean Seelinger of VanderbiltHustler.com is reporting that a Vanderbilt University campus officer officer was fired due to "the perception of preferential treatment" when he stopped Robert Ritchie, known as Kid Rock, in Nashville, Tennessee last Wednesday morning (Feb. 16),said Pat Cunningham, capta...February 22, 2005
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MARKY RAMONE Checks In With Post-Tour Update
Former RAMONES drummer Marky Ramone has posted the following message on the group's official web site: "Marky here, just got back from a European and South American tour. I want to say a few words: I want to thank TARAKANY for backing me on the European dates I just did. What a band, and of ...February 18, 2005
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KORN: Video Of 'Monk' TV Appearance Available For Download
KORN fan site KornServ.net has uploaded a video of KORN's appearance on the popular USA Network show "Monk". The episode, entitled "Stuck in Traffic", premiered Friday (Feb. 11) and will be shown a couple of more times this week. Download the video at this location. A show synopsis can be found ...February 14, 2005
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