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GUNS N' ROSES: PUKKELPOP FESTIVAL Performance To Be Webcast

GUNS N' ROSES' performance at Belgium's Pukkelpop Festival on Saturday, August 24th will be broadcast online. For more information, click here. In other news, here are the set lists for GNR's recently-completed Japanese shows as part of the Summer Sonic Festival: August 17th, 2002 - Chiba Marine Sta...
August 24, 2002
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BLUEBIRD Set Release Date For "Hot Blood"

Los Angeles-based BLUEBIRD, featuring former AMEN guitarist Paul Figueroa, will issue their new album, entitled Hot Blood, on November 5th via Dim Mak Records. A Japanese release through Sparq Music and a UK/European release on Sweet Nothing is expected around the same time. In other news, BLUEBIRD...
August 22, 2002
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PURE SWEET HELL Land On MTV2

PURE SWEET HELL, the side project of NEVERMORE drummer Van Williams, have apparently made it to MTV2. Here's the band's official press release on the matter: "Iann Robinson, the lone Metal Crusader who does MTV News (you know the dude with the tattoos, sporting the mohawk),at the end of one of his...
August 15, 2002
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More Metal Stars Pay Tribute To DROWNING POOL's DAVE WILLIAMS

PANTERA's Vinnie Paul and Dimebag Darrell: "Some people say death is just a part of life.... But it becomes a cold reality when it hits one of your own. Dave was a true brother to us. We had the pleasure of knowing him for years before the world knew him as Dave 'Stage' Williams from ...
August 15, 2002
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SLASH To Welcome Child, GUNS N' ROSES Rock Hong Kong

Photos taken at the recent baby shower for former GUNS N' ROSES guitarist Slash and wife Perla — who are expecting a baby boy named London in early September — can be viewed at this location. In related news, the complete set list for GUNS N' ROSES' performance on Wednesday, August 14th in ...
August 15, 2002
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Former GUNS N' ROSES Guitarist To Issue New Solo Album In Japan

Former GUNS N' ROSES guitarist IZZY STRADLIN will issue his latest solo CD, entitled On Down The Road, on August 21st via Universal Victor Records in Japan. The full track listing for the effort is as follows: 01. You Betcha 02. Gone Dead Train 03. Monkey 04. On Down The Road 05. Sweet Caress 06. .....
August 14, 2002
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TOMMY LEE: Getting Married After Four Days Was Biggest Mistake I've Ever Made

After his much-publicized stormy relationship with ex-wife Pamela Anderson, former MÖTLEY CRÜE drummer TOMMY LEE told Launch that things are slow but serious with Mayte Garcia, who was once married to Prince. "I'm actually engaged," Lee said. "But I'm going to take my time, dude. I've been seeing Ma...
August 2, 2002
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Former OZZY OSBOURNE Drummer Comments On New BILLY IDOL Keyboardist, Unreleased BALL Album

Former OZZY OSBOURNE and current BILLY IDOL drummer Brian Tichy recently commented on the addition of YNGWIE MALMSTEEN/ex-DREAM THEATER keyboardist Derek Sherinian to IDOL's summer touring line-up. Said Tichy: "There's a new keyboardist in the mix... It's none other than...the keyboardist's keyboard...
July 28, 2002
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BLACK SABBATH's "Past Lives"" More Details Revealed

BLACK SABBATH's highly-anticipated double-CD set of live recordings from the 1970s, entitled Past Lives, will be released on August 20th via Sanctuary Records in two different styles of packaging, according to www.black-sabbath.com. Apparently, the special digipak packaging will include a fold-up po...
July 24, 2002
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CROWN OF THORNS To Issue "Karma" In August

CROWN OF THORNS will issue their new album, entitled Karma, in Europe on August 5th. It features 11 tracks, including a cover of GEORGE HARRISON's "My Sweet Lord" and a duet with Doro Pesch entitled "Shed No Tears". In other news, COT mainman Jean Beauvoir has co-written two songs, "Sister Darkness"...
July 19, 2002
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BOB DAISLEY: "Would The Real OZZY OSBOURNE Please Stand Up?"

Former OZZY OSBOURNE bassist Bob Daisley recently spoke to Australia's Undercover about his ongoing legal battle with the Osbournes over unpaid royalties and songwriting credits on OZZY's solo albums. Bob says he wrote all the lyrics, not OZZY, as it is widely believed. The following is a transcript...
July 12, 2002
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METALLICA's LARS ULRICH: New Songs Are Less Bluesy, More Aggro Than "Load"/"Reload"

METALLICA drummer Lars Ulrich spoke to Radio104 WMRQ in Hartford, Connecticut earlier today about the group's much-maligned collaboration with JA RULE (in the shape of the SWIZZ BEATZ track "We Did It Again") and the group's forthcoming studio album, which is currently being recorded in San Francisc...
July 2, 2002
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AEROSMITH Get Certified, Recover From Surgery

AEROSMITH's classic Columbia Records album Toys in the Attic has been certified eight times platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). Featuring the Boston-based band's immortal tracks "Sweet Emotion" and "Walk This Way", the set has shipped eight million copies to U.S. retail...
June 11, 2002
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Ex-RATT Guitarist ROBBIN CROSBY Passes Away At Age 41

Former RATT guitarist Robbin Crosby (full name: Robbinson Lance Crosby) passed away at 11:15 A.M. (PST) on Thursday, June 6th. He was 41 years old. Crosby reportedly died peacefully at home in Hollywood, California and was in no pain. The paramedics on the scene gave the preliminary cause of death a...
June 7, 2002
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BARREN CROSS, Ex-STRYPER Drummer To Appear At California Festival

Fans of STRYPER and the Christian metal scene will be happy to hear former Enigma/Capitol Recording artists BARREN CROSS will be playing a one-time reunion show (their first live appearance in over eight years) in Southern California this August at a festival called Extreme Mardi Gras. Also schedule...
June 5, 2002