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Founding SAMSON Bassist Dies After Long Illness
Former SAMSON bassist and founder member Chris Aylmer passed away last week after a long illness. Chris founded the band with Paul Samson, and not only suggested the band name, but was also responsible for young drummer Clive Burr completing the trio. Chris was in SAMSON from 1977 until 1984, and al...January 13, 2007
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TESTAMENT Guitarist: 'Every Now And Then, Life Tosses You Reminders That Nothing Is Certain'
TESTAMENT/TRANS-SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA guitarist Alex Skolnick has issued the following update: "I haven't posted in a while, since I've been on tour with TSO, and had planned to write all about that. But last night, I got an e-mail with the awful news that the night before, Sean Webber had been struck...January 13, 2007
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RAGE Members To Perform At Austrian Charity Concert
On February 24, RAGE frontman Peavy Wagner and guitarist Victor Smolski will perform several RAGE songs with the Austrian band SEQUOIA DENDRON at the Headbanger's Ball in Vienna. All proceeds from the gig will go to the Austrian Child Cancer Aid. RAGE recently announced the addition of drummer André...January 12, 2007
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CRADLE OF FILTH: Tour Diary Updated
British extreme metallers CRADLE OF FILTH, who completed their European tour in December, have updated their European tour diary with entries from Aarhus (Denmark),Oslo (Norway),Copenhagen (Denmark),Gothenburg (Sweden) and Antwerp (Belgium). As previously reported, the SE Paul Allender guitar, wh...January 11, 2007
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Guitar Autographed By MÖTLEY CRÜE To Be Auctioned For Charity
Canada's largest musical instrument retailer Long & McQuade is auctioning a guitar signed by MÖTLEY CRÜE members Nikki Sixx and Vince Neil. 100 percent of the proceeds from the sale of this "gorgeous" Ovation 1868T, donated in part by B&J Music, with a suggested list price of $1,800, will go...January 9, 2007
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MÖTLEY CRÜE Fanatic: 'I'm Always Defending The Music, But I Can't Defend The Lifestyle'
Malene Arpe of the Toronto Star reports: "I'm outing myself. Most people would never believe it," says Laura Suchan. She's a 41-year-old mother of two boys and the executive director of the Oshawa Community Museum. But what co-workers and acquaintances may not know is Suchan is obsessed with veteran...January 7, 2007
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THE ACCURSED To Support DARK FUNERAL, ENSLAVED In New Hampshire
New Bedford, Massachusetts melodic thrash metallers THE ACCURSED have been added to the DARK FUNERAL / ENSLAVED show at Mark's Showplace in Bedford, New Hampshire on February 5. The group's schedule is now shaping up as follows: Jan. 20 - The Bull Pen - New Bedford, MA Feb. 02 - Rox's Rock House - O...January 6, 2007
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THE END Unveils New Track
Canadian quintet THE END will kick off its tour of Eastern Canada with Toronto's CANCER BATS next week. The trek will begin in Hamilton, ON at the Underground on January 9 before heading eastward and is set to conclude on January 27 in Toronto, ON. This will be THE END's first extended run in suppor...January 4, 2007
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LILLIAN AXE: New Album Due In April
LILLIAN AXE guitarist Steve Blaze has posted the following message on the band's official web site: "It just turned midnight on New Year's Eve 2006, and I can't believe how much has happened this year. Julie [Steve's fiancée] and I dealt with her [breast] cancer, we got engaged, LILLIAN got a new re...January 2, 2007
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CRADLE OF FILTH Guitarist's Signature Model To Debut At NAMM
The SE Paul Allender guitar, which pays tribute to CRADLE OF FILTH lead guitarist Paul Allender's Private Stock guitar, is one of eight new PRS Guitars models for 2007 that will debut at the January Winter NAMM Show January 18-21, 2007 in Anaheim, California. The Paul Allender SE signature artist mo...January 1, 2007
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SLIPKNOT Percussionist CLOWN: 'I'm A Magician, Man'
Morley Seaver of BellaOnline.com recently conducted an interview with SLIPKNOT percussionist M. Shawn Crahan. A few excerpts from the chat follow: On how SLIPKNOT's new two-DVD set, entitled "Voliminal: Inside The Nine", came to be: "I've had a lot of revelations in probably the last five years of m...December 28, 2006
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Family Of Late SPEAKERS FOR THE DEAD Guitarist Looking For Peace Of Mind
Mike Osegueda of The Fresno Bee reports: Rosanne Garcia sat in her son's bedroom on Wednesday morning, rocking back and forth in his chair, looking at his pictures, his bed and eventually stopping at his Bible. "Why, mom? Why me?" she remembered her son Jason asking a few weeks back. "I don't know,"...December 28, 2006
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STOS Guitarist JAN KARDAS Dies Of Cancer
Jan Kardas, guitarist of the legendary Polish heavy/speed metal band STOS, passed away several days ago being diagnosed with cancer earlier in the year. He joined the band in 1988 and appeared on the cult album "Stos" (1990) and the reunion demo "Awakening" in 2001. The last official studio recordin...December 26, 2006
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OZZY OSBOURNE's Cancer Shock
FemaleFirst.co.uk reports that Ozzy Osbourne says finding out that wife Sharon had cancer was like being hit over the head with a concrete block. The BLACK SABBATH singer's wife is now in remission but when she was first diagnosed with colon cancer her rocker husband couldn't believe how well she co...December 24, 2006
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D.R.I. Guitarist Completes Radiation And Chemotherapy; Band To Hit The Road In 2007
Guitarist/founder Spike Cassidy of the legendary punk/metal crossover band D.R.I. (DIRTY ROTTEN IMBECILES) has completed all radiation and chemotherapy after being diagnosed with cancer in March 2006. A one-foot section of large intestine (colon) was removed through an eight-inch incision in his sto...December 23, 2006
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