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Italian MANOWAR Spoof Band Are 'Gay' And Proud
Italian power metal band NANOWAR have spoofed a well-known macho heavy metal legend with their album "Other Bands Play ... Nanowar Gay". Not only does the album cover spoof MANOWAR's "Fighting the World" album sleeve, it also twists the well-known MANOWAR battle cry from "slay" to "gay" and portrays...October 10, 2005
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JUDAS PRIEST 'Knocked Out' By 'Metal Guru' Award At CLASSIC ROCK ROLL OF HONOUR
JUDAS PRIEST management co-ordinator Jayne Andrews has posted the following message on the group's official web site: "JUDAS PRIEST were really knocked out to have been given the 'Metal Guru' award by the English magazine Classic Rock. This is given to artists that have 'defined and shaped the world...October 8, 2005
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Polish Metal Legend KAT To Tour Europe With SIX FEET UNDER And HELLOWEEN
Polish thrash metal pioneers KAT will tour Europe with SIX FEET UNDER before playing several dates with HELLOWEEN. KAT will promote their brand new album, "Mind Cannibals" — the group's first with their new singer Henry Beck. The CD will be released in Poland on October 24. International release dat...October 5, 2005
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THE LIZARDS Complete 'Super Session' With Rock And Roll 'Legend'
THE LIZARDS, the hard rock band featuring Bobby Rondinelli (BLUE ÖYSTER CULT, RAINBOW, BLACK SABBATH) and Mike DiMeo (RIOT),have just completed what can only be described as a "super session" with a rock and roll legend for the band's upcoming CD. Although it's "hush hush" in THE LIZARDS camp as fa...October 5, 2005
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LEMMY, JIMMY PAGE Attend CLASSIC ROCK ROLL OF HONOUR Awards: Photos Available
MOTÖRHEAD's Lemmy Kilmister and LED ZEPPELIN guitar legend Jimmy Page were among the attendees at the Classic Rock Roll Of Honour, Classic Rock magazine's inaugural annual award ceremony, which took place Tuesday night (Oct. 4) at London's Café De Paris. Check out pictures from Wire Image. As previo...October 4, 2005
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CLASSIC ROCK ROLL OF HONOUR Awards: Winners Announced
The Classic Rock Roll Of Honour, Classic Rock magazine's inaugural annual award ceremony, takes place tonight (Oct. 4) at London's Café De Paris. Unlike other honours evenings in the heavily crowded calendar of events, the Classic Rock Roll of Honour will take a unique approach to the Living Legend...October 4, 2005
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PRONG To Headline Minnesota's THE REAPER'S BALL Festival
PRONG will be headlining The Reaper's Ball, an independently produced metal festival making its first-year debut on Saturday, October 29, at the Station 4 nightclub in downtown St. Paul, Minnesota. Created by Nathan Block of SwordLord Productions and Brian Huebner of Left Alone Creations, The Reaper...October 4, 2005
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Rare Photos Of Late Drum Legend COZY POWELL Posted Online
DEEP PURPLE bassist Roger Glover's official web site has been updated with a set of photos taken in Hong Kong in 1979, including some memorable shots of late RAINBOW/BLACK SABBATH drummer Cozy Powell. Check them out at this location. As previously reported, Eagle Records has set a November 1 U.S. re...October 3, 2005
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JOE SATRIANI Composes Original Music For 'NASCAR 06' Video Game
Guitar legend Joe Satriani has written and recorded 42 original pieces (30 minutes' worth) of soundtrack music (including full songs and shorter background loops) for the Electronic Artists game "NASCAR 06: Total Team Control". With bluesy piano, frenetic drums and awe-inspiring guitar solos, the ra...September 24, 2005
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Late THIN LIZZY Frontman's Mother Pleads: 'Say No To Drugs'
Julieann Campbell of Derry Journal has issued teh following report: Philomena Lynott, mother of Irish rock legend, Phil Lynott, gave an impassioned talk to pupils of St. Columb's College yesterday to raise awareness of the dangers of drugs. THIN LIZZY frontman Phil Lynott had it all — a glittering m...September 23, 2005
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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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BLACK SABBATH Among Nominees For ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME
The Associated Press is reporting that BLACK SABBATH are among the nominees for a new class of inductees at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, joined by heartland rocker JOHN MELLENCAMP, jazz legend MILES DAVIS, rap pioneers GRANDMASTER FLASH & THE FURIOUS FIVE and BLONDIE. Cat Stevens, who had fol...September 20, 2005
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MNEMIC: New Album To be Produced By PETER TÄGTGREN
Danish modern metallers MNEMIC have commenced work on material for their third album, which is untitled at the moment. "The band is full motion writing the new material and it’s coming along as butter on bread!" the group write in a press release. "The new album will be produced by someone in Sweden...September 20, 2005
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MÖTLEY CRÜE Drummer Makes Cameo Appearance In KEITH ANDERSON Video
MÖTLEY CRÜE drummer Tommy Lee makes a cameo appearance in the new video from country-rocker Keith Anderson. The clip of "XXL", by award-winning director Trey Fanjoy and produced by Don Lepore for Picture Vision, incorporates multiple vivid dramatic scenes interwoven with energy-charged live performa...September 17, 2005
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Former JIMI HENDRIX Bandmate Accuses Author Of 'Revisionist History'
Ernest A. Jasmin of The News Tribune has isued the following report: Contrary to the story told in a new biography of rock legend Jimi Hendrix, the Seattle-born guitarist did not pretend to be gay to get out of the U.S. Army, according to former band mateBilly Cox. "That is a lie," Cox ...September 16, 2005
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