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SCOTT STAPP, DROWNING POOL To Headline Second 'Make America Rock Again' Tour

According to The Pulse Of Radio, Scott Stapp of CREED and ART OF ANARCHY fame will lead the lineup this summer of the second annual "Make America Rock Again" tour, which kicks off this year on August 4 in Sturgis, South Dakota and will eventually hit some forty cities once all the dates are confirme...

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MÖTLEY CRÜE's TOMMY LEE Has Dropped A Million From Asking Price Of Calabasas House

MÖTLEY CRÜE drummer Tommy Lee has dropped another half a million dollars from the asking price of his home in Calabasas, California. Lee put the house on the market in April 2016 for $5,995,000, but that price came down in July by three hundred thousand to $5,699,000 and another two hundred thousand...

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Video: VINCE NEIL Plays Free Concert At Las Vegas's Downtown Grand Hotel & Casino

MÖTLEY CRÜE singer Vince Neil performed with his solo band on May 27 at the Downtown Grand Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada as part of Rock The Street, this year's biggest and loudest free concert weekend. Just in time to celebrate the thirtieth anniversary of rock's biggest anthem "Girls, Girls,...

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QUEENSRŸCHE's Next Album Will Include 'More Up-Tempo Songs,' Says TODD LA TORRE

Straus Project conducted an interview with QUEENSRŸCHE frontman Todd La Torre prior to the band's May 5 show at the Arcada Theatre in Saint Charles, Illinois. You can watch the full chat below. A few excerpts follow (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On plans for his first solo album: Todd: "I've...

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Emperor of Sand

Oh, the dilemmas of high-profile tech wizards who, 30 years ago, would've faced less scrutiny than they do in the face of a sophisticated and far more opinionated metal community. Then again, people cried foul at IRON MAIDEN for utilizing synthesizers and writing a rock-friendly tune on "Somewhere i...

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Ex-W.A.S.P. Guitarist CHRIS HOLMES Films Sequel To Infamous Pool Interview, Says He's Been Sober For More Than 20 Years

Former W.A.S.P. guitarist Chris Holmes is perhaps best known for the infamous scene in the 1988 movie "The Decline Of Western Civilization Part II: The Metal Years" in which he was interviewed while floating in a swimming pool, fully clothed and visibly quite intoxicated while his mother sat poolsid...

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YES, MARILLION, MIKE PORTNOY + DEREK SHERINIAN Set For Next Year's 'Cruise To The Edge'

Details for the fifth annual Cruise To The Edge excursion — progressive rock's largest festival at sea hosted by classic rock icons YES — have been announced. Featuring some of the world's greatest prog-rock musical artists, the five-night cruise out of Tampa, Florida next February 3-8, will return...

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GUNS N' ROSES Bassist DUFF MCKAGAN Selling Sherman Oaks Home For $3.85 Million

According to The Wall Street Journal, GUNS N' ROSES bassist Duff McKagan has listed one of his homes in the Sherman Oaks neighborhood of Los Angeles for $3.85 million. McKagan bought the Spanish-style hacienda in 2005 for $2.975 million. It includes a five-bedroom, roughly 4,200-square-foot main hou...

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DROWNING POOL Plays First Show With Singer JOEY DUENAS (Video)

Texas heavy rockers DROWNING POOL played their first concert with singer Joey Duenas at the Rivers And Spires Festival on April 21 in downtown Clarksville, Tennessee. Duenas, formerly of the bands UNLOCO and ANEW REVOLUTION, was apparently filling in for DROWNING POOL's singer of the past five years...

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IVAN MOODY Sets Record Straight: I Am Not Leaving FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH

FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH frontman Ivan Moody has shot down reports that he is leaving the band, explaining that he has no intention of walking from something he spent the last ten years working "incredibly hard" to build. In an interview with the Denver radio station 106.7 KBPI radio station conducte...

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AEROSMITH Drummer Selling Austin-Area Luxury Home For $2.23 Million

According to the Austin Business Journal, AEROSMITH drummer Joey Kramer has listed his Cimarron Hills Estate property in Georgetown, north of Austin, Texas, with an asking price of $2.23 million. The 2.7-acre property and is surrounded by the Cimarron Hills Golf Course and country club on three side...

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FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH Sues Longtime Label, Asks Judge To Release Band From Contract

According to TMZ, FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH has filed a new lawsuit against its longtime record label Prospect Park, calling the company a "sinking ship" which is drowning in debt. Saying FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH is probably the only profitable band on the Prospect Park roster, the band has accused the...

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EPICA's MARK JANSEN Laughs At 'Old Bands' Who Complain About Diminishing Record Sales

Sebastiano Mereu of From Hero To Zero recently conducted an interview with guitarist/vocalist Mark Jansen of Dutch symphonic metallers EPICA. You can watch the chat below. Asked about Gene Simmons's recent statement that he was not interested in producing another KISS studio album "unless and if the...

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STEVE VAI Featured In 'Front And Center' Episode

Public television's critically acclaimed concert series "Front And Center" has debuted a new episode featuring three-time Grammy Award-winning guitarist Steve Vai. The intimate performance was filmed at New York's Iridium — the smallest venue Vai has played in years. He was voted tenth "Greatest Gui...

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POISON Drummer RIKKI ROCKETT Is Still Cancer Free, One Year After Starting Experimental Treatment

POISON drummer Rikki Rockett says that he is still cancer free, one year after he started undergoing an experimental treatment. Rockett was diagnosed with oral cancer two years ago. In early 2016, he came to Moores Cancer Center at UC San Diego, where he underwent experimental cancer immunotherapy,...