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RUDY SARZO Joins New 'Thrash' Band Featuring Ex-ANTHRAX Guitarist DAN SPITZ, Former JOURNEY Drummer DEEN CASTRONOVO

Legendary bass player Rudy Sarzo has joined the new thrash band launched by former ANTHRAX guitarist Dan Spitz and ex-JOURNEY drummer Deen Castronovo. Since the early 1980s, Sarzo has played with some of the biggest bands and artists in hard rock and heavy metal, including OZZY OSBOURNE (alongside r...

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Influential NWOBHM Band TRESPASS Signs With MIGHTY MUSIC

NWOBHM (New Wave Of British Heavy Metal) legends TRESPASS have inked a deal with Mighty Music. The band's new studio album will be released in late 2017. TRESPASS was formed in Sudbury, Suffolk, England in April 1979 by brothers Mark (guitar, vocals) and Paul Sutcliffe (drums),Dave Crawte (guitar)...

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VICIOUS RUMORS Welcome Back Singer BRIAN ALLEN, Introduce Guitarist GUNNAR DÜGREY

San Francisco Bay Area metallers VICIOUS RUMORS have welcomed back lead singer Brian Allen. Brian sang on the VICIOUS RUMORS albums "Razorback Killers" (2011),"Live You To Death" (2012) and "Electric Punishment" (2013) before leaving the band for family reasons. VICIOUS RUMORS guitarist Geoff Thorp...

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Ex-QUEENSRŸCHE Singer GEOFF TATE Is 'Not Really Motivated' To Work Out Differences With His Former Bandmates

Ex-QUEENSRŸCHE frontman Geoff Tate doesn't believe that he will reunite with his former bandmates anytime soon, explaining that he is "not really motivated" to work out differences with his onetime collaborators. Asked in a brand new interview with Metal Wani about the supposed fan "backlash" that h...

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RUDY SARZO To Hold Free Clinic At GoDpsMusic In Thousand Oaks

Legendary bass player Rudy Sarzo will hold a free live streaming clinic and performance at GoDpsMusic in Thousand Oaks, California on Friday, April 21 at 6 p.m. For more information, go to this location. Asked by The Los Angeles Beat what started him on the road to playing bass, Rudy said: "I starte...

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EDGUY's TOBIAS SAMMET On Classic HELLOWEEN Reunion: 'The Whole Thing Was Overdue'

AVANTASIA and EDGUY mastermind Tobias Sammet says that the reunion of HELLOWEEN's classic lineup is "the best thing that could have happened to all of" the players involved. Dubbed "Pumpkins United", HELLOWEEN's upcoming tour will feature seven musicians — including former members Michael Kiske (voc...

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YES Comments On ANDERSON RABIN WAKEMAN's Name Change

YES has released a statement regarding ANDERSON RABIN WAKEMAN's decision to changed the latter group's name to include "YES" in the moniker. YES's best-known past members, singer Jon Anderson, guitarist Trevor Rabin, and keyboardist Rick Wakeman, revealed on Monday (April 10) that "effective immedia...

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The Burningmoore Deaths

We're already coming up on five years since the QUEENSRYCHE division, and though Geoff Tate may have whiffed a bit with his hasty "Frequency Unknown" album, he's since gained a lot of steam. Thus far through the first two albums of his reported trilogy with his new band, OPERATION MINDCRIME, Tate ha...

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Video: Ex-QUEENSRŸCHE Singer GEOFF TATE Performs On 'New Day Northwest'

Earlier this week, former QUEENSRŸCHE and current OPERATION: MINDCRIME frontman Geoff Tate performed on KING 5's daily talk show "New Day Northwest". You can watch video footage of his appearance below. Tate's current acoustic tour, dubbed "The Whole Story 'Rÿche' Acoustic Tour" , sees him performin...

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RHINO BUCKET To Release 'The Last Real Rock 'N' Roll' Album In April

"We never did a ballad. Never will," states RHINO BUCKET singer/rhythm guitarist Georg Dolivo. And the dozen songs on RHINO BUCKET's aptly titled seventh studio album bear witness to his statement: The dirty dozen tunes on "The Last Real Rock 'N' Roll" are no-holds-barred rockers boasting irresistib...

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GEOFF TATE On QUEENSRŸCHE Legal Battle: 'People Were Saying Horrible Things About Me'

Don De Leaumont of The Great Southern Brainfart recently conducted an interview with former QUEENSRŸCHE and current OPERATION: MINDCRIME frontman Geoff Tate. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. The Great Southern Brainfart: The last time we talked, the whole QUEENSRŸCHE name debacle was...

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Ex-QUEENSRŸCHE Singer GEOFF TATE Performs Acoustically In Agoura Hills, California (Video)

Fan-filmed video footage of former QUEENSRŸCHE and current OPERATION: MINDCRIME frontman Geoff Tate performing on March 11 at The Canyon in Agoura Hills, California during his "The Whole Story 'Rÿche' Acoustic Tour" can be seen below (courtesy of California Rock News). Tate's current acoustic tour s...

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GEOFF TATE On Being Fired From QUEENSRŸCHE: 'It Affected Me Quite Dramatically'

Geoff Tate has once again spoken about the possibility of a reunion of QUEENSRŸCHE's classic lineup, saying that it woud only happen if all the members "could man up and sit in the same room and actually have a conversation about everything." In April 2014, Tate and QUEENSRŸCHE announced that a sett...

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Ex-QUEENSRŸCHE Singer GEOFF TATE: Multi-Camera Footage Of 'Take Hold Of The Flame' Performance From Westland

George Pogacich has produced a high-quality, multi-camera video clip of former QUEENSRŸCHE and current OPERATION: MINDCRIME frontman Geoff Tate performing the QUEENSRŸCHE classic "Take Hold Of The Flame" on February 23 at The Token Lounge in Westland, Michigan. Check it out below. Tate's current "Th...

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Watch GEOFF TATE's Entire Acoustic Performance In State College, Pennsylvania

Fan-filmed video footage of former QUEENSRŸCHE and current OPERATION: MINDCRIME frontman Geoff Tate's entire February 21 concert at the the State Theatre in State College, Pennsylvania during his "The Whole Story 'Rÿche' Acoustic Tour" can be seen below. The setlist for the show was as follows: 01....