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FOZZY/STUCK MOJO Part Ways With Longtime Drummer, Announce Replacement

FOZZY/STUCK MOJO have officially parted ways with drummer Frank "Bud" Fontsere. Guitarist Rich Ward's statement on the matter follows: "As many of you already now, over the last few years there have been several changes in the FOZZY/MOJO/DUKE/SICK SPEED camps. Everyone who has been a part of these g...

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DEF LEPPARD Prepare To Return To The Road

The following update has been posted at DEF LEPPARD's official web site: "After a summer of extensive touring, and before two more months of playing live shows, September seems to be the month when the guys aren't playing live on stage. However, that's only partly true! Yes, on October 11 the 'Rock...

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RUSH Donate Equipment Money To Musicians Devastated By Southeast Asian Tsunami

According to a front-page article in the inaugural Saturday edition of the Wall Street Journal (dated Sept. 17, 2005),members of the Canadian rock band RUSH donated several thousand dollars for guitars to some of the musicians in Sri Lanka who lost their instruments in the Southeast Asian tsunami....

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Out of a Center Which is Neither Dead Nor Alive

This is an At a Loss band, plain and simple: Sonically devastating, musically challenging, and NEUROSIS-like in its brain damaging application. Weighty as a herd of elephants and flying just beneath the radar of the average heavy music fan, "Out of a Center Which is Neither Dead Nor Alive" is the an...

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KISS Tribute CD Breaks Norwegian Top 15

KISS Army Norway's Norwegian KISS tribute album, "Gods of Thunder – A Norwegian Tribute to KISS", has entered the Norwegian national album charts at position No. 13. By comparison, "Alive III" peaked at No. 15, and as odd as it might seem, albums like "Creatures of the Night", "Smashes Thrashes and...

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JUDAS PRIEST: 'Rising In The East' DVD Due In November

According to Amazon.com and several other online retailers, JUDAS PRIEST will be releasing their new live DVD, "Rising in the East", in the U.S. on November 8 via Rhino/WEA. PRIEST filmed and recorded their May 18-19, 2005 shows at the Budokan in Tokyo, Japan for the full-length concert DVD. The ban...

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IRON MAIDEN: BBC RADIO 1 'Legends' Session Available Online

IRON MAIDEN's "live-in-the-studio" renditions of the songs "Run to the Hills", "The Trooper" and "Hallowed be thy Name", recorded on September 2 at Maida Vale Studios in London, aired on September 13 as part of the BBC "Legends" show dedicated to MAIDEN. The last Radio 1 session MAIDEN recorded was...

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GOTTHARD To Release 'Anytime, Anywhere' Single

Swiss hard rockers GOTTHARD will release their new single, "Anytime, Anywhere", in their homecountry on October 3 (October 14 in the rest of Europe). The maxi-single will include two versions of the title cut, one live version of "In The Name" (from the "G." album),two of the bonus tracks from the...

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Guitarist SEAN BAKER To Be Featured In MIKE VARNEY's 'Spotlight' Column

Instrumental guitarist Sean Baker of THE SEAN BAKER ORCHESTRA, who shared the stage with Joe Stump, "Metal" Mike Chlasciak (HALFORD, TESTAMENT, PAINMUSEUM) and Chris Caffery (SAVATAGE, TRANS SIBERIAN-ORCHESTRA) at this year's Shredfest in Rochester, New York, will be featured in Shrapnel Records hea...

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STATETROOPER Announce U.K. Dates

STATETROOPER, the reunited British hard rock outfit fronted by former MSG (MICHAEL SCHENKER GROUP) singer Gary Barden, have announced plans to return to the live stage in October. The band, which also features Jeff Summers (WEAPON),Bruce Bisland (SWEET) Gavin Cooper (KILLERS) and Martin Mikkels, wi...

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THE HAUNTED Prepare For THE FURY OF THE FALL Tour

Ozzfest 2005 has now come to a close but THE HAUNTED's U.S. and Canadian touring insanity continues early next month on The Fury of The Fall tour this October alongside MESHUGGAH, GOD FORBID and MNEMIC, which leads them directly into a massive European trek with labelmates GOD FORBID. The group have...

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PAUL DI'ANNO: BRUCE DICKINSON Sounds Like A 'Fairy' Singing Early MAIDEN Songs

Adam Harrold of RockSomething.com recently conducted an interview with former IRON MAIDEN frontman Paul Di'Anno. A few excerpts from the chat follow: RockSomething.com: What do you think about MAIDEN [performing] lots of your songs again with Bruce [Dickinson] singing on them? On the "Early Days" DV...

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SIGH: 'Gallows Gallery' Finally Sees Light Of Day

In 2004, Japanese psychedelic, avant-garde metal band SIGH recorded their sixth album, "Gallows Gallery", but Century Media allegedly "refused" to release it as the album's lyrical content deals with the infamous sonic weapon techniques experimented with during World War II. The CD, which reportedly...

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KISS: 'Alive!' Photographer FIN COSTELLO Interviewed

In celebration of the 30th anniversary of the first KISS live album, "Alive!", Kiss Kollector Online has posted portions of an exclusive interview with "Alive!" photographer Fin Costello, which will appear in its entirety in the November issue of KISS Kollector magazine, along with some of Fin Coste...

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Former HELLOWEEN Drummer Editing Biography For Promotional DVD

Former HELLOWEEN/METALIUM drummer Mark Cross is currently editing his biography for his promotional DVD, featuring exclusive interviews, live shots, drum solos, plenty of pictures, exclusive interviews and footage of all bands he's played with so far, plus released/unreleased material. Cross recentl...