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THERAPY?: Songwriting Process 'Going Really Great'
Bassist Michael McKeegan of the long-running Irish rock band THERAPY? has issued the following update: "Progress on the new songs is going really great and to date we have eleven more or less finished plus another billion or so ideas to sift through. The plan (and as usual this will probably change!...April 7, 2008
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FU MANCHU Guitarist Opens Music School In San Diego
Bob Balch, FU MANCHU's lead guitar player for the past eleven years, has opened a music school in Escondido, California. There is a FREE trial lesson to start and any referral will be rewarded with a FREE lesson also. The school will focus on guitar, bass, drums and vocal lessons. Three lesson rooms...April 4, 2008
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NIKKI SIXX On New MTLEY CRE Album: 'There's Something Magical On This Record'
Billboard.com reports that MTLEY CRE/SIXX: A.M. bassist Nikki Sixx has been named the president of Eleven Seven Records. "I've had enough success and enough misfires in a career that's lasted over 25 years that I can go back and draw on that experience, and I think that's helpful for the artists," S...April 4, 2008
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HAMMERFALL Drummer On Guitarist's Departure: 'The Show Must Go On'
Drummer Anders Johansson of Swedish melodic metallers HAMMERFALL has issued the following statement regarding the departure of guitarist Stefan Elmgren: "There is never a good timing to lose a great guitarist like Stefan, but considering we're in between touring and recording, it could definately ha...April 4, 2008
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FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH: New Audio Interview With DARRELL ROBERTS Available
Rock Is Life has posted a brand new audio interview with FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH guitarist Darrell Roberts (ex-W.A.S.P.). Download the MP3 file at this location. Topics covered in the chat include: * The surprising success of the FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH debut album * The theatrical aspect of the ban...April 4, 2008
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SLIPKNOT: First Glimpse At New Masks
Des Moines, Iowa-based metal giants SLIPKNOT have offered the first glimpse (sort of) at the new series of masks which the band will don on the upcoming Rockstar Energy Mayhem festival, set to kick off July 9 at the White River Amphitheatre in Seattle. Check out the new "shadowy" photo on the splash...April 1, 2008
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FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH To Take Part In Online Chat
FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH guitarist duo of Darrell Roberts (ex-W.A.S.P.) and Zoltan Bathory (ex-U.P.O.) will take part in an online chat on Thursday, March 27 at 7:00 p.m. PST at www.synclive.com. FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH will join multi-platinum act DISTURBED on tour starting late April. Along with th...March 26, 2008
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TWISTED SISTER Guitarist Says There Are No Plans To Record New Album
Sleaze Roxx recently conducted an interview with TWISTED SISTER guitarist Eddie Ojeda. An excerpt from the chat follows: Sleaze Roxx: You're just back from touring Europe with "Vampires Rock". How did you get involved with that? Eddie: "I got involved with that through Paul Crook. He plays with MEAT...March 24, 2008
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FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH Hits The Road With DISTURBED
FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH the Los Angeles-based band featuring ex-W.A.S.P. guitarist Darrell Roberts, former MOTOGRATER vocalist Ivan Moody (Ghost),ex-U.P.O. guitarist Zoltan Bathory, former DEADSETT bassist Matt Snell, and drummer Jeremy Spencer will join multi-platinum act DISTURBED on tour startin...March 24, 2008
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Razing The World Of Myth
Even the relentless death/thrash attack of his main gig, ESTUARY, wasn't enough to satisfy the voracious appetite that Cincinnati, OH's Ash Thomas has for metal. With a fire for Hell's favorite ballroom music still burning in his chest, Thomas enlisted the help of his younger brother, Marquis (the b...March 24, 2008
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Edge of My Demise
It's never a bad time to shine some light on the seamy, no-hope underbelly of American metal. I'm not talking about the 900 bands plying whatever the flavor of the month is, swimming upstream like doomed sperm hoping for their big chance. I mean the bands like DISARRAY, who've been at it since 1993,...March 24, 2008
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Legendary ALICE COOPER Drummer NEAL SMITH Unleashes His 'Sexual Savior'
From the sick and twisted mind of original ALICE COOPER drummer Neal Smith, one of the legendary gods of shock rock, comes KILLSMITH with a new CD entitled "Sexual Savior". Born 2008 on a bloody St. Valentine's Day massacre, "Sexual Savior" unloads a hardcore metal celebration of the human condition...March 21, 2008
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WHITESNAKE: New Audio Interview With DOUG ALDRICH Available
A 14-minute audio interview with WHITESNAKE guitarist Doug Aldrich conducted earlier in the month by Vassil Varbanov of Bulgaria's Tangra Mega Rock is available for download at this location (MP3, 3.3 MB). A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: Tangra Mega Rock: Well, this ["Good to be Bad"] is...March 19, 2008
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UNDEROATH Added To ROCKSTAR ENERGY MAYHEM Tour
Rockstar Energy Mayhem Festival has announced that hard-hitting metalcore band UNDEROATH will headline the Hot Topic Stage at this summers highly anticipated tour, set to kick off July 9 at the White River Amphitheatre in Seattle. The much-buzzed-about tour will hit 30 cities in the U.S. and Canada...March 18, 2008
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ATREYU Launches 'Falling Down' Video Game
To celebrate the April 15 release of "Lead Sails Paper Anchor 2.0" CDVU, Orange County's ATREYU has launched its new "Falling Down" video game. Fans can play the new game at UGOplayer.com. The exciting new game consists of five mini-games, one for each of the guys in the band. Alex's game slaughters...March 15, 2008