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Girls Got Rhythm

In contemplating the value of what seems like an ever-increasing number of tribute albums, the same questions pop into my head. Who buys them, on what basis should the albums be rated, and what separates a good one from a bad one? There are those that argue that a note-for-note recreation of the ori...

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CAMP FREDDY Joined By SLASH, WARREN DEMARTINI In Hollywood: Report Available

Slash (VELVET REVOLVER, ex-GUNS N' ROSES),Warren DeMartini (RATT) and Billy Duffy (THE CULT) are among the musicians that performed with CAMP FREDDY last night (Saturday, August 5) at a private event being held at the House of Blues in West Hollywood, California. Other guests at the concert include...

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MEGADETH's DAVE MUSTAINE Bemoans Potential Loss Of TOWER RECORDS

Charles Duhigg and Geoff Boucher of the Los Angeles Times report that at least three major music companies cut off CD shipments to Tower Records on Thursday after record executives said that the iconic music retailer had stopped paying its bills. Universal Music Group, Warner Music Group Corp. and E...

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IGNITE: New Tour Dates Announced

West Coast conscious hardcore champions IGNITE have announced two fall tours. The band will first join Richmond, VA's politico hardcore machine STRIKE ANYWHERE across the East Coast in early September, including co-headlining dates. They will also do a Canadian run with legendary surf punks PENNYWIS...

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Born In Hell

From THE DARKNESS to ANDREW W.K. to MANITOBA'S WILD KINGDOM and all the way back to SPINAL TAP, the question has been raised — how deliberately flat-out corny and ironic can a band be and still rock? Swaggering U.K. cock-rockers VIKING SKULL (yeah, I know, I thought it was gonna be power metal too)...

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AC/DC Drummer's Flirty Deeds

Josie McNaught of Stuff.co.nz has issued the following report: A big motor launch, plenty of booze, some fags, and a spot of afternoon delight. It's the sort of behaviour you'd expect from an aging rocker — and Phil Rudd, drummer with Australian rock icons AC/DC, is living up to the reputation. In,...

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IRON MAIDEN Book Author Says 'Braindead' BLABBERMOUTH.NET Detractors 'Mean Nothing'

Paul Stenning, author of GUNS N' ROSES "The Band That Time Forgot" and AC/DC "Two Sides to Every Glory", who is going to be publishing a 130,000-word biography on IRON MAIDEN, entitled "30 Years of the Beast - The Complete Biography 1976-2006" (cover),has issued another update via his official MySp...

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IRON MAIDEN Book Author Slams BLABBERMOUTH.NET 'Idiots With Limited Brain Cells'

Paul Stenning, author of GUNS N' ROSES "The Band That Time Forgot" and AC/DC "Two Sides to Every Glory", who is going to be publishing a 130,000-word biography on IRON MAIDEN, entitled "30 Years of the Beast - The Complete Biography 1976-2006" (cover),has slammed the BLABBERMOUTH.NET detractors who...

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IRON MAIDEN: '30 Years Of The Beast' Book Excerpts Available

Paul Stenning, author of GUNS N' ROSES "The Band That Time Forgot" and AC/DC "Two Sides to Every Glory", has posted sample excerpts from his upcoming 130,000-word biography on IRON MAIDEN, entitled "30 Years of the Beast - The Complete Biography 1976-2006" (cover). Read it at this location. Due in S...

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UNEARTHLY TRANCE, FACEDOWNINSHIT, F*CK THE FACTS To Team Up For CONTAMINATION TOUR

Relapse Records has announced the 2006 installment of the Contamination Tour. Contamination 2006 will feature fresh Relapse signings UNEARTHLY TRANCE, FACEDOWNINSHIT and FUCK THE FACTS with special guest appearances by label mates JUCIFER, BURIED INSIDE, MINSK and more in various cities throughout t...

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Female Tribute Bands Pay Homage To Classic Rock/Metal Acts On 'Girls Got Rhythm'

On the heels of its third anniversary, Liquor and Poker Music — the "rock" arm of the Century Family — commemorates the occasion with a celebration of its two favorite subjects: women and rock 'n' roll. Specifically, the label has assembled its first compilation, a collection of female tribute bands...

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BRAND NEW SIN: New Album Details Revealed

New York quintet BRAND NEW SIN will release their new offering, "Tequila", on October 3 via Century Media. Soon after completing a six-week nationwide tour as direct support to BLACK LABEL SOCIETY last fall, BRAND NEW SIN entered Method of Groove studios in Brooklyn with producer Joey Z (LIFE OF AGO...

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BLACK SABBATH, JUDAS PRIEST And METALLICA Are 'Greatest Heavy Metal Bands Of All Time'

An MTV panel of heavy metal "experts," consisting of "nine die-hard, longtime fans," recently came together to compile a list of the "Greatest Heavy Metal Bands of All Time." "In part one [of the process], we reached out to the most passionate and knowledgable metal fans working at MTV and asked the...

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ROSE TATTOO In The Studio Working On New Album

Australian rock 'n' roll legends ROSE TATTOO are back in the studio recording a new album with veteran Australian producer Mark Opitz (INXS, COLD CHISEL, KISS). The first single from the album is "Black Eyed Bruiser", a song written by the band's original production team, Harry Vanda and George Youn...

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AC/DC, GUNS N' ROSES Classics Among 'Greatest Albums Of The '80s'

AC/DC's "Black in Black" and GUNS N' ROSES' "Appetite for Destruction" are among the greatest albums of the '80s, a U.K. poll has found. The AC/DC and GUNS N' ROSES classics were the only hard rock albums to make the list, which was compiled by the British music bible Q. The Top 20 albums of ...