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MOTÖRHEAD's LEMMY To Receive Inaugural 'Living Legend' Award At CLASSIC ROCK ROLL OF HONOR

Lemmy Kilmister, the notorious bass player and vocalist of Grammy-winning U.K. rock 'n' roll titans MOTÖRHEAD, will be honored with the very first "Living Legend" award at this year's inaugural Classic Rock Roll of Honor, organized by Classic Rock magazine. Taking place on Tuesday, October 4, 2005 a...

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NIGHTRAGE Enlist Session Guitarist For North American Tour

Swedish melodic death metallers NIGHTRAGE have enlisted Pierre Lysell from the Swedish metal band NONE as the session guitarist for the band's upcoming "International Extreme Music Festival" North American tour, which is scheduled to kick off mid-September. The five-week trek will include additional...

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Former MARDUK Bassist Defends Shift In Musical Direction

Former MARDUK and current REBELANGELS bassist Roger "Bogge" Svensson (a.k.a. B.War) has defended his and ex-MARDUK singer Erik Hagsted's (a.k.a. Legion) decision to distance themselves from the black metal sounds of their previous group. REBELANGELS, the new California-based project formed by Hagste...

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DEF LEPPARD Guitarist To Release Solo Album

Launch Radio Networks reports: DEF LEPPARD guitarist Vivian Campbell will release his first solo album, "Two Sides of If", on September 6. Campbell will be joined on the blues-oriented album by ZZ TOP's Billy Gibbons, singer Joan Osbourne, and former FRANK ZAPPA and MISSING PERSONS drummer Terry Boz...

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REBELANGELS: Former MARDUK Members Make New Music Available For Download

REBELANGELS, the new California-based project formed by ex-MARDUK members Legion (a.k.a. Erik Hagsted, vocals) and B.War (bass),have uploaded two tracks from their recently four-song pre-production demo. Check out the tracks "Fly Again" and "Throw Me to the Wolves" at this location. The demo, which...

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STRYPER: More U.S. Tour Dates Announced

Reunited Christian hard rockers STRYPER have lined up the following dates during the coming months: Aug. 13 - Neoskweskau Memorial Arena - Mistissini, P.Q., Quebec, Canada Aug. 19 - Roberto Clemente Coliseum - San Juan, Puerto Rico Sep. 22 - Webster Theater - Hartford, CT Sep. 23 - Crocodile Rock -...

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DEF LEPPARD Offer Chance To Win Autographed Guitar

UMe and Jackson Guitars have teamed up to offer one lucky fan a chance to win a brand new blue Jackson JS1 Dinky guitar, autographed by DEF LEPPARD members Joe Elliott, Phil Collen, Vivian Campbell, Rick Savage and Rick Allen. According to the contest announcement, "We want to make sure a true DEF L...

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DAVE GROHL Says There Was 'A Lot Of Dark Shit' In NIRVANA Before COBAIN's Suicide

Rolling Stone magazine recently conducted an in-depth interview with former NIRVANA drummer (and current FOO FIGHTERS frontman) Dave Grohl. An excerpt from the interview follows: Rolling Stone: In his 1994 Rolling Stone interview, Kurt [Cobain] talked about your need for reassurance. You were popula...

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4,000 Music Fans Play Air Guitar To GUNS N' ROSES, Claim World Record

BBC News has issued the following report: A music festival in Surrey is claiming to have set a new world record for the biggest ever "air guitar ensemble." More than 4,000 people by the main stage at Guilfest 2005, in Guildford, played air guitar to "Sweet Child O' Mine" by GUNS N' ROSES ...

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STRYPER Schedule More U.S. Tour Dates

Reunited Christian hard rockers STRYPER have tentatively lined up the following dates during the coming months: Aug. 13 - Quebec, CAN @ TBA Aug. 19 - San Juan, PR @ Roberto Clemente Coliseum Sep. 22 - Hartford, CT @ TBA Sep. 23 - Allentown, PA @ Crocodile Rock Sep. 24 - New York, NY @ ...

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ROUGH SILK Frontman To Guest On New DESTRUCTION Album

Singer Ferdy Doernberg of the German epic/melodic metallers ROUGH SILK has posted the following message on the group's official web site: "I'll appear on the new CD by the German thrash legends DESTRUCTION playing a slide-guitar solo on an all-star-song ('The Alliance of the Hellhoundz') featuring b...

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Well Oiled

If Janis Joplin and Rod Stewart had had a baby, then force-fed it cigarettes and whiskey from infancy, it woulda grown up to sound a lot like Spike, lead vocalist of THE QUIREBOYS. His agonizing croak leads this long-in-the-tooth band of STONES plagiarists on a shambling 40 minutes of bluesy, piano-...

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PERSUADER: Debut Album To Be Re-Released

Swedish power metallers PERSUADER will have their 2000 debut album, "The Hunter", re-released on August 29 via their new label Dockyard 1, the new company formed by Dirk Putzke, Christine Stephan (both ex-Sanctuary/Noise Records) and Piet Sielck (IRON SAVIOR). The reissue will include several bonus...

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MENTORS: New Album Details Revealed

One of the most controversial of metal bands of all time — the MENTORS — have finalized the track listing for their new album, "Over the Top", tentatively due in August. The CD was recorded and mixed by Bill Metoyer and was mastered by Jack Endino. MENTORS band leader El Duce was killed in 1997 ...

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NIGHTRAGE Guitarist Comments On INTERNATIONAL EXTREME MUSIC FESTIVAL Tour

NIGHTRAGE guitarist Marios Illiopoulos has commented on the band's participation in this fall's "International Extreme Music Festival" North American tour. The five-week trek, which is scheduled to begin in September, will include additional appearances by GOD DETHRONED, BYZANTINE, EPOCH OF UNLIGHT,...