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ROCK STAR SUPERNOVA Implodes; How To Avoid The 'Rock Star' Crash And Burn

Larry Getlen of the New York Post reports: ROCK STAR SUPERNOVA, the latest spawn of reality guru Mark Burnett's "Rock Star" franchise, had all the earmarks of a true supergroup - members from MÖTLEY CRÜE, METALLICA and GUNS N' ROSES; a high-profile personality in drummer Tommy Lee; and a predecessor...

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KING'S X Guitarist Is 'Extremely Happy' With New Material

Legendary hard rockers KING'S X will enter Wireworld Studios in Nashville, TN on January 31 with producer Michael Wagener (SKID ROW, ALICE COOPER) to record their 14th, as-yet-untitled studio album. "We've been writing individually, giving our songs to each other," said guitarist/vocalist Ty Tabor....

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WITHIN TEMPTATION: New Video Featuring LIFE OF AGONY Frontman Posted Online

Dutch female-fronted symphonic metal band WITHIN TEMPTATION has posted the video for its new single, "What Have You Done", on its MySpace page (scroll down). It is also available for viewing at YouTube.com. The performance footage for the clip, which features a guest appearance by Keith Caputo of LI...

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WITHIN TEMPTATION Honored With Dutch 'Export Prize' For Fourth Year In A Row

Dutch female-fronted symphonic metal band WITHIN TEMPTATION has been awarded the Dutch Export Prize (Buma Cultuur Exportprijs 2006) for the fourth time in a row. The Export Prize is an annual award that is given out by Buma Cultuur to the Dutch artist who has sold the most records/DVDs abroad. Buma...

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TWISTED SISTER Bassist: 'There's Actually A Lot Of Good Will In The Band Right Now'

As an epilogue to his 2006 Bananiversary Celebration, rock 'n' roll comic C.C. Banana has interviewed all five members of TWISTED SISTER. In the third of these five holiday-themed interviews, C.C. Banana speaks with TWISTED SISTER bassist Mark "The Animal" Mendoza about their current album "A Twiste...

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GENE SIMMONS Enters U.K. Reality TV Debate

World Entertainment News Network reports that KISS bassist/vocalist Gene Simmons has laughed off the racism row engulfing British reality TV, insisting there will always be prejudiced people in the world. "Celebrity Big Brother" has created controversy in both Britain and India over allegations Boll...

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SKID ROW: New Dates Announced

SKID ROW has lined up the following tour dates: Feb. 24 - Rio Puerco, NM @ Route 66 Casino Mar. 03 - Tucson, AZ @ Desert Diamond Casino SKID ROW's latest album, "Revolutions Per Minute", was released on October 24 via SPV Records. The follow-up to 2003's "ThickSkin" was recorded at WireWorld studio...

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THE HAUNTED Guitarist Checks In From KILLSWITCH ENGAGE Tour

Guitarist Anders Björler of the Swedish thrashers THE HAUNTED has issued the following update from the band's current European tour with KILLSWITCH ENGAGE: "The tour is going great. Beyond our wildest expectations actually. We are amazed by the good turn-out, the overall positive reaction from the c...

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SEBASTIAN BACH To Make His Return To 'Gilmore Girls' Next Week

Former SKID ROW frontman Sebastian Bach will make his return to the "Gilmore Girls" TV show next Tuesday, January 23 in an episode titled "Santa's Secret Stuff". For more information on the program, which airs on the new CW network, click here. In a recent interview with The Edmonton Journal, Bach s...

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KITTIE: More New Music Posted Online

Canadian metal band KITTIE has uploaded three new tracks — "Flower of Flesh and Blood", "Around Your Heart" and "Sweet Destruction Interlude" — to its MySpace page. All three cuts come off the group's new album, "Funeral for Yesterday", due on February 20, 2007 via KITTIE's record label, X of Infamy...

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KING'S X To Begin Work On New Album This Month

Producer Michael Wagener (ALICE COOPER, SKID ROW) is set to begin work on the new KING'S X album on January 27 at his WireWorld Studio just outside Nashville, Tennessee. According to Wagener, the first four days of the sessions will be a "Watch-And-Learn" workshop. "You will be learning how to set u...

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Gloria

It's been a while since we've been given a front-row seat as a band self-destructs this spectacularly. MORGOTH going from bleak death metal to KILLING JOKE in the mid-1990s… the "black metal to weird industrial" metamorphosis of bands like MAYHEM and COVENANT a few years later… and of course, loomin...

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SKID ROW Bassist To Produce THE LUCHAGORS

SKID ROW bassist/songwriter Rachel Bolan has started pre-production with Atlanta based punk-pop hardcore band THE LUCHAGORS. The group, which features former WWE superstar Amy "Lita" Dumas on vocals, will be heading into the studio late January with Bolan at the production helm. In addition to Dumas...

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Bombshell

Gee, can you tell by the album cover that HYDROGYN saw fit to sell a little sex with their pop-inflected hard rock? With vocalist "Julie" striking a suggestive pose and the album titled "Bombshell", music is probably not the first thought that pops into the mind of the uninitiated. Well, "Bombshell"...

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JANI LANE, JAMIE ST. JAMES Confirmed To Appear On New LIBERTY N' JUSTICE CD

Christian rockers LIBERTY N' JUSTICE, whose most recent release, "Soundtrack of a Soul", featured an all-star cast of guest musicians — including Mark Slaughter (SLAUGHTER),Sebastian Bach (SKID ROW),Stephen Pearcy (RATT) and Tony Harnell (TNT) — are back in the studio working on their follow-up ef...