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BEAUTIFUL CREATURES, FASTER PUSSYCAT Members To Star In Film About Rhode Island Fire

Alex Grossi (BEAUTIFUL CREATURES),Chad Stewart (FASTER PUSSYCAT),Danny Nordahl (MOTOCHRIST) and Muddy Stardust (THE GILBY CLARKE BAND) have been asked to appear in a Lifetime original film documenting the Rhode Island nightclub fire. Shooting began on April 2 for a tentative July air date. No furt...

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Former MALEVOLENT CREATION Drummer, Ex-SOLSTICE Guitarist Reunite In APOCALYPSE RISING

Ex-MALEVOLENT CREATION drummer Alex Marquez has reunited with his former SOLSTICE bandmate/guitarist Dennis Munoz in a new "power metal/early '80s thrash" band tentatively called APOCALYPSE RISING. The quartet, which is completed by second guitarist Willy Medina and bass player Mike Marabell, sees M...

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ALEX SKOLNICK To Teach 'Jazz Soloing' At AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF GUITAR

Acclaimed guitarist Alex Skolnick (TESTAMENT, SAVATAGE) will be heading up a "Jazz Soloing Workshop" at the American Institute of Guitar in New York City this spring. According to AIG's web site, Alex will be teaching "essential scales, arpeggios and techniques of jazz soloing. Hands-on with lots of...

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RHAPSODY To Issue Mini-CD In May

RHAPSODY will be issuing a new mini-CD, entitled "The Dark Secret", on May 29 through Magic Circle Music/SPV. The group's as-yet-untitled new full-length album will follow in September. "The Dark Secret" track listing: 01. Unholy Warcry (short version)* 02. Thunder Mighty Roar* 03. Sacred Power Of R...

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TESTAMENT Offer Second 'Bootleg' Video

San Francisco Bay Area thrashers TESTAMENT are offering the second live "bootleg" video for sale in the "Merch" section of the group's official web site. "This tape features the original TESTAMENT line-up live at the Santa Monica Civic, Santa Monica, CA on December 16, 1989," reads a post on the sit...

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SAMMY HAGAR: EDDIE VAN HALEN Is Playing Better Than Ever

Sammy Hagar has confirmed during an appearance on "The Howard Stern Show" Friday morning (March 26) that he has been working with VAN HALEN for a couple of months on new material that will be included on a compilation disc due this summer. The following is a synopsis of this morning's show, as repor...

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ANTHRAX: DVD Cover Posted Online

The cover artwork for ANTHRAX's much-anticipated live DVD, "Music Of Mass Destruction", has been posted online at this location. Filmed at a sold-out Metro in Chicago on Friday, December 5, 2003, "Music Of Mass Destruction" reportedly captures what is being described as "the show to define the band'...

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Report: Formal Charges Filed Against RUSH Guitarist

Prosecutors in Southwest Florida have filed charges against RUSH guitarist Alex Lifeson related to an altercation he had with Collier County deputies at the Ritz Carlton in Naples, Florida on New Year's Eve, according to the Naples Daily News. The State Attorney's Office has filed two charges of bat...

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JEFF SCOTT SOTO: Drummer ALEX PAPA Leaves The Fold

Vocalist Jeff Scott Soto (TALISMAN, ex-YNGWIE MALMSTEEN) has parted ways with the drummer from his solo band, Alex Papa. "Alex has decided to pursue other avenues in his career," Jeff said in a statement. "I and the rest of the band support his decisions and wish him nothing but every success in his...

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Austria's HELLBOUND To Change Their Name

HELLBOUND, the Austrian band featuring former ABIGOR mainman Peter Kubik, have announced plans to change their name into HEIDENREICH, the moniker previously used by one of Peter's other side-projects. "[We are changing the name] mainly because the name suits quite well and the rights of HEIDENREICH...

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Former DEATH/CYNIC Guitarist To Guest On ILLEGIMITATION CD

Former DEATH/CYNIC guitarist Paul Masvidal will reportedly make a guest appearance on the debut album from German black/death metallers ILLEGIMITATION. The as-yet-untitled effort will be recorded in August at Mastersound Studio in Fellbach, Germany under the production guidance of Alex Krull (ATROCI...

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DARKWELL Name New Album, Announce Tour Dates

Austrian "gothic metal" band DARKWELL, featuring ex-ABIGOR and current SHADOWCAST drummer Moritz Neuner, will embark on a short Central European tour this spring in support of their upcoming second full-length album, "Metatron", tentatively due late April through Napalm Records. The follow-up to the...

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JEFF SCOTT SOTO: New Solo Album On The Way

In addition to his brand-new, as-yet-unnamed project with Neal Schon and Deen Castronovo (both of JOURNEY) and Marco Mendoza (WHITESNAKE, BLUE MURDER, THIN LIZZY),singer Jeff Scott Soto has started recording his highly anticipated third solo album, tentatively titled "Lost In The Translation". Jeff...

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WHITESNAKE's COVERDALE Is Supportive Of Wife's New Career

When Cindy Coverdale, wife of WHITESNAKE frontman David Coverdale, decided to write a rock and roll cookbook, "Food That Rocks", she wasn't sure how her new career would go over with her husband. "After all," Cindy laughs, "he was used to being the one who got the attention while I did the wife and...

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SCENES Part Ways With Singer, Announce Replacement

German prog-metallers SCENES have parted ways with vocalist Nektarios Bamiatzis. "Collaboration with [Nektarios] the past few months had become more difficult and complicated to schedule due to his engagement at 'German Idol' as well as his solo career," the band write on their web site. "As a resul...