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ROB ZOMBIE Working On Fan Version Of 'We're An American Band' Video
Rocker-turned-filmmaker Rob Zombie is "calling all rocking Americans" to submit videos of them "rocking out" to Rob's cover version of GRAND FUNK RAILROAD's classic "We're An American Band". Zombie states: "We want singers, bands, cheerleaders, athletes, hard-working, hard-drinking, hard-rocking peo...June 24, 2013
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IRON MAIDEN Singer Talks About Flying Charity (Video)
On Saturday, June 15, IRON MAIDEN singer Bruce Dickinson spoke to the Leicester Mercury about a charity helping disabled people take to the skies. Check out video footage below. Dickinson, a commercial airline pilot and established aviation entrepreneur, has also been vice-patron of the Flying Schol...June 18, 2013
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CINDERELLA's TOM KEIFER: 'I Always Try To Stay True To The Music That I Love'
The Great Southern Brainfart recently conducted an interview with Tom Keifer, best known as the singer/songwriter/guitarist of the Philadelphia-based blues-rock band CINDERELLA. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. The Great Southern Brainfart: [Your debut solo album] "The Way Life Goes"...May 29, 2013
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ASHES OF ARES Performs Live For First Time; More Video Available
ASHES OF ARES, the new band featuring Matt Barlow (ex-ICED EARTH),Van Williams (ex-NEVERMORE) and Freddie Vidales (ex-ICED EARTH),made its live debut this past Friday, May 17 at the Rock Hard Festival at Amphitheater in Gelsenkirchen, Germany. Fan-filmed video footage of the performance can be see...May 23, 2013
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RUSH Guitarist Answers PLANET ROCK Listeners' Questions (Video)
Guitarist Alex Lifeson of Canadian rock legends RUSH recently answered a number of questions for listeners of the U.K. digital radio station Planet Rock. Check out the footage below. Two new digital-only RUSH collections, entitled "The Complete Mercury Years" and "The Studio Albums 1989-2007", were...May 23, 2013
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ASHES OF ARES Performs Live For First Time; Video Available
ASHES OF ARES, the new band featuring Matt Barlow (ex-ICED EARTH),Van Williams (ex-NEVERMORE) and Freddie Vidales (ex-ICED EARTH),made its live debut this past Friday, May 17 at the Rock Hard Festival at Amphitheater in Gelsenkirchen, Germany. Fan-filmed video footage of the performance can be see...May 21, 2013
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Backing Singer Says She Was 'Forced' By Management Of GEOFF TATE's QUEENSRŸCHE To Quit Tour
Nina Noir (pictured below) was selected by Geoff Tate to take part in the 2013 QUEENSRŸCHE tour after making a guest appearance on the band's new album, "Frequency Unknown", says in an online posting that she was "forced" by QUEENSRŸCHE's management "into [the] decision" to discontinue her involveme...May 13, 2013
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Replica Copy Of AXL ROSE's 'Paradise City' Jacket Sells For $5,350
A white leather jacket in the same style as the one worn by GUNS N' ROSES lead singer Axl Rose in the band's video for the song "Paradise City" was sold at the end of March for $5,350 on eBay. Only three copies of this jacket — the front of which features an ...May 8, 2013
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RUSH: Two Digital-Only Collections Due In May
According to the RUSH fan site RushIsABand.com, two new digital-only RUSH collections, entitled "The Complete Mercury Years" and "The Studio Albums 1989-2007", will be released via iTunes on May 14. "The Complete Mercury Years" will contain RUSH's complete Mercury catalog (all their albums up throug...April 24, 2013
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SODOM Frontman Interviewed On 'Rich Davenport's Rock Show' (Audio)
Bassist/vocalist Thomas "Angelripper" Such of German thrash metal veterans SODOM was interviewed on the latest edition of "Rich Davenport's Rock Show". The program can be streamed using the Mixcloud player below. (Note: The Angelripper interview begins around the 15-minute mark.) SODOM's new album,...April 23, 2013
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Donkey Punch the Night
While most rock fans continue to kvetch at the lack of a new TOOL album (or even A PERFECT CIRCLE, for that matter),Maynard James Keenan continues to coddle his Id, Ego and Anima (to paraphrase the direct source) in his explorative outer refuge, PUSCIFER. What Maynard and his round robin supporting...April 14, 2013
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STAR & DAGGER Featuring Ex-WHITE ZOMBIE, CYCLE SLUTS FROM HELL Members: Debut CD Due In July
STAR & DAGGER, the blues-rock/metal group made up of good friends Sean Yseult (WHITE ZOMBIE),Dava She Wolf (CYCLE SLUTS FROM HELL),Dave Catching (EAGLES OF DEATH METAL),Gene Trautmann (QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE),and the sublime vocalist Von Hesseling, will release a full-length album, "Tomorro...April 12, 2013
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ASHES OF ARES Signs With NUCLEAR BLAST RECORDS
Nuclear Blast Records has announce the signing of ASHES OF ARES, the new band featuring Matt Barlow (ex-ICED EARTH),Van Williams (ex-NEVERMORE) and Freddie Vidales (ex-ICED EARTH). ASHES OF ARES is a band which represents the culmination of experiences, trials and tribulations of its founding membe...April 9, 2013
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GEOFF TATE Taps NINA NOIR For QUEENSRŸCHE's 'Operation: Mindcrime' 25th-Anniversary Tour
Nina Noir (pictured below) was selected by Geoff Tate to take part in the 2013 QUEENSRŸCHE tour after making a guest appearance on the band's new album, "Frequency Unknown". She will be singing a duet with Geoff on the group's epic song, "Suite Sister Mary". Nina mastered speech level singing with r...March 30, 2013
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GUNS N' ROSES Keyboardist DIZZY REED: AXL ROSE's 'Work Ethic Has Really Rubbed Off On Me'
The Maitland Mercury recently conducted an interview with GUNS N' ROSES keyboardist Dizzy Reed. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. The Maitland Mercury: When GUNS N' ROSES released "Use Your Illusion I" and "Use Your Illusion II" simultaneously in 1991, you became the biggest rock band...March 6, 2013
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