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HENRY ROLLINS Speaks Out On WEST MEMPHIS 3 Benefit CD

"One of the highest compliments I've ever been paid is that these people have all said yes to be on this album," punk icon Henry Rollins recently told Chart Attack about his West Memphis Three benefit compilation Rise Above for the three young men — Damien Echols, Jessie Misskelley and Jason Baldwin...
September 21, 2002
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SLIPKNOT Singer Becomes Dad!

SLIPKNOT/STONE SOUR frontman Corey Taylor has become a dad. His fiancée Scarlett gave birth to 6ib 14oz Griffin Parker Taylor on Tuesday, September 17th. According to Corey, who spoke to Britain's Rock Sound magazine at 9:00 PM UK time, just two hours after the birth, mother and son were doing excel...
September 18, 2002
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SLIPKNOT To Issue 'Colorful' New Home Video In 2003

SLIPKNOT will release a "warts and all" home video in 2003, according to Shawn "The Clown" Crahan. The percussionist told Kerrang! magazine that the video will show "SLIPKNOT going global." "It's going to have everything in it," he promises, "Vomit, piss, shit, dudes getting knocked out with stun gu...
September 17, 2002
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SLIPKNOT's COREY TAYLOR: I Hope STONE SOUR Will Last A Long Time

If SLIPKNOT frontman Corey Taylor get his way, he will pursue his other band, STONE SOUR, concurrently with his main outfit, with both groups touring and recording during each other's "down" time. "Sure it'll be busy trying to work with both of these bands, but after a while I think it will work tha...
September 14, 2002
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RAUNCHY Contemplate ROSS ROBINSON Collaboration On Next CD

Denmark's RAUNCHY have reportedly been contacted by acclaimed producer Ross Robinson (KORN, LIMP BIZKIT, SLIPKNOT) about a possible collaboration on the group's next CD, tentatively due in late 2003. RAUNCHY are currently signed to Mighty Music in Denmark and Nuclear Blast for the remaining territor...
September 11, 2002
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Beyond The Valley Of The Murderdolls

The debut album from the MURDERDOLLS, the long-simmering side project assembled by SLIPKNOT drummer Joey Jordison (who plays guitar here) and STATIC-X axeman Tripp Eisen (who left the band since recording this album),gives ample proof why such affairs can often be detrimental to musicians even as t...
September 9, 2002
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DIMMU BORGIR Complete Festival Run, Begin Work On New Material

DIMMU BORGIR guitarist Silenoz has offered the following update on the band's activities: "We just got back from the festival tour we did. We had 4 shows in all, amongst them the Summer Breeze in Germany, Lowlands fest in Holland (about 65,000 people, must've been around 15,000 in our tent where PUD...
September 8, 2002
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IN FLAMES' ANDERS FRIDEN: Our New CD Is Bridge Between '80s And 2000

IN FLAMES frontman Anders Friden has admitted to MTV.com that he's concerned about how the group's latest album, Reroute To Remain is being received by the band's longtime fans. "I'm afraid that [older fans] will judge this album upon if it's a 'Gothenburg death metal album' and already make up thei...
September 5, 2002
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QOTSA, STONE SOUR, SILVERCHAIR: First-Week Sales Numbers Revealed

QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE shifted 49,629 units of their latest effort, Songs For The Deaf (according to Soundscan) during the album's first week of release, landing at position #17 on the Billboard Pop Album chart. Meanwhile, STONE SOUR, led by SLIPKNOT vocalist Corey Taylor and guitarist Jim Root, so...
September 4, 2002
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SLIPKNOT's JOEY JORDISON: New Album Will Have More Of NEUROSIS Vibe

SLIPKNOT drummer Joey Jordison has described the material written for the band's next album as "a lot like Iowa, but more experimental." Says Jordison: "It's got more of a NEUROSIS vibe. We're doing a more extreme album, but this time it's not the heaviness of the double-bass drumming, it's the heav...
August 31, 2002
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STONE SOUR To Embark On Headlining Tour

STONE SOUR, featuring SLIPKNOT frontman Corey Taylor and guitarist Jim Root, will be hitting the U.S. for a headline tour starting on September 27th and running through November 22nd. CHEVELLE and Roadrunner labelmates SINCH will be opening each show. Confirmed dates so far are as follows: Sep. 27 -...
August 31, 2002
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SLIPKNOT's THE CLOWN Experiences Identity Crisis

We're not really sure what significance this carries, but SLIPKNOT percussionist Shawn "The Clown" Crahan appears to have reverted back to his old mask for the group's recent European shows, according to Metal Shop. ...
August 29, 2002
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SLIPKNOT Guitarist, Ex-MALEVOLENT CREATION Drummer In Talks To Form 'Extreme' Band

SLIPKNOT guitarist Mick Thompson is in talks with former MALEVOLENT CREATION/SUFFOCATION drummer Dave Culross about putting together a project band "which is bound to be rather extreme," according to the skinsman. "We should be getting together in September or October in Iowa" to begin work on the m...
August 26, 2002
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COREY TAYLOR: I Never Considered Leaving SLIPKNOT For STONE SOUR

SLIPKNOT vocalist Corey Taylor has denied that he ever planned on leaving his main band in order to concentrate on STONE SOUR, his much-touted other group which is releasing its debut album on Tuesday (August 27th). "No, there was no truth to [the rumors of me leaving] at all, man," Taylor told Laun...
August 22, 2002
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SLIPKNOT, PUDDLE OF MUDD, NICKELBACK Get Nominated For KERRANG! Awards

SLIPKNOT, PUDDLE OF MUDD, and NICKELBACK all lead the way with three nominations for the annual Kerrang! Awards, which take place in central London next Tuesday. SLIPKNOT are up for the Best Video ("My Plague"),Best International Live Act and Best Band in the World. PUDDLE OF MUDD will be contestin...
August 22, 2002