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FAT NANCY: Former CIRCUS OF POWER Frontman Signs With PERRIS RECORDS

FAT NANCY, the Southern California-based band featuring former CIRCUS OF POWER frontman Alex Mitchell, have inked a deal with Perris Records. The group's debut album, "Pure American Muscle, Baby", is described in a press release as "a 12-song collection of raw, live and necessary rock and soul energ...

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DREAM THEATER Keyboardist: 'We Want To Maintain The Integrity Of Who We've Been'

Jim DeRogatis of the Chicago Sun-Times recently conducted an interview with DREAM THEATER keyboardist Jordan Rudess. A few excerpts from the chat follow: On the group's distinctive mix of heavy-metal intensity and progressive-rock virtuosity: "The thing I like about that whole movement is that you c...

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OZZY Blows Out Voice, Slams Mike Down And Storms Off Stage At OZZFEST In Auburn

Ernest A. Jasmin of The News Tribune reviewed this year's Ozzfest when it hit the White River Amphitheatre in Auburn, Washington on Thursday (August 11). An excerpt from his review follows: "For the second year in a row, the concert’s namesake, Ozzy Osbourne, was joined by BLACK SABBATH band mates G...

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DEEP PURPLE Frontman Talks About 40th Anniversary Solo CD

DEEP PURPLE frontman Ian Gillan recently spoke to Rockdetector.com's Garry Sharpe-Young about his upcoming album "Gillan's Inn" — a celebration of Ian's 40th year on the road, featuring remakes of tracks spanning Ian's entire career. An excerpt from the chat follows: Rockdetector.com: Ex-SCORPIONS m...

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DEEP PURPLE Guitarist To Appear On PINK FLOYD Tribute

DEEP PURPLE guitarist Steve Morse appears on a tribute to PINK FLOYD's "The Wall", called "Back Against the Wall". Former YES member Billy Sherwood produced the tribute, which also features Chris Squire, Rick Wakeman, Steve Howe, and Alan White from YES, Robby Krieger from THE DOORS, Ian Anderson fr...

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TONY DOLAN Says 'Egos' Are To Blame For VENOM's Lineup Changes

Deaththrasher magazine recently conducted an interview with former VENOM/MANTAS and current ATOMKRAFT bassist/vocalist Tony Dolan. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: Deaththrasher: Is Cronos [VENOM frontman] a friend of yours? Tony Dolan: "Friend? Well, at one time I thought we were kinda ge...

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8THSIN: New Album Track Listing Revealed

8THSIN, the new project led by IT (a.k.a. Tony Särkkä; WAR, ABRUPTUM, OPHTHTALAMIA, VONDUR),have finalized the track listing for their sophomore album, "Angelseed & Demonmilk", tentatively due in October. The follow-up to last year's "Sinners Inc." (Black Lodge Records) will include a special g...

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Former VENOM Frontman TONY DOLAN To Be Featured In Upcoming Books, On Retrospective DVDs

Former VENOM/MANTAS and current ATOMKRAFT bassist/vocalist Tony Dolan's web site has been updated with the following message from Dolan's webmaster: "Tony is to feature in two more books to be released this year. The first is by legendary NWOBHM [journalist] John Tucker. The book, called 'Suzie Smil...

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KROKUS: Setlist For U.S. Tour Revealed

According to a posting on KROKUS' official web site, the setlist for the group's upcoming U.S. tour will include the following tracks, among others: Night Wolf Eat the Rich Long Stick Goes Boom Fire American Woman Heatstrokes Bad Boys Rag Dolls Screamin' in the Night Easy Rocker Mad World Stayed Awa...

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VOODOO SIX To Support IRON MAIDEN In London

VOODOO SIX, the band formed by former DIRTY DEEDS bassist Tony Newton, will be supporting IRON MAIDEN at their London Hammersmith Apollo show on September 2. The concert will be a special benefit performance for former IRON MAIDEN drummer Clive Burr, who is suffering from multiple sclerosis. All the...

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BLACK SABBATH Bassist: New Album 'Has To Be Great' Before It Can Be Released

Metal Edge magazine recently conducted an interview with BLACK SABBATH bassist Geezer Butler. An excerpt from the interview follows: Metal Edge: It's been 27 years since the last studio album from the original band, and the set remains pretty much unchanged from year to year. At this point, for you,...

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KROKUS: U.S. Tour Dates Announced

Veteran Swiss hard rockers KROKUS have lined up the following U.S. dates in September: Sep. 11 - New York, NY - BB King's Club Sep. 15 – Poughkeepsie, NY - The Chance Sep. 16 – Farmingdale, NY - The Downtown Sep. 17 - W. Springfield, VA - Jaxx Sep. 19 – Baltimore, MD - House ...

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GLENN HUGHES Recovering From Knee Surgery

Legendary vocalist/bassist Glenn Hughes (DEEP PURPLE, BLACK SABBATH) has posted the following message on his official web site: "I am recovering nicely from my knee surgery. Thank you for all the well wishes. I am now allowed to go swimming in my pool and I am thankful as it is extremely hot here. "...

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RAGING SPEEDHORN, SIKTH Confirmed For U.K.'s DAMNATION FESTIVAL

RAGING SPEEDHORN and SIKTH have been confirmed for the the first-ever Damnation Festival, set to take place on October 16, 2005 at Jilly's Rockworld in Manchester, England. The bands will head up the Jilly's Rockworld Stage with the likes of PANIC CELL, FOURWAYKILL and hotly tipped THE INBREDS teari...

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DIMMU BORGIR Drummer TONY LAUREANO: European Festival Report

Drummer Tony Laureano (NILE, DIMMU BORGIR) has posted an extended blog entry on his official web site/weblog regarding his recent European festival appearances with DIMMU BORGIR. Read it at TonyLaureano.com. In addition to touring with DIMMU BORGIR, Laureano is currently working on a new project cal...