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LED ZEPPELIN's JIMMY PAGE Pulls Out Of MONTREUX JAZZ FESTIVAL Tribute Concert

LED ZEPPELIN legend Jimmy Page has been forced to cancel his participation in the June 30 concert in honor of Atlantic Records at this year's Montreux Jazz Festival due to medical reasons (a "surgery", according to a press release). On June 30 — the opening night of the festival — the Montreux Jazz...

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The 'Real' SUPERNOVA Will Fight TOMMY LEE's 'Washed Up Metalheads' For Rights To Name

Bassist Art Mitchell of the long-running Orange County, California, punk trio SUPERNOVA has told MTV.com that his band has hired attorneys to respond to CBS-TV in the form of a cease-and-desist letter in connection with upcoming second season of "Rock Star", the reality show which will see MÖTLEY CR...

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SLAYER Guitarist KERRY KING: 'At The End Of The Day, I'm Still A Metal Fan'

Malcolm X Abram of The Beacon Journal recently conducted an interview with SLAYER guitarist Kerry King. A couple of excerpt from the chat follow: On his belief that real metal's popularity is again on an upswing: "Six or seven years ago, when GODSMACK and DISTURBED started getting popular, I always...

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SYSTEM OF A DOWN Drummer: 'I'm Staying True To My Nerd Roots'

SYSTEM OF A DOWN drummer John Dolmayan told the Calgary Sun that he plans to launch an Internet-based comic-book company when the band goes on hiatus after this year's Ozzfest winds down. "It's my other passion — I love music, and comics are what I've also been into since I was a kid," explained Dol...

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HANOI ROCKS Frontman Issues Tour/Songwriting Update

HANOI ROCKS frontman Michael Monroe has posted the following message on the band's official web site: "First of all, I'd like to thank you for all your kind and sincere birthday wishes. I did have quite a fun day too. We played a good gig in Spain at the Lorca Rock festival and Andy [McCoy, ...

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SPIRALARMS Confirmed For Hollywood's CRÜEFEST

SPIRALARMS, the San Francisco Bay Area band featuring Craig Locicero (ex-FORBIDDEN) on guitar, Tim Narducci (ex-SYSTEMATIC) on guitar/vocals, Chris Kontos (ex-MACHINE HEAD, TESTAMENT) on drums, Chris Lombardo on bass and Brad Barth on keyboards, have been confirmed for the sixth annual Crüefest, set...

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CELTIC FROST: More 'Monotheist' European Chart Positions Revealed

CELTIC FROST's comeback album "Monotheist" has achieved the following European chart positions: Germany: Week No. 1: #67 Switzerland: Week No. 1: #41 Week No. 2: #56 Finland: Week No. 1: #57 Greece: Week No. 1: #16 Week No. 2: #15 Week No. 3: #12 As previously reported, "Monotheist", sold just under...

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SLAYER Recount VENOM 'Pissing' Incident

Decibel magazine (web site) has published an exclusive "oral history" of SLAYER, featuring interviews with all four original members, former drummers Paul Bostaph and John Dette, and various other associates, including label personnel and members of other bands. A few excerpts from the feature follo...

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SLAYER's TOM ARAYA Keeps His Singing Chops Up By Singing Country Songs

David Glessner of the San Antonio Express-News recently conducted an interview with SLAYER frontman Tom Araya. A few excerpts from the chat follow: On SLAYER fans: "Some of (our fans) can make you a little nervous. I think the craziest (request) would have to be this kid who wanted one of us to ...

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KISS Guitarist TOMMY THAYER Speaks

Writer/photographer John Harrell recently conducted an interview with KISS guitarist Tommy Thayer for a cover story in the Japanese magazine Burrn! An excerpt from the chat follows: Burrn!: Do the fans hassle you about being in Ace's makeup? Tommy: "The vast majority of the people see KISS up there...

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CELTIC FROST's 'Monotheist' Enters Greek Chart At No. 16

According to Rockdetector.com, CELTIC FROST's comeback album "Monotheist" has just achieved its highest global chart position, entering the national Greek album charts at No. 16. Previously the album had charted at no. 41 in Switzerland, 67 in Germany and 194 in France. Produced by HYPOCRISY and PAI...

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ARMORED SAINT Perform In California: New Live Video Available

ARMORED SAINT performed at the Galaxy Theater in Santa Ana, California Father's Day (Sunday night, June 18). According to one attendee, the highlight of the night was Phil [Sandoval, guitar], who was wearing a picture of his son David on his shirt, brought his kid on stage 'cause the kid wanted to s...

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SAXON Drummer: 'Rest Assured, We're Working On' U.S. Tour

SAXON drummer Nigel Glockler has posted a lengthy update on his official web site. A couple of excerpts from his message follow: "The first proper tour I've undertaken in seven years has come to an end and now we're entering a period of summer festivals, inbetween which we'll be continuing with the...

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Exclusive: SEPULTURA's ANDREAS KISSER Talks About Departure Of IGOR CAVALERA

On Thursday, June 15, SEPULTURA guitarist Andreas Kisser spoke exclusively to BLABBERMOUTH.NET about the recent departure of drummer and founding member Igor Cavalera and the group's future plans. A transcript of the chat follows: Q: Igor told me a couple of days ago [read Igor's interview at this l...

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Exclusive: IGOR CAVALERA Talks About His Decision To Leave SEPULTURA

In the two days since drummer Igor Cavalera announced his departure from SEPULTURA, there has been a great deal of speculation regarding the reasons for his split with the group and his future plans. While some fans have theorized that Igor became disillusioned with playing heavy metal and wanted to...