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GUNS N' ROSES' 'November Rain' Tops Kerrang! Rock 100 Poll
According to Kerrang.com, GUNS N' ROSES have topped the Kerrang! Rock 100 poll with their 1991 smash hit "November Rain" being voted Best-Ever Single. Some 2,500 votes were cast via Kerrang! TV, Kerrang! Radio and Kerrang! magazine. Last year's winner NIRVANA with "Smells Like Teen Spirit" was bumpe...March 24, 2005
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MOTÖRHEAD To Release 30th-Anniversary Double DVD In July
MOTÖRHEAD will be issuing a 30th anniversary DVD on July 4 via SPV Records. The two-disc set will feature the band's December 2004 concert in Düsseldorf, Germany on one disc and a documentary feature on the second disc. More information will be made available soon. MOTÖRHEAD are planning to commemor...March 23, 2005
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NOCTURNE To Release 'Guide To Extinction' In April
The industrial band NOCTURNE will release "Guide to Extinction" on April 19 through Triple X Records. It's the third full-length album and fourth album overall from NOCTURNE. The band's two core members are vocalist/founder Lacey Conner — a striking woman with an otherworldly voice — and guitarist/p...March 22, 2005
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Former DIO Guitarist To Embark On West Coast Tour With HAPPY BIRTHDAY
Former DIO guitarist Rowan Robertson wil be embarking on a short West Coast tour with his new band HAPPY BIRTHDAY. "We will be supporting Jimmy Chamberlin's new band, THE JIMMY CHAMBERLIN COMPLEX, on a short run from San Diego to Vancouver in early April," Robertson told BLABBERMOUTH.NET. HAPPY BIRT...March 22, 2005
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SLASH Named 'Best Guitarist' By ESQUIRE Magazine
VELVET REVOLVER guitarist Slash (ex-GUNS N' ROSES) won the "Best Guitarist" prize in the 2005 Esky Music Awards in Esquire magazine. A write-up in the magazine announcing Slash's win reads as follows: "He's who we see ourselves as everytime we strap on an air guitar. The top hat. The hair. The dangl...March 21, 2005
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HEAVENWOOD Part Ways With Guitarist
Ricardo Dias, guitarist of the Portuguese gothic metal band HEAVENWOOD, has left the band. In addition, he has parted ways with his BEYOND THE LITANY side project, where he was playing as a guest musician. Dias is currently involved with a new, more rock-oriented project in the vein of VELVET REVOLV...March 21, 2005
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Transylvania 90210
In a stunted little cul-de-sac of the music world, occupied exclusively by zaftig, Myspace-addicted Goth chicks, overly-pierced zombie greasers and cowboy-hat-wearing ex-glammers gone horror punk, people like WEDNESDAY 13 reign supreme. This is a scene where third-string footnotes to history like BI...March 20, 2005
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MACHINE HEAD, DEVILDRIVER, THE HAUNTED: Tour Flyer Contest
The following message has been posted at MACHINE HEAD's official web site: "Calling all artists! MACHINE HEAD, DEVILDRIVER, THE HAUNTED and IT DIES TODAY are asking YOU to design a tour flyer for the States Turn Blue To Gray Tour, and one of the biggest Grand Prize packages that we've ever had the p...March 19, 2005
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SLASH To Make Music For Video Game
Billboard.com is reporting that VELVET REVOLVER guitarist Slash will make his first foray into video game music on an upcoming EA Sports NASCAR game, due later this year. "There will be theme music," he told Billboard.com. "No words or anything like that, because there is dialogue all the way throug...March 19, 2005
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MOTÖRHEAD: 'Ace of Spades: Classic Album' DVD Due Next Week
MOTÖRHEAD's legendary "Ace of Spades" LP will be the focus of Eagle Entertainment's latest installment of its "Classic Album" DVD series. Due on March 22, "Ace of Spades: Classic Album" sees bandmembers Lemmy, "Fast" Eddie Clarke and Philip "Philthy Animal" Taylor talking candidly about the writing...March 18, 2005
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AC/DC Frontman Throws His Weight Behind Florida's BIG MACHINE
AC/DC vocalist Brian Johnson has co-written all of the material and handpicked the members of a new Florida-based band called BIG MACHINE. The quintet has labels and industry folk alike shuffling about trying to find out more about the group performing the first new material written from the iconic...March 17, 2005
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BLACK SABBATH's IOMMI is Metal Hammer's No. 1 Metal Guitarist
BLACK SABBATH guitarist Tony Iommi has topped the poll of "Riff Lords" — best metal guitarists — in Metal Hammer magazine's March 2005 issue. The magazine praises Tony's "highly distinctive style of fretsmanship that's economical yet crushingly effective." And it anticipates the comments from reader...March 17, 2005
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KAMELOT: 'The Haunting' Video Posted Online
KAMELOT's video for the track "The Haunting" has been posted online at this location. "The Haunting" clip was directed by Swedish director Patric Ullaeus (DIMMU BORGIR, LACUNA COIL, IN FLAMES) of Revolver Films and and was shot in Sweden. Making guest appearances in the video are EPICA singer Simone...March 17, 2005
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LIMP BIZKIT Confirmed For Germany's ROCK AM RING/ROCK IM PARK Festivals
LIMP BIZKIT have been confirmed for the Rock am Ring and Rock im Park festivals, set to take place June 3-5, 2005 in Nürburgring and Nürnberg, Germany. The following is a list of the bands currently scheduled to perform at the festivals: ADAM GREEN APOCALYPTICA AS I LAY DYING BILLY IDOL BULLET FOR M...March 16, 2005
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SLASH Comments On Return Of His Top Hat
VELVET REVOLVER guitarist Slash's trademark black top hat — one of rock's most recognizable images — is finally back in his possession after it was missing for over four weeks. The acclaimed guitarist's hat was taken from his limo the night of the 2005 Grammy Awards (Sunday, February 13) in Los Ange...March 16, 2005
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