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ANJA Featuring 40 BELOW SUMMER Members; New Song Posted Online

ANJA, the New York-based singer/songwriter whose backing band includes Carlos Aguilar (drums) and Jordan Plingos (guitar) from 40 BELOW SUMMER, and Steve Schalk (brother of Ken Schalk from CANDIRIA; guitar),has posted a new song on her MySpace page. Anja, who enjoys an Austrian, Spanish and Asian h...

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Book Author Tells Story Of Guys Who Died Trying To Save DIMEBAG

Gregory L. Van Vorhis of Sentinel-Tribune reports: "There is always a focus on the bad guy. You know who Dahmer is, who Gacy is. Can you name one of their victims," asks Chris Armold, who goes by the name Chris A. on the cover of his book "A Vulgar Display of Power: Courage ...

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SMASHING PUMPKINS, DARKEST HOUR, DANZIG, BEATALLICA First-Week Sales Revealed

SMASHING PUMPKINS' "Zeitgeist" sold 145,000 copies in the United States during its first week of release to debut at position No. 2 on The Billboard 200 chart. "Zeitgeist" contains the first new music under the PUMPKINS banner since frontman Billy Corgan disbanded the group in late 2000. Corgan and...

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ULI JON ROTH's SKY ACADEMY: More Guests Announced

Ule W. Ritgen, Piero Leporale, Richie Onori, Andrew Shulman and George Bellas are among the newly confirmed guests for this year's Uli Jon Roth Sky Academy seminar and concerts. Set to take place August 22-26 at Musician's Institute in Los Angeles, the concept of Sky Academy was conceived by Uli. He...

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MNEMIC Guitarist On Opening For METALLICA: 'It Was The Best Show Ever!'

Danish metallers MNEMIC opened for METALLICA on July 13 in Århus, Denmark. Also appearing on the bill was VOLBEAT. Commented MNEMIC guitarist Mircea Gabriel Eftemie: "It was the best fucking show ever!!!! Everything was simply smooth that day!! Check out the pictures!! And guess what?! The next day...

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THE END: 'Throwing Stones' Video Posted Online

Following up the Music Choice premier last week, THE END has posted its video for "Throwing Stones" on the band's MySpace page. "Throwing Stones", the first video from THE END's acclaimed new album "Elementary", was shot in Toronto, ON with director Jeff Schevin for Soft Citizen (TV ON THE RADIO, DE...

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MICHAEL SCHENKER Says He Was 'Forced Out Of The U.S.' Before Completing Tour

Legendary guitarist Michael Schenker has issued a statement on the abrupt cancellation of the remaining dates on MICHAEL SCHENKER GROUP's recent U.S. tour. Said Michael: "I am sorry, but, there never will be another tour in the U.S. unless particular people stop interfering. I haved tried my best to...

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Battle Lords

Go ahead and dwell on the fact that Rhode Island's GODLESS RISING includes in its ranks two members of the original VITAL REMAINS lineup (vocalist Jeff Gruslin and lead guitarist Paul Flynn) that contributed to the "Let Us Pray" album. Take a few minutes. Now get past it because aside from the fact...

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SMASHING PUMPKINS: 'Late Show With David Letterman' Performance Posted Online

SMASHING PUMPKINS performed their new single, "Tarantula", on "The Late Show with David Letterman" in New York City on Monday (July 9). Watch the performance at CBS.com. According to Hits Daily Double, SMASHING PUMPKINS' "Zeitgeist" is poised to sell between 140,000 and 150,000 copies in the United...

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What Is PARIS HILTON Doing Inside The New SMASHING PUMPKINS CD?

Launch Radio Networks reports: The new SMASHING PUMPKINS album, "Zeitgeist", features Paris Hilton in a series of photographs in the CD booklet, taken by PUMPKINS leader Billy Corgan himself. Hilton's face also adorns the cover of the band's U.K. single for the song "Tarantula". Corgan explained how...

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Report: More Than 60,000 Expected At ROCKLAHOMA Festival

KOTV.com reports: Thousands of rock and metal fans have flooded Pryor. Oklahoma for what could be the biggest concert event of the summer, Rocklahoma. News On 6 anchor Omar Villafranca reports it's like an '80s flashback. Just a few bands taking the stage include POISON, DOKKEN, TWISTED SISTER, and...

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SMASHING PUMPKINS: 'Zeitgeist' On Track To Sell 150K Copies First Week

According to Hits Daily Double, SMASHING PUMPKINS' "Zeitgeist" is poised to sell between 140,000 and 150,000 copies in the United States during its first week of release. This number would put it in a race for the No. 1 slot on next week's The Billboard 200 chart with this week's chart-topper, Grand...

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POSSESSED: 1984 'Death Metal' Demo Available For Download

POSSESSED's classic 1984 "Death Metal" demo has been made available for download at MetalKult.com. Months before POSSESSED's debut LP, "Seven Churches" hit the stores, cassettes of "Death Metal" had been spreading throughout the extreme metal community. While the tape typically traded contained four...

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MNEMIC Guitarist Is Excited To Support METALLICA This Friday

Guitarist Mircea Gabriel Eftemie of Danish metallers MNEMIC has issued the following update: "It's been a while since the last update, but we've been super busy touring, and touring and guess what... TOURING! Since the beginning of this year we did four tours and as we are about to wrap up our mini...

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SMASHING PUMPKINS Release 'Zeitgeist' After Seven-Year Absence

Launch Radio Networks reports: The SMASHING PUMPKINS release their comeback album, "Zeitgeist", on Tuesday (July 10) and it contains the first new music under the PUMPKINS banner since frontman Billy Corgan disbanded the group in late 2000. After seven years apart, drummer Jimmy Chamberlin said that...