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FREDDIE MERCURY, OZZY OSBOURNE, SLASH Among Ultimate 'Rock Gods'
According to Skiddle, late QUEEN singer Freddie Mercury, who sold 300 million records before he died in November 1991 of bronchopneumonia induced by HIV, has been voted the ultimate "rock god." Ozzy Osbourne came sixth in the survey of 4,000 rock fans by Internet market research web site OnePoll. A...January 7, 2009
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Excerpts From 'The 100 Greatest Metal Guitarists' Book Posted Online
Two excerpts from Joel McIver's twelfth book, "The 100 Greatest Metal Guitarists", have been placed online at the U.K.-based author's web site. Chosen at random from the 100 entries, the excerpts discuss the guitar genius of the late Chuck Schuldiner of DEATH and Kirk Windstein of DOWN. "The 100 Gre...January 7, 2009
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Smashed KURT COBAIN Guitar Sells For $100,000
The Pulse of Radio reports that a smashed guitar that once belonged to late NIRVANA frontman Kurt Cobain was sold for $100,000, according to the Associated Press. The sale was confirmed by Jacob McMurray, curator at the Experience Music Project, who said that the axe was displayed at the Seattle exh...December 29, 2008
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MAGRUDERGRIND Prepares To Enter Studio
Willowtip Records has announced the signing of Washington, D.C.'s MAGRUDERGRIND. The band is set to enter Godcity Studios in early January to record its Willowtip debut with famed engineer Kurt Ballou (CONVERGE, MISERY INDEX, TORCHE). The CD will mastered at Visceral Sound by Scott Hull (PIG DESTROY...December 22, 2008
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PASADENA NAPALM DIVISION: Austin Footage Posted Online
Video footage of PASADENA NAPALM DIVISION, the new band featuring former DEADHORSE members Greg Martin, Ronny Guyote and Scott Sevall along with D.R.I. frontman Kurt Brecht and bassist Pone, performing the song "Speaking In Tongues" on December 13, 2008 at Room 710 in Austin, Texas can be viewed bel...December 22, 2008
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CONFLICT, DISCHARGE To Play Last-Ever Punk All-Dayer At London's Astoria
Legendary U.K. punk bands CONFLICT and DISCHARGE will play the last-ever punk all-dayer at the equally legendary London Astoria on Saturday, January 31, 2009 before it gets torn down to make way for an underground station. The complete billing for the event is as follows: CONFLICT DISCHARGE BABAR LU...December 20, 2008
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JIMMY PAGE, JIMI HENDRIX, EDDIE VAN HALEN, STEVE VAI Among 'Chop Shop''s Top Guitarists
Envision Radio Networks' "Chop Shop" guitar show has announced "The Chop Shop's Top 100 Most Complete Guitar Players of All Time", a newly published list of the all-time greatest guitar players. Program host Steve Black (WRIF-FM) assembled a panel of music industry experts to help choose the list fe...December 17, 2008
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Guitarist JUAN MONTOYA Talks About Altercation That Led To His Dismissal From TORCHE
Before it was announced that guitarist Juan Montoya would be playing his final show with the Miami, Florida's TORCHE at All Tomorrow's Parties, Rhapsody spoke with Montoya about some of his best and worst memories of 2008. In what became his last interview as a member of TORCHE, he spoke about a bla...December 16, 2008
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D.R.I. 'Semi-Reunion' At PASADENA NAPALM DIVISION's Austin Gig; Video Available
PASADENA NAPALM DIVISION, the new band featuring former DEADHORSE members Greg Martin, Ronny Guyote and Scott Sevall along with D.R.I. frontman Kurt Brecht and bassist Pone, performed at Room 710 in Austin, Texas this past Saturday night, Decemebr 13. One of the opening bands at the show was BLUNT F...December 16, 2008
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Seizures in Barren Praise
With three releases in 2007 and the new 25-minute full-length, "Seizures in Barren Praise", this year, TRAP THEM is clearly a band overflowing with creative juices. The sound is still proudly based in the Sunlight sound and style of seminal Swedish death metal acts like ENTOMBED and DISMEMBER, the s...December 15, 2008
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BELIEVER Frontman: 'We Wanted To Have Fun With This And Get Back To Our Emotional Metal Roots'
Guitarist/vocalist Kurt Bachman of the reactivated late '80s/early '90s technical-thrash metallers BELIEVER was recently interviewed by Decibel magazine's The Deciblog. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Decibel: Why resurrect BELIEVER now? Bachman: Joey [Daub, drums] and I met in the...December 8, 2008
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WHITE ZOMBIE: 'Let Sleeping Corpses Lie' First-Week Sales Revealed
WHITE ZOMBIE's 4-CD/1-DVD box set, "Let Sleeping Corpses Lie" (Geffen/UMe),sold 2,500 copies in the United States in its first week of release, according to Nielsen SoundScan. A trailer for "Let Sleeping Corpses Lie" can be viewed below. Released on November 25, the CDs bring together for the first...December 3, 2008
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DISFEAR/AT THE GATES Frontman TOMAS LINDBERG Interviewed; Video Available
Vassilis Mazaris and Elena Mihailidou of Metalzone.gr conducted an interview with vocalist Tomas Lindberg of DISFEAR and AT THE GATES on November 14, 2008 when DISFEAR made its live debut in Athens, Greece. Watch the 16-minute chat below. DISFEAR's latest album, "Live the Storm", was released on Jan...November 29, 2008
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DIMMU BORGIR Vs. BUSHIDO: German TV Report To Air This Sunday
On Sunday, November 30, Germany's "Spiegel TV Magazin" will air a special report on the accusations of plagiarism that have been leveled against German rapper Bushido (real name: Anis Mohamed Youssef Ferchichi) by a few different artists, including Norwegian symphonic black metallers DIMMU BORGIR. "...November 28, 2008
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BELIEVER: New Song Available
A brand new song from reactivated late '80s/early '90s technical-thrash metallers BELIEVER entitled "Medwton" received its world premier on Monday, November 17 on "Radio Bam", skateboarder and TV personality Bam Margera's weekly radio show on Sirius Satellite Radio 28 / XM Radio 52. You can now down...November 22, 2008
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