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Tools of Destruction

I like melodic hard rock and metal as much as the next guy (or gal). Shit, I even like some of the traditional '80s stuff; you know, the cheesy, pop-flavored fare. That doesn't mean that I like every band and I sure as hell don't respect all of it. Regardless, I realize that not every ...

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MEGADETH: 'Greatest Hits' Package Essay Posted Online

MEGADETH's publicists, The Mitch Schneider Organization (MSO),have posted the "package essay" written by the director of "The Decline of Western Civilization" documentary series, Penelope Spheeris, for the group's upcoming "Greatest Hits: Back to the Start" collection, due on June 28. It reads as f...

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Former GUANO APES Drummer Launches TAMOTO

Former GUANO APES drummer Dennis Poschwatta has posted the following message on the group's official web site: "First of all, I'd like to extend a huge THANKS! to all of you for staying so loyal to us and continuing to keep this site alive. The fact that GUANO APES are a thing of the past ...

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DEF LEPPARD Singer: 'I Don't Think We Ever Believed We Were A Metal Band'

VH1.com recently conducted an interview with DEF LEPPARD frontman Joe Elliott. An excerpt from the interview follows: VH1: You've had a lot of cross over success on the pop charts, do any of your metal brethren ever razz you? Have you had to defend your rock honor? Elliott: All the time. We've had t...

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Photos Of SEBASTIAN BACH Performing 'Wasted Time' With Swedish Pop Singer Posted Online

Photos of former SKID ROW frontman Sebastian Bach performing the SKID ROW classic "Wasted Time" with the Swedish pop singer Sofia at this past weekend's Sweden Rock Festival have been posted online at BTMRecords.se. Sofia covered "Wasted Time" on her debut album, "Lifetraveller", out this month on B...

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TOMMY LEE: New Audio Interview Posted Online

MÖTLEY CRÜE drummer Tommy Lee recently spoke to Detroit's WRIF 101.1 FM about his upcoming solo album, "Tommyland: The Ride", and NBC reality TV show, "Tommy Lee Goes to College", among other topics. Listen to the 15-minute interview at this location (Windows Media). Lee's "Tryin' to Be Me", the fir...

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TANK: More Details Revealed About 'War Of Attrition' Vinyl Release

TANK have revealed more details about the upcoming vinyl version of the "War of Attrition" live album that is scheduled for release later in the year in a limited edition of 500 copies via Maniacal Records. According to a posting on the TANK "This Means War" web site, the release will be a ...

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ORGY To Release 'Trans Global Spectacle' DVD In August

"No one has seen this side of us, the behind-the-scenes reality of ORGY," says Bobby Hewitt, the band's drummer and director of their retrospective DVD, "Trans Global Spectacle", due August 23 on D1 Music/DLC Records. "Most of our fans have only seen us onstage, in videos and in magazines, but this...

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TNT: Retrospective DVD 'The Collection: Volume 1' Now Available

Sorcery Studios has made available a new TNT DVD of lost gems entitled "The Collection: Volume 1". Described as "a video retrospective that spans the last 20 years of the band," this collection is a release that is finally being made available after a huge demand by the fans worldwide and is also an...

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SEBASTIAN BACH Performs With Swedish Pop Singer SOFIA At SWEDEN ROCK Festival

Former SKID ROW frontman Sebastian Bach invited Swedish pop singer Sofia to sing with him on stage at this past weekend's Sweden Rock Festival. At Sweden Rock Festival in Solvesborg, Sweden last Saturday (June 11),Sebastian Bach and his band entered the stage in front of a wild crowd of 15,000 rock...

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Broken Valley

By the time LIFE OF AGONY broke up in 1998, the band was a shadow of its former self. Singer Keith Caputo and drummer Sal Abruscato were both gone, the former replaced — to the horror of many — by ex-UGLY KID JOE frontman Whitfield Crane. But even LOA's third album, "Soul Searching Sun", had ...

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MISFITS Tribute CD, New BALZAC Album Coming This Month From MISFITS RECORDS

Misfits Records/Rykodisc will be issuing two brand-new albums on June 28: a unique MISFITS tribute album, entitled "Fiend Club Lounge", and the second North American release from Japan's premiere horror-punks BALZAC. The ultimate and most unusual of all MISFITS tributes arrives in stores on June 28...

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RAZORBACK Working On 'Modern, Heavy And Pop' Sophomore Album

RAZORBACK, the new band consisting of Rolf Munkes (guitar, MAJESTY, ex-VANIZE),Stefan Berggren (vocals, ex-COMPANY OF SNAKES),Marcus Bielenberg (bass, ex-VANIZE),and Chris Heun (guitar, ex-SHYLOCK),are continuing work on their sophomore album, tentatively due in October/November via Massacre Rec...

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Concert Presentation To Feature Songs From AC/DC Singer's 'Helen of Troy' Musical

Robert Simonson of Playbill.com has issued the following report: Eden Espinosa and Alice Ripley will lend their voices to a June 13 concert that will feature songs from "Helen of Troy", a new musical with a score by Brian Johnson of the Australian heavy metal band AC/DC. Also due to perform at the ....

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PANTERA, WHITE ZOMBIE, QUEENSRŸCHE Featured On 'Whatever: The '90s Pop Culture Box' Collection

PANTERA, WHITE ZOMBIE, QUEENSRŸCHE, MINISTRY and HELMET are among the bands featured on the box set "Whatever: The '90s Pop Culture Box", due July 26 from Rhino, according to Billboard.com. "Whatever: The '90s Pop Culture Box" will span seven discs with 130 songs that collectively defined the commer...