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GREAT WHITE: Station Fire Evidence Being Sorted

Paul Edward Parker of The Providence Journal reports: The attorney general's office yesterday began sorting through the mountains of evidence it gathered in the Station nightclub fire case as the first step toward making some of it public, a spokesman said yesterday. When Attorney General Patrick C....

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GREAT WHITE: Station Club Owners Sentenced In 2003 Fatal Fire

MTV.com reports that the two brothers who owned and operated the Rhode Island nightclub where a fire killed 100 concertgoers in 2003 were sentenced Friday (September 29) — but only one will serve time behind bars. According to The Associated Press, relatives of the victims killed in the Station nigh...

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GREAT WHITE: Names Of 100 Fire Victims Read At Sentencing For Club Owners

The Associated Press reports: A hearing to sentence the two brothers who owned a nightclub where a fire started by rock band GREAT WHITE's pyrotechnics, killing 100 concertgoers, on Friday took on a memorial feel. It began with the lights being dimmed and a slideshow flashing pictures of each of the...

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GREAT WHITE Nightclub Fire: Families Outraged By Club Owner Pleas

The Associated Press reports: Relatives of the 100 people killed in a 2003 nightclub fire sparked by rock band GREAT WHITE's pyrotechnics are furious that the club owners are pleading no contest to involuntary manslaughter charges and that one of them will avoid prison. For family members still upse...

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NEGATIVE: 'Planet Of The Sun' Single Tops Finnish Chart

Finnish hard/glam rock band NEGATIVE have entered the national single chart in their home country at position No. 1 with their latest single, "Planet of the Sun". View the whole chart at this location. The song can be streamed at the group's MySpace page. "Planet of the Sun" comes off the ...

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Japan Wins AIR GUITAR WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS; SENTENCED Guitarist Among Judges

Air Guitar World Championships took place in Club Teatria, Oulu, for the 11th time. Japan's strong presence produced a world champion and this year Ochi "Dainoji" Yosuke gets a chance to spread the gospel of air guitars. Yosuke outplayed the other skillful contestants with his simplistic but extreme...

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SOULRELIC: New Songtitles Revealed

Finland's SOULRELIC has released the working songtitles that are set to appear on the band's upcoming CD, tentatively due next year. They are as follows (in no particular order): 01. I'll Let the Gallow Win 02. The Evergreen Pastures Of Grave 03. This Land 04. Coins 05. Dead King 06. Such a Pleasant...

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Rapist Who 'Thought He Was OZZY OSBOURNE' Gets 10 Years

The Australian man who drugged and sexually assaulted a 13-year-old girl because he believed he was rock star Ozzy Osbourne and had to follow in his footsteps has been sentenced to a maximum 10 years in jail, according to News.com.au. Arthur Fairwell faced the NSW District Court today (Friday, Septe...

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POISONBLACK: 'Lust Stained Despair' Enters Finnish Chart At No. 2

POISONBLACK — the Finnish band featuring Ville Laihiala (vocals, guitar, formerly of SENTENCED),Janne Markus (guitar),Marco Sneck (keyboards),Antti Remes (bass) and Tarmo Kanerva (drums) — has entered the national album chart with its sophomore CD, "Lust Stained Despair", at position No. 2. View...

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CIRCLE II CIRCLE: New Music Posted Online

CIRCLE II CIRCLE, the band featuring former SAVATAGE frontman Zachary Stevens, has posted three songs from its upcoming "Burden of Truth" album — "Revelations", "Evermore" and "Burden of Truth" — on its official MySpace page. "Burden of Truth" was recorded at Tampa's Morrisound Recording. Touring is...

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SOULRELIC Bassist Forced To Sit Out Gigs Due To Injury

SOULRELIC bassist Pecu Talala will be forced to miss the band's next couple of gigs due to a recent knee injury. Replacing him temporarily will be Mikko "Speedy" Uusimaa from REFLEXION. SOULRELIC's next performance is scheduled to take place this Saturday, September 9 at Rytmikorjaamo in Seinäjoki,...

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POISONBLACK Frontman Says SENTENCED is 'Over And Done'

Chad Bowar of HeavyMetal.About.com recently conducted an interview with POISONBLACK/ex-SENTENCED frontman Ville Laihiala. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: HeavyMetal.About.com: On the first CD J.P. Leppaluoto was the vocalist. When he left the band, did you audition other vocalists, or did...

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MORS PRINCIPIUM: New Album Title Announced

Finnish melodic death/thrash metallers MORS PRINCIPIUM EST have set "Liberation = Termination" as the title of their third album, tentatively due in early 2007 via Listenable Records. "Here we are, in Astia Studio [in Finland]," stated vocalist Ville Viljanen. "We have been here for over a week now...

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Former GREAT WHITE Tour Manager Wants Sentence Reduced

The Associated Press reports that a tour manager who ignited a blaze that killed 100 people wants his sentence reduced. Daniel Biechele pleaded guilty to 100 counts of involuntary manslaughter in February and was sentenced to four years in prison. His lawyer filed a motion today asking a judge to re...

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Review: Well, At Least The QUEENSRŸCHE Encore Was Entertaining

Jonathan Foerster of the Naples Daily News reviewed QUEENSRŸCHE's August 27, 2006 headlining appearance at the Barbara B. Mann Performing Arts Hall in Ft. Myers, Florida. An excerpt from his review follows: Concerts are supposed to be spectacles on some level. Whether it's the visceral thrill of bas...