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MONDO GENERATOR Mainman Says OZZFEST 2007 'Wasn't Our Scene'

Mark Carras of Rock My Monkey recently conducted an interview with MONDO GENERATOR frontman Nick Oliveri (also ex-KYUSS, QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE). A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: Rock My Monkey: Why did you drop off Ozzfest? Was it a money issue? Nick Oliveri: You know, it was just many ....

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Some Enchanted Evening

It's one of those moot points that'll get any music message board worth its salt into a good and ugly debate, but I hold fast to the idea that if BLUE ÖYSTER CULT had imploded like BLACK SABBATH Mark I did, at the end of the 1970's, we'd talk about the former with the same ...

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ROB ZOMBIE's 'Halloween' Headed For Labor Day Record

Peter Rosenberg of New York City's Hot 97 conducted a radio interview with Rob Zombie about Rob's remake of the horror classic "Halloween". Watch video footage of the 10-minute chat below. Despite opening to mostly negative reviews, Zombie's "Halloween" is on track to gross a record-breaking $23-$26...

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New TONY IOMMI Audio Interview Posted Online

The latest episode of "Talking Metal" features an interview hosts Mark Strigl and John Ostronomy conducted with legendary guitarist Tony Iommi. Topics include HEAVEN AND HELL, BLACK SABBATH, Ronnie James Dio, Ozzy Osbourne, Tony Martin, Glenn Hughes, Ian Gillan, LED ZEPPELIN, Eddie Van Halen, LUNARM...

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BLACK TIDE Members Talk About Playing This Year's OZZFEST

Sean Piccoli of South Florida's Sun-Sentinel.com reports: The story of how a school-aged South Florida metal band went from spectators to performers plays like a screwball romance: Band gets gig, band loses gig, band gets even better gig back. BLACK TIDE, already signed to a major label, had lined u...

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Legendary Long Island Record Store LOONEY TUNES Destroyed In Fire

Looney Tunes, the long-standing independent record store in West Babylon, New York which has hosted in-store appearances by such artists as OZZY OSBOURNE, QUEENSRŸCHE, DREAM THEATER, TYPE O NEGATIVE and STAIND (whose 2001 rooftop in-store performance attracted 7,500 fans to the store) experienced a...

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ROB ZOMBIE Talks To Horror.com; Video Available

Staci Layne Wilson of Horror.com (via TVWire.TV) conducted a short interview with Rob Zombie about his remake of the horror classic "Halloween". Watch the clip below. Dimension Films, which is releasing "Halloween", has just signed Zombie to a two-picture deal. According to Variety, Zombie will writ...

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Album Or Movie Next For ROB ZOMBIE?

The Pulse of Radio (formerly Launch Radio Networks) reports: With his remake of "Halloween" opening on Friday (August 31) and both a tour and live album slated for this fall, filmmaker and musician Rob Zombie has a full schedule for the rest of the year. So what comes after that? Zombie has been alt...

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TONY IOMMI: 2008 BLACK SABBATH Tour Not Set 'In Stone' Yet

Gary Graff of Billboard.com reports: There's plenty of talk about a BLACK SABBATH reunion for 2008. It's just not coming from the band members themselves. Guitarist Tony Iommi tells Billboard.com that even though "everybody's been talking to me" about the much-reported regrouping, "there's nothing i...

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RONNIE JAMES DIO: 'If You're Going To Be Successful, You've Got To Be Unique'

Jim Catalano of The Ithaca Journal recently conducted an interview with legendary heavy metal vocalist Ronnie James Dio (DIO, BLACK SABBATH, HEAVEN AND HELL, RAINBOW). A few excerpts from the chat follow: On growing up in Central New York, relying on a blue-collar ethos to build his music career: "T...

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ZAKK WYLDE, STEPHEN PEARCY To Guest On '3 Guys Pickin''

Zakk Wylde (OZZY OSBOURNE, BLACK LABEL SOCIETY) and Stephen Pearcy (RATT) are among the scheduled guests on "3 Guys Pickin'", which bills itself as "the most electrifying cable access show in Chicago." The details are as follows Sept. 3 and Sept. 5 - Episode 292: "Zakk Wylde returns to '3 Guys Picki...

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ROB ZOMBIE Explains Why He Couldn't Do HEAVEN AND HELL Tour

The Pulse of Radio (formerly Launch Radio Networks) reports: ROB ZOMBIE has confirmed that he will support OZZY OSBOURNE on a fall tour, telling Los Angeles TV station KTLA on Thursday (August 23) that the trek will begin sometime in October and last through December. Ironically, Zombie's name was i...

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MEGADETH Mainman Issues GIGANTOUR Update

MEGADETH mainman Dave Mustaine has issued the following update via the Gigantour.com web site: "Today is Monday and there is one week left before we leave for Alaska. We will come home after that for 16 days and then it is off to the Pac Rim, and eventually to Australia, to start this awesome line-u...

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DEVILDRIVER Frontman Embraces OZZFEST's Emphasis On Music

Regis Behe of the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review reports: A few weeks ago, singer Dez Fafara, of DEVILDRIVER, was starting a much-needed vacation when he got a text message from Ozzfest associate producer John Fenton: "I really need you to call me now." A band, MONDO GENERATOR, had suddenly left the tour...

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Pennsylvania's Heavy-Metal Legislative Aide

Eric Poole of Pennsylvania's Beaver County Times reports: On Thursday, Kevin Bowser helped shepherd a cooperative agreement between Ellwood City Council and a revitalization group for a development project in the borough. The next morning, he was at Ozzfest. Bowser, the apparently strait-laced legis...