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A Different Kind Of Pain

What happened to the fun of playing rock music, especially when it comes from the sheer power of heavy rock? COLD, which returns with its fourth album after several lineup changes and a label switch, is comprised of talented and solid players, and frontman Scooter Ward can sing and write some freque...

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Get Some

NASHVILLE PUSSY's "Get Some" sees the band going in an experimental direction, substituting lascivious lyrics with stories of a world in political turmoil, the plight of the homeless, and third world poverty. The AC/DC-meets-NUGENT-meets-SKYNYRD southern fried recklessness of past releases has been...

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JERRY CANTRELL, VINNIE PAUL Attend GENE SIMMONS' Birthday Party: Photos Available

Former ALICE IN CHAINS guitarist Jerry Cantrell, PANTERA/DAMAGEPLAN drummer Vinnie Paul and NICKEBACK frontman Chad Kroeger were among the attendees at KISS bassist/vocalist Gene Simmons' 56th birthday party, which took place Thursday (August 25) at The Palms Hotel and Casino Resort in Las Vegas, Ne...

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KING'S X: 'Alone' Video Posted Online

KING'S X's video for the track "Alone" has been posted online at InsideOutMusic.com [NOTE: Link removed at label's request]. "Alone" comes off the Texas-based rock trio's upcoming album, "Ogre Tones" (view artwork at this location),due on September 27 via InsideOut Music America. The new KING'S X a...

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MÖTLEY CRÜE Bassist Has 'Huge' Plans For 'The Heroin Diaries' Book

MÖTLEY CRÜE bassist Nikki Sixx has posted the following message on his official web site: "Books are great. I love them, I always have my nose in one and I have to tell you I'm so excited about 'The Heroin Diaries'. With that being said, I've never been one to want to follow the same ...

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HATEBREED Frontman Lands Movie Role

HATEBREED frontman Jamey Jasta has landed a small role in an upcoming independent film, "The House of Usher", a contemporary adaptation of Edgar Allen Poe's short story. Shot in Poe's home state of Massachusetts, the film is being helmed by award-winning director Hayley Cloake, whose short films "Te...

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ALICE COOPER's Daughter Lands Another Movie Role

Shock rocker Alice Cooper's daughter Calico Cooper has been confirmed for the role of "Ashley" in the Mindsplinters Films' upcoming ghostly flick "The Visitor". Mindsplinters is best known for "The Woodland Haunting 2", the cult indie film which will be "officially" released on DVD in the U.S. this...

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Transgression

Just before sitting down to write this review, I happened to read the latest FEAR FACTORY news posted right here on Blabbermouth. Specifically, vocalist Burton C. Bell's description of "Transgression" as "experimental" is the part that stuck. It's a good starting point, so let's go with it. While th...

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ALICE COOPER On World Tour With Blood, Gore, Goth And A Chihuahua?

ALICE COOPER, the master rocker in the theatre of the macabre and inspiration to such hard rock and metal artists as KISS, OZZY OSBOURNE, MARILYN MANSON, SLIPKNOT and others, hasn't lost his edge or his wit. As he kicked off his world tour in Australia last month in support of his new CD, "Dirty Dia...

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ROB ZOMBIE, MÖTLEY CRÜE To Perform On New VH1 CLASSIC Show

Launch Radio Networks is reporting that ROB ZOMBIE, MÖTLEY CRÜE, INCUBUS and SMASHING PUMPKINS founder Billy Corgan are among the artists who will tape performances for a new VH1 Classic program called "Decades Rock Live". Each one-hour segment will spotlight an influential rock or soul artist of th...

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FEAR FACTORY: Looney Tunes Performance To Be Professionally Filmed

Pierced Productions, an up-and-coming production company, will be filming FEAR FACTORY's in-store performance at the Looney Tunes CD store in West Babylon, New York on Monday, August 22 beginning at 7:00 p.m. The footage will reportedly be released on FEAR FACTORY's web site the very next day. FEAR...

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HANOI ROCKS Guitarist Meets 'Childhood Hero' ALICE COOPER

According to a posting on HANOI ROCKS guitarist Conny Bloom's official web site, "Conny's back in Stockholm [Sweden] after the last finnish HANOI ROCKS dates, one of them being support to Conny's childhood hero, ALICE COOPER. The king of horror rock himself compared HANOI ROCKS to THE ROLLING STONES...

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FEAR FACTORY To Perform At Looney Tunes Store In New York

FEAR FACTORY will play a very special in-store concert at Looney Tunes CD store in West Babylon, New York on Monday, August 22 beginning at 7:00 p.m. They will play a few songs and then hang around to meet fans, take pictures and sign a few autographs. You need to pre-order the group's new CD, ...

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Surviving ALICE IN CHAINS Members Explore Ways To Perform Together Again

Steve Hochman of The Los Angeles Times is reporting that the surviving members of the popular Seattle grunge-metal group ALICE IN CHAINS, whose singer Layne Staley died of a drug overdose in 2002, are exploring ways they might be able to perform again on a regular basis. The seeds were planted this...

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ALICE COOPER Discusses His Stage Show

ALICE COOPER recently spoke to Billboard.com about his new album, "Dirty Diamonds", and his current world tour, which includes such traditional Cooper set-pieces as guillotines, strait jackets and "female vampire whip dances." "If you asked 10 people in 1975 to go to an ALICE COOPER show and do a tw...