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Video: MEGADETH Bassist Checks Out Damage Caused By Superstorm Sandy

MEGADETH bassist David Ellefson visited Long Island, New York to check out some of the damage caused by superstorm Sandy prior to the band's November 10 performance at The Paramount in Huntington on the "Countdown To Extinction" 20th-anniversary tour. Check out the footage below. Thousands of Long I...

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TWISTED SISTER Guitarist Says His Band Has No Choice But To Defend Its Trademark

TWISTED SISTER guitarist and manager, J.J. French, says that he was forced to send a cease-and-desist letter to the owners of the Twisted Sister House Of Hunger food truck in Minneapolis, Minnesota asking the business to change its name because he and his bandmates are required by trademark law to e...

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JOE LYNN TURNER, TRACII GUNS, ROBIN MCAULEY To Take Part In 'Raiding The Rock Vault'

The history of rock 'n' roll will come to life like never before with "Raiding The Rock Vault". The spectacular show is set for Thursday, November 29 at the Mayan Theatre (1038 S Hill St.) in downtown Los Angeles, leading up to a nationwide tour in 2013. Narrated, sung and acted along with compellin...

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SOULFLY: New Video Interview Posted Online

Rithan of KLTV's EC Inspirasi recently conducted an interview with SOULFLY. You can now watch the chat below. SOULFLY's eighth album, "Enslaved", sold 5,900 copies in the United States in its first week of release to debut at position No. 82 on The Billboard 200 chart. The band's previous CD, "Omen"...

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MEGADETH Bassist Talks About His Limited-Edition BEAMZ Player Product (Video)

Beamz Interactive, Inc., an interactive music product and technology company, has announced the availability of its Limited Edition David Ellefson Beamz Player interactive music product. This new limited edition product features the signature of the legendary thrash metal MEGADETH bassist David Elle...

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DROWNING POOL: New Song 'Saturday Night' Available For Streaming

"Saturday Night", a brand new song from Texas heavy rockers DROWNING POOL, can be streamed below (courtesy of AOL's Noisecreep). The track comes off the band's fifth album, which is due out in early 2013 via Eleven Seven Music. The band teamed up with producer Kato Khandwalla at House of Loud Studio...

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SOUNDGARDEN Singer Doing Hurricane Benefit In New York

According to The Pulse Of Radio, SOUNDGARDEN singer Chris Cornell will play an acoustic benefit concert on Monday night (November 12) at New York City's Bowery Ballroom, with all proceeds going to the Mayor's Fund to Advance New York City to help victims of Hurricane Sandy. Tickets go on sale Friday...

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MIKE PORTNOY Trashes Drums, 'Raps' At Manila Concert; Video Available

The new supergroup featuring drummer Mike Portnoy (DREAM THEATER, AVENGED SEVENFOLD),bassist Billy Sheehan (STEVE VAI, DAVID LEE ROTH),guitarist Tony MacAlpine (STEVE VAI) and keyboardist Derek Sherinian (DREAM THEATER, PLANET X, BLACK COUNTRY COMMUNION) is in the middle of a world tour during whi...

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MEGADETH Bassist: 'DAVE MUSTAINE's Guitar Playing Was The Invention Of Thrash'

ThePogg.com recently conducted an interview with MEGADETH bassist David Ellefson. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. ThePogg.com: Having really driven a whole musical sound, do you feel that there was a pivotal point in your career that really influenced the direction that thrash metal...

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MEGADETH's DAVE MUSTAINE Reflects On 'Countdown To Extinction'

ARTISTdirect.com editor-in-chief Rick Florino recently conducted an interview with MEGADETH mainman Dave Mustaine. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. ARTISTdirect.com: What's the first thing that comes to mind when you think of "Countdown To Extinction" now? Mustaine: It was very fun....

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MORBID ANGEL Frontman Says PETE SANDOVAL Still Has 'Challenges' To Overcome Following Surgery

Greece's Metalpaths recently conducted an interview with vocalist/bassist David Vincent of Florida-based death metal veterans MORBID ANGEL. You can now listen to the chat using the audio player below. Asked how longtime MORBID ANGEL drummer Pedro "Pete" Sandoval is doing two years after undergoing s...

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MIKE TRAMP Says 'There's No Chance In Hell' Of Classic WHITE LION Reunion

Former WHITE LION frontman Mike Tramp took part in a question-and-answer session and a short acoustic performance at the Swedish metal convention Rockmässan on October 27 in Malmö, Sweden. You can now watch video footage of his appearance below. A couple of excerpts from the Q&A follow. On the p...

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MEGADETH's ELLEFSON, BRODERICK Schedule Reno Meet-And-Greet

MEGADETH bassist David Ellefson and guitarist Chris Broderick will take part in a Jackson-sponsored meet-and-greet on Monday, December 3 at 6 p.m. at Bizarre Guitar in Reno, Nevada. The 20th-anniversary edition of MEGADETH's 1992 double platinum-certified "Countdown To Extinction" album is being rel...

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QUEENSRŸCHE Guitarists Join MICHAEL SCHENKER On Stage In Seattle; Video Footage, Photos

QUEENSRŸCHE guitarists Michael Wilton and Parker Lundgren joined the MICHAEL SCHENKER GROUP on stage this past Sunday, November 4 at Studio Seven in Seattle, Washington to perform the songs "Rock Bottom" and "Doctor Doctor". Video footage of their appearance can be seen below. Check out photos at th...

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A Knight in York

Jaws around the world hit the floor with a collective thud many solstices ago when Ritchie Blackmore organized a band of Medieval-minded (and clad) minstrels with his wife, Candice Night. Potshots ringing along the line of "D&D dweebs" have trailed BLACKMORE'S NIGHT ever since and yet if you sto...