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SAMMY HAGAR: 'I Still Love' EDDIE VAN HALEN

Legendary rocker Sammy Hagar's (CHICKENFOOT, VAN HALEN) autobiography, "Red: My Uncensored Life In Rock", will be released in paperback on March 13. It will include a new afterword about Hagar's experiences since the original book was released a year ago. When asked by Michael Christopher of LA Week...

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CRASHDIET Bassist Undergoes Surgery For Spinal Disc Herniation

Bassist Peter London of Swedish Swedish glam rockers CRASHDIET underwent surgery earlier this week after he was diagnosed with spinal disc herniation. A herniated (slipped) disk occurs when all or part of a disk in the spine is forced through a weakened part of the disk. This places pressure on near...

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STRATOVARIUS Launches Drummer Search

Finnish melodic metallers STRATOVARIUS have issued the following update: "We have now played the final Latin America gigs with [drummer] Jörg Michael, who is leaving the band after 16 years. "2011 started with the release of the 'Elysium' album and was a long year with a long world tour together wit...

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JAMES DURBIN: 'Memories Of A Beautiful Disaster' Track-By-Track Commentary

"American Idol" finalist James Durbin's two-part commentary on the individual songs that make up his debut solo album, "Memories Of A Beautiful Disaster", can be seen below. "Memories Of A Beautiful Disaster" sold around 28,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release to land at posi...

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SAMMY HAGAR Talks New VAN HALEN Album

Former VAN HALEN singer Sammy Hagar tells Michael Christopher of The Boston Phoenix that he has yet to hear the band's entire new album, "A Different Kind Of Truth", which came out last month. "I don't listen to much new music unless I hear a new song on the radio, and the last ...

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WHITESNAKE Members To Help Re-Open Music Store Destroyed During U.K. Riots

Rockbottom Music, which has been based in Croydon, South London, England for over 36 years, and still one of London's biggest music stores on two floors has its grand reopening starting on Wednesday, March 28, with WHITESNAKE members Doug Aldrich (guitar),Michael Devin (bass) and Brian Tichy (drums...

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JOE SATRIANI: Another Clip From 'Satchurated' Film Available

Joe Satriani, one of the most respected and innovative guitarists in the world today, announces the release of the live-concert film, "Satchurated: Live In Montreal". "Satchurated" was filmed during Satriani's "The Wormhole Tour", supporting his studio album, "Black Swans And Wormhole Wizards", at t...

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Season Ten Of VH1 CLASSIC's 'That Metal Show': Guests Announced

Season ten of VH1 Classic's "That Metal Show" kicks off on Saturday, March 31 and featured guests include IRON MAIDEN's Adrian Smith (making his first appearance on the program),METALLICA's Lars Ulrich, MOTÖRHEAD's Lemmy Kilmister, Alice Cooper and former METALLICA bassist Jason Newsted. "I've know...

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Ex-MEGADETH Guitarist MARTY FRIEDMAN Featured In 'Tension: 25 Years Underground' Documentary

There is nothing more exciting than being on the threshold of a new type of music. "Tension: 25 Years Underground", a documentary by Rudy Childs, takes us back to 1978 when teenagers Tom Gattis and Marty Friedman (later of HAWAII and MEGADETH) met and formed the rock band DEUCE (later known as TENSI...

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CRASHDIET Bassist To Undergo Surgery For Spinal Disc Herniation

Swedish glam rockers CRASHDIET have been forced to cancel their March 9 appearance at the Rock The Night festival in Lichtenfels, Germany so that the band's bassist, Peter London, can undergo surgery after he was diagnosed with spinal disc herniation. Commented Peter: "Well, as some of you already k...

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DRAGONFORCE: New Song Available For Free Download

"Fallen World", "the fastest song" ever recorded by British epic power metallers DRAGONFORCE, is available for free download at this location (e-mail sign-up required). The track comes off the band's fifth studio album, "The Power Within", which will be released in the U.K. on April 16 via the band'...

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Former SCAR SYMMETRY Singer's Solo EP Pushed Back To The Fall

Due to "unfortunate scheduling conflicts," the release of "Self 2.0"Christian Älvestam (SOLUTION.45, MISERATION, TORCHBEARER, ex-SCAR SYMMETRY),has been pushed back to the fall. Christian

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An Earlier Kind Of VAN HALEN Revealed On 'In The Studio'

North American syndicated rock radio show "In The Studio: The Stories Behind History's Greatest Rock Bands" examines the early best of VAN HALEN. With VAN HALEN's new album, "A Different Kind Of Truth", debuting at position No. 2 on The Billboard 200 chart, the first full collection of new VH materi...

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HOLY MOSES: '30th Anniversary - In The Power Of Now' Teaser Available

Long-running, female-fronted German thrashers HOLY MOSES will release the "30th Anniversary - In The Power Of Now" double album on April 30 in Germany, April 23 in the rest of Europe and early May in North America via SPV/Steamhammer. The CD contains re-recorded versions of 20 of the most important...

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STEEL PANTHER Interviewed On Australia's TRIPLE M Radio (Audio)

On March 2, Higgo of Australia's long-running rock station Triple M conducted an interview with Los Angeles glam metal jokesters STEEL PANTHER when the band performed at the Soundwave Festival in Melbourne, Australia. You can now listen to the chat in the YouTube clip below. STEEL PANTHER's sophomor...