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GOATWHORE Relocate To Phoenix, Continue Work On New Album

GOATWHORE, the New Orleans-based band featuring vocalist L. Ben Falgoust II (SOILENT GREEN) and guitarist Sammy Duet (ACID BATH, CROWBAR),have issued the following update: "We know it has been quite some time since updates were made so we wanted to fill everyone in on what’s going on with GOATWHORE...

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YNGWIE MALMSTEEN Singer Checks In From U.S. Tour

YNGWIE MALMSTEEN frontman Doogie White (ex-RAINBOW) has posted the following message on his web site: "Having a day off so I thought I would give you all an update." "Well, Hurricane Wilma came in and created havoc in Miami, cutting the power and ultimately cutting rehearsal time for the band. It wa...

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SLIPKNOT's CLOWN Switches To SABIAN Cymbals

Shawn Crahan, better known as "Clown" with platinum-selling metal band SLIPKNOT, is the latest rocker to switch to Sabian cymbals. A hard hitter with a tendency to play to the extreme high end of the volume spectrum, Crahan selected his Sabian set-up on the basis of sound and durability. "I love Sab...

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DRAGONFORCE Forced To Cancel New York Show

Due to "unforeseen circumstances," London-based "extreme power metal" band DRAGONFORCE will not be able to gain entry to the U.S. this time around to play the show at New York City's CBGBs on November 22. "The band are as stunned by this news as their fans who have waited a long time to see them ...

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CHILDREN OF BODOM To Guest On FUSE TV's 'Metal Asylum'

Finnish metal band CHILDREN OF BODOM will be appearing on Fuse TV's "Metal Asylum" program tonight (November 15). Alexi Laiho (guitar, vocals),Janne Wirman (keyboards) and Roope Latvala (guitar) all stop by by the studio and talk with Juliya about their first U.S. headlining tour with TRIVIUM and A...

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Dismissal Sought In GREAT WHITE Nightclub Fire Case

The Associated Press has issued the following report: Lawyers for the owners of a nightclub where 100 people died in a 2003 fire want criminal charges against their clients tossed out because evidence was allegedly withheld from a grand jury. Attorneys for Jeffrey and Michael Derderian argued in cou...

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DEF LEPPARD, KISS Donate Signed Items To Benefit Station Nightclub Fire Victims

DEF LEPPARD and KISS are among the artists that have donated signed items for an online charity auction with proceeds going to The Mimi Fishman Foundation, the Station nightclub fire victims and surviving family members, as well as the Delta Gamma Center for Children. The auction, which will run thr...

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Update: Video Report On OPETH Bus Driver's Arrest Available Online

WTSP, Tampa Bay's 10 News, has posted a video report on the arrest of OPETH's bus driver Leon Rodney Whitman Jr. (photo, charge report) on charges of several counts of unlawful activity with a minor, computer pornography and interference with custody, all felony charges. Watch the report online at

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MICHAEL SCHENKER GROUP, LESLIE WEST To Team Up For U.S. Tour

MICHAEL SCHENKER GROUP (MSG) and LESLIE WEST will be teaming up for a U.S. tour beginning in late December. So far the following dates have been announced: Dec. 30 - Chicago, IL - Vic Theatre Jan. 04 - New York, NY - BB Kings Jan. 07 - Springfield, VA - Jaxx Jan. 15 - Concord, ...

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ZAO Added To IN FLAMES' North American Headlining Tour

Greensburg, Pennsylvania's ZAO have been added as one of the opening acts on IN FLAMES' upcoming North American headlining tour in support of their highly anticipated new album, "Come Clarity". Also appearing on the bill will be TRIVIUM and DEVILDRIVER. A late January 2006 West Coast launch is expec...

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DANZIG, DOYLE To Perform At 10th Annual NO LOVE PARTY

DANZIG will be performing at the West Coast Choppers' 10th annual No Love Party on Saturday, November 12 at 4:00 p.m. in Long Beach, California. Jesse James of West Coast Choppers and Glenn Danzig go way back, as anyone who's seen the "Mother '93" video knows. DANZIG will be joined during their perf...

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BUCKCHERRY Sign With UNIVERSAL CANADA, Announce More West Coast Dates

Reunited Los Angeles hard rockers BUCKCHERRY have inked a deal with Universal Canada for the release of their latest album, "Fifteen" (issued in Japan in early October). The follow-up to 2001's "Time Bomb" was produced by guitarist Keith Nelson and is expected to receive a U.S. release in the first...

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Judge Dismisses Three Defendants In GREAT WHITE Nightclub Case

The Associated Press has issued the following report: A federal judge dismissed an insurance company and two other defendants from a civil lawsuit brought by survivors of a deadly 2003 nightclub fire and by relatives of those who died. U.S. District Judge Ronald Lagueux on Wednesday agreed to drop E...

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OZZY OSBOURNE Vows To Press On With 'Rasputin The Musical'

The Stage Online is reporting that Ozzy Osbourne is determined to push ahead with plans to develop a musical around the life of Russian mystic Grigori Rasputin. The rocker-turned-reality star is looking for backers for "Rasputin the Musical", either in the West End or on Broadway, but concedes it co...

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GREAT WHITE Nightclub Fire: Lawyer Wants To Pursue All Assets Of Club Owners

Jack Perry of The Providence Journal is reporting that a lawyer for victims of The Station nightclub fire today asked a bankruptcy court trustee to ensure that the court pursues all potential assets of club owners Jeffrey and Michael Derderian. Lawyer Max Wistow said the Derderians and their corpora...