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WINO: Solo Acoustic Album Details Revealed, U.S. Tour With SCOTT KELLY Announced

We don't need to rave about the well-known legacy of the man who is Scott Weinrich, better known as Wino. With dozens of albums released throughout his time spent in THE OBSESSED, SAINT VITUS, SHINE, SPIRIT CARAVAN, THE HIDDEN HAND, SHRINEBUILDER, Dave Grohl's PROBOT project and much more since the...

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SLASH's Next Album To Feature MYLES KENNEDY Handling All Vocals

According to SundayMercury.net, Slash's (VELVET REVOLVER, GUNS N' ROSES) next solo album will feature ALTER BRIDGE frontman Myles Kennedy handling all the vocals. Kennedy has served as Slash's touring vocalist for the past several months, leading to speculation that the guitarist may try to recruit...

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'In The Studio' Spends 'A Night At The Opera' With QUEEN

North American syndicated rock radio show "In The Studio" celebrates the 35th anniversary of QUEEN's "A Night At The Opera". Show host and producer Redbeard speaks to guitarist Brian May and drummer Roger Taylor about the crowning achievements of what, at the time, was a "make-or-break" record for Q...

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QUEEN Signs With UNIVERSAL MUSIC GROUP

QUEEN and Universal Music Group have signed an exclusive, long-term agreement on the eve of the 40th anniversary of the groundbreaking group's formation, in 1971. With worldwide album sales of more than 170 million, No. 1 albums, singles and DVDs the world over, inductions into the Rock And Roll Hal...

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Classic Albums: 2112 & Moving Pictures

Considering that the "Classic Albums" DVD that looked at BLACK SABBATH's "Paranoid" was so well done, it was with a great deal of disappointment that I began my journey into the heart of RUSH's "2112" (1976) and "Moving Pictures" (1981). The discussions with guitarist Alex Lifeson, bassist/vocalist/...

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ICED EARTH Mainman Shuts Down Fan Club, Cites FACEBOOK's Success As Reason

ICED EARTH founder Jon Schaffer today closed his band's fan club, the Minions of the Wicked, citing the success of Facebook as the reason. "When we launched Minions of the Wicked," Schaffer said, "the real power and usefulness of social-network sites like Facebook was unknown to us. Everyone knew ab...

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ICED EARTH: Live Tracks From Forthcoming DVD Available For Free

U.S. power metallers ICED EARTH have just made available two free blistering live tracks from their forthcoming DVD, "Festivals Of The Wicked", to be released in early 2011. Click here to find out how to obtain them (free sign-up required). "Festivals Of The Wicked" features full-length concerts fro...

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Birmingham Prepares For GUNS N' ROSES

According to the Sunday Mercury, promoters of tonight's (Sunday, October 17) GUNS N' ROSES concert at Birmingham, England's NEC have hinted that the group might be allowed to play through the curfew. An LG Arena spokesman said singer Axl Rose and his bandmates would be encouraged to adhere to the st...

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RONNIE JAMES DIO's Final Resting Place (Video)

Legendary heavy metal singer Ronnie James Dio was laid to rest at the Hall Of Liberty at Forest Lawn Hollywood Hills in Los Angeles after public and private memorials and was entombed in the erstwhile Jackson Three Children sarcophagus in the Courts of Remembrance. Nearby notable crypts include Sand...

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Ex-TNT Vocalist TONY HARNELL Featured In New 'The Right To Rock' Podcast

TheRightToRock.com has issued its latest podcast (episode #107),featuring an interview with former TNT vocalist Tony Harnell. The chat lasts approximately 40 minutes and can be streamed using the audio player below. "Northern Lights", the debut video from Harnell's new project, TONY HARNELL & T...

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ICED EARTH Mainman Interviewed In Hollywood

On September 25, Aniruddh "Andrew" Bansal of Metal Assault conducted an interview with guitarist Jon Schaffer of U.S. power metallers ICED EARTH at the House Of Blues in Hollywood, California. You can now watch the chat in two parts below. ICED EARTH kicked off its four-city U.S. tour on September 1...

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DRAGSTRIP: Debut Album Out Now

DRAGSTRIP, the Los Angeles-based hard rock band featuring former TANK drummer Gary "Bulldog" Taylor, has released its debut album, "A Heartbeat Away From Disaster", via Riff City Records. DRAGSTRIP is fronted by U.K. vocalist and showman Kevan Overend, who is described in a press release as "a true...

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STEVEN ADLER On GUNS N' ROSES: 'We Didn't Finish What We Started'

A Geek Girl of Technorati recently conducted an interview with original GUNS N' ROSES and current ADLER'S APPETITE drummer Steven Adler about his tell-all autobiography, "My Appetite For Destruction: Sex, And Drugs, And Guns N' Roses". A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. A Geek Girl: St...

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SCOTT WEILAND Talks About SANTANA Collaboration (Video)

A short video clip of STONE TEMPLE PILOTS/ex-VELVET REVOLVER singer Scott Weiland talking about his contribution to Carlos Santana's "Guitar Heaven: The Greatest Guitar Classics Of All Time" album can be viewed at this location. The longest-running, most successful partnership in the history of rock...

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TESTAMENT Guitarist's ALEX SKOLNICK TRIO To Film 'Bollywood Jam' Video

ALEX SKOLNICK TRIO, the experimental band led by TESTAMENT/ex-SAVATAGE guitarist Alex Skolnick, will film a video for the song "Bollywood Jam" on Monday, September 20 at 7 p.m. at the Brooklyn Lyceum, located at 227 4th Ave. in Brooklyn, New York. For an optional cash donation you'll be a part of th...