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DEEP PURPLE Singer Celebrates 40 Years In Rock With Special CD, DVD
According to an article in The Buffalo News, DEEP PURPLE frontman Ian Gillan has been spending time in Buffalo, New York working on a record documenting and celebrating his 40 years in the rock world. "I love Buffalo," Gillan told Jeff Miers of The Buffalo News. "The people here are wonderful, genui...March 4, 2005
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MÖTLEY CRÜE Singer Says Reunion Tour Could Last Three Years
MÖTLEY CRÜE singer Vince Neil recently spoke to Steve Morse of the Boston Globe about the group's "Red, White, and Crüe 2005...Better Live Than Dead" reunion tour. "Many bands today have no sense of entertainment," said Neil. ''And if you're going to pay $70 a ticket, you need to be entertained, rat...March 4, 2005
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TOMMY LEE's Midget Shocker
ContactMusic.com is reporting that MÖTLEY CRÜE drummer Tommy Lee shocked U.S. TV viewers in Thursday morning (March 3) when he appeared on the morning show "Live with Regis and Kelly" on a midget's back, sporting a black eye. The drummer was on the show with CRÜE bandmate Nikki Sixx to discuss the r...March 3, 2005
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MÖTLEY CRÜE's TOMMY LEE Says Touring Is Taking Its Toll On His Body
MÖTLEY CRÜE drummer Tommy Lee recently spoke to freelance writer Steve Knopper of Newsday about the group's "Red, White, and Crüe 2005...Better Live Than Dead" tour, which hits New York City's Madison Square Garden Thursday night (March 3). "My hands are actually disgusting — blood blisters and call...March 2, 2005
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MÖTLEY CRÜE Overseeing 'The Dirt' Script Changes
Launch Radio Networks reports: The members of MÖTLEY CRÜE aren't just playing and partying on their recently launched "Red, White, and Crüe 2005...Better Live Than Dead" tour. The quartet is also overseeing plans for a film adaptation of their explicit 2002 biography "The Dirt: Confessions of the Wo...March 2, 2005
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JAKE E. LEE: New Album Samples Posted Online
JakeELee.com has uploaded exclusive sample tracks from former OZZY OSBOURNE/BADLANDS guitarist Jake E. Lee's upcoming "covers" album, which is scheduled for release this spring via Shrapnel Records. The CD, which is being engineered by Michael Lardie (formerly of GREAT WHITE),will feature the follo...March 1, 2005
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DECEIVER To Open For DEVIL LEE ROT In Europe
DECEIVER, the Swedish metal band featuring former members of MAZE OF TORMENT and XENOFANES, have been confirmed as the opening act for DEVIL LEE ROT on their European tour beginning in early May. DECEIVER will be touring in support of their upcoming full-length debut, entitled "Riding with the Reape...February 27, 2005
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REPULSION Guitarist Says There Are No Plans For New Album
Guitarist Matt Olivo of the death metal/grindcore pioneers REPULSION recently gave an interview to France's Noiseweb zine about the group's status as one of the genre's originators and their future plans. A couple of excerpts from the interview follow: Noiseweb: You were, Scott [Carlson, bassist/voc...February 27, 2005
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YNGWIE MALMSTEEN's 'Rising Force' Named 'Top Shred Album Of All Time'
Guitar One magazine has published a list of the "Top 10 Shred Albums of All Time" in its February 2005 issue. According to the magazine's editors, "arpeggio for arpeggio, these 10 albums strike the finest balance between tasteful melody (ahem) and 'no way did he just play that!'" Guitar One's "Top 1...February 25, 2005
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GODHEAD Frontman's Tsunami Relief Benefit Song Available On iTUNES
"Forever In Our Hearts", a song written about and to raise monies for the relief of tsunami victims will be available as a download from iTunes as of March 1, 2005. It can also be downloaded off the official site for this project at www.tsunamireliefsong.org. "Forever In Our Hearts" was written by J...February 24, 2005
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Ex-OZZY OSBOURNE Guitarist JAKE E. LEE Talks About Upcoming 'Covers' Album
Former OZZY OSBOURNE/BADLANDS guitarist Jake E. Lee recently gave a rare interview to JakeELee.com about his upcoming album of cover songs from the 1970s. Asked why he decided to go ahead with the project, Jake said, "When Mike [Varney of Shrapnel Records] first approached me about this project, I a...February 24, 2005
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VINCE NEIL Says 'There Are No Personal Problems' In MÖTLEY CRÜE
MÖTLEY CRÜE singer Vince Neil recently spoke to The Hartford Courant about the group's "Red, White, and Crüe 2005...Better Live Than Dead" reunion tour and their future plans. Several excerpts from the interview follow: On Tommy Lee's recent statement to the Asociated Press that "This tour could las...February 23, 2005
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VH1 To Debut 'The Fabulous Life of Mötley Crüe' Next Week
On Wednesday, March 2 at 11:00 p.m. EST, VH1 will debut "The Fabulous Life of Mötley Crüe". An episode description on VH1's web site reads as follows: "In 1980, Tommy Lee, Nikki Sixx, Mick Mars and Vince Neil were just four guys living in a trashy apartment off the Sunset Strip. By 1987, they were ....February 23, 2005
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NIKKI SIXX Says HANOI ROCKS Guitarist ANDY MCCOY Is A 'Has-Been That Never Was'
MÖTLEY CRÜE bassist Nikki Sixx recently spoke to Wisconsin-Music.com about the group's "Red, White, and Crüe 2005...Better Live Than Dead" tour and their recent war of words with HANOI ROCKS over the title of the CRÜE's box set, "Music To Crash Your Car To, Volume 1", and the "The Dirt" autobiograph...February 23, 2005
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VELVET REVOLVER Set To Launch Headlining 'Electric Wonderland Show' Tour
Coming off their Grammy Award for "Best Hard Rock Performance" ("Slither"),VELVET REVOLVER are set to launch their headlining North American "Electric Wonderland Show" arena tour March 22 in Montreal. Special guests HOOBASTANK will open the West Coast leg of the tour. This trek will follow the expl...February 23, 2005
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