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LINKIN PARK Singer Visits Battered Thailand: Photos Available
The Associated Press is reporting LINKIN PARK singer Chester Bennington visited schools and an aid project in southern Thailand, encouraging tourists to return to the area damaged by the Dec. 26 tsunami. [Check out pictures from Yahoo!] Bennington stopped at two elementary schools and helped paint t...February 2, 2005
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Former PLASMATICS Drummer Joins HAT TRICK OF MISERY
Former PLASMATICS and THE WENDY O. WILLIAMS BAND drummer T.C. Tolliver has joined Asbury Park, NJ-based heavy rock act HAT TRICK OF MISERY. Tolliver played on the PLASMATICS Capitol Records release "Coup d'Etat", produced by Dieter Dirks and engineered by Michael Wagener. Tolliver later went on to b...February 1, 2005
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H.I.M. Frontman Talks About His Favorite BLACK SABBATH Albums
In the latest issue of Metal Hammer magazine, H.I.M. frontman Ville Valo lists his top 10 BLACK SABBATH albums and comments on each recording. Read on: 10. Born Again Ville Valo: "…'Disturbing The Priest' [is] a really cool, doomy, classic SABBATH track." 09. Heaven And Hell Ville Valo: "…it's one o...February 1, 2005
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THE PB ARMY Release Sophomore Album, Announce Tour
Midwest heavy rockers THE PB ARMY have announced the release of "Spine for the Snapback", their second album. The 12-song effort will hit stores at the end of March on the Sin Klub Entertainment label, with North American distribution through Cargo Music. The follow-up to 2003's "Inebriates, Equivoc...January 30, 2005
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First-Ever KISS-Opoly Championships To Be Held In Amsterdam
According to a posting on KISS' official web site, the world's first ever KISS-opoly championships will be held in Amsterdam, Holland, on Saturday, February 26. Hosted by KISS Kollector Fanclub and FAME Megastore, these championships will be taking place between 1:00 p.m. and 5:00 p.m. (local time)...January 29, 2005
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Promoter: THE DARKNESS Will Not Be 'Censored' At Dubai's DESERT ROCK Festival
Dubai, United Arab Emirates-based music web site Phride.com has contacted BLABBERMOUTH.NET to refute a published report that British rockers THE DARKNESS have been ordered to clean up their act for an upcoming performance in Dubai. According to the original report posted at the ContactMusic.com web...January 29, 2005
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GOREFEST: Cover Of KRAFTWERK's 'Autobahn' Available For Download
Reunited Dutch metallers GOREFEST have have posted an MP3 of their cover of KRAFTWERK's "Autobahn" on their official web site. A posting on the site from GOREFEST guitarist Frank Harthoorn reads as follows: "There, I did it. From the vault, via my tapedeck to your desktop. Took me a while to figure...January 28, 2005
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Police Are Asking For Help In Identifying People Involved In DIECAST Concert Brawl
Salt Lake City's KSL News is reporting that Midvale Police are asking for help in identifying people involved in a brawl at a DIECAST concert last weekend. Video shows the crowd getting unruly during a show at a Midvale comedy club. There's a lot of shoving and pushing and then it gets out of contro...January 28, 2005
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SKEW SISKIN To Record German-Language Album
German hard rockers SKEW SISKIN are currently working on new material with famous German rock-star rebel Udo Lindenberg. For the first time in SKEW SISKIN history, the songs are in German language. Commented SKEW SISKIN frontwoman Nina C. Alice: "With Udo I now have a partner for writing German lyri...January 27, 2005
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DIECAST Bassist Says Promoter Is To Blame For Utah Concert Violence
DIECAST bassist Jeremy Wooden has issued the following statement in response to a Salt Lake Tribune article blaming devotees of the "Straight Edge" movement for the violence at a recent DIECAST show in Utah (an article which was subsequently picked up by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): "First off DIECAST never c...January 27, 2005
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Promoter Says 'Straight Edgers' Are To Blame For DIECAST Concert Fight
Matthew D. LaPlante of The Salt Lake Tribune is reporting that a Midvale concert promoter whose heavy metal concert was ruined last week when fans started fighting with band members and with security is blaming local devotees of the Straight Edge movement — and he now plans to exclude members of the...January 27, 2005
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DEF LEPPARD Frontman Schedules Irish TV Appearance
According to a posting on The Def Leppard Satellite Of Love, DEF LEPPARD frontman Joe Elliott is scheduled to make an Irish TV appearance on RTE Two's "The Last Broadcast" on Saturday, January 29 at 11:05 p.m. local time. The 90-minute show is hosted by Dave Fanning. ...January 27, 2005
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DEEP PURPLE 's STEVE MORSE Unveils New Signature Y2d Guitar
Music Man and DEEP PURPLE guitarist Steve Morse celebrate the 20-year anniversary of the Steve Morse signature guitar first created in 1985 with the new Steve Morse Y2d signature model, making its official debut at the Winter NAMM show 2005. Updated features will include a poplar body with maple top...January 25, 2005
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Heavy Metal Bands To Honor DIMEBAG At Nebraska Concert
Niz Proskocil of the Omaha World-Herald is reporting that moments after DAMAGEPLAN guitarist "Dimebag" Darrell Abbott was shot to death Dec. 8 while performing onstage at a nightclub in Columbus, Ohio, Omaha musician Jeff Yenzer read about the shooting on an Internet Web site. "I was shocked, mad an...January 21, 2005
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PHILIP ANSELMO Says PANTERA Would Have Played Again
Former PANTERA/current SUPERJOINT RITUAL frontman Philip Anselmo has posted the following message at his official web site, PhilAnselmo.com: "I've been stumbling around in a coma of loss. No truer lyric has been written than 'You don't know what you've got 'til it's gone.' "To explain my side of thi...January 21, 2005
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