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MEGADETH Mainman Comments On Former Co-Manager's Passing

MEGADETH mainman Dave Mustaine has commented on the passing of the band's former co-manager Bud Prager (pictured below). The president of E.S.P. Management, Inc., Prager co-managed MEGADETH from 1995 to 2001, helping the group to its first major commercial radio success and co-writing a number of so...

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Former MEGADETH Co-Manager Dies Of Esophageal Cancer

Bud Prager, president of E.S.P. Management, Inc. — who co-managed MEGADETH from 1995 to 2001, helping them to their first major commercial radio success and co-writing a number of songs — lost his year-plus long battle with esophageal cancer at his home in Montauk, N.Y. on December 22. Born in New Y...

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PLACE VENDOME: More New Album Details Revealed

PLACE VENDOME, the project featuring former HELLOWEEN singer Michael Kiske alongside PINK CREAM 69's Dennis Ward, will release its second album, "Streets Of Fire", on February 20, 2009 via Frontiers Records. The songs this time were supplied by different songwriters, who were particularly motivated...

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PINK CREAM 69: More DVD Details Revealed

German/British melodic hard rock band PINK CREAM 69 will film its special 20th anniversary concert on January 24, 2009 at the Festhalle in Karlsruhe-Durlach, Germany for a forthcoming double-DVD package with the current working title of "The Past & The Present". The group's first DVD will also c...

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RUSH Guitarist On Touring With KISS, Playing More Obscure Songs And Future Plans

Greg Prato of UGO.com recently conducted an interview with RUSH guitarist Alex Lifeson. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. UGO.com: Any obscure songs that you'd like to see make their way into the set in the future? Alex Lifeson: I'm always toying with that idea — of really doing a ...

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POISON's C.C. DEVILLE Tops GUITAR WORLD's List Of '100 Worst Guitar Solos'

Guitar World magazine has just published its picks for the "100 Worst Guitar Solos" on its web site, GuitarWorld.com. The list includes tracks by Jimmy Page, Jimi Hendrix, C.C. DeVille, Eric Clapton, George Harrison and more. Below is an excerpt of that post: "After two decades of kissing ass, Guita...

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HAMMERFALL Guitarist To Guest On New JADED HEART Album

Guitarist Pontus Norgren (HAMMERFALL, ex-THE POODLES, TALISMAN, GREAT KING RAT) will make a guest appearance on the new album from German melodic hard rock masters JADED HEART. Pontus has also written a song for the follow-up to 2007's "Sinister Mind", which is being recorded with producer Chris Lau...

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VAN HALEN's Legendary M&M's Rider Unveiled

The Smoking Gun web site has posted the most famous backstage concert rider of them all, the one in which VAN HALEN famously stipulated that brown M&M's were to be banished from the band's dressing room. The web site has finally obtained the 1982 Van Halen World Tour rider — typewritten and 53 ....

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THE EXALTED PILEDRIVER Confirmed For Germany's HEADBANGERS OPEN AIR Festival

Canadian cult metal band THE EXALTED PILEDRIVER (a.k.a. PILEDRIVER) has been confirmed for the Headbangers Open Air festival, set to take place July 23-25, 2009 in in Brande-Hörnerkirchen, Germany. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: ANGEL WITCH BULLET DEATHRIDERS ENFORCER JACOBS DREAM KI...

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EXPERIENCE HENDRIX Comments On MITCH MITCHELL's Passing

Mitch Mitchell, the innovative drummer who anchored the JIMI HENDRIX EXPERIENCE, has died at the age of 62. Mitchell passed away on November 12 in Portland, Oregon of natural causes. The London native had completed an 18-city American tour as a featured performer with Experience Hendrix, a series co...

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THE STEVE GRIMMETT BAND: First 2009 Dates Announced

THE STEVE GRIMMETT BAND — the UK-based group led by former GRIM REAPER/ONSLAUGHT singer Steve Grimmett — has issued the following update: "Steve Grimmett is delighted to announce two more dates for the diary. On January 23, 2009, the band will play the XIGAS Festival in Greece which will give the ba...

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CREAM's JACK BRUCE Says He Was Joking About LED ZEPPELIN — Or Was He?

Jack Bruce of CREAM was in London Monday night (November 3) at the Marshall Classic Rock Roll Of Honour to accept the award for "Classic Album" for CREAM's "Disraeli Gears". Bruce told Classic Rock magazine at the event, "Everybody talks about LED ZEPPELIN, and they played one fucking [reunion] gig...

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CREAM's BRUCE Slams LED ZEPPELIN: 'You've Always Been Crap And You'll Never Be Anything Else'

Jack Bruce picked up the Classic Album gong for CREAM's "Disraeli Gears" at last night's Marshall Classic Rock Roll Of Honour held at London's Park Lane Hotel. After the ceremony, Classic Rock magazine's Dave Ling grabbed Bruce for a quickfire interview — and was stunned when the legendary bassist l...

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BEHEMOTH: New Song Posted Online

A new BEHEMOTH track entitled "Quadosh" is available for streaming on the band's MySpace page. The song comes off the Polish extreme metal band's new EP, "Ezkaton", which is scheduled for release in North America on November 11 through Metal Blade Records. The EP will feature seven tracks, one brand...

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RICHIE KOTZEN: 'Bootlegged In Brazil' DVD To Receive European Release In December

Richie Kotzen (MR. BIG, POISON) will release his first-ever live DVD, "Bootlegged In Brazil", in Europe on December 5 via Frontiers Records. A perfect complement to the recent CD-only release "Live In Sao Paulo", "Bootlegged In Brazil" is the first official live performance to be made available by t...