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MENTORS Are Back: 'Over The Top' New Album On The Way

One of the most controversial of metal bands of all time — the MENTORS — have made a return. Band leader El Duce was killed in 1997 by a train, just days after being filmed for a conspiracy-theory film alleging he had been hired as a hitman to execute Kurt Cobain. The remaining members, guitarist .....
November 23, 2004
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KURT COBAIN's Letter To COURTNEY To Be Auctioned Off

According to The New York Post, a never-before-seen letter from NIRVANA frontman Kurt Cobain to his then-wife Courtney Love, written as the doomed rock star was hallucinating on LSD in a British hotel, is expected to fetch between $12,000 and $14,000 as part of a sale of rock 'n' roll memorobilia at...
November 16, 2004
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NIRVANA: 'With The Lights Out' Trailer Posted Online

According to a posting at The Internet Nirvana Fan Club, "MTV just put up a very, very cool trailer to promote the upcoming NIRVANA box set, 'With the Lights Out'. The trailer includes video footage from the DVD and sound clips from the three CDs that are included with this much-anticipated release....
November 9, 2004
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NIRVANA Box Set To Include SUB POP Rarities

Billboard.com is reporting that the upcoming NIRVANA box set "With the Lights Out" features 18 previously unreleased audio tracks and four video clips from the archives of venerable indie label Sub Pop, to which the Kurt Cobain-led band was signed early in its career. Included are three LEADBELLY co...
November 5, 2004
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Metal Musicians Speak Out On Illegal Music Downloading

Holland's Lords of Metal webzine has published a special article regarding illegal music downloading and metal musicians' thoughts and opinions on the subject. Commented writer Eddy Meuwese: "Since I joined forces with Lords of Metal I came across a lot of interesting bands and artists. I interviewe...
November 3, 2004
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NIRVANA: 'With The Lights Out' Box Set Track Listing Revealed

According to a posting at The Internet Nirvana Fan Club, Britain's Q magazine will bring the full track listing and an early review of the upcoming NIRVANA "With the Lights Out" box set in their December 2004 issue (#221) as part of an article entitled "Last Testament. The Nirvana boxset. Kurt Cobai...
October 30, 2004
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LAST CRACK: 94.1 WJJO Interview Available For Download

LAST CRACK guitarist Paul Schluter has announced a general timetable for their eagerly awaited new releases during an interview with 94.1 WJJO's Kurt Baron in Madison, Wisconsin. In the interview, Schluter talks about LAST CRACK's past, their recent surge on Roadrunner's download site The Vault, the...
October 28, 2004
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DUFF MCKAGAN Says He Was One Of The Last People To See KURT COBAIN Alive

In a recent interview with Germany's WDR.de, VELVET REVOLVER bassist Duff McKagan (ex-GUNS N' ROSES) revealed that he shared a flight from Los Angeles to Seattle with the late NIRVANA frontman Kurt Cobain only hours prior to Cobain's decision to take his own life in April 1994. Commented McKagan: "I...
October 24, 2004
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NIRVANA: Web Site Launched To Promote Upcoming Box Set

An official web site has been launched to promote the upcoming NIRVANA box set, "With the Lights Out", due on November 23 via Geffen Records (one day earlier internationally). Right now, all the site offers is a NIRVANA photo (possibly the one that will be used as cover artwork),and the release dat...
October 18, 2004
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NIRVANA Box Set To Include 68 Previously Unreleased Recordings

NME.com is reporting that the long-awaited NIRVANA box set, "With the Lights Out", will feature 68 previously unreleased recordings. Released on November 23 (one day earlier internationally),the four-disc set will feature 81 tracks including 68 previously unreleased recordings — rehearsals, outtake...
October 14, 2004
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GF93 Complete Work On New Album: Audio Samples Available

Italian "alternative metal" band GF93 have completed work on their new album, entitled "OSR", with producer Alessandro Paolucci. Mixing duties were handled by Martin Barbour and Kurt Ballou (CONVERGE). An October release via Incendiary Records is expected. Three cuts ("Enter the Cult", "Le Sive" and...
September 21, 2004
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CLIFF BURTON, RANDY RHOADS Among MAXIM Magazine's Top Rock Star Deaths

The Associated Press is reporting that Cliff Burton (METALLICA),Randy Rhoads (OZZY OSBOURNE),John Bonham (LED ZEPPELIN) and Kurt Cobain (NIRVANA) are among the musicians that made Maxim magazine's list of rock stars that have been the most "rock-starrish" even in death. Cobain's suicide just makes...
September 15, 2004
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JAMES HETFIELD, MARILYN MANSON, KURT COBAIN Featured In Special ROLLING STONE Issue

METALLICA's James Hetfield, MARILYN MANSON and late NIRVANA frontman Kurt Cobain are among the artists featured in Rolling Stone magazine's issue dedicated to the "defining images of rock & roll" "The Photographs" is a tribute to the artists on the other side of the lens as well, particularly Ro...
September 10, 2004
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NIRVANA Box Set Coming In November

According to The Internet Nirvana Fan Club, a NIRVANA box set will be released on November 23, 2004. Consisting of three CDs and one DVD, the box set will contain "previously unreleased rarities and b-sides," including a total of over 50 unreleased recordings including Kurt Cobain's demos. The DVD,...
September 3, 2004
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Former NIRVANA Bassist To Embark On Book-Signing Tour

Former NIRVANA bassist Krist Novoselic will embark on a book-signing book to promote his personal and political memoir, "Of Grunge And Government, Let's Fix This Broken Democracy!" In his first book, Novoselic tells his the story of his own musical, and political coming-of-age. From his relationship...
August 23, 2004