TOOL drummer Danny Carey, guitarist Adam Jones and bassist Justin Chancellor have been jamming together for the past few months and they've already got the framework for 10 to 12 new songs, according to MTV.com. "They're very much in the infant stage, where we have all these different jams and we start piecing them together," ...
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QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE frontman Josh Homme canceled a concert in Philadelphia after he was injured in an East Village bar brawl early Tuesday (April 6), the New York Post's "Page Six" reports. Homme and girlfriend Brody Dalle of THE DISTILLERS hit Niagara on Avenue A after Homme's side project, EAGLES OF DEATH METAL, ...
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W.A.S.P. mainman Blackie Lawless spoke to Metal-Exiles.com about the group's upcoming album, "The Neon God: Part One – The Rise", and the group's touring plans in the U.S. and abroad. The following are some excerpts from that interview: On where the story for the new album came from: Blackie Lawless: "Well, it is ...
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MICHAEL SCHENKER GROUP (MSG) shot a DVD in Poland during the group's recent tour of Europe. A tentative May release is expected. In other MSG-related news, the band's bassist, Rev Jones, is going to be setting in playing bass for FUEL in April while their bass player's wife has a baby. The dates are as ...
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Former LED ZEPPELIN bassist John Paul Jones will be making a special personal appearance at the Frankfurt Musik Messe, the world's largest music instrument conference, on the morning of Saturday, April 3. SWR/Fender will be presenting Jones with an award celebrating his achievements in music so far and he will stopping by the SWR/Fender suite ...
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DEEP PURPLE bassist Roger Glover has posted the following message on his official web site: "Well, it's been a while. Some would say an era, others have probably not noticed, but it's about time I wrote a report. Indeed I haven’t really noticed. Time has a way of inexorably tick-tocking away when one ...
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KISS bassist Gene Simmons recently spoke to Canada's Globe And Mail about his upcoming solo album, "Asshole", and his philosophy on life. The following are some of the highlights of that interview: On the album title, "Asshole": Gene Simmons: "For a while, I thought I would be respectable. But then I thought, nah. I think ...
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A brand-new KILLSWITCH ENGAGE track, titled "Rose Of Sharyn", has been posted online in MP3 format at this location. "Rose Of Sharyn" comes off the group's upcoming CD, "The End of Heartache", due on May 11 through Roadrunner Records. The follow-up to 2002's "Alive or Just Breathing" was produced by guitarist Adam Dutkiewicz ...
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KILLSWITCH ENGAGE shot a video for the track "Rose Of Sharyn" in Los Angeles, California earlier today (March 18). Check out photos from the shoot at this location. "Rose Of Sharyn" comes off the group's upcoming CD, "The End of Heartache", due on May 11 through Roadrunner Records. The follow-up to 2002's "Alive ...
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BIOHAZARD frontman Evan Seinfeld and his wife, porn star Tera Patrick, are down to the final edit of a pilot for a reality television project with Epicenter Films, "Rockstar Pornstar", "about just another day in the life many would dream of leading," according to Seinfeld, who will use the name Spider Jones from now on ...
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DEVILDRIVER, the new band fronted by former COAL CHAMBER singer Dez Fafara, will be filming a video for the track "Nothing's Wrong?" in late March/early April at Velvet Jones in the group's hometown of Santa Barbara. DEVILDRIVER's first video, for the track "I Could Care Less", was directed by P.R. Brown (JERRY CANTRELL, KILLSWITCH ENGAGE) ...
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Finland's REVEREND BIZARRE have set "Thulsa Doom" as the title of their new vinyl EP, tentatively due this summer through Aftermath Music. The release will feature two exclusive tracks from the band — "The Tree of Suffering" and "The Children of Doom" — and the first pressing will be limited to 500 "blood-red" copies. As ...
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Danko Jones recently interviewed IRON MAIDEN frontman Bruce Dickinson and SEPULTURA vocalist Derrick Green about their singing techniques and what they do to keep their voices in shape while on tour. Listen to the interviews in streaming audio at this location. Danko's interviews with Bruce and Derrick were conducted in conjunction with the ...
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DROWNING POOL's video for their new single, "Step Up", will receive its small-screen premier Saturday night (March 6) on MTV2's "Headbanger's Ball". "Step Up" is slated to be the first clip shown during the show, which is scheduled to begin at 10:00 p.m. EST. "Step Up" comes off the group's upcoming sophomore album, ...
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LINKIN PARK, KORN, SNOOP DOGG and THE USED will be teaming up for this year's Projekt Revolution 2004 Tour beginning on July 23 in Cincinnati, Ohio. Confirmed dates are as follows: Jul. 23 - Cincinnati, OH - Riverbend Music Center Jul. 24 - Columbus, OH - Germain Amphitheatre Jul. 26 - Clarkston, MI - DTE ...
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DROWNING POOL's video for their new single, "Step Up", has been posted online at this location. "Step Up" comes off the group's upcoming sophomore album, "Desensitized", due on April 20 through Wind-Up Records. The track will also be will be featured on the upcoming "Punisher: The Album" soundtrack, due on March 23 through ...
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ADLER'S APPETITE (formerly SUKI JONES), the new band featuring ex-GUNS N' ROSES drummer Steven Adler, RATT/ex-LOVE/HATE singer Jizzy Pearl, ex-SLASH'S SNAKEPIT guitarist Keri Kelli, FASTER PUSSYCAT guitarist Brent Muscat, and ex-VINCE NEIL/RATT bassist Robbie Crane, have cancelled the remainder of their mini-tour with EVERY MOTHER'S NIGHTMARE after their contract with the tour's promoter was "not ...
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TOMMY LEE bassist Marty O'Brien has issued the following update on his recent and upcoming activities: "I've been pretty busy lately. Tommy Lee is locked up in his home studio writing new songs, so I'm taking advantage of the time off and I'm playing for anyone and everyone… Most importantly, I've gone and joined a ...
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METALLICA have made it to No. 5 on Rolling Stone magazine's "2004 Rock Rich List", with an estimated income last year of $39.1 million. "METALLICA rank with THE BEATLES in the top five catalog sellers of the year, with 1.6 million copies of their old albums moving in the U.S.," the magazine writes. "The band's ...
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San Antonio, Texas-based PITBULL DAYCARE, featuring former NEUROTICA drummer Jason West, are looking for "100 extras" for their upcoming "Feel So Dead" video shoot. Award-winning director Paul Hough (Texas Film Festival Director's Choice 2003) and producer Geza Decsy ("The Backyard") are planning "an epic, never-done-or-seen-before horror scene which will include a breathtaking motorcycle stunt by ...
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AEROSMITH singer Steven Tyler, KORN frontman Jonathan Davis, SEX PISTOLS guitarist Steve Jones and former GUNS N' ROSES bass player Duff McKagan were among the guest performers at the CAMP FREDDY gig at a GM party/Hollywood fashion event Tuesday (Feb. 24). Check out pictures from Wire Image. As previously reported, CAMP FREDDY is ...
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KILLSWITCH ENGAGE guitarist Adam Dutkiewicz has posted a video message from Backstage Studios in Ripley, Yorkshire, England, where he is currently mixing the group's new album, "The End of Heartache", with Andy Sneap (MACHINE HEAD, EXODUS, ARCH ENEMY, SKINLAB). Check it out here. Additional studio photos can be viewed at this ...
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The organizers of the annual Ozzfest announced the details of this year's festival at a press conference held this morning at Avalon in Hollywood, California. The lineup is as follows: Main Stage: OZZY OSBOURNE JUDAS PRIEST SLAYER DIMMU BORGIR SUPERJOINT RITUAL BLACK LABEL SOCIETY Second Stage: SLIPKNOT HATEBREED LAMB OF GOD Rotating: ATREYU ...
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In addition to writing material for Avril Lavigne's new CD, former EVANESCENCE guitarist Ben Moody is collaborating with "American Idol" winner Kelly Clarkson on tracks for her second album. "It's cool because [Kelly] wants to do some branching out, and I'm doing nothing but branching out," Moody told MTV.com. "We got together and she had ...
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As promised, RUSH have revealed the first details of their 30th Anniversary Tour via their official web site, Rush.com. Around 40 North American dates have been scheduled so far, beginning on May 28 in Charlotte, NC and concluding on August 22 in the band's hometown of Toronto, Canada. Also available are the details of the ...
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SLIPKNOT frontman Corey Taylor has spoken to Billboard magazine about the group's much-anticipated follow-up to 2001's "Iowa", due on May 25 through Roadrunner Records. "People are either going to love this or hate it," Taylor said. "We've never been a middle-of-the-road band, and we're either going down in history or going down in flames with ...
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KILLSWITCH ENGAGE have set "The End of Heartache" as the title of their new album, due on May 11 through Roadrunner Records. The follow-up to 2002's "Alive or Just Breathing" was produced by guitarist Adam Dutkiewicz and is currently being mixed at Backstage Studios in Ripley, Yorkshire with Andy Sneap (MACHINE HEAD, EXODUS, ARCH ENEMY, ...
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ADLER'S APPETITE (formerly SUKI JONES), the new band featuring ex-GUNS N' ROSES drummer Steven Adler, RATT/ex-LOVE/HATE singer Jizzy Pearl, ex-SLASH'S SNAKEPIT guitarist Keri Kelli, FASTER PUSSYCAT guitarist Brent Muscat, and ex-VINCE NEIL/RATT bassist Robbie Crane, have lined up the following tour dates in February: Feb. 19 - Little Rock, AR @ TBA Feb. 20 - ...
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AC/DC have been chosen the winners of a contest to find the best Australian single, according to The Age. The long-running hard rockers were way out in front with their anthem "Highway to Hell" in a Virgin Radio poll in honor of Australia Day. INXS were in second place with "Need You Tonight" and MEN ...
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In a widely expected move, DROWNING POOL revealed during a "Headbanger's Ball" (MTV2) appearance Saturday night (Jan. 24) that they have recruited ex-BUILT XL frontman Jason "Gong" Jones to fill the singer slot left vacant by the death of Dave Williams (as exclusively reported here back in June 2003). While Jones' ferocious singing-mixed-with-screaming ...
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