MÖTLEY CRÜE frontman Vince Neil signed copies of his 320-page hardcover autobiography, "Tattoos & Tequila: To Hell and Back with One of Rock's Most Notorious Frontmen", yesterday (Thursday, September 23) at Borders Books and Music in New York City. Check out photos from the signing session at WireImage.com. Remaining Vince Neil in-store signing ...
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MÖTLEY CRÜE frontman Vince Neil has scheduled the following in-store signing sessions for his 320-page hardcover autobiography, "Tattoos & Tequila: To Hell and Back with One of Rock's Most Notorious Frontmen": Thursday, September 23 at 7:30 p.m. Borders Books and Music 10 Columbus Circle New York, NY Friday, September 24 at 5 p.m. Bookends 232 ...
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A newly released excerpt from MÖTLEY CRÜE frontman Vince Neil's 320-page hardcover autobiography, "Tattoos & Tequila: To Hell and Back with One of Rock's Most Notorious Frontmen" can be viewed below. "Tattoos & Tequila: To Hell and Back with One of Rock's Most Notorious Frontmen" is scheduled for release on September 23 via Grand Central ...
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Grand Central Publishing has set a September 23, 2010 release date for MÖTLEY CRÜE frontman Vince Neil's 320-page hardcover autobiography, "Tattoos & Tequila: To Hell and Back with One of Rock's Most Notorious Frontmen". Neil's coauthor, Mike Sager, a journalist and novelist who didn't know much about Neil and MÖTLEY CRÜE, told PublishersWeekly.com, ...
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Robert Williams of Metal-Rules.com recently conducted an interview with Roxana Shirazi, an unrepentant groupie who has just published a memoir, "The Last Living Slut: Born in Iran, Bred Backstage", about her sexcapades with members of the most illustrious (and not-so-illustrious) rock acts of the past three decades. The chat can now be streamed ...
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Veteran German thrashers SODOM will release their long-awaited new DVD, "Lords Of Depravity - Part II", via SPV/Steamhammer on the following dates: Germany: June 25 Rest of Europe: July 12 USA: July 13 The double digipak DVD with o-card will contain the following: * DVD 1: the complete history 1995-2009 (approximately 200 minutes) * DVD ...
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Shannon Bennett of Creative Loafing conducted an interview late last month with Roxana Shirazi, an unrepentant groupie who has just published a memoir, "The Last Living Slut: Born in Iran, Bred Backstage", about her sexcapades with members of the most illustrious (and not-so-illustrious) rock acts of the past three decades. The chat is ...
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Veteran German thrashers SODOM will release their long-awaited new DVD, "Lords Of Depravity - Part II", via SPV/Steamhammer on the following dates: Germany: June 25 Rest of Europe: July 12 USA: July 13 The double digipak DVD with o-card will contain the following: * DVD 1: the complete history 1995-2009 (approximately 200 minutes) * DVD ...
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Rush & Molloy of New York's Daily News report: Roxana Shirazi (MySpace page) engaged in some risky sex while hanging with rock's raunchiest hair bands. But the unrepentant groupie is courting bigger danger with her memoir, "The Last Living Slut: Born in Iran, Bred Backstage". Shirazi says several editors and agents ...
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SCORPIONS guitarist Matthias Jabs will reopen his MJ Guitars shop in Munich, Germany on Saturday, October 31 from 11 a.m. until 4 p.m. Along with Matthias' signature guitars — Mastercaster and Explorer 90 — you will find vintage guitars and amps, Matthias Jabs merchandise and all you need as a guitarist. There is also a ...
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After examining information supplied by PETA showing that chimpanzees and other great apes used in advertising are removed from their mothers as infants and routinely abused in behind-the-scenes training sessions, telecommunications giant Samsung has withdrawn a television commercial that showed Ozzy Osbourne watching a chimpanzee "rock star" on a smartphone (see commercial below). Great apes ...
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Vocalist Klaus Meine of German hard rock legends SCORPIONS has issued the following update: "Dear fans, the last few months on the road just flew by — and as always, it was fantastic and exciting to play for you. But now we are back in our studio in Hannover with our Swedish producers Mikael 'Nord' ...
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According to a posting on the SCORPIONS fan site ScorpsNews.com, the German hard rock veterans will enter the studio in late 2009 to begin work on a new album for a 2010 release. It looks like they will be recording the new CD in their home country this time, but that could change. ...
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An 18-minute interview with SCORPIONS frontman Klaus Meine conducted by the band's webmaster Wolfgang Strauß on January 10, 2009 in Cologne, Germany can be viewed below. Klaus Meine last year spoke to the Birmingham Mail about his band's impressive influence, often in far-flung territories. "I've been told by travellers who have gone down ...
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SLAYER, BLACK LABEL SOCIETY, OZZY OSBOURNE and ALICE IN CHAINS members are among the musicians that will be taking part in signing sessions for EMG Pickups at this year's NAMM (National Association Of Music Merchants) show, which is being held January 15-18 at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California. The complete EMG signing schedule ...
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The Pulse of Radio reports that film director Larry Charles has spoken out about his involvement in the biographical MÖTLEY CRÜE film "The Dirt", which was originally set to be produced through MTV Films/Paramount Studios but is no longer on the company's slate. Charles, who directed many episodes of "Seinfeld" as well as the movies ...
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"The Story of Mötley Crüe", which premiered on June 24 on Canada's MuchMoreMusic, can be viewed in five parts below. MuchMoreMusic's award-winning series "The Story of..." showcases the highs — and sometimes lows — of the careers of music's legends AND legends to be. Utilizing the Much/MuchMore video library of archival performances and past ...
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Canada's MuchMoreMusic will air "The Story Of Mtley Cre" on Tuesday, June 24 at 9:00 p.m. and midnight EST (the morning of June 25). The show's description reads as follows: "They've courted controversy for close to 3 decades and now the world's most notorious rock band is back for another round. The Story Of Mtley ...
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When I reviewed SATHANAS' "Entering the Diabolic Trinity" for this site I emphasized the no-nonsense, in your face approach to its fierce brand of stripped down blackened thrash. SATHANAS is indeed a band that takes cues from the old school, mainly because they were part of the old school (the "Ripping Evil" demo was released ...
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Marilyn Manson's biography "Long Road out of Hell" will finally receive a Swedish release. The book will be published by Sweden's BTM Books and will be in in stores all across the country on June 28. "Despite that the book is almost eight years old, it's a valid reflection over his life and why he's ...
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Gary Strauss of USA Today reports: Gene Simmons [photo] and longtime companion Shannon Tweed were hoping to make the second season of A&E's half-hour reality series "Gene Simmons Family Jewels", premiering March 25 (9 p.m. ET/PT), less intrusive for themselves and their two teenagers. So why did the KISS [bassist/vocalist] and ...
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MovieWeb reports: According to Production Weekly, Larry Charles ("Borat") is in pre-production on his next film "The Dirt", a MÖTLEY CRÜE biopic based on the rockers' 2001 book "The Dirt: Confessions of the World's Most Notorious Rock Band". Rich Wilkes adapted the book written by bandmates Nikki Sixx, Tommy Lee, Mick Mars and ...
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THE PANIC CHANNEL guitarist Dave Navarro (ex-JANE'S ADDICTION) has posted the following message on his official web site following a weekend trip to Las Vegas: "The best part of my trip, the most enlightening part, was the flight home. I was seated next to an elderly woman who asked me about my tattoos. She then ...
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Katy Kroll of Billboard.com reports that THE PANIC CHANNEL/ex-JANE'S ADDICTION guitarist Dave Navarro has co-created a new TV series that goes behind the scenes to show what it's really like playing in a well-known rock band. Dubbed "The Product", the one-hour drama was recently picked up by FX. It was created in tandem ...
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Guitarist Frank Harthoorn of the reunited Dutch metallers GOREFEST has posted the following message on the band's official web site: "We'd been asked to fill in for DEICIDE on the Nummirock festival in Finland two weeks ago, an invite we gladly accepted since we'd never been there before. Nummirock is held at a site somewhere ...
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The new issue of the Swedish magazine Close-Up features an interview with the writer and author Neil Strauss who co-wrote several tell-all rock autobiographies including MÖTLEY CRÜE's "The Dirt" and MARILYN MANSON's "The Long Hard Road Out Of Hell". An excerpt from the chat follows: Close-Up: How important do you think "The Dirt" and its ...
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Chris Strauss of People magazine recently conducted a short interview with DEF LEPPARD frontman Joe Elliott. An excerpt follows: People: A recent Entertainment Weekly feature shows a picture of you guys from 1984 in matching Union Jack tank tops and short shorts. Do you look back at photos like that and laugh? Elliott: ...
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Publisher Chronological Crue has announced the release of two brand-new MÖTLEY CRÜE books, titled "Mötley Crüe Down Under: On Tour with The Carnival of Sins" and "What Mötley Crüe Means to Me: Crüeheads Share Their Stories". Now available from CafePress (web site), the paperbacks give rock music lovers a unique insight into life ...
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Long-running underground U.S. black metal act SATHANAS drop their fifth album courtesy of Singapore's Pulverised Records (pay attention to this label). Blackened thrash is more like it, with an emphasis on the thrash part. The secret to "Entering the Diabolic Trinity" is in its non-nonsense, in-your-face approach. Black metal in feel only (largely because of ...
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