Rock My Monkey recently conducted an interview with producer/director Ian McFarland of Killswitch Productions about MESHUGGAH,’s recently released first-ever DVD, “Alive”.
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PRIMAL FEAR frontman Ralf Scheepers will enter a Swedish studio this summer to begin recording his debut solo album for a January 2011 release via Frontiers Records.
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GUNS N’ ROSES frontman and sole original member Axl Rose has released the following statement via Twitlonger.com, a related Twitter site where one can post messages longer than 140 characters: “IMPORTANT NOTICE!!! “There are NO new GUNS N’ ROSES shows added to our current onsale itinerary dated as of February 25.
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Scott Simon, host of NPR’s “Weekend Edition”, recently conducted an interview with legendary heavy metal singer Ozzy Osbourne.
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M.A.N ? the group formed out of the ashes of Sweden’s TRANSPORT LEAGUE (featuring former MNEMIC frontman Tony Jelencovich) ? filmed a video for the song “Logocide” the weekend of February 13-14 at Redbergs Theatre in Gothenburg with director Gabriel Engberg.
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According to CBC News, Canadian rock trio RUSH is one of the rumored performers at the closing of the Vancouver Olympics, which gets underway at 5:30 p.m.
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Guitarist Matt Wilcock has left British extreme metal veterans AKERCOCKE.
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Swedish death metal veterans UNLEASHED will release their tenth full-length album, “As Yggdrasil Trembles”, on March 19 in Europe and April 6 in the U.S.
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GLOBAL SOUND LODGE, the “new musical consciousness” formed by VELVET REVOLVER/ex-GUNS N’ ROSES drummer Matt Sorum and American guitarist, songwriter and producer Lanny Cordola (GIUFFRIA, HOUSE OF LORDS, MAGDALLAN), has made its first track ? “Hands Together” ? available via iTunes.
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Former HANOI ROCKS frontman Michael Monroe will be featured on a special edition of the Canadian radio show “Metal7080” on Monday, March 1 at 9:00 p.m.
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POISON singer Bret Michaels has told UsMagazine.com that he has nothin’ to apologize for about “Nothin’ to Lose”, his new song featuring Miley Cyrus.
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According to Crain’s New York Business, VELVET REVOLVER/ex-GUNS N’ ROSES bassist Duff McKagan’s autobiography was up for auction last week.
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***UPDATE*** A spokesperson for Softdrive Records has informed BLABBERMOUTH.NET that details of Scott Weiland’s live album have not yet been officially confirmed and will be announced as soon as they are available.
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