Chris Vrenna, Marilyn Manson's Keyboard Player, Chooses Novation
LOS ANGELES (Top40 Charts/ Marilyn Manson Fans Website) - Grammy-winner Chris Vrenna has played with Skinny Puppy, Nine Inch Nails and is currently on tour with Marilyn Manson playing a Novation ReMOTE SL37. "Thank you Novation - you make my life easy!" he says. Chris Vrenna has a remarkable history ...
| Led Zeppelin Radio Airplay Spikes Around Reunion Concert
LOS ANGELES (Top40 Charts/ Mediabase) - Radio airplay surrounding the historic reunion of Led Zeppelin in London on Monday, December 10, resulted in a spike in radio airplay in the U.S. and Canada, according to Mediabase, a firm which monitors such activity. "The Zeppelin reunion had a very real and ...
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Goth Punks Raw Novembre Release Gritty New Album
Westmeath, Ireland (Top40 Charts/ Distort The Scene) - Branded "Heavy Metals answer to the Smiths" from an early stage, this is probably too narrow a description of the many sides to Raw Novembre. They have heavy moments, but not necessarily metal, and social comments fused with intense lyrics are a ...
| 3 Doors Down And Friends Rock Benefit Concert
Nashville, TN. (Top40 Charts/ Better Life Foundation) - Multi-platinum group 3 DOORS DOWN recently held their 4th annual "The Better Life Foundation" Concert at the Hard Rock Casino & Hotel in Biloxi, MS with musical friends, Sara Evans and Musik Mafia members Jon Nicholson, Big Kenny (of Big & Rich), ...
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Shadows Fall Garners Grammy Nom For 'Best Metal Performance'
New York, NY. (Top40 Charts/ Atlantic Records) - Atlantic recording artist Shadows Fall has received a Grammy nomination for Best Metal Performance for the song "Redemption" off their critically acclaimed label debut, THREADS OF LIFE. Clearly a leader in their genre, this marks the band's second Grammy ...
| More Special Guests Added To 'Scrap Metal' Wildhorse Concert Event
Nashville, TN. (Top40 Charts/ SCRAP METAL Official Website) - Celebrity Rock Super Group SCRAP METAL announced more special guest stars to perform during their upcoming 'Metal Christmas' holiday concert event at the Wildhorse Nashville December 15, 2007. Special guest star Joe Lynn Turner, former lead ...
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Green Day Nominated For 2008 Grammy Award
BURBANK, CA. (Top40 Charts/ Reprise Records) - Reprise Records recording artists Green Day received a Grammy Award nomination today for Best Rock Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals for their cover of John Lennon's "Working Class Hero." The song appears on the album "Instant Karma: The Amnesty ...
| My Chemical Romance Nominated For 2008 Grammy Award
BURBANK, CA. (Top40 Charts/ Reprise Records) - Reprise Records' My Chemical Romance received their first Grammy Award nomination today for Best Boxed Or Special Limited Edition Package. Singer Gerard Way along with Art Directors Matt Taylor and Ellen Wakayama received music's highest recognition for ...
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Buckcherry's New Single 'Sorry,' Ascending The Airplay Charts!
NEW YORK, NY. (Top40 Charts/ Atlantic Records) - Eleven Seven/Atlantic recording group Buckcherry will celebrate a major milestone next week - the 300th live show in support of their triumphant third album, "15." Set for December 15th at Las Vegas' House of Blues, the gig represents still another career ...
| NIGHTWISH - FACEBOOK CONTEST - WIN COOL SHIT!
NEW YORK (Top40 Charts/ RoadRunner Records) - Nightwish's Facebook page is having a contest where you can win an autographed Nightwish drum head, a Nightwish T-shirt & a Dark Passion Play [Special Edition] for doing something super cool and fun that a lot of you probably already do when you're bored. ...
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AC/DC'S 'Plug Me In' - the Ultimate Career-Spanning DVD Boxed Set Certified 5x Platinum By The RIAA
NEW YORK, NY. (Top40 Charts/ Columbia Records) - Plug Me In - the ultimate career-spanning DVD box set of live performances, interviews and more from AC/DC, the world's most electrifying rock & roll band - has been certified 5x Platinum by the RIAA. Released on Tuesday, October 16, Plug Me In debuted ...
| 'Do Something' Is The Official Charity Partner Of The 2008 Take Action! Tour
VAN NUYS, CA. (Top40 Charts/ Hopeless/ Sub City Records) - Hopeless / Sub City Records has chosen non-profit organization Do Something as the official charity for their 2008 Take Action Tour. Sharing a common mission to help young people make a positive difference in the world, Take Action and Do Something ...
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OTEP For The People
NEW YORK (Top40 Charts/ KOCH Records) - KOCH Records recording artist OTEP has set up a new website in addition to its official site. ThisIsOtep.tv will enable fans to enjoy live web video chats with vocalist Otep Shamaya as well as a chat room for fans to directly communicate with the band. Additionally, ...
| Silverchair: The Chair & The Finger Announce 1 More Gig...
Sydney, AU. (Top40 Charts/ EMI MUSIC Australia) - After embarking on the biggest concert tour this country has seen in a decade - across, around and ALL over Australia from Darwin to Ballarat to Toowoomba to Tasmania - the tour's final show is coming to your loungeroom this Christmas with the release ...
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'Metal Christmas': Survivor & Baywatch Theme Singer Jimi Jameson To Rock With 'Scrap Metal'
Nashville, TN. (Top40 Charts/ Scrap Metal Official Website) - Celebrity Rock Super Group SCRAP METAL announced today a special guest star to perform during their upcoming 'Metal Christmas' holiday concert event at the Wildhorse Nashville December 15, 2007. Special guest star performer announced for ...
| VH1 Classic Records Announces the Final Installment of the Best-Selling 'KISSology' DVD Series on the Heels of Vol. 2's 6x Platinum Success
NEW YORK, NY. (Top40 Charts/ VH1) - The KISSology DVD Series has proven itself a smash hit success with Volume One reaching 5 Times Platinum and now Volume Two reaching an unprecedented 6 TIMES PLATINUM sales success! KISS Fans can complete the ultimate KISS set this December when VH1 Classic Records ...
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Lauren Harris Confirmed Support On Maiden 08 Tour
Sydney, AU. (Top40 Charts/ EMI MUSIC Australia) - Lauren Harris and band will be accompanying Iron Maiden on the first leg of next years Somewhere Back In Time World 2008 Tour as support act. The 'SOMEWHERE BACK IN TIME' World Tour 2008 will be in three legs, starting in February and March 2008 with ...
| Extreme Rejoin Forces For New Album And Tour In 2008
Boston, MA. (Top40 Charts/ EXTREME Records) - EXTREME are set to return in the spring of 2008 with their first album of all new material in 13 years. The band features original members NUNO BETTENCOURT (guitar), GARY CHERONE (vocals) and PAT BADGER (bass), along with new drummer KEVIN FIGUEIREDO. In ...
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Velvet Revolver Unable To Perform 4 Scheduled Concerts In Japan
LOS ANGELES (Top40 Charts/ RCA Records) - VELVET REVOLVER were looking forward to their upcoming tour of Japan: a series of four concerts-to promote their current album LIBERTAD-between November 26 and November 30, encompassing the cities of Tokyo, Osaka, Nagoya and Yokohama. For the band, the upcoming ...
| The Revival Of Montreal Metal Scene Starts With A Flock Of Forty Birds
Montreal, CANADA (Top40 Charts/ Studio Sanchez) - Just when avid music scenesters start chanting that Montreal metal is a dying breed. There comes along a talent that proves this theory wrong. On Monday, November 26th, 2007 at a FREE show at Petit Cafe Campus, 57 Prince Arthur Est @ 8pm. Forty Birds ...
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