Metal / Hard Rock (17/09/2003)
White Stripes back on the stage!
NEW YORK (White Stripes Fans Website) - The White Stripes returned to the stage Saturday night (September 13), after a two-month hiatus caused by frontman Jack White's fractured finger. The show at San Francisco's Greek Amphitheater was the band's biggest headlining gig ever, with 8,500 fans in attendance. ...
| Metal / Hard Rock (17/09/2003)
Zwan gone!
NEW YORK (Smashin Pumpkins Fans Website) - Billy Corgan announced this morning that he has disbanded Zwan. The band recorded only one album, "Mary Star of The Sea", which was released in January. Corgan formed the band after the break-up of Smashing Pumpkins in 2000. In an interview with a Chicago television ...
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Metal / Hard Rock (15/09/2003)
Bon Jovi releases acoustic versions of their greatest hits and new songs!
NEW YORK (Bon Jovi Official Website) - Bon Jovi are set to release a new album entitled This Left Feels Right on November 3. The release comes a year after their last album Bounce and features completely re-worked and acoustic versions of the New Jersey band's greatest hits. The record will feature ...
| Metal / Hard Rock (11/09/2003)
P.O.D. taps Chris Vrenna for upcoming remix
NEW YORK (iMusic press release) - P.O.D. have tapped Chris Vrenna to remix the song "Will You" for their forthcoming CD titled Payable On Death. The upcoming P.O.D. album comes out November 4th, 2003 on Atlantic Records. This will be the third time Vrenna and P.O.D. have teamed up on a remix. Vrenna ...
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Metal / Hard Rock (10/09/2003)
Rob Zombie is releasing his first 'Greatest Hits' Album, 'Past, Present & Future'
NEW YORK (Geffen press release) - The first career retrospective from Rob Zombie, king of the dark side, presents the best of the hard rocker. The two-disc set Past, Present & Future (Geffen/UMe), released September 23, 2003, brings together a CD of 19 digitally remastered selections - including two ...
| Metal / Hard Rock (10/09/2003)
Jury rules for Marilyn Manson
MINNESOTA (M. Manson Fans Website) - A Minnesota jury ruled that Marilyn Manson did not commit battery when the rock star gyrated his crotch in a security guard's face at a concert three years ago. The guard was seeking over $75,000 (U.S.) in damages in the case. The jury deliberated for eleven hours ...
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Metal / Hard Rock (09/09/2003)
Limp Bizkit under cover
NEW YORK (Limp Bizkit Fans Website) - When Limp Bizkit recorded a song called "My Generation", all it shared with The Who classic was its name. Now, the band is paying tribute to the rock legends even more directly. Limp Bizkit's next single will be a cover of The Who's "Behind Blue Eyes", Limp Bizkit ...
| Metal / Hard Rock (09/09/2003)
Led Zeppelin gave approval for their songs to included in 'School Of Rock'
LOS ANGELES ('School Of Rock' movie website) - Led Zeppelin has agreed to let one of their songs be used in the soundtrack for the upcoming film School Of Rock--but only because its star, Jack Black, asked personally. According to the studio, Black--who makes music with the comical rock act Tenacious ...
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Metal / Hard Rock (06/09/2003)
Alice Cooper releases the new album 'The Eyes Of Alice Cooper'
NEW YORK (Eagle Records press release) - Breaking a circle into an arc is easy, but converting an arc back into a circle is a different matter, a task that Alice Cooper has succeeded in doing with the release of The Eyes Of Alice Cooper. Produced by Andrew Murdock (Godsmack, Powerman 5000), some may ...
| Metal / Hard Rock (06/09/2003)
David Waibel (Firehouse Bassist) was found dead
MIAMI, Florida (Firehouse Official Website) - Former Firehouse bassist David Waibel was found dead at his Florida home on Tuesday (September 2). No word on the cause of death will be released until an autopsy is completed. Waibel, who was 39, was born in Dover, New Jersey, but had lived in Florida for ...
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Metal / Hard Rock (06/09/2003)
Dee Snider is the creative force behind a new Halloween-themed musical
NEW YORK (KOCH Records press release) - Halloween is one of the most widely celebrated holidays of the year. In fact, Americans spent $6.9 billion on Halloween in 2002, making it the country's second largest commercial holiday. While celebrated with costume parties, trick-or-treating and horror movie ...
| Metal / Hard Rock (04/09/2003)
Darkness album to be rush-released in US
LONDON, UK (Darkness Fans Website) - The Darkness' album Permission to Land is being rush-released in the US on the back of its success in Britain. Permission to Land went to Number One in the UK this week - a remarkable achievement for a band that was unknown at the start of the year. Now, in an attempt ...
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Metal / Hard Rock (04/09/2003)
Piazza leaks G'N'R
NEW YORK (Guns'N Roses Fans Website) - New York Mets catcher Mike Piazza has reportedly raised the ire of Guns 'N Roses management by playing what he said was a track that may appear on the long delayed "Chinese Democracy" album on a New York radio station. Piazza convinced the host to play a CD marked ...
| Metal / Hard Rock (21/08/2003)
Motorhead issues Five-CD, 99-Song Box Set
NEW YORK (Sanctuary press release) - Motorhead is a true original. Ever since vocalist/bassist Lemmy unleashed the British band on the world in 1975, multiple generations of music fans have embraced its one-of-a-kind brand of eardrum-battering, brain-bashing, utterly uncompromising rock 'n' roll. And ...
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Metal / Hard Rock (21/08/2003)
It's Andrew W.K. calling
NEW YORK (Andrew WK Official Website) - Few things in life could be weirder than receiving a phone call from Andrew W.K. but that's exactly what some lucky fans have in store. The first 250 people to pre-order AWK's new album "The Wolf" through amazon.com or www.awkworld.com will get a personal call ...
| Metal / Hard Rock (14/08/2003)
Keanu in Anthrax video
NEW YORK (Anthrax Official Website) - Keanu Reeves has made a cameo appearance in Anthrax's video for their latest single Safe Home. The 38-year-old Matrix star is a long-time fan of the New York band and starred in the video for free. The single appears on the band's latest album entitled We've Come ...
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Metal / Hard Rock (08/08/2003)
Korn's new album titled 'Take A Look In The Mirror'
NEW YORK (Korn Fans Website) - During an interview with a radio station in Columbus, Ohio, Korn bassist Fieldy said the title of their next album will be Take A Look In The Mirror. He said the band has 10 songs recorded and that they'll be including a cover of Metallica's song, "One," on the release. ...
| Metal / Hard Rock (08/08/2003)
Manson banned from one Ozzfest tour venue
NEW YORK (Buffalo News) - Marilyn Manson has been banned from performing at a venue during the US Ozzfest tour. Manson's been told he's not appropriate for the audience at the Six Flags Darien Lake venue in New York state. The tour features Ozzy Osbourne and guests like Korn, Disturbed and Chevelle. ...
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Metal / Hard Rock (07/08/2003)
Metallica's metal is platinum
NEW YORK (RIAA/Columbus radio) - Metallica's eighth studio album, "St. Anger", has been certified multiplatinum in the U.S., based on the Recording Industry Association of America's sales figures at the end of July. This means that over 2 million copies of the disc had been shipped to stores in just ...
| Metal / Hard Rock (25/07/2003)
Fred Durst is hurtin'
NEW YORK (Limp Bizkit Fans Website) - Fred Durst is the second member of Limp Bizkit to injure his back within one week. Guitarist Mike Smith pinched a nerve during a one-off concert in New York last Wednesday. He was back on stage for the band's Summer Sanitarium gig in Maryland two days later in time ...
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