Metal / Hard Rock (30/09/2002)
Motley Crue Singer Pleads Innocent
LOS ANGELES (Motley Crue Fans Website) - Motley Crue lead singer Vince Neil pleaded innocent to a misdemeanor battery charge for allegedly attacking a record producer outside the Rainbow Room nightclub in West Hollywood. Neil was not required to be present at Friday's hearing in Beverly Hills Superior ...
| Metal / Hard Rock (30/09/2002)
Joan Jett Went To Afghanistan
BAGRAM, Afghanistan (J. Jett Official Website) - Wearing black boots, camouflage pants and a fishnet top, American rocker Joan Jett performed for several hundred soldiers at the U.S. military headquarters in Afghanistan. About 500 coalition troops, mostly Americans, attended a concert Friday night ...
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Metal / Hard rock (26/09/2002)
Motorhead Gets Ripped
NEW YORK (Motorhead Fans Website) - A former management assistant to Motorhead's Lemmy Kilmister has been charged with ripping off the heavy metal rock star. Alex Guerrero is facing multiple counts of forgery and grand theft to the tune of just over $30,000. He's been released on a $15,000 bond and ...
| Metal / Hard Rock (25/09/2002)
Guns N' Roses Announce New York, Chicago, Philly, & Boston Dates
NEW YORK (Guns 'N Roses Fans Website) - Guns N' Roses are ready to announce the American leg of their world tour. Tickets go on sale this Saturday (September 28). Dates to go on sale this weekend include the First Union Center in Philadelphia on December 6, the Allstate Arena in Chicago on November ...
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Metal / Hard Rock (25/09/2002)
Cheap Trick's Rick Nielsen Says He's 'Gun-Shy' About Next Record
NEW YORK (Cheap Trick Fans Website) - Cheap Trick hopes to reconnect fans with its first new studio album since 1997 by early next year. Co-produced by the veteran band with Chris Shaw, the currently untitled disc will feature 11 tracks, including "Low Life in High Heels," "Words," "Special One," "Mondo ...
| Metal / Hard Rock (09/09/2002)
Bruce Dickinson Enjoys Career As Pilot
LONDON, UK (Iron Maiden Fans Website) - Bruce Dickinson, singer for heavy metal veterans Iron Maiden , is hitting new heights in his second career as a commercial airline pilot. "It's a great job," Dickinson told The Daily Telegraph. "Nothing else compares." Charter airline Astraeus confirmed that ...
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Metal / Hard Rock (10/08/2002)
Motley Crue's Vince Neil Wanted For Alleged Battery
LOS ANGELES (Motley Crue Fans Website) - A misdemeanor battery warrant for Motley Crue frontman Vince Neil was issued on Wednesday (Aug. 7) in Los Angeles, according to a spokesperson for the Los Angeles District Attorney's Office. Neil is accused of allegedly punching record producer Michael Schuman ...
| Metal / Hard Rock (09/08/2002)
Metallica's James Hetfield Races To 39
NEW YORK (Metallica Official Website) - Metallica's James Hetfield turned 39 on Saturday (August 3). For a belated birthday surprise, some of his closest friends and bandmates rented the Sears International Point Raceway on Tuesday (August 6), reports the band's official website. The raceway, located ...
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Metal / Hard Rock (06/08/2002)
Guns N' Roses Expand World Tour
LOS ANGELES (G'n'R Fans Website) - It doesn't look like Guns N' Roses will be touring North America in September after all. According to a report out of Indonesia, the band will be performing there in late September, following a tour of Australia. Indonesian promoter Tommy Pratama told the local digital ...
| Metal / Hard Rock (02/08/2002)
Linkin Park Hopes To Release New Studio Album By Year's End
LOS ANGELS (KPOQ Radio Website) - Linkin Park told Los Angeles radio station KROQ Thursday (Aug. 1) morning that it hopes to have a new studio album out by the end of the year. The group also said it's narrowed down the new batch of songs to about 20 to choose from for the album. The band had been working ...
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Metal / Hard Rock (31/07/2002)
G'n'Roses, Led Zeppelin top Spin's greatest metal albums list
LOS ANGELES (Spin Magazine) - This is one "greatest albums" list The Beatles did not make. In the world of heavy metal, the genre that allows fans to blow off steam to deafening, bone-crunching music, honors for the greatest album of all time have gone to Guns N' Roses. The short-lived rock band's ...
| Metal / Hard Rock (31/07/2002)
Def Leppard released new album titled 'X'
NEW YORK (Official Fans Website) - Def Leppard released its tenth album, aptly titled X, on Tuesday (July 30). The first single from the collection is "Now." The band decided to try different producers for this album, after being encouraged by the success of Aerosmith's "Jaded." Guitarist Phil Collen ...
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Metal / Hard Rock (31/07/2002)
Bon Jovi To Kick Off NFL Season With Times Square Concert & Halftime Show
NEW YORK (NFL Official Website/Bon Jovi Fans Website) - Bon Jovi will kick off the coming pro football season with two special events in and around New York City. The band, in conjunction with the National Football League (NFL), will play a special hour-long event dubbed NFL Kickoff Live From Times ...
| Metal / Hard Rock (25/07/2002)
Steve Lukather: 'Eddie (Van Halen) is Doing OK'!
LOS ANGELES (Van Hallen Fans Website) - Edward Van Halen, largely out of sight in recent years due to his battle with cancer and marital discord, will make a rare recorded appearance in September when he guests on Toto guitarist Steve Lukather's upcoming Christmas album, Santamental. Van Halen joins ...
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Metal / Hard Rock (23/07/2002)
Motley Crue Bassist, 'Baywatch' Babe Conceive Sitcom
NEW YORK (Motley Crue Fans Website) - Motley Crue bassist Nikki Sixx and his bombshell actress wife Donna D'Errico are developing a semi-autobiographical sitcom in hopes of creating an Osbournes-sized hit. The Blonde And The Rock Star will center on a hard-partying rocker who falls in love with a gorgeous, ...
| Metal / Hard Rock (18/07/2002)
Widespread Panic's Mikey Hauser Has Terminal Cancer
NEW YORK (W. Panic Official Website) - Widespread Panic singer-guitarist Michael "Mikey" Hauser has terminal cancer, he confirmed Wednesday (July 17), following much speculation. Hauser wrote on the band's website, "I want to assure all of you that all that can be done has been done, and I want to thank ...
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Metal / Hard Rock (18/07/2002)
Guns N' Roses Trade Paul Huge For Psychedelic Furs' Guitarist
NEW YORK (G'n'R Fans Website) - The musician accused of breaking up the original Guns N' Roses has been replaced by guitarist Richard Fortus, co-founder of Love Spit Love and later a member of the Psychedelic Furs. A press release confirming GNR's just-announced London Arena show fails to mention Axl ...
| Metal / Hard Rock (17/07/2002)
Guns N' Roses Confirm London Show In August
LONDON, UK (G'n'Roses Fans Website) - Guns N' Roses have finally nailed down a long-rumored London date for Aug. 26 at the London Arena, according to a spokesperson for the venue. Tickets for the show, priced at approximately $43, go on sale Wednesday (July 17) through Ticketmaster U.K. The show marks ...
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Metal / Hard Rock (16/07/2002)
Ozzfest: Ozzy Osbourne Gets Sentimental, Rob Zombie Rocks, & Drowning Pool Does Metallica
NEW YORK (Ozzy Fans Website) - "Isn't it funny that the whole rest of the world just figured out how cool Ozzy's been for 30 fuckin' years?" asked an indignant Rob Zombie. Fourth out of seven main stage acts at this summer's Ozzfest, it was a rhetorical question. "Talk about being late to class," he ...
| Metal / Hard Rock (15/07/2002)
Robert Plant Praises Dolly Parton's Cover Of 'Stairway To Heaven'
NEW YORK (Led Zeppelin Fans Website) - Among the stranger cover versions released this year is Dolly Parton's rendition of Led Zeppelin's "Stairway To Heaven," from her latest album Halos & Horns. Parton's version of the song, which includes some new lyrics that she wrote for it, was OK'd by Zeppelin ...
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