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On the heels of the recently announced collaboration with Savatage and Trans-Siberian Orchestra guitar virtuoso Chris Caffery, New York-based outfit, The Infinite Staircase (comprised of brothers Lenny and Jeff Cerzosie), have added a few more recognizable names in the hard rock and heavy metal community to their already “rock star-studded” forthcoming Ep; this time in …
Brooklyn Metal Merchants MARTYRD will support guitar god YNGWIE MALMSTEEN on select North American tour dates beginning April 26th in Toronto, ON. The band will also perform with SINGLE BULLET THEORY on May 11th in Queens, NY and June 1st at Mojo 13 in Wilmington, DE. MARTYRD released the critically acclaimed The Mortal Coil in …
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Led Zeppelin singer Robert Plant, guitarist Jimmy Page and bassist John Paul Jones got together again this Friday (September 21st) to promote their new concert film,Celebration Day, but that may be as close as fans will get to a new reunion. At a news conference, the members flatly declined to answer when asked if they …
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Justin Tedaldi of the Examiner spoke with master guitarist Steve Vai about his solo tour, David Lee Roth and Whitesnake. Portions of the interview appear below. Examiner: How’s the tour going so far? Steve Vai: It’s going great, you know? It’s my first full-length solo tour that I’ve been doing in five years (laughs). We’ve done a lot …
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Over the past few weeks and my absence from the internet the only real news out there is that Black Sabbath is reuniting. Of course everyone is poop in their pants excited about a new album and a new tour – except for me. While Sabbath has been an influence for many bands of every …
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TMZ has released some interesting news. Black Label Society and former Ozzy Osbourne guitarist Zakk Wylde has a 20-year-old mentally ill fan living right next door and Wylde isn’t too proud to say he “terrified” of the guy. Here’s the low down on why. The dude apparently is taking it literal that Zakk is a …
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As the fog rolled in on the warm, balmy night in NOLA, so did the fans of Jucifer. Not just the average metalheads, but artists, punks, middle-aged/middle class men and women, and about anyone else you can think of. The infamous huge stack of old but very powerful amps, instruments, and all kinds of weird …
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Guitar enthusiasts and fans of Showtime’s over-the-top smash hit comedy series “Californication” will get a very special treat when guitar god Zakk Wylde makes a guest appearance this Sunday, January 16. Tune in to Showtime at 9:00 p.m. ET/PT to witness Wylde make his hilarious premium cable acting debut. “Californication” stars David Duchovny in his …
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Ever since the early 1980s, Yngwie has been pushing the limits of guitar, and influencing countless other players in the process. And he continues to impress to this day, as evidenced by his forthcoming album, “Relentless”, the highly anticipated follow-up to 2008’s critically acclaimed “Perpetual Flame” (Yngwie’s first album for Rising Force Records). The second Yngwie CD to feature ex-JUDAS …
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Earlier this year we told you all that ‘Guitar God’ Slash was designing a Dora the Explorer themed backpack. What a guy. SMNnews now has dug up pictures of that backpack for you to marvel at. Enjoy! The backpack designs are all in honor of Dora the Explorer’s 10th Anniversary this week, all of which …
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