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Dropkick Hawk

punkbands reports: Vagrant have just posted two more tracks from "Tony Hawk's American Wasteland" Soundtrack on Myspace from Saves The Day and The Dropkick Murphys. You can go to www.myspace.com/tonyhawksamericanwasteland to check out Saves The Day's cover of "Sonic Reducer" (The Dead Boys) and "Who Is Who" (The Adolescents) by The Dropkick Murphys. - Click Here for the Full Story

Norther Lose Beat

siN's metal news reports: Finnish melodic death metallers NORTHER have posted the following message on their official website:

"NORTHER will part ways with drummer Toni Hallio. The decision was totally on Toni’s behalf (there are no hard feelings!). Toni wants to focus on other things in the future. Toni wishes all the best for the band and the fans! [see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story

Mother Hips

Press Release reports: Mother Hips; California’s favorite sons return from hiatus to release 7-inch & EP on November 1, 2005

Mother Hips return to the studio this winter to begin work on a full-length LP...their first LP since 2001’s critically acclaimed Green Hills Of The Earth. Band’s first studio recordings in more than four years. West Coast Fall tour dates begin October 28. For Tour Dates visit the full story link.- Click Here for the Full Story

Solo Crimson DVD

MVD reports: Music Video Distributors and Metal Mind are pleased to announce the home viewing release of Gordon Haskell – The Road To Harry’s Bar for US distribution on DVD Dec 6th.

This 18-song performance by Gordon Haskell is proof that he is one of the most accomplished progressive rock musicians today. He is usually thought of as a footnote in the history of King Crimson--the only lead singer in the group's long list of personnel who never played a single live date with the band, though he was with them long enough to cut most of an album (Lizard) and get one performance ("Cadence And Cascade") onto its predecessor. Otherwise, he's been an enigma even to many Crimson fans.[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story

Rap Dear

CBS reports: Legendary hip hop and rap artists Heavy D and Tone-Loc guest star on YES, DEAR, Wednesday, Oct. 12 (8:30-9:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network.- Click Here for the Full Story

Fogerty Returns

Special Ops reports: John Fogerty’s upcoming CD The Long Road Home will be released on November 1st.

Fantasy will celebrate the return of Fogerty with the November 1 release of The Long Road Home – The Ultimate John Fogerty · Creedence Collection, an aptly titled disc that honors the icon’s musical journey from his early career to today. This comprehensive retrospective features, for the first time ever, all of the songwriter’s most poignant and enduring hits. Included are seminal tracks from the Creedence catalog, along with the crème de la crème of his solo work, including “Centerfield,” “Déjà Vu (All Over Again),” and “Hot Rod Heart” from the GRAMMY® Award-winning CD Blue Moon Swamp. Also on the disc are four new tracks recorded live by Fogerty during his 2005 tour of the United States: “Hey Tonight,” “Bootleg,” “Keep on Chooglin’,” and a blistering rendition of “Fortunate Son.” [see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story

Burton Bell Lives

http://www.ascensionofthewatchers.com/ reports: Fear Factory front man Burton Bell has announced that he will be playing several dates with his side project Ascension of the Watchers before Fear Factory hits the road on a national headlining tour that starts October 28th.

Bell, who formed Ascension of the Watchers with John Bechdel of Killing Joke and Fasle Icons, will play four special-engagement performances in the New York and Pennsylvania areas. Kicking off in Pittsburgh, PA on October 15th, the tour will run through the end of the month and will feature special guests False Icons and Still Life Decay.

Touring in support of the recent release of their five-song EP “Iconoclast” which is available through their web site www.ascensionofthewatchers.com”, Ascension of the Watchers is an unsigned project that seeks to provide music to its fans through the Internet. The new CD contains original art work and photographs by Bell.[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story

Wylde Hits

Press Release reports: Zakk Wylde: a name synonymous with guitar greatness. From the moment he was selected at the age of 19 to create thunder by the side of the incomparable Ozzy Osbourne, to his illustrious career as frontman of Black Label Society, Zakk has been blowing speakers and minds. With his God-given musical virtuosity, signature bullseye-style Les Paul guitars, badass denim and leather dress code and wild golden mane of barbarian locks, Zakk is nothing less than iconic. Realizing the importance and impact of such a momentous artist, Spitfire Records and Eagle Rock Entertainment felt that it was only fitting to assemble the ultimate Zakk Wylde collection, Kings Of Damnation: 98-04.[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story

Florida Glam

Maximum Bands reports: Maximum Bands, Florida's best source to book local, regional, and national hard rock and multiple genre acts in the Sunshine State just booked The VH-1 Classic Metal Mania Stripped all Acoustic Tour at two great venues in Florida!

This is the bill:
Steven Pearcy - Former Lead Vocalist of RATT
Don Dokken Lead Vocalist of DOKKEN
Kip Winger Lead Vocalist of WINGER with Reb Beach
Jani Lane Former Lead Vocalist of WARRANT
Firehouse - Full band acoustic jam

Coming to Florida:
Tickets go on sale Tomorrow Oct. 7th
November 18th - Ruth Eckerd Hall - Clearwater FL
November 19th - Lakeland Center - Lakeland FL- Click Here for the Full Story

Doro Pesch Classics

Press Release reports: Classic Diamonds by German Metal Goddess Doro Pesch, the CD, features nine revamped Doro Classics as newly recorded by Doro with The Metal Classic Night Orchestra, who provides a sweeping symphonic dreamscape to such favorites as “I Rule The Ruins,” “Metal Tango,” “All We Are,” “Fur Immer,” “Burn It Up,” “Tausend Mal Gelebt,” “I’m In Love With You,” “Undying” and “Love Me In Black.”

Four new songs grace the groundbreaking collection: “Breaking The Law” (a cover of the Judas Priest standard done as a duet with Accept’s Udo Dirkschneider), “Let Love Rain On Me” (a beautiful soulful ballad with Doro emoting as never before; also the lead song on a simultaneously-released seven-song EP), the instant-anthem “Always Live To Win” and “She’s Like Thunder” (dedicated to Doro’s best friend, undefeated female boxing champion Regina Halmich). - Click Here for the Full Story

Stubbs The Zombie

Press Release reports: Shout! Factory announces the release of the original soundtrack to Stubbs The Zombie, the year's most anticipated new video game from the producer of top-seller Halo and Wideload Games. All but one of the 13 tracks are familiar '50s-era pop hits, handpicked and recorded specifically for the game by alternative rockers The Flaming Lips, Cake, The Raveonettes, Death Cab For Cutie, Phantom Planet, Rogue Wave, Ben Kweller and more. Though heard throughout gameplay, these songs (with the exception of "My Boyfriend's Back") are available exclusively on Stubbs The Zombie: The Soundtrack, in stores October 18th.[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story

Mad Dogs & Okies

Press Release reports: The state of Oklahoma has a rich songwriting and performing tradition, and nowhere is that more apparent than on the down-home, roots-rocking Mad Dogs & Okies. This superb 15-song CD features a host of A-list artists, some of whom have their roots in Oklahoma, others who found inspiration in the great Mid-west state, nearly all of whom perform songs written by native "Okies."

Take Eric Clapton, for example, who has worked and recorded extensively with Oklahoma musicians throughout his career, including Delaney and Bonnie, Leon Russell, and J.J. Cale (who wrote "After Midnight" and "Cocaine"). Vince Gill was born and raised in Norman, while Wylie Hunt grew up in Tulsa, OK. And, Taj Mahal's first band, The Rising Sons, was made up almost entirely of Oklahoma musicians.[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story

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