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John Lydon has admitted he regrets bringing the late Sid Vicious into The Sex Pistols.Talking to The Independent, Lydon said: “Poor Sid. Once you start on that heroin trail of self pity, it’s gone. I’m sorry, God, for the day I brought Sid into the band. He felt so isolated, poor old Sid, because [...]
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Courtney Love has lost custody of her daughter.A court has given responsibility for 17-year-old Frances Bean Cobain to Wendy O’Connor and Kimberly Dawn Cobain, the late Kurt Cobain’s mother and sister, respectively.
They are now in charge of Frances Bean’s personal and financial well-being, although they don’t control a trust fund set up by Courtney [...]
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Steven Tyler has a new manager – the same person who looks after Mötley Crüe.
The Aerosmith frontman (or is he the former Aerosmith frontman?) is now being looked after by Allen Kovac who, apart from the Crüe, also represents Buckcherry, Papa Roach and Drowning Pool.
Quite what this means in terms of Tyler’s relationship with [...]
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Just confirmed: Marillion and Argent will appear at next summer’s festival.
Marillion are proud to announce their only UK festival date of 2010 will be at High Voltage.
Additionally, for the first time since 1975, the original line-up of Argent (of Hold Your Head Up fame) will re-form to play the festival.
The rest of the bill [...]
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It appears that guitarist John Frusciante has quit the Red Hot Chili Peppers.Classic Rock understands that the band are currently in the studio working with one Josh Klinghoffer, although he might not turn out to be the full-time replacement for Frusciante.
When recently asked by Classic Rock’s Dave Ling about Frusciante’s position in the band, [...]
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Buckcherry’s Josh Todd might be a lot of people’s preferred choice to replace Steven Tyler in Aerosmith, but he’s not at all keen.
Todd told Rolling Stone:
“He (Tyler) has been a huge inspiration for me and Buckcherry. I truly believe that no one can take his place and hopefully they patch things up.
“I am the [...]
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Joe Satriani is to release a DVD called Live In Paris: I Just Wanna Rock.
Out on February 2 through Epic, it was filmed in Paris at a show in May 2008.
The full track listing is:
1. I Just Wanna Rock
2. Overdriver
3. Satch Boogie
4. Ice 9
5. Diddle-Y-A-Doo-Dat
6. Flying In A Blue Dream
7. Ghosts
8. Revelation
9. Super Colossal
10. [...]
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Former Bad Company singer Brian Howe has a new solo album coming out on March 1.Titled Circus Bar, it’s being released by Frontiers and features guest appearances from Pat Travers and Wayne Nelson from The Little River Band. Howe, who also appeared on the Ted Nugent album Penetrator, has also revisited Bad Co. songs [...]
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Iron Maiden are going back to Wacken.The band will headline the German festival on August 5, having last appeared there in 2008.
Comments bassist Steve Harris:
“We had a fantastic time playing at Wacken last year so when we decided to play a few festivals in Europe next summer it seemed a great idea to return. [...]
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Tis the season to be giving and Bruce Cohn, the Doobie Brothers’ manager, has shown he is aware of that. Cohn held two concerts in October to raise money for local charities and veteran’s services. The Doobies, Journey, Little Feat, Taj Mahal and others [...]
