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Pure Rock Newswire 05/03/02 By Tokemaster General, Contributor Friday, May 3, 2002 @ 12:36 AM
The Streetwalkin’ Cheetahs, fresh off their tour with Nashville Pussy and The Reverend Horton Heat, will hop the pond and continue touring over in Europe in support of their latest release, Waiting For The Death of My Generation. The tour dates are:
05/24/02 Kontich, BEL Lintfabriek 05/25/02 Berlin, GER Wild At Heart 05/26/02 Dresden, GER Groovestation 05/27/02 Hannover, GER To Be Announced 05/28/02 Cologne, GER Underground 05/31/02 Halden, NOR DrFeelgood 06/01/02 Skien, NOR Kick 06/04/02 Erfurt, GER Engelsburg 06/06/02 Frankfurt , GER 11er 06/07/02 Seléstat, FRA Festival Lez' arts Scéniques 06/08/02 Stuttgart, GER Beat Baracke 06/09/02 Vienna, AUS Arena 06/10/02 Ljubljana, SLO Orto bar 06/12/02 Worgl, AUT Komma 06/15/02 Marseille, FRA Machine De Coudre 06/16/02 Montpellier, FRA Subsonic 06/17/02 Lazkao, SPA Torrano Bar 06/18/02 Ponferrada, SPA Tarari 06/19/02 La Coruña, SPA Mardi Gras 06/20/02 Bilbao, SPA Azkena 06/21/02 Madrid, SPA El Sol 06/22/02 Benidorm SPA LaCalla Rock 06/23/02 Barcelona, SPA Magic Steelheart frontman Michael Matijevic is back in action and is putting together a new Steelheart lineup. To get the whole scoop, check out a chat with him hosted by AOL on May 7th at 9pm EST, keyword: Rock Chat. Queens of the Stone Age are embarking on a North American summer tour, which will kick off in Atlanta, GA on May 27th to promote their upcoming new album titled Songs for the Deaf, which is scheduled for a July release, and will feature former Screaming Trees frontman Mark Lanegan andDave Grohl of the Foo Fighters to return behind the drum kit for the tour. Both of them had contributed to the new album as well.
05/24/02 Reno, NV ARK-A-IK (w/ Existence, Hostility) 05/25/02 Sacramento, CA The Boardwalk 05/26/02 Chico, CA The Senators Theatre (w/ Existence, Hostility) 05/30/02 San Francisco, CA Slims (w/ Unjust, 40 Grit, Hostility) 06/07/02 San Jose, CA Cactus Club Napalm Death are currently working on material for their forthcoming studio album, which they hope to release in late 2002 or early 2003. A possibility also exists that the group will release a split single with Italian punk veterans Raw Power, although this remains unconfirmed at this time. A painting done by Marilyn Manson of comedian Andy Dick in a crucifix position, adorns the cover of Andy Dick & The Bitches Of The Century's self-titled debut album, which is due for an August 20th. Moonspell have some European dates lined up: 05/11/02 Braga, POR Semana Académica da Univ. do Minho 05/17/02 Leipzig, GER Wave Gottik Treffen 05/24/02 Vila Real, POR Queima das Fitas 05/25/02 Castelo Branco, POR Queima das Fitas 06/09/02 POR Festival Broken Stone 3-Barragem do Cabril 06/22/02 Beja, POR Festival da Juventude 07/05/02 Dessel, BEL Graspop Metal Meeting 07/13/02 Weert, NETH BosPop 07/26/02 Valencia, SPA Rock Machina 08/02/02 Gossnitz, GER Open Air 2002 08/25/02 Pombal, POR Golden Rock 2002 09/13/02 Açores, POR Angra Rock Ex-Led Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page will serve as a host of the second annual Action For Brazil's children fundraising dinner, which will be held in Fort Lauderdale. May 8, 2002, and feature an “all-star” line-up of music that will include guitarist Yngwie Malmsteen. 
If you have seen Sum 41’s video, “What We’re All About,” then you will have noticed the appearance of Slayer’s Kerry King on the guitar solo. Slayer’s own video, “Bloodline,” has been added to rotation on MTV2 and the band recently won the ‘Best BMX Riding Music’ award at this year’s ESPN Action Sports and Music Awards.
Slaves On Dope have two brand new demo tracks, “Go” and “Drain Me,” to download at SlavesOnDope.com. They are still seeking a new record deal following their split with Divine Recordings late last year.
Superjoint Ritual have apparently done videos for "Fuck Your Enemy" and "The Alcoholik" (off their upcoming May 21st release, Use Once And Destroy) at vocalist Phil Anselmo's house in New Orleans.
Flaw have parted ways with band guitarist Jason Daunt as a result of "personal and creative differences." However, despite the departure the band will not miss any of their upcoming touring plans as they plan to continue on as a four piece.
More Echobrain dates:
05/03/02 Urbana, IL Canopy Club 05/04/02 Chicago, IL Double Door 05/06/02 Grand Rapids, MI The Intersection 05/07/02 Indianapolis, IN Emerson Theatre 05/08/02 St. Louis, MO The Galaxy 05/10/02 Cleveland, OH The Odeon 05/11/02 Royal Oak, MI Royal Oak 05/13/02 New Haven, CT Toad’s 05/14/02 Boston, MA Paradise 05/16/02 Washington, DC 9:30 Club 05/17/02 Philadelphia, PA TLA 05/18/02 Old Bridge, NJ Birch Hill Night Club 05/21/02 New York, NY Bowery 05/22/02 Raleigh, NC Lincoln Theater 05/24/02 Jacksonville, FL Freebird Cafe 05/25/02 Atlanta, GA Cotton Club 05/26/02 New Orleans, LA Howling Wolf 05/29/02 Houston, TX Engine Room 05/30/02 Dallas, TX Tree’s 05/31/02 Austin, TX Steamboat
King's X have reportedly been added to the upcoming Dream Theater/Joe Satriani co-headlining US Summer tour, which is scheduled to take place throughout August/September. So far, the following dates have been confirmed: 08/10/02 Los Angeles, CA the Greek Theater08/13/02 Denver, CO City Lights Pavilion 08/30/02 Clarkston, MI DTE Energy Music Theater 09/06/02 Baltimore, MD Pier 6 Concert Pavilion 09/13/02 Holmdel, NJ PNC Bank Arts Center 09/14/02 Wantagh, NY Jones Beach Electric Wizard’s Let Us Prey hit stores in the US this week The band will be heading on tour in Europe with Warhorse in May, and the US with Sons Of Otis and Unearthly Trance in June. Tour dates to be announced. Brant Bjork & The Operators’s self-titled album hit stores this week. The former songwriting genius of Fu Manchu and Kyuss unleashed an album full of pop, funk and fuzz. The band will be doing some scattered West Coast dates before heading out for a full-blown tour this summer. Details to come. Blabbermouth.net reports Down's full set list from the group's April 28th show at Birmingham, Alabama's Five Points Music Hall: 
01. The Seed 02. Something On My Side 03. Temptation's Wings 04. Lifer 05. Lysergik Funeral Procession 06. Rehab 07. Ghosts Of The Mississippi 08. Learn From My Mistake 09. Beautifully Depressed 10. Lies 11. New Orleans Is A Dying Whore 12. Stone The Crow 13. Eyes Of The South Encore: 14. Bury Me In Smoke Swarm, featuring ex-Death Angel members, drummer Andy Galeon, guitarist Rob Cavestany, and vocalist Mark Osegueda, have lined up the following shows during the next few weeks: 05/04/02 San Francisco, CA United Nations Plaza (Cannabis Freedom Day) 05/10/02 Concord, CA Bourbon St. 05/18/02 Pacifica, CA Octopus Lounge 06/14/02 Sacramento, CA The Roadhouse Nonpoint have lined up the following European dates: 05/18/02 Nurbergring, GER Rock Am Ring 05/19/02 Nurnberg, UK Rock Im Park 05/22/02 Manchester, UK Hop And Grape 05/23/02 London, UK Underworld 05/24/02 Glasgow, UK Cathouse 05/25/02 Donington Park, UK Castle Donnington Nonpoint's new album, Development, is scheduled for a June 25th release through MCA Records. 
The Melvins announce a few California gigs with Dead Low Tide in support of their 18th album, Hostile Ambient Takeover:
5/21/02 Chico, CA Brick Works 5/22/02 Sacramento, CA The Boardwalk 5/23/02 Santa Cruz, CA The Catalyst 5/24/02 San Francisco, CA Slim's 5/25/02 Los Angeles, CA Troubador Orange Goblin’s Coup De Grace will release in the US on June 25th. The band starts their US tour May 2nd in NYC.
05/02/02 Toronto, ONT Opera House 05/03/02 Guelph, ONT Bo Radley's Check out a live 1998 recording of The Gathering’s Shrink, which features a duet between vocalist Anneke van Giersbergen and Lacuna Coil vocalist, Crisitna Scabbia at LacunaCoil.com. Sevendust's "Live Again" video will be out on MTV2's Rock Show, which airs Mon - Fri at 3 PM. 
Judas Priest's forthcoming DVD, Live In London, is scheduled for release on July 1st. The track listing is:
01. Metal Gods 02. Heading Out Highway 03. Grinder 04. Touch Of Evil 05. Bloodstained 06. Victim Of Changes 07. The Sentinel 08. One On One 09. Running Wild 10. Ripper 11. Diamonds And Rust 12. Feed On Me 13. Green Manalishi 14. Beyond The Realms Of Death 15. Burn In Hell 16. Hell Is Home 17. Breaking The Law 18. Desert Plains 19. Another Thing Coming 20. Turbo Lover 21. Painkiller 22. Electric Eye 23. United 24. Living After Midnight 25. Hell Bent For Leather In addition to the live footage, the DVD features behind-the-scenes material, rare footage, interviews, soundcheck footage and more. Godflesh have officially split up following frontman Justin Broadrick's decision to leave the group, according to a message posted at the band's web site. “Justin suffered a nervous breakdown prior to boarding his flight to the US [for the aborted US headlining run],” reads the statement. “Unable to make the trip, never mind perform a two-month long tour, Justin has decided to call it quits. Godflesh is done for. How this affects other projects, tours and recordings is not known. It seems likely that everything will be shelved until a later date. Again, this is official and confirms some of the rumors floating around.” Check out pics of Sammy Hagar and The Waborita’s performing live at the California Music Awards held at the Henry J. Kaiser in Oakland, CA at RedRocker.com. In other CMA news, Joe Satriani won the award for "Outstanding Guitarist." He also closed out the first half of the show with a powerful double-shot of “Satch Boogie” and “Going Down” (joined by local guitarists Ronnie Montrose of Montrose/Gamma/etc and Dave Meniketti of Y&T). Jeff Campitelli and Matt Bissonnette were holding things down on drums and bass. Suicidal Tendencies have finalized their upcoming European tour schedule: 07/12/02 BEL Dour Festival 07/13/02 Bospop, NETH Festival 07/15/02 Bochum, GER Matrix 07/16/02 Utrecht Tivoli 07/18/02 Cork, IRE The Savoy 07/19/02 Dublin, IRE Music Centre 07/20/02 Blackpool, UK Winter Gardens 07/21/02 Glasgow, UK Garage 07/23/02 UKLondon, UK Mean Fiddler 07/24/02 Colchester, UK Arts Centre 07/26/02 Montcofa, SPA Rock Machina Fest 
The Step Kings have lined up a handful of new dates in support of their recently released new album, 3 The Hard Way, and they are as follows (with Mushroomhead, E-Town Concrete, and Five Pointe O supporting the first two dates):
05/01/02 Worcester, MA Palladium 05/02/02 Hartford, CT Webster Theater 05/16/02 Cleveland, OH Peabody's 05/17/02 Huntington, WV Stone Monkey 05/18/02 Detroit, MI IRock 05/19/02 Travers City, MI Union St. 05/20/02 Youngstown, OH The Cellar Anthrax has posted pics of John Bush’s wedding: Anthrax.com. Ronnie Dio's new album will be released in May, and will begin a US tour on June 1st in Las Vegas. Doug Aldrich (House of Lords, Hurricane) will replace guitarist Craig Goldy, who has prior family commitments.
05/01/02 Anaheim, CA The Grove of Anaheim 05/02/02 Anaheim, CA The Grove of Anaheim 05/04/02 Albuquerque, NM Sunshine Theatre 05/05/02 Albuquerque, NM Sunshine Theatre 05/07/02 Lubbock, TX The Pavilion 05/08/02 Dallas, TX Bronco Bowl It is rumored that in late August/early September, Slayer will tour with Soulfly and In Flames in the US. Clutch will play the following dates: 05/09/02 Wilmington, NC Marz 05/10/02 WinstonSalem, NC Ziggy's 05/11/02 Morgantown, WV 123 Pleasant Street 08/08/02 London, UK The Garage 08/09/02 Marston, UK Bulldog Bash Long 08/10/02 Plymouth, UK The Cooperage 08/11/02 Exeter, UK The Cavern Club Finland’s Gandalf, who have been together since 1993 and have only released two full-length albums, 1998's Deadly Fairytales and 2001's Rock Hell, have split up. 
Coal Chamber will be performing live at their record release party for Dark Days on May 7th at the Key Club in Los Angeles. This special performance will be free to anyone who purchases the new album at Tower Records on Sunset Blvd. in Hollywood on the day of its release (May 7th). Doors will open at 8:00 PM, and showtime is 9:30 PM.
Entwine's latest recording, Time Of Despair, will be out in North American stores on June 25th.
System Of A Down have reissued their double-platinum album, Toxicity, with a DVD enhancement that includes live concert footage of the tracks "Chop Suey!" "Prison Song" and "Bounce." Also featured are the music video for the album's title track and a metallic rendering of the original cover art. The limited-edition release was made available on April 23rd.
Gamma Ray’s Henjo Richter has turned down the offer to join Helloween. With this decision, the long lasting speculation about the supposed change can now finally be put to rest -- Gamma Ray's current line-up is not undergoing any changes. Kai, Henjo, Dirk and Daniel will get back together in a couple of weeks time to start rehearsing for the upcoming summer festival appearances and are all looking forward to returning to the stage together!
Soulbender, guitarist Michael Wilton’s (Queensryche) side project, will support vocalist Geoff Tate's (Queensryche) new solo band at the latter's record release party, which is scheduled to take place at the EMP (Experience Music Project) in Seattle on June 22nd. According to Tate's official web site, the show will be followed by a “jam session” with Geoff, Michael and “friends.” Tate's self-titled debut is due through Sanctuary Records on June 25th.
Guns N' Roses and Slipknot have been confirmed for the UK's Reading and Leeds festivals, which are scheduled to take place between Friday, August 23rd and Sunday, August 25th.
Sebastian Bach has confirmed via his official web site that VH1 has pulled the plug on his Forever Wild show following the airing of episode #13. VHl has instead “offered me a brand new show that would air at 4 PM in the afternoon, but would feature much more commercial videos than Forever Wild, so I am not sure if I am going to take them up on [it],” Sebastian writes.
Make sure you check out the forum called "The Cellar" on Down’s message board. There are some photos from the bands' recent rehearsals for their upcoming headlining tour. They can be seen here: Down-Nola.com (click on topic).
Check out Motörhead's video clip for the track "Brave New World," taken from the group's current album, Hammered, in Real Video here: SPV.de
Kelly Osbourne, of the MTV show The Osbournes, has completed work on the track "Papa Don't Preach" with Incubus and will be released this summer on the soundtrack album for The Osbourne’s. While a spokesperson said there is no final track list, Kelly said the album may include a song by British rockers Starsailor. "Just songs that mean something to us and my family," she added.
German metal band, HammerFall, is holding a contest where the winner gets to hang out with the band and sing back up on one of the songs for their new album. Check out RockRage.com for details.
The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame And Museum in Cleveland will celebrate rock and roll's 50th anniversary with a new exhibition titled Fifty Years Of Rock And Roll, which opens Wednesday (May 1) in the Ahmet M. Ertegun Exhibition Hall. The first major overhaul of the display galleries in more than two years, the new exhibit will feature a new array of instruments, stage props, and costumes, many of which have never been on display at the museum. Among the fresh items will be Alice Cooper's guillotine.
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Buckcherry have been working on new material for their next album on DreamWorks Records, with whom the band recently renewed their contract, and are working under a new management firm as well, pushing for release by late summer. They contributed a cover of Willie Nelson’s “On the Road Again” to be featured on an upcoming NASCAR compilation disc scheduled for release this month. Singer Josh Todd will appear on the big screen this summer in the Val Kilmer movie, The Salton Sea. 
Skinlab have a few upcoming shows: 
Guns N' Roses will not play the Reading festival in the UK due to “other commitments.” GNR are still scheduled to co-headline the Carling Weekend at Leeds on Friday, August 23rd. 
Superjoint Ritual, comprised of vocalist Phil Anselmo (Pantera, Down), guitarist Jimmy Bower (COC, Eyehategod, Down), drummer Joe Fazzio (Demonseeds) and bassist Hank Williams III (Demonseeds), will be touring the US between June 7th and June 30th in support of their upcoming album, Use Once And Destroy, due out May 21st through Sanctuary Records. 
Slayer will reportedly be appearing on actor Jay Mohr's show, Mohr Sports, on ESPN on Monday, April 29th at 12:30 AM EST/9:30 PM PST. Thereafter, Slayer will play the following shows: 