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CNET sister-site Gamespot is reporting that instruments for the games Rock Band 2 and Guitar Hero: World Tour will work universally with either title on PlayStation 3. In addition, the peripherals will also work with games like Rock Revolution and Si

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Mark David Chapman, who was denied a parole for the fifth time last week for killing John Lennon, told the New York state parole board at his hearing that he is "ashamed" of what he did, The Associated Press and The New York Times report. According t

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Who? Alt-rock and industrial mainstay Nine Inch Nails, the brainchild of studio wizard and live force Trent Reznor. A steady presence in headlines this year, Reznor offered the instrumental album Ghosts I-IV through NIN's website using a pay-what-you

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IN APRIL, Greg Graffin, a professor in the UCLA life sciences department, arrived on the campus of Harvard University to accept an Outstanding Lifetime Achievement Award in Cultural Humanism, an honor that had gone to Salman Rushdie the previous year

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METALLICA's new single, "The Day That Never Comes", will be premiered exclusively on Zane Lowe's show on BBC Radio 1 this Thursday, August 21 between 7:00 p.m. and 9:00 p.m. UK time.

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Perhaps feeling that major labels were having too easy of a time these days, Disc Makers has launched Elite Artist Services, a new imprint that will make it even easier for established artists to strike out on their own. Disc Makers, one of the indus

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Hatebreed have announced that their new covers album, entitled "For The Lions", will be released in North America on October 28th.

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Jack's Mannequin, led by singer-keyboardist Andrew McMahon, will release its second album, entitled The Glass Passenger, on September 30th, 2008 on Sire/Warner Bros. Records.

Source: ( http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/08/05/2324... )

Two Sydney teenagers trying to take photos for their heavy metal band's album cover have had ammunition possession charges against them dismissed by Tasmania's Chief Magistrate this morning.

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Friday, August 15th 2008 at Alley Katz in Richmond, VA, The Waste will be reuniting the Waste 'Em All lineup for one show as part of the 7th annual Best Friends Day Weekend.