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2009 – The official Roadrunner Records web site has been updated Read more

2009 – The official Roadrunner Records web site has been updated

2009 – The official Roadrunner Records web site has been updated with top-album picks for 2008 from a number of artists that are signed to the label, including members of MACHINE HEAD, MEGADETH, DEVILDRIVER, KILLSWITCH ENGAGE and TRIVIUM. A few of the selections follow below. The entire list can be found at this location. Shawn […]

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2008 –  For Axl Rose, it’s bad times. A week ago, his much-anticipated Read more

2008 – For Axl Rose, it’s bad times. A week ago, his much-anticipated

2008 – For Axl Rose, it’s bad times. A week ago, his much-anticipated album Chinese Democracy debuted to less-than-stellar chart showings – in the UK it was handily beat by The Killers’ Day & Age, and in the US it did even worse, coming in at Number 3 behind Kanye West and Taylor Swift. And […]

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2008 – GUNS N’ ROSES: ‘Chinese Democracy’ Track Listing Slightly Revised – Oct. 17, 2008 Read more

2008 – GUNS N’ ROSES: ‘Chinese Democracy’ Track Listing Slightly Revised – Oct. 17, 2008

2008 – GUNS N’ ROSES: ‘Chinese Democracy’ Track Listing Slightly Revised – Oct. 17, 2008 A slightly revised track listing for the new GUNS N’ ROSES album, “Chinese Democracy”, has now been posted at BestBuy.com, which will exclusively carry the album in the U.S. starting on November 23. A pre-order page for the long-delayed release […]

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2008 – Velvet Revolver:The exit door had no sooner hit Scott Weiland… Read more

2008 – Velvet Revolver:The exit door had no sooner hit Scott Weiland…

2008 – Velvet Revolver:The exit door had no sooner hit Scott Weiland on the backside when his ex-bandmates in Velvet Revolver opened the door to the studio. They’re already hard at work on new music. Blabbermouth has the story: Duff McKagan has posted a message on the web site of his side project Loaded stating […]

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2006 – The endlessly fascinating W. Axl Rose is forced to abandon a Guns Read more

2006 – The endlessly fascinating W. Axl Rose is forced to abandon a Guns

2006 – The endlessly fascinating W. Axl Rose is forced to abandon a Guns N’ Roses show at London’s Wembley Arena due to “low blood pressure.” Skid Row singer Sebastian Bach takes his place for the encore.

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2006 – Guns N’ Roses frontman Axl Rose is arrested… Read more

2006 – Guns N’ Roses frontman Axl Rose is arrested…

2006 – Guns N’ Roses frontman Axl Rose is arrested in after allegedly biting a security guard in the leg outside his hotel.

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2006 – Izzy Stradlin joins Axl Rose onstage to perform “Patience,” Read more

2006 – Izzy Stradlin joins Axl Rose onstage to perform “Patience,”

2006 – Izzy Stradlin joins Axl Rose onstage to perform “Patience,” “Night Train” and “I Used to Love Her” with Guns N’ Roses (Mark III) at England’s Download Festival.

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2006 – Guns N’ Roses actually show up and play a gig at Ne… Read more

2006 – Guns N’ Roses actually show up and play a gig at Ne…

2006 – Guns N’ Roses actually show up and play a gig at New York’s Hammerstein Ballroom. The first of four shows features six new songs from the long-awaited Chinese Democracy album.

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2006 – W. Axl Rose announces on Eddie Trunk’s syndicated… Read more

2006 – W. Axl Rose announces on Eddie Trunk’s syndicated…

2006 – W. Axl Rose announces on Eddie Trunk’s syndicated radio show that the long-awaited Guns N’ Roses album Chinese Democracy will be released this fall.

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2005 – Victor Edward Willis, better known as the original cop… Read more

2005 – Victor Edward Willis, better known as the original cop…

2005 – Victor Edward Willis, better known as the original cop with The Village People, is arrested in California for after police allegedly find a gun and drugs in his car.

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2005 – Danny Sugerman, longtime manager of the Doo… Read more

2005 – Danny Sugerman, longtime manager of the Doo…

2005 – Danny Sugerman, longtime manager of the Doors, dies in Los Angeles after a long battle with cancer. He is 50. Daniel Stephen Sugerman (aka Danny; October 11, 1954 – January 5, 2005) was the second manager of the Los Angeles based rock band The Doors, and wrote several books about Jim Morrison and […]

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2004 – A judge rules that the independent Cleopatra Records label Read more

2004 – A judge rules that the independent Cleopatra Records label

2004 – A judge rules that the independent Cleopatra Records label can release Hollywood Rose: The Roots of Guns N’ Roses, an album of early recordings and demos, over the objections of singer Axl Rose.

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