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Over the last few years — more than that, really — I kind of lost interest in Ozzy Osbourne. To me, his mystique was gone, drained dry to the bottom of the barrel. Other than a few tracks on Black Rain, none of the albums released after No More Tears seemed interesting. The music, and his diabolical image, were displaced by the marquee value of reality show buffoonery. The prince of darkness had

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I count myself lucky to have had the opportunity to chat with Ronnie James Dio numerous times over the years, and see him perform even more. He was always kind and considerate, a wonderful gentleman who was playful about my love of the Red Sox and his of the Yankees.What follows is the transcription from our very first conversation, originally published at Prime-Choice.com.Since his earliest days

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Following a very cool Ace Frehley gig at Mohegan Sun casino last Friday night, my friend and I were sharing a late night, post-beers bite at one of the resturants. Scot Coogan and Anthony Esposito from Ace's band came in with our mutual friend, Phil Dieli, and the ball-busting started over my Red Sox cap.Phil is a Staten Island native, so his love of the Yankees is understandable — a grotesque

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Do you read album liner notes? You know, the lyrics, album credits, and the long list of thanks to everyone who helped the artist complete that piece of work?I do. Always have, since I was a kid, wondering how each person made an impact on that album. And I know how cool it is to read one's own name, to know you affected someone in some way, in turn affecting their creative output. Sometimes

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Standing onstage during the Phoenix Rising concert, Twisted Sister frontman Dee Snider read through a list of people behind the scenes who made the benefit show a reality. Much to his surprise, the last name read was Scott Dunbar. The 29-year-old survivor's fortuitous correspondance with Troy Luccketta led to the Telsa drummer's commitment to the victims of The Station nightclub fire.Dunbar, a

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Thursday, February 20th, 2003 will forever be remembered as the date of the most horrible catastrophe in the history of rock ’n’ roll. Living only forty minutes from West Warwick, both my wife and I had been to The Station many times before, and seeing the footage of the club immersed in flame for the first time is something neither of us will ever forget.Great White was scheduled to film a live

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Karen Grossman, a good friend of mine, has suggested more than once that my written work should be archived online for interested readers to...uh...well, to read.I like the idea. Besides, personally, it would be kind of cool for me to trace the written path of the last 18 years. Some of it is already lurking out there online; a lot of it exists in the pages of magazines like Metal Edge. Some of

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Billboard.com reported yesterday that Steven Tyler's attorney, Skip Miller, has addressed a cease and desist letter to Aerosmith management, basically a legalese request that they discontinue their consideration of a different singer. Granted, a band called Aerosmith without Steven Tyler is not such a good idea. Oh, hell, let's be honest, it's commercial suicide, almost as good a move as

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I'm pretty sure Darrell Roberts didn't like me very much when we met. Backstage at the House of Blues in Orlando, W.A.S.P. was touring to support Unholy Terror, and Darrell was the new kid in the band. Ours was a cursory introduction, because I was more interested in the hilarity of hanging out with (Mike) Duda and Stet (Howland), and taking up Blackie Lawless on the offer to ride Elvis, the

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