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ORIGINAL DREAM THEATER VOCALIST TO RELEASE NEW ALBUM

DOMINICI , the new band fronted by former DREAM THEATER vocalist Charlie Dominici , will release its new album, "O3 A Trilogy, Part Two" , in February 2007 via InsideOut Music . The group's lineup for the recording is as follows:

Charlie Dominici - Vocals
Brian Maillard - Guitar
Riccardo "eRIK" Atzeni - Bass
Americo Rigoldi - Keyboards
Yan Maillard - Drums

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TWISTED SISTER "NOBODY KNEW THE REUNION WAS GOING TO BE AS SUCCESSFUL AS IT WAS"

One of the Twisted Sister founder, Jay Jay French gave an interview to Antimusic's Morley Seaver about the success of their "A Twisted Christmas" album and what the future looks like. Few excerpts are follows:

antiMUSIC : So the obvious first question that you've probably answered five million times already. No (or very little) new material since 1987 and you guys have toured very little since getting back together a few years back. How did the idea of a Christmas record come up?

Jay Jay : Ah, we were trying to figure out a way to destroy what was left of our career completely and we figured, doing a Christmas album would just about sink it, and I wouldn't have to do any business with these guys anymore. I mean, nobody knew the reunion was going to be as successful as it was. I thought people would be sick of us in a year and all of a sudden it's gotten bigger every year. We're so sick of working together and we're trying to figure out a concept that would just destroy it completely and put us out of our freaking misery. And all it's done is backfired and now I'm forced to work with these idiots for like another three or four years. And the whole thing has been a complete and utter failure as far as I'm concerned.

aM: I've read that part of Dee 's [ Snider ] reluctance of late had been the fact that at this stage in his life, he's not sure he can reconnect with the rage and fury that was part and parcel of the makeup of TWISTED SISTER . Have there been any developments in that area and how does that relate to the live presentation of Christmas music?

JJ: Well, luckily we still hate each other enough to be creative. Which is important because if there's too much love going around, I think we'd just sink the band. The band functions on a certain level of hostility which is healthy, you know. I don't mind us being idiots, you know what I mean, as long as we're creative idiots. So luckily the stupidity and the immaturity of the band has still maintained a certain level. And we can be a functional rock group. I think if we were too mature it would suck completely. So you have to have some element of arrogance, otherwise how can you pull this off, you know. But we are professionally arrogant now. We know how to channel the arrogance perfectly. We summon it when necessary. We hate each other just correctly enough to put on incendiary shows and after they're over with we go out and have a meal. So while we're on that stage I really couldn't stand to be up there. Just like the old days. It's a wonderful feeling.

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DAVE "SNAKE" SABO EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW

Classic Rock Revisited, Ryan Sparks recently conducted an interview with Skid Row guitarist, Dave "Snake" Sabo. Few excerpts are follows:

Classic Rock Revisited : What has the response been like to the new record "Revolutions Per Minute" ?

Snake : The response has been great. Most of the people who have reviewed it have said it's great but there have been a couple of really, really negative reviews also. I don't mind that so much and we were just talking about this earlier, no one is in the middle on this, most of them love it and some of them hate it. I think that's good though because you're causing a stir of emotions in people one way or the other and I think it's one of those records that take more than one listen to grasp on to it. After it was done it took me two or three listens to go, "Man this is a fuckin' great record." Those have always been the best records for me and the ones that stick with you the longest. If we're having people react in such a powerful way, whether it is extremely positive or negative or whatever then I'm fine with that. We're stirring up people's emotions one way or the other and I always think that's a good thing.

CRR: Why do you think there is no middle of the road with this record?

Snake : Because I think it's a very different record for us. I think that there are a lot of different expressions that are touched upon in the different songs. Another thing as well, with every record we've done ballads and such and with this one we didn't. We shied away from it and just did a straight ahead, pure rock record.

CRR: Compared to past projects did you knock this album off pretty quickly?

Snake : Yeah absolutely. It wasn't as drawn out a process as it may have been in the past and I just think that's because of a few things, familiarity with Michael and the studio and having a great amount of pre-production.

CRR: And maybe not working with a certain singer as well?

Snake : Oh exactly. Having Johnny [ Solinger ] do this now is so much easier for all of us. The band is so much tighter in every aspect than we were in the past because everyone has a great mutual respect for one another. There's no arguing or anything, we discuss things like fuckin' adults you know? It's not a case of ego taking over any aspect of the songwriting or recording process. It really comes down to being respectful of each other and really trying to be objective for what's best for the song or the record. Johnny is always wide open to all ideas and takes direction extremely well and he's just happy to be in a band as we all are.

CRR: Have you ever crossed paths with Sebastian [ Bach ]?

Snake : You know I haven't. I've maybe seen him twice in eight years. I don't wish ill will on anybody and I wish everybody success. He's got a family and people to feed and stuff like that so I wish him success. It worked for a little while then it stopped working with us and I'm fine with that man. I'm a happy guy and I'm in a really good place, the band is in a really good place and I wish him the best. We had our time together and it was wonderful to a certain degree and then like I said, it fell apart and imploded as it often does with bands. I'm glad that we were able to pick ourselves up, put this thing back together and be able to go out and still make a living doing it.

CRR: Did you see any of the reality TV show ["SuperGroup"] that he did?

Snake : Yeah I saw some of them [laughing].

CRR: Any comments on that?

Snake : I think that what people saw on that show was a fairly good indicator of who that person is.

CRR: Rumor had it that when you guys were doing the KISS shows back in 2000 that you got Ace [ Frehley ] in some trouble and that you were a bit of a negative influence?

Snake : [laughing] Without a doubt and you can blame that one on me. He wasn't supposed to be drinking but once we got on the road and started getting into it, he saw that we were having parties every night and stuff like that. He started coming in to our dressing room and the next thing you know he's emptying out his can of soda and throwing vodka in it and bringing it up onstage and shit like that. The way I look at it, you're a big boy and you can make your own decisions but it came back to haunt him. God bless him, I hear he's two years sober now and looks and sounds great. I'm happy for him, I love the guy. I think he's awesome.

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