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MUSIC NEWS Massachusetts for the next two months recording their next album titled "Visual Lies" with producer YNGWIE MALMSTEEN is currentlyin Los Angeles MAX NORMAN. It will be out sometime in August and working on new material for his fourth album. It will justwaituntilyou see the cover concept that mark the debut of his new vocalist MARK WEITZ, photographer MARK WEISS has planned. By the way, formerly of ODIN.He's the guitarist's third vocalist; Lizzy has replaced guitarist ALEX NELSON with J. JEFF SCOTT SOTO, who sang on the first two albums HOMES. had left the band just before the "Marching Out" tour and was replaced by MARK BOALS. Boats completed If you are reallyinto GARY MOORE, go to your the tour and recorded the third album, "Trilogy", but favorite import shop and buy the 12" for "Friday On was fired in the middle of the tour for that album and My Mind". Not only do you get a live rendition of replaced by, yes you guessed it,Jeff Scott Soto. "Reach For the Sky"it also includes two different Since the end of the "Trilogy" tour Soto has gone versions of the Easybeat's classic --one extended and back to his brother's band Lamour while Boats has the other known as the "kool rap version". While you been working with new Japanese guitar hero KUNI. are there, you can pick up a picture disc of the new But anyway, back to Yngwie. The forthcoming album, WHITESNAKE album retailing at about $20 or a silver as yet untitled, will be self -produced and should be vinyl 7" of EUROPE's "Carrie". Some CDs that have ready sometime in the summer. justbeenreleasedinclude"Doomsdayforthe Deceiver" by FLOTSAM AND JETSAM, ANVIL, one of Canada's most popular metal bands WHITESNAKE's "Slide ItIn", METAL CHURCH's self have landed their first U.S. deal with Metal Blade titled debut, "Exit Stage Left" and "All The World's A Records and will release "Strength Of Steel" later this Stage' by RUSH as well as most of the KISS catalog. month.It was produced by the band along with Paul Lachapelle. While on the subject of imports, fans of the English band HEAVY PETTIN' should keep their eyes open for METALLICA has been added to the bill of the Castle their brand new single called "Romeo". Although it's Donnington Festival to be held in England on August surely the most melodic tune the have ever done, the 22nd. They will be third on the bill which is headlined b -side, "Don't Call It Love" is more in the hard rock by BON JOVI with special guests DIO.Other names style they are known for.The tracks are taken from beingtossedaroundaboutplayingitinclude their third album titled "The Big Bang", however with ANTHRAX, W.A.S.P. and CINDERELLA- but they have PolyGram dropping the band in this country, you'll yet to be confirmed. have to get it as an import as well.

Despite all rumors, GIUFFRIA are still together, well The Swedish band 220 VOLT have finally started sort of. Among the stories which led many to think working on a new album after being inactive for over they broken up are that vocalist DAVID GLEN EISLEY a year.What took them so long? Get this-- two of has teamed up with KUNI (when infact he only the members were stuck in the Swedish army. What? helped him out for one showcase gig in Los Angeles) Well itis mandatory that all males in that country and that keyboardist GREGG GIUFFRIA decided to serve two years in the military. Some of the more well take partInthe Angel reunion(Nope).Guitarist known musiciansandathletesareabletobe LANNY CORDOLA was briefly in NRG but came back excused fromitsoitdoesn't Interfere with their and there is no truth at all the the one that they have careers, but unfortunately, the guys from this band been dropped by Camel Records. Although they did couldn't get away fromit. CBS overseas has just lose their bassist and drummer, DAVID SYKES and released an album titled "Young And Wild" which ALAN KRIGGER, wordisthat things couldn't be contains material featured on their only U.S. release better. They have just been picked up by Danny "ElectricMessengers" aswell as newstuff. O'Donovan Enterprises (the samemanagement (Incidently, "Electric Messengers" was a compilation company who handles Loudness) andwillstart Itself combining the band's two European releases.) working on their third album once replacements are Alsoincludedisthesingle -onlysong"Heavy found. Meanwhile, band's namesake/ keyboardist is Christmas" --perhapstheheaviestyuletimecarol working on some film scores to ease some of his you'll ever hear.Sorry, no plans for a American spare time. He willcontribute one song tothe release. soundtrack for the movie "Fatal Pulse" for which he also has a cameo role in. Another project is the entire Word on thestreetsisthatthe bandforthe score for "Lightning Strikes", a 1988 release staring forthcoming WHITESNAKE tour just might be the one Rutger Hauer and Ann Turkel. Gluffria Is no stranger In the "Still Of The Night" video. That means vocalist to film scores; they appear on the soundtrack to David Coverdale will be backed by drummer TOMMY "Gotcha". ALDRIDGE, bassistRUDY SARZO and double guitarists ADRIAN VANDENBERG and VIVIAN HELIX had to pick 10 out of the 70 tracks they had in CAMPBELL. Mind you, I'm not saying this is 100 demo form to be recorded fortheir forthcoming percent sure but just imagine if it is. album. They plan to finish all the sessions at Manor Studios in Oxfordshire with producer MIKE STONE. No release date has been set yet. Well that'sitfor this week. In the next issue, an update on the Japanese band LOUDNESS with some The Los Angeles band LIZZY BORDEN has just exclusive words from their vocalist MINORU NIIHARA. returned to America from a promotional tour of Japan, but they will not be seeing the Sunset Strip for a -Gail Flug while.Theywill be at LongviewStudios in May 8, 1987