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On November 22nd, LADY GAGA will release her photographic collaboration with TERRY RICHARDSON through Grand Central Publishing. Kik Axe Music has the just-released cover art for the book, along with another teaser image viewable below. Interested readers may want to note that Barnes & Noble is taking pre-orders for the book, which is currently going for $30.62 (as of this posting), which is cheaper than Amazon! Full details on the GAGA book below...

Just in time for the Holiday Season, BAZILLION POINTS Books will present the North American release of DIRTY DEEDS: My Life Inside/Outside AC/DC by former bassist Mark Evans. The first book to be penned by a Bon Scott-era member of AC/DC will hit retail in November, and is now available for pre-order direct from the publisher via this link.

A larger version of the cover art can be viewed below, along with additional information on the book as provided by the publisher.

COREY TAYLOR, frontman of both STONE SOUR and SLIPKNOT has announced that he'll be signing copies of his new book SEVEN DEADLY SINS: SETTLING THE ARGUMENT BETWEEN BORN BAD AND DAMAGED GOOD at a variety of locations between the UK and U.S. throughout July. He'll kick off the book promo with a live webcast on Monday, July 11th at 5pm EST on Livestream, with the first signing to take place the following day in London.

Dates and Locations can be viewed below.

On May 17, STONE TEMPLE PILOTS frontman SCOTT WEILAND will release his memoir - NOT DEAD & NOT FOR SALE. To prep for the release, Weiland will be releasing a six-part series of webisodes directed by Rocco Guarino. Part 1 can be viewed below, and promises that viewers will  "Learn the stories behind the songs and what it was like to be there at the beginning of the grunge phenomenon."

Take a look...

Bazillion Points have just issued the official word on their badass new photo collection...

Legendary San Francisco Bay Area metal photographers Brian Lew (Whiplash fanzine) and Harald "O." Oimoen (D.R.I.) have joined forces to create the large-format hardcover photo collection MURDER IN THE FRONT ROW: Bay Area Bangers and the Birth of Thrash Metal. Coming this fall from Bazillion Points Books, this intense look at early hardcore headbangers features some of the first photos of the "Big Four" and their extended family of thrash metal bands. With hundreds of candid, live, and studio shots, Lew and Oimoen celebrate the unique wild-eyed spirit and atmosphere of the historic S.F. Bay Area heavy metal scene: pinpointing clubs (The Old Waldorf, The Stone, Ruthie's Inn, The Omni); hangouts (The Record Vault, the infamous Metallica Mansion); and beloved local figures like fearless stage diver Toby Rage, manager Debbie Abono, and the unrivaled metal ringmaster Paul Baloff of Exodus.

LAMB OF GOD’s CHRIS ADLER is pleased to announce his upcoming Mapex Drum tour, “A Throne with a View” which will take him through the country this winter, beginning February 28^th and ending on March 16^th, 2011. ADLER appeared at the prestigious Modern Drummer Festival in 2005 and performed a “Battle” clinic tour with his brother Willie Adler across Europe in 2008. “A Throne with a View” will be his first and only U.S. clinic tour in 2011.

On May 10, 2011, William Morrow will release Bringing Metal to the Children: The Complete Berserker's Guide to World Tour Domination by ZAKK WYLDE with ERIC HENDRIKX. The 224-page hardcover is up for pre-order right now, and for a taste of what you can expect, two promo videos have been released - one with Hendrikx, the other with the BLACK LABEL SOCIETY frontman himself. See 'em below.