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B Sides for 03/05/2015



Nickelback Show Their Funny Side In 'She Keeps Me Up' Video
(Radio.com) In "She Keeps Me Up" Nickelback does a wardrobe 180 that will challenge everything you think you know about Nickelback and their sense of humor. No longer Canadian rockers, the members don suits that are meant to evoke the J. Geils Band but land more like the Dick Clark Five and take the stage in an underground disco club.

In this magical alternate universe, their whole audience is women. Women with the hair of Diana Ross circa "Love Hangover" and the outfits of extras from Austin Powers: Goldmember. Women who are, inexplicably, breathlessly happy to be there.

Coca-Cola and monkeys are name checked in the chorus, which is a real speedy tongue twister, while the bartender does his best impression of Tom Cruise in Cocktail.

What do all these B-movie, forgotten culture references add up to? An actually funny video. Watch the video here.

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Eddie Van Halen Studio 'Eruption' Video Goes Online
(hennemusic) A new video of Eddie Van Halen jamming his 1978 classic, "Eruption", at his 5150 studios has surfaced. Son and bassist Wolfgang Van Halen recently shared footage of the action via Instagram.

This week, Van Halen issued "Runnin' With The Devil" and "Panama" as a preview to the upcoming release of "Tokyo Dome Live In Concert", their first-ever live album with original frontman David Lee Roth.

Due March 31, the project features the band recorded live at the Japanese venue on June 21, 2013 as part of their tour in support of 2012's "A Different Kind Of Truth."

The package will be available as a double CD, four-LP set on 180-gram vinyl, and digitally. Watch the "Eruption" video here.

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Homer Simpson Predicted 'God Particle' Mass Says Scientist
(Radio.com) At first glance a scene from a 1998 episode of The Simpsons may not seem like anything particularly notable, but a closer look suggests Homer Simpson may have predicted the mass of the Higgs boson.

A new book released on the math featured in the popular cartoon series draws attention to an equation shown in an episode from the late '90s. The episode 'The Wizard of Evergreen Terrace" features an inventive Homer Simpson in front of a blackboard with an anything but ordinary equation.

'That equation predicts the mass of the Higgs boson," Dr. Simon Singh, author of The Simpsons and their Mathematical Secrets, told The Independent.

'If you work it out, you get the mass of a Higgs boson that's only a bit larger than the nano-mass of a Higgs boson actually is. It's kind of amazing as Homer makes this prediction 14 years before it was discovered." Read more here.

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Van Morrison Streaming Duet With The Late Bobby Womack
(The Blues Van Morrison has released an online stream of his new duets version of the song "Some Piece Of Mind," which he recorded with the late Bobby Womack.

It's taken from his album Duets: Re-Working The Catalogue, also featuring guest appearances from Steve Winwood, Mark Knopfler, Taj Mahal, Mavis Staples, Georgie Fame and others.

The 16-track title is launched on March 24, and it's described as "songs from the artist's fruitful repertoire, redone with partners." Listen to the new version of "Some Piece Of Mind" here.

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Judas Priest Stream Live 'Some Heads Are Gonna Roll' From 1984
(hennemusic) Judas Priest are previewing the upcoming 30th anniversary expanded edition of "Defenders Of The Faith", with streaming audio of "Some Heads Are Gonna Roll" from a 1984 concert recording included in the forthcoming package

On March 9 (March 10 in North America), the 3CD set will include a remastered version of the album along with a complete live recording from the 'Defenders' tour from the Long Beach Arena in California.

This week, Judas Priest announced a series of spring US concert dates. Following their previously confirmed May 16 appearance at the Rock On The Range festival in Columbus, OH, the band will perform shows in Cincinnati, OH (May 17), St. Charles, MO (May 19), Council Bluffs, IA (May 20) and Rosemont, IL (May 21).

Check out the song stream here.

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John Mitchell's Lonely Robot Releases 'Are We Copies?' Video
(Classic Rock) John Mitchell has released a video for his Lonely Robot track Are We Copies? from debut album Please Come Home. The It Bites, Frost* and Arena man launched the record last week via InsideOut, complete with guest appearances by Steve Hogarth, Jem Godfrey, Nik Kershaw, Kim Seviour, Heather Findlay and others.

Mitchell says of the track: "Are we all actually unique? Are We Copies? is a nagging doubt I have in my subconscious in this age of synthesised society and Xerox mentality."

He adds: "The video was a jolly good excuse to go bounding around Beachy Head at six o'clock in the morning. I hope you like it!" Watch the new music video here.

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Learning Music Improves Communication Skills Says Study
(Classic Rock) A scientific study has suggested there's a strong link between children learning to play a musical instrument and developing better communication skills.

The research implies that a musical education could be more valuable to educational development than many authorities believe.

The study was carried out by Northwestern University, who took high school students from Chicago and placed half in a standard course, and the rest in a musical training program.

The results indicate that those who were taught to play music showed faster response times when it came to interpreting speech - and also showed improved reading ability. Read more here.

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Katatonia Premiere Video From Upcoming DVD
(Classic Rock) Swedish metallers Katatonia will release 'Sanctitude' on March 30 through Kscope on Blu-ray, CD and DVD, double vinyl and download formats. Ahead of the release, TeamRock is streaming the video for Day, which was originally from the band's 1996 album, Brave Murder Day.

The 80-minute set was filmed at London's Union Chapel and features a special guest appearance by The Gathering's vocalist Silje Wergeland on The One You Are Looking For Is Not Here.

Says guitarist Anders Nystr�m had the following to say about the song featured in the video clip, "We have always felt that if there's a need, we're entitled to the freedom to give our old songs a makeover in the now rather than the never. So, in the making of Sanctitude there was one song in particular that meant a great deal to us.

"In fact, [Day] was our first song ever to feature entirely clean vocals accompanied by clean guitars and it was written and released right in the peak of our death metal years. The song stood out, but isolated itself into oblivion in the climate of heavier music.

"Therefore we wanted this song to get a second chance, to be re-discovered. Even 20 years later when performing it live for the first time, it appears the parks are still grey and look the same." Watch the video here.

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Gov't Mule Premiere Their Live Jam Of Rolling Stones Classic
(Classic Rock) Gov't Mule have premiered their live version of Rolling Stones track Monkey Man with TeamRock. It's taken from upcoming vinyl-only title Stoned Side Of The Mule, which is released on April 20 via Mascot Label Group.

The set of Stones covers, recorded in 2009, includes guest appearances by Jackie Greene and Steve Elson, and continues the band's 20th anniversary celebrations.

Mainman Warren Haynes recently explained: "These archive releases allow us to highlight some of our influences - as well as how far we've come since our first album." Check out the song here.

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Beth Hart Releases 'Mechanical Heart' Video
(Classic Rock) Beth Hart has premiered her video for Mechanical Heart via TeamRock. The track appears on her album Better Than Home, to be released through Provogue Records on April 13.

Hart recently revealed her watchwords for the music she creates, saying: "Keep working on telling the truth - that's my mantra for the music. Tell the truth, work your ass off, and keep going there. I've got four things I have to do and the rest I leave to the wind - pray, work out, eat right, and keep in contact with my doctor."

Better Than Home, the follow-up to Boom Boom Bang Bang, is available for pre-order now. Hart tours the UK in May. Check out the dates and watch the new video here.

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